Wind in the Willows -- by Kenneth Grahame (Author) (Book - Child)
"Since its beginnings as a series of stories told to Kenneth Grahame's young son, The Wind in the Willows has gone on to become on of the best-loved children's books for all time. The timeless story...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe -- by Penelope Lively (Author) (Book - Child)
"The ghost of a seventeenth-century sorcerer emergies as a poltergeist and attempts to make young James his apprentice." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun -- by Rhoda Blumberg (Author) (Book - Child)
"First it is a well-written story of Matthew Perry's expedition to open Japan-American trade and whaling ports. The account is sensitive to the extreme cultural differences that both the Japanese and...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Smith -- by Leon Garfield (Author) (Book - Child)
"This brilliant, picaresque novel follows the adventures of an illiterate young ragamuffin known onnly as Smith. Smith picks the pocket of a stranger, only to witness immediately the strangers murder....
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Three Who Dared -- by Tim Cohen (Author) (Book - Child)
"Describes the activities of three young men who risked their lives to participate in the Freedom Marches and Civil Rights Movement of the early 1960's." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Wolf of Shadows -- by Whitley Strieber (Author) (Book - Child)
"Wolf of Shadows is an intensely moving story of the aftermath of a nuclear attack told from the point of view of a large wolf living in a forest near Minneapolis. Human behavior, emotions and anatomy...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
In Search of a Sandhill Crane -- by Keith Robertson (Author) (Book - Child)
"Dismayed at the prospect of a summer in the Michigan wilderness, a young boy becomes increasingly fascinated by nature as he roams the woods in hopes of photographing sandhill cranes." From Card...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
The Changing Desert -- by Ada Graham, Frank Graham (Authors) (Book - Child)
"Describes the plants, animals, weather, and history of desert areas; man's adverse influence on these lands; and efforts to preserve what is left." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Life On Earth: A Natural History -- by David Attenborough (Author) (Book - Child)
"A beautifully illustrated natural science based book based on the TV series. A good family resource." From Choosing Books for Kids
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Watership Down -- by Richard Adams (Author) (Book - Child)
"First published in 1972, Richard Adam's extraordinary bestseller Watership Down takes us to a world we have never truly seen: to the remarkable life that teems in the fields, forests, and...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)