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Books with author Phyllis Perry

  • Bessie Coleman: Queen of the Skies

    Phyllis J. Perry

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Feb. 21, 2015)
    Bessy Coleman was the first African American to earn an international pilot's license. She was the first African American woman to fly. The book is a short biography from her childhood in Texas, to her work in Chicago, to her flight training in France and Germany, to her career as a flight instructor and stunt pilot. The book documents her legacy in aviation and in breaking down racial barriers. It contains a selected bibliography. For readers age 10 to adult.
  • HIDDEN AWAY

    Phyllis Perry

    language (CUSTOM BOOK PUBLICATIONS, May 24, 2013)
    In this novel,thirteen-year-old Troy Thompson has moved from Texas to Boulder, Colorado, a month before he is to begin eighth grade. Because he knows no one in town, he turns to his old hobbies of geocaching and skateboarding to fill his summer time.While hunting caches and practicing kateboarding tricks, Troy makes friends with Lisa Jo and her grandfather and makes enemies of three boys entering ninth grade. When part ofLisa Jo's inheritance is hidden away in a cache, geocaching becomes more than a game.Geocaching is an outdoor recreational activity in which the participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or other mobile device and other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers, called geocaches or caches, anywhere in the world. A typical cache is a small waterproof container containing a logbook where the geocacher enters the date found and signs it with established code name. Plastic storage containers may hold items for trading, usually toys or trinkets of little value. Geocaches are currently placed in over two hundred countries around the world and on all seven continents, including Antarctica, and the International Space Station.After more than twelve years of activity, there are nearly two million active geocaches published on various online sites. Some estimates suggest there are more than five million geocachers worldwide. HIDDEN AWAY, a story about geocaching, and skateboarding, is intended for all enthusiasts and the young at heart, but particularly those aged 10-14.
  • Mr. Crumb's Secret

    Phyllis J. Perry

    eBook (Phyllis J. Perry, March 25, 2013)
    In this fiction book, Fribble mouse lives right across the street from Mr. Crumb. When Mr. Crumb tells his young friend that he is going to take up a new hobby, Fribble wants to know what it is. Mr. Crumb says it's a secret. When he learns to do it well, he'll tell Fribble about it. Meantime, Mr. Crumb challenges Fribble to try to discover what the new hobby is before Mr. Crumb tells him. Fribble's guesses aren't all on the mark, but through persistence and library research he eventually uncovers Mr. Crumb's secret hobby. Ages 6-10
  • Rocky Mountain National Park

    Phyllis J Perry

    Hardcover (Arcadia Publishing Library Editions, June 18, 2008)
    Rocky Mountain National Park is often called "the crown jewel" of the nation's park system. Set in Colorado in the southern part of the Rocky Mountain chain, which forms the backbone of North America, the park contains 72 named peaks above 12,000 feet with the tallest of these, Longs Peak, rising to 14,259 feet. Established in 1915 as a national park, it now hosts more than two million visitors every year. Vacationers enjoy picnicking, hiking, camping, climbing, skiing, and simply admiring the beauties of the park, which include alpine plants, wildflowers, aspen, conifers, lakes, streams, waterfalls, and an abundance of birds and animals.
  • Bold Women in Colorado History

    Phyllis J. Perry

    eBook (Mountain Press Publishing Company, March 15, 2012)
    Bold Women in Colorado History shares the stories of ten Centennial State women, among them Clara Brown, a former slave who ventured west and remade herself into a respected entrepreneur; Chipeta, a Kiowa Apache woman adopted into the Ute tribe, who helped negotiate for peace between her people and the white outsiders; and Dr. Justina Ford, who overcame both racial and gender prejudice to become the first black female physician in the state.Perfect for school or home, these collections of short but informative biographies are both a valuable resource and an entertaining read. For readers young and old, the Bold Women series proves what women can accomplish when they dare to be bold.
  • Bold Women in Colorado History

