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1983
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Representative and comprehensive view of the range or writers and writer-artists who played vital roles in creating "Childhood's Golden Era." Also includes entries on writers and individuals who have significantly influenced the writing and art of others for children.
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Owen Wister's wry humor enlivens this comedic story of three sophomores during exam week at Harvard.
Two frowning boys sat in their tennis flannels beneath the glare of lamp and gas. Their leather belts were, loosened, their soft pink shirts unbuttoned at the collar. They were listening with gloomy voracity to the instruction of a third. They sat at a table bared of its customary sporting ornaments, and from time to time, they questioned, sucked their...
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Marilyn Benjamin Wassmann was born in a leap year and earned four degrees-two in art history, one in library science, and one in studio art. Before retiring in 2011, Marilyn worked as an art cataloger at the Library of Congress. She has illustrated and contributed to anthologies for the Greenbelt Writers Group, and in 2010, she published a children's book with her husband's assistance entitled "What the Wind Blew In". Besides drawing and painting,...
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Just seventy-five years ago, the American government did something that most would consider unthinkable today: it rounded up over 100,000 of its own citizens based on nothing more than their ancestry and, suspicious of their loyalty, kept them in concentration camps for the better part of four years. How could this have happened? Uprooted takes a close look at the history of racism in America and follows the treacherous path that led one of our nation's...
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Bannack is a story of adventure and self-discovery set in the time of the Civil War and vigilante violence. Sixteen-year-old Billy Mayfair, kicked out of his home in Illinois by his father, sets out to find a fortune in gold in a remote mining camp in what would become the Montana Territory. While in St. Louis, he loses his money and virginity, gets in a fight and lands in jail. But, he manages to save enough working in a Union hospital caring for...
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Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts, is one of the most recognizable and mysterious figures in the Harry Potter series. As an unscrupulous beetle-like journalist once said, he's "a biographer's dream." Is he omniscient or limited? Is he benevolent or malevolent? What really drove him in the last years of an extraordinary life?
This book will dive between the lines of the Harry Potter books to create a portrait of the controversial...
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Hairy Krishne tells the story of how Jennifer, an only child, got her very own dog. If your house is PET FRIENDLY, getting a pooch isn't a problem; however, if pets are on the NOT WANTED list it can be a BONE OF CONTENTION! As a NO PETS parent you'll need some very good reasons why having a pet is NOT such a wonderful idea. What do you say when your child asks for a pet and you don't want one? If these words, When you get your own house, you can have...
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The book, An Insight into the Horrors of Partition, Colonialism and Women's Issues, aims to explore, highlight and condemn various forms of oppression like the oppression of the downtrodden women in the patriarchal society, colonialism and mass trauma and exodus during the Partition of India. For the convenience of the readers, the book has been, organized in three Chapters. Chapter I, "The Problem That Has No Name", attempts to explore the issue...
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Ningún docente con los que he compartido años de infancia y juventud tuvo la capacidad o voluntad de transmitirme la pasión por la lectura, todos ellos más obsesionados por la historia de la literatura, y el consiguiente atiborramiento de apuntes, nombres y títulos, que por la educación literaria o fomento de la sensibilidad lectora.
La expresión «animación a la lectura» se ha ido manipulando y tergiversando poco a poco para el provecho...
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There are many journeys the souls of Hobbits, Elves, Men, and Dwarves take during the War of the Ring. None are darker or more illuminating than Frodo's trial of love. The light of this shines through, just as light and love shine through Bilbo's.
J. R. R. Tolkien mentioned in a letter to Milt Waldman The Lord of the Rings is seen through the eyes of hobbits "to exemplify most clearly a recurrent theme: the place in 'world politics' of the unforeseen...
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Seventh grade is the turning point for many middle schoolers. So it is for Harley and his best friend TJ at JFK Middle School. They are part of a quartet of close friends growing up in a cul-de-sac. These friends discover that people are not always who they seem to be, even teachers. An accident during a soccer match sets them on a life-saving quest. Harley and TJ find themselves in a strange world where they must forge onward to complete this quest....
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Little Lou the caterpillar loves her world. She lives in a big garden with her best friend, Ladybug. As spring grows into summer, Little Lou munches away on the green leaves. But a chat with a butterfly makes her afraid. She discovers shes going to change, and little Lou doesnt want to change. She likes her life just the way it is. As summer turns to fall and fall into winter, Little Lou experiences the change the butterfly told her about. At times,...
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Sophia, the fairy, is here to take these children on a fun-filled adventure. The Magical Forest, disguised creatures, challenging cave and, finally, the treasure, gets the children excited and gives them an opportunity to learn about animals that are masters of disguise. They can create their own music to sing the treasure hunt song and then there is PEEK-A-BOO- where children find the camouflaged animals.
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When Cassidy found out that she was going to die, she wasexcited! Thats right, excited. I know, I knowit is not what I would have expected either, but Cassidy was an extraordinary, courageous little princess. And thus begins the unforgettable journey of Cassidy, the Valiant. Join her on this adventure as she reunites with her mommy, discovers the magic of heaven, and beholds the great and mighty King. Children and parents alike may be greatly moved...
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La milenaria tradición oral que da vida y continuidad a la cultura maya es rescatada en estas fábulas. Con las recreaciones literarias presentadas en este libro, Víctor Montejo ofrece un testimonio de los valores de respeto, unidad y entendimiento que el pueblo jakalteco del occidente de Guatemala propone para lograr una coexistencia armónica entre los seres humanos y su ambiente natural y sobrenatural.
El pájaro que limpia el mundo y otras fábulas...
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Ever been to the river near your house? Did you see all the native critters? Well, did you get to talk to them? Want to? Join TyLu and his river critter friends as they go on their adventure through Critter River. Join the journey as TyLu learns to walk on eggs, cross the river, climb trees, meet the community of river critter animals, and learn to help our Critter River friends.
100) Of Sneetches and Whos and the Good Dr. Seuss: Essays On the Writings and Life of Theodor Geisel
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Children and adults alike remember Dr. Seuss's cat in the hat, the culinary delight to be found in green eggs and ham and the fate of the Grinch who stole Christmas. What few know is that Theodor Seuss Geisel's first book came to him while returning from Europe aboard an ocean liner; he found himself obsessed with the throbbing of the ship's engines and repeated the beat until the words of his first book "And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street"...
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