Barbara Herkert
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Publication Date
[2015]
Language
English
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Description
An illuminating picture book biography of an artist and former slave whose patchwork quilts bring the stories of her family to life.
Harriet Powers learned to sew and quilt as a young slave girl on a Georgia plantation. She lived through the Civil War and Reconstruction, and eventually owned a cotton farm with her family, all the while relying on her skills with the needle to clothe and feed her children.
Later she began...
Harriet Powers learned to sew and quilt as a young slave girl on a Georgia plantation. She lived through the Civil War and Reconstruction, and eventually owned a cotton farm with her family, all the while relying on her skills with the needle to clothe and feed her children.
Later she began...
Author
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books / Henry Holt and Company
Publication Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
When young Elwyn White lay in bed as a sickly child, a bold house mouse befriended him. When the time came for kindergarten, an anxious Elwyn longed for the farm, where animal friends awaited him at the end of each day. Propelled by his fascination with the outside world, he began to jot down his reflections in a journal. Writing filled him with joy, and words became his world. Today, Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web are beloved classics of children's...
4) Sleep
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Publication Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"What is sleep? What is resting? What is the difference between them? This book explains that difference by looking at why people need sleep, how we sleep, and looking at how animals either sleep or rest"-- Provided by publisher.
5) Heronry
Author
Publisher
Tilbury House Publishers
Publication Date
20260616
Language
English
Description
Perch among the branches of this treetop heronry and explore the life cycle of the great blue heron.