neighborhoods

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neighborhoods

The rumor

2011
News travels quickly through a small village when a wolf is seen in the hills, compelling animal friends to warn one another and, in the process, turn hearsay into an increasing inaccurate rumor.

Tire mountain

2007
A young boy, who lives in the inner city, builds a playground out of old tires to convince his mother that they do not need to move for him to have room to play.

In my neighborhood

2006
Simple text and photographs introduce basic community concepts related to neighborhoods including location, things in a neighborhood, and different types of neighborhoods.

Seedfolks

1999
One by one, a number of people of varying ages and backgrounds transform a trash-filled, inner-city lot into a productive and beautiful garden, and, in doing so, the gardeners are themselves transformed.

Welcome to my neighborhood!

a barrio ABC
2010
A young girl takes a walk through her urban neighborhood, observing items representing every letter of the alphabet, from her abuela to loud, zooming cars.

Fallout

2013
Scott's dad is the only one in the neighborhood who builds a bomb shelter during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and when the time comes, more neighbors enter the shelter than Scott's dad is prepared for.

Pooh's neighborhood

1999
Pooh discovers the shortcuts and the long ways around Hundred-Acre Wood and what it means to be neighborly.

Newsman Ned meets the new family

1988
Newsman Ned and his dog Pete find out about the new family moving in on Grove Street.

Look

1993
Bored with being sick in bed, a child looks out his window and finds the street full of interesting people and activities.

The war in Georgia

1999
Living in Georgia during World War II, thirteen-year-old Shanta sometimes feels that her family and neighborhood are more hopeless battlefields than those in foreign lands.

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