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Stunning visuals and poetic text combine to tell the inspiring
story of Lewis Hine (1874–1940), a teacher and photographer who
employed his art as a tool for social reform. Working for the
National Child Labor Committee (NCLC), Hine traveled the United
States, taking pictures of children as young as five toiling under
dangerous conditions in cotton mills, seafood canneries, farms, and
coal mines. He often wore disguises to sneak into factories,
impersonating a machinery inspector or traveling salesman. He said,
"If I could tell this story in words, I wouldn't need to lug a
camera." His poignant pictures attracted national attention and
were instrumental in the passage of child labor laws. The Traveling
Camera contains extensive back matter including a time line,
original photos, and a bibliography.
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Leah's Pony (Paperback)
Elizabeth Friedrich; Illustrated by Michael Garland
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R355
R281
Discovery Miles 2 810
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Leah's pony was swift and strong. Together they would cross through
cornfields and over pastures, chasing cattle as they galloped under
summer skies. Then came the year the corn grew no taller than a
man's thumb. Locusts blackened the sky. The earth turned to dust.
Gone were the cornfields and pastures where Leah and her pony once
rode. It was the beginning of the great drought. Now Leah's papa
faced losing the family farm. Set in the Dust Bowl of the 1930s,
Elizabeth Friedrich's deeply felt story, vividly portrayed through
Michael Garland's stunning oil paintings, tells of one child and
what she would sacrifice for love of her family.
He must make a speech to a joint session of Congress that will
build support for America's entry to World War II, but to do that
he needs an armored vehicle in which to make the short trip from
the White House to the Capitol Building. According to legend, the
car Roosevelt rode in that day, borrowed from the FBI's impound
lot, was an armored Cadillac V-8 built for gangster Al Capone in
the late 1920s to shield himself from enemies. Is the legend true,
or is it an American tall tale in the tradition of Paul Bunyan or
John Henry? Either way, it's an ideal vehicle to compare and
contrast the lives of two American men who grew up within miles of
one another: one a great president, the other an infamous villain.
F&P Level Y
Packing themselves into an old jalopy-with Daddy, Uncle Vern, and
Mama in the front seat and Cassie and her two brothers in the
back-they joined the Great Migration from the impoverished Deep
South to Chicago, where there was work to be had in the stockyards.
Across the kids' laps lay Daddy's prized possession, a six-string
guitar. Daddy worked hard to put food on the table, but what he
really loved was playing the blues. This evocative tale of the
African-American odyssey in search of a better life is also a
homage to the uniquely American music that developed from African
music and American spirituals, work songs, and folk ballads. In the
book's backmatter, Garland relates how he first heard and fell in
love with blues music, beginning a lifelong fandom. Portraits and
thumbnail biographies of great blues musicians and landmark songs
complete this tribute to the great American music and the yearnings
that produced it. Fountas & Pinnell Level S
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Puffball (DVD)
Kelly Reilly, Miranda Richardson, Rita Tushingham, Oscar Pearce, William Houston, …
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R224
Discovery Miles 2 240
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British director Nicholas Roeg's first film in 15 years is a
supernatural drama set amidst the rolling hills of the Irish
countryside. Needing to escape the city and her demanding boss Lars
(Donald Sutherland), young architect Liffrey (Kelly Reilly) and
boyfriend Richard (Oscar Pearce) buy a cottage in the Irish hills
to restore. The Tucker family, who lived there previously and have
now moved to a nearby farm, soon make the couple uneasy, especially
mother-of-three daughters Mabs (Miranda Richardson), who can't hide
her desire to have a son. The atmosphere takes a turn for the worse
when Liffrey announces she's pregnant, mainly because Mabs's mother
Molly (Rita Tushingham) has been trying, through use of the black
arts, to finally have her own grandson. Isolated in her pregnancy,
Liffrey is soon surrounded by a family convinced that the baby she
is carrying rightly belongs to Mabs.
Generations have fallen in love with this classic story of a
grandson and grandfather whose visit to a family farm with a
special tractor brings back memories. Don't miss the new companion
title Grandma's Farm - now available! Grandpa Joe takes his
grandson Timmy back to the site of his family's farm, where the old
house and a ramshackle barn still stand. The visit stirs up
memories for Grandpa Joe-in particular, the majesty of his own
father's shiny red tractor, now rusting in the forgotten fields. An
ideal gift, this picture book evokes nostalgia while demonstrating
a special bond between a grandparent and grandchild.
Superpowers and teenage romance collide in the newest SKYBOUND
original by SHAWN KITTELSEN (Mortal Kombat 11) and ERIC ZAWADZKI
(The Dregs, Eternal)! Gene therapy has saved Americans from
disease-only to give birth to Variants: people with powers so
unique, the government denies their human rights. But a rebellion
has begun... Charlie North is on the run from police when he
crosses paths with Jill Kearney. Instant attraction becomes mass
destruction when they unlock powers neither knew they had. Now the
question isn't about how to use these powers, but how far they're
willing to go. Collects HEART ATTACK #1-6
Snowdrops and crocuses yield to tulips and hyacinths, then dogwood
blossoms, iris, lupine, daisies, morning glories, daylilies,
geraniums, peonies, sunflowers, roses, and chrysanthemums as spring
passes to summer, then autumn. At last the garden slumbers into
winter under a blanket of snow, preparing next year's procession of
blooms. Like actors crossing a stage, flowers narrate the passing
seasons in the first person, each one briefly proclaiming its
unique and vital role in the natural world. Backmatter descriptions
complete this child's introduction to a garden year, in which the
passage of time is vividly realized. Fountas & Pinnell Level L
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