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Ringgold, Faith. AUNT HARRIET'S UNDERGROUND RAILROAD IN THE SKY.
Harriet Tubman acts as Cassie's guide in retracing the steps slaves took on the Underground Railroad.

Pinkney, Gloria Jean. BACK HOME.
8-year-old Ernestine visits relatives on the North Carolina farm where she was born.

Dickens, Lucy. DANCING CLASS.
Laura stretches, slides, and dances in dancing class.

Alexander, Lloyd. THE FORTUNE-TELLERS.
When a carpenter goes to a fortune teller, he finds the predictions about his future are coming true in unexpected ways.

Marshall, James. FOX ON STAGE.
Fox makes a film for Grannie, takes part in a magic show, and puts on a play.

McMillan, Bruce. GOING ON A WHALE WATCH.
6-year-olds on a whale watch see all kinds of whales in this photo essay.

Schick, Eleanor. I HAVE ANOTHER LANGUAGE: THE LANGUAGE IS DANCE.
A young girl expresses her joy in the art of dancing.

Micklethwait, Lucy. I SPY: AN ALPHABET IN ART.
Presents objects for the letters of the alphabet through paintings by Magritte, Picasso, Botticelli, and Vermeer.

Wiesner, David. JUNE 29, 1999.
Becky's science project is much more innovative than her classmates'.

Yolen, Jane. LETTING SWIFT RIVER GO.
Sally Jane lives through the drowning of the Swift River towns in western Massachusetts.

Ehrlich, Amy. LUCY'S WINTER TALE.
Lucy is kidnapped by Ivan the juggler, who then includes her in his miniature circus.

Cole, Joanna. THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS ON THE OCEAN FLOOR.
While on a trip on the magic shool bus, Ms. Frizzle's class learns about the ocean and the creatures that live there.

McCully, Emily Arnold. MIRETTE ON THE HIGH WIRE.
Mirette learns tightrope walking from a mysterious man living in her mother's boarding house.

Ehlert, Lois. MOON ROPE: A PERUVIAN FOLKTALE/UN LAZO A LA LUNA UNA LEYENDA PERUANA.
An adaptation of a Peruvian folktale in which Fox and mole try to climb the moon on a rope woven of grass.

Aliki. MY VISIT TO THE AQUARIUM.
A boy learns about characteristics and environments of different water creatures while visiting the aquarium.

Mathers, Petra. SOPHIE AND LOU.
Shy Sophie comes out of her shell when Lou teaches her to dance.

Gibbons, Gail. STARGAZERS.
What stars are, why they twinkle, how constellations are named, how telescopes are used, and more.


Massachusetts Regional Library Systems' 1994 Summer Reading Program. Boston Public Library.


 


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