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Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When Sal drives a stagecoach alone for the first time to pick up and deliver mail, her mother is afraid she will meet local outlaw Poetic Pete, but Sal not only excels at roping, riding, and shooting, she is also an excellent singer.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"This true children's story is told by a little bonsai tree, called Miyajima, that lived with the same family in the Japanese city of Hiroshima for more than 300 years before being donated to the National Arboretum in Washington DC in 1976 as a gesture of friendship between America and Japan to celebrate the American Bicentennial" --
"In 1625, when Japan was a land of samurai and castles, I was a tiny pine seedling. A man called Itaro Yamaki picked...
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A thirteen-year-old African American boy in 1960s Greenville, North Carolina, uses his typing skills to make a statement as part of the Civil Rights movement. Based on true events. Includes author's note"--Provided by publisher.
327) Clementine
Series
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Presents an illustrated version of the traditional song along with some discussion of its folk origins.
328) Ellen's broom
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Ellen has always known that the broom hanging on her family's cabin wall is a special symbol of her parents' wedding during slave days, so she proudly carries it to the courthouse when the marriage becomes legal.
329) The good lion
Author
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
An account of the time in the pilot Beryl Markham's childhood in Kenya when she was attacked by a lion that her neighbors kept as a pet.
333) Miss Colfax's light
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"In 1861, at the age of 37, Harriet Colfax became the lighthouse keeper for the Michigan City Lighthouse off Lake Michigan. For 43 years, until the age of 80, Harriet kept her light burning, through storms, harsh winters, and changes in technology. This true story includes excerpts from her actual log."--Provided by the publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Georgia decided to help the best way she knew how. She worked together with a group of women and together they purchased the supplies they needed--bread, lettuce, and chickens. And off they went to cook. The women brought food to the mass meetings that followed at the church. They sold sandwiches. They sold dinners in their neighborhoods. As the boycotters walked and walked, Georgia cooked and cooked. Georgia Gilmore was a cook at the National Lunch...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Abe Lincoln is worried. He has to give the Gettysburg Address but he cannot find his hat anywhere! Frederick Douglass is busy writing a book. Clara Barton is busy nursing wounded soldiers. Who will help find Abe Lincoln's hat?
Join the hunt for Honest Abe's hat in the next quirky board book in the Young Historians series Abe Lincoln is worried. He cannot find his hat anywhere. Will his friends help him find it? Frederick Douglass is busy writing...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
An inspiring audiobook biography based on the life of Kate Moore, a twelve-year-old lighthouse keeper in the 19th century who saved the lives of twenty-three sailors.
With an evocative text, travel back to the stormy, rocky shores of 19th century Connecticut and meet an unforgettable heroine— at a time when girls were considered anything but. Fayerweather Island had seen blustery blizzards and rip-roaring tides, but it had never seen a...
With an evocative text, travel back to the stormy, rocky shores of 19th century Connecticut and meet an unforgettable heroine— at a time when girls were considered anything but. Fayerweather Island had seen blustery blizzards and rip-roaring tides, but it had never seen a...
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