Patricia Polacco
4) Thunder cake
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English
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Description
Reprint: Originally published: New York : Philomel Books, c1990. Includes a cake recipe.
6) Pink and Say
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English
Description
Say Curtis describes his meeting with Pinkus Aylee, a black soldier, during the Civil War, and their capture by Southern troops. Based on a true story about the author's great-great-grandfather.
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Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c1988
Language
English
Description
An injured goose rescued by Babushka, having broken the painted eggs intended for the Easter Festival in Moscva, lays thirteen marvelously colored eggs to replace them, then leaves behind one final miracle in egg form before returning to her own kind.
10) The bee tree
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English
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To teach his daughter the value of books, a father leads a growing crowd in search of the tree where the bees keep all their honey.
11) The butterfly
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English
Description
During the Nazi occupation of France, Monique's mother hides a Jewish family in her basement and tries to help them escape to freedom.
13) Junkyard wonders
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Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Inspired by a teacher who believes each of them is a genius, a class of special-needs students invents something that could convince the whole school they are justifiably proud to be "Junkyard Wonders."
19) My ol' man
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English
Description
Drawing on the author's memories of her youth, a girl recalls the special summer spent in Michigan with her yarn-spinning father and a magic rock.