Elizabeth Partridge
Author
Language
English
Description
"An exploration of the Vietnam War from many different perspectives including American soldiers, a nurse, and a Vietnamese refugee."--Provided by publisher.
The history of the Vietnam war is complex. Partridge explores the war from eight different perspectives: six American soldiers, one American military nurse, and one Vietnamese refugee. Each individual reveals a difference facet of the war and moves us forward in time. Partridge also profiles...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Legendary photographers Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams all photographed the Japanese American incarceration, but with different approaches-and different results. This nonfiction picture book for middle grade readers examines the Japanese-American incarceration-and the complexity of documenting it-through the work of these three photographers"--
4) Moon glowing
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A squirrel, a bat, a beaver and a bear prepare for winter.
6) Whistling
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
While on a camping trip with his father, a boy draws on the whistling practice they have shared and finally whistles up the sun.
10) Big Cat Pepper
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Big Cat Pepper has always been part of the family, but after he grows very old and dies, the boy who loves him comes to understand his mother's reassurance that "his spirit is forever and can fly, fly, fly."
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Kogi paints the shore of Lake Biwa, but is unable to capture the vigor and beauty that inspire him. One day, Kogi wades into the water to release a fish, and unable to resist follows in its wake, eventually becoming a fish himself, and learning what it is to be a fish in the lake.
13) Pig's eggs
Author
Series
Publisher
Golden Books
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Pig and Hen love painting pictures. One day, Hen doesn't join Pig because she is sitting on her eggs. Pig hopes they will hatch soon because he misses his painting partner. One day, he gets a colorful idea...
15) Dogtag summer
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1980 before she starts junior high school in Santa Rosa, California, Tracy, who was adopted from Vietnam when she was six years old, finds an old ammo box with a dog tag and picture that bring up painful memories for both her Vietnam-veteran father and her.
20) True Stories
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jon Scieszka's Guys Read anthology series for tweens turns to nonfiction in its fifth volume, True Stories. The fifth installment in the Guys Read Library of Great Reading features ten stories that are 100% amazing, 100% adventurous, 100% unbelievable—and 100% true. A star-studded group of award-winning nonfiction authors and journalists provides something for every reader, all aligned with the Common Core State Standards. Compiled and edited
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