Ideas Are All Around

Ideas Are All Around
Author: Philip C. Stead
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 53
Release: 2016-03
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1626721815

In search of writing ideas, an author takes a walk with his dog around the neighborhood.

Village That Vanished

Village That Vanished
Author: Anne Grifalconi
Publisher:
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2009-08
Genre: Slave trade
ISBN: 9781857144079

Slavers arrive on horseback. They shoot their guns and capture unarmed farmers. They even shackle children. Abikanile's mother has told her so. Until now, the villagers of Yao had always felt safe. Lately, however, whispers and stories have found their way to them about nearby villages that have been seized.

A Broken Flute

A Broken Flute
Author: Doris Seale
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
Total Pages: 478
Release: 2005
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780759107786

A Broken Flute is a book of reviews that critically evaluate children's books about Native Americans written between the early 1900s and 2003, accompanied by stories, essays and poems from its contributors. The authors critique some 600 books by more than 500 authors, arranging titles A to Z and covering pre-school, K-12 levels, and evaluations of some adult and teacher materials. This book is a valuable resource for community and educational organizations, and a key reference for public and school libraries, and Native American collections.

Looking for Jaguar

Looking for Jaguar
Author: Susan Katz
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2005-03-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0060297913

Looking for Jaguar takes you on an expedition through the world's rain forests. In Costa Rica you will trek across a jungle in the clouds. In Brazil you will canoe among treetops. In Belize you will stand in the spattering rain listening to howler monkeys roar. In Borneo you will cling to a rope bridge high in the canopy. And what will you see? Astonishing things: A flower three feet in diameter that stinks like rotting meat An antelope so small and a frog so large that both are the same size A flying snake A tree that walks Astonishing -- and true!

Stella, Star of the Sea

Stella, Star of the Sea
Author:
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2010-02-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0888999925

Sam is full of questions on his first trip to the seashore and his older sister has an answer for each one, except whether or not Sam will ever come into the water.

Quiet Hero

Quiet Hero
Author: S. D. Nelson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2006
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

A biography of Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian who was one of the six soldiers to raise the United States flag on Iwo Jima during World War II, an event immortalized by Joe Rosenthal's Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph.

Snowdrops for Cousin Ruth

Snowdrops for Cousin Ruth
Author: Susan Katz
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998
Genre: Death
ISBN: 9780689813917

Nine-year-old Johanna and eighty-two year-old Cousin Ruth try to help their family heal after the accidental death of Johanna's younger brother.

The Range Eternal

The Range Eternal
Author: Louise Erdrich
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2020
Genre:
ISBN: 9781517910983

A young Native American girl who considers her family's wood-burning stove to be the heart of her home in the Turtle Mountains must adapt when it is replaced.

Muslim Nursery Rhymes

Muslim Nursery Rhymes
Author: Mustafa Yusuf McDermont
Publisher: Islamic Foundation
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-04-14
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780860375630

A classic book for Muslim families including 15 fun and faithful rhymes.

Giving Thanks

Giving Thanks
Author: Jake Swamp
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002-05
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780613050616

A Native American Thanksgiving address, offered to Mother Earth in gratitude for her bounty and for the variety of her creatures