My Great-Aunt Arizona

Author: Gloria Houston
Publisher: Perfection Learning
ISBN: 9780780772656
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
An Appalachian girl, Arizona Houston Hughes, grows up to become a teacher who influences generations of schoolchildren.

My Great-Aunt Arizona

Author: Gloria Houston
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0064433749
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
Arizona was born in a log cabin her papa built. She grew into a tall girl who liked to sing, square-dance, and -- most of all -- read and dream of the faraway places she would visit one day. Arizona never did make it to those places. Instead she became a teacher, helping generations of children in the one-room schoolhouse which she herself had attended. Gloria Houston's Joyous recounting of her great-aunt Arizona's quiet yet meaningful life reminds us of the magical place a special teacher can hold in our hearts.

Miss Dorothy and Her Bookmobile

Author: Gloria Houston
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780060291556
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
When Dorothy was a young girl, she loved books, and she loved people, so she decided that she would become a librarian. Dorothy's dearest wish is to be a librarian in a fine brick library just like the one she visited when she was small. But her new home in North Carolina has valleys and streams but no libraries, so Miss Dorothy and her neighbors decide to start a bookmobile. Instead of people coming to a fine brick library, Miss Dorothy can now bring the books to them—at school, on the farm, even once in the middle of a river! Miss Dorothy and Her Bookmobile is an inspiring story about the love of books, the power of perseverance, and how a librarian can change people's lives.

Littlejim

Author: Gloria Houston
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780914875529
Category : Contests
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Twelve-year-old Littlejim, a bookish boy living in a rural North Carolina community in the early years of the twentieth century, hopes to win a newspaper essay contest and thus gain the respect of his stern father.

Miss Rumphius

Author: Barbara Cooney
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101654929
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
A beloved classic—written by a beloved Caldecott winner—is lovelier than ever! Barbara Cooney's story of Alice Rumphius, who longed to travel the world, live in a house by the sea, and do something to make the world more beautiful, has a timeless quality that resonates with each new generation. The countless lupines that bloom along the coast of Maine are the legacy of the real Miss Rumphius, the Lupine Lady, who scattered lupine seeds everywhere she went. Miss Rumphius received the American Book Award in the year of publication. To celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of two-time Caldecott winner Barbara Cooney's best-loved book, the illustrations have been reoriginated, going back to the original art to ensure state-of-the-art reproduction of Cooney's exquisite artwork. The art for Miss Rumphius has a permanent home in the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.

Princess Hyacinth

Author: Florence Parry Heide
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
ISBN: 0375845011
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49

Book Description
Princess Hyacinth is bored and unhappy sitting in her palace every day because, unless she is weighed down by specially-made clothes, she will float away, but her days are made brighter when kite-flying Boy stops to say hello.

But No Candy

Author: Gloria Houston
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38

Book Description
While her Uncle Ted is off fighting in World War II, Lee watches the candy gradually disappear from the shelves of her family's store and realizes that her entire world has changed.

Bright Freedom's Song

Author: Gloria Houston
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152018122
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168

Book Description
In the years before the Civil War, Bright discovers that her parents are providing a safehouse for the Underground Railroad and helps to save a runaway slave named Marcus.

The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree

Author: Gloria Houston
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 080370299X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33

Book Description
This unforgettable tale, illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Barbara Cooney, has become a seasonal classic-a touching and joyful story about courage and the power of family.

My Great-Aunt Arizona

Author: Gloria Houston
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780606116565
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
An Appalachian girl, Arizona Houston Hughes, grows up to become a teacher who influences generations of schoolchildren.