Danneberg, Julie

During the last week of school, the students in Mrs. Hartwell's class try to come up with the perfect present for their teacher.

During the last week of school, the students in Mrs. Hartwell's class try to come up with the perfect present for their teacher.

In 1890s Cripple Creek, Colorado, when young Mary McHugh's father loses his leg in a mining accident, she tries to help, both by earning money and by encouraging her father to go back to carving wooden figurines and playing piano.

This picture book recounts an actual event in the life of naturalist John Muir, in which he narrowly escapes drowning while exploring a waterfall at Yosemite Falls in 1871. Includes additional information about Muir's life in the back matter and a list of further resources.

Mrs. Hartwell is taking her class on a field trip to the zoo, and because of the fiasco last time she has prepared a list of tips to deal with anticipated disasters--but will they work?.

Sarah Jane Hartwell does not want to get up and go to her new school where she doesn't know anyone, but her father insists and tells her she must go and face her fears, not hide from them.

Sumario en espa?nol: Sarah est?a asustado del primer d?ia de escuela. Ella y el lector llevan una sorpresa cuando llega a su clase.

Recounts a day of painting under the stone arch, Manneporte, as artist Claude Monet, so engrossed in his painting, fails to watch the tide.

Narrative profiles of five notable women artists who influenced the art of the American West.

Sarah is afraid to start at a new school, but both she and the reader are in for a surprise when she gets to her class.