Author: Deborah Hopkinson
Publisher: Jump At The Sun
ISBN: 9781423121961
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Missouri, 1847 When James first started school, his sister practically had to drag him there. The classroom was dark and dreary, and James knew everything outside was more exciting than anything he'd find inside. But his teacher taught him otherwise. "We make our own light here," Reverend Meachum told James. And through hard work and learning, they did, until their school was shut down by a new law forbidding African American education in Missouri. Determined to continue teaching his students, Reverend John Berry Meachum decided to build a new school-a floating school in the Mississippi River, just outside the boundary of the unjust law. Based on true events, Ron Husband's uplifting illustrations bring to life Deborah Hopkinson's tale of a resourceful, determined teacher; his bright, inquisitive students; and their refusal to accept discrimination based on the color of their skin.
Author: Catherine E. Wright
Publisher: Philomel
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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An ornery giant catfish that does not like singing causes trouble for the residents of a little town called Pleasant, until Steamboat Annie teaches him a lesson.
Author: Judith Heide Gilliland
Publisher: Dk Pub
ISBN: 9780789425850
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Describes how Blanche Douglas Leathers studied the Mississippi River and passed the test to become the first female steamboat captain in 1894. By the Caldecott Honor illustrator of Hush!
Author: Mary Helen Dohan
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
ISBN: 9781455609062
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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The true story of a family’s daring four-month Mississippi River journey—a tale of danger, childbirth, and a massive earthquake that “reads like a novel” (Publishers Weekly). In 1811, the steamboat New Orleans was the first to travel the Mississippi River in a four-month journey between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and New Orleans, Louisiana. The only people brave enough to embark upon the journey were Nicholas Roosevelt; his pregnant wife, Lydia Latrobe; and their young daughter. During the course of the trip, the brilliant but reckless Roosevelt led his family through navigational perils, hostile Indians, and fire aboard. The small, fire-engine-powered steamboat saw not only the birth of Roosevelt and Latrobe’s second child, but also the greatest earthquake ever to strike the eastern United States. That cataclysmic event, described in the book from firsthand accounts, destroyed villages, swallowed islands, and reversed the course of the Mississippi River. Mr. Roosevelt’s Steamboat is an authoritative account of a twenty-five-hundred-mile voyage that significantly contributed to America’s transportation revolution. The dynamic main characters share tender romance and great courage. Their incredible trip down the Mississippi assured the future of steam navigation—and the progress of the great westward movement. “A vivid, fast-moving story.” —New Orleans Times-Picayune “In a class by itself . . . Surges with excitement.” —Louisiana History “Well-researched, vividly told.” —Waterways Journal “Intriguing romance, [a] taut, suspense-filled story, cataclysmic drama . . . A whale of a book.” —Christian Herald
Author: Deborah Hopkinson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781537922263
Category : Picture books
Languages : en
Pages :
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In 1847 St. Louis, Missouri, when a new law against educating African Americans forces Reverend John to close his school, he finds an ingenious solution to the new state law by moving his school to a steamboat in the Mississippi River. Includes author's note on Reverend John Berry Meachum, a minister, entrepreneur, and educator who fought tirelessly for the rights of African Americans.
Author: Natascha Biebow
Publisher: HMH Books For Young Readers
ISBN: 132886684X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 45
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Celebrating the inventor of the Crayola crayon! This gloriously illustrated picture book biography tells the inspiring story of Edwin Binney, the inventor of one of the world's most beloved toys. A perfect fit among favorites like The Day the Crayons QuitandBalloons Over Broadway. purple mountains' majesty, mauvelous, jungle green, razzmatazz... What child doesn't love to hold a crayon in their hands? But children didn't always have such magical boxes of crayons. Before Edwin Binney set out to change things, children couldn't really even draw in color. Here's the true story of an inventor who so loved nature's vibrant colors that he found a way to bring the outside world to children - in a bright green box for only a nickel! With experimentation, and a special knack for listening, Edwin Binney and his dynamic team at Crayola created one of the world's most enduring, best-loved childhood toys - empowering children to dream in COLOR!
Author: Candy Vyvey Moulton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780931271199
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Candy and Flossie Moulton present the story behind this horse whose likeness is the symbol of Wyoming seen on the state's license plates and as the University of Wyoming logo. The book traces the history of the bucking horse from his youth on the Two Bar outfit of the Swan Land and Cattle Company through his rise to the undisputed World Champion Bucking Horse. Was Steamboat the horse who "wouldn't be rode?" Which men climbed aboard the horse? Who is the cowboy atop the horse on the famous logo on the Wyoming license tag? How is Steamboat connected to Cheyenne Frontier Days, the notorious range detective Tom Horn, and the Irwin Brothers' Wild West Show? You'll find the answers here.
Author: Richard Scarry
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781484422144
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Happy wedding day to Mr. and Mrs. Pig! They're celebrating with a big costume party aboard a steamboat. But Mr. Pig worries someone might steal the gifts, so he invites detectives Sam Cat and Dudley Pig - disguised as pirates - to come along.
Author: MacKenzie Ostrowski
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781079828337
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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Rohana Walters never thought she would have to kill someone, but after the mysterious death of her grandfather, she discovers the truth about who she really is, and what her future was going to look like. She had always been smart, but never believed she would qualify for an elite secret society based on Europa, the smallest of Jupiter's four Galilean moons. At first, the idea of living in a perfect world sounded amazing to Rohana, until she discovered why she was taken there. The president of Europa has plans to overthrow Earth, but several people stood in his way. He decides to use Rohana to solve his problems, and would hold her captive until she completed her mission to kill. Through her efforts to untangle the lies and misconceptions that surrounded her, Rohana finds a loophole in the sinister plan. As all things do of course, her plan to escape comes with a high price. Would she really be willing to put her own life on the line in order to save another?
Author: Beverly Letchworth
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781603431996
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 12
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Aramay loves going to the secret school on the steamboat, learning to read and write even though her studies are considered illegal. When Mayor Yorkman barges onto the ship, will he discover what Aramay and her teacher and classmates are up to?
