18753 documents

Visiting the Past: Mission San Juan Capistrano

Binns, Tristan Boyer

Publié en 2002 Heinemann library

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Why was Mission San Juan Capistrano called the "jewel of the missions"? What road connected Mission San Juan Capistrano to the other California missions? Who were the Native Americans who lived near Mission San Juan Capistrano?

Niveau : 9-10-11-12-13-14 ans

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California Indians

Ansary, Mir Tamim

Publié en 2000 Heinemann library

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Describes the traditional way of life of the Indians of California and the changes brought to it by Europeans, discussing homes, clothing, games, crafts, and beliefs.

Niveau : 7-8-9-10-11-12 ans

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Life in San Francisco's Chinatown

Isaacs, Sally Senzell

Publié en 2003 Heinemann library

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An overview of life for the Chinese immigrants living in San Francisco from 1840 through 1910, including their employment, family life, and everyday activities, as well as the prejudice they faced.

Niveau : 9-10-11-12-13-14 ans

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Langue : Français

A Mission for the People, The Story of La Purisima

Fraser, Mary Ann

Publié en 1997 Henry Holt And Company

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On December 8, 1787, Spanish missionaries arrived on the shores of what is now Santa Barbara region of California. The priests and soldiers built a mission that came to be called La Purisima. The construction of this mission changed the lives of the native Chumash people forever.

Niveau : 9-10-11-12-13-14 ans

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The Table Where Rich People Sit

Baylor, Byrd

Publié en 1998 Aladdin Paperbacks

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Fiction
Album

A girl discovers that her impoverished family is rich in things that matter in life, especially being outdoors and experiencing nature.

Niveau : 5-6-7-8 ans

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Nina, Nina Star Ballerina

O'Connor, Jane

Publié en 1997 Grosset & Dunlap

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Fiction
Album

Nina creates a problem for herself when she tells her friends that she will be a star in the upcoming ballet performance and they misunderstand her.

Level 1Niveau : 3-4-5-6-7 ans

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It's So Amazing

Harris, Robie H.

Publié en 2002 Candlewick Press

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A book about eggs, sperm, birth, babies, and families

Niveau : 8-9-10-11-12-13 ans

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Lassie Come-Home

Wells, Rosemary

Publié en 2000 Henry Holt And Company

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Fiction
Roman

After being sold to a wealthy duke living in the far north of Scotland, a collie undertakes a thousand-mile journey to Yorkshire in order to be reunited with her former master, the son of a poor coal miner.

Niveau : 8-9-10-11-12-13 ans

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Stone Fox

Gardiner, John Reynolds

Publié en 1983 Harper Trophy

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Fiction
Roman

Little Willy hopes to pay the back taxes on his grandfather's farm with the purse from a dog sled race he enters.

Niveau : 9-10-11-12-13-14 ans

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The Night Journey

Lasky, Kathryn

Publié en 1981 Puffin Books

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Fiction
Roman

A young girl ignores her parents' wishes and persuades her great-grandmother to relate the story of her escape from czarist Russia. A time when Jews were forced to serve in the Czar's armies or were brutally murdered in pogroms.

Niveau : 9-10-11-12-13-14 ans

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Langue : Français

Grasshopper Summer

Turner, Ann

Publié en 2000 Aladdin Paperbacks

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Fiction
Roman

In 1874 eleven-year old Sam and his family move from Kentucky to the southern Dakota Territory, where harsh conditions and a plague of hungry grasshoppers threaten their chances for survival.

Niveau : 9-10-11-12-13-14 ans

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From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

Konigsburg, E.L.

Publié en 2002 Aladdin Paperbacks

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Fiction
Roman

Having run away with her younger brother to live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, twelve-year-old Claudia strives to keep things in order in their new home and to become a changed person and a heroine to herself.

Niveau : 9-10-11-12-13-14 ans

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Langue : Français