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A bear for Miguel
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Elaine Marie Alphin |
A young girl in El Salvador goes to the market with her father and helps her family obtain necessities by trading a precious item of her own. |
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Creating characters kids will love
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Elaine Marie Alphin |
This is a gem of a book filled with all sorts of useful information about creating characters that goes beyond creating them for children's books and encompasses information that will help anyone who… |
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Davy Crockett
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Elaine Marie Alphin |
Describes the life and accomplishments of David Crockett, the famous frontier settler, congressman, and defender of the Alamo. |
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Dinosaur hunter
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Elaine Marie Alphin |
In Wyoming in the 1880s, a young boy fulfills his dream of finding a dinosaur skeleton on his father's ranch, outwits a man who would cheat him, and sells his find to a team of fossil hunters. |
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I have not yet begun to fight
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Elaine Marie Alphin |
Describes the life of John Paul Jones, who served in America's navy during the Revolutionary War and is remembered for saying, "I have not yet begun to fight." |
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Irons
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Elaine Marie Alphin |
Discusses the history and development of irons, including a brief description of how the electric steam iron works, and surveys the role of irons in popular culture. |
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The perfect shot
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Elaine Marie Alphin |
Someone murdered Brian's girfriend, Amanda. The police think it was her father. Brian isn’t so sure. But everyone he knows is telling him to move on, get over it, focus on the present. Focus on baske… |
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The proving ground
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Elaine Marie Alphin |
While trying to adjust to life at a new military base in a town where the residents hate the Army, Kevin, the son of a lieutenant colonel, uncovers a terrorist plot to destroy the base. |
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Toasters
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Elaine Marie Alphin |
Presents the history and development of this household appliance, describes how it works, and discusses its role in popular culture; includes recipes using a toaster. |
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Vacuum cleaners
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Elaine Marie Alphin |
Discusses the history and technical development of the vacuum cleaner, from the first carpet sweepers of the nineteenth century to twentieth-century improvements. |
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Simon Says
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Elaine Marie Alphin |
An alienated, aspiring young painter who attends high school at a boarding school for the arts discovers that being true to himself means opening the door to both pain and pleasure. |
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