juvenile literature

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The magic school bus explores the senses

1999
Ms. Frizzle and her class explore the senses by traveling on the magic school bus in and out of an eye, ear, mouth, nose, and other parts of both human and animal bodies.
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Snowflake Bentley

1998
A biography of a self-taught scientist who photographed thousands of individual snowflakes in order to study their unique formations.
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Samuel Eaton's day

a day in the life of a Pilgrim boy
1993
Text and photographs follow a six-year-old Pilgrim boy through a busy day during the spring harvest in 1627: doing chores, getting to know his Wampanoag Indian neighbors, and spending time with his family.
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New friends in a new land

a Thanksgiving story
1993
Describes the Pilgrims' first years in Plymouth and the first Thanksgiving.
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Valentine's Day

1981
Explains the origins of Valentine's Day and describes the traditions with which the special day is celebrated.
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What is Martin Luther King, Jr., Day?

1990
Describes the life of the civil rights worker who is honored on Martin Luther King Day.
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Shape

1995
Photographs of familiar objects introduce basic shapes of squares, circles, rectangles and triangles.
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Van Gogh

1988
Briefly examines the life and work of the nineteenth-century Dutchman considered to be one of the greatest artists of all time.
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Stateswoman to the world

a story about Eleanor Roosevelt
1991
A biography of the First Lady, focusing on her fight for the rights of women, Blacks, and the poor, and her role as a peace advocate and delegate to the United Nations.
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Rembrandt

1988
Briefly examines the life and work of the seventeenth-century Dutchman considered to be one of the greatest artists of all time.
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