Jerry Pinkney
2) Noah's ark
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Language
English
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Retells the biblical story of the great flood and how Noah and his family faithfully responded to God's call to save life on earth.
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In this retelling of the classic Aesop fable, hardworking ants stock up for the winter while a fun-loving grasshopper plays all year long, until the cold weather arrives and he realizes his mistake in not planning ahead.
8) John Henry
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Language
English
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Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who raced against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.
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Publisher
Atheneum books for young readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Pub. Date
�2001
Language
English
Description
In segregated 1950s Nashville, a young African American girl braves a series of indignities and obstacles to get to one of the few integrated places in town: the public library.
15) Home place
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Language
English
Description
While out hiking, a family comes upon the site of an old house and finds some clues about the people that once lived there. Deep in the woods there used to be a house where a family once lived. Over there was the chimney. Just imagine little toes warming up beside it. And see those daffodils? Someone took special care to plant and tend to them so that every spring they blossomed as brightly as the year before. Both the house and the family are gone...