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Walton's rollicking verses recall the westward journey to Utah of the first Mormon party in 1847. With Brigham Young serving as caller for this square dance rhyme, men, women, and children--as well as an assortment of horses, lizards, cows, buffalo, pigs, bears, and chickens--all partake in the merriment. Teare's colorful illustrations complement the whimsical text and somehow manage to make square-dancing grizzlies and clarinet-playing buffalo look right at home with campfires and Conestogas. Although there's no real information about the historic trip, an afterword clarifies the authentic characters mentioned. A pleasant reminder that even august pioneers had their lighter moments; pair this with Christine Graham's When Pioneer Wagons Rumbled West, reviewed on p.236, for a more serious look at life on the Mormon Trail. Kay Weisman