Buffalo Nickel Ranch is the first book in a series with the same name. Stella, a girl longing for adventure and animals in her life, admires the ranch with giant longhorns she passes going to school each day. Before she can enjoy the animals this particular morning, she must first figure out what is going on with her best friend. As she learns from the name of the ranch - things aren’t always as they seem!
Educators and parents admire the seamless fabric of this story as it balances abstract literary elements of growth, relationships, and theme with concrete concepts such as a linear plotline, characterization, setting, and the senses. Be ready to observe literary devices such as similes, metaphors, rule of three, symbolism, and imagery. Lexicon raises its head as Randi Whitney exposes students to a myriad of new words and phrases. Enjoy the accompanying study guide which delivers the trademarked reading comprehension approach of the 4 Dimensions of Understanding and Analysis in the classroom and throughout life.
