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HUDSON RIVER VALLEY
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A Day in the Life of Murphy  •  Alice Provensen   • LITERATURE • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)  •  A illustrated chronicle of the adventures, pleasures and perils of life on the farm by the Caldecott-winning author and illustrator. (NYS41, $16.95)
 
 
One Day in the Woods  •  Jean Craighead George   • LITERATURE • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)  •  Rebecca discovers many things about plant and animal life when she spends the day in Teatown Woods in the Hudson Highlands of New York looking for the ovenbird in this chapter book for ages 7-9. (NYS97, $4.99)
 
 
Frightful's Mountain  •  Jean Craighead George   • LITERATURE • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)  •  The third book of a series that began with My Side of the Mountain is told from the falcon Frightful's viewpoint, as she must now survive on her own where human encroachment, winter and famine threaten. (NYS99, $6.99)
 
 
My Side of the Mountain  •  Jean Craighead George   • LITERATURE • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)  •  The Newbery-winning novel, most popular of all of Jean Craighead George's many books, about a kid who really did run away from home and learn to thrive in the wilderness, memorably set in the Catskills. It's a suspenseful tale of discovery, adventure -- and growth -- that will capture the imagination of 9-12 year olds. (NYC19, $6.99)
 
 
My Side of the Mountain Trilogy  •  Jean Craighead George   • LITERATURE • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)  •  My Side of the Mountain, the Newbery-Honor winning book of 1959, is joined with its successors -- On the Far Side of the Mountain and Frightful's Mountain -- in this trilogy. (NYS96, $24.99)
 
 
On the Far Side of the Mountain  •  Jean Craighead George   • LITERATURE • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)  •  Sam's peaceful existence in his wilderness home is disrupted when his sister Alice runs away to join him in a tree house of her own and his pet falcon is confiscated by a conservation officer. A sequel to My Side of the Mountain. (NYS98, $6.99)
 
 
Once a Wolf, How Wildlife Biologists Brought Back the Gray Wolf  •  Stephen R. Swinburne  •  Jim Bradenburg   • NATURAL HISTORY • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)  •  Swinburne documents conservationists' efforts to reintroduce gray wolves to the ecosystems of Yellowstone and New York State. For kids 9-12. (USW112, $16.00)
 
 
 




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