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Travels with Charley: In Search of America is a 1962 travelogue written by American author John Steinbeck.It depicts a 1960 road trip around the United States made by Steinbeck, in the company of his standard poodle Charley.
Prior to the working on the book, Bush met all of the immigrants whose stories are covered in the book. [1] In creating the book, Bush stated "My hope is that Out of Many, One will help focus our collective attention on the positive effects that immigrants have on our country." [2] Out of Many, One quickly became a New York Times bestseller. [2]
The book was well received getting a starred reviews from The Horn Book Magazine, [1] Kirkus Reviews, [4] Publishers Weekly, [8] and School Library Journal. [6] The book was also named one of the best children's books of 2023 by The New York Times, [9] Harrison was the first black woman to win the Caldecott Medal. [2]
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The Cay is a teen novel written by Theodore Taylor.It was published in 1969. Taylor took only three weeks to write The Cay, having contemplated the story for over a decade after reading about an 11-year-old who was aboard the Dutch ship Hato when it was torpedoed in 1942, and who was last seen by other stranded survivors as he drifted away on a life raft. [1]
When did America begin? Well, the United States became a country in 1776 and drafted a constitution in 1787. Seems simple enough, right?Yet many Americans remain unsatisfied with such an obvious ...
A map may prove that Marco Polo discovered America more than two centuries before Christopher Columbus. A sheepskin map, believed to be a copy of the 13th century Italian explorer's, may indicate ...
Van Allsburg based the story on a mental image of a child wandering into the woods on a foggy night and wondering where a train was headed. [4]At the premiere of the film, Van Allsburg stated that Pere Marquette 1225, a 2-8-4 Berkshire N-1 class steam locomotive, formerly owned by the Michigan State University and now owned by the Steam Railroading Institute in Owosso, was the inspiration for ...