Over the River and Through the Wood

A Thanksgiving Poem by Lydia Maria Child

By: Lydia Maria Child

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Hardcover | 1 January 2014

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The joys of Thanksgiving are indelibly captured in this glorious paring of text and art.

About the Author

Lydia Maria Child (1802-1880) was born in Bedford, Massachusetts. She was a celebrated American author, abolitionist, and women's rights activist.

About the Illustrator

Christopher Manson is a well-known author/illustrator who undertakes extensive research for his books. For Over the River and Through the Wood he reviewed Currier and Ives prints and Victorian patterns. He currently resides in Rockville, Maryland.

Industry Reviews

'This reissue . . . is more than justified by Manson's gorgeous coloured woodcut illustrations, which conjure everything that was solid and charming about 19th-century New England life.' New York Times Book Review

'Recalling a simpler time, this book capture's the poem's sense of excitement and celebration. Readers who join the family en route to Grandfather's house will observe many details about life in the 19th century . . . Manson woodcuts, painted in the colours of a snowy evening, lovingly depict the wintry countryside.' School Library Journal

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