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"In the frigid days of February, 1870, Caroline Ingalls, her husband Charles, and their little girls, Mary and Laura, leave the familiar comforts of the Big Woods of Wisconsin and head west to settle in a beautiful, unpredictable land full of promise and peril--the Kansas Indian Territory. The pioneer life is a hard one, especially for a pregnant woman with no friends or kin to turn to for comfort or help. The burden of work must be shouldered alone,...
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Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 2
Little house books volume 3
LRS large print cornerstone
Little House.Laura years volume 2
Little house books volume 3
LRS large print cornerstone
Little House.Laura years volume 2
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When Laura Ingalls and her family leave their little house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin, they head west for the open prairie skies of Kansas Territory. They travel for many days in their covered wagon until they find the perfect spot for Pa to build them a new home. Soon they are planting and plowing, hunting wild ducks and turkeys, and gathering grass for their cows. But just when they begin to feel settled, they are caught in the middle of a dangerous...
3) Makoons
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Birchbark house volume 5
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English
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Native American Heritage for Kids
Native American Heritage Month (older kids)
OBD Native American Heritage Month (November) - YOUTH
Youth - Native American Heritage Month 2022
Native American Heritage Month (older kids)
OBD Native American Heritage Month (November) - YOUTH
Youth - Native American Heritage Month 2022
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Named for the Ojibwe word for little bear, Makoons and his twin, Chickadee, have traveled with their family to the Great Plains of 1860s Dakota Territory. There they must learn to become buffalo hunters and once again help their people make a home in a new land. But Makoons has had a vision that foretells great challenges -- challenges that his family may not be able to overcome. (Based on the author's own family history.)
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Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 8
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Fifteen-year-old Laura learns that living away from home and teaching school can be a bit frightening when most of the students are taller than she is, but every week Almanzo Wilder arrives to take her to her family for the weekend.