In 1632, John Tuttle set sail from England to settle in Dover, New Hampshire. There he set up a farm on seven acres of land. What ensued is told in Tuttle's Red Barn: The Story of America's Oldest Family Farm (ages 5 & up, $16.99), by Richard Michelson and illustrated by Mary Azarian. The Tuttles passed the farm down through the family, along the way witnessing history making itself. The evocative woodcuts and moving prose brings the Tuttle story to life.

In 1632, John Tuttle set sail from England to Dover, New Hampshire. There he set up a farm on seven acres of land. From those humble beginnings the Tuttle family story became America’s story.

As the Tuttles passed down the farm, along the way they witnessed the settlement and expansion of New England; they fought in the American Revolution; they helped runaway slaves along the Underground Railroad and sold maple syrup to Abraham Lincoln; they bought the first Model T in that Dover; and they transformed the old barn into the thriving country store it is today.

With Caldecott Medalist Mary Azarian’s evocative woodcuts and Richard Michelson’s moving prose bringing the Tuttle story to life, readers will be enraptured by the panorama of American history as seen through the eyes of one family.

Richard Michelson lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.

Mary Azarian won the Caldecott Medal for Snowflake Bently. She lives in Plainfield, Vermont.

Imprint: Putnam Juvenile
Distributor: Penguin Group USA, Inc
Publication Date: 09-20-2007
Pages: 40
Measurements: 20.00in X 10.00in X 0.01in X 1.11lb