We Read for the Record!

We participated in the We Give Books reading event to celebrate Jumpstart's Read for the Record!

This year, we read Otis by Loren Long. It is a beautiful story about friendship. We were all enthralled with kind Otis, and the tractor enthusiasts in our group were pleased that he was the hero of the story.  ;)

"New York Times bestselling author/artist Loren Long creates an unforgettable children's classic.

Otis is a special tractor. He loves his farmer and he loves to work. And he loves the little calf in the next stall, whom he purrs to sleep with his soft motor. In fact, the two become great friends: they play in the fields, leap hay bales, and play ring-around-the-rosy by Mud Pond.

But when Otis is replaced with the big yellow tractor, he is cast away behind the barn, unused, unnoticed . . . until the little calf gets stuck in Mud Pond. Then there is only one tractor—and it’s not big or yellow—who can come to the rescue. It is little old Otis who saves his friend. It is Otis who saves the day."

There are three copies of this book at the Logan-Hocking County District Library. Otis by Loren Long may also be purchased through Amazon (affiliate link):