Lois V. Harris
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Mary Cassatt: Impressionist Painter
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Maxfield Parrish: Painter of Magical Make-Believe
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Lotta Crabtree: Gold Rush Fairy Star
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| During World War I, small bears were sewn by hand and given to a loved one to wear in the jacket pocket of their soldier uniform. Over a century later, one of the original bears, Pocket, manages a used stuffed toy home with the help of an adventurous ...more | |
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| Award-winning author Norman Finkelstein gives us a biography of Abraham Cahan, founder and editor of the Yiddish-language newspaper Forverts (the Forward). In the paper, newly arrived Jewish immigrants found explanations from voting rights in America ...more | |
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| I'm not a baseball fan and had never heard of Roberto Clemente. I chose this book because it earned a Sibert Informational Book award. I found author Nathalie Alonso sprinkles her story of a Latin American baseball star with Spanish words. Her text i ...more | |
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| An inspiring autobiographical tale of Billy Mills's 1964 Olympic Gold achievement in the 10,000-meter race. Mills, a member of the Oglala Lakota (Sioux) Tribe, was born on the Pine Ridge Reservation, S.D. He overcame poverty, the loss of his parents, ...more | |
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| Two things that struck me about this middle grade graphic memoir are the outstanding voice and excellent art by Sammy Savos. The book recounts Estelle Nadel's life from pre-World War II in Poland to the present day in America. As I read the text, I c ...more | |
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The Cat Who Saved the Library (The Cat Who..., #2):
"While the sentiment of this was very good the plot sadly wasn’t. It was written well but just feels to me like it belongs in the children’s section.
I didn’t know it was a sequel hence I haven’t read the first one, and I think you don’t have to eithe" Read more of this review » |
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There was no point to this book. No plot. Barely any character personality or development. This hurts me to say as I am an avid supporter of libraries. As a child, I would use the library daily. I would stay in the library after school " Read more of this review » |
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A Flash of Color and Light: A Biography of Dale Chihuly (Growing to Greatness)
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| I've long admired Dale Chihuly's art and enjoyed learning more about the artist. The author begins with Dale Chihuly's youth, and how colors, light, and water fascinated him. While young, Chihuly learned to deal with loss: first his older brother die ...more | |
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