John Steptoe

This beautiful hardback copy of Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters is in pristine condition. It does contain a personalized message on the inside cover for the original recipient.

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Utah

Mufaro was a happy man. Everyone agreed that his two daughters were very beautiful. Nyasha was kind and considerate as well as beautiful, but everyone -- except Mufaro -- knew that Manyara was selfish, badtempered, and spoiled. When the king decided to take a wife and invited "The Most Worthy and Beautiful Daughters in the Land" to appear before him, Mufaro declared proudly that only the king could choose between Nyasha and Manyara. Manyara, of course, didn't agree, and set out to make certain that she would be chosen. John Steptoe has created a memorable modem fable of pride going before a fall, in keeping with the moral of the folktale that was his inspiration. He has illustrated it with stunning paintings that glow with the beauty, warmth, and internal vision of the land and people of his ancestors.

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters

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The hardcover has some wear to the corners and edges and staining on the back cover. The binding is tight and pages are clean, no underlining, highlighting or writing. The previous owner's name and address written on the inside cover.

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Synopsis | Hattie's helpfulness is unappreciated by her mother and her sick friend, Shirley Rabbitfoot.

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Texas

Hattie Be Quiet, Hattie Be Good 1977 (An Early I Can Read Book)

Dick Gackenbach

The hardcover has some wear to the corners and edges and yellowing on the cover. The binding is tight and pages are clean no underlining, highlighting or coloring.

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Synopsis | Two stories about Hattie Rabbit who has a tendency to overlook possible consequences of her actions.

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Two stories about Hattie Rabbit who has a tendency to overlook possible consequences of her actions.

Hattie Rabbit (An EARLY I Can Read Book)

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Greg Tang

Cute number stories to accompany a small child learning to count and do basic addition.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Missouri

Math

From 1 to 10, these "lessons that count" are math magic for learning addition and subtraction.


Greg Tang has built his career as an author and math missionary on the power of creative problem solving. Now, through winsome "fables" about concepts that are relevant to the very youngest math learners -- sharing, teamwork, etc. -- Greg encourages kids to see the basics of addition and subtraction in entirely new ways. Fresh, fun, and most of all, inspiring, MATH FABLES is perfect for launching young readers on the road to math success!

Math Fables

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Laura Ingalls Wilder

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Ohio

For the first time in the history of the Little House books, this new edition features Garth Williams’ interior art in vibrant, full color, as well as beautifully redesigned covers. While Laura Ingalls grows up in a little house on the western prairie, Almanzo Wilder is living on a big farm in New York State. Here Almanzo and his brother and sisters help with the summer planting and fall harvest. In winter there is wood to be chopped and great slabs of ice to be cut from the river and stored. Time for fun comes when the jolly tin peddler visits, or best of all, when the fair comes to town. This is Laura Ingalls Wilder's beloved story of how her husband Almanzo grew up as a farmer boy far from the little house where Laura lived.

Farmer Boy: Full Color Edition

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#hardcover #DandelionBooks #history #July4th #DeclarationOfIndependence #homeschool #vintage #COF #LivingBooks 

Connecticut

Cornerstones of Freedom (HC)

The Story of the Declaration of Independence

Book shows medium wear but cover, binding and pages are all sound. Coloring on title page and a few pencil marks here and there. Copy is quite readable and not hindered.

Science

Christian Liberty Nature Reader, Book 3

Like new, paperpack Scholastic copy. Part of My Name is America series, which is the boy’s equivalent to the Dear America series that we all adored in the 90s and 2000s. 

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Arizona

A Pilgrim Boy, Plymouth, 1620

My Name is America: The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce

A mouse and his trials as the smallest "person" in Manhattan.

Stuart Little

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Philip C. Stead

Illinois

THE BEST SICK DAY EVER and the animals in the zoo feature in this striking picture book debut.

Friends come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. In Amos McGee's case, all sorts of species, too! Every day he spends a little bit of time with each of his friends at the zoo, running races with the tortoise, keeping the shy penguin company, and even reading bedtime stories to the owl. But when Amos is too sick to make it to the zoo, his animal friends decide it's time they returned the favor.

A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead and Erin E. Stead is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year and the winner of the 2011 Caldecott Medal. This title has Common Core connections.

A Sick Day for Amos Mcgee

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Nebraska

Bud, Not Buddy

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Bernard Evslin

Charming retelling of the Odyssey, particularly suitable for kids who stumble over old English. The language is updated but the story remains the same. Useful for middle or high school.

Ulysses and his men encounter the Cyclops, Circe, and Scylla and Charybids during their long journey back to Ithaca after the Trojan War.

The Adventures of Ulysses

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#hardcover #childrens #childrensbooks #fiction #homeschool #kids #kidsbooks #livingbooks small sticker mark on cover, & fingerprint smudges on back cover, no rips or tears


