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Elizabeth Winthrop
3) Shoes
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c1986.
Language
English
Description
A survey of the many kinds of shoes in the world.
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Formats
Description
1910. Pownal, Vermont. At 12, Grace and her best friend Arthur must leave school and go to work as a “doffers” on their mothers’ looms in the mill. Grace’s mother is the best worker, fast and powerful, and Grace desperately wants to help her. But she’s left handed and doffing is a right-handed job. Grace’s every mistake costs her mother, and the family. She only feels capable on Sundays, when she and Arthur receive...
6) Dumpy La Rue
Author
Publisher
Holt
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
A rhyming story about a pig whose passion for dancing becomes contagious.
7) Promises
Author
Publisher
Clarion
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Description
A young girl experiences a range of emotions when her mother undergoes cancer treatment.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c1987.
Language
English
Description
Every night a monster comes into Maggies room. The monster crashes into the furniture with her big hairy feet, knocks books off the shelf, and sits in the chair and grumbles to herself. Maggie doesnt know what to do until her mother suggests that maybe the monster is looking for something. So Maggie asks the monster, and it turns out shes looking for her mother. Together, they carry on the search until the monster finds her...
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Maia and her best friend, who happens to be a monster, are both becoming big sisters. This is NOT good news! When Mom tells Maia their new baby will be her best friend, Maia is skeptical. Then Maia's baby and the Monster's baby are born. Though they gurgle, growl, scream, and spit, they eventually win their way into their big sisters' hearts. Nonetheless, Maia and the Monster agree: "WE are the friends. THEY are the babies."
15) Halloween hats
Author
Publisher
Holt
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Children wear a variety of hats with their costumes as they trick-or-treat and go to a Halloween party.