In 1906 eight year-old Ralph Moody moves with his family from New Hampshire to a Colorado ranch for his father's health. Ralph's family experiences the pleasures and perils of ranching; attending auctions and roundups, battling with neighbors over water rights, fighting tornados, and scratching a living from the wild prairie sod. Ralph meets Hi Beckman, the best ranch foreman and cowboy in all Colorado. Hi teaches Ralph all the tricks of the trade making "Little Britches" into a first-rate cowhand and rodeo rider. Ralph's friends, Hi, Two Dog and the blue-roan cowhorse Sky High, give Little Britches all the learning and excitement a boy can dream of. He'll need it as the adventures Ralph faces will have to equip him to take his ailing father's place when the time comes....
Enjoy a young boy's adventures on the Colorado plains in the early 1900s. Each of these audio renditions of the Little Britches series provides about 8 hours of story. These Books in Motion productions narrate the full text in an enjoyable, mellow, lower register tone. This voice-only production is a perfect way to enjoy your Ralph Moody books on the go or as a read-aloud substitute. Listed in series order below. Rated G. ~ Ruth
Little Britches: Father & I were Ranchers
Man of the Family
Fields of Home
Home Ranch
Mary Emma and Company
Shaking the Nickel Bush
Dry Divide
Horse of a Different Color
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We read this years ago, I thought my kids would like to hear it again.
A wonderful story that I listened to as a child. Now I want to introduce it to my own children!
I have boys. They love the Little House on the Prairie books. These are just as good, if not better for them.
First book in the series.