A Prairie Year

By Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet

Subjects: Juvenile literature, Juvenile fiction., Agriculture, Juvenile fiction, Ouvrages pour la jeunesse, Prairies, Fiction, Farm life, Prairie Provinces, Seasons, Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse, Short stories, Family, Vie à la ferme

Description: The year begins with hockey, icefishing, and a snowmobile race. Spring brings renewal: the arrival of piglets, baby chicks in the farm kitchen; and outside, the fields are seeded. In summer, there’s a dinosaur park to be visited; a calf is groomed for the fair and wheat tested between grandfather’s fingers. In fall, a farm auction becomes a party, trick-or-treating is done by pick-up truck, and Clydesdales are driven by teams competing at the world’s great farm fair. The glorious year ends with the arrival of Santa on the main street at night in a pickup truck, while beyond in the dark is the infinite mystery of the prairies.