A child's garden : a story of hope
Master storyteller Michael Foreman has created a timely and moving story of a child creating a garden of hope in the midst of poverty and war. Master storyteller Michael Foreman has created a ti…
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- 9781406325881
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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- F
Five smooth stones : Hope's Revolutionary War diary
Kristiana Gregory's first My America , book one of Hope's Diary, details life in Philadelphia during the Revolutionary War. This book will be part of the re-launch of the My America series. As t…
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- 0439369053
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- 108 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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- My America
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- G
Sounder
Set in the Deep South, this Newbery Medal-winning novel tells the story of the great coon dog, Sounder, and the poor sharecroppers who own him. During the difficult years of the nineteenth centu…
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- 0439217873
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- 116 pages : illustration ; 19 cm
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- E
Gettin' through Thursday
Andre dreads Thursdays. Thursday is the day before Mama gets paid at work each week -- it's the day when money is tight and spirits are low for Andre and his older brother and sister. As report car…
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- 9781584300144
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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- C
Uncle Jed's barbershop
As the only black barber in a county of sharecroppers during the 1920s, Uncle Jed traveled for miles to tend to his customers. Saving his money to build his very own barbershop was a dream that had…
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- 9780689819131
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- 34 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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- M
The talking eggs : a folktale from the American South
A Southern folktale in which kind Blanche, following the instructions of an old witch, gains riches, while her greedy sister makes fun of the old woman and is duly rewarded.
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- 0590441892
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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- 398 SOU
The treasure a caldecott honor book
Three times a voice comes to Isaac in his dreams and tells him to go to the capital city and look for a treasure under the bridge by the royal palace. Feeling a little foolish perhaps, but determin…
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- 9780374479558
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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- 398 SHU
Those shoes
All Jeremy wants is a pair of those shoes, the ones everyone at school seems to be wearing. Though Jeremy’s grandma says they don’t have room for "want," just "need," when his old shoes fall ap…
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- 9780763642846
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- 34 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
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- B
Poverty : planet under pressure
Voices looks at some of the issues that are most relevant to teenagers today. The series aims to stimulate debate and discussion with a minimum of text and strong illustrations. Its key feature is …
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- 9781403477439
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- 48 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
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- 362.5 MAS
World poverty
This title looks at the extremes of wealth and poverty around the world and why they have developed. It considers the main areas of debate about poverty, such as the roles of aid and education. The…
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- 9780739864364
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- 56 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
- Series Title
- Face the Facts
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- 362.5 BOW
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