Paul Fleischman
1) Seedfolks
Author
Language
English
Description
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.
A vacant lot, rat-infested and filled with garbage, looked like no place for a garden, especially to a neighborhood of strangers where no one seems to care. Until one day, a young girl clears a small space and digs into the hard-packed soil to plant...
3) Whirligig
Author
Language
English
Description
While traveling to each corner of the country to build a whirligig in memory of the girl whose death he causes, sixteen-year-old Brian finds forgiveness and atonement.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Profiles twenty-six authors with original and distinctive approaches to literature and language, from a man who used vanity license plates to tell stories and a woman who made new poems by subtracting letters from published works to people who studied word origins and variations.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"In this companion to Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal, Paul Fleischman and Julie Paschkis turn to the universal story of creation"--
The author draws from a variety of folk traditions to put together the story of creation, including elements from many cultures.
10) Bull Run
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Northerners, Southerners, generals, couriers, dreaming boys and worried sisters describe the glory, the horror, the thrill, and the disillusionment of the first battle of the Civil War.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"We're living in an aha moment. Take 250 years of human ingenuity. Add abundant fossil fuels. The result: a population and lifestyle never seen before. The downsides weren't visible for centuries, but now they are. Suddenly everything needs rethinking - suburbs, cars, fast food, cheap prices. It's a changed world. This book explains it. Using politics, psychology, and history for attitude, Eyes Wide Open shows how to see the principles driving events...
13) Breakout
Author
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A young woman presents a play based on her life as a seventeen-year-old runaway whose escape from her foster home in Los Angeles is thwarted by an all-day traffic jam, an event which provides time for her to explore her free-floating identity, hunger for her unknown mother, and yearning for human connection.
15) Dateline: Troy
Author
Language
English
Description
A retelling of the story of the Trojan War illustrated with collages featuring newspaper clippings of modern events from World War I through the Persian Gulf war.
16) The Dunderheads
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When Miss Breakbone confiscates Junkyard's crucial find, Wheels, Pencil, Spider, and the rest of the Dunderheads plot to teach her a lesson.
17) Time train
Author
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
A class takes a field trip back through time to observe living dinosaurs in their natural habitat.
19) Sidewalk circus
Author
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A young girl watches as the activities across the street from her bus stop become a circus.
20) Weslandia
Author
Pub. Date
1999.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Wesley's garden produces a crop of huge, strange plants which provide him with clothing, shelter, food, and drink, thus helping him create his own civilization and changing his life.
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