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Tap dancing on the roof : sijo (poems)
by Linda Sue Park ; pictures by Istvan Banyai
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Sijo is a traditional Korean form of poetry. Sijo is syllabic, like Japanese haiku, with three lines of 14 to 16 syllables each: the first two introduce the topic, the third and fourth lines develop it, and the fifth and sixth lines contain an unexpectedhumorous or ironic twist. This collection contains 26 sijo
2007; 1 v.; isbn:0618234837 More Information |
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The North Pole was here : puzzles and perils at the top of the world
Andrew C. Revkin
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Discover the North Pole and the arctic ice that covers the ocean water there. Learn about historical expeditions, and the recent one the author joined and where these chapters were written
2006; 128 p.; isbn:0753459930 More Information |
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The forbidden schoolhouse : the true and dramatic story of Prudence Crandall and her students
Suzanne Jurmain
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Describes the circumstances surrounding the 1833 opening of a school for African-American girls in Canterbury, Connecticut, and discusses the attitudes of the townspeople who persecuted the teacher and burned down the school
2005; 150 p.; isbn:0618473025 More Information |
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Something out of nothing : Marie Curie and radium
Carla Killough McClafferty
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Meet Manya Sklodowska, better known today as Marie Curie, the co-discoverer of radium, and who became the first woman awarded the Nobel prize for her work on the discovery. Learn what life was like for Marie, and the effect her discovery had on the world
2006; 134 p.; isbn:0374380368 More Information |
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Onward : a photobiography of African-American polar explorer Matthew Henson
by Dolores Johnson
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Presents the life of the Arctic explorer, who assisted Robert E. Peary in his journey to the North Pole and who spoke Inuit to the natives, mastered the dog sled, and helped lead their party to their successful destination
2006; 64 p.; isbn:079227914X More Information |
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Rascal
by Sterling North ; illustrated by John Schoenherr
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The author recalls his carefree life in a small midwestern town at the close of World War I, and his adventures with his pet raccoon, Rascal
1990; 189 p.; isbn:0140344454 More Information |
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Russell Freedman
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Photographs and text trace the life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt from his birth in 1882 through his youth, early political career, and presidency, to his death in Warm Springs, Georgia, in 1945
1990; 200 p.; isbn:089919379X More Information |
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The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian
by Sherman Alexie ; art by Ellen Forney
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Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot
2007; 229 p.; isbn:0316013684 More Information |
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Skellig
by David Almond
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Unhappy about his baby sister's illness and the chaos of moving into a dilapidated old house, Michael retreats to the garage and finds a mysterious stranger who is something like a bird and something like an angel
1999; 182 p.; isbn:038532653X More Information |
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Basketball (or something like it)
Nora Raleigh Baskin
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Hank, Nathan, Jeremy, and Anabel deal with the realities of middle school basketball, including family pressure, a series of coaches with very different personalities and agendas, and what it means to be a team--and a friend
2005; 166 p.; isbn:0060596120 More Information |
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The Penderwicks : a summer tale of four sisters, two rabbits, and a very interesting boy
Jeanne Birdsall.
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While vacationing with their widowed father in the Berkshire Mountains, four lovable sisters, ages four through twelve, share adventures with a local boy, much to the dismay of his snobbish mother.
2005; 262 p.; isbn:0375831436 More Information |
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Blood on the river : James Town 1607
Elisa Carbone
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Traveling to the New World in 1606 as the page to Captain John Smith, twelve-year-old orphan Samuel Collier settles in the new colony of James Town, where he must quickly learn to distinguish between friend and foe
2006; [7] p.; isbn:0670060607 More Information |
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