Synopsis
While his family travels westward on the Oregon trail, young Jesse helps plan a Fourth of July celebration, as he organizes the other children into a marching band that plays "Yankee Doodle Dandy" on a whistle, tin pan, and spoons.
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Grade 1-4. Evoking another era with a story of a familiar celebration, this picture book focuses on the antics of a creative but mischievous boy named Jesse. He is left out of the preparations for this special day on the wagon train, a welcomed respite in the arduous journey from Indiana to Oregon. Jesse joins forces with his chums to invent some lively, homemade musical accompaniment to the "speechifying" and feast. The boys' contribution is very much appreciated, and the day ends triumphantly for Jesse, creating memories that will last a lifetime. The day is important to these hardy pioneers, and their emotions shine through in the hazy, yet realistic, pastel-toned artwork, executed in a combination of watercolor, colored pencils, and ink. Van Leeuwen has based her descriptions of food, dress, and customs on an actual celebration of the Fourth along the Oregon Trail in 1852, and on the memoirs of seven-year-old Jesse Applegate. This story could be used in conjunction with the author's Going West (Dial, 1992), as well as with David Williams's Grandma Essie's Covered Wagon (Knopf, 1993) and Scott Sanders's Aurora Means Dawn (Bradbury, 1989). This happy coordination of art and text is cause for celebration.?Martha Rosen, Edgewood School, Scarsdale, NY
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