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Journey Around Boston from A to Z
Martha Zschock - Commonwealth Editions
Format: Book
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This vivid, enchanting alphabet book for all ages is packed with fascinating information about historic sites in Boston, Cambridge, and environs. Colorful, detailed watercolor paintings from author and illustrator Martha Day Zschock enliven the pages, which include: Brahmins on Beacon Hill,... |
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Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey - Viking Press
Format: Paperback
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"Robert McCloskey's unusual and stunning pictures have long been a delight for their fun as well as their spirit of place." - The Horn BookMrs. Mallard was sure that the pond in the Boston Public Gardens would be a perfect place for her and her eight ducklings to live.... |
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You Can't Take a Balloon into the Museum of Fine Arts
Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman - Dial Books for Young Readers
Format: Book
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Life parallels art in this madcap romp through the historical environs of Boston and the renowned Museum of Fine Arts. This irresistible companion to You Can't Take a Balloon Into The Metropolitan Museum and You Can't Take a Balloon Into The National Gallery begins when a little... |
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Bus Route to Boston
Maryann Cocca-Leffler - Boyds Mills Press
Format: Book
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The everyday sights, sounds and smells of a colorful and bustling city come alive in this book - a child's view of Boston. Maryann Cocca-Leffler remembers frequent bus trips she took into the city as a girl with her mother and little sister. Together they shopped for delicious treats in the Italian... |
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Larry Gets Lost in Boston
Michael Mullin - Sasquatch Books
Format: Hardcover
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Join Larry the pup and his owner Pete as they explore Boston, MA. From Fenway Park's Green Monster to the swan boats in Boston Public Garden, locals and visitors learn about Boston's history and cultural landmarks when Larry gets lost chasing after a tasty treat. As Larry searches... |
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The Legend of the Curse of the Bambino
Dan Shaughnessy - Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Some believe that the ghost of Babe Ruth -- the most famous baseball player who ever lived -- is still watching over the game today. What would you say? It all started on January 5, 1920, a fateful day in baseball history, when the Boston Red Sox traded Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees... |
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Hide and Seek Boston
Erin Guendelsberger
Format: Hardcover
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The mayor of Boston needs your help! A museum is opening up a new exhibit on the greatest things in Boston and needs YOU to collect the items. In Hide and Seek Boston, readers explore their favorite city to find objects for the exhibit. From a lobster at Boston Public Market to a bust of John... |
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Mr. Tanen's Ties
Maryann Cocca-Leffler - Albert Whitman
Format: Paperback
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The students of Lynnhurst Elementary love their principal, Mr. Tanen--and his colorful ties. But Mr. Apple from the school office doesn't like the ties and insists that Mr. Tanen stop wearing them. Everyone is miserable. Until the students give Mr. Apple his own new tie which brings about... |
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The Serpent Came to Gloucester
M T Anderson - Recorded Books
Format: Audiobook on Cassette
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Drawing on a true story, an award-winning author and illustrator present a picture-book tribute to the beauty and mystery of the ocean, and to the mesmerizing creatures that may frolic there.It came from the sea, from the lonely sea,It came from the glittering sea.In a small Massachusetts... |
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Comet's Nine Lives
Jan Brett - Puffin Books
Format: Book
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It all begins when Comet walks away from the lighthouse close to his birthplace on Nantucket Island. He visits a garden, a bookstore, a boat, and a party, and at each place he gets into trouble and loses one of his lives. Comet starts to worry. He longs for a home, a place where he'll be safe.... |
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Clams All Year
Maryann Cocca-Leffler - Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers
Format: Paperback
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During summer vacation all the brothers and sisters and cousins of one large family come to stay together at a big house by the shore. Each morning Grandpa wakes the sleepy children to go clam digging. Each day they return with hardly any clams at all. But one day after a big storm they... |
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Zachary's Ball
Matt Tavares - Candlewick Press
Format: Print book
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An engaging picture book that really hits home - just in time for baseball season!Zachary is amazed by the sights and sounds at Fenway Park when he goes to his first major-league baseball game. But when his father catches a foul ball at the game and gives it to Zachary, something really... |
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My Uncle Emily
Jane Yolen - Philomel Books
Format: Print book
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This six-year-old has an uncle like no other! His uncle wears long white dresses and never smokes cigars. Gilbert?s uncle is none other than Emily Dickinson . . . Uncle Emily he calls her. And how he loves her. He knows that she writes poems about everything, even dead bees. But it?s a poem... |
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One If By Land: A Massachusetts Number Book (America by the Numbers)
Heidi E. Y. Stemple - Sleeping Bear Press
Format: Hardcover
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Did you know that all U.S. dollars are printed on special paper from a company in Massachusetts, or that Yankee Candle Co. was started by a 16-year-old boy from that state? The first Thanksgiving took place in Massachusetts, but would you guess that the first game of basketball, the first... |
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Beneath The Streets Of Boston: Building America's First Subway
Joe McKendry - David R. Godine
Format: Hardcover
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Beckoning readers to explore the territory beneath Boston's streets, Joe McKendry explores a century-old world when Beantown designed and created the country's first subway. In stunning artwork and through a fascinating and historically accurate narrative of Boston's first "Big... |
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