What You Know First: A Moving Story about Leaving Home and the Prairie for Kids (Ages 4-8) (Trophy Picture Books (Paperback))

Beautiful story that reads almost like poetry. Tells the tale of a young girl struggling with moving to a new place. In the end, she discovers that we carry the things we love with us and never forget what we know first.

This book brought me to tears in the middle of a bookstore. I bought copies for each of my children. They are all grown and I believe this will speak to them. It is beautifully done and is now part of my permanent library.

I bought this for my niece when my father was selling our childhood home. And then I had to buy her another copy since I couldn't bear to part with it. Gorgeous drawings, spare words, and wonderful sentiment.

Great for my students as we read about the Great Plains and the move west. Very sentimental.

I love the simplicity of her writing. The way she develops her characters that makes me care about them. I would recommend her books to anyone.

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In this picture book, illustrated with engravings by Barry Moser, a young girl whose family is moving from their prairie home to another place, realizes that she is leaving, possibly forever, the place she "knew first." She is leaving the sights, the sounds, the smells, the memories of her life as it has been. Even though her father assures her that "what you know first stays with you," the girl is afraid she might forget. And so, just as the author did in real life, the girl in the book takes with her a twig of the cottonwood tree and a bag of the prairie dirt -- so that they will always remind her of her earliest memories. A touching story.

Very rapid, great state, well packed. It arrived in four days. New or almost new. No damages. I really recommand.

I cry every time I read this lovely story of uprooting a family. I own a copy and have also gifted it to families who have experienced similar circumstances. Beautiful in every way. If you're considering buying but hesitant ... don't be. It will quickly enter into your most-treasured collection.

Good picture for books for elementary level