P. L. Travers

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Michigan

Mary Poppins in Cherry Tree Lane

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Abigail's Drum

Carol Greene

The Man Who Was Johnny Appleseed

Relates how John Chapman's distribution of apple seeds and trees across America made him a legend.

John Chapman

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The Story of an American Indian

Ishi

Courage Books Staff

Traditions, History, Legends and Life

Explores the culture of the peoples who lived along the coastline from what is now southern Alaska to northern California, focusing on their life before contact with Europeans.

Indians of the Northwest

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George Sullivan

Paul Revere

A biography of the man made famous by a poem about the American Revolution, placing his life and work in its real historical context.

Paul Revere (in Their Own Words)

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Paul Goble

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

A Plains Indian Story

Iktomi the trickster tries to fool a buzzard into carrying him across the river on the buzzard's back. Asides printed in italics may be used by the storyteller to encourage listeners to make their own remarks about the action, as in traditional Iktomi storytelling.

Iktomi and the Buzzard

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Ellen Levine

Go back in time to learn what it was like for African Americans who traveled on the Underground Railroad.

If you traveled on the Underground Railroad....
Where was the safest place to go?
Would you use a disguise when you ran?
What would you do when you were free?
This book tells you what it was like to be a slave trying to escape to freedom on the Underground Railroad.

If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad

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A Picture Book of Thomas Jefferson

Ship Boy with Columbus

Selections from Juba This and Juba That

Saint Francis and the Animals

Let's Look at the Seashore

A Frog and Her Dog

And Other Rhymes of Childhood

A Cat Came Fiddling

Kristen Lippincott

Looks at the history of astronomy, identifies important astronomers, and summarizes what is known about the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars.

Astronomy

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Joyce Pope

Discusses how and why different kinds of animals migrate, the preparations they make for their journeys, and how they find their way.

Animal Journeys

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Russell Freedman

Animal Games

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Jim Arnosky

Kids love learning all about animals, and Jim Arnosky's popular, bestselling series makes that fun and easy with simple, informative text and vibrant watercolor paintings that practically swim, hop, and crawl off the pages.

All about Alligators

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Seymour Simon

Using a tree as an example, discusses the use of the scientific method to learn more about familiar surroundings.

A Tree on Your Street

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The Very First Christmas

Neil Philip

Surveys the treatment of gods, goddesses, the heavens, creation, death, and evil in different mythologies around the world.

Mythology

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National Geographic Kids

Manatees

Arnold Lobel

Twenty original fables about an array of animal characters from crocodile to ostrich.

Fables

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Chelsea Worden

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