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Looking Back at Ancient Greece

L.L. Owens (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613847602

This book discusses the culture and customs of ancient Greece.

Little Fish

Ralph Moisa Jr. (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613847589

Little Fish learns to jump over the rocks so she can follow Old One, who has come to lead the rainbow trout to warmer waters before the river freezes.

The Great Aztecs

L.L. Owens (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613847398

Describes the everyday life of the Aztecs, covering such topics as food and clothing, religion, criminal justice, art and music, and language.

Tales of Fate

Paula J. Reece (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781622990245

Offers young readers a look at the powers of fate and how they effect human lives as seen in a Greek myth and in stories by Saki, Frank R. Stockton, Anton Chekhov, and Guy de Maupassant.

Tales of Enchantment

Karen Berg Douglas (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781622990238

Offers young readers a look at four magical stories from the "Arabian Nights" and Scandinavia.

Tales of Latin America

Peg Hall (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781622990313

Extend cultural boundaries with this collection of fantastic folktales and legends from Latin America.

Tales of China

Janice Kuharski (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781622990191

Includes The First Country Wolf, The Rainmakers, The Cricket, The Girl in Green, The Hardwork Mountains, and The Divided Daughter.

Tales of Ancient Civilizations

Karen Berg Douglas (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781622990146

Offers young readers a look at traditional stories that reveal what people from ancient Germany, Iceland, China, India, and Egypt thought was the right way to behave.

The Winter of the Stone Woman

Linda Baxter (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781622990078

Having finished his education at Blackstone School, Red Fox writes letters to his friend, Ellen, who is traveling in Europe, as he prepares to return to his family on the Nebraska plains.

The Long Journey to Freedom

Susan Grohmann (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613849699

Rifle barrels pointed at the family as they stepped into the open. Tilly cowered behind her father. "We're headed for St. Augustine," Kwaku explained. The men lowered their guns. "Where are you from?" one of them asked. "Are you runaways?" "Please let us go on our way," Catbird begged. "Get in the wagon," the man said. "These men are armed," Kwaku said quietly. "We must do as we are told." When everyone was aboard, the wagon rumbled on down the road. They were headed away from St. Augustine and their chance for freedom.

United in Freedom

Marcia Lynch (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781622990047

African American twin brothers, one a slave on a Virginia plantation and one a free man in Pennsylvania, are reunited after years of separation when they accompany soldiers on opposing sides of the Civil War.

Time Trap: Martin Luther King Jr.

Margo Sorenson (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613849972

While working together on a school report about the 1960s, Aleesa and Kenneth are transported to March 1968, where they suddenly realize that the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. is only days away.

The Rattlesnake Necklace

Linda Baxter (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613849781

Fern learns why the Native Americans are forcing people from their farms and does what she can to help.

The Fire Carrier

Linda Baxter (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613849477

A young Indian boy attends a school for Native Americans and is caught between the traditions of his people and the new ways of the white man. He is determined to get an education in order to return home and help his Native American people.

The Freedom Tree

Cynthia Mercati (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613849514

Caroline learns the meaning of freedom while struggling to maintain the family cotton plantation during the Civil War.

Summer Friends

Jane Porter Meier (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613849910

Cassie, who is spending the summer with her aunt while her parents go through a divorce, becomes friends with Joey, a boy in a wheelchair who lives nearby with his grandmother.

Sosa's Homers

Caroline E. Walsh (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613849897

After Carlos and his family move from the Dominican Republic to Chicago, Carlos finds himself missing his old friends and country, but a meeting with his hero, Sammy Sosa, changes his life forever.

Tall Shadow: A Navajo Boy

Bonnie Highsmith Taylor (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613849965

Tall-Shadow, a young Navajo boy, faces adverse dangers when he confronts the Big Cat, a lion who is feared by the tribe. Tall Shadow also struggles with his desire to adopt the white man's ways and his father's wish to maintain their culture.

The Buffalo Robe

Linda Baxter (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613849255

As Three Willows spoke, she rose. She brought a bundle to the tiny fire. She untied the straps that held it. Then she unrolled the buffalo robe. It was large, soft and carefully tanned. Red Fox peered through the dim light of the tipi. He could see colorful drawings painted on the smooth side of the robe. Red Fox reached out to touch one scene. It was a man on horseback. He was racing across the prairie. Red Fox could almost feel the movement of the horse under the rider as they raced. That's your father, whispered Three Willows.

Patrick's Secret

Patricia Murray (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613849750

When the secret that Patrick can't read comes to light, he begins to conquer his learning disability using his imagination and interest in race cars.

Javier's Dream

Linda Sibley (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613849606

While spending the summer on his grandparents' Texas cotton farm, Michael sees a teenage boy on the other side of the Rio Grande in Mexico. He starts to write letters to Javier, and then helps him cross the river to come into the United States.

Holding the Yellow Rabbit

Bonnie Highsmith Taylor (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613849583

"I walked across the room and opened the small door. The sound stopped as I peered in. All I could see were some old magazines and a book. As I watched, the book moved! I was scared and wanted to run, but my feet seemed nailed to the floor. I finally reached out and picked up the book and blew dust from it. I felt someone or something next to me once more."

Kodi's Mare

Taylor, Bonnie Highsmith (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613849651

Kodi runs away from his boarding school after learning that his mare has been sold to a brutal rancher. His reunion with his brother resolves all his conflicts, and the two return to live and start a school on the reservation where they were born.

Kimo and the Secret Waves

Margo Sorenson (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613849637

During his summer in Hawaii, Kimo repeatedly visits a secret and forbidden beach, ignoring several frightening warning signs. Who is threatening him and why?

River of Amber

Linda Baxter (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613849804

After having left Russia to live in freedom in Latvia, Sasha finds his adopted country increasing under threat of invasion from Hitler's growing war machine.