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Juvenile literature
- Author:LEAD ProjectSummary:
- Author:Brown, MarciaSummary:
When three hungry soldiers come to a town where all the food has been hidden, they set out to make soup of water and stones, and all the town enjoys a feast.
- Author:Albert, Lisa RondinelliSummary:
A biography of American novelist Stephenie Meyer, author of the best-selling Twilight saga.
- Author:Blackstock, CindySummary:
Spirit Bear is off on another adventure! Follow him as he learns about traditional knowledge and Residential Schools from his Uncle Huckleberry and his friend, Lak'insxw, before heading to Algonquin territory, where children teach him...
- Author:Bowers, RickSummary:
In the 1950s and 1960s, the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission compiled secret files on more than 87,000 private citizens in the most extensive state spying program in U.S. history. Its mission: to save segregation.
- Author:Michalak, JamieSummary:
Learn everything you need to know about Bigfoot, the furry fugitive, including tips on trapping and releasing your specimen.
- Author:Schulz, Charles M.Summary:
Snoopy's Book of Words is the perfect introduction for little ones to learn basic vocabulary words along with Snoopy and his Peanuts friends.
- Author:Schulz, Charles M.Summary:
Snoopy's Book of Shapes is the perfect introduction for little ones to learn about shapes along with Snoopy and his Peanuts friends.
- Author:Page, AndreaSummary:
The author's great-uncle John Bear King was a Sioux Indian in the First Cavalry in the Second World War. Her book follows seven Sioux who put aside a long history of prejudice against their people and joined the fight against Japan,...
- Author:Wilson, JanetSummary:
- Author:McConkey, LoisSummary:
- Author:Swinburne, Stephen R.Summary:
Describes the physical characteristics, habitats, babies, and behavior of the endangered species called manatees.
- Author:Coerr, EleanorSummary:
Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy.
- Author:Hakim, Joy.Summary:
A dramatic look at life after the Civil War in the newly re-United States.
- Author:VanHecke, SusanSummary:
The author traces the history of inventions that significantly affected music in the United States, including descriptions of both the inventors and the musical instruments they invented.
- Author:Stevenson, RobinSummary:
- Author:Thomas, Penny M.Summary:
A unique book for young children that teaches counting from one to ten in the Cree language. Both words and pictures reflect the rich culture and tradition of the Cree people.
- Author:Budd, Robert, Vickers, Roy HenrySummary:
The children of the Tsimshian village of Kitkatla love to play at being hunters, eager for their turn to join the grown-ups. But when they capture and mistreat a crow, the Chief of the Heavens, angered at their disrespect, brings down a...
- Author:Ray, Deborah KoganSummary:
Documents the life and achievements of the nineteenth-century Northern Paiute leader, examining how her aptitude for languages and diplomacy enabled her to advocate on behalf of her tribe.
- Author:Freedman, RussellSummary:
A biography of the nineteenth-century Frenchman who, having been blinded himself at the age of three, went on to develop a system of raised dots on paper that enabled blind people to read and write.