Book SeriesLiterary Work of Kathryn Lasky

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Porkenstein

Dr. Smart Pig is a famous inventor, but he doesn't have any friends. His brothers were eaten by the Big Bad Wolf, and now he's all alone. So, he invents a friend—a pig who is bigger and better and absolutely wolf-proof!

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Chasing Orion

It is the summer of 1952 and polio has broken out in Indiana. Pools, camps, theaters, and almost all public spaces are closed for fear of spreading the terrifying disease. Eleven-year-old Georgie never thought she would come as close to polio as she does when she meets a new neighbor, Phyllis, who is encased in an iron lung.

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Marven of the Great North Woods

When the influenza epidemic strikes Duluth, Minnesota, in 1918, Marven's parents send him far away from the danger of the disease. This is a true story of a small Jewish boy and a bearish French-Canadian lumberjack... and how they became friends under the most unusual circumstances.

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Poodle and Hound

Poodle likes pom-poms in her hair, tells funny stories, and grows flowers. Hound reads the newspaper, observes the stars, and grows vegetables in the garden. Poodle and Hound are different, but they are also best friends.

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Georgia Rises

Inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe’s own descriptive letters, Kathryn Lasky imagines a day in the life of this legendary artist at her Abiquiu, New Mexico, home. Before the first shades of lavender color the morning sky, Georgia rises – eager to walk the rust red hills and discover images that she will later paint.

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One Beetle Too Many: The Extraordinary Adventures of Charles Darwin

Beginning with Darwin’s childhood as a poor but remarkably curious student, centering on his 5 year voyage aboard the Beagle, and following his developing thoughts leading to the publication of his theory of evolution, this picture biography tells his story with art and wit.

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War of the Ember

In a long-empty cave deep in the Northern Kingdoms two ruthless villains join forces to conjure an ancient evil, an evil that will do their bidding and wreak havoc on the world. Two armies grow. Gadfeathers, bears, dire wolves, and greenowls join with the Guardians, while on the other side ancient evil takes to the sky.

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John Muir: America’s First Environmentalist

Here is the life story of the man who, moved by a commitment to wilderness everywhere, founded the Sierra Club in 1892, a conservation group that carries on his crucial work to this day.

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