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Machines Go To Work
By William Low
Toddlers love machines and things that go, and this book gives them everything they want, from a cement mixer to a helicopter to a backhoe. Six interactive gatefolds extend the original pictures to three pages, revealing something new about each situation. The final double gatefold opens into a very long train and shows all the machines at work!
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Old Penn Station
By William Low
During the first half of the 20th century, the original Pennsylvania Station was one of New York City’s grandest landmarks, a palace in the middle of Manhattan. William Low’s glorious illustrations pay close attention to detail while still encompassing the large-scale grandeur of Penn Station.
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Chinatown
By William Low
From School Library Journal
In Chinatown, a young boy goes for a walk with his
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The Days the Stones Walked
By T.A. Barron
In this stunning tale of faith and the humbling power of nature, T. A. Barron and William Low envision life as it might have been on the mysterious Easter Island . . . before the stones became the island’s only inhabitants.
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Willy and Max
ByAmy Littlesuger
When Max’s dad buys a painting from the window of Willy’s dad’s antique shop, Willy and Max become instant friends.They are just alike, down to their same missing tooth! Even though Max lives in the Jewish quarter, the boys are inseparable—until the Nazis come.
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The Days of Summer
By Eve Bunting
From Publishers Weekly
Eve Bunting tackles an aspect of divorce
not usually discussed in children's books
with this tale of two sisters whose grandparents
decide to split up.
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Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze
By Elizabeth Foreman Leiws
When Young Fu arrives with his mother in bustling 1920s Chungking, all he has seen of the world is the rural farming village where he has grown up. But the city fascinates the thirteen-year-old boy, and he sets out to make the best of what it has to offer him. .
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Henry and the Kite Dragon
By Bruce Edward Hall
In this touching story based on true events, two rival groups of children come face to face with each other, their cultures and their own integrity.
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Wake Up, Wilson Street
By Abigail Thomas
In words and pictures, this book pays
tribute to the quiet vitality of small-town
life, the reassurance of daily routines and
the special relationship between grandparents
and grandchildren.
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Good Morning City
By Elaine Moore
As the sun rises, a city comes to life.
People go to work, subways rumble,
children set off for school, a tall ship
enters the harbor, and shops open for
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