    Phyllis J. Perry

    Paperback (Mountain Press, March 12, 2012)
    Bold Women in Colorado History shares the stories of ten Centennial State women, among them Clara Brown, a former slave who ventured west and remade herself into a respected entrepreneur; Chipeta, a Kiowa Apache woman adopted into the Ute tribe, who helped negotiate for peace between her people and the white outsiders; and Dr. Justina Ford, who overcame both racial and gender prejudice to become the first black female physician in the state.Perfect for school or home, these collections of short but informative biographies are both a valuable resource and an entertaining read. For readers young and old, the Bold Women series proves what women can accomplish when they dare to be bold.
  • Together

    Phyllis Perry

    language (Published by CUSTOM BOOK PUBLICATIONS, April 21, 2015)
    Holly woke in the hospital bed… The Fourth of July accident had taken the lives of her mother and father, and she faced a future filled with both change and challenge. Living with her grandparents on ten acres out in the country would be a lot different from living in town. It meant a new school, and new friends. When she is not invited to an 'old' friend's birthday party, she realizes that she cannot live in the past. Holly forms a bond with her Granddad when she studies to become a ham radio operator, and join him in his favourite pastime. When he has what seems to be a heart attack, a fall fishing trip almost turns into a tragedy. Holly's new knowledge of amateur radio helps save the day. Only when Gram and Holly bring Granddad home from the hospital does Holly realize how important the three of them are to each other… TOGETHER.
  • Scuba 4Ever

    Phyllis Perry

    eBook (Published by CUSTOM BOOK PUBLICATIONS, Jan. 18, 2015)
    ......Megan wins the ice cream contest and next day is on TV. Terri’s brother is pictured in the paper winning a school trophy. Her sister, Lynn, appears cheering at the basketball game. Terri feels like a nobody until the scuba classes.Terri, Megan, Brett, Brian, and Clarissa all audition for the school play and Terri is called back to read for the lead. Walking home, she slips on the ice and breaks her arm. Clarissa gets her role in the play… Can anything else go wrong?With her cast removed, she is just in time to take the trip to the Blue Hole to scuba dive. Again Clarissa causes more problems but Terri is at home in the water. Whatever else the future brings, has Terri found her niche? She is confident it will be Scuba 4Ever.
  • The Secret of the Silver Key

    Phyllis J. Perry

    eBook (Phyllis J. Perry, March 21, 2013)
    This fiction book features Fribble Mouse who finds an old newspaper clipping and two stamps in a secret compartment of an antique chest given to him for his birthday by his grandparents. He invetigates and learns about the world of antiques, the first delivery of mail by balloon in 1877, and the excitement of stamp collecting. Solving the mystery involves developing library research skills.
  • The Crocodilians: Reminders of the Age of Dinosaur

    Phyllis J. Perry

    Library Binding (Franklin Watts, March 1, 1997)
    Describes the physical characteristics, habitats, and life cycles of the group of reptiles known as the crocodilians, which includes alligators, crocodiles, caimans and gavials
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  • The Secrets of the Rock:

    Phyllis J. Perry

    eBook (Phyllis J. Perry, Feb. 23, 2013)
    The Secrets of the Rock is the third book in the Fribble Mouse Library Mysteryseries by Phyllis J. Perry. Fribble and his classmates at Tweek Elementary School are cleaning up Pioneer Park as part of a fall community service project. In the park, they discover a rock with a plaque on it that is a memorial of a visit to the town 100 years ago by a famous magician called Ehrich Weiss. Fribble works hard to find out the identify of Ehrich Weiss and to solve the other secrets of the rock. Each step in solving the mysteries causes Fribble to learn more skills in libary research.Great Aunt Squeegee comes to visit for Thanksiving and to attend the school Fall Festival where Scrabble wins in the cake walk, and Fribble performs his newly acquired skills as a young magician..
  • Animals That Hibernate

    Phyllis J. Perry

    Library Binding (Franklin Watts, Sept. 1, 2001)
    Describes where different animals hibernate, what happens to their bodies, and how this behavior helps animals adapt to changing seasons.
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