Valley of the Smallest: the Life Story of a Shrew

by Aileen Fisher

The life of a masked shrew in a mountain valley in Colorado, from the end of the summer she became full grown until her death a year later.

Hardcover

Published January 1, 1966

About the author

Aileen Lucia Fisher was an American writer of more than a hundred children's books, including poetry, picture books in verse, prose about nature and America, biographies, Bible themed books, plays, and articles for magazines and journals. Her poems have been anthologized many times and are frequently used in textbooks. In 1978 she was awarded the second National Council of Teachers of English Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children.