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People and Places of Long Ago

Preschool

1. Anno, Mitsumasa. Anno's Counting Book. HarperCollins, 1975. $6.95 (Paperback)ISBN: 0064431231
      A village scene grows and becomes more complicated with each turn of the page. Children are drawn into the action and will want to find and count the changes on each page.
2. Bemelmans, Ludwig. Madeline's Rescue. Puffin, 1951. $4.99 (Paperback) ISBN: 0140502076
      Madeline has another scrape and is rescued by a very level headed puppy. It will be Madeline's turn to come to the rescue when the trustees decree that an orphanage is no place for a puppy.
3. Marshall, James. "The Three Little Pigs." Puffin, 1989. $5.99 (Paperback) ISBN: 0140557423
      Will the smart little pig outwit the wolf? In this traditional fairy tale, Marshall has readers guessing from one encounter to the next.
4. Burningham, John. Mr. Gumpy's Outing. Henry Holt, 1970. $5.95 (Paperback) ISBN: 0805013156
      It's a lazy summer day and Mr. Gumpy is out for a ride in his boat. First the children, then a rabbit, then a cat ask to come along. Mr. Gumpy welcomes them all, just don't rock the boat. The reader knows that this lazy ride cannot last as more and more animals ask to come on board.

1. Cooney, Barbara. Miss Rumphius. Viking Pr, reprint 1985. $5.99 (Paperback) ISBN: 0140505393
      Barbara Cooney has brought us a lovely book with a lovely character, Miss Rumphius who believes in making the world a little more beautiful.
2. Brenner, Barbara. Wagon Wheels. Illustrated by Don Bolognese. HarperTrophy, reprint 1978. $3.95 (Paperback) ISBN: 0064440524
      Making a new life in the west was not easy for any pioneer family. A father's faith in his sons ability to cope with hardship is rewarded with a new start on the plains.
3. Ernst, Lisa Campbell. "Little Red Riding Hood: A Newfangled Prairie Tale." Aladdin Paperbacks, 1995. $5.99 (Paperback) ISBN: 0689821913
      This is an old tale with new twists that will keep the reader laughing. Grandma in this tale easily takes the wolf in hand and sets him on a better path in life.
4. Van Leeuwen, Jean. Going West. Illustrated by Thomas B. Allen. Puffin, 1992. $5.99. (Paperback) ISBN: 0140560963
      The prairie was vast, empty and lonely. This is a story of how one pioneer family filled that space with love, work, and friendship. (Going West is in 117 stores.)
5. Stewart, Sarah. The Gardener. Illustrated by David Small. Farrar Straus & Giroux (Juv), 1997. $15.00 (Hardcover) ISBN: 0374325170
      Lydia has a secret, a secret she is sure will bring a smile to her uncle's face. It's the Depression and Lydia has been sent from the farm to live with her uncle in the big city. Lydia sets out to bring a piece of home to her uncle's bakery.

1. Montgomery, L.M.; Caroline Parry. Anne of Green Gables. Dell Pub Co, 1998. $2.99 (Paperback) ISBN: 0440227879
      Anne arrives at Green Gables by mistake. An orphan, full of energy and imagination, she dreams of being able to call Green Gables her home.
2. Cushman, Karen. The Ballad of Lucy Whipple. HarperTrophy, 1996. $4.95. (Paperback) ISBN: 0064406849
      Born in Massachusetts, she's been named California by her parents. After her father's death, her mom sets out to realize their dream of settling in the west. However, California's only dream is to figure out a way to get back to civilization, Massachusetts and her grandparents. Changing her name to Lucy is just one way she copes the hard mining town life she finds herself in.
3. Paterson, Katherine. Lyddie. Puffin, 1995. $4.99 (Paperback) ISBN: 0140373896
      With both parents gone Lyddie takes on the responsibility of paying off family debts and saving the family farm. She moves to town to work, six days a week in a factory that grinds workers down with impossible working conditions. She copes, she struggles, will she ever be able to make a life for herself?
4. O'Dell, Scott. Zia. Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1976. $4.99 (Paperback) ISBN: 0440219566
      Zia goes to live on a coastal California mission with one goal in mind: to someday rescue her aunt who has been stranded for years on a far island outside the bay. Life at the mission is far different from the village she grew up in and the Spanish soldiers are always a threat, but Zia's dream is fulfilled.
5. Avi. The Barn. Avon, 1994. $4.99 (Paperback) ISBN: 0380725622
      Benjamin, the youngest son, has been sent from the farm to boarding school to gain an education. But his father falls ill and Benjamin comes home. He sets out to accomplish one of his father's dream's, a dream that Benjamin hopes will give his father a reason to live.

1. Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki. James D. Houston. Farewell to Manzanar. Bantam, 1973. $5.50 (Paperback) ISBN: 0553272586
      Thousands of Japanese-Americans were forced into internment camps during World War II. The author was seven years old when her family was uprooted and placed at Manzanar. Guard towers existed next to schools and clubs as the internees tried to cope with events they could not control.
2. Armstrong, Jennifer. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World. Crown, 1998. $18.00 (Hardcover) ISBN: 0517800136
      Shackleton and his crew of 27 started their expedition to become the first explorers to cross Antarctica, end to end. Their ship is trapped, frozen in ice before they ever reach land and what follows is a story of heroism, survival and a dramatic rescue.
3. Hegi, Ursula. Floating in My Mother's Palm. Scribner, 1990 $11.00 (Paperback) ISBN: 0684854759
      The people in a small German town in the 1950's come to life in this sensitive, compelling novel. Hegi draws their life stories through the growing up experiences of a young girl, Hanna Malter.
4. Cushman, Karen. The Midwife's Apprentice. HarperTrophy, 1996. $4.95 (Paperback) ISBN: 006440630X
      Having lived the life of an outcast, with no family or support, Brat is happy to find shelter in a barn's dung heap. The town midwife finds her and sets her to work as her helper. This is a tale of courage, Brat's slow discovery of her own worth and value.
5. Burns, Olive Ann. Cold Sassy Tree. Delta, 1984. $12.95. (Paperback) ISBN: 038531258X
      Will Tweedy comes of age in a small southern town. His family and everyone else in the town are turned upside down when his grandfather marries a woman half his age and a northerner, just months after his wife dies. Love and family relationships are intertwined in this well drawn story.

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