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100 Books for 100 Years of Children's Services - Part 7: 1970-1979
The issues of modern society are reflected in many of the children's books of this decade as stories deal with racism, friendship and growing up. By Theo Heras, Mary Anne Cree, Mariella Bertelli and Martha Scott.
Scrumptious, effervescent, bouncy rhymes with a distinctly Canadian flavour are just right for chanting aloud.
Margaret's interfaith family, her move from New York to New Jersey and the ups and downs of growing up are all confusing. Margaret talks to her own version of God to sort things out.
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Jess and Leslie, from two widely differing backgrounds, share a special friendship and create a secret kingdom called Terabithia.
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The tramp in the lane, the rider on horseback, a girl leaning out of a kitchen window all represent something new and ominous to Will Stanton on his eleventh birthday.
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Five little stories about Frog and Toad celebrate their inseparable friendship.
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One by one the animals and children join Mr. Gumpy as he takes a boat ride down the river. All goes well until the goat kicks. . .
When her little son Timothy falls sick, Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse, seeks help from a colony of highly intelligent super-rats from the laboratories of NIMH.
Cassie Logan's close-knit family is luckier than most of the black families in Depression- plagued Mississippi - they own their land. Still, they have to witness and are subjected to the racism and violent acts all around them.
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Despite Strega Nona's warnings, Big Anthony experiments with her magic pasta pot with comically disastrous results.
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Is living forever better than dying? Ten-year-old Winnie grapples with this question when she meets Jesse Tuck and his family who once drank at a spring that made them immortal.
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"If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar. . ." Shel Silverstein invites you to "Come in! Come in!" to enjoy his fanciful, hilarious poetry.
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