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1) The swimmer
Publisher
Grindhouse Releasing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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One summer morning a troubled suburbanite decides to "swim" home via the pools of his wealthy friends.
2) The swimmer
Publisher
Grindhouse Releasing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
One summer morning a troubled suburbanite decides to "swim" home via the pools of his wealthy friends.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The latest installment in the Newbery Honor-winning series from Tomie dePaola
First-grader Tomie dePaola experiences uncertainty in the weeks following the attack on pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. What are the grown-ups talking quietly about at home and even at school? why does his class have to go to the spooky furnace room for an air raid drill? why does the family hang thick black curtains over the windows? Tomie's mother is there to comfort...
First-grader Tomie dePaola experiences uncertainty in the weeks following the attack on pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. What are the grown-ups talking quietly about at home and even at school? why does his class have to go to the spooky furnace room for an air raid drill? why does the family hang thick black curtains over the windows? Tomie's mother is there to comfort...
Author
Series
26 Fairmount Avenue book.War years volume 5
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
Author-illustrator Tomie dePaola describes his experiences at home and in school in 1941 when he was a boy.
7) What a year!
Author
Series
26 Fairmount Avenue book volume 4
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
10) Why?
Author
Series
26 Fairmount Avenue book.War years volume 7
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Description
Growing up in 1950s Detroit, Jo and Bethie Kaufman's roles in the family are clearly defined. Jo is the tomboy, the bookish rebel with a passion to make the world more fair; Bethie is the pretty, feminine good girl, a would-be star who enjoys the power her beauty confers and dreams of a traditional life. As their lives unfold against the background of free love and Vietnam, Woodstock and women's lib, Bethie becomes an adventure-loving wild child who...
12) Nine stories
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1953.
Language
English
Description
A collection of 9 realistic and perceptive short stories.
Author
Series
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Until now, you've only heard one side of the story: the "discovery" of America told by Christopher Columbus, the Pilgrims, and the Colonists. Here's the true story of America from the Indigenous perspective. When you think about the beginning of the American story, what comes to mind? Three ships in 1492, or perhaps buckled hats and shoes stepping off of the Mayflower, ready to start a new country. But the truth is, Christopher Columbus, the Pilgrims,...
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Before the charismatic John Duval Gluck, Jr. came along, letters from New York City children to Santa Claus were destroyed, unopened, by the U.S. Post Office. Gluck saw an opportunity, and created the Santa Claus Association. The effort delighted the public, and for 15 years money and gifts flowed to the only group authorized to answer Santa's mail. Gluck became a Jazz Age celebrity, rubbing shoulders with the era's movie stars and politicians, and...
18) On my way
Author
Series
26 Fairmount Avenue book volume 3
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
c2001.
Language
English
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