Picture book about horrors of WW 1 as told through photographs of miniature painted soldiers
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The Good Son
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Paddle-to-the-Sea
Young native boy carves figure in a canoe, which then journeys downriver from a creek to the ocean via the St. Lawrence Seaway
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Little Britches
Autobiographical account of 8 yo boy moving with family to a Colorado cattle ranch. This is the first of eight books Moody wrote about his early life.
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Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, U.S. Marshal
Picture book biography of African American man who was born into slavery, escaped during the American Civil War, lived among many Native American nations and learned their languages, and became a U.S. Marshal, patrolling the wild west of the Oklahoma Territory.
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Show Way
Picture book depicts generations of African American women from author’s family and their special quilts containing secret messages and maps to freedom
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To Kill a Mockingbird
A 6 yo girl comes of age in small town America and witnesses racism first hand when her lawyer father tries to defend a wrongfully accused African American man.
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Seabird
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Cruise of the Arctic Star
Author recounts his 1973 fishing boat cruise up CA coast, relating entertaining tidbits of history and natural history
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Minn of the Mississippi
Minn, a snapping turtle, travels down the Mississippi River observing people and wildlife, with historical and natural details.
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Jessie Benton Fremont: California Pioneer
Fictionalized life of John C. Fremont’s wife, daughter of a prominent senator, supporter of her explorer husband, and editor of his field notes.
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