Eleanor Coerr

It's the time of the gold rush, and Chang has come with his grandfather to California from China. Chang's dream is to own a horse of his own. With luck ... and a little gold dust ... that wish just might come true.

Sadako Sasaki växer upp i Hiroshima i Japan. När hon är två år släpps en atombomb över staden. De som inte dör på en gång utsätts under resten av sina liv för den osynliga men dödliga strålningen som bomben för med sig. Sadako blir så småningom en livlig, atletisk flicka och hon är den stora stjärnan i skolans löparteam. Tills yrselanfallen börjar. Sadako har drabbats av atombombssjukan - leukemi. Enligt en japansk legend kan den som viker tusen tranor av papper få en önskan uppfylld. Tillsammans med sina klasskamrater sätter Sadako igång att vika. Detta blir hennes livs viktigaste lopp ett lopp mot tiden. Berättelsen om Sadako är baserad på en verklig händelse. Du kan besöka Barnens Fredsmonument i Fredsparken i Hiroshima. Där, på toppen av ett paradisberg, står en staty av Sadako som med utsträckta händer lyfter en trana mot skyn. Nedanför monumentet kan man läsa: Detta är vårt rop, detta är vår bön; fred i världen.

"An extraordinary book, one no reader will fail to find compelling and unforgettable." --Booklist, starred review The star of her school's running team, Sadako is lively and athletic...until the dizzy spells start. Then she must face the hardest race of her life--the race against time. Based on a true story, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes celebrates the courage that makes one young woman a heroine in Japan. " The] story speaks directly to young readers of the tragedy of Sadako's death and, in its simplicity, makes a universal statement for 'peace in the world." --The Horn Book "The story is told tenderly but with neither a morbid nor a sentimental tone: it is direct and touching." --BCCB

Staying with her grandparents after the atomic bomb has been dropped on Nagasaki, ten-year-old Mieko feels that happiness is gone forever and she will no longer be able to produce a beautiful drawing for the contest at school.

This sweet story is a favorite for units on the American pioneer era as well as using quilting to preserve memories.Faith's family is heading west It's 1850, and it's time to pack their covered wagon to prepare for the journey to California and a new life. Faith's Pa says there's no room on a wagon train for Josefina, a chicken who's too tough to eat and too old to lay eggs. But Faith loves her pet. Can Josefina show Pa that she still has a few surprises left in her?As a five-star review from a teacher put it: "My students love this one Each chapter has a quilt block to go with it. Faith works on the quilt blocks as they travel and each block tells a story about part of the journey. In the end they sew the blocks together to make a Josefina story quilt."The Josefina Story Quilt is a Level Three I Can Read book. Level 3 includes many fun subjects kids love to read about on their own. Themes include friendship, adventure, historical fiction, and science. Level Three books are written for early independent readers. They include some challenging words and more complex themes and stories.

Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy.

"An extraordinary book, one no reader will fail to find compelling and unforgettable." --Booklist, starred review Hiroshima-born Sadako is lively and athletic--the star of her school's running team . . . until the dizzy spells start. Soon gravely ill with leukemia, the "atom bomb disease," Sadako faces her future with spirit and bravery. Recalling a Japanese legend, Sadako sets to work folding paper cranes. For the legend holds that if a sick person folds one thousand cranes, the gods will grant her wish and make her healthy again. Based on a true story, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes celebrates the extraordinary courage that made one young woman a heroine in Japan.

This Level 3 I Can Read book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling, in particular for children ages 5 to 7 who are ready to read independently. It's a fun way to keep your child engaged and as a supplement for activity books for children.Ariel would love to be in the basket of Lucky Star on the day of the big balloon race against Bernard the Brave. Her mother, Carlotta the Great, is the best lady balloonist in America. But Ariel's parents think she is too young. Little do they know she is asleep in the Odds and Ends box when Carlotta the Great orders "Hands off " and the balloon race begins. The thrills of Ariel's first ride in a hydrogen balloon come to life in this story based on a real ballooning family of the late 1800's. Carolyn Croll's pictures capture the pageantry and drama of the race, and will have readers rooting to the end for Ariel and her mother.