Little House on Rocky Ridge

          Little House on Rocky Ridge was written by Roger Lea MacBride and was illustrated by David Gilleece. It was published in 1993. You can get this book at the Brookfield Public Library. It is the first of the Rose books.
          If you've heard of Laura Ingalls Wilder, you've probably heard of her daughter, Rose. Little House on Rocky Ridge is all about Rose. In this book, Rose and her family are moving to Missouri, the land of the Big Red Apple, because of a drought in South Dakota. They travel with friends, and have a good time. This book is all about moving to Missouri and getting settled.
              My favorite part in Little House on Rocky Ridge was when Mama finds out that their 100 dollar bill - all the money that they had - was missing. Mama and Papa were going to sell Little Pet, the colt. One day, Papa comes home with a fair offer for Little Pet. The next day Mama and Rose were picking grapes. They were going to make a pie with them. While Rose sorts the good grapes and the bad ones and Mama writes a letter, Rose sees something white in the stack of plates. She tries to pick it out. It's a piece of white paper. Then Rose feels something else. Is it the 100 dollar bill? If it is, will Rose tell Mama? If it isn't, what is it? Find the answers in Little House on Rocky  Ridge.

Along came a Dog

                Along Came a Dog was written by Meindert DeJong, and was illustrated by Maurice Sendak. It was published in 1958 and was renewed in 1986. You can get this book from the Brookfield Public Library. I like this book because of the hidden friendships a chicken and a dog have.   

                Along Came a Dog is about a hen who lost her toes over a hard winter. The other hens pick on her, then suddenly a dog shows up. The farmer who owns the hens takes the dog away multiple times, but the dog always shows up again. The dog protects the hen, and when he saves the hen from being eaten by hawks, the farmer knows he's been proven wrong of his theory that the dog had killed the hen. At the end of the book, the dog has a home.
                   My favorite part in Along Came a Dog is when the dog realized that he had a boss. It happened when the dog found an egg. The hen was somehow in the wrong with the rooster. The dog was eating eggs when he heard the little hen in trouble. With the last egg from the nest in his mouth, he ran to the scene. He let the egg drop and battled the rooster. The hen claimed the egg as her own. The next day, the dog saw his egg. He came forth to get it. The hen came to him and punished him for taking her property. That's when the dog knew that he had a boss. I love Along Came Dog!