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Smucker, Barbara Claassen was born on September 1, 1915 in Newton, Kansas, United States. Dual citizen United States and Canada. Daughter of Cornelius Walter and Addie (Lander) Claassen.
(This is the true story of Jumbo, once the star attraction...)
This is the true story of Jumbo, once the star attraction at London Zoo, but it is also the fictional story of Tod Tolliver, a lonely boy who helps take care of Jumbo and loves him. When the zoo sells Jumbo to Barnum's circus in New York, Tod decides to stow away on the ship and join him.
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( "There's a place the slaves been whisperin' around call...)
"There's a place the slaves been whisperin' around called Canada," Mammy tells her daughter one night. "The law don't allow no slavery there." The very next morning, a ruthless slave trader separates Julilly from her mother, taking Julilly to a plantation in the dreaded Deep South. The slave quarters there are crowded and filthy, and the slaves are as frail and thin as shadows. The cruel overseer lashes out with his whip at every opportunity. So when Julilly gets a chance to escape, she and her crippled friend Liza don't hesitate, despite their terror of what will happen if they are caught. They go disguised as boys, hiding by day and running by night. Along the way they are helped by courageous people who hide them in secret "stations" of the Underground Railway -- and they are pursued constantly by slave hunters and bloodhounds. Each close brush with danger brings them a step closer to Canada ... and freedom.
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(NATIONAL BESTSELLER May Appleby has always wondered whe...)
NATIONAL BESTSELLER May Appleby has always wondered where she came from. She loves her adoptive parents, but wants to know where she gets her dark skin and her long black hair. Could she be of native Indian heritage? Her friend Lee, who has always been proud of his own native background, believes she is. Then one day a mysterious white mist transports May and Lee back in time, to the land of their ancestors: the shores of Lake Michigan in the 1830s. The white man is settling the land, wiping out the forest—and threatening the very existence of May and Lee's tribe. By the time they discover the secret meaning of their journey to the past and the message they must bring back to the present, it may be too late. May and Lee may be trapped in the past forever.
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(Two young slave girls escape from a plantation in Mississ...)
Two young slave girls escape from a plantation in Mississippi and wind a hazardous route toward freedom in Canada via the Underground Railroad.
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(Un libro sobre la tolerancia y los valores humanos, con p...)
Un libro sobre la tolerancia y los valores humanos, con prólogo de Martin Luther King Jr. Julilly, una esclava negra norteamericana, acaba de ser vendida y separada de su madre. Entonces se escapaÂ... huye, junto con otros compañeros de plantación, en busca de la libertad.¿Podrán Julilly y sus amigos aunar fuerzas suficientes
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(Days of peace turn to days of terror for a young boy caug...)
Days of peace turn to days of terror for a young boy caught in the tensions of revolutionary times. Set in 1917 and the years following, Days of Terror tells the story of ten-year-old Peter Neufeld and his family. Sickened by the horrors of anarchy, famine and the Russian revolution, the Neufelds decide to join the mass exodus of Mennonites to North America. But will they survive the journey?
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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Two young slave girls escape from a plantation in Mississippi and wind a hazardous route toward freedom in Canada via the Underground Railroad.
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(One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools, this ...)
One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools, this novels tells how, for the black slaves of 19th-century America, heaven didn't lie in the blue beyond, but over the border in free Canada.
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(An auto accident with an Amish buggy sends 12-year-old Ia...)
An auto accident with an Amish buggy sends 12-year-old Ian McDonald into the bewildering world of the "Plain People." Although he's confused by the clothes that look like they are about 200 years out of date and the absence of 20th-century conveniences such as cars and electricity, Ian gets to know the family he lives with and comes to love and respect them.
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(Susan is a new girl and she doesn't know anyone in the bi...)
Susan is a new girl and she doesn't know anyone in the big, crowded school yard. Shyly she watches some girls jumping rope. "I'd like to play with them," she thinks, and walks slowly toward them. But suddenly a loud voice yells, "Hey! Here comes the Indian!" Susan Bearskin wants to run away and cry. Everything is so awful in this big city!
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( Selina is a Mennonite girl living in Pennsylvania in th...)
Selina is a Mennonite girl living in Pennsylvania in the 1860s. She loves her farm delights in the spring flowers and most of all, takes pleasure in watching her grandmother piece together a quilt. Grandmother is following the Bear Paw pattern using stitches and techniques that were brought to America by the early pioneers. By making the of some once-treasured fabrics - scraps from her own wedding dress and those from Selina'a favourite baby clothes - Grandmother is able to recreate the family history in every square of the quilt. Sadly, as the Civil War rages closer and closer, Selina's idyllic world is torn apart. Because she and her family are pacifists, they refuse to take up arms and must flee to Canada. When Grandmother decides she is too old to make the long journey, her treasured Bear Paw quilt - which is reproduced on the end pages of this book - becomes a precious link between countries and generations.
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Smucker, Barbara Claassen was born on September 1, 1915 in Newton, Kansas, United States. Dual citizen United States and Canada. Daughter of Cornelius Walter and Addie (Lander) Claassen.
Bachelor of Science, Kansas State University, 1936; postgraduate, Rosary College, 1963-1965; Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Waterloo, 1986; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Bluffton College, 1989.
English teacher, Harper (Kansas) High School, 1937-1938; reporter, Evening Kansan Republican, Newton, 1939-1941; teacher, Ferry Hall School, Lake Forest, Illinois, 1960-1963; children's librarian, Kitchener (Ontario) Public Library, 1969-1977; reference librarian, head librarian, Renison College, U. Waterloo, Ontario, 1977-1982; senior fellow Renison College, Renison College, U. Waterloo, Ontario, since 1982. Writer American Educator Encyclopedia, Lake Bluff, Illinois, 1960-1963. Convocation speaker U. Waterloo, Ontario, 1986.
(One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools, this ...)
(This is the true story of Jumbo, once the star attraction...)
(In the 1870's, a young boy helps care for the enormous Af...)
(Two young slave girls escape from a plantation in Mississ...)
(An auto accident with an Amish buggy sends 12-year-old Ia...)
( "There's a place the slaves been whisperin' around call...)
(Days of peace turn to days of terror for a young boy caug...)
(Days of peace turn to days of terror for a young boy caug...)
(Un libro sobre la tolerancia y los valores humanos, con p...)
(Susan is a new girl and she doesn't know anyone in the bi...)
(NATIONAL BESTSELLER May Appleby has always wondered whe...)
(There's a place the slaves been whisperin' around called ...)
( Selina is a Mennonite girl living in Pennsylvania in th...)
(FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Two young slave gi...)
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Member American Association of University Women, Canadian Association University Women, Canadian Society Children's Authors, Illustrators and Performers, Children's Reading Round Table, Chicago.
Married Donovan Ebersole Smucker, January 21, 1939. Children: Timothy, Thomas, Rebecca.