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Meet Gertrude Chandler Warner the author of the popular, 'Boxcar Children' series. Learn how Gertrude wrote her first book at a very early age and continued writing children's books until she died in 1979. Gertrude Warner wrote 19 'Boxcar Children' books along with various other children's books. After her death, Warner's publisher arranged for new authors to continue this popular series based on Gertrude's vision. Even today, 'The Boxcar Children' remains a favorite series for young readers.
Book Series: Checkerboard Biography Library
Similar authors: Ron Roy, Franklin Dixon, Scott Lobdell
Similar books: A to Z Mystery Series by Ron Roy;
Encyclopedia Brown by Donald Sobol;
The Hardy Boys by Franklin Dixon
Reviewed by: mb
Date read: 7/2/2010
ISBN-10: 159197609X
ISBN-13: 9781591976097
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The 1955 kidnapping, and murder, of 14-year-old Emmett Till, in Mississippi, is famous as a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement. Chris Crowe investigates the crime, and its aftermath, as well as the dramatic court trial, and places it into the context of the Civil Rights Movement.
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 4/14/2009
ISBN-10: 0803728042
ISBN-13: 9780803728042
Girl's Like Spaghetti: Why, You Can't Manage without Apostrophes!
Lynne Truss (2007), 32 pages
Illustrated by Bonnie Timmons
Audience: 2nd Grade - 5th Grade
Category: Nonfiction
The importance of apostrophes is the topic of The Girl's Like Spaghetti. The book takes a sentence and adds an apostrophe to it to illustrate how one mark can change the meaning of a sentence. For instance, look at the title. By adding an apostrophe to the word girls, the sentence changes from girls liking spaghetti to a girl being like spaghetti. This is illustrated on the cover with girls eating spaghetti and also a picture of a girl with spaghetti hair. This book is ideally suited for teachers or parents, as a homework aid.
Similar books: Eats, Shoots, & Leaves
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 4/13/2009
ISBN-10: 0399247068
ISBN-13: 9780399247064
Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella
Paul Fleischman (2007), 32 pages
Illustrated by Julie Paschkis
Audience: 1st Grade - 2nd Grade
Did you know that nearly every country has a different version of Cinderella? This story combines many of them in a unique way, by combining all the different versions into one tale. In Russia, the starving girl is given honey by a cow. Figs and apricots are gifts from a fairy in Iran. Glass slippers are the preferred footwear in France, but diamond anklets are provided in India and sandals of gold in Iraq. Each page is illustrated to reflect the art and culture of the country highlighted on that page. Enjoy the Cinderella story while getting to know many different cultures.
Reviewed by: vfv
Date read: 5/19/2009
ISBN-10: 080507953X
ISBN-13: 9780805079531
Go, Go America: 50 States of Fun
Dan Yaccarino (2008), 80 pages
Audience: 1st Grade - 5th Grade
Category: Nonfiction
Follow a fictional family on a road trip across all of the US states. Each state has a page or two describing little-known facts and entertaining bits of history. Did you know that Salt Lake City is home to the nation's leading manufacturer of rubber chickens? Or that a law in San Antonio forbids monkeys from riding on buses? These and many other tidbits of information about the 50 states are in this fun book.
Reviewed by: msp
Date read: 3/28/2013
ISBN-10: 0439703387
ISBN-13: 9780439703383
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