Yiddish Radio Project, the
 From Amazon.co.uk: The dual assault of television and rock & roll in the 1950s caused many casualties, among them swing music, radio and a vital Yiddish-American culture. This wonderful project (and its companion 10-part NPR documentary series) [... more]
CDN$18.99
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Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor
an powerful book full of visual and written imagery: Children and adults are both intrigued by this wonderful photo documentation of the history of immigrant children working in the United States. Lewis Hine's pictures tell the story and Russell Freedman' [... more]
CDN$10.95
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Madeline And The Gypsies
From Amazon.com: One day Pepito, son of the Spanish ambassador who lives next door to Madeline, invites her and her cohorts to a Gypsy carnival. They venture forth excitedly, but suddenly a storm hits the fairgrounds, so everyone hops in a taxi and heads [... more]
CDN$10.99
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Book Of Coupons
Wouldn't recommend it: I was really excited about reading the Book of Coupons. It had a cute premise about a teacher giving away coupons to teach kids about the really important lessons of life-- like not taking yourself too seriously, etc. But the plot [... more]
CDN$8.99
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Did My First Mother Love Me?: A Story for an Adopted Child
just what adoptive parents need: this book is short and to the point. very touching, without being sappy. i wish there were a boy's version as well, but we can ad-lib with what is here. Answers cries: This book addresses the needs of adopted children [... more]
CDN$8.95
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Gershon's Monster: A Story for the Jewish New Year
From Amazon.com: Rather than regret or atone for his everyday mistakes, baker Gershon simply sweeps them into his basement. Once a year on Rosh Hashanah, he stuffs these demon-shaped transgressions in a giant bag and dumps them into the Black Sea. Of [... more]
CDN$18.74
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Moishe's Miracle: A Hanukkah Story
From Amazon.com: On the night before Hanukkah, in the poor village of Wishniak, milkman Moishe's sharp-tongued wife, Baila, scolds him for being too generous with their hungry neighbors. Now they have no money to buy eggs and flour to make the [... more]
CDN$7.95
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Oliver: A Story about Adoption
There is NO difference. LOVE conquers all.: Excellent choice. OLIVER appeals to all ages. What made it more special was that Oliver was a DINOSAUR and every child I've met likes dinosaurs and stories about them. Great way to explain the trials and [... more]
CDN$15.58
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Toy Brother
From Amazon.com: William Steig, the creator of 26 children's books, including Sylvester and the Magic Pebble and The Amazing Bone, has struck again with an entertaining and informative book. Both the writer and illustrator, Steig spins a yarn that [... more]
CDN$19.48
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Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor
an powerful book full of visual and written imagery: Children and adults are both intrigued by this wonderful photo documentation of the history of immigrant children working in the United States. Lewis Hine's pictures tell the story and Russell Freedman' [... more]
CDN$32.95
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Follow the Drinking Gourd
Song of freedom: This fine story teaches even the smallest of children about the evil of slavery in pre-Civil War America. It shows a desire for freedom so strong that men, women and children risked their lives to escape on the Underground Railroad, [... more]
CDN$22.99
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Eric Carles Dragons Dragons And Other Creatures That ...
To love a poem: This book provides a good start to teaching children to love poems. It contains the one element necessary to every successful poetic verse: transformation and magic. The book opens with a William Blake epigraph: "O! How I dreamt of [... more]
CDN$33.00
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