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August House Publishers, Inc.: From RACHEL THE CLEVER AND OTHER JEWISH FOLKTALES by Josepha Sherman. Copyright © 1993 by Josepha Sherman. Published by August House Publishers. Reprinted by permission of Marian Reiner on their behalf.
Connect for Kids: Adapted from “Angels in the Snow” by Holly St. Lifer, which originally appeared on Connect for Kids (www.connectforkids.org), managed by the Forum for Youth Investment. Used by permission.
Darby Creek Publishing: “Two Left Feet, Two Left Hands, and Too Left on the Bench” by David Lubar. Copyright © 2005 by David Lubar and used by arrangement with Darby Creek Publishing.
HarperCollins Publishers: Text copyright © 1966 by Isaac Bashevis Singer, copyright renewed 1994 by Alma Singer, excerpted from “Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories.” Used by permission of HarperCollins Publishers. “Possum Crossing” from QUILTING THE BLACK-EYED PEA by Nikki Giovanni. Copyright © 2002 by Nikki Giovanni. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers, William Morrow.
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Lee and Low Books, Inc.: BROTHERS IN HOPE : THE STORY OF THE LOST BOYS OF SUDAN. Text copyright © 2005 by Mary Williams. Permission arranged with Lee & Low Books, Inc., New York, NY 10016.
Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.: “Kids Are Inventors, Too” is from “The Kids’ Invention Book” by Arlene Erlbach. Copyright © 1997 by Arlene Erlbach. Reprinted with the permission of Lerner Publications Company, a division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.
Literary Estate of May Swenson: “Analysis Baseball” by May Swenson. Copyright 1978 by May Swenson. Reprinted with the permission of The Literary Estate of May Swenson.
Lensey Namioka: LAFFF, by Lensey Namioka, copyright 1993, from WITHIN REACH, ed. by Donald R. Gallo. Reprinted by permission of Lensey Namioka. All rights are reserved by the author.
National Geographic Society: “Going Green with Cameron Diaz” by Rachel Buchholz is from “Welcome to the Green Issue” by Rachel Buchholz, which appeared in NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS, October 2007. Used by permission of National Geographic Image Collection.
Pengun Group (USA), Inc.: “The Wonder Dog”, from HEROES AND SHE-ROES: POEMS OF AMAZING AND EVERYDAY HEROES by J. Patrick Lewis, copyright © 2005 by J. Patrick Lewis, text. Used by permission of Dial Books for Young Readers, A Division of Penguin Young Readers Group, A Member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 345 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014. All rights reserved. “How Coach Told Me I Didn’t Make the Cut”, from FEARLESS FERNIE: HANGING OUT WITH FERNIE AND ME by Gary Soto, copyright © 2002 by Gary Soto. Used by permission of G.P. Putnam’s Sons, A Division of Penguin Young Readers Group, A Member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 345 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014. All rights reserved.
Random House, Inc.: Adapted from “Raymond’s Run”, copyright © 1971 by Toni Cade Bambara, from GORILLA, MY LOVE by Toni Cade Bambara. Used by permission of Random House, Inc.
Alberto Alvaro Ríos: “The Lemon Story” by Alberto Alvