Finally, Carl Erik and his family have come to the end of their long journey from Sweden to their new home in Minnesota! But Carl Erik finds that though the trip is over, a whole new adventure...

Joan Sandin is the illustrator of many books for young readers, including the "I Can Read" books Small Wolf , written by Nathaniel Benchley, Snowshoe Thompson , written by Nancy Smiler Levinson, and...

"Sandin skillfully presents this slice of immigrant life through words and illustrations that will both inform and please."