Wendell Minor
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English
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Classic Americana and patriotism meet in this picture book version of the beloved song "America the Beautiful."
Katharine Lee Bates's timeless and beloved poem alongside art by award-winning author and artist Wendell Minor, capturing the magnificent beauty of the United States. Celebrate America's ideals of togetherness and marvel at classic illustrations of her natural and historical wonders: from Yosemite National Park and the Garden of the Gods...
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English
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Inspired by warm memories of childhood visits to family farms, Wendell Minor celebrates the furry, feathered and wooly animals that inhabit a arm. Playful, descriptive verse provides fascinating and fun facts about the various animals, and bold, beautiful paintings give young animal lovers adorable images of what it's like to be down on the farm. A Live Oak Media audio production.
6) Sequoia
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English
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Standing tall above the tree line, Sequoia stretches his ancient arms and gathers clouds to him. He watches as days, seasons, years pass by. His branches are home to owls and choirs of frogs. Beneath his broad canopy, a world grows. This is his story.
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English
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"Wendell Minor, whose beautiful watercolor illustrations enhance the text, also simply narrates the story in a tone that reflects the prairie. Of special note is the music of Chris Kubie that evokes the atmosphere of the setting through the use of the flute and other instruments."-School Library Journal
8) Julie
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Series
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English
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Sequel to : Julie of the wolves.--When Julie returns to her father's Eskimo village, she struggles to find a way to save her beloved wolves in a changing Arctic world and she falls in love with a young Siberian man.
13) A lucky thing
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Harcourt Brace
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English
Description
A collection of fourteen poems about nature, including "Calling the Sun," "Showing the Wind," and "Invitation from a Mole."
15) Everglades
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HarperCollinsPublishers
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English
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Describes the Florida Everglades, the evolution of this unique area, and the impact humans have had on its once-abundant life forms.
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Clarion Books
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English
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A very young bookseller -- Learning to be a soldier -- The Boston massacre -- London book store -- Lucy Flucker -- The battles of Lexington and Concord -- The occupation of Boston -- Guns for general Washington -- Fort Ticonderoga -- Across Lake Champlain -- A noble train of artillery -- Traveling over the ice -- All the kingdoms of the earth -- The old sow -- Dorchester heights -- Entering Boston.
17) Galapagos George
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Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
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English
Description
Tells the story of Lonesome George, the giant tortoise who was the last of his species and lived to be one hundred years old in the Galapagos Islands.