philadelphia (pa.)

"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces the Liberty Bell to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--.

"Introduces pre-readers to simple concepts about the Liberty Bell using short sentences and repetition of words"--Provided by publisher.

In the spring of 1865, Addy finds inspiration from a new friend and chooses a birthday for herself as she and her parents try to shape a new life of freedom in Philadelphia despite the racial prejudice they encounter.

After accidentally sucking Benjamin Franklin into twenty-first-century New Jersey with his Anytime Anywhere machine, thirteen-year-old Qwerty Stevens and his best friend almost wind up stuck in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776 when they try to send him back.

Photographs and text provide a brief introduction to the history and symbolism of the Liberty Bell.

Presents the true story of how a boy named Johnny Mickley prevented the British Army from capturing the Liberty Bell in 1777.

"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces the Liberty Bell to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--.

"In 1930s Philadelphia, twelve-year-old Jimmy Frank and his best friend Lola live across the street from Shibe Park, home of the Philadelphia Athletics baseball team. Their families and others on the street make extra money by selling tickets to bleachers on their flat rooftops, which have a perfect view of the field. However, falling ticket sales at the park prompt the manager and park owner to decide to build a wall that will block the view. Jimmy and Lola come up with a variety of ways to prevent the wall frombeing built, knowing that not only will they miss the view, but their families will be impacted from the loss of income. As Jimmy becomes more and more desperate to save their view, his dubious plans create a rift between him and Lola, and he must work to repair their friendship"--Provided by publisher.

Barbara Layman, a young patriot in Philadelphia in 1776, hides in her father's wagon to eavesdrop on two men she suspects of being British spies, and learns to her dismay that she is right when the men steal her father's horses, and the wagon, with her inside.

Sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia in 1793.