Deborah Hopkinson
6) Mindful Day
From the sounds of a bird greeting the morning sun to the rising of a silver moon at bedtime, a young girl experiences "a mindful day" from start to finish.
Want to turn a dull day into a wonderful day? Make it a mindful day!
When we slow down and pay close attention, we learn what it means to be mindful. In Mindful Day, early readers follow along as a young girl brings this special kind of attention to the various activities
From Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to Gloria Steinem and Hillary Clinton, women throughout US history have fought for equality. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, women were demanding the right to vote. During the 1960s, equal rights and opportunities for women—both at home and in the workplace—were pushed even further....
15) Apples to Oregon
A thrilling account of the most daring American P.O.W. rescue mission of World War II.
Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, America entered World War II, and a new theater of battle opened up in the Pacific. But US troops, along with thousands of Filipino soldiers who fought alongside them, were overtaken in the Philippines by a fiercely determined Japanese navy, and many Americans and Filipino fighters were killed or captured.
These
...