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Abuela
by Arthur Dorros (Dutton Books, 1991)
While riding on a bus with her
grandmother, Rosalba imagines that they
are carried up into the sky and fly over
New York City. |
Tar Beach
by Faith Ringgold (Crown Publishers, 1991)
Eight-year-old Cassie Lightfoot dreams of flying
above her Harlem home, claiming all she sees
for herself and her family. |
Martin's Mice
by Dick King-Smith (Knopf, 1988)
A farm cat does not want to catch mice and
decides to keep them as pets instead in this
delightful tale about differences and self-esteem. |
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Antarctic Ice
by Jim Mastro and Norbert Wu
(Henry Holt, 2003) Photographs and
text describe the varied animal life on
the coldest continent. |
The Desert Is Theirs
by Byrd Baylor (Aladdin, 1987)
Simple text and illustrations describe the
characteristics of the desert and its plant,
animal, and human life. |
One Day in the Desert
by Jean Craighead George (HarperCollins, 1983) The animals and people of the Sonoran Desert in Arizona adapt to cruel living conditions. |
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Cornelius
by Leo Lionni (Dragonfly, 1994)
Cornelius's friends ridicule him when,
unlike other crocodiles, he walks upright and does tricks no other crocodile can. |
Juan Bobo and the Horse of Seven Colors:
A Puerto Rican Legend
by Jan Mike (Troll Associates, 1995)
After winning seven wishes from a magical horse,
the foolish Juan Bobo wastes six of them on his
way to try to make the king's daughter laugh. |
Treasures in the Dust
by Tracey Porter (HarperCollins, 1997) Annie
and Violet, best friends living in the Oklahoma Dust Bowl, tell their stories in alternating first-person accounts in this historical novel. |
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Salt in His Shoes
by Deloris Jordan (Simon &
Schuster, 2000) Young Michael Jordan,
who is smaller than the other basketball players, learns that determination and
hard work are more important than size. |
Wilma Unlimited
by Kathleen Krull (Harcourt, 1996) An African
American woman overcame crippling childhood
polio to become an Olympic gold-medal-winning
track star. |
A Picture Book of Amelia Earhart
by David Adler (Holiday House, 1998) This is a biography of the first woman to make a solo trip across the Atlantic in an airplane. |
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An Extraordinary Egg
by Leo Lionni (Dragonfly Books,
1998) There is a funny case of mistaken identity when a baby alligator crawls
out of what some frogs thought was a chicken egg. |
Stellaluna
by Janell Cannon (Harcourt, 1993)
After she falls headfirst into a bird's nest, a baby
bat is raised like a bird until she is reunited with
her mother. |
Babe the Gallant Pig
by Dick King-Smith and Mary Rayner (Yearling; Reissue edition, 1995) A pig is taken in by a farmer's dog and learns to herd sheep. |
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