Love it
This book is for young and old. The pictures are beautiful. If you grew up on the prairie or know someone who did it is a must have.

If You're From the Prairie
If you're from the prairie you will really "get" this book. I bought it as an addition to my collection of books that help me think about sense of place. As far as sense of place is concerned, it goes along nicely with All the Places to Love by Patricia Maclachlan - this one isn't about the prairie, but it is very moving.

If you're not from the prairie
It is a great book for teaching poetry to children or even for high school students. I love and recommend it highly to anyone.

Offensive
I think this book is offensive. It acts as if the prairie is better than any other place. It also makes fun of people who don't live in the prarie. Our teacher read it to us and a good part of the class hated it. We just survived the blistering cold, and then this author comes and says we don't know cold. If you're not from the prarie, do not read.

Great for teachers in South Dakota!
This is an awesome book! Coming from Eastern South Dakota (plains) it is just so perfect! I taught a lesson to students (4th grade) who live in Western South Dakota (the Black Hills) and we compared the two regions of South Dakota. We then wrote a poem that used the author's structure as a guide. We entitled the poem "If you're not from the Black Hills..." It went over great and the kids loved it! It also correlates to 4 state standards and probably many more! This book made me cry! Awesome!