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Coolies

AWiebe — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 17:57:18 +0000

Shek marvels at the new world as he and his brother, Little Wong, arrive in California. Along with hundreds of other workers, the brothers are going to build a great railroad across the West. They plan to save enough money so that their mother and little brothers can join them in America. But as days [...]

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The Hungry Coat: A Tale from Turkey

shipping — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 18:37:18 +0000

With humor and luminous illustrations inspired by traditional Turkish paintings, Demi brings to life Turkey's most famous folk hero and imparts a timeless tale with a moral that will resonate with readers everywhere. Full color.

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Marguerite Makes a Book

shipping — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 18:29:26 +0000

In medieval Paris, Marguerite helps her nearly blind father finish painting an illuminated manuscript for his patron, Lady Isabelle.

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Southwest Sunrise

sarah — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 18:19:40 +0000

Flowers in bright shades . . .
Birds and lizards and turtles, all with a story to tell . . .
Red rock pillars towering in the distance . . .
Turquoise sky as far as the eye can see . . .

Perhaps this place could be home after all.

Gorgeously poetic and visually stunning, this story from acclaimed creators Nikki Grimes and Wendell Minor celebrates the beauty of the Southwest as a young boy sees it for the very first time.

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Follow the Drinking Gourd

sarah — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 18:03:41 +0000

While working for plantation owners, Peg Leg Joe teaches the slaves a song about the drinking gourd (the Big Dipper). A couple, their son, and two others make their escape by following the song’s directions.

Rich paintings interpret the strong story in a clean, primitive style enhanced by bold colors. The rhythmic compositions have an energetic presence that’s compelling. A fine rendering of history in picturebook format.”–(starred) Booklist.

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Mike Fink

sarah — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 17:57:40 +0000

Mike Fink was king of the keelboatmen—the strongest, rowdiest bunch of fellows ever to work on the Mississippi. Mike was a whole lot more than a keelboater—yes, sir! He was a crack shot and the best grizzly and gator wrestler on the river. They don’t make ’em like Mike these days, now do they?

But what will Mike do when the larger, faster, smoke-spewing steamboats attempt to take over the rivers?

A good supplement for units on tall tales, folktales, American history, and the Mississippi River. And just a fun read-aloud for sharing.

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The Birchbark House

reception — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 17:12:39 +0000

She was named Omakayas, or Little Frog, because her first step was a hop. Omakayas and her family live on an island in Lake Superior. Though there are growing numbers of white people encroaching on their land, life continues much as it always has. But the satisfying rhythms of their life are shattered when a [...]

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Grandfather’s Dance

AWiebe — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 22:48:11 +0000

The fifth book in the series that began with the Newbery Medal–winning Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan. Jack leans back on Grandfather's shoulder. Aunt Mattie's knitting needles click in the dark. The moon rises. The candle flickers in the gentle prairie wind. I close my eyes to keep everything there. Could anything be more perfect [...]

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More Perfect than the Moon

AWiebe — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 22:42:07 +0000

The fourth book in the series that began with the Newbery Medal–winning Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan. I am a watcher. I am a listener, too. I am invisible. I can make myself so small and quiet and hidden that sometimes no one knows I am there to watch and listen. Cassie spends her days [...]

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Caleb’s Story

AWiebe — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 22:37:40 +0000

The third book in the series that began with the Newbery Medal–winning Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan. Anna has done something terrible. She has given me a journal to fill. "It's your job now," Anna says as she hands Caleb her journals, asking him to continue writing the family story. But Sarah, Jacob, Anna, Caleb, [...]

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Skylark

AWiebe — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 22:28:07 +0000

The second book in the series that began with the Newbery Medal–winning Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan. Sarah came to the prairie from Maine to marry Papa. But that summer, a drought turned the land dry and brown. Fires swept across the fields and coyotes came to the well in search of water. So Sarah [...]

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Family Pictures

CEBAdmin — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 18:25:57 +0000

In the winter of 1925, Nome, Alaska, was hit by an unexpected and deadly outbreak of diphtheria. Officials immediately quarantined the town, but the only cure for the community of more than 1,400 people was antitoxin serum and the nearest supply was in Anchorage-hundreds of miles of snowbound wilderness away. The only way to get [...]

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