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Miss Lady Bird's wildflowers : how a first lady changed America
by Kathi Appelt
Offers the tale of the childhood years of Lady Bird Johnson who, obsessed with the beauty of flowers in her hometown of Piney Woods, Texas, spread her passion to the nation during her period in the oval office as First Lady and wife of President Lyndon Johnson.
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Magnus at the fire
by Jennifer Armstrong
Proud of his position as one of the horses who pulls the firefighting wagons to the scene and assists in the rescue, Magnus, and his friends Billy and Sparks, is devastated when a motorized fire truck suddenly appears and puts them out of the job they love.
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Ron's big mission
by Rose Blue
Living in the segregated south of the 1950s, nine-year-old Ron uses peaceful resistance and personal determination to challenge the establishment in order to attain his own library card so he can check out the books he loves, in a moving story about a young boy who grows up to become a skilled scientist and Challenger astronaut.
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Little dog lost : the true story of a brave dog named Baltic
by Mônica Carnesi
A young reader's account of a dramatic sea rescue describes how a curious dog wanders onto a frozen river only to be swept out to the Baltic Sea on a broken piece of ice on which he is stranded for two days while rescuers desperately try to save him.
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A little book of sloth
by Lucy Cooke
From a British filmmaker and sloth expert comes a hilarious, heartwarming photographic picture book starring the laziest--and one of the cutest--animals on the planet.
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When I was eight
by Christy Jordan-Fenton
Looks at the experiences of a strong-willed young Inuit girl who receives permission from her father to travel to a residential religious school run by non-Inuit outsiders, where she struggles to adapt to the new way of living. Also try sequel: Not My Girl.
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Drum Dream Girl
by Margarita Engle
Follows a young Cuban girl in the 1930s as she strives to become a drummer, despite being continually reminded that only boys play the drums, and that there's never been a female drummer in Cuba. Includes note about Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, who inspired the story, and Anacaona, the all-girl dance band she formed with her sisters.
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Tells the story of the friendship between Owen, an orphaned hippo, and Mzee, a 130-year-old giant tortoise.
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That Book Woman
by Heather Henson
Offers the story of the Pack Horse Librarian who traveled to remote regions throughout the United States during the Depression to deliver books and a stubborn boy who refused to give reading a try.
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Apples to Oregon [electronic resource] : being the (slightly) true narrative of how a brave pioneer father brought apples, peaches, pears, plums, grapes, and cherries (and children) across the plains
by Deborah Hopkinson
Moving away from his beloved home in Iowa to Oregon, Papa has a hard time saying good-bye to all his fruit trees and so, in addition to his large family, packs up a collection of peach, plum, and apple saplings to plant in his new garden upon his arrival.
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Snowflake Bentley
by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
A biography of a self-taught scientist who photographed thousands of individual snowflakes in order to study their unique formations offers insight into one scientist's perseverance and a look at the wonders of nature.
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Me-- Jane
by Patrick McDonnell
Holding her stuffed toy chimpanzee, young Jane Goodall observes nature, reads Tarzan books, and dreams of living in Africa and helping animals. Includes biographical information on the prominent zoologist.
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Lucky ducklings
by Eva Moore
A story based on a true rescue traces the adventures of a duck family that is separated when the ducklings fall through the slats of the town's storm drain and are saved by three firemen who return them to their mother, in a tale illustrated by a Christopher Award-winning artist.
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A boy and a jaguar
by Alan Rabinowitz
The renowned cat conservationist reflects on his early childhood struggles with a speech disorder, describing how he only spoke fluently when he was communicating with animals and how he resolved at a young age to find his voice to be their advocate.
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Hiawatha and the Peacemaker
by Robbie Robertson
Hiawatha, a Mohawk, is plotting revenge for the murder of his wife and daughters by the evil Onondaga Chief, Tadodaho, when he meets the Great Peacemaker, who enlists his help in bringing the nations together to share his vision of a new way of life marked by peace, love, and unity rather than war, hate, and fear. Includes historical notes.
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Grandfather's journey
by Allen Say
In a special anniversary edition of his Caldecott-winning classic that includes a new introduction and downloadable audio, Allen Say offers a poignant account of a family's unique cross-cultural experience in America and Japan, in a story that warmly conveys his own love for the two countries, and the strong and constant desire to be in both places at once.
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Hero cat
by Eileen Spinelli
A cat gives birth to a litter of kittens in an abandoned building that catches fire while she is out searching for food. Based on a true story.
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The bear that heard crying
by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
In 1783, little Sarah gets lost in the woods and, after being found, tells her rescuers about the mysterious big black dog that kept her warm through the night, in a dramatic retelling of a true story from New Hampshire.
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My name is blessing
by Eric Walters
Traces the experiences of an impoverished and disabled Kenyan boy whose grandmother makes the wrenching choice to give him up so that he can obtain the help he needs, a decision that prompts his journey to an orphanage where he eventually comes to understand his inherent worth beyond his physical limitations.
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Wangari's trees of peace : a true story from Africa
by Jeanette Winter
When she returns to her childhood home in Kenya and sees that the whole forest around her village is being cut down, courageous and determined Wangari starts planting trees in her own backyard and ends up in the midst of a movement that is respected around the world.
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Cedar Mill Community Libraries 12505 NW Cornell Road Suite 13 Portland, Oregon 97229 503-644-0043library.cedarmill.org/
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