The Adventures of Klondike the Frog


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In the second book of The Adventures of Klondike the Frog, Klondike learns a valuable lesson about the true meaning of bravery, courage, kindness, and acceptance when he is confronted by Boomer the Bully.




The Adventures of Klondike the Frog and Murphy the Cool Cricket


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This is the third book in a series about The Adventures of Klondike the Frog. This children's book is about acceptance and uniqueness, being proud of who you are, celebrating who you are, and realizing that we are more alike than we are different.




Gladys Goes Out to Lunch


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At the zoo Gladys eats bananas for breakfast, bananas for lunch, and even bananas for dinner. But one day Gladys smells something even better than bananas. Could it be pizza? Ice cream? Or something altogether better?




Icy Strait


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The Alaskan Adventures of the Banjo Pilot is the continuing saga of Duke "The Banjo Pilot" Steel and his family. Learn about Duke's new wife Doris as she tells us about her secretive and torrid past, and find out why she kept her past a secret all these years from Duke. Join Duke and his family in their new adventure in Southeast Alaska where they start a brand new bush-flying business throughout the beautiful waters and snow-capped mountains from Ketchikan to Skagway. Join them on their flights up and down the waterways, and live the dangers they must endure in order to survive in this country. Enjoy Duke and Doris as they start a new bluegrass band in downtown Juneau. And meet Duke's brother Gus as you've never known him as tragedy besets him and the family. Discover how the Russian mafia threatens to either kill them or destroy their business. Will their business adventure come to an early end due to the threats from the mafia? Will the Steel family help expose the mafia to the FBI and help get rid of them from Southeast Alaska, or will the mafia prevail even stronger? Learn the dirty secrets of child prostitution, and see how the Steels try to help eliminate this evil from Juneau. Will the Steel family return to their beloved home in Mt. Airy, South Carolina, or will they choose to stay in Alaska? All these questions and more are explored in this exciting sequel to The Banjo Pilot.




My Summer Adventure


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Dusty the cat, a shy rescued kitty, takes a four-month journey with her human family from their home in Missouri to Alaska and back in a truck and travel trailer, and communicates her impressions of the experience to her human mom who documents the journey and captures it in photos. Dusty proves to be an astute observer with an ability to understand and share information about things they see and do along the way, such as an encounter with a campground dog named Blue, never-before-seen (for her) animals like moose, caribou, and bears, and including the story of the Alaska Highway, the wonder of the Northern Lights, and many interesting facts about places they visit on their 19,000-mile journey through thirteen states and Canada.







Aurore of the Yukon


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After the death of her father, Aurore, her mother and little brother have set off from Montreal for Uncle Thibault's lodge in the Yukon, little knowing they are headed for the Klondike Gold Rush. Based on the reali-life story of Aline Arbour Cyr, the author's grandmother.




Stories of Childhood


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This study questions the widely held perception that books, as an artistic medium, are superior to and more respectable than film or television, sometimes considered frivolous and pernicious. Criticism of both the big and small screens often obscures their signal accomplishments and the entertainment and insight they provide. The author analyzes our distaste for these media--and the romanticizing of the printed word that accompanies it--and argues that books and films are in fact quite complementary. A broad survey of film and TV offerings explores what enacted narratives have taught us about the nature of childhood.




A Mine of Her Own


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prospectors for the first time. Sally Zanjani depicts more than one hundred women prospectors in often grueling, financially unrewarding, and utterly lonely efforts to strike it rich from the desert Southwest to the frozen rocks of Alaska and the Yukon. She tells their stories with warmth and skill and, in bringing them to life, forever changes our mental picture of the women who helped shape the modern West.




The Elementary School Library Collection


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**** Cited in Sheehy and Walford, this comprehensive reference recommends print and audiovisual materials as well as microcomputer software and CD-ROM products for preschool through sixth grade children. The present edition includes 12,294 recommended titles, 3,070 being new listings. Each entry notes the format(s) available and provides cataloging and ordering information, a critically descriptive annotation, interest and reading level estimates, and priority for acquisition. For school, public, and academic librarians, and preservice and inservice faculty. Published by the Brodart Company, 500 Arch St., Williamsport, PA 17705. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR