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  • Abe Lincoln Grows Up, by Carl Sandburg. Trade paper. Illustrated by James Daugherty. Sandburg has trimmed his two-volume portrait of Lincoln from his Prairie Years into this biography that's just right for upper elementary students. Illustrated with B/W drawings. Was 7.00. Now 5.25-S

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  • Abraham Lincoln, by Ingir and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire. Regularly 10.95. this paperback copy has been roughed up a bit at the top of the spine, and a little of the surface paper is off. Nothing but the cover is affected. This copy only 8.50-S

  • Adventures of Captain Bonneville, by Washington Irving, illustrated by Robert A. Reynolds. This is a hardcover edition of one of Irving's best biographies, and will interest teens and adults who are interested in the history of the Pacific Northwest or the fur traders in the mid-1800's. Captain Bonneville was in charge of Fort Vancouver in the early 1850,s and both Bonneville Dam and Lake Bonneville are named after him. This copy has a torn jacket and is marked from 19.95 down to only 16.50-S BT#2595

  • Barbara Bush: First Lady of Literacy, by June Behrens. 32 pages, 2-3rd grade reading level, large print, lots of white space. illustrations are black and white photos. OP Was 3.95. Now only 2.50-S

  • Bill Cosby: The Changing Black Image, by Robert Rosenberg. Paper, Millbrook Press, 94 indexed pages. Illustrated with black and white photos. Upper elementary - junior high reading level. Was 5.95. Now only 4.50-S

  • Can't You Make Them Behave, King George? by Jean Fritz. A biography of King Geroge III, who was king of Great Britain during the time of the Amercan Revolution. Reprint of first paperback edition, 1982. Trade paper. Was $6.95. Now $5.50

  • Child of the Warsaw Ghetto, by David Adler. The sad story of a real child who as born in Warsaw in 1936, raised in a orphanage, and was forced to live in a Jewish ghetto after the Nazis invaded Poland in 1939. Later he was sent to the death camps, but managed to survive until he was liberated at Dachau by American soldiers at the end of the war. Hardcover picture book, torn jacket. Was 15.95. Now only 9.95-U

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower and His Family Paper Dolls, by Tom Tierney. Dover. Was 4.50. Now only 3.25-S

  • An Early American Seaport, Cut and Assemble. Dover. Eleven easy-to-make full-color buildings in H-O scale. Was, 5.95. Now only 4.95-S

  • Encyclopedia of Presidents: George Bush, by Z. Kent. Part of a series published by Children's Press for upper elementary and junior high. Paper, 100 pages, indexed, with an eight-page Chronology of American History at the end. Illustrated with black and white photos. Was 6.95. Now only 3.50-S

  • Great-Grandmas Tells of Threshing Day, by Verda Cross. Experience the wheat harvest in late June in the early 1900's on a Missouri farm though the eyes of a child. Gail Owens brings the scenery to life with her glowing pastels. Hardcover picture book. Was 15.95. Now only 9.99.

  • Joni, by Joni Eareckson, with a 16-page personal photo album. Mass market paperback edition. Regular price is 5.50. Now only 3.85-S

  • Martin Luther King, Jr., by Jean Darby, published by Lerner. For grades 4+. Illustrated with black and white photos. 144 indexed pages. Has glossary and recommended reading list. Paper. Was 6.95. Now only 4.85-S

  • Nancy Reagan Fashion Paper Dolls in Full Color, by Tom Tierney. Dover. Was 3.95. Now only 2.95-S

  • Once Upon a Time! A Story of the Brothers Grimm., by Robert Quackenbush. This hardcover story of the Grimm Brothers and how they went about gathering and preserving their collections of folk and fairy tales is told in a lively, humorous way. It is illustrated with the author's own droll cartoon drawings. The jacket of this book is badly torn so it is marked down from 11.95 to only 7.50-S

  • A Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln, by David Adler. A colorful biography, mostly in pictures, covering the basic facts of Lincoln's life that will be appreciated by children 4-8. hardcover with torn dust jacket. Was 15.95. Now only 11.50-S

  • A Picture Book Biography of Benjamin Franklin, by David Adler. The author chooses to reveal the facts about this inventive man that young children will most appreciate. For ages 4-8. Hardcover, torn dust jacket. Was 15.95. Now 11.50-S

  • A Picture Book Biography of Robert E. Lee, by David Adler. A colorful biography, mostly in pictures, covering the basic facts of Lee's life. Mentions his faith in God and his hatred of slavery. Hardcover, dust jacket in good condition. For ages 4-8. Was 15.95. Now only 11.95-S

  • Thomas A. Edison: Young Inventor, by Sue Gutheridge. Part of Childhood of Famous Americans series. Top corner of front wrap was bent in shipping. otherwise fine. 4.99, 2.00-S

 

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