In Laura Ingalls Wilders book Farmer Boy there is a whole chapter on ice harvesting. Chapter 6...Filling the Icehouse. Farmer Boy is about Almanzo Wilder, Laura's husband. It takes place in Hardscrabble, NY when he was 8 years old. This is a great book for 4th graders as they are about the same age Almanzo was in the book. For any age this book is full of information on how country life was in NY about 1870. Karen "Somedays are diamonds; Some days are stone" John Denver, an American treasure sadly missed Family farms are important. Think about it....no farms....no food <A HREF="http://www.thehungersite.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/HungerSite">Click here to donate food for free to the hungry</A> <A HREF="http://www.thekidsaidssite.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/CTDSites.woa/486/wa/gotoSite?wosid=YG1000S3300yX500PC&origin=csstab&destSite=KidsAIDSsite">The Kids AIDS Site : Donate Free Care</A> <A HREF="http://www.thechildsurvivalsite.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/CTDSites">The Child Survival Site : Donate Vitamin A for Free</A>