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1) Go-go baby!
Author
Publisher
Cavendish Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
A mother and her five-year-old take the energetic baby on an outing and end up chasing a runaway stroller.
4) Dream lucky: when FDR was in the White House, Count Basie was on the radio, and everyone wore a hat
Author
Publisher
Smithsonian Books/Collins
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
The time: 1936-1938. The mood: Hopeful. It wasn't wartime, not yet. The music: The incomparable Count Basie and Benny Goodman, among others. The setting: Living rooms across America and, most of all, New York City.
Dream Lucky covers politics, race, religion, arts, and sports, but the central focus is the period's soundtrack-specifically big band jazz-and the big-hearted piano player William "Count" Basie. His ascent is the narrative thread of the...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
A collection of poems recounts George Washington's stragetic decision to attack the British in Boston in 1775, a battle that helped solidify his position as general of the American armed forces.