Describes the creation of a variety of toys and games, from seesaws to Silly Putty.
2002-2003 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Holt
Copyright July 1, 2000
ISBN# 0-8050-6196-7 (PB, HB)
Describes the week-long experience of some middle schoolers at a pioneer farm.
2002-2003 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Atheneum
Copyright May 1, 2000
ISBN# 0-689-83045-9 (HB)
Chang cannot talk, at least not to people. The only sounds he can make are the squawks and caws of the cormorants that his father trains for fishing. Chang loves birds, and he is thrilled when he is finally old enough to join his father on important fishing trips.
2001-2002 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by FSG
Copyright April 30, 1999
ISBN# 0-374-30723-7 (PB, HB)
This is the story of the first year of Nell and her four coyote siblings. Her black coat makes her a hunter’s prize. So not only must she learn how to feed herself, but also about the dangers that humans thrust upon all wildlife.
2001-2002 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Groundwood
Copyright March 30, 1998
ISBN# 0-88899-318-8 (PB, HB)
In the years before the Civil War, Bright realizes her parents are providing a safe house for the Underground Railroad. When she discovers a runaway slave in the barn, her life beyond their farm is suddenly vastly expanded.
2001-2002 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Harcourt
Copyright October 1, 1998
ISBN# 0-15-201812-3 (PB, HB)
The story of a 110 year-old farm in Wisconsin is told in photos and anecdotes about the three generations of Petersons who have owned and farmed the land.
2001-2002 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Boyds Mills
Copyright March 31, 1999
ISBN# 1-56397-710-9 (HB)
David Howard has been living on the streets of New York City so long he can barely remember his parents. Through the Children’s Aid Society, he finds a new home with the Bauer family in Missouri. But farm life is hard, especially for a city boy.
2001-2002 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Delacorte
Copyright October 13, 1998
ISBN# 0-385-32296-8 (PB, HB)
In 1886, their hearts filled with love, a young couple starts their life in the Colorado wilderness. They are unprepared for a merciless winter storm and they may have to cut down the only tree on the property to use for firewood in order to survive.
2001-2002 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Harcourt
Copyright September 7, 1999
ISBN# 0-15-201821-2, (PB, HB)
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