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The King of Mulberry Street 7 reviews
Donna Jo Napoli
Yearling, 2007
And to think I saw it on Mulberry Street
Assumptions are made to be broken. Here are a few of mine that have recently been put through the ringer. I always assumed that if a kid wanted a good (not mediocre, not bland) book on early 20th century immigrants, they should probably stick with Patricia Reilly Giff and look no further. Here's another assumption: If you asked me what kinds of books Donna Jo Napoli writes I would've said ...
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Project Mulberry14 reviews
Linda Sue Park
Yearling, 2007
Berry Good Reading
This is a great little book.
I love Linda Sue Park. She does her homework! What she doesn't already know about, she finds out about before she writes about it. She already knows about being a Korean American, and she handles this subject deftly and naturally, as only someone who has really been there can do. She didn't know about silk worms, so she recruited family members to raise two ...
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The Twelve Dancing Princesses (Mulberry Books) 20 reviews
Marianna Mayer
HarperTrophy, 1998
This is not Barbie!
I was familar with this book as a child and bought it for my 7 year old daughter. It took he a moment to wrap her mind around it not being Barbie-related but once we read it and she got lost in the incredible artwork there was no going back. This is a keeper to pass down. The story is dear but the artwork is what gets you talking with your child. Every adult at her party was looking through it ...
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And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street (Classic Seuss)17 reviews
Random House Books for Young Readers, 1989
Mulberry Street
The main character in this book is named Marco, and he has a slight problem with an over-active imagination. Every morning when Marco leaves home to walk to school, 'Dad always says to me, "Marco, keep your eyelids up and see what you can see."' We meet Marco when he is on the way back from school and all he's noticed 'was a horse and a wagon on Mulberry Street.' Marco isn't too proud of this ...
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Nature's Green Umbrella (Mulberry Books) 2 reviews
HarperTrophy, 1997
An excellent, accurate book
This book can be used as an excellent teaching tool. It provides a great introduction to the rainforests, and is full of facts about animals, medicines, and plants that are found in the rainforests.
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Murder on Mulberry Bend (Gaslight Mystery)12 reviews
Victoria Thompson
Berkley, 2003
5th entry in Gaslight Mystery series best yet!
Murder on Mulberry Bend by Victoria Thompson is the fifth book in the Gaslight Mystery series starring New York midwife Sarah Brandt and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy. Unlike many long term series that lose their steam after the first book, the Gaslight series just seems to get better with each entry. After Sarah becomes involved in a mission for young girls, one of them is found murdered. ...
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Shoes, Shoes, Shoes (Mulberry Books)1 review
Ann Morris
HarperTrophy, 1998
An excellent book for all ages
I just got a copy of this book, and I was totally impressed by it. The pictures in the book are amazing, of the highest quality, and they are taken with an excellent eye. The book contains snapshots from shoes around the world, showing the people that wear them and what they do when they wear them. Many cultures and peoples are represented here, and it made me want to go out and see these ...
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Tomorrow's Alphabet (Mulberry Books)6 reviews
George Shannon
HarperTrophy, 1999
Innovative!
My 4 year old daughter loved this book when I got it from the library. I first thought that it might be a bit confusing for her but she understood it perfectly and has memorized the entire thing. This book is definately a keeper.
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Understanding Firearm Ballistics28 reviews
Robert A. Rinker
Mulberry House Pub Co, 2005
Everything about ammunition
I found this book very informative and readable. Has the maths formulae in simplified forms; leaves out the insignificant factors. Debunks many of the popular myths about projectile behaviour. A great reference to be returned to again and again.
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All the Colors of the Earth (Mulberry Books)10 reviews
HarperTrophy, 1999
This is a beautiful book.
I was fortunate enough to receive this as a prize in a local contest for my kids; they love it! The text, the images, and the meaning are all wonderful. It promotes tolerance without the heavy-handed approach that some books take by simply presenting the reality that children are all different, and yet are bound by love and youthful innocence, and that *that* is a beautiful thing. I highly ...
