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Warm as Wool

When Betsy Ward's family moves to Ohio from Connecticut in 1803, she brings along a sock-full of coins to buy sheep so that she can gather wool, spin cloth, and make clothes to keep her children warm. Based upon a true story.

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Scott Russell Sanders

Lessons Associated with this Resource

Baa, Ram, Ewe... Sheep Tales
Bartering Through the Seasons
A Tail of Two Sheep

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