Bill Farnsworth
Author
Series
American girls collection volume 1
Pub. Date
2002
Lexile measure
720L
Physical Desc
70 pages : color illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1764, when Kaya and her family reunite with other Nez Percé Indians to fish for the red salmon, she learns that bragging, even about her swift horse, can lead to trouble. Includes historical notes on the Nez Percé Indians.
Author
Series
American girls collection. Kaya volume 4
Pub. Date
2002
Lexile measure
760L
Physical Desc
81 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Still grieving over the death of her hero, and missing her stolen horse and kidnapped younger sister, Kaya tries to earn the trust of a lone and starving dog who is about to have puppies. Includes historical notes on Nez Percé children.
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
American girls collection. Kaya volume 2
Pub. Date
2002
Lexile measure
720L
Physical Desc
72 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the fall of 1764, after Kaya and her sister are kidnapped from their Nez Percé village by enemy horse raiders, she tries to find a way to escape back home. Includes historical notes on education and learning among the Nez Percé Indians.
Author
Series
American girls collection volume 3
Pub. Date
2002
Lexile measure
750L
Physical Desc
73 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1764, Kaya greatly admires a courageous and kind young woman in her Nez Percé village and wants to be worthy of her respect. Includes historical notes on the winter activities of the Nez Percé Indians, including ceremonies and crafts.
Author
Series
American girls collection. Kaya volume 6
Pub. Date
2002
Lexile measure
840L
Physical Desc
70 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
While looking for Steps High, the horse that had been stolen from her, Kaya faces danger from a sudden mountain fire. Includes historical notes on the Nez Percé Indians.
Author
Series
American girls collection volume 5
Pub. Date
2002
Lexile measure
780L
Physical Desc
73 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Kaya and her family join with other Nez Percé and Salish Indians to fish for the red salmon, she and her older sister hope to be reunited with their younger sister, who had been kidnapped some time before. Includes historical notes on the summer activities of the Nez Percé Indians.
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Lexile measure
980L
Physical Desc
167 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old twins Casey and Lacey fly an enchanted, antique airplane, named the "Vin Fiz," across the United States and have several daring adventures along the way. Includes historical notes on the real "Vin Fiz," the name of the airplane that made the first transcontinental flight in 1911.
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
910L
Physical Desc
40 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1958, in Linz, Austria, demonstrators interrupted a performance of The Diary of Anne Frank, claiming that Anne Frank never existed. Determined to prove otherwise, Simon Wiesenthal, a Holocaust survivor, set out to find the Gestapo officer who arrested the Franks years before.
15) Conestoga wagons
Author
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
1040L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Explains how Conestoga wagons were built and driven as well as their historical significance and importance to the early American economy.
Author
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Grandfather tells Cory a special story about a boy who lovingly carves a toy sailboat, loses it, and buys it back with everything that he has in his pockets when he finally finds the boat in the possession of another little boy.
17) The wheat doll
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
AD 580L
Physical Desc
30 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
On the nineteenth-century Utah frontier, Mary Ann is heartbroken when her doll Betty is lost during a fierce storm and her sadness lasts all winter long, until spring brings a wonderful surprise.
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
IG 970L
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Whether marching, speaking, or simply going to school, brave men and women fought to advance social justice so that others could enjoy their rights. Adler's moving profiles and Farnsworth's evocative paintings honors these Americans who risked their own lives for freedom.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
930L
Physical Desc
40 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Using toolboxes, ambulances, and other ingenious measures, Irena Sendler defied the Nazis and risked her own life by saving and then hiding Jewish children. Her secret list of the children's real identities was kept safe, buried in two jars under a tree in war-torn Warsaw. An inspiring story of courage and compassion, this biography includes a list of resources, source notes, and an index.