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FATHER'S DAY

City of Fortune, How Venice Ruled the Seas

Roger Crowley

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PROVENCE & THE COTE D'AZUR

A Pig in Provence: Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France

Georgeanne Brennan

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OUR FAVORITES

Arctic Dreams

Barry Lopez

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PENGUIN CLASSICS

The Log from the Sea of Cortez

John Steinbeck

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SOUTH CAROLINA & GEORGIA

For Kids

Across Five Aprils

Across Five Aprils


by Irene Hunt

  • LITERATURE
  • 1987
  • PAPER
  • 190 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

Irene Hunt's enduring classic of the Civil War recounts the story of Jethro and his older brothers, who choose to fight on opposite sides during the Civil War. While Jethro grows to adulthood in Illinois (a state neither strictly Yankee nor strictly Reb), his brothers fight and send letters home. Gripping stuff for ages 9-12. (USA44, $6.99)

Eyewitness Civil War

Eyewitness Civil War


by John Stanchak

  • HISTORY
  • 2011
  • HARD COVER
  • 64 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

The Civil War gets the big-picture treatment in this Eyewitness book, which features photographs and illustrations of costumes, household appliances, weapons and other artifacts. (USA46, $16.99)

Georgia (From Sea to Shining Sea)


by Pattie Stechschulte

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • HARD COVER
  • 80 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

This book, designed as a library research tool, is a fact-filled, illustrated reference to Georgia's history, economy and culture. Ages 9-12. (USS259, $30.50)

If You Lived at the Time of the Civil War

If You Lived at the Time of the Civil War


by Kay Moore | Anni Matsick

  • HISTORY
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 64 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

Another entry in Scholastic's nonfiction series about daily life and customs throughout history, this one focusing on 1860-65. With vibrant, detailed illustrations and the kinds of interesting facts that draw young readers in. Ages 9-12. (USA45, $6.99)

The Land


by Mildred D. Taylor

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • HARD COVER
  • 373 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

Chronologically the first book in Mildred D. Taylor's "Roll of Thunder" series, this knockout of a novel tells of Paul-Edward Logan, the child of a slave mother and a white father, growing up in Georgia just after the Civil War. (USS260, $18.00)

The Tree that Owns Itself and Other Adventure Tales from Georgia's Past


by Loretta Johnson Hammer | Gail Langer Karwoski

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 149 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

A pleasurable collection of stories, featuring real and fictitious characters in scenes from Georgia's colonial past to the present. Ages 9-12. (USS262, $8.95)

Turn Homeward, Hannalee


by Patricia Beatty

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 193 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

A Civil War fiction in which a 12-year-old girl and her little brother walk from north of the Mason-Dixon line to their family home in Georgia. Lots of period detail. (USS261, $6.99)

Harriet and the Promised Land


by Jacob Lawrence

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 40 PAGES
  • FAMILY

The wonderful 20th-century American painter Jacob Lawrence wrote and illustrated this tribute to Harriet Tubman, former slave, abolitionist and Underground Railroad escort. Ages 4 and up. (USS257, $7.99)

 

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