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For those of you who want to study the history and geography of California, the following curriculum is available.
Blue WillowBy Doris Gates
"A little girl, who wants most of all to have a real home and to go to a regular school, hopes that the valley her family has come to, which so resembles the pattern on her treasured blue willow plate, will be their permanent home." |
9780140309249 |
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By the Great Horn SpoonBy Sid Fleischman Set in the Gold Rush days, By the Great Horn Spoon is a Newbery Award Winner. |
9780316286121 |
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By G. A. Henty, Published by PrestonSpeed A Tale of the Gold Fields of California takes place in America around 1849
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9781931587525 |
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By Scott O'Dell Carlota is set in 1800's California. |
9780440909286 |
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Cruise of the Arctic StarBy Scott O'Dell, Beautiful Feet Books
The Cruise of the Arctic Star takes place along the coast of California when the author and his wife take a voyage. Along the way O'Dell tells stories from California's past. |
9781893103252 |
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Dragon's GateBy Laurence Yep In Dragon's Gate, a boy goes from China to America to work on the transcontinental railroad in 1867. |
9780064404891 |
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Earthquake at DawnBy Kristiana Gregory0152026207
In 1906 California, a young photographer and her maid witness the San Francisco earthquake and its aftermath in Earthquake at Dawn. |
9780152046811 |
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By Scott O'Dell The story of Karana, the India girl who lived alone for years on the Island of the Blue Dolphins. |
9780440439882 |
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Jessie Benton Fremont- California PioneerBy Marguerite Higgins
Jessie Benton Fremont - California Pioneer is the story of the wife of John Fremont, the explorer. She was an abolitionist and helped California gain admission to the Union as a free state. |
9781893103337 |
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By Rachel K. Laurgaard
A wooden doll recalls the hope with which a group of pioneers begins their journey and the ordeals they face as they travel from Springfield, Illinois, to California in Patty Reed's Doll. |
9780961735722 |
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Riders of the Pony ExpressBy Ralph Moody
Ralph Moody tells the story of the fastest mail delivery system in the west prior to the Civil War in Riders of the Pony Express. |
9780803283053 |
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Song of the SwallowsBy Leo Politi
The Song of the Swallows tells of the yearly return of the swallows to the Mission San Juan Capistrano. |
9780892369898 |
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By Scott O'Dell
In this sequel to the Newbery Award-winning Island of the Blue Dolphins, Zia tells the story of what happened to Karana. |
9780440219569 |
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California Missions Coloring BookBy David Rickman, Dover Publishing
In the California Missions Coloring Book there are 21 illustrations of California Spanish missions that were built from 1769 to 1823 along the California coast. |
9780486273464 |
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Story of California Gold Rush Coloring BookBy Peter F. Copeland, Dover Publishing
There are 40 scenes in the Story of the California Gold Rush Coloring Book.
The topics depicted include Sutter's Mill, mining camps, boomtowns, prospectors panning for gold, old San Francisco, and more. |
9780486258140 |
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Southwest Indians Coloring BookBy Peter F. Copeland, Dover Publishing
In the Southwest Indians Coloring Book there are 40 different illustrations of Indians of the southwest. |
9780486279640 |
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