Title: Calico and
Tin Horns
Author and
Illustrator: Candace Christiansen and Thomas Locker
Publisher: Dial
Publication Date: 1992
ISBN Number: 978-0803711792
Amanda’s Rating: 4/5
Brief Summary: This
book is a fictionalized tale based on the true events that occurred after the
American Revolutionary War when farmers fought landowners in order to own their
own land. A little girl named Hannah is
curious why her family is keeping secrets from her when the sheriff and his
gang come riding toward her farm. She
knows that she needs to call for help and uses a tin horn to the “Calico
Indians” who were the disgruntled farmers dressed in disguise.
Evaluation Statement:
The illustrations in this book are very well done and the story keeps up
the suspense of what will happen next.
The amount of text on the page is just right. I never knew about the “Calico Indian”
farmers that dressed up like Native Americans in order to gain their own land
from the rich landowners. It was a good
story to introduce that piece of American history.
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