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First Words
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Paul Mandelbaum |
Most kid write stories. A few of them grow up to be successful authors. Before Stephen King created Carrie, he created Jhonathan, at age nine. And before there was Rabbit Angstrom, there was Manuel C… |
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Sword Mountain
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Nancy Yi Fan |
"When adopted by the eagle prince, a valley-born eaglet must learn to become a princess and also, a heroine"-- |
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Rainbow collection
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Kathleen Janger,Joan Korenblit |
A collection of award winning prose and poetry by first-through eighth-grade-students from thirty-four states. |
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Happy birthday America!
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David Melton |
Art, prose, and poetry by elementary school children are brought together with the writings of the founding fathers on the occasion of our bicentennial. |
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The 11th commandment
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Jewish Lights Publishing |
American children's suggestions for an eleventh commandment, illustrated with their drawings. |
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A world so different
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Sarah Butrymowicz |
At a family reunion, a child notices how the family members continually talk about how different things were in the old days. |
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Brown like me
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Noelle Lamperti |
A little girl named Noelle tells how she likes to go looking for things that are brown like her. |
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Waiting for the apples
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Lorene Erickson,Will Brenner,Kathleen Ripley Leo |
An anthology of writings by Michigan students from kindergarten through the twelfth grade. |
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Kids explore kids who make a difference
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Westridge Young Writers Workshop |
Features young people who have made a difference in their own lives and in the lives of those around them. |
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Thread winding in the loom
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Karin Faulkner,Duane Bigeagle,Veronic Cunningham |
Poetry and prose by children of all ages selected from that done in workshops in California schools during 1986-1987, with some adult poems and essays on teaching poetry to children included. |
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History takes a wild ride
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Baron Johnson |
A time machine from the future takes a boy to the year 2495, where he discovers that no one knows how to read anymore. |
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The day the computers broke down
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Laura Normand |
When all the computers go out on her birthday, Kerri's entire computer-controlled town shuts down, but her old-fashioned grandmother saves the day. |
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The sunflower
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Miles MacGregor |
A young Indian boy dreams of a marvelous flower and goes in search of the seeds that will bring sunlight back to the earth and save his people from starvation. |
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My heart is full of wishes
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Joshua Grishaw |
A young boy with cystic fibrosis describes some of his fears and his dreams for a better life. |
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Bright Eyes and the buffalo hunt
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Laura Hughes |
Although the scouts could not locate any buffalo, a young Dakota Indian girl finds an enormous herd just in time for the last big hunt before the winter. |
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Home is where your family is
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Katie Kavanagh |
During the journey from Poland to America, a young girl realizes that although she is leaving one home, she will find another as long as she is with her family. |
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A second thought
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Michael J. Cormier |
When Willie delivers a fruit basket to a solitary old man who lives in the woods, they become good friends. |
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Young people's letters to the president
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Judith E. Greenberg |
A selection of letters written to United States presidents by young people is accompanied by information providing historical context for the writers' concerns and ideas. |
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Elmer the Grump
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Elizabeth Haidle |
An unsociable, wood-carving elf changes his grumpy ways after rescuing an injured snail. |
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Heartsongs
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Mattie J. T. Stepanek,Jose Maria Verger Fransay |
A new edition of the beloved poetry collection includes sixteen pages of new poems and illustrations, written by eleven-year-old muscular dystrophy patient Mattie Stepanek, sharing his feelings and t… |
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