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D'aulaire, Ingri |
A simple biography of Washington, telling of the major events in his life and stressing the upbringing that endowed him with the qualities of leadership. |
Living History Level 12 ⋅ Read-alouds 12 |
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D'aulaire, Ingri |
Tells how Leif sailed with his father, Eric the Red, from Iceland to Greenland where he grew up; describes his journeys back to Norway, where he became a Christian and then to the land he called Vinland; and tells how his kinsmen settled in Vinland and met the Indians. |
Living History Level 34 ⋅ Read-alouds 34 |
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D'Aulaire, Ingri |
An illustrated biography of the great American president chronicles Honest Abes rise from impoverished son of a Kentucky farmer to president of a nation at war with itself. |
Primary |
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D'Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar Parin |
An intuitive understanding of the things children love to know, combined with the d'Aulaire's extraordinary artistic ability make this book on the life of one of America's most beloved founders a perennial classic. Folk art style illustrations are enhanced with pert aphorisms from Poor Richard's Almanac… |
Primary |
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Parin d'Aulaire, Edgar and Ingri |
A life of the Genoese weaver's son who sought to prove the world is round, telling how he studied map-making in Portugal, waited long years for financial and material support from Isabella of Spain, and finally made four voyages to the New World. |
Primary |