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How the ladies stopped the wind

The women of one village in Iceland decide to plant trees to stop the powerful winds that make it difficult even to go for a walk, but first they must find a way to prevent sheep from eating all of their saplings, while encouraging chickens to fertilize them.

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Main Author: McMillan, Bruce
Other Authors: Gunnella (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2007.
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Trees > Juvenile fiction.
Winds > Juvenile fiction.
Sheep > Juvenile fiction.
Chickens > Juvenile fiction.
Iceland > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:The women of one village in Iceland decide to plant trees to stop the powerful winds that make it difficult even to go for a walk, but first they must find a way to prevent sheep from eating all of their saplings, while encouraging chickens to fertilize them.
Item Description:"Walter Lorraine books."
Physical Description:32 p. : col. ill. ; 24 x 27 cm.
ISBN:9780618773305
0618773304
Author Notes:Bruce McMillan has written and illustrated more children's books set in Iceland than any other United States author. Going Fishing is his sixth to be set there, and his forty-third overall. He often summers in Iceland, though he lives in Shapleigh, Maine. Bruce holds a B.S. in biology from the University of Maine and has received numerous awards and honors for his children's books.

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