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Henry hikes to Fitchburg

While his friend works hard to earn the train fare to Fitchburg, young Henry Thoreau walks the thirty miles through woods and fields, enjoying nature and the time to think great thoughts. Includes biographical information about Thoreau.

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Main Author:	Johnson, D. B. (Donald B.), 1944-
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2000.
Subjects:	Thoreau, Henry David, > 1817-1862 > Juvenile fiction. Nature > Juvenile fiction. Walking > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	While his friend works hard to earn the train fare to Fitchburg, young Henry Thoreau walks the thirty miles through woods and fields, enjoying nature and the time to think great thoughts. Includes biographical information about Thoreau.
Physical Description:	1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 28 cm.
ISBN:	0395968674 9780618737499 pbk.
Author Notes:	D. B. Johnson has been a freelance illustrator for more than twenty years and has done editorial cartoons, comic strips, and conceptual illustrations for magazines and newspapers around the country. Mr. Johnson's first picture book, Henry Hikes to Fitchburg, was a New York Times bestseller and a Publishers Weekly bestseller, as well as an American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists." Henry Hikes to Fitchburg also won numerous awards, including the Boston Globe-Horn BookAward for Picture Books and the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award. Mr. Johnson and his wife, Linda, live in New Hampshire.