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Summary: A collection of six stories recounts the adventures of young Laura and Almanzo and their families as they settle into a new house, visit town, go to the county fair, make maple candy, enjoy a winter day, and celebrate Christmas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Summary: In 1904, nine-year-old Samantha, an orphan living with her wealthy grandmother, and her servant friend Nellie have a midnight adventure when they try to find out what has happened to the seamstress who suddenly left her job.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Co. 1998
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC ADLShaw, Janet Beeler
Summary: A tough Minnesota winter brings many changes to Kirsten's frontier life, including the new responsibility of helping her brother Lars set his traps and a move into a new house for her family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Co. Publications 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC SHACameron, Pamela
Summary: "A stray dog wanders the Milwaukee docks until he realizes his calling--to be a ship dog! After being rescued from the Milwaukee River, Sport lives on the lighthouse tender ship the Hyacinth. He helps the crew as they deliver supplies to lighthouses and maintains buoys and other safety features on the lake. Over time Sport also becomes popular among the lighthouse tenders' families, crew...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wisconsin Historical Society Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J386 CAMPeterson, Melissa.
Summary: Laura tries to get even with Nellie, the meanest girl in school.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers 1998
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Summary: Kaya becomes jealous of a girl from another tribe until they are forced to work together in a dangerous situation. Includes historical notes on Indian trading along the Columbia River in 1764, as well as instructions for creating a petroglyph.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Co. Publications 2003
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Summary: Laura Ingalls and her sisters share many adventures while growing up on the American frontier.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 1997
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE WILPeterson, Melissa.
Summary: Laura and her pioneer family struggle against hardships on the Kansas frontier, including a prairie fire, a grasshopper invasion, and a blizzard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1998
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC WILSwanson, Shari
Summary: "In 1945, the attention of the United States, along with the rest of the world, was focused on World War II. After more than five years of fighting, downcast, war-weary people were looking for signs of hope of a better future. One April morning, a duck searching for a nesting spot lands on a tall post sticking out of the Milwaukee River. Situated near a busy drawbridge and the noisy city of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SWATripp, Valerie
Summary: Molly befriends a war refugee from England named Emily Bennett, who struggles to overcome shyness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant 2006
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC TRIWilbur, Helen L.
Summary: "Following the alphabet this book uses poetry and expository text to explore the history of lighthouses on the Great Lakes, detailing famous structures, local lore, as well as notable moments in Great Lakes history"--Provided by the publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2016
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1 available in JE Concept Crates, Call number: JE WILWilder, Laura Ingalls
Summary: A young pioneer girl and her family prepare to leave the big woods of Wisconsin and travel west in their covered wagon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1996
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Wilder 1996Joosse, Barbara M.
Summary: "Lulu and her cousin Rocky are visiting the city of Detroit, the Motor City! There are so many fun things to see and do, like visiting Campus Martius to make sandcastles, eating cherries at the Eastern Market, riding the carousel at the Riverfront, and seeing the works of Diego Rivera at the Detroit Institiue of Arts." -- book jacket flap
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J MI JoosseCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE JOORodgers, Richard
Summary: An illustrated version of the popular song enumerating favorite things, from raindrops on roses to silver white winters melting into springs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MYShaw, Janet Beeler
Summary: After immigrating from Sweden to join relatives in an American prairie community, Kirsten endures the ordeal of a strange school through a secret friendship with an Indian girl.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Co. 1986
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Summary: Ten-year-old Kirsten is proud and excited when she finds a bee tree full of honey, one of the natural treasures of her Minnesota frontier world, but she exposes herself to great danger by trying to harvest the honey by herself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Co. 1988
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC SHATripp, Valerie
Summary: During World War II, nine-year-old Molly goes to school and with her friends tries to aid the war effort.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Company Publications 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC TRIWilder, Laura Ingalls
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1997
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Summary: A little girl and her pioneer family spend a summer in the Big Woods of Wisconsin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 1996