As you know...I dont read many books over again...there are too many unread books on my lists- but this one was sitting on Anna's shelf, waiting for her to read it. (David would love it too!) So I picked it up while we were visiting and re-read it.
This reading left me with a few impressions. First: society complains about how we are "growing our kids up too quickly." Well Im here to say- it just aint so!!! Ralph Moody, the young boy in this story was forced to grow up and be a man and do mature things earilier than we could imagine in this day and age. This is a story about a family that moves from the hustle and bustle of the east coast, out to the plains of Colorado to begin trying to scrap out a living there on a ranch. There are adventures and heartaches and horse loving and good times!! I've heard this series being compared to Little House on the Prairie for boys. Its a fair comparison. There are wonderful life lessons and inspiring examples of honesty, and never giving up. Its a GREAT read aloud book for kids!! Five stars from me!!!!
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