Publication

1946 - The Vikings Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

30,000 words, Guess

Page Count

120 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCPZ8.9.B16 Mi
  • DDC[Fic]

Description

Miss Hickory, a country doll made from an apple-wood twig, is left behind when her owner goes to Boston. She is helped through the long winter by several farm and forest animals. Prickly and a little stubborn, she slowly learns to accept help from others, and to offer some assistance herself. Newbery Award winner. Illustrated by Ruth Chrisman Gannett (illustrator of *My Father's Dragon*).

First Sentence

"MISS HICKORY heard heavy footsteps, clump, clumping along the stones of the pasture, then approaching her lilac bush."

Description

Relates the adventures of a country doll made of an apple-wood twig with a hickory nut for a head.

Subjects

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  • Miss HickoryThe Vikings Press1946-01-01
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