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22) Molly Bannaky
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Relates how Benjamin Banneker's grandmother journeyed from England to Maryland in the late seventeenth century, worked as an indentured servant, began a farm of her own, and married a freed slave.
24) Gabriella's song
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A young girl finds music all around her as she walks about the city of Venice, Italy, and she shares her song with everyone she meets.
25) Stones in water
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After being taken by German soldiers from a local movie theater along with other Italian boys including his Jewish friend, Roberto is forced to work in Germany, escapes into the Ukrainian winter, before desperately trying to make his way back home to Venice.
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Profiles six Caldecott award winning books and their authors, including Robert McCloskey's "Make Way for Ducklings", 1942, Marcia Brown's "Cinderella; or, The little glass slipper, 1955, Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are" 1964, William Steig's "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble" 1970, Chris Van Allsburg's "Jumanji" 1982 and David Wiesner's "Tuesday", 1992.
29) The Tulip touch
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Natalie, who lives in the large hotel managed by her father, has a dangerous friendship with Tulip, the wildly uncontrollable girl on a neighboring farm. Tulip is different from anyone Natalie has ever met, and from the first day of their friendship, Natalie falls under her spell. If Tulip skips school and is rude to the teachers, that's part of her magnetism. If Tulip tells lies to the other girls in school, that only shows how special she is. Tulip...
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