When Jacques Cartier sailed into the St. Lawrence River in what is now Canada, he believed that he might have found a passage through North America to the China Sea. He went back two more times to try to prove the existence of the Northwest Passage, but he had to abandon both journeys before he could finish them. His dream, however, inspired others to keep looking.
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Captain Bruff was the charismatic leader of a company of men who were marching west to the gold fields of California. He led with determination and authority, and he expected his men to conduct themselves as soldiers.J. Goldsborough Bruff Fights His Way West
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Americans weren’t the only ones who wanted to go to California to find gold. Scotsman J.D. Borthwick went there too, paintbrush in hand, for he was an artist.J.D. Borthwick Finds Gold with a Paintbrush
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Jack can't seem to do anything useful for his poor mother. He can't even conduct an errand as simple as selling the cow; instead, he trades the beast for a handful of beans.Jack and the Beanstalk
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A world in the balance. A boy with a fateful choice. A girl with golden wings. Jack Zulu explores a new realm in this fantastic adventure that stretches beyond Earth and into a world on the edge of destruction.Jack Zulu and the Girl With Golden Wings (Book Two)
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From the creator of the million+ selling Green Ember series comes a brand new story with an old soul—the can't-miss first adventure in a thrilling new series.Jack Zulu and the Waylander’s Key (Book One)
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Jim Cook was still young and foolish when he went on his first cattle drive from Texas to the railroad in Kansas, and he caused a stampede that resulted in a loss of 500 cattle.James Cook: Greenhorn on the Chisholm
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James Hobbs was a foolish sixteen-year-old boy when, while out on a trading journey with a group of traders who were traveling along the Santa Fe Trail, he and another boy left the wagon train to chase a buffalo.James Hobbs’s Long Journey
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For as long as she could remember, Jane Stuart and her mother lived with her grandmother in a dreary mansion in Toronto. Jane always believed her father was dead--until she accidently learned he was alive and well and living on Prince Edward Island...Jane of Lantern Hill
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This colorfully illustrated multicultural children's book presents Japanese fairy tales and other folk stories--providing insight into a vibrant literary culture.
For 60 years, generations of English-speaking children around the world have been enchanted by Japanese Children's Favorite Stories--and for good reason. With such titles as "The Toothpick Warriors" and "The Rabbit Who Crossed the Sea," these 20 stories offer age-old lessons in kindness and goodness that are still riveting to children and parents alike. This 60th Anniversary Tuttle edition is proof that good stories never wear out.Japanese Children’s Favorite Stories
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In 1826, Jedediah Smith decided to lead a group of men southwest from Utah to search for the Buenaventura River, the mythical river that appeared on old Spanish maps but that no one had been able to find. The group made it to California without seeing the river, so Jed and two of his men went out again, heading east over the mountains and the desert. It was a treacherous journey, but Jed would not give up.Jed Smith and the Search for the Buenaventura (Dyslexic Font)
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The Airplane that Taught America to Fly. Barely 40 years separate the Wright brothers' flight and those of the first jet aircraft. The World War II pilots who were the first to fly those jets and who would later become the first airline pilots, learned to fly in little cloth and wooden biplanes, the aircraft of the 1920s and 1930s.Jenny
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One of the most tender, touching, and withal gracious stories that we ever remember to have read. A dear little book for our children. We are not ashamed of having shed tears while reading it; in fact, should have been ten times more ashamed if we had not. The sweet portrait of the poor child Jessica is a study, and old Daniel is perfect in his own way. ~The Sword and TrowelJessica’s First Prayer
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When Hugh Glass was brutally attacked by a grizzly, his good friend Jim was deeply saddened, and he was one of two men who chose to stay with the old mountain man until he died so that they could bury his body.Jim Bridger, Mountain Man
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Trappers in the early 1800s worked in parts of the West that were still unmapped. Jim Bridger was out trapping with a fur company when he was chosen by the company owner to follow a river to see where it led. To Jim’s delight, it led straight to a salty body of water. Had he just found the river to the Pacific Ocean that explorers had been searching for throughout the centuries since North America was discovered?Jim Bridger’s Sea of Salt (Dyslexic Font)
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From the Publisher: Against the fascinating tapestry of Frances history during the Hundred Years' War, Diane Stanley unfolds the story of the simple thirteen-year-old village girl who in Just a few years would lead France to independence from English rule, and thus become a symbol of France's national pride. It is a story of vision and bravery, fierce determination, and tragic martyrdom. Diane Stanley's extraordinary gift to present historical information in an accessible and child-friendly format has never been more impressive, nor her skillful, beautifully realized illustrations (here imitating medieval illuminated manuscripts) more exquisite.Joan of Arc
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