Emily Arnold McCully
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Mattie Knight loved to make things ranging from a foot warmer for her mother or toys for her older brothers. Or, when she was 12, a metal guard to prevent shuttles from shooting off looms and hurting workers. Later, Mattie invented a machine that could cut and glue the square-bottomed paper bags we still use today. Meet the woman known as "the Lady Edison."
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"Jacques, Jojo, Simon, and Marcel were looking for buried treasure when they explored a cave in the south of France in 1940. But the treasure inside was not what they expected, and in fact far more valuable: the walls were covered with stunning prehistoric paintings and engravings, preserved within the sealed cave for over 17,000 years. This is the true story of the boys who discovered the cave of Lascaux, bringing to the modern world powerful examples...
23) Little ducks go
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Mother Duck is on the run trying to keep her ducklings safe.
26) Monk camps out
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A young mouse decides to spend the night camping out alone in his backyard, but his parents have other ideas.
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A rhinoceros tours Europe in the mid-18th century and becomes a sensation--based on a true story. Describes how a baby rhinoceros from India was adopted by humans after her mother was killed by hunters. Named Clara, the rhino and her owner, Captain Van der Meer, grew to be dear friends and spent the next seventeen years touring Europe together.
29) Mouse practice
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Monk the little mouse learns from his parents that practice is the way to succeed--whether it is in playing baseball or in playing music.
38) Wonder Horse
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Emily Arnold McCully won a Caldecott Medal for her book Mirette on the High Wire. In Wonder Horse, McCully crafts a charming tale based on the true story of Doc Key and his remarkable horse Jim. When Doc Key decides to breed a racehorse, what he gets is a foal with weak legs yet an unusually sharp mind. So Doc decides to teach his horse some new tricks-including reading and writing.