Title: Mountain Town
Illustrator: Bonnie and Arthur Giesert
Readability score: Kindergarten and up
Genre: Fiction
Sub genre: Realistic Fiction
Theme: the lifestyle of a mountain town and its history
Primary and secondary characters:
Awards: N/A
Publishing company: Houghton Mifflin Company
Date of publication: 2000
ISBN number:3-3006-01095-7361
Summary: This story talks about the year in a mountain town. The illustrations show how the people of the town live in each season and how it affects their lives. The people of the city work and play and operate businesses in a mountain town. The first page of the book gives some background information on the town. During the 19th century many rushed to the Rocky Mountains in hopes of finding gold and silver. Many towns were established in this process. Many mines were created in search for these treasures and many people stayed in these towns to make a life for themselves.
I would use this book in class to discuss the history of how a few of the mountain towns in the west were established. The gold rush was a big time in history and students can create drawings or do a writing activity on their opinion of what it was like back then. Students can also learn the geography and landscapes of mountains and the towns that are a part of them by seeing how they operate in this text. They can also see how the people and activities change as the seasons change in the town. They can draw a picture of their own mountain town or write about a town and its daily activities or the people that live there.
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