Follow the Drinking Gourd

Great children's story about the Underground Railroad.

Jeanette Winter

Dragonfly/Knopf

Wangari's Trees Of Peace

Luis loves to read, but soon his house in Colombia is so full of books there's barely room for the family. What to do? Then he comes up with the perfect solution—a traveling library! He buys two donkeys—Alfa and Beto—and travels with them throughout the land, bringing books and reading to the children in faraway villages. Beautiful!\nComplete with an author's note about the real man on whom this story is based.

Biblioburro a True Story From Colombia

scholastic

Lexile® Leveled Content Area Library, Interest Level Elementary, Levels 600-699

ALIKI

Anne Capeci

gail-gibbons

Nick Bruel

Connie Roop

ARTHUR DORROS

Sarah L. Thomson

Steve Jenkins

Wendy Pfeffer

Mia Posada

kris-hirschmann

tomie-depaola

lizzy-rockwell

ROBIN PAGE

Jerry, Pallotta

Peter, Roop

Lynda Jones

Scholastic, Incorporated

Illus. in full color. "Winter's story begins with a peg-leg sailor who aids slaves on their escape on the Underground Railroad. While working for plantation owners, Peg Leg Joe teaches the slaves a song about the drinking gourd (the Big Dipper). A couple, their son, and two others make their escape by following the song's directions. Rich paintings interpret the strong story in a clean, primitive style enhanced by bold colors. The rhythmic compositions have an energetic presence that's compelling. A fine rendering of history in picturebook format."--(starred) Booklist. By following the directions in a song, "The Drinking Gourd," taught them by an old sailor named Peg Leg Joe, runaway slaves journey north along the Underground Railroad to freedom in Canada.

Follow the drinking gourd (Reads core story selection)

Follow The Drinking Gourd

The World is Not a Rectangle A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid

AL MAR’A AL LATTI ’ANQAZAT MAK

HACHETTE ANTOIN

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.

Wangari y los árboles de la paz (Una Historia Verdadera) (Spanish Edition)

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