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Books with author Sterling North

  • Rascal,: A memoir of a better era

    Sterling North

    Hardcover (Dutton, Aug. 16, 1963)
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  • Young Thomas Edison

    Sterling North

    eBook (Puffin Books, Feb. 12, 2009)
    Unable to hear, Thomas Edison seemed unlikely to become one of America?s greatest inventors, but as a hardworking young man, he wasn?t about to let a minor obstacle stop him. He invented the phonograph, the incandescent lightbulb, and motion pictures, to name but three of his many important inventions. Eventually he was named ?the greatest living American.? Follow Thomas Edison?s life from losing his sense of hearing to losing his hard-earned fortune, in this intriguing biography by Newbery Honor author Sterling North.
  • George Washington

    Sterling North

    eBook (Voyageur Press, Sept. 15, 2016)
    The early life of George Washington in a new, illustrated edition of the classic biography by Sterling North.Before he became the first president of the United States, George Washington was a frontiersman. North fully captures the spirit of the man as he examines Washington's childhood in colonial Virginia, his work as a teenage surveyor, his early experiences as a member of the Virginia militia, and his many adventures before the American Revolution. The fully rounded man who emerges from this captivating portrait is uncomfortable with words, shy around women, completely at home in the outdoors, and deeply in love with the country he helped found.
  • Young Thomas Edison

    Sterling North

    Paperback (Puffin Books, March 19, 2009)
    Unable to hear, Thomas Edison seemed unlikely to become one of America?s greatest inventors, but as a hardworking young man, he wasn?t about to let a minor obstacle stop him. He invented the phonograph, the incandescent lightbulb, and motion pictures, to name but three of his many important inventions. Eventually he was named ?the greatest living American.? Follow Thomas Edison?s life from losing his sense of hearing to losing his hard-earned fortune, in this intriguing biography by Newbery Honor author Sterling North.
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  • Rascal: A Memoir of a Better Era

    Sterling North

    Hardcover (Dutton, March 29, 1963)
    A classic every child must read - Rascal is only a baby when young Sterling brings him home. He and the mischievous raccoon are best friends for a perfect year of adventure - until the spring day when everything suddenly changes. A Newbery Honor Book
  • The Wolfling

    Sterling North

    Hardcover (Dutton, Aug. 16, 1969)
    The Newbery Honor-winning author of Rascal presents a classic story about a boy's best friend--who's half dog, half wolf, and all heart. With ingenuity and hard work, Robbie Trent manages to convince his parents and his wolf-hating neighbors that Wolf is as hard-working as any dog. Illustrator John Schoenherr won a Caldecott Medal for his artwork on Owl Moon
  • Captured by the Mohawks

    Sterling North

    Paperback (Dell Publishing, June 15, 1967)
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  • Young Thomas Edison

    Sterling North

    Hardcover (Houghton Mifflin, Aug. 16, 1958)
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  • Rascal Publisher: Puffin

    Sterling North

    Paperback (Puffin, Aug. 16, 1990)
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  • Raccoons are the Brightest People

    Sterling North

    Mass Market Paperback (Avon Books, March 15, 1967)
    Sterling North, Raccoons Are the Brightest People, paperback
  • The Wolfling

    Sterling North

    Paperback (Scholastic Inc, Nov. 16, 1992)
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  • Thoreau of Walden Pond

    Sterling North

    Hardcover (Houghton Mifflin, Jan. 1, 1959)
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