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Pushcart War |
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Jean Merrill |
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The pushcarts have declared war! New York City's streets are clogged with huge, rude trucks that park where they want, hold up traffic, and bulldoze into anything that is in their way, and the pushcart peddlers are determined to get rid of them. But the trucks are just as determined to get rid of the pushcarts, and chaos results in the city.
The pushcarts have come up with a brilliant strategy that will surely let the hot air out of their enemies. The secret weapon--a peashooter armed with a pin; the target--the vulnerable truck tires. Once the source of the flat tires is discovered, the children of the city joyfully join in with their own pin peashooters. The pushcarts have won one battle, but can they win the war against a corrupt mayor who taxes the pins and... |
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Toothpaste Millionaire |
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Jean Merrill |
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0395960630 |
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Booklist, ALA : "Merrill's idealistic construct of how to succeed in business without really trying functions both as a light story and as an explication of free enterprise mechanics."
Bulletin of the Center for Children : "The illustrations are engaging, the style is light, the project interesting - and Rufus a believable genius."
Horn Book : "Breezy and fast-moving."
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"Breezy and fast-moving."
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There's an Owl in the Shower |
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Jean Craighead George |
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0064406822 |
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From School Library Journal
Grade 3-5?Set in a small logging town in northern California, George's book focuses on the conflict between loggers and environmentalists over the northern spotted owl. Young Borden Watson plunges into the woods, planning to kill one of the creatures, believing they are directly responsible for his father losing his job as a logger. He returns, however, with an owlet that has fallen from its nest. Caring for it is no easy task; other family members are drawn into the situation, especially the out-of-work father, who has lots of free time. (Because young spotted owls have no spots, the family thinks their pet is a barred owl.) Though she is clearly on the side of the endangered birds, George's writing skill and knowledge of animal behavior turn what could have been nothing but message into an absorbing story... |
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Toothpaste Millionaire |
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Jean Merrill |
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0395185114 |
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Booklist, ALA : "Merrill's idealistic construct of how to succeed in business without really trying functions both as a light story and as an explication of free enterprise mechanics."
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"Merrill's idealistic construct of how to succeed in business without really trying functions both as a light story and as an explication of free enterprise mechanics."
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Girl Who Loved Caterpillars: A Twelfth-Century Tale from Japan |
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Jean Merrill |
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0399218718 |
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From Publishers Weekly
Delicate, luminous oil paintings illustrate this 12th-century Japanese tale about an unconventional girl. Unlike other gentle flowers of her age, Izumi prefers collecting insects and caterpillars with "some scruffy-looking boys" to dressing fashionably and plucking her eyebrows. Her frustrated parents fear no respected suitor will want such a headstrong wife, but Izumi's reputation captures the fancy of both a nobleman and a captain, either of whom may eventually ask for her hand. Merrill's retelling has a slow, almost laborious pace. And though the story is culled from scholarly sources, its abrupt ending and question-raising afterword fail to satisfy. Cooper's glowing portraits of Izumi, with her "eyebrows like caterpillars," breathe life and imagination into the text. The book's becoming design makes the most... |
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Girl Who Loved Caterpillars |
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Jean Merrill |
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061301748X |
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From Publishers Weekly
Delicate, luminous oil paintings illustrate this 12th-century Japanese tale about an unconventional girl. Unlike other gentle flowers of her age, Izumi prefers collecting insects and caterpillars with "some scruffy-looking boys" to dressing fashionably and plucking her eyebrows. Her frustrated parents fear no respected suitor will want such a headstrong wife, but Izumi's reputation captures the fancy of both a nobleman and a captain, either of whom may eventually ask for her hand. Merrill's retelling has a slow, almost laborious pace. And though the story is culled from scholarly sources, its abrupt ending and question-raising afterword fail to satisfy. Cooper's glowing portraits of Izumi, with her "eyebrows like caterpillars," breathe life and imagination into the text. The book's becoming design makes the most... |
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Girl Who Loved Caterpillars: A Twelfth-Century Tale from Japan |
