kentucky

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A penny's worth of character

1993
Shan is dishonest with the storekeeper in his rural Kentucky community, but he feels better about himself after his mother forces him to put things right.

Daniel Boone

2004
Examines the life of Daniel Boone, discussing his childhood in Pennsylvania, his role in settling Kentucky, his marriage and family, and his lifelong love of hunting and exploring new places.

Daniel Boone

young hunter and tracker
1986
Presents a look at the life and times of Daniel Boone, describing how the frontier hero blazed a trail through the Cumberland Gap and led the first settlers into Kentucky, providing information on his childhood, growing up a Quaker, and his encounters with Native Americans.

My mountain song

2004
One summer day on her great-grandparents' Kentucky farm, a squabble with her cousin Melvin spurs Brenda Gail to begin choosing the moments that will become her own special song made of memories.

Kentucky facts and symbols

2000
Presents information about the state of Kentucky, its nickname, motto, and emblems.

Daniel Boone

2002
A biography of the pioneer who led the settlement of the area that is now Kentucky in the the late 1700s.

Kentucky

2003
A simple introduction to Kentucky, focusing on its regions and their geographical features.

A horse of her own

2008
At summer camp Jane feels like an outsider among the cliquish rich girls who board their horses at Sunny Acres farm, and when the horse she has been riding is sold to another camper, she feels even worse until her teacher asks her to help train a beautiful but skittish new horse, and the experience brings out the best in her.

America the beautiful

1988
Introduces the geography, history, government, economy, culture, famous sites and people of the Bluegrass State.

Clear Springs

a memoir
1999
A memoir in which author Bobbie Ann Mason tells the story of her Kentucky farm family and the challenges she and her parents and grandparents faced when the changing world intruded on their rural life.

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