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Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Sixth grader Betsy is the one who informs her best friend, Lizard, that thousands of the world's languages are currently threatened by extinction; Betsy's mother is a linguistics professor working frantically to study dying languages before they are lost forever. But it is Lizard who, gripped by the magnitude of this loss, challenges Betsy, "What if, instead of WRITING about dying languages, like your mom, you and I SAVED one instead?" As the girls...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
89 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
When he is assigned Teddy Roosevelt as his biography project in school, fourth-grader Riley finds himself inspired by Roosevelt's tenacity and perseverance and resolves to find a way to get what he most wants--a saxophone and music lessons.
Author
Series
Publisher
Margaret Ferguson Books, Holiday House
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Boogie Bass feels his best friend, Nolan, is better than he at everything, even caring for Boogie's little brothers, but an after-school camp reveals Boogie's talent at communicating using American Sign Language. Includes facts about ASL.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
137 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When fifth-grade twins, Amy and Todd, tackle a school project, they also have to cope with issues of friendship at school and problems at home, including their father's unemployment. Todd and Amy Davidson may be twins, but they're complete opposites - Todd is organized and is the family "engineer, " while Amy is outgoing and has been dubbed the "poet." So it would seem that for a fifth-grade economics project, Todd would come up with a master invention,...
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