Snowshoe Kate and the Hospital Built for Pennies by Margi Preus listography No professional architects are needed

No professional architects are needed here

Curt Thompson gently and with great compassion leads us away from the idea that we are 'problems to be solved or broken objects to be repaired

this useful book will help you attract birds to your backyard

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Snowshoe Kate and the Hospital Built for Pennies by Margi Preus listography No professional architects are neededNewbery Honor winner Margi Preus and illustrator Jaime Zollars shed light on a trailblazing doctor known as the "Angel on Snowshoes" in this picture book biography Dr. Kate Pelham Newcomb (or "Dr. Kate," as she was known to her patients) was a doctor in rural northern Wisconsin during the early 1900s, a time when very few women practiced medicine. Because the nearest hospital was over two hours away and the snowy roads were often impassable, Dr. Kate