New Releases by Dorothy Rhoads

A Newbery Honor Book Can Tigre find the strength and courage to support his family? When Tigre’s father is badly injured in an accident, the family is thrown into turmoil. Who will plant and harvest the corn that they need to survive—and to please the Mayan gods? The neighbors have fields of their own to tend, and Tigre’s mother and grandmother cannot do it on their own. Twelve-year-old Tigre has never done a man’s work before. Can he shoulder the burden on his own, and take his father’s place? “A book of special artistic distinction, with its well-told story rich in Mayan folkway and custom and its boldly appropriate drawings.”—The Horn Book

Handwritten and typewritten drafts of a story of a little girl. The story is about a real person but seems to have fictional elements in it. Also included are correspondence. Most of these items deal with Rhoads' attempts to get the story published.

The collection contains numerous portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rhoads and their daughters Dorothy and Frances. It includes correspondence and newspaper clippings spanning the end of the nineteenth century to the 1970's. Also included are numerous journals, diaries, and financial books written by Dorothy Rhoads. Dorothy was an avid writer throughout her lifetime; the collection includes portions of a filing system she developed while writing short stories, poetry, and a novel. It also contains a small collection of Dr. Sylvanus G. Morley's personal papers and information about Mayan ruins.