Monica Kulling
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"Inspired by the life of artist Grant Wood, this is [an] ... imagined story of the great American painter and a cow named Tillie. ... Mixing fact with fiction, Monica Kulling's text explores the making of an artist, while Sydney Smith's illustrations echo Grant Wood's own techniques"--Dust jacket flap.
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It's Alice's birthday! But her friend Gertrude seems to have forgotten. No matter, Alice goes out and enjoys her day just the same. A beautiful spring afternoon in Paris - what could be better? Little does she know that her dear friend has a few surprises up her sleeve.While Alice spends the day walking around Paris - riding a carousel in the park and watching a puppet show - Gertrude turns her attention to the kitchen. She is determined to make a...
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The Tweedles are back and ready to take another exuberant swing at going modern. When their neighbors the Hamms announce that they've "gone online" by buying a telephone, Mama excitedly follows suit. But will the lure of the telephone be too much of a distraction for this sweetly old-fashioned family? Fresh from their adventure with their new electric car, Mama decides that the family needs a telephone to keep up with the changing times, and daughter...
5) Aunt Pearl
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Aunt Pearl arrives one day pushing a shopping cart full of her worldly goods. Her sister Rose has invited her to come live with her family. Six-year-old Marta is happy to meet her aunt, who takes her out to look for treasure on garbage day, and who shows her camp group how to decorate a coffee table with bottle caps. But almost immediately, Pearl and Rose start to clash - over Pearl's belongings crammed into the house, and over Rose's household rules....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Describes the man and the story behind the creation of America's national anthem, profiling Francis Scott Key as a busy and respected political advisor who was inspired to write his famous poem after witnessing the Battle of Fort McHenry.
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[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Presents an introduction to the life and achievements of Alexander Hamilton, including his early years as an orphan in the West Indies, his role in the Revolutionary War and his contributions as America's first secretary of the treasury.
14) Little women
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[1994]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 2
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Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in nineteenth-century New England.
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Though eight-year-old Aidan and his friend Gussie want to go to school, like many other children in 1903, they work twelve hours, six days a week, at a cotton mill in Pennsylvania instead. So when the millworkers decide to go on strike, the two friends join the picket line. Maybe now life will change for them. But when a famous labor reformer named Mother Jones comes to hear of the millworkers demands, she tells them they need to do more than just...
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[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Provides an account of the life and accomplishments of the efficiency expert, the first woman elected to the National Academy of Engineering, and the first female psychologist to have a postage stamp issued in her honor.
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2019.
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IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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During the Great Depression, seven-year-old Ruby's family leaves their Oklahoma home to seek work in California, where Ruby meets Dorothea Lange, who takes a photograph that becomes known as "Migrant mother." Includes historical note.
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