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The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

by DiCamillo, Kate

Edward Tulane, a cold-hearted and proud toy rabbit, loves only himself until he is separated from the little girl who adores him and travels across the country...

The Greatest Skating Race

A World War II Story from the Netherlands

by Borden, Louise

During World War II in the Netherlands, a ten-year-old boy's dream of skating in a famous race allows him to help two children escape to Belgium by ice skating...

Birthday Pony

by Haas, Jessie

Grandma Aggie tries to help her granddaughter Jane and the independent pony Popcorn, who were born on the same day, become riding partners.

Hachiko

The True Story of a Loyal Dog

by Turner, Pamela S.

Relates the true story of a dog who accompanied his master to and from a Tokyo train station for a year and, after his master died, continued to wait for him t...

Thank You, Sarah

The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving

by Anderson, Laurie & Faulkner, Matt

Relates how Sarah Hale, a magazine editor and author, persuaded President Lincoln to transform Thanksgiving Day into a national holiday.

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A Year in Poems and Quilts

by Hines, Anna Grossnickle

Poems about the four seasons, as reflected in the natural world, are accompanied by photographs of quilts made by the author.

So Far from the Sea

by Bunting, Eve & Soentpiet, Chris K.

When seven-year-old Laura and her family visit Grandfather's grave at the Manzanar War Relocation Center, the Japanese American child leaves behind a special s...

Treehouse Tales

by Isaacs, Anne & Bloom, Lloyd

Three chapters relate the experiences and adventures of three 1880s Pennsylvania farm children in their family tree house, which serves as a refuge, a source o...

The Cuckoo Child

by King-Smith, Dick

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