Kelly of Hazel Ridge
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As a young girl growing up on Hazel Ridge Farm, Kelly is aware of how special the place she calls home is. After all, it's not everyday that your backyard lets you view white-tailed deer and sand-hill cranes, swim in ponds populated by snapping turtles or hear the hoot of an owl named Jackson as he keeps watch as you sleep each night. Committed to maintaining a natural wilderness, Kelly's parents have created a wildlife sanctuary where both the land and its animal residents can be nurtured.Kelly of Hazel Ridge is the third title in the Hazel Ridge Farm series (Saving Samantha and Adopted by an Owl) by husband-and-wife team Gijsbert and Robbyn Smith van Frankenhuyzen, and is inspired by their life on their 40-acre farm located in Bath, Michigan. For over 20 years, Robbyn and Gijsbert (also known as Nick) have nurtured the land back to health and raised and released injured and orphaned animals. Nick has illustrated over 20 books for Sleeping Bear Press, including The Legend of Sleeping Bear, The Legend of the Petoskey Stone (#1 Midwest bestseller), and Texas Bluebonnet runner-up Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1585362689
ISBN13:9781585362684
Release Date:April 2006
Publisher:Sleeping Bear Press
Length:48 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 9.3" x 11.3"
Age Range:6 to 9 years
Grade Range:Grades 1 to 4
Customer Reviews
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inspiring
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 14 years ago
My five year old loves all of the Hazel Ridge books! Kelly is really special, because while it doesn't tell the story of any specific animal, it shows how a child can be an intimate part of the farm. This has really helped my daughter insert herself in the story as I read it to her. In fact, whenever we read the other stories, she looks for any time Kelly or her sister is mentioned. She wants to know that there is a little girl involved with these sweet animals. We often 'play' Hazel Ridge. My daughter is always Kelly, and I am always Robyn (though in real life i don't even take care of our house cats, that's my husband's job;-) My aunt got all the books for my daughter and instructed us to read Kelly of Hazel Ridge first. It was great advice as it's a great overview of the farm and its purpose. While my daughter has always been an animal lover, there being a girl involved whom she could easily see being friends with, makes it all that much more fun. We look forward to many more Hazel Ridge books in the future, and the more that involve Kelly, along with the stories of the specific animals, the better:-)
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