Emily Arnold McCully
Author
Series
Mirette books volume 1
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
Mirette learns tightrope walking from Monsieur Bellini, a guest in her mother's boarding house, not knowing that he is a celebrated tightrope artist who has withdrawn from performing because of fear.
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized account of Bill "Doc" Key, a former slave who became a veterinarian, trained his horse, Jim Key, to recognize letters and numbers and to perform in skits around the country, and moved the nation toward a belief in treating animals humanely. Includes an author's note.
4) 3, 2, 1, go!
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Told she cannot step over the line to play school with the older girls, Min builds a catapult and flies over it, instead.
Author
Series
Mirette books volume 3
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
With the help of a young immigrant boy they meet on their crossing to America, two famous tightrope walkers manage to survive the treachery of a rival showman.
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Discusses how Thomas Gallaudet, inspired by a young deaf woman, Alice Cogswell, went abroad to develop a sign language that was to become the American Sign Language and went on to establish the first American school dedicated exclusively to teaching deaf children.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When silent movie director Larry Trimble decides to put Strongheart, a police dog, into his movies as the lead actor, he must first train him to play with toys and walk like a regular dog, but Strongheart becomes a sensation until his military training leads to trouble, and possibly the end of his career. Includes author's note on the real Strongheart.
Author
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
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."
18) School
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A curious little mouse decides to find out what school is all about.
19) Pete won't eat
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Pete the pig does not want to eat his slop, but cannot go out to play with his brother and sisters until he does.
20) Ballerina swan
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Sophie the swan joins a ballet class and works hard to earn a part in the end-of-year performance of Swan Lake.