The Bears of Blue River
10 best books like The Bears of Blue River (Charles Major): The Landing of the Pilgrims, Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare, Pantone: Colors, The Pied Piper of Hamelin, The Heroes, or, Greek Fairy Tales for My Children, The Lewis & Clark Expedition, The Story of Eli Whitney, This Country of Ours, Parables from Nature, American Tall Tales
| Author | James Daugherty |
| ISBN | 0394846974 |
In England in the early 1600s, everyone was forced to join the Church of England. Young William Bradford and his friends believed they had every right to belong to whichever church they wanted. In the name of religious freedom, they fled to Holland, then sailed to America to start a new life. But the winter...
| Author | Diane Stanley |
| ISBN | 0688162940 |
William Shakespeare was the son of a glovemaker, a small-town boy with a grammar school education. Yet he grew up to become the greatest English-speaking playwright in the world. Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare is both his story and that of a great art rediscovered in the modern world.
Drama...
| Author | Pantone |
| ISBN | 1419701800 |
This artful first colors book introduces children to 9 basic colors and 20 shades of each. Readers will immerse themselves in the concept that one color name actually refers to a variety of dark, light, and in-between tones. Young children will begin by simply naming the colors of the monochromatic...
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
| Author | Robert Browning |
| ISBN | 0679428127 |
Robert Browning's famous verse retelling of the medieval legend of the Pied Piper is renowned for its humor and vivid wordplay. When the selfish townspeople of Hamelin refuse to pay the piper for spiriting away the hordes of rats that had plagued them, he exacts his revenge by luring away their greatest...
"I am Pallas Athena; and I know the thoughts of all men's hearts, and discern their manhood or their baseness. And from the souls of clay I turn away, and they are blessed, but not by me. They fatten at ease, like sheep in the pasture, and eat what they did not sow, like oxen in the stall. They grow and spread,...
| Author | Richard L. Neuberger |
Did you know that Clark wanted to name a river after his childhood sweetheart? Romantic, right? Except that he got her name wrong! Uh oops! Haha! Learn other interesting facts and all the history associated with this expedition.
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| Author | Jean Lee Latham |
| ISBN | 1887840427 |
I read this non-fiction biography aloud to my children.
I have to admit that I had never heard of Eli Whitney before I picked up this book! His invention, the "cotton 'gin" built in 1793, was the first of its kind to separate the seeds from the cotton bolls. Until that time, cotton was not a popular...
| Author | H.E. Marshall |
| ISBN | 1599150107 |
Stories from the history of the United States beginning with a full account of exploration and settlement and ending with the presidency of Woodrow Wilson. The 99 chapters are grouped under 7 headings: Stories of Explorers and Pioneers, Stories of Virginia, Stories of New England, Stories of the Middle...
| Author | Mrs. Alfred Gatty |
| ISBN | 1599150050 |
I cannot say enough about Parables from Nature by Margaret Scott Gatty. What a treasure! Mrs. Gatty wrote with a wonderful prose style, and included many encouraging morals which are a joy to share with children. The stories , which seek to uncover God’s craftsmanship in the natural world, are challenging,...
| Author | Adrien Stoutenburg |
| ISBN | 0140309284 |
My new student and I listened to this book on audio. The narration was excellent and most of the stories were fun too. A few of them bogged down but this is a great introduction to American stories. I don't often do audio with students but I am happy we did with this book, the voice helped to make the book more...
| Author | Emily Hahn |
| ISBN | 0491002467 |
Leonardo da Vinci, Emily Hahn
تاریخ نخستین خوانش: دهم ژانویه سال 1989 میلادی
عنوان: گردونه تاریخ جلد 10 : لئوناردو داوینچی نابغه ای که زود به دنیا آمد؛ نویسنده: امیلی هان؛...
| Author | Allen French |
| ISBN | 1883937019 |
Rolf, son of Hiarandi the Unlucky, is a character who exemplifies the effect of Christ's teachings upon the Icelandic people during their heroic age. The book is set in Iceland in the days when Christianity has come to the island though the old customs still linger. Hiarandi, at the urging of his wife,...
| Author | Greg E. Foley |
| ISBN | 0061547506 |
This is the story of Willoughby, whose new house feels too small and very lonely.
It's also the story of an enchanted lion and spectacular wishes come true: of roller coasters, and fast, fast shoes, and enormous crowds of people.
But most of all, it's the story of one important question:...
The Story Book of Science
| Author | Jean-Henri Fabre |
| ISBN | 1599150255 |
The wonders of plant and animal life told with rare literary charm by Uncle Paul in conversations with three children. Besides such stories as the ants' subterranean city, the spider's suspension bridge, and the caterpillars' processing, he unlocks the mystery behind thunder and lightning, clouds...
The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse
| Author | Thornton W. Burgess |
| ISBN | 0486275655 |
A plump little meadow mouse is always an inviting target for hungry hunters in the Green Meadows. This certainly should give Danny Meadow Mouse enough cause for concern; but lately, he's been worrying about something else — his short tail! In fact, he wants so much to have a different tail that he almost...
| Author | Alexander C. Irvine |
| ISBN | 0316185795 |
Don't miss this expanded novelization of the action-packed film! Tintin stumbles across a model ship at the Old Street Market. Only it isn't any model ship--it holds a piece of the puzzle to finding the resting place of Red Rackham's treasure! But Tintin isn't the only ones after the notorious pirate's...
Big Words for Little People
| Author | Jamie Lee Curtis |
| ISBN | 0061127590 |
“A gracefully appropriate addition to the duo’s superb collection.” —Kirkus
The eighth hilarious picture book by the #1 New York Times bestselling team of Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell helps little people communicate in a big person's world.
With grown-up words...
James Baldwin was an American educator and administrator. After his career as an educator he began writing on such topics as legends, mythology, biography, and literature. Fifty Famous People is comprised of short stories about people, some more famous than others. The stories cannot be strictly...
