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(0)Barry Moser
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English
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"Preeminent illustrator Barry Moser renders the memories of his youth--in luminous drawings and candid prose--on his quest to understand how he and his identically raised brother could have become such very different men. Barry and Tommy Moser were born of the same parents, were raised in the same small Tennessee community where they slept in the same bedroom and were poisoned by their family's deep racism and anti-Semitism. But as they grew older,...
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English
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning author takes a classic fairy tale and turns it into a novel set along the eighteenth-century frontier of the Natchez Trace. In the clammy forests of Louisiana, somewhere between New Orleans and the muddy Mississippi River, the berry-stained bandit of the woods, Jamie Lockhart, saves the life of a gullible planter. In reward, Jamie is given shelter-only to kidnap the planter's lovely young daughter, Rosamund. It's an impulsive...
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English
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Maclean writes in my family, there is no clear line between religion and fly-fishing. Nor is there a clear line between family and fly-fishing. It is the one activity where brother can connect with brother and father with son.Based on Norman Maclean's childhood experiences, A River Runs Through It has established itself as one of the most moving stories of our time; it captivates readers with vivid descriptions of life along Montana's Big Blackfoot...
9) Sit, Truman
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Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
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A busy day in the life of Truman the dog includes walks, play time, and a little dog named Oscar.
15) When birds could talk & bats could sing: the adventures of Bruh Sparrow, Sis Wren, and their friends
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Publisher
Blue Sky Press
Pub. Date
c1996
Physical Desc
63 p. : col. ill. ; 32 cm
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English
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A collection of stories, featuring sparrows, jays, buzzards, and bats, based on those African American tales originally written down by Martha Young on her father's plantation in Alabama after the Civil War
18) Scary stories
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
184 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
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English
19) My dog Rosie
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Publisher
Blue Sky Press
Pub. Date
c1994
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm
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English
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While her grandfather works in his studio, a young girl takes care of the family dog
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm
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English
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Three billy goats, unable to cross a bridge because they cannot pay the toll, form a car pool with The Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hood, and Jack of beanstalk fame to get past the rude Troll