Pencil Shavings: Growing Up in a One-Room Country School on the North Dakota Prairie by Lela Atwood Peterson

This book tells of the author's experiences while attending a country school for eight years in a unique community built of love and trust. Pencil Shavings contains touching, sad, hilarious, and delightful stories.

This is Peterson's second book, and after finding more in her research, revealed the climate of small communities and challenges of organizing and keeping a rural school open and staffed by a teacher. This book allows us to relive her childhood happenings that occurred within the confines of a small building.

Paperback

200 Pages

ISBN: 1537530208

About the author: Lela grew up in Grover township. She is a graduate of both Minot State University and the University of North Dakota. For many years she taught elementary school in North Dakota, Wisconsin, and Germany. In her retirement she has enjoyed writing family history and genealogical research. She resides in North Dakota and cares part time for her two grandchildren. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, gardening, reading, arts and crafts. 

Image description: The illustration depicts a white house in the center of the cover, in the middle of a field of tall grass under a cloudy sky. The title and subtitle are printed in the sky, and the author's name is printed at the bottom of the cover.