New Releases by Alice Dalgliesh

In this festive Caldecott Honor–winning picture book, Alice Dalgiesh brings to life the origin of the Thanksgiving holiday for readers of all ages. Giles, Constance and Damaris Hopkins are all passengers aboard the crowded Mayflower, journeying to the New World to start a new life. Things get a little more cramped when their baby brother Oceanus is born during the passage. However, when they arrive, there are even worse challenges to face as the Pilgrims are subjected to hunger, cold, and sickness that put their small colony in great danger. With the help of the Native Americans though, they might just be able to survive their first year in this strange land—and have a November harvest to celebrate for generations!

Sarah and her father leave their family to build a home in wilderness of colonial America. The Newbery Honor book is available in this summer reading program edition.

Spanish translation.

"The activities will reinforce a wide variety of language and reading skills which are generally part of the curriculum at the reading level of the book" ... p. [1].

A young boy sent on an errand over Hemlock Mountain is not so sure he likes going alone, because there may be bears on the mountain, but with the help of the big iron pot he borrows, he completes his errand.

With the special silver pencil her father had given her, a girl from Trinidad writes the stories that begin her career as an author.

Resum: En plena colonització de l''oest americà, Sarah Noble i el seu pare viatgen cap a unes somiades pastures on pensen instal·lar-s''hi amb la seva família. Però la terra promesa ja està habitada: fa anys i panys que hi viuen els indis pells-roges.

Guide includes many activities related to the story.

Een boer en een boerin zoeken dieren voor hun boerderij en roepen de hulp in van een kapitein die elke dag langs vaart. Prentenboek met sfeervolle illustraties in warme roodbruine en groene tinten. Vanaf ca. 4 jaar.

Originally published: New York: Scribner, c1956.

Tells how the thirteen colonies united in the desire for independence, selected Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence and carried the news of independence across the colonial settlements.

Events in the life of Columbus, the Admiral, including his efforts to obtain ships and money to sail to the West, his first voyage, and his discovery of the New World.

Things are already crowded and hectic enough for the Davenports, living seven in a made-over barn, but when Cherie the poodle arrives things become even livelier.

Twenty-one stories from many lands in which enchantment plays a central role.

Continues the story of the British girl, Janet Laidlaw, who is becoming an New Yorker. Janet decides to change her career from teaching to editing children's books, and finds editing more exciting than she had anticipated. Sequel to "The silver pencil."

A story about John Newbery and two children who come to his book store in eighteenth century London.