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Jean Merrill |
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From Publishers Weekly
Delicate, luminous oil paintings illustrate this 12th-century Japanese tale about an unconventional girl. Unlike other gentle flowers of her age, Izumi prefers collecting insects and caterpillars with "some scruffy-looking boys" to dressing fashionably and plucking her eyebrows. Her frustrated parents fear no respected suitor will want such a headstrong wife, but Izumi's reputation captures the fancy of both a nobleman and a captain, either of whom may eventually ask for her hand. Merrill's retelling has a slow, almost laborious pace. And though the story is culled from scholarly sources, its abrupt ending and question-raising afterword fail to satisfy. Cooper's glowing portraits of Izumi, with her "eyebrows like caterpillars," breathe life and imagination into the text. The book's becoming design makes the most... |
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Researcher Roles and Research Partnerships, Vol. 6 |
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Margaret Diane D. LeCompte |
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0761989730 |
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Book six of the Ethnographer's Toolkit series discusses the special requirements that doing ethnographic research imposes on its practitioners. The authors first describe how the work of researchers is inextricably tied to their personal qualities, the social and cultural context of the research site, and the tasks and responsibilities that ethnographers assume in the field. The book then examines how qualitative researchers assemble research teams, establish partnerships with individuals and institutions in the field, and work collaboratively with a wide range of people and organizations to solve mutually identified problems. The book has a strong focus on the ethical components of doing research, and on the importance of collaboration and action-based research strategies. The authors also offer multiple strategies... |
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Toothpaste Millionaire |
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Jean Merrill |
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0785736883 |
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Review
"Breezy and fast-moving."
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Paperback
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Book Description
Rufus, a sixth-grader, succeeds in business without really trying when he develops and markets his own toothpaste.
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Pushcart War |
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Jean Merrill |
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088103830X |
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Card catalog description
The outbreak of a war between truck drivers and pushcart peddlers brings the mounting problems of traffic to the attention of both the city of New York and the world.
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From the Publisher
The pushcarts have declared war! New York City's streets are clogged with huge, rude trucks that park where they want, hold up traffic, and bulldoze into anything that is in their way, and the pushcart peddlers are determined to get rid of them. But the trucks are just as determined to get rid of the pushcarts, and chaos results in the city.The pushcarts have come up with a brilliant strategy that will surely let the hot air out of their enemies. The secret weapon--a peashooter armed with a pin; the... |
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Mapping Social Networks, Spatial Data, and Hidden Populations, Vol. 4 |
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Jean J. Schensul |
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0761991123 |
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Whether it is to understand the networks of individuals, the physical makeup of a household or community, or to develop strategies for finding difficult-to-reach populations such as the homeless or drug-addicted, applied researchers increasingly need to understand spatial methods. In this brief volume, the techniques of network analysis, mapping, and finding hidden populations are explained in simple, practical language. The authors describe when and how to use these techniques and offer numerous examples of how the methods have worked in community psychology, drug research, risk assessment, and network analysis, among other settings.
About the Author
Jean J. Schensul: Institute for Community Research, Hartford Margaret Diane LeCompte: University of Colorado, Boulder Robert T.... |
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Adult University |
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Etienne Bourgeois |
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The Signet Book of American Humor |
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Regina Barreca (Editor) |
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Edited and with a new introduction by Regina Barreca
There's plenty to poke fun at in these United States-and as this volume proves, comedy may be the truest democracy of all. Smart, subversive, and surprising, this anthology shows us what makes Americans laugh.
Includes the works of:
Ambrose Bierce · Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner · Ralph Ellison · Fannie Flagg William Goldman · O. Henry · Langston Hughes · Molly Ivins · Erica Jong Jean Kerr · Alan King · Fran Leibowitz · Merrill Markoe · H. L. Mencken · Bill Nye Edgar Allen Poe · Mae West · Edith Wharton Herman Wouk · and many others
About the Author
Regina Barreca, is a professor of English at the University of Connecticut. She... |
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