Laurie Klein
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Children Stories of Absolutely Fabulous Femalaes
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When Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert decide to adopt an orphan boy to help them tend their farm on Canada's Prince Edward Island, they are shocked when and eleven-year old girl is sent to them instead, the spirited and fanciful Anne Shirley. Despite their initial disappointment, the Cuthberts are quickly won over by her charm, spunk, and wit. Anne adapts to her new family and finds a place for herself on the island - befriending neighbors, attending...
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Anne Shirley is now sixteen and preparing to take up her new role as a teacher in the local school. She has her best friend Diana Barry by her side and Gilbert Blythe, her childhood enemy, who is now a trusted ally and a fellow teacher. As impulsive as ever, Anne launches into her new career with characteristic vigor.
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Anne is finally off to Redmond College! While she's sad to be leaving Marilla and the twins, she's excited to finally become a full-fledged BA, and to embark on new adventures with the other Avonlea folks attending Redmond, a group that includes her friend Gilbert Blythe. At Redmond Anne meets Philippa Gordon, a frivolous but charming girl who pulls Anne into the center of the Redmond social scene. As Anne becomes the object of several boys' affection,...
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While Little Skink hunts for breakfast, she is attacked by a crow. To escape, she snaps off her tail. Little Skink's tail follows her as she daydreams of having the tails of other animals in the forest. Includes "For Creative Minds" section with information on tail adaptations and communications and a mix-and-match tail activity.
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While investigating reports of a ghost at Donley Farm, Rebecca the red-tailed hawk discovers that the ghost is actually a barn owl named Bernard. The two birds befriend one another and discuss their commonalities and differences. Back matter contains additional information on diurnal and nocturnal animals raptor diets, and raptor adaptations.
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Rachel Innes leaves the security of her town house for the summer to lease Sunnyside, a barn-like country home with--it turns out--hidden rooms and other sinister features. The middle-aged spinister and her niece and nephew have barely moved in before the first of a series of spine-chilling events occur. A body is found at the foot of Sunnyside's circular staircase.
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"How do some young animals know what to do and how to do it? Does someone teach a caterpillar what to eat? Who gives a baby shark swimming lessons? Sometimes young animals learn things from their parents, but other times ... they just know! Explore animal instincts through engaging text and fanciful illustrations."--
12) Balloon trees
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Ever wonder how a balloon is made? Follow the journey of a balloon from its beginnings as gooey sap in a tree to its completion at a rubber factory. You'll be surprised to discover what a balloon started out as and how it becomes the bright, air-filled decoration that you enjoy today.
13) Fur and feathers
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A story of a young girl who dreams that howling winds whisk fur and feathers right off her animals friends. Trying to help, she sews each of them a new "coat."
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"Fall is here and Kate is determined to save her flowers from the winter cold. Mom shows her how to scoop the flowers out of the ground, transplant them into pots, and give them water. Kate has filled the house with flowers, but Dad's sneezes mean the flowers have to go! Kate realizes she needs to find a new place for her flowers to spend the winter, but where?"--Provided by publisher.
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Jeanne Williams is a master of the historical novel and nowhere more so than in this epic story of the Kansas Territory in the late 1850s. Jonathan and Ellen Ware have immigrated to the area from their farm in Illinois with thirteen-year-old Christy Ware and her two older brothers. The Wares are only one of the families that will soon be caught up in the burning issue of slavery with raids from the Border Ruffians out of Missouri and John Brown's
...17) Honor bright
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While visiting her grandmother during the summer of 1944, a fourteen-year-old girl helps to heal the wounds that have been inflicted upon three generations of women.
20) Sweet Grass
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When spunky Swedish spinster Lili Tornquist, age 29, learns that her widowed father will soon remarry a woman she detests, she leaves her Minnesota home to become the mail-order bride of a distant cousin, Gunnar Jorgeson, a Montana sheep rancher. But her new husband falls far short of his promise.