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Stompin' at the Savoy

The Story of Norma Miller

by Govenar, Alan

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Cecilia's Year

by Abraham, Susan & Abraham, Denise Gonzales

Nearly fourteen and poor, Ceclia Gonzales wants desperately to go to high school and become a teacher until her mother's old-fashioned ideas about a woman's pl...

Days to celebrate

a full year of poetry, people, holidays, history, fascinating facts, and more

by Hopkins, Lee Bennett & Alcorn, Stephen

Provides a listing of events, births of famous people, and holidays, with information and poetry about the twelve months of the year.

Ramadan

A Muslim Time of Fasting, Prayer, and Celebration

by Gnojewski, Carol

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Days to Celebrate

A Full Year of Poetry, People, Holidays, History, Fascinating Facts, and More

by Hopkins, Lee Bennett & Alcorn, Stephen

Provides a listing of events, births of famous people, and holidays, with information and poetry about the twelve months of the year.

Close Encounters of a Third-World Kind

by Stewart, Jennifer J.

Twelve-year-old Annie is reluctant to travel to a village in Nepal for her father's two-month medical mission, but once there she assists at the clinic, makes ...

About Time

A First Look at Time and Clocks

by Koscielniak, Bruce

Time to read a book. Time to wash dishes. Time to do this or that. You say things like this every day, all the time. But there was a time when time itself was ...

Looking for Seabirds

Journal from an Alaskan Voyage

by Webb, Sophie

To human eyes, the remote Aleutian Islands of Alaska look barren and rocky. The waters seem frigid, the high, sweeping winds intolerable, and the seas rolling....

Empire State Building

by Mann, Elizabeth B. & Witschonke, Alan

Discusses the history, design, and construction of New York City's Empire State Building.

Inside Grandad

by Dickinson, Peter

Gavin tries to enlist the help of selkies--seal people--to communicate with his comatose grandfather.