Books with author Ian Duncan

Helen Hunt Jackson was one of the best known authors of her time. She wrote poetry, children’s books, travel journals, and novels. After great sorrow and loss—the deaths of husband Edward Hunt and her two sons—in her native New England, Helen Hunt moved to Colorado Springs for her health and married William Sharpless Jackson in 1875.Both her health and writing were rejuvenated as Colorado became her beloved home. Helen became a champion of social justice for Native Americans through her writing as she produced a long nonfiction work A Century of Dishonor and her more successful and influential novel Ramona. E. E. Duncan is the author of the first entry in the Great Lives in Colorado History series.Ages 8 to 10 Bilingual in English and Spanish69 pages (English 33/Spanish 36) PaperbackTrim: 5" by 8"

Florence Sabin was born in Colorado in 1871. She died in Colorado in 1953. During her lifetime, she was a working scientist and teacher at two leading medical institutions—Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and The Rockefeller Institute.In retirement, she overhauled Colorado’s public health laws. Dr. Sabin never stopped learning, never stopped teaching, and never stopped thinking about improving public health.“I hope my studies may be an encouragement to other women, especially to young women, to devote their lives to the larger interests of the mind.”—Florence SabinNumber Sixteen in the Now You Know Bio series.Ages 10 and up 67 pages; illustrated Paperback Trim: 5.5" by 8.5" Publication date: 2014

Immy loves thinking about make-up and fashion so much that one day as she gazes at herself in the mirror , Dad reminds her that it is what is inside that is important.Mum suggests that it would be good for Immy to learn to care for a dog who needs a loving home, so one fine morning Dad and Immy set out to adopt one from the SPCA.Of course Dad expects her to choose the cutest dog she can find, but after she looks at a beautiful fluffy poodle, an elegant, sleek greyhound and a pretty pert sausage dog, he is pleasantly surprised when she declares that she loves an ugly old dog who looks just like a bear. Immy can tell that he is lonely and needs lots of loving care. And maybe Scruffy will enjoy all the attention she lavishes on him, as she sets out to make him the most pampered dog on the street!

The Missing Bone is a story about a new dog who is adopted by an old lady who already has a dog and three little mischievous kittens who bully, torment and steal the new dog's bone, causing him to have sleepless days and nights until the older dog in the family helps him solve this problem by turning the tables on the kittens; thus, teaching them a valuable lesson.