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Text copyright © 2020 by Gary D. Schmidt • Illustrations copyright © 2020 by Eugene Yelchin

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The illustrations in this book were done in colored pencils, watercolor, gouache and were digitally assembled.

Cover design by Sharismar Rodriguez

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Schmidt, Gary D., author. | Stickney, Elizabeth, author. | Yelchin, Eugene, illustrator.

Title: A long road on a short day / Gary D. Schmidt and Elizabeth Stickney; illustrated by Eugene Yelchin. Description: Boston ; New York : Clarion Books, [2020] | Audience: Ages 7 to 9. | Audience: Grades 2–3.

Summary: On a short winter day, Samuel and his father enter into a series of trades with neighbors and strangers until they come home with a brown-eyed milk cow for Mama. • Identifiers: LCCN 2019039826 (print) | LCCN 2019039827 (ebook) • ISBN 9780544888364 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780358378570 (ebook)

Subjects: CYAC: Barter—Fiction. | Fathers and sons—Fiction. Determination (Personality trait)—Fiction. Country life—Fiction. Winter—Fiction. • Classification: LCC PZ7.S3527 Lo 2020 (print) | LCC PZ7.S3527 (ebook)
DDC [Fic]—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019039826

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019039827

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