Under a Prairie Sky features detailed, striking watercolour illustrations and the equally dramatic text. A terrific Canadian picture book read aloud for four and five year olds, Under a Prairie Sky is the story of a farm boy who aspires to be a RCMP Officer when he grows up. While harvesting wheat with his father, he is sent to find his younger brother before a storm arrives at the farm. Knowing that this is a job that will demand the detective skills of a Mounted Police Officer, he quickly changes his clothes, dons a Stetson and mounts his trusty black horse. He follows young Will’s trail through the fields and into the wild, taking in flora and fauna native to the Canadian prairies.

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A book set in the Canadian Prairie, the main character dreams of becoming a Canadian mounty one day. He spends most of the story in search of his little brother who's gone missing just as a terrible storm is seen blowing in across the prairie. In a way, the boy gets to live out his fantasy by performing this task for parents. The language is rich and the literary devices are plentiful in this text. Great read aloud if your audience gives the mounties the respect they deserve. ( )