Title/Author: Henry Hikes to Fitchburg by D.B. Johnson
Publisher/Date/Price: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000, hardcover, $15.00
Length/Audience: 32 pages, ages 4-8
Commentary: This book is based on a journal entry by Henry David Thoreau. One friend decides to walk 30 miles to the country. The other friend decides to work all day to buy a train ticket to the country. Who arrives first? Who wins? You will have to read the book for yourself to see.