Juvenile Fiction, Biographical
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The Girl Who Loved Adventures: Growing and Learning Together
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This book is centered around a little girl living in the 1950s and her adventures as she starts school in grade one. She is eager to learn to read and write but is also anxious about leaving her sisters, little brother and her friends in the...
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The Village
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When Rose was a little girl, back in the 1950s, the world was very different, but one thing was just as true then as it is today: Children love adventures! Whether that’s doing something spooky, like picking vegetables from a graveyard; something...
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The Little Girl
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When the little girl arrives at her new home, the guard at the border takes away a little piece of her name. Then the teacher at her new school takes away the rest. This new home is beautiful, but it’s also scary. She must learn so many things:...
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In My Magical Bubble
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Do you know what a Bubble Boy is? Most people don’t! Come join Jakob and his loyal buddy Buvo as they stretch their imaginations on dirty Friday. Follow them on their adventures where monkeys sing fruit songs, and the ocean holds surprises....
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A Privateer's Promise
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Liza is the nine-year-old daughter of Joseph Barss Jr., captain of the privateer schooner Liverpool Packet. Her father promised she could sail with him sometime, but he won’t take her when he’s privateering, chasing and capturing American...
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A Year on the Family Farm
And the Life Lessons Learned
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“Grammy, tell me another story about when you were a kid,” asked author Mary Kay Schippers’ grandchild, Aleah. It wasn’t the first time. In fact, Mary Kay heard the request so many times, she decided to write down her most cherished childhood...
