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Little woman in blue
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Jeannine Atkins |
May Alcott spends her days sewing blue shirts for Union soldiers, but she dreams of painting a masterpiece -- which many say is impossible for a woman -- and of finding love, too. When she reads her … |
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Borrowed names
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Jeannine Atkins |
As a child, Laura Ingalls Wilder traveled across the prairie in a covered wagon. Her daughter, Rose, thought those stories might make a good book, and the two created the beloved Little House series.… |
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Mary Anning and the sea dragon
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Jeannine Atkins |
An account of the finding of the first entire skeleton of an ichthyosaur, an extinct sea reptile, by a twelve-year-old English girl who went on to become a paleontologist. |
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Robin's home
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Jeannine Atkins |
Robin learns how to fly and build a nest. Includes information on the life cycle of robins. |
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Get set! Swim!
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Jeannine Atkins,Hector Viveros |
A young Puerto Rican girl learns an important lesson about pride and victory from her mother. |
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How high can we climb?
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Jeannine Atkins |
Profiles twelve women explorers of the land, sea, and air: Jeanne Baret, Florence Baker, Annie Smith Peck, Josephine Peary, Arnarulunguaq, Elisabeth Casteret, Nicole Maxwell, Sylvia Earle, Junko Tabe… |
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Aani and the Tree Huggers
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Jeannine Atkins |
Based on true events in India in the 1970s, young Aani and the other women in her village defend their forest from developers by wrapping their arms around the trees, making it impossible to cut them… |
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Girls Who Looked Under Rocks
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Jeannine Atkins |
Do you know a girl who would rather stare into a tidal pool for hours than go to ballet class? Girls who appreciate animals and the natural world will surely enjoy this book, which chronicles the liv… |
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A Name on the Quilt
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Jeannine Atkins |
A family reminisces while gathered together to make a panel for the AIDS Memorial Quilt in memory of a beloved uncle. |
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