ROUGHING IT ON THE OREGON TRAIL

Diane Stanley, Author, Holly Berry, Illustrator , illus by Holly Berry. HarperTrophy $5.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-06-449006-1

This debut in the Time Traveling Twins series finds the duo on the Oregon Trail in 1843. "Stanley serves up a lively blend of fact and fiction, shoehorning in information on everything from the rigors of the terrain and weather to trail food and prairie fuel," said PW. Ages 5-10. (Aug.)

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