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Poetry for Young People: Rudyard Kipling

Poetry for Young People: Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling, Edited by Eileen Gillooly
Illustrator:  Jim Sharpe 
Poetry Book
For ages 10 and up
Sterling Publishing Company, 2000   ISBN: 978-0806944845
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Phillis Sings Out Freedom: The Story of George Washington and Phillis Wheatley

Phillis Sings Out Freedom: The Story of George Washington and Phillis Wheatley

Ann Malaspina
Illustrator:  Susan Keeter 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Albert Whitman & Company, 2010   ISBN: 978-0807565452
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Spy for the Queen of Scots

Spy for the Queen of Scots

Theresa Breslin
Historical Fiction
For ages 12 and up
Random House UK, 2012   ISBN: 978-0385617055
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The Emily Sonnets: The Life of Emily Dickinson

The Emily Sonnets: The Life of Emily Dickinson

Jane Yolen
Illustrator:  Gary Kelley 
Poetry Picture Book
For ages 8 and up
Creative Editions, 2012   ISBN: 978-1568462158
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Starry Messenger

Starry Messenger

Peter Sis
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 7 to 10
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1996   ISBN: 978-0374371913
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Monet Paints a Day

Monet Paints a Day

Julie Danneberg
Illustrator:  Caitlin Heimerl 
Historical Fiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Charlesbridge, 2012   ISBN: 978-1580892407
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I, Galileo

I, Galileo

Bonnie Christensen
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 7 to 9
Random House, 2012   ISBN: 978-0375867538
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So Said Ben

So Said Ben

Illustrator:  Michael McCurdy 
Nonfiction
For ages 12 and up
The Creative Company, 2007   ISBN: 978-1568461472
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Tom Crean’s Rocket: A True Story from Scott’s Last Voyage

Tom Crean’s Rocket: A True Story from Scott’s Last Voyage

Meredith Hooper
Historical Fiction Picture Book
For ages 4 to 7
Frances Lincoln, 2005   ISBN: 978-1845073930
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Emily and Carlo

Emily and Carlo

Marty Rhodes Figley
Illustrator:   Catherine Stock 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Charlesbridge Publishing, 2012   ISBN: 978-1580892742
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First Peas to the Table

First Peas to the Table

Susan Grigsby
Illustrator:  Nicole Tadgell 
Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Albert Whitman & Company, 2012   ISBN: 978-0807524527
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A Picture Book of Patrick Henry

A Picture Book of Patrick Henry

David A. Adler
Illustrator:  John C. Wallner , Alexandra Wallner 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 7 to 9
Holiday House, 2001   ISBN: 082341678X
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Rachel Carson and Her Book That Changed the World

Rachel Carson and Her Book That Changed the World

Laurie Lawlor
Illustrator:  Laura Beingessner 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 7 to 10
Holiday House, 2012   ISBN: 978-0823423705
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A Picture Book of Florence Nightingale (Picture Book Biography)

A Picture Book of Florence Nightingale (Picture Book Biography)

David A. Adler
Illustrator:  John C. Wallner , Alexandra Wallner 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 7 to 9
Holiday House, 1997   ISBN: 0823412849
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Mary Cassatt: Portrait of an American Impressionist

Mary Cassatt: Portrait of an American Impressionist

Thomas Streissguth
Nonfiction
For ages 8 to 12
Lerner, 1998   ISBN: 978-1575052915
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