Winter Thunder and The Christmas of the Phonograph Records with Related Readings

by Mari Sandoz

In Winter Thunder and The Christmas of the Phonograph Records Mari Sandoz tells of two very different situations that brought people together in a part of the country where the nearest neighbor may be miles away.

Related Readings
Dust of Snow
poem by Robert Frost

April Rain Song
poem by Langston Hughes

Snowflake Bentley
nonfiction by Ruth Wallace-Brodeur

They Still Make Country Schoolteachers
memoir by Toni Kim French

A New Window Display
short story by Nicholasa Mohr

A Hanukkah Eve in Warsaw
short story by Isaac Bashevis Singer

77 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2001

About the author

Mari Susette Sandoz (May 11, 1896 – March 10, 1966) was a novelist, biographer, lecturer, and teacher. She was one of Nebraska's foremost writers, and wrote extensively about pioneer life and the Plains Indians.

Reviews

[Dedra ~ A Book Wanderer · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars. I read this collection with my son. I mostly selected this book for The Christmas of the Phonograph Records, and it was my favorite of all the selections. A nice variety of winter and snow-related selections in this collection.