Barry Moser
Author
Language
English
Description
"Preeminent illustrator Barry Moser renders the memories of his youth--in luminous drawings and candid prose--on his quest to understand how he and his identically raised brother could have become such very different men. Barry and Tommy Moser were born of the same parents, were raised in the same small Tennessee community where they slept in the same bedroom and were poisoned by their family's deep racism and anti-Semitism. But as they grew older,...
3) Psalm 23
Author
Series
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Illustrator Barry Moser combines his pastoral watercolors with the words of David to produce a contemporary and unique interpretation of Psalm 23
12) When birds could talk & bats could sing: the adventures of Bruh Sparrow, Sis Wren, and their friends
Author
Publisher
Blue Sky Press
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A collection of stories, featuring sparrows, jays, buzzards, and bats, based on those African American tales originally written down by Martha Young on her father's plantation in Alabama after the Civil War
Author
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Individual craftsmen, artists, and laborers describe the work that they do in Egypt during the time of the Old Kingdom, and the historical note places them in context
Author
Publisher
Harcourt, Inc
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An illustrated collection of short poems about a hummingbird building a nest on a family's porch, laying her eggs, hatching them, and giving her babies flying lessons. Includes facts about hummingbirds
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Three billy goats, unable to cross a bridge because they cannot pay the toll, form a car pool with The Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hood, and Jack of beanstalk fame to get past the rude Troll
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
At the height of World War II, only a few days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill began an extraordinary visit, during which they made plans that would lead to the success of the Allied powers as well as to a continuing peace after the war ended.
18) That summer
Author
Publisher
Harcourt, Inc
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
A family, including a child who is dying, sews together a quilt of its memories and love
19) The dreamer
Author
Publisher
Blue Sky Press
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
From his dreams an artist creates the earth, sky, trees, and all the creatures that dwell on our planet