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What is your favourite food? This educational picture book shows
how people in different cultures practise the universal activity of
eating. The text emphasizes common bonds and shared experiences,
while the pictures highlight the richness and variety of human
cultures.
Famous for her elegantly written and whimsically illustrated
children's books "Millions of Cats, The Funny Thing, "Snippy and
Snappy, and "Tales from Grimm, Wanda Gag (1893-1946) lived a life
not unlike that of the characters in the German fairy tales that
her grandparents told her as a girl.
In a new biography for young readers, award-winning author Gwenyth
Swain brings the visionary and eccentric artist to life. Swain
takes readers into Wanda's girlhood in rural Minnesota, where, from
an early age, her artistic talents flourished. Yet Wanda, the
eldest of seven siblings, was pushed abruptly into adulthood when
her father's untimely death left her in charge of the household.
After years of struggle, Wanda Gag was finally able to go to New
York to pursue her passion. Her art was eventually featured at top
galleries and her books, influenced by her love of nature and
animals, became wildly popular among children and critics across
the United States. Complemented by Wanda's illustrations, letters,
and diary entries, "Wanda Gag: Storybook Artist illuminates for
young readers the amazing life of a charismatic artist who
triumphed over adversity to realize her dreams.
The Plains Indian Wars of the nineteenth century garnered enduring
fame for certain Indian leaders, their names echoing powerfully
even today: Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Red Cloud. Just as
significant but less often mentioned is Taoyateduta, known to
whites as Little Crow, the reluctant leader of Dakota warriors
during the U.S.Dakota War of 1862, the opening salvo of the
U.S.-Indian Wars. In this carefully researched biography of the
Dakota leader, the first ever written for children, author Gwenyth
Swain presents a compelling portrait of the leader, warrior, and
politician at the centre of the Dakota War of 1862. Beginning with
Taoyatedutas childhood along the Mississippi River near present-day
St. Paul, this biography explores his life in the Big Woods, his
wanderings west from the Mdewakanton Dakotas traditional home, his
leadership of his people when they were forced to sign over their
land to white settlers, and his role during the war of 1862. Hemmed
in on a narrow reservation, frustrated by broken treaties, angered
by dishonest agents and traders, and nearly starved because of crop
failures and late annuity payments, Dakota Indians attacked white
settlers living on the Indians former homelands in south-western
Minnesota. Taoyateduta agreed to lead the battles, knowing that the
U.S. governments response would be swift and terrible. In
retribution for the thirty-eight-day war, thirty-eight Dakota men
were hanged, thousands were imprisoned, and the Dakota people were
expelled from the state. Taoyatedutas story brings to life the
painful experience of the Dakota as they lost their land and their
livelihood -- and as some chose to adopt white ways while others
fought back, with disastrous consequences. "Little Crow: Leader of
the Dakota" offers a clear and accessible account of both the man
who led the Dakota into war and the causes behind that wrenching
conflict. For ages 9+.
The landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision Dred Scott v. Sandford, in
which the slave Dred Scott was denied freedom for himself and his
family, raised the ire of abolitionists and set the scene for the
impending conflict between the northern and southern states. While
most people have heard of the Dred Scott Decision, few know
anything about the cases namesake. In this meticulously researched
and carefully crafted biography of Dred Scott, his wife, Harriet,
and their daughters, Eliza and Lizzie, award-winning childrens book
author Gwenyth Swain brings to life a familys struggle to become
free. Beginning with Dreds childhood on a Virginia plantation and
later travel with his masters to Alabama, Missouri, Illinois, and
the territory that would become Minnesota, this family biography
vividly depicts slave life in the early and mid-nineteenth century.
At Fort Snelling, near St. Paul, Dred met and married Harriet, and
together they travelled with their master to Florida and then
Missouri, finally settling in St. Louis, where the Scotts were
hired out for wages. There they began marshalling evidence to be
used in their freedom suit, first submitted in 1846. Their case
moved through local and state courts, finally reaching the U.S.
Supreme Court in 1857. But the Courts decision did not grant them
the freedom they craved. Instead, it brought northern and southern
states one step closer to the Civil War. How did one familys dream
of freedom become a cause of the Civil War? And how did that family
finally leave behind the bonds of slavery? In "Dred and Harriet
Scott: A Familys Struggle for Freedom", Swain looks at the Dred
Scott Decision in a new and remarkably personal way. By following
the story of the Scotts and their children, Swain crafts a unique
biography of the people behind the famous court case. In the
process, she makes the familys journey through the court system and
the ultimate decision of the Supreme Court understandable for
readers of all ages. She also explores the power of family ties and
the challenges Dred and Harriet faced as they sought to see their
children, the daughters of slaves, live free. For ages 9+.
What makes you smile? This educational picture book shows how
people in different cultures practise the universal activity of
smiling. The text emphasizes common bonds and shared experiences,
while the pictures highlight the richness and variety of human
cultures.
What do you celebrate? This educational picture book shows how
people in different cultures practise the universal activity of
celebrating. The text emphasizes common bonds and shared
experiences, while the pictures highlight the richness and variety
of human cultures.
What makes you smile? This educational picture book shows how
people in different cultures practise the universal activity of
smiling. The text emphasizes common bonds and shared experiences,
while the pictures highlight the richness and variety of human
cultures.
What makes you smile? This educational picture book shows how
people in different cultures practise the universal activity of
smiling. The text emphasizes common bonds and shared experiences,
while the pictures highlight the richness and variety of human
cultures.
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