As Nettie writes to her friend Addie about her trip from Albany, New York, to Richmond, Virginia, she remembers all the things she saw and heard in that pre-Civil War South. She remembers the sweet cedar smell in the air -- but she also remembers Tabitha, the black slave in her hotel who has no last name. She remembers seeing the slave quarters at a nearby plantation, with the heaps of rags in the corners for beds. But most of all she remembers the slave auction, where a woman is sold "like a sack of flour"; and she thinks about what their lives would be like, if she and Addie were slaves... Based on the real diary of the author's great-grandmother, this is a powerful and deeply moving account of one girl's reaction to slavery in the South. Once read and seen through the eyes of master illustrator Ronald Himler, it is not soon forgotten.

Nettie's Trip South

Children's Books

Turner, Ann

Literature & Fiction

Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers

Misunderstanding follows misunderstanding with comical results as George and Charles think their father wants to eat Mrs. Hedgehog when he says he would like to have her for breakfast

Hedgehog for Breakfast

Atheneum

Traces the year's tasks performed by an apple farmer and his family, from winter pruning to fall harvesting, through folk art illustrations and a poetic, informative text.

Apple Valley Year

Science, Nature & How It Works

Simon&Schuster Children's Publishing

A little girl growing up in frontier America finds reassurance as she joins Mama by the cozy fire working on a quilt. By the author of Dakota Dugout.

Sewing Quilts

Arts, Music & Photography

Itching to do something different, eighteen-year-old Sarah leaves Maine for the harsh Montana environment as a mail-order bride, and is soon left a widow with a 2000-acre ranch to run.

Third Girl from the Left

Katie's Trunk

The realities of the American Revolution come alive for Katie and her Tory parents as they face the anger of their rebel neighbors. By the author of Dakota Dugout.

Twenty-eight short, expressive poems capture the diverse ways in which the landscape and its inhabitants change with the seasons. By the author of Katie's Trunk.

Moon for Seasons, A

A woman describes her experiences living with her husband in a sod house on the Dakota prairie

Dakota Dugout

Simon&Schuster

Jake and Maggy lived on a farm where they loved to sing and dance to the music from Mama's radio. Then terrible dust storms came and ruined the land. The family had no choice but to auction off the farm and make the long, hard journey west to California-away from the dust storms, where the land is still green.Along the way, Papa tries to find work, and Jake and Maggy try to help too. But what if Papa can't find a job? What if California isn't better after all?Ann Turner's dramatic story about the dust bowl, set during the Great Depression and beautifully captured in Robert Barrett's paintings, shows how one family stays together during difficult times.

Dust for Dinner (I Can Read Level 3)

Harpercollins

Offers young readers a vibrant picture book with three-dimensional artwork and poetic verse that captures the simple pleasures in the world as seen through the eyes of a child.

In the Heart

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Harpercollins Childrens Books

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