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Keeper of the Doves

by Byars, Betsy

In the late 1800s in Kentucky, Amie McBee and her four sisters both fear and torment the reclusive and seemingly sinister Mr. Tominski, but their father contin...

Peacock and Other Poems

by Worth, Valerie

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What Charlie Heard

by Gerstein, Mordicai

Describes the life of American composer Charles Ives, who wrote music which expressed all the sounds he heard in the world, but which was not well received dur...

Dirty Laundry Pile

Poems in Different Voices

by Janeczko, Paul B.

A scarecrow, washing machine, cow, and other objects and animals express themselves in this collection of poems.

A Poke in the I

A Collection of Concrete Poems

by Janeczko, Paul B.

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The Tomb of the Boy King

by Frank, John & Pohrt, Tom

The mummy's curse?A gold moon rose beyond the cliffs and lured the robbers from their lair, as sunset's last light bled upon the sacred desert grave site where...

Cold Feet

by DeFelice, Cynthia C. & Parker, Robert Andrew

After stealing a dead man's boots, a poor wandering bagpiper uses them to play a trick on an unfriendly farmer but then finds the trick turned back on him.

The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin

by Giblin, James & Dooling, Michael

A biography of the eighteenth-century printer, inventor, and statesman who played an influential role in the early history of the United States.

The Top of the World

Climbing Mount Everest

by Jenkins, Steve

Describes the conditions and terrain of Mount Everest, attempts that have been made to scale this peak, and general information about the equipment and techniq...

William Shakespeare and the Globe

by Aliki,

Tells the story of the well-known playwright, William Shakespeare, and of the famous Globe Theatre in which many of his works were performed.