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American Childhoods: Three Centuries of Youth at Risk
Richard Wormser
Hardcover (Walker & Co, Aug. 1, 1996)Examines the challenges of growing up in a diverse society, explaining how earlier generations of American children had to overcome such problems as disease, child labor practices, and slavery
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The Iron Horse: How Railroads Changed America
Richard Wormser
Library Binding (Walker & Co, Nov. 1, 1993)A history of railroads and their influence on American culture features stories about the immigrants who built them, the robber barons who made their fortunes railroading, train bandits, labor movements, and more
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Pinkerton: America's First Private Eye
Richard Wormser
Library Binding (Walker & Co, Oct. 1, 1990)Examines the life of the detective who founded his own agency and introduced a system of recording criminals to help track them down and tie them to crimes.
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American Islam: Growing Up Muslim in America
Richard Wormser
Library Binding (Walker & Co, Nov. 1, 1994)Interviews with young American Muslims highlight an overview of what it means to believe in the Islamic religion, one of America's most misunderstood religious groups, showing how Muslims maintain their traditions in the face of the permissiveness of American society.
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The Dictionary of the Civil War and Reconstruction
Richard Wormser
Library Binding (Franklin Watts, Sept. 1, 2001)Includes biographical profiles, summaries of battles, descriptions of political and social groups, and entries on themes such as slavery, abolition, and the South. Illustrated with period photographs.
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American Childhoods: Three Centuries of Youth at Risk
Richard Wormser
Library Binding (Walker & Co, Sept. 1, 1996)An intriguing study of childhood through the centuries provides a historical perspective on the challenges of growing up in a complex, diverse society, explaining how earlier generations of American children have had to overcome such problems as disease, child labor practices, slavery, and more.
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You're Safe Now, Waterdog by Richard Edwards
Richard Edwards
Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, March 15, 1750)None
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Korean War
Richard Edwards
Library Binding (Rourke Pub Group, Sept. 1, 1988)Discusses the origins, events, conclusion, and aftermath of the conflict in Korea following the Communist invasion of the southern half of the country
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The Word Party
Richard Edwards
Hardcover (Delacorte Books for Young Readers, Oct. 1, 1992)The author of A Mouse in My Roof presents a selection of forty-eight original, humorous, and poignant poems about bananas, polar bears, monsters, badgers, and a cushion complaining about the heavy weight on it.
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Forest Child
Richard Edwards
Hardcover (Orchard Books, Jan. 1, 2000)There was once a child who was raised by the animals of the forest. Together the wild creatures teach the girl everything she needs to know. She runs silently through the forest, swims in the lake behind the beaver dam, & knows where to find honey & the juiciest berries. Then one day she meets a boy from the village, the apprentice to a cruel hunter. What happens next is the haunting & hauntingly beautiful story of the forest child, about the collision of two worlds.
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Oxford Literacy Web
Richard Edwards
Paperback (Oxford University Press, Feb. 4, 1999)The Oxford Literacy Web is an exciting new literacy programme designed to guide schools successfully through the primary years. Fitting the requirements of the National Literacy Strategy, National Curriculum in England and Wales, English Language 5-14 in Scotland, and Common Curriculum inNorthern Ireland, the Oxford Literacy Web guides pupils through the core skills associated with learning to read and write with a diverse range of literary styles within the genres of fiction, non-fiction, rhymes, language, and poetry.The "Letters, Sounds, and Rhymes" strand is a unique programme, developing phonological awareness and phonics knowledge throughout the infant years.Little ABC Book is the same as the Big ABC Book, but in a smaller format.
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You're Safe Now, Waterdog
richard-edwards
Paperback (Orion Children's Books (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), March 15, 1997)Rare Book