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The Wigwam and the Longhouse

by Yue, Charlotte & Yue, David

Describes the history, customs, religion, government, homes, and present-day status of the various native peoples that inhabited the eastern woodlands since be...

Joey Pigza Loses Control

by Gantos, Jack

Joey, who is still taking medication to keep him from getting too wired, goes to spend the summer with the hard-drinking father he has never known and tries to...

When the Beginning Began

Stories about God, the Creatures, and Us

by Lester, Julius & Lisker, Emily

A collection of traditional and original Jewish tales interpreting the Biblical story of the creation of the world.

Walter Wick's Optical Tricks

by Wick, Walter

Presents a series of optical illusions and explains what is seen.

The Window

by Dorris, Michael

When ten-year-old Rayona's Native American mother enters a treatment facility, her estranged father, a Black man, finally introduces her to his side of the fam...

It's Perfectly Normal

A Book about Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health

by Harris, Robie H. & Emberley, Michael

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American Women of Myth, Legend, and Tall Tale

by San Souci, Robert D. & Yolen, Jane & Pinkney, J. Brian

A collection of twenty stories about legendary American women, drawing from folktales, popular stories, and ballads.

Letters from Rifka

by Hesse, Karen

In letters to her cousin, a young Jewish girl chronicles her family's flight from Russia in 1919 and her own experiences when she must be left in Belgium for a...

Talking with Artists

by Cummings, Pat

Fourteen distinguished picture book artists talk about their early art experiences, answer questions most frequently asked by children, and offer encouragement...

The Wright Brothers

How They Invented the Airplane

by Freedman, Russell & Wright, Wilbur & Wright, Orville

Follows the lives of the Wright brothers and describes how they developed the first airplane.