Age Group: 3 - 6 Years

Description: This book follows a farmer and his family through a year of hard work and self-sufficiency. Each autumn, the farmer loads his ox-cart with goods the family has made or grown, travels to market to sell everything—including the ox and cart—and buys supplies for the coming year. The story’s poetic rhythm and depiction of rural life earned it the 1980 Caldecott Medal