An unexpected friendship is at the center of this unique look at the first Thanksgiving. Young Giles meets up with Metacom, one of the Wampanoag living in the area near the Plimoth Colony, and comes to a new understanding about the Native American people. Readers will learn about the early colonists in America and the Indians who helped them survive.

Giles and Metacom: A Story of Plimouth and the Wampanoag (Scrapbooks of America)

Children's Books

Dell, Pamela

History

Tradition Pub Co

Represented in this compendium of biographical essays is a considered cross section of young readers' favorite authors and illustrators from, primarily, the twentieth century. Volume One of this collection serves as an excellent introduction to a few of those storytellers most beloved by children--from Verna Aardema to Brock Cole. Every entry includes a photograph of the author or illustrator, reproductions of book covers, quotes from and about the subject, and interesting facts. A selected bibliography of each person's work (through 2002) is included, along with a list of suggested resources, both print and online, for further study.

Verna Aardema to Brock Cole (Favorite Children's Authors and Illustrators)

Biographies

Provides biographical information about authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults, arranged in dictionary form.

Joanna Cole to Jack Gantos (Favorite Children's Authors and Illustrators)

Teen & Young Adult

Carmen Lomas Garza to Edward Lear (Favorite Children's Authors and Illustrators)

Provides biographical information about authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults, arranged in dictionary form.

Ursula K. Le Guin to Helen Oxenbury (Favorite Children's Authors and Illustrators)

Barbara Park to Peter Sis (Favorite Children's Authors and Illustrators)

David Small to Gene Zion (Favorite Children's Authors and Illustrators)

Favorite Children's Authors and Illustrators

Children will share the excitement of the heroine, Tay, when they read about the Wild West Show at Chicago's World Fair. They will see the show and meet its stars through Tay's eyes as she experiences the thrills of the Wild West Show and struggles to gain the respect of her older brother. From her stories, readers will learn details about the Columbian Exposition of 1893, the legendary Wild West Show, and the difficulties of life on the American frontier.

Tag-along Tay: A Story About Annie Oakley And Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show (Scrapbooks of America, 1171)

Literature & Fiction

Describes the oceans and the animal and plant life that thrives in them.

Oceans, Seas, And Reefs (Our Living World, 1)

Somervill, Barbara A.

Science, Nature & How It Works

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