High Waters — Phil Stong

When a case of measles closes the grade school in Pittsville, Iowa during a raw and cold March winter, the excitement over a few days away from school is suddenly overshadowed by the flooding of the Des Moines River. During the summer, the river was a quiet drifting stream in which boys waded and dug for clams ― in winter, however, the river could turn into a torrent which loaded the bridge piers with the dead trunks of trees. As the people of the small town of Four Corners scramble for safety, three boys embark on an adventure of their own ― the rescue of a small brown and white burro named Mexico.

The Iowa Kids 1910 series is a collection of three unforgettable stories ― humorously captured and simply told. Farm Boy, High Waters, No-Sitch the Hound.