On the Far Side of the Mountain

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On the Far Side of the Mountain contains a lot of information about natural foods found in the wilderness. Find and taste some of them. What edible plants grow wild in your area? Put together a guide to them and their uses.

What to say about this book? It literally is one of the reasons I adore reading and writing so much. I first encountered it when I was a child of eight or nine. My older brother had read it first and he handed it to me. I think I read it in one night. Then I read it again, and again, and again. Before too long, my copy of the novel was dog-eared and exuding that unnameable quality that becomes attached to a well-loved story. It transported me deeper into my imagination than I ever thought possible.The narrator from the first novel would have been my preference. Christian Rummel was his name. Jeff was a great narrator, but something about the way Christian read the story sounded better. For one thing, he narrated a little faster, which I was very pleased about. Because Jeff's narrating, I have to admit, sometimes made me want to stop listening and read it on my own. Use various materials to have students create models of the different projects undertaken by Sam and Alice: the compasses, the barometer, the mill, the dam, etc. DeLong, Janice A. and Schwedt, Rachel E. Core Collection for Small Libraries: An Annotated Bibliography of Books for Children and Young Adults. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 1997, p. 141.

National Education Association (2007). "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children" . Retrieved August 22, 2012.Horning, Kathleen T. The Newbery & Caldecott Awards: A Guide to the Medal and Honor Books. Chicago: American Library Association, 2009, p. 54. Sam heard about his grandfather's abandoned farm near Delhi, New York, learned wilderness survival skills by reading a book at the New York City Public Library, and how Sam's father permitted him to go to Delhi, and, while he didn't think that Sam would survive, said that if he made it, to tell someone in town. Unable at first to locate the farm, Sam tries to survive on his own but finds his skills are not up to the task. He meets Bill, a man living in a cabin in the woods, who teaches him how to make a fire. Sam goes into town and is told where his grandfather's land is. Sam finds the farm but discovers the farmhouse is no longer standing.