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Here there be unicorns
Par Jane Yolen. 1994
This collection of eight poems and ten stories relates tales of the well-known mystical beast in both medieval and traditional…
settings. The story "Unicorn Tapestry" was inspired by two famous unicorn tapestries, the Hunt of the Unicorn and the Lady with the Unicorn. For grades 4-7 and older readersThe Pied Piper of Hamelin
Par Robert Browning. 1993
Folktale in verse. The town of Hamelin employs a mysterious piper to save them from a plague of rats. When…
the townspeople refuse to pay him for his work, the piper takes magical revenge. For grades 3-6Skin deep and other teenage reflections: poems
Par Angela Medearis. 1995
Collection of poems about the problems teenagers face in growing up. Expressing the pride, anger, and loneliness teens often feel,…
the verses cover concerns about school, family, friends, and appearances. For grades 6-9 and older readersThe ballot box battle
Par Emily McCully. 1996
In 1880 the elderly feminist Elizabeth Cady Stanton tells her young friend Cordelia about her efforts to win for women…
the right to vote. Cordelia listens to her neighbor's talk of women's suffrage even though she doesn't believe it has anything to do with her. Then Mrs. Stanton tells a story from her own childhood. For grades 4-7Out of darkness: the story of Louis Braille
Par Russell Freedman. 1997
Louis Braille accidentally blinded himself with one of his father's tools when he was three years old. In 1819, at…
the age of ten, Braille began attending the Royal National Institute for Blind Youth in Paris, where, by the age of fifteen, he had developed a system of raised dots for reading and writing that is now used worldwide by blind people. For grades 4-7 and older readersSweet dreams of the wild: poems for bedtime
Par Rebecca Dotlich. 1996
Poems that explain to a sleepy child where different kinds of animals go to bed. A hummingbird sleeps in a…
teacup-sized nest, a turtle rests on a moss-covered log, sheep nap in the open countryside, and all "cuddle up tight with sweet dreams of the wild." For preschool-grade 2Here there be dragons
Par Jane Yolen. 1993
Five poems and eight stories about dragons by Jane Yolen, who precedes each with an introductory note about the piece.…
The collection includes "Why Dragons?" "The Dragon's Boy," "The Making of Dragons," and "Here There Be Dragons." For grades 4-7 and older readersThis book celebrates American life as seen through the work of artists and writers. Combining a sampling of poetry with…
visual arts from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American Art, Panzer shows the many kinds of people, landscapes, and beliefs that make up American life. For grades 5-8 and older readersA house divided: the lives of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee
Par Jules Archer. 1995
Joint biography of the two military leaders of the American Civil War. Archer says that although Grant's side won the…
war and he was later elected president, Grant proved to be inept as a civilian. In contrast, Archer says, Lee had successful military and civilian careers. For grades 3-6You want women to vote, Lizzie Stanton?
Par Jean Fritz. 1995
Biography of Lizzie Cady Stanton. Born in 1815, Lizzie rebelled against the unjust treatment of women from the time she…
was a child. Later she fought alongside her friend Susan B. Anthony for the right to vote, but died in 1902, before women's suffrage came to pass. For grades 4-7A suitcase of seaweed, and other poems
Par Janet Wong. 1996
Thirty-six poems divided into three categories--"Korean Poems," "Chinese Poems," and "American Poems"--that reflect the author's heritage. Wong shares insights into…
Asian American experiences in such poems as "Acupuncture," "Koreatown," "Tea Ceremony," "Manners," "Face It," and "Money Order." For grades 3-6Cleopatra: goddess of Egypt, enemy of Rome
Par Polly Brooks. 1995
Life of the Egyptian ruler whose suicide in 30 B.C. ended the Ptolemaic dynasty. The author discusses Cleopatra's Macedonian heritage…
and descent from Alexander the Great; her relationships with Romans Julius Caesar and Mark Antony and the children borne with each; and her political and military savvy that enabled Egypt to remain independent of Rome. For grades 6-9Snowbound: the tragic story of the Donner Party
Par David Lavender. 1996
Tells how, in the mid 1840s, three Illinois men tried to move their families to California. Details problems, including snow…
storms, a misleading guidebook, and bad luck, that led to death for forty of the eighty-eight people on this covered-wagon journey. For grades 5-8Tu étais ma façon d'aimer: poésie (Graffiti #147)
Par Lucie Bergeron. 2022
J'ai juste envie d'écrire de me perdre dans mes histoires noircir des lignes des lignes sans compter ravir la lumière…
de mon cerveau et la charbonner sur mes feuilles lignées Avant quand mon crayon touchait le papier mon cahier s'enflammait j'avais tellement d'idées que ma main n'allait pas assez vite pour les écrire les mots déboulaient et ma tête répétait pour ne pas les oublier les phrases pressées les unes contre les autres qui se tenaient sur le plongeon de dix mètres avant de sauter dans le vide et de me surprendreSweet corn: poems
Par James Stevenson. 1995
Collection of twenty-eight poems on topics such as a tree house, old windows, a ladder, a screen door, a summer…
storm, a photo album, and an old dog. In "Roadside Stand," the author finds sweet corn (in season) a good reason to be happy. In "Bike Rental" he enjoys the experiences of a ride in the country and gets to keep his memories even though the rental bike must be returned. For grades 3-6Birds, beasts, and fishes: a selection of animal poems
Par Anne Carter. 1991
Fifty-one poems all have one thing in common: animals. There are poems about cats, bats, octopuses, fish, lizards, lions, and…
many other species. Poets include Robert Browning, Ted Hughes, D.H. Lawrence, Ogden Nash, and William Blake. For grades 3-6Been to yesterdays: poems of a life
Par Lee Hopkins. 1995
Collection of autobiographical poems about the author's thirteenth year, in which his parents divorce and his beloved grandmother dies. Hopkins…
uses poignant images and evokes emotions that give way to his desire to make the world a brighter place. For grades 4-7Bound for the promised land: the great black migration
Par Michael Cooper. 1995
Following the Civil War, most African Americans in the South became sharecroppers whose lives were essentially controlled by plantation owners.…
Cooper explains how, shortly after the outbreak of World War I and the reduction of European immigrants, a new job market opened in the North for black farmworkers. He discusses the effect the Great Migration between 1915 and 1930 had on the United States. For grades 5-8The West Indian-American experience (Coming to America)
Par Warren Halliburton. 1994
The term West Indian usually refers to people from the English-speaking Caribbean. This book explains West Indian history, recounting how…
European settlers wiped out the original Caribbean inhabitants and how modern West Indians descended from Africans brought over as slaves. Economic factors have caused many West Indians to emigrate to the United States even though they have been appalled by U.S. racism. For grades 5-8 and older readersIt happened in America: true stories from the fifty states
Par Lila Perl. 1992
Beginning with the Alabama bus boycott sparked by Rosa Parks and continuing state-by-state in alphabetical order, the author presents a…
selection of fifty true accounts from American history. A history that she describes as "crammed with tales of quiet courage and dashing bravado, feats of accomplishment, and magnificent failures." For grades 5-8 and older readers