When spring comes, Papa will take a wagonload of goods to sell in Santa Fe. Lewis feels so grown-up because his dad has said he is old enough to go along. During the trip Papa continues to build confidence in his son as they share rich daily experiences.
2001-2002 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Chronicle ’98
Copyright March 31, 1998
ISBN# 0-8118-1959-0 (HB)
This story tells how a young but talented girl who lived in France more that 600 years ago. Her father is a manuscript illuminator, but when he falls ill it is up to Marguerite to finish his current work so that a grand lady can get her book on time.
2001-2002 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Getty Museum
Copyright October 28, 1999
ISBN# 0-89236-372-X (HB)
In a small Louisiana town in 1940, Jolene still misses her dad who died and she does not want her Mamma to marry the logger who has been courting her. It seems though, that even her most defiantly bad behavior cannot make him go away.
2001-2002 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Putnam
Copyright October 31, 2000
ISBN# 978-0698118690 (PB)
Ramona’s World, by Beverly Cleary, 0-688-16816-7, Morrow ’99, $15.00. To the delight of Ramona Quimby readers everywhere, Beverly Cleary has, for the first time in fifteen years, brought a new story about one of the most loved characters in children’s literature. Ramona believes her fourth grade year will be her very best yet!
2001-2002 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Morrow
Copyright March 18, 1999
ISBN# 0-688-16816-7 (PB, HB)
The magnificent faces of Mount Rushmore have captured the grandeur of the creator’s vision of the world’s most colossal stone carving. The author’s breathtaking illustrations and compelling narrative focus on four outstanding American presidents.
2001-2002 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Scholastic
Copyright March 31, 1999
ISBN# 0-590-22573-1 (PB, HB)
A big, jumpy dog that’s “hard to handle,” a blind dog who hasn’t been house-trained and six others have come to the shelter. What will happen to them? Can they be adopted and live happily ever after? These are true accounts of man’s best friend.
2001-2002 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by A. Whitman
Copyright January 1, 1999
ISBN# 0-8075-7334-5 (PB, HB)
When ten-year-old Emily learns that her mother has cancer, the two of them begin a ritual that will help prepare Emily for what is to come and to remember her mother long after she is gone.
2001-2002 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Delacorte
Copyright May 4, 1999
ISBN# 0-385-32606-8 (HB)
When a Siksika boy living on the Plains during the 1770’s becomes separated from a raiding party, he discovers the legendary spirit horse which he attempts to track down and tame.
2001-2002 Crown Award
Reading Level: 0.0
Published by Scholastic
Copyright April 1, 1998
ISBN# 0-590-39650-1 (PB, HB)
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