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Building a House (Mulberry Books)6 reviews
HarperTrophy, 1990
Building a house 101 for preschoolers
Byron Barton gets another A+ in my book for clear, simple pictures and text. This book is geared for the toddler/preschooler crowd with its primary colors and constuction basics. It would be a great book for anyone in the process of building a house or watching houses being built in their neighborhood. My 2 year old sons are really starting to associate the similarities between this book and ...
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Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush1 review
Iza Trapani
Charlesbridge Publishing, 2006
Great kid's book.
It's a wonderful book we got for a neighbor girl who's aware of all the gardening that goes on around her. I think it will really strike her as being personal to her life.
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The Mulberry Tree 77 reviews
Jude Deveraux
Pocket, 2003
What Happened With the Golden 6?
This was a fantastic story. The mystery keeps you turning pages. Starting over is never easy. Bailey changes her looks and identity after her multi billionaire husband dies. She inherits an old farmhouse in Virginia. Bailey thinks she can start over but the past won't let her.
Twists and turns in the plot always lead back to the Golden 6. What really happened? That's what kept me reading.
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The Mulberry Bird: An Adoption Story10 reviews
Anne Braff Brodzinsky
Perspectives Press (IN), 1996
Very touching story
This is one of the better adoption books we've found. The story is quite touching. Our 4 year olds like to hear me read it. It is well written (no bad rhymes or childish language), which is far too unusual in adoption books for children. My only criticism is that it could have used better editing--tends to go on at times and this is suppose to be a children's book. Sensitive-types, be warned: I ...
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26 Letters and 99 Cents (Mulberry Books)7 reviews
HarperTrophy, 1995
Show children the world they know...
There is no better way to teach children than with concepts they can grasp. Hoban's photographs allow the concreteness of money and letters to be real and not just a picture on a page in a book. I have my classroom stocked with multiple copies of this book.
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How I Was Adopted (Mulberry Books)13 reviews
Joanna Cole
HarperTrophy, 1999
Best adoption book I've seen
Of all the adoption books for young kids that I've seen, this is the one I like best. The major things I like about this book are the completeness of its coverage of the basic facts of adoption; its emphasis on the fact that every adopted child has his/her own story of "how I was adopted"; and the fact that story and illustrations are positive, upbeat, engaging and interesting. There's "lots to ...
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Ride a Purple Pelican (Mulberry Books)13 reviews
Jack Prelutsky
HarperTrophy, 1997
An absolute delight...!
For those who appreciate silliness, whimsey, and the supple flow of language used well, this book is an absolute delight. While many children's book authors try using rhyme in their works, few do it with the gracefulness and sense of sheer fun that poet Jack Prelutsky brings to the form. Add to his words the colorful, kooky draftsmanship of artist Garth Williams, and you've got an instant ...
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We Are Best Friends (Mulberry Books)2 reviews
HarperTrophy, 1987
Both My Son and Me Love It Very Much
We found this book at the local library. The sentences are very clear and simple. Both the illustration and story inside are simple and beautiful. Even adults can find pleasures in this small but great book which shows you how to overcome loneliness and make friends with your neighbors and even with the nature. My son who moved from Korea to the U.S. recently and who's missing his friends is ...
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Mulberry and Peach: Two Women of China5 reviews
Hualing Nieh
The Feminist Press at CUNY, 1998
a masterpiece, not said lightly
This qualifies as one of the most remarkable novels I have ever read. The title character Peach, in declaring her freedom, careens on as wild and uninhibited a course as any character in literature much in contrast to her meek and terrified now subaltern Mulberry. Try to buy the version which has an afterword by the translator: read this as you're reading the novel as the comments are ...
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Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters Big Book (Mulberry Big Book)25 reviews
HarperTrophy, 1993
a beautiful African folk tale
This story is based on an African tale that is similar in nature to Cinderella. In this story a man named Mufaro had two beautiful daughters, one named Manyara, and one named Nyasha. Manyara is rude to Nyasha, who just calmly bears it. When a call comes saying the Great King wants a wife, Mufaro plans to take his daughters to the palace the next day. Manyara decides to leave in the night to make ...
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