Peter Linenthal
1) Look look!
Author
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
High-contrast black-and-white art for babies who are beginning to look and learn.
Author
Language
English
Description
In the early 1800s, it was called the Potrero Nuevo, or "new pasture." Gold-rush squatterssoon put the squeeze on Mission Dolores's grazing cattle, and when the fog lifted, Potrero Hill became the first industrial zone in San Francisco, with iron-smelting plants, butcheries, and shipbuilding dominating the waterfront during the late 19th century. The Hill has been home to immigrants from Scotland, Ireland, China, Russia, Mexico, and from everywhere...
4) Potrero Hill
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Series
Language
English
Description
A neighborhood in the southeast corner of San Francisco, Potrero Hill enjoys some of the city's finest weather and most spectacular views. Once pastureland and home to immigrants working in the shipbuilding industries, Potrero Hill was long ignored by guidebooks. Now "The Hill" is regenerating, and these pages highlight what is gone and what remains on these sunny slopes.
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Series
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A Shoshone grandmother relates family and cultural history to her granddaughter as they share their daily tasks on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. Includes a recipe, craft, and activities.
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Series
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An African American grandmother relates family and cultural history to her grandson in their Queens, New York, apartment as she tells of growing up in segregated Birmingham, Alabama. Includes a recipe and the words to Amazing Grace.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Three Arab-American girls learn about their family and cultural history from their grandmother, who grew up in Cairo, Egypt, and moved to New Jersey after her marriage. Includes directions for making Egyptian paper boats.