James Rumford
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
While walking through a forest of sequoias, a father tells his family the story of the tree's namesake. Sequoyah was a Cherokee man who invented a system of writing for his people. His neighbors feared the symbols he wrote and burned down his home. All of his work was lost, but, still determined, he tried another approach. The Cherokee people finally accepted the written language after Sequoyah taught his six-year-old daughter to read.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
[46] p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A simplified and illustrated retelling of the exploits of the Anglo-Saxon warrior, Beowulf, and how he came to defeat the monster Grendel, Grendel's mother, and a dragon that threatened the kingdom.
4) Rain school
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
The children arrive on the first day of school and build a mud structure to be their classroom for the next nine months until the rainy season comes and washes it all away.