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I live in a town
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S. Ward |
An eight-year-old child who lives in a small town in New Hampshire describes life in that rural community including its homes, schools, town meetings, orchards, and special days. |
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A city album
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Peter Roop |
Text, photographs, and illustrations identify and trace patterns of continuity and change in cities in the United States, including such topics as transportation, homes, recreation, and employment. |
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The city
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Virginia Schomp |
"Describes daily life in the cities of England during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901), from the poor, to the middle classes, to the upper classes, with a focus on the lives of women and child… |
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Mountain town
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Bonnie Geisert |
Describes a year in the present-day life of a mountain town that was founded when prospectors searching for gold arrived in the Rocky Mountains in the mid-nineteenth century. |
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Urban habitats
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Kate McAllan |
This book describes urban habitats, discussing cities as settlements, the collapse of some cities, the survival of cities, modern city infrastructure, businesses that draw in visitors, the challenges… |
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A Street Through Time
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Anne Millard |
Traces the development of one street from the Stone Age to the present day, from dirt track to the rebuilding of inns as wine bars, showing how people lived and what they did all day. |
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Townspeople and ranchers of the California mission frontier
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Jack S. Williams |
Describes the daily life of townspeople and ranchers at early California missions. |
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Wild animal neighbors
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Ann Downer |
"What would you do if you found an alligator in your garage? Or if you spotted a mountain lion downtown? In cities and suburbs around the world, wild creatures are showing up where we least expect th… |
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What's it like to live here?
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Katie Marsico |
Young readers will be introduced to the types of housing, the landscape, and the experiences and opportunities representative of living in a big city. |
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The postman
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Rosalinda Kightley |
As the postman moves on his rounds through the busy town, he sees many aspects of its life, from teachers at the local school to children in the swimming pool. |
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Colonial life
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Rebecca Stefoff |
Presents the history of the British colonies in North America, beginning with the Jamestown settlement, through excerpts from letters, pamphlets, journal entries, and other documents of the time. |
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Underground
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David Macaulay |
Text and drawings describe the subways, sewers, building foundations, telephone and power systems, columns, cables, pipes, tunnels, and other underground elements of a large modern city. |
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