Popular North American Messages.CHILDREN'S_LITERATURE_GENRE Books
Find messages.children's_literature_genre books written by authors from North America for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (93)
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Out of the Ice: How Climate Change Is Revealing the Past by Claire Eamer EN
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
Earthês melting ice contains unexpected discoveries! Some frozen places on Earth contain ice thatês hundreds or even thousands of years old. Now, as the planet warms, some of that ice is melting, revealing fascinating artifacts long preserved in its depths. Tools, clothing and human bodies have been discovered, shedding new light on the lives of our ancestors and the world that was. But researchers are in a race against time ã because as soon as these treasures are exposed, they begin to disintegrate! A wealthy man buried 2500 years ago with his sixteen horses! Cave-lion cubs from a species ex... continue
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Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
See below for English description. L'auteure adorée des enfants Elise Gravel pose l'éternelle question: Qui a fait tout ce désordre? Quand leur papa demande qui a laissé traîner des chaussettes partout, Nico et sa soeur répondent tous les deux: « Pas moi! » Leur père est sûr qu'ils ne disent pas la vérité, jusqu'à ce que ceux-ci lui présentent Pas Moi, qui accuse Pas Vrai, qui dévoile le vrai coupable: Pas Juste. Les monstres, qui personnifient les réponses typiques des enfants, permettent à l'auteure d'aborder brillamment et avec humour le fait de blâmer les autres et d'inventer des excuses. ... continue
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Peppe the Lamplighter by Elisa Bartone EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Peppe becomes a lamplighter to help support his immigrant family in turn-of-the-century New York City, despite his papa's disapproval. But when Peppe's job helps save his little sister, he earns the respect of his entire family.
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Ralph S. Mouse by Beverly Cleary EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
"In a sequel worthy of The Mouse and the Motorcycle and Runaway Ralph, the dauntless mouse Ralph goes to school....Cleary captures the essence of classroom bickering and the warm relationship between a good teacher and her students....The story is a deft blend of realism and fantasy, quietly and consistently funny, and occasionally touching...Again, bravo."--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books.
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Ramona and Her Father by Beverly Cleary EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Ramona's father has lost his job and all the family are miserable, so Ramona decides to try and cheer them up, in her own inimitable way.
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Ramona and Her Mother by Beverly Cleary EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Beverly Cleary has given books to each member of the Quimby household except Mrs. Quimby. Now she gets her turn at last in a story that hits the high and low points of a working mother's life as seen from Ramona's seven-and-a-half-year-old viewpoint. Inevitably domestic tensions, not without their amusing side, occasionally arise. Mr. and Mrs. Quimby sometimes forget who is to do what, as when the Crock-Pot is not plugged in and dinner remains uncooked. Beezus acquires a ludicrous teased hairdo at the student body shop while Ramona gets a becoming pixie haircut. Ramona, who feels unloved, take... continue
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Ramona the Brave by Beverly Cleary EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Six-year-old Ramona tries to cope with an unsympathetic first-grade teacher.
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Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Ramona meets lots of interesting people in kindergarten class, like Davy whom she keeps trying to kiss and Susan whose springy curls seem to ask to be pulled.
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Runaway Ralph by Beverly Cleary EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
In the award-winning sequel to Beverly Cleary's beloved story "The Mouse and the Motorcycle", Ralph is determined to be something more than just a crumb-scrounging mouse--he's going to live a life of speed, danger, and excitement at summer camp. It turns out camp is not all fun, and soon Ralph realizes home is a pretty place after all. Illustrations. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
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Separate Is Never Equal : Sylvia Mendez and Her Family s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh EN
Country: North America / 
Mexico
Mexico
Description:
"Years before the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez, an eight-year-old girl of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage, played an instrumental role in Mendez v. Westminster, the landmark desegregation case of 1946 in California"--