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The snowy day
The magic and wonder of winter’s first snowfall is perfectly captured in Ezra Jack Keat’s Caldecott Medal-winning picture book. This celebrated classic has been shared by generations of readers and listeners, a must-have for every child’s bookshelf and a perfect gift for the holiday season. New York Public Library's #1 book on the list of “Top Check Outs of All Time” In 1962, a …
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- 9780670867332
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 13 cm
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Henry and the kite dragon
Everyone knows that kids from Chinatown don't go to the park when the kids from Little Italy are there. They're rough, they're big, and they don't like Chinese kids. That's okay-Henry doesn't like them, either. But what Henry does like are kites. He loves them. Even more, he loves to help his friend Grandfather Chin make them, and fly them over Chinatown and the park. But when Tony Guglione an…
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- 9780399237270
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 28 cm
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The hodgeheg
Max is a hedgehog who lives with his family in a nice little home, but unfortunately on the wrong side of the road from the Park, with its beautiful lily pond, and more importantly its juicy slugs, worms and snails! The busy road is a dangerous barrier but Max notices that humans seem to cross it quite easily. If they can, why can't hedgehogs? So Max sets out on a quest to find a safe way to r…
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- 0140325034
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- 87 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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- K
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Eleven-year-old Rebecca Randall is quite a handful—and now she’s leaving her beloved Sunnybrook Farm to live with her well-to-do elderly aunts and get an education. But they were expecting Rebecca’s quiet, hard-working older sister instead. Can the bright-eyed and talkative girl win them over…especially her strict, rule-bound Aunt Miranda? Just as Rebecca’s “grand spirit” charms e…
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- 9781402736933
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- 151 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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- Classic Starts
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- W
Light your candle
After witnessing all sorts of violence, Stephanie decides to light her candle. After encountering much opposition, Stephanie and her two friends transform their inner city school and neighborhood.
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- 1575370190
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
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The curious garden
This New York Times bestselling modern classic explores the perennial topic of environmentalism in an urban world, from the creator of The Wild Robot and Mr. Tiger Goes Wild One boy's quest for a greener world... one garden at a time. While out exploring one day, a little boy named Liam discovers a struggling garden and decides to take care of it. As time passes, the garden spreads throug…
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- 9780316015479
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 28 cm
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Our strange new land
Award-winning author Pat Hermes tells the story of Elizabeth Barker, whose family sails from Plymouth, England, to Jamestown, Virginia, in 1609. This book helps to relaunch the My America series. In May 1607, 3 ships sailed up the James River in Virginia. In the riverbank marshes, they made land and hung the flag--England's flag--establishing the first permanent English colony in Jamestown, Vi…
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- 0439368987
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- 109 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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- My America
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The starving time : Elizabeth's Jamestown Colony Diary
In Pat Hermes' sequel to Our Strange New Land, Elizabeth faces harsher times as she records the colony's daily struggle for survival. The My America series will be relaunched with new covers. The story of the feisty, determined Lizzie of Pat Hermes' Our Strange New Land continues in this installment with the departure of both Captain John Smith and Lizzie's dear friend, Jessie. Facing new ch…
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- 0439369029
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- 109 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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Season of promise : Elizabeth's diary colony diary
FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. In 1611, ten-year-old Elizabeth continues a journal of her experiences living in Jamestown, as her brother Caleb rejoins the family, a new strict governor comes to the colony, and her father considers remarriage.
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- 0439272068
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- 108 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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- My America
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The Jamestown colony
An account of the first permanent English settlement in North America, with all its tragedies and disasters, established in 1607 in Jamestown, Virginia
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- 9780516261386
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- 30 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
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- Cornerstones Of Freedom
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- 975.5 SAK
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