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Independent Press Award / New York City Big Book Award

Discover a selection of the best wines of the world as recommended by leading wine experts in the Decanter World Wine Awards 2015

2) Independent Press Award / New York City Big Book Award

Series

Publisher

Independent Press Award / New York City Big Book Award

Description

MBA Housing Awards Annual

Discovering and presenting award-winning books in over 100 categories

3) MBA Housing Awards Annual

Series

Publisher

Universal Wellbeing PTY Limited

Description

Paint Award-Winning Figures

This annual publication is a showcase for the prestigious Housing Awards, presented by the Master Builders Association of NSW. MBA Housing Awards Annual displays myriad new home ideas, designs, products and services with colour photographs, floorplans, prices and a brief description of each project and builder details. Essential for anyone about to buy or build a new home.

4) Paint Award-Winning Figures

Series

Publisher

Kalmbach Publishing Co. - Magazines

Description

Elevate your figure-painting skills with FineScale Modeler's all-new special issue, Paint Award-Winning Figures. Dive deep into the world of miniature artistry with top-notch guidance from renowned experts. Featuring a diverse range of projects, this issue is your gateway to mastering the art of figure painting in any scale and genre.

5) Invincible Louisa

Author

Meigs, Cornelia

Series

Publisher

Little, Brown

Pub. Date

1933

6) They were strong and good

Author

Lawson, Robert

Series

Publisher

The Viking press

Pub. Date

1940

Description

Relates the story of the author's grandparents and parents, who, though not famous, helped build the United States.

7) The matchlock gun

Author

Edmonds, Walter Dumaux

Series

Publisher

Dodd Mead

Pub. Date

1941

Description

When ten-year-old Edward was left in the cabin to protect his family, he was able to place the heavy gun on the table and point it out of the window when the Indians attacked.

8) Adam of the road

Author

Vining, Elizabeth Gray

Series

Publisher

The Viking Press

Pub. Date

1942

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 9

Description

In thirteenth-century England an eleven-year-old boy roams the cojntryside as he searches for his father and his stolen dog.

9) Song of the swallows

Author

Politi, Leo

Series

Publisher

Scribner

Pub. Date

1949, c1948

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1

Description

Caldecott Medal award
Weston Woods read-along CD

The old bell-ringer at the Mission of San Juan Capistrano tells Juan about Father Serra, the founder of the first missions in California, and about swallows that come to Capistrano every St. Joseph's Day.

10) The biggest bear

Author

Ward, Lynd

Series

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1

Formats

Book, Audiobooks and music, eAudiobook

Description

Johnny goes hunting for a bearskin to hang on his family's barn and returns with a small bundle of trouble.

11) --and now Miguel

Author

Krumgold, Joseph

Series

Publisher

HarperCollins

Pub. Date

c1953

Description

Miguel lives with his family on a sheep ranch in New Mexico. More than anything else, he longs to go with the men to the Sangre de Christo Mountains.

12) Shen of the sea: Chinese stories for children

Author

Chrisman, Arthur Bowie

Series

Publisher

Dutton Children's Books

Pub. Date

1953, 1929

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6

Description

Sixteen original stories reflecting the spirit of Chinese life and thought.

13) Cinderella: or, The little glass slipper

Author

Perrault, Charles

Series

Publisher

Scribner

Pub. Date

[1954]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1

Description

In her haste to flee the palace before the fairy godmother's magic loses effect, Cinderella leaves behind a glass slipper.

14) The wheel on the school

Author

De Jong, Meindert

Series

Publisher

Harper

Pub. Date

[1954]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10

Description

Six students in a tiny Dutch sea town engage practically the whole population in an effort to attract storks to nest on the town's roofs again.

15) Carry on, Mr. Bowditch

Author

Latham, Jean Lee

Series

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8

Description

After finding a way to teach the ship's crew members to understand navigation, Nat, a self-taught mathematician and astronomer in eighteenth-century Salem, Massachusetts, writes down his explanations and compiles them into "The American Practical Navigator, " also known as the "Sailors' Bible."

16) Frog went a-courtin'

Author

Langstaff, John M

Series

Publisher

Harcourt, Brace

Pub. Date

c1955

Description

Caldecott Medal award
Fiction on CD

Illustrates the well-known American folk song about the courtship and marriage of the frog and the mouse.

17) Make way for ducklings

Author

McCloskey, Robert

Series

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1

Formats

Book, Book with integrated audio

Description

Mr. and Mrs. Mallard proudly return to their home in the Boston Public Garden with their eight offspring.

18) Time of wonder

Author

McCloskey, Robert

Series

Publisher

Viking Press

Pub. Date

1957

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1

Description

Coatsworth, Elizabeth Jane

Follows the activities of two children spending their summer vacation on an island off the coast of Maine.

19) The cat who went to heaven

Author

Series

Publisher

Macmillan

Pub. Date

1958

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 2

Description

The cat "Good Fortune" watches the Japanese artist as he paints the animals going one by one to do homage to the Buddha. At long last, a miracle brings the cat into the picture.

20) Rifles for Watie

Author

Keith, Harold

Series

Publisher

Harper Keypoint

Pub. Date

c1958, 1987

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 14

Description