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Fourteen-year-old Rachel Marsh is nanny to John and Abigail Adams' children and witnesses firsthand how tension builds in the feisty New England town in the two years before it erupts in the Boston Massacre. Friends become foes and families divide as British troops arrive in 1768 to force the outspoken Bostonians to toe the line and obey the British government.

Most people know this book from the Academy Award-winning motion picture starring Winona Ryder. Now, introduce them to the sparkling American classic behind the movie: a charming portrait of the joys and hardships of the four sisters in Civil War New England. Separated by the war from their beloved parents, these "little women" struggle to find their place in the world.

The lovable Jo March, introduced to us in Little Women, is now married with two sons of her own and an adopted family of 12 boys. And she couldn't be happier. Since starting an informal school at Plumfield, Jo and Professor Bhaer provide a haven for poor orphaned boys who thrive on warmth, goodness, and the affectionate interest of the March and Bhaer families.

From the multi-award-winning author of Code Talker comes a Native American perspective on the Civil War. Louis Nolette, a fifteen-year-old Abenaki Indian from Canada, is recruited to fight in the northern Irish Brigade in the Civil War. Though he is too young, and neither American nor Irish...

From the March on Washington to March for Our Lives to Black Lives Matter, the powerful stories of kid-led protest in America.   Kids have always been activists. They have even launched movements. Long before they could vote, kids have spoken up, walked out, gone on strike, and marched for...

In 1986, Jean Fritz went to China and talked to survivors of the Long March. It is from their recollections and her own broad, personal knowledge of Chinese history that Fritz has written one of the most compelling accounts of the incredible 6,000-mile journey across China made by the Communist Army in 1934 and 1935. Fritz takes us on the route of the 60-mile-long First Front Army, the unit of Mao Zedong that wound its way through a terrain so perilous it was often more threatening than their battles with the enemy.

A wonderful holiday excerpt from the classic Little Women features all of your favorite characters as they prepare to celebrate Christmas in their enthusiastic, optimistic, take-no-prisoners fashion.

Reverend F. D. Reese’s favorite subject to teach his students was freedom. But in Selma, Alabama, unfair tests and police officers’ swinging billy clubs kept African Americans from voting. Reverend Reese knew something had to change, so he asked his fellow teachers to do something dangerous - something that might lead to beatings and prison time. He asked them to march.

In Diggers in the Earth, Eva March Tappan presents a captivating collection of 11 insightful chapters that reveal the profound significance of childrens thoughts. This engaging read not only educates but also inspires young minds to understand the impact their ideas can have on the world around them. Join Adr in exploring these thought-provoking concepts that empower children to recognize the value of their own voices.

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On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 people gathered in Washington, DC, to demand equal rights for all races. It was there that Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech, and it was this peaceful protest that spurred the momentous civil rights laws of the mid-1960s. The March...

Meg, Jo, Beth et Amy ont de grands rêves. Elles aspirent à l'amour, à la célébrité et à la vie d’artiste. Bien qu’elles suivent des chemins de vie différents, les quatre sœurs restent très proches. Disney a adapté cette belle histoire de quatre femmes très différentes avec un casting classique de leurs univers. Rejoins Mickey et tous ses amis dans cette version humoristique des Quatre Filles du docteur March. Laisse-toi emporter par ce récit audio captivant à la narration captivante, avec les voix originales, des effets sonores ainsi qu’un accompagnement musical.

Little Women is the story of a wife and her four daughters living in genteel poverty in the environs of Boston while the father is away as a chaplain in the Union Army during the Civil War.

This favorite book for children, based on the author's own youthful experiences, describes the family life of the Marches in a small New England community. Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy are raised in genteel poverty by their loving mother, Marmee, while their father serves as a chaplain during the Civil War. The story explores their domestic adventures, their attempts to increase the family's income, their friendship with the neighboring Laurence family, and their later love affairs and destinies as women.

Better known for her novels Little Women and Little Men, Louisa May Alcott continues the story of her feisty protagonist Jo in this final novel chronicling the adventures and misadventures of the March family. Entertaining, surprising, and overall a joy to hear, Jo's Boys is nevertheless shaded by a bittersweet tone, for with it Alcott brought her wonderful series to an end.

Three years after the close of Little Women, the March girls and their friend Laurie are young adults with only their futures to find. Along the way, they all face painful trials, from Meg's difficult lessons in housekeeping to Laurie's heartbreak in a love tragedy. Each of the girls finds happiness, but not always in the ways they expect.

Set 10 years after Little Men, Jo's Boys revisits Plumfield, the New England school still presided over by Jo and her husband, Professor Bhaer. Jo's Boys — including sailor Emil, promising musician Nat, and rebellious Dan — are grown. Jo remains at the center of this tale, holding her boys fast through shipwreck and storm, disappointment...and even murder.

Gabeln stapeln, Fliegen klatschen, Hemden plätten - So sieht der Alltag von Aschenputtel aus. Gemeinsam mit dem Küchenjungen Peter muss sie sich die Schikanen der Stiefmutter und ihrer Stiefschwestern Chantal und Natalie gefallen lassen. Die beiden Schwestern bilden den krassen Gegensatz zum liebenswürdigen Aschenputtel. Sie sind voller Häme und Neid und versuchen alles, um es ihrer genauso missgünstigen und egoistischen Mutter Recht und Aschenputtel schwer zu machen.

Bald ist das jährliche Zoofest im Neustädter Zoo.
Benjamin Blümchen und seine Freunde sind mit den Vorbereitungen beschäftigt, als Zoodirektor Tierlieb ihnen die schlechte Nachricht überbringt: Das Zoofest muss abgesagt werden! Der Bürgermeister hat alle Mittel gestrichen! Wird es Benjamin und Otto gelingen, die Ganoven zu stellen, den Zoo vor dem Aus zu bewahren und das Zoofest doch noch stattfinden zu lassen?

It's a mystery every month from popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy! With the younger siblings of the A to Z Mysteries kids! March is for Madness... In the third book of the Calendar Mysteries - an early chapter book mystery series - it's St. Patrick's Day in Green Lawn. Bradley, Brian...