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Having moved to Montana from Tennessee in the 1830s, fearless Angelica Longrider--also known as Swamp Angel--changes the state's landscape, tames a wild horse, and captures some desperadoes.

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Main Author: Isaacs, Anne
Other Authors: Zelinsky, Paul O (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, 2010.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Frontier and pioneer life > Montana > Juvenile fiction.
Montana > History > 19th century > Juvenile fiction.
Tall tales.
Picture books for children.
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Summary:Having moved to Montana from Tennessee in the 1830s, fearless Angelica Longrider--also known as Swamp Angel--changes the state's landscape, tames a wild horse, and captures some desperadoes.
Physical Description:1 v. (unpaged) ; col. ill. ; 31 cm.
ISBN:9780375867224
0375867228
9780375967221 (glb)
0375967222 (glb)
Author Notes:"Anne Isaacs is the award-winning author of many books for children, including Swamp Angel, a Caldecott Honor Book, an ALA-ALSC Notable Book, and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book; Cat Up a Tree, a New York Public Library Title for Reading and Sharing; Torn Thread, an ALA-ALSC Notable Book and a National Jewish Book Award finalist; and Pancakes for Supper, winner of the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Best Book Award. Ms. Isaacs lives in Berkeley, California. Visit her at www.anneisaacs.com. Paul O. Zelinsky is one of the most highly acclaimed illustrators working today. He has received a Caldecott Medal for his telling of Rapunzel, and three Caldecott Honors, for Rumpelstiltskin, Hansel and Gretel, and Swamp Angel, which the New York Times Book Review called in all ways superb. The illustrator of Emily Jenkins's popular Toys Go Out and its sequel, Toy Dance Party, Mr. Zelinsky is also the creator of the bestselling mechanical book The Wheels on the Bus. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. Learn more about him at www.paulozelinsky.com."

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