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(0)Doris Ettlinger
Author
Lexile measure
NC 820L
Language
English
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Description
Delly Porter enjoys the feel of soft dirt beneath her feet as she walks to and from school, but after a classmate makes her feel ashamed of having no shoes she learns that her parents and others, too, see value in things that do not cost money.
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
"An A-Z pictorial for children ages 4-10 explaining school. Letter topics include, the alphabet, kindergarten, books, librarian, and principal. Each is introduced with a poem accompanied by expository text to provide detailed information"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 pages) : color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
During World War II thousands of American servicemen were stationed overseas in various countries. It is in England that American GI Jack Ricker meets and marries an English widow with a nine-year-old son, Thomas. Thomas likes his new stepfather and he's hopeful about their future. But now with the war over, Jack is back in America. Thomas and his mother make plans to leave England and join him. Thomas is apprehensive about moving. He won't know anyone,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Lexile measure
580L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 unnumbered pages) : color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
When ten-year-old Cora and her family leave their home in Missouri, their hearts are filled with the hopes and dreams of a bright future gleaming with promise and opportunity. But the journey west by wagon train is harsh, and tragedy strikes swiftly and unexpectedly. Now Cora and her father must steel themselves for a different future from what they had carefully planned. How can they move forward when their hearts are broken? But move on they must,...
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (34 pages) : color illustrations
Language
English
Description
The tickle of sand on the bottom of bare feet... the taste of salt from a spray of water... the rumble-roar as waves come ashore. These are just a few of the many sensory experiences a day at the beach can bring. S is for Sea Glass: A Beach Alphabet uses a variety of poetry forms such as free verse, haiku, and ode in this celebration of the beach and seaside life. From a walk down the boardwalk to collecting sea glass to imagining the life of a shell's...
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (40 unnumbered pages) : color illustrations
Language
English
Description
Readers will be delighted to discover the many wonders of the Garden State, from her famous sons and daughters (inventor Thomas Edison and the Revolutionary War heroine Molly Pitcher) to her beautiful sights (the Highlands, the Pinelands, and New Jersey's famous shoreline), and her unique institutions (The Seeing Eye training institute for seeing eye dogs and Haddy, the largest complete dinosaur skeleton of its time, found in 1858). G is for Garden...
Author
Series
Little house chapter book. Rose volume 1
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
1st Harper Trophy edition.
Physical Desc
74 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Even though she is sad to leave her home in South Dakota, Rose has many new experiences as she and her parents and the Cooley family make their journey to Missouri.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Lexile measure
810L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (79 pages) : color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Westward Journeys contains three stories focusing on the American westward expansion, including the Oregon Trail and the Oklahoma Land Run. In Minnow and Rose, Rose and her family are traveling with a wagon train heading west on the Oregon Trail. When she encounters Minnow, a young native girl, their meeting has life-changing results for both cultures. The Oklahoma Land Run is the topic in Pappy's Handkerchief. When Moses and his family hear of free...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st Harper Trophy ed.
Physical Desc
71 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Caroline Quiner, who grows up to be the mother of Laura Ingalls Wilder, shares all kinds of adventures with her brothers and sisters on their small farm in Brookfield, Wisconsin.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
690L
Physical Desc
74 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents the daily experiences and adventures of young Caroline Quiner, the girl who would grow up to be Laura Ingalls Wilder's mother, in the frontier town of Brookfield, Wisconsin.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2000
Lexile measure
620L
Physical Desc
71 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Rose meets a girl named Alva, a neighbor at her Missouri farm, and together they explore the hills, pick pokeweed, explore a cave, and have other adventures in the Ozark Mountains.
18) Pilgrim cat
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
A young pilgrim girl and the cat she discovers on the Mayflower voyage begin their life together in the Plymouth settlement.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st HarperTrophy ed.
Lexile measure
740L
Physical Desc
74 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Caroline Quiner, who grows up to become the mother of Laura Ingalls Wilder, spends time with neighbors, makes a new friend, and attends the Maple Frolic in the frontier town of Brookfield, Wisconsin.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
1st Harper Trophy ed.
Physical Desc
74 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Caroline Quiner and her family are forced to move from Brookfield further west, Caroline, who will become the mother of Laura Ingalls Wilder, does her part as they settle in and make a new home.