Jerry Pinkney

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1) Rikki-tikki-tavi

Author

Pinkney, Jerry

Publisher

Morrow Junior Books

Pub. Date

[1997]

Language

English

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A courageous mongoose thwarts the evil plans of Nag and Nagaina, two big black cobras who live in the garden.

2) Song of the trees

Author

Taylor, Mildred D

Series

Logan family (Mildred D. Taylor) volume 1

Publisher

Dial Books for Young Readers

Pub. Date

[1975]

Language

English

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During the Depression, the Logans, a rural black family deeply attached to the forest on their land, try to save it from being cut down by an unscrupulous white man.

3) The patchwork quilt

Author

Flournoy, Valerie

Publisher

Dial Books for Young Readers

Pub. Date

[1985]

Language

English

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Coretta Scott King Award Winners

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Using scraps cut from the family's old clothing, Tanya helps her grandmother and mother make a beautiful quilt that tells the story of her family's life.

4) The jungle book: the Mowgli stories

Author

Kipling, Rudyard

Series

Books of wonder

Publisher

Morrow Junior Books

Pub. Date

[1995]

Language

English

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Selected stories from Kipling's two "Jungle Books" chronicle the adventures of Mowgli, the boy reared by a pack of wolves in an Indian jungle. Also includes "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi."