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(0)Christine Kornacki
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Lexile measure
AD 710L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
During the Christmas season, Sam and his parents participate in various acts of kindness to others and record their good deeds on slips of paper to be placed in a sparkly box, as a gift to Jesus.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Lexile measure
750L
Physical Desc
105 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Marie-Grace Gardner, a doctor's daughter who has just returned to her native New Orleans in 1853, makes friends with Cécile Rey, whose prosperous family are free people of color, and is persuaded to change places with her at separate Mardi Gras balls.
Author
Publisher
Ideals Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unnumber pages) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
A lyrical retelling of the birth of Christ, told as an adaptation of "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," follows the arrival of Mary and Joseph in Bethlehem, the birth of Jesus, the angels' appearance to the shepherds, and the visit by the Wise Men.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Lexile measure
670L
Physical Desc
94 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Cécile is enjoying her older brother Armand's return from France and her growing friendship with Marie-Grace, with whom she volunteers at an orphanage, until the yellow fever epidemic threatening New Orleans strikes her own household.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Lexile measure
740L
Physical Desc
85 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Now that the yellow fever epidemic is over, the people of New Orleans raise money to care for the orphans, and Cécile seeks to discover something special she can to do help.
6) Meet Cécile
Author
Series
American girl. 1853 volume 2
Pub. Date
2011
Lexile measure
730L
Physical Desc
109 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Cécile Rey, whose prosperous family are free people of color, makes friends with Marie-Grace Gardner, a doctor's daughter who has just returned to her native New Orleans in 1853, and persuades her to change places at their separate Mardi Gras balls.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Lexile measure
710L
Physical Desc
88 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
As the yellow fever epidemic continues to ravage New Orleans and the orphanages become more crowded, Marie-Grace and Cécile help with the orphans, until Marie-Grace learns that her Uncle Luc's fiancée, Mademoiselle Océane, has fallen ill.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Lexile measure
740L
Physical Desc
91 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Marie-Grace discovers a baby outside her father's office and a slave catcher claims the boy, she helps place him at a white orphanage where she becomes a volunteer, as her friendship with Cécile grows and she hears rumors of yellow fever.
