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Johnson, D. B. 1944-

Henry hikes to Fitchburg / - 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm

Music composed by Jon Carroll. Music composed by Jon Carroll.

Narrated by James Naughton.

While his friend works hard to earn the train fare to Fitchburg, a bear, modeled on a young Henry Thoreau, walks the thirty miles through woods and fields, enjoying nature and the time to think great thoughts. Includes biographical information about Thoreau.

Elementary Grade. 170 Lexile.



Boston Globe/Horn Book Picture Book Award Winner, 2000. Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Book Award, 2001.

ISBN: 0395968674 9780395968673 9780618737499 0618737499 9780756967987 0756967988

LCCN: 99035302

Subjects--Personal Names:
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 --Juvenile fiction.
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 --Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Nature--Picture books.
Walking--Picture books.
Bears--Fiction.
Nature--Fiction.
Walking--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Boston Globe/Horn Book picture book award: Winner--2000.
Ezra Jack Keats book award: New writer award--2001.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Picture books.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.J6316355 / He 2000

Dewey Class. No.: [E]