Ellen Levine
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
In his 1845 diary, thirteen-year-old orphan Jedediah describes his wagon train journey to Oregon, in which he confronts rivers and sandy plains, bears and rattlesnakes, and the challenges of living with his fellow travelers. Includes historical notes.
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A dictionary of the observable world features definition-first organization; passages from the writings of such authors as T.H. White, Richard Powers, and Neil Gaiman; and words concerning such topics as shapes, textures, colors, terrain, animals, and the human body.
Publisher
Distributed by New Video
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
March on!: Martin Luther King Jr.'s sister recalls the day she heard him deliver his "I have a dream" speech.
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Rosa: Recounts how Rosa Parks set the events of the civil rights movement in motion by refusing to give up her seat on an Alabama city bus.
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