Queenie Peavy


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Tormented by taunts that her father is in prison, thirteen-year-old Queenie retaliates by causing a lot of trouble until she discovers something important about her father and herself.




Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain


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Tough times in rural Georgia during the Depression take a lively turn when spirited Ida Early arrives to keep house for the Suttons.




Images of the Child


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Contributors offer different perspectives on advertising, girls' book series, rap music, realistic fiction, dolls, and movies, and demonstrate how images of the child reflect the entire culture. Subjects include female and male sex roles in teen romances, images of children in horror novels, and board games and the socialization of young adolescents. Paper edition (unseen), $25.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR




Tyler, Wilkin, and Skee


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Chronicles one year in the lives of three brothers growing up on a farm during the depression.




Let's Hear It for the Girls


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"Bravo! They've given adults and young girls a much-needed treasure map of heroines and 'she-roes'...It blazes an important path in the forest of children's literature."—Jim Trelease.







200 Years of Children


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Reid's Read-Alouds 2


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From humor and drama to science fiction and history, Reid makes it easy to find just the right place to begin, with unique 10-minute read-aloud suggestions drawn from 200 carefully selected titles.




The Best in Children's Books


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Reviews 1,400 books for children chosen as the best published during the years 1966-1972.




Children of Alcohol and Drug Abusers


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