Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The pilgrims' first Thanksgiving The pilgrims' first Thanksgiving Ann McGovern The Pilgrims' first Thanksgiving lasted three whole days. The simple text introduces children to the struggles of the Pilgrims during their first year at Plymouth Colony and the events leading to the… OL15149157W
Squeals & squiggles & ghostly giggles Squeals & squiggles & ghostly giggles Ann McGovern Spooky poems, limericks, games, stories, and tricks for Halloween or year-round scares. OL15840069W
Treasury of Christmas stories Treasury of Christmas stories Ann McGovern Thirty Christmas stories and poems by well-known authors, including Edgar Allan Poe, William Dean Howells, Hans Christian Andersen, Clement Moore, and Laura Ingalls Wilder. OL16478158W
Native American heroes Native American heroes Ann McGovern "Osceola, Tecumseh, and Cochise are Native American heroes who each fought to protect his tribe and to defend his people's right to live on their own lands. Osceola led the Seminoles into battle in F… OL17895931W
Secret Soldier Secret Soldier Katherine Thompson,Ann McGovern A brief biography of the woman who disguised herself as a man and joined the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. OL18178444W
Eggs on your nose Eggs on your nose Ann McGovern Relates in rhyme the utter mess made by a child's eating eggs. OL2656970W
-- if you lived in the days of the knights -- if you lived in the days of the knights Ann McGovern This book tells what it was like to live in the days of the knights during the Middle Ages. OL2656981W
Little whale Little whale Ann McGovern Describes the life of a humpback whale from the time of her birth when she weighs almost a ton to adulthood five years later. OL2656986W
Mr. Skinner's skinny house Mr. Skinner's skinny house Ann McGovern A lonely, thin man searches for just the right companion to share the narrowest house in the city. OL2656987W
Nicholas Bentley Stoningpot III Nicholas Bentley Stoningpot III Ann McGovern A bored little rich boy is shipwrecked on a faraway island where he is happier than he has ever been before. OL2656989W
Scram, kid! Scram, kid! Ann McGovern In his frustration at being left out of the baseball game, a young boy imagines some strange and funny things. OL2656995W
Too Much Noise Too Much Noise Ann McGovern Peter complains his house is too noisy so the wise man advises him to obtain some rather unusual house guests. OL2656999W
The underwater world of the coral reef The underwater world of the coral reef Ann McGovern Describes the building of coral reefs and the animal life going on around them. OL2657002W
Black is beautiful Black is beautiful Ann McGovern Enumerates many animate and inanimate things that are black. Photographs accompany text. OL2657005W
The lady in the box The lady in the box Ann McGovern When Lizzie and Ben discover a homeless lady living in their neighborhood, they must reconcile their desire to help her with their mother's admonition not to talk to strangers. OL2657010W
If You Grew Up with Abraham Lincoln If You Grew Up with Abraham Lincoln Ann McGovern Describes homes, food, clothing, school, work and play of children who lived in New Salem and Springfield when Abraham Lincoln did. OL2657021W
Stone soup Stone soup Ann McGovern When the little old lady claims she has no food to give him, a hungry young man proceeds to make a soup with a stone and water. OL2657026W
La femme aux requins La femme aux requins Ann McGovern Alors que sa mère travaille, Eugénie découvre à neuf ans le monde aquatique à travers les vitres de l'aquarium de New-York. "Petite fille, elle rêvait de marcher au fond de la mer parmi les poissons,… OL28774372W