Nora's Chicks Kathryn Brown

Nora's Chicks Kathryn BrownNora's Chicks by Patricia MacLachlan. Nora and her family have just arrived from Russia and are making a new home on the American frontier. The prairie is very different from the forested hills Nora is used to. Most of all, its lonely. Papa has the cows he sings to as he milks them. Baby brother Milo has a dog to follow him wherever he goes. But Nora has no one and nothing to call her own until Papa brings home a dozen chicks and two geese. Nora names

and she will have to name it

and they follow her everywhere — even to church

it’s lonely

safe and warm

Nora's Chicks by Patricia MacLachlan

he discovers that Boris and his mates aren't quite what he expected

dark is light

Boris von der Borch is a mean

Meeny and Miney Mole live at the bottom of a deep

How does an old woman who has out lived all her friends keep from being lonely

dark hole all by themselves

But that puppy has other ideas