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Franny Parker
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Hannah Roberts McKinnon |
Through a hot, dry Oklahoma summer, twelve-year-old Franny tends wild animals brought by her neighbors, hears gossip during a weekly quilting bee, befriends a new neighbor who has some big secrets, a… |
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Meet me at the moon
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Gianna Marino |
During a dry time, Mama leaves Little One alone while she climbs the highest mountain to ask the skies for rain, but she promises that her love will remain all around. |
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The Storyteller
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Evan Turk |
Long, long ago, like a pearl around a grain of sand, the Kingdom of Morocco formed at the edge of the great, dry Sahara. It had fountains of cool, refreshing water to quench the thirst of the desert,… |
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Famine, drought, and plagues
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Jane Walker |
Briefly examines the causes, effects, and consequences of famine, drought, and plague and the role humans play in these disasters. |
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The rain tree
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Will Cook |
As his cattle die from drought, rancher Jim Martin hears of a tree which can bring water from the ground. He buys a shoot and his ranch becomes the most prosperous in the area. But riches corrupt and… |
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La ruta del norte
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Xavier-Laurent Petit |
Every summer Galshan leaves his city in Mongolia to visit his grandfather in the valley. For weeks the sun and wind raze everything in it's path. The men decide to head north in search of green pastu… |
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The dust bowl
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John Farris |
Discusses the disastrous drought in the United States during the 1930s which made a "dust bowl" out of a part of the Great Plains, causing great hardship to farmers. |
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