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  • Bud, Not Buddy

    (Newbery Medal Winner)

    Hit the road with Bud in this Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning classic about a boy on a journey to find his father—from Christopher Paul Curtis, recipient of the Coretta Scott King–Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.It’s 1936, in Flint Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud’s got a few things going for him:He ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963

    **During one of the most important times in the civil rights movement, one unforgettable family goes on a road trip in this Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree, from author Christopher Paul Curtis, recipient of the Coretta Scott King–Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.A PARADE BEST KIDS BOOK OF ALL TIME**When the Watson family—ten-year-old Kenny, Momma, Dad, little sister Joetta, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Elijah of Buxton

    Master storyteller Christopher Paul Curtis's Newbery Honor novel, featuring his trademark humor, unique narrative voice, and new cover art--now in paperback! Eleven-year-old Elijah lives in Buxton, Canada, a settlement of runaway slaves near the American border. He's the first child in town to be born free, and he ought to be famous just for that. Unfortunately, all that most people see is a "fra ... Read more

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  • The Watsons Go to Birmingham1963: Instructional Guides for Literature

    Connect students with events from the past by completing fun, challenging activities and lessons with this guide about a story based on tragic events that occurred in Birmingham as a result of racism. The Watsons visit their grandma in Birmingham, intending to have their troubled son stay with her to learn some discipline, but return home when there is a bombing in a local church. This literary ... Read more

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  • The Slave Dancer

    by Paula Fox ...
    Newbery Medal Winner: A young Louisiana boy faces the horrors of slavery when he is kidnapped and forced to work on a slave ship in this iconic novel.Thirteen-year-old Jessie Bollier earns a few pennies playing his fife on the docks of New Orleans. One night, on his way home, a canvas is thrown over his head and he's knocked unconscious. When he wakes up, Jessie finds himself aboard a slave ship, ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bud, Not Buddy: Instructional Guides for Literature

    Use this guide to explore the story of Bud, an orphan during the Great Depression, who journeys to find a musician he believes is his father. This instructional guide for literature features several challenging cross-curricular lessons and activities to work in conjunction with the text to help students analyze and comprehend literature. This guide is packed with ways to practice close reading, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Better Boating Blunders

    Boating, #1

    by Paul Curtis ...
    Series Book 1 - Boating
    Thoses suffering the merest hint of desire to fo seafaring in their own boat will learn from these heart-breaking examples just what can go wrong. Read the secrets of successfuly leaving a berth with topsides unmarked , happening miraculously upon your chosen destination, and them, for the piece de resistannce, dropping anchor with aplomb. The inevitable binocular watchers will murmer ... Read more

    $9.98 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Series series Aladdin Classics
    Uncle Tom's Cabin was a sensation upon its publication in 1852. In its first year it sold 300,000 copies, and has since been translated into more than twenty languages. This powerful story of one slave's unbreakable spirit holds an important place in American history, as it helped solidify the anti-slavery sentiments of the North, and moved a nation to civil war. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Tales from Great Passenger Ships

    A Jaunt Through Time

    by Paul Curtis ...
    Passenger ships have always played a key role in shaping our lives and destinies. From the biggest to the smallest, the most beautiful to the most basic, in peacetime and war, they have carried emigrants, holidaymakers, troops and other travellers on countless life-changing journeys – and many of those passengers have a tale or two to tell about their time on board.Tales from Great Passenger Ships ... Read more

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  • High Tea on the Cunard Queens

    A Light-hearted Look at Life at Sea

    by Paul Curtis ...
    This amusing insight into Cunard's legendary liners begins more than fifty years ago when the author joined the original Queen Mary as an entertainments officer, when a part of the job was 'bumbling' the passengers while keeping a wary eye out for professional gamblers criss-crossing the Atlantic, and there was bingo and dance bands, novelty dancing and fancy-dress parades, and a primitive disco ... Read more

    $19.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A History of Professional Photography in Australia

    by Paul Curtis ...
    Since 1841, professional photographers have been the visual historians of Australia. They have captured forever everything from our news, fashions and architectural to our lives from babyhood to the grave. This is the story of the men and women behind the cameras and how they formed a professional association to ensure that the standards of Australian professional photography are amongst the ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A History of Professional Photography in Australia

    by Paul Curtis ...
    Since 1841, professional photographers have been the visual historians of Australia. They have captured forever everything from our news, fashions and architectural to our lives from babyhood to the grave. This is the story of the men and women behind the cameras and how they formed a professional association to ensure that the standards of Australian professional photography are amongst the ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus