Theme: Flowers

Miss Lady Bird’s Wildflowers: How a First Lady Changed America

By Book Importer | Published: January 11, 2010

Bluebonnets and lady’s slippers, larkspurs and blazing stars, black-eyed Susans and Granny’s nightcaps. From a lonely childhood in the Piney Woods of East Texas to an exciting life in the White House, Lady Bird Johnson loved these wildflowers with all her heart. They were her companions in her youth, greeting her everywhere as she explored [...]

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Mia’s Story: A Sketchbook of Hopes & Dreams

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

From award-winning picture book artist Michael Foreman comes the uplifting tale of a girl whose search for a lost puppy leads to some wondrous wildflowers — and a magical way to transform her barren village. In a bleak little village in Chile, Papa comes home from his day of selling metal scraps with a wonderful [...]

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Domenic’s War: A Story Of The Battle Of Monte Cassino

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

In 1944, one of the most brutal battles of World War II is fought between Monte Cassino and a Benedicitne monastery, and Domenic and his family who live there become caught in the crossfire as they hide two escaped prisoners-of-war.

Descriptors: Europe, Historical Fiction, Italy, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: » Comments closed

Mud City

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

This final book in the trilogy begun in The Breadwinner and Parvana’s Journey paints a devastating portrait of life in refugee camps and shows the resourcefulness of children who endure great suffering there.

Descriptors: Afghanistan, Asia, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Other Themes: , » 1 Comment