California

David McCullough

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Michigan

The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West

The #1 New York Times bestseller by Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important chapter in the American story that’s “as resonant today as ever” (The Wall Street Journal)—the settling of the Northwest Territory by courageous pioneers who overcame incredible hardships to build a community based on ideals that would define our country. As part of the Treaty of Paris, in which Great Britain recognized the new United States of America, Britain ceded the land that comprised the immense Northwest Territory, a wilderness empire northwest of the Ohio River containing the future states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. A Massachusetts minister named Manasseh Cutler was instrumental in opening this vast territory to veterans of the Revolutionary War and their families for settlement. Included in the Northwest Ordinance were three remarkable conditions: freedom of religion, free universal education, and most importantly, the prohibition of slavery. In 1788 the first band of pioneers set out from New England for the Northwest Territory under the leadership of Revolutionary War veteran General Rufus Putnam. They settled in what is now Marietta on the banks of the Ohio River. McCullough tells the story through five major characters: Cutler and Putnam; Cutler’s son Ephraim; and two other men, one a carpenter turned architect, and the other a physician who became a prominent pioneer in American science. “With clarity and incisiveness, [McCullough] details the experience of a brave and broad-minded band of people who crossed raging rivers, chopped down forests, plowed miles of land, suffered incalculable hardships, and braved a lonely frontier to forge a new American ideal” (The Providence Journal). Drawn in great part from a rare and all-but-unknown collection of diaries and letters by the key figures, The Pioneers is a uniquely American story of people whose ambition and courage led them to remarkable accomplishments. “A tale of uplift” (The New York Times Book Review), this is a quintessentially American story, written with David McCullough’s signature narrative energy.

The Pioneers

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Margaret Musgrove

Introduction to a variety of African people groups with lovely illustrations. Some illustrations include topless women (see photo for example), so note that before purchase. 

African Traditions

Artists Leo and Diane Dillon won their second consecutive Caldecott Medal for this stunning ABC of African culture. "Another virtuoso performance. . . . Such an astute blend of aesthetics and information is admirable, the child's eye will be rewarded many times over."--Booklist. ALA Notable Book; Caldecott Medal.

Ashanti to Zulu

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E. B. White

Knowing how to read and write is not enough for Louis, a voiceless Trumpeter Swan; his determination to learn to play a stolen trumpet takes him far from his wilderness home.

Trumpet of the Swan

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The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia 1864

The diary of a fictional fourteen-year-old girl living in Virginia, in which she describes the hardships endured by her family and friends during one year of the Civil War.

When Will This Cruel War Be Over?

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Ruth Heller

Cute, living way to introduce the topic of adverbs in your grammar study. Includes lovely illustrations throughout for a feast for the eyes. Green sticker on cover

Reading & Language Arts

A Book about Adverbs

Brief text in rhyme and pictures introduce adjectives and their uses.

Up, up and Away

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Cute, living way to introduce the topic of nouns in your grammar study. Includes lovely illustrations throughout for a feast for the eyes. Has a white sticker on cover (see picture).

A Cache of Jewels and Other Collective Nouns

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Cute, living way to introduce the topic of verbs in your grammar study. Includes lovely illustrations throughout for a feast for the eyes.

A Book About Verbs

Kites Sail High

Cute, living way to introduce the topic of adjectives in your grammar study. Includes lovely illustrations throughout for a feast for the eyes.

A Book about Adjectives

Brief text and lavish illustrations explain adjectives.

Many Luscious Lollipops

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#paperback #tapestryofgrace #livingbooks #childrenshistory

Projects and Activities That Bring the Past to Life

Parades, gladiator games, tunic weaving, and coin making!

Anything can happen when you spend the day in ancient Rome!

Find out what life was like almost two thousand years ago during the height of the Roman Empire. As Rome celebrates its annual Games, you'll spend the day with a family, just back from their own summer vacation. Join ten-year-old Marcus for the fabulous parade and the athletes' contest in the Colosseum. Enjoy a pantomime at the theater with his twelve-year-old sister Julia, and watch their father, Senator Julius, as he speaks in the city's forum. Top the day off with an exciting chariot race at the circus. Celebrate the history of ancient Rome with creative and fun-filled activities! Turn an ordinary sheet into a Roman toga. Learn to write in Latin. Build a legionnaire's helmet and shield, design a decorative mosaic with beans, or draw a sundial that really works! Then, when your day in Rome is through, make your own emperor's feast to share with your family and friends.

Spend the Day in Ancient Rome

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Miranda MacQuitty

Cover in good condition, shows some wear, previous owner’s name on inside. Pages are all clean.

Discover the harsh world of hot and cold deserts and the people, plants, and animals that live there--Cover.

Desert

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Originally written in 1851, it's a children's book by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne in which he retells several Greek myths. 

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John Steptoe

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters

Dick Gackenbach

Hattie Be Quiet, Hattie Be Good 1977 (An Early I Can Read Book)

Dick Gackenbach

Hattie Rabbit (An EARLY I Can Read Book)

Greg Tang

Math Fables

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Farmer Boy: Full Color Edition

Norman Richards

The Story of the Declaration of Independence

Dr. Paul D. Lindstrom; Michael J. McHugh

Christian Liberty Nature Reader, Book 3

Ann Rinaldi

My Name is America: The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce

E.B. White

Stuart Little

Philip C. Stead

A Sick Day for Amos Mcgee

Christopher Paul Curtis

Bud, Not Buddy

Bernard Evslin

The Adventures of Ulysses

Philip C. Stead; Erin E. Stead (Illustrator)

A Sick Day for Amos Mcgee

David McCullough

The Pioneers

Margaret Musgrove

Ashanti to Zulu

E. B. White

Trumpet of the Swan

Barry Denenberg

When Will This Cruel War Be Over?

Ruth Heller

Up, up and Away

Ruth Heller

A Cache of Jewels and Other Collective Nouns

Ruth Heller

Kites Sail High

Ruth Heller

Many Luscious Lollipops

Linda Honan

Spend the Day in Ancient Rome

Miranda MacQuitty

Desert

Nathaniel Hawthorne

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