Juvenile Collection (Library of Congress)
23) Dobry
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A Bulgarian peasant boy must convince his mother that he is destined to be a sculptor, not a farmer.
25) A children's zoo
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Color photographs of animals are accompanied by several descriptive words, e.g. tall, spotted, silent giraffe.
Come to the zoo with Tana Hoban! Look at the animals. What are they? What are they like? The youngest visitor to this zoo can identify the creatures and describe them -- starting with Tana Hoban's words and adding to them. And, for those who want it, there is a glossary that includes where each animal lives and what it eats. Tana Hoban's...
26) The trek
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The city streets become a jungle, then a desert, as a child forges her way to school, observing and avoiding all the wild animals posing as trees, chimneys, fences, and even fruit.
27) The goats
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Two misfits at summer camp find inner strength and self-knowledge when they are cruelly marooned on an island by fellow campers. Literature of Delight. Two children are stripped of their clothes and marooned on an island for the night by their fellow campers. They are the "goats." They escape and learn, in addition to survival-on-the-run skills such as petty thievery and grand theft/auto, cooperation, intimacy, and loyalty. Quietly witty, this remarkable...
29) To space & back
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Describes in text and photographs what it is like to be an astronaut on the space shuttle. Includes a glossary of terms.
38) In coal country
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A child growing up in a coal mining community finds both excitement and hard work, in a life deeply affected by the local industry.
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Reseña del editor: Había una vez, hace mucho tiempo, una mujer que vivía en el campo junto a sus tres hijas. En el día del cumpleaños de su abuela, la buena madre partió para verla, dejando a las niñas solas en casa. Pero un viejo lobo había visto salir a la madre, así que al anochecer, y disfrazado de señora mayor, se acercó a la casa y tocó en la puerta: ¡Toc! ¡Toc!#x85; Una versión ancestral china de la Caperucita Roja narrada e...