Of Walden Pond: Henry David Thoreau, Frederic Tudor, and the pond between by Lesa Cline-Ransome, illustrated by Ashley Benham-Yazdani. PICTURE BOOK. Holiday House, 2022. $19. 9780823448586
BUYING ADVISORY: EL, HS - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: LOW
The winter that Thoreau started his vigil on Walden Pond, Tudor, trying to restore his fortune and to show that delivering ice around the world was feasible, started harvesting Walden Pond’s ice. While the sawing and cutting disturbed nature, Thoreau was still fascinated that someone on the other side of the world was enjoying the same waters he did. More interesting to me was a look at the ice business – from cutting to delivering so far away. Thoreau may still be taught in high schools, but I don’t think his work is covered at the elementary level. Librarians – keep an eye out for those chances to share. I would promote this as a book about ice storage before electricity – not about Thoreau.
Cindy Mitchell, Library Teacher, MLS
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