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1) Yes, chef
Author
Language
English
Description
"It begins with a simple ritual: Every Saturday afternoon, a boy who loves to cook walks to his grandmother's house and helps her prepare a roast chicken for dinner. The grandmother is Swedish, a retired domestic. The boy is Ethiopian and adopted, and he will grow up to become the world-renowned chef Marcus Samuelsson. This book is his love letter to food and family in all its manifestations. Marcus Samuelsson was only three years old when he, his...
2) Papa's wife
Author
Publisher
Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Pub. Date
1955
Language
English
Description
The life of a Swedish Lapland pastor, who settles in New England, his determined wife, and their eight lively children
Author
Series
American girls collection. Kirsten volume 4
Publisher
Pleasant Company
Pub. Date
[1987]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
On a Minnesota farm in the mid 1800's, the hard working members of the Larson family find time to celebrate Kirsten's tenth birthday
Author
Series
American girls collection. Kirsten volume 3
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
©1986
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Kirsten and her family celebrate their first Christmas in their new home on Uncle Olav's farm in mid-nineteenth-century Minnesota
Author
Series
American girls collection. Kirsten volume 1
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
©1986
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Kirsten and her family experience many hardships as they travel from Sweden to the Minnesota frontier in 1854
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
American novelist Willa Cather wrote a book titled The Song of the Lark in 1915. The book tells the story of a talented artist who was born in a small town in Colorado, where she finds and focuses on her singing voice. Her narrative is set against the backdrop of the developing American West, where she was born in a village near a train line, the rapidly expanding city of Chicago around the beginning of the 20th century, and the US audience for singers...
Author
Series
American girls collection. Kirsten volume 5
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
©1988
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Kirsten is proud and excited when she finds a bee tree full of honey, one of the natural treasures of her Minnesota frontier world, but she exposes herself to great danger by trying to harvest the honey by herself
11) O Pioneers!
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Alexandra, daughter of a Swedish immigrant farmer in Nebraska, inherits the family farm and finds love with an old friend
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Co. Publications
Pub. Date
©1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Kirsten keeps her friendship with a Sioux Indian girl a secret until Kirsten's little brother becomes lost in the woods. Includes a section on Sioux Indians and a project related to the story
Author
Series
American girls collection. Kirsten volume 2
Publisher
Pleasant Co. Publications
Pub. Date
©2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After immigrating from Sweden to join relatives in an American prairie community, Kirsten endures the ordeal of a strange school through a secret friendship with an Indian girl
Author
Series
American girls collection. Kirsten volume 1-6
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2011
Language
English
Description
"Taking place in 1854, Kirsten's stories follow the young Swedish immigrant and her family as they attempt to start a new life on a farm in frontier Minnesota. This collection includes: Meet Kirsten, Kirsten Learns a Lesson, Kirsten's Surprise, Happy Birthday, Kirsten!, Kirsten Saves the Day, and Changes for Kirsten."--Container
Author
Series
American girls collection. Kirsten volume 1-6
Publisher
[Manufactured by] Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
p2011
Language
English
Description
Taking place in 1854, Kirsten's stories follow the young Swedish immigrant and her family as they attempt to start a new life on a farm in frontier Minnesota
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