Picture Books
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The Bear that Heard Crying by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock (1993) Historical fiction, 28 pages, grades K-3 Based on the true story of Sarah Whitcher who got lost in the woods in New Hampshire in 1783. $6.99 |
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Daisy and the Doll by Michael Medearis and Angela Shelf Medearis (2000) Historical fiction, 30 pages, grades K-3 Based on the true story of Daisy Turner, an 8 year old African-American girl who lived in Grafton in 1891. Published by the Vermont Folklife Center. $14.95
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Here Comes Darrell by Leda Schubert (2005) Fiction, 28 pages, grades K-4 Darrell helps his neighbors all year long, so they pitch in when he needs help, too. $16.00 |
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Jackson and Bud's Bumpy Ride by Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff (2009) Non-fiction, 36 pages, grades K-3 In 1903, Burlington doctor Horatio Jackson and his dog Bud race to be the first to drive across the country in their car named Vermont. $16.95 |
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Malian's Song by Marge Bruchac (2005) Historical fiction, 28 pages, grades 2-4 Based on oral history, this is the Abenaki story of the English attack on the village of St. Francis in 1759. Published by the Vermont Folklife Center. $16.95
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Miss Bridie Chose a Shovel by Leslie Connor (2004) Historical fiction, 32 pages, grades 1-4 Although not specifically set in Vermont, this books tells the story of Miss Bridie, an immigrant who moves first to New York City and then to a farm in the mid 1800s. $16.99 |
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Nora's Ark by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock (2005) Historical fiction, 28 pages, grades 1-4 The story of the 1927 flood when all the neighbors and their chickens & horses crowd into Grandma's house for safety. $17.99 |
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Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin (1998) Non-fiction, 30 pages, grades K-4 The biography of Wilson "Snowflake" Bentley, a Vermonter who figured out how to photograph snowflakes in the late 1800s and early 1900s. $7.99 |
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Tricking the Tallyman by Jacqueline Davies (2009) Historical fiction, 32 pages, grades K-4 The tallyman needs to count all the people in Tunbridge for the first census. What happens when the town does not want to be counted? $17.99 |
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