Among the hidden

Luke has never been to school. He's never had a birthday party, or gone to a friend's house for an overnight. In fact, Luke has never had a friend. Luke is one of the shadow children, a third child forbidden by the Population Police. He's lived his entire life in hiding, and now, with a new housing development replacing the woods next to his family's farm, he is no longer even allowed to go …

The Sesame Street treasury : featuring Jim Henson's Sesame Street Muppets

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ISBN/ISSN

0834300532

Collation

44 pages : illustration ; 28 cm

Series Title

Sesame Street

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Snatch in a mess

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ISBN/ISSN

0861636619

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18 pages : illustration ; 21 cm

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My father's dragon

My Father's Dragon is a children's novel by Ruth Stiles Gannett about a young boy, Elmer Elevator, who runs away to Wild Island to rescue a baby Dragon. The narrative mode is unusual, in that the narrator refers to the protagonist only as "my father", giving the impression that this is a true story that happened long ago. The illustrations within the book are black and white done with a g…

You want women to vote, Lizzie Stanton?

This biography of Elizabeth Cady Stanton is as spirited as the women's rights pioneer herself. Who says women shouldn't speak in public? And why can't they vote? These are questions Elizabeth Cady Stanton grew up asking herself. Her father believed that girls didn't count as much as boys, and her own husband once got so embarrassed when she spoke at a convention that he left town. Luckily Li…

The dragons of Blueland

In this third and final installment of the classic My Father's Dragon trilogy, Boris, the baby dragon, is excited to be heading home to Blueland and looks forward to reuniting with his family.

Elmer and the dragon

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ISBN/ISSN

9780440421368

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73 pages : illustration ; 19 cm

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Call Number

G

Sootface : an Ojibwa Cinderella story

Once, an Ojibwa man whose wife had died raised three daughters alone. The two older girls were lazy and bad-tempered, and made their youngest sister do all the work. When the flames from the cooking fire singed her hair or burned her skin, they laughed and called her Sootface. While she worked, Sootface dreamed that one day she would find a husband. Then a mighty warrior with the power to make…

What can you do with a paleta? : ¿Qué se puede hacer con una paleta?

Where the paleta wagon rings its tinkly belland carries a treasure of icy paletasin every color of the sarape . . . As she strolls through her barrio, a young girl introduces readers to the frozen, fruit-flavored treat that thrills Mexican and Mexican-American children. Create a masterpiece, make tough choices (strawberry or coconut?), or cool off on a warm summer's day--there's so much to d…

Twilight comes twice

Free-verse text describes the transition from day to night and from night to day, revealing the magic in these everyday moments.