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CALIFORNIA WINE COUNTRY CRUISES
For Kids
Stories from Where We Live, The California Coast
• Sara St. Antoine
• Paul Mirocha
• Trudy Nicholson
LITERATURE •
2005 •
PAPER
• 248 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
An anthology of writings about coastal California -- wonderfully useful as a young person's guide to people, nature and place. It includes Native American myths, poems and songs, historical accounts and modern short stories, as well as black-and-white drawings and maps. Ages 9 to 14.
(CAL94, $10.95) |
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Island of the Blue Dolphins
• Scott O'Dell
LITERATURE •
1971 •
PAPER
• 192 PAGES
• YOUNG ADULTS
Winner of the 1961 Newbery Medal, this is the gripping story of a courageous American Indian girl left abandoned by her tribe on an island off the California coast. Recommended for children ages 12 and up, Karana's struggle to survive is riveting.
(PAC78, $6.99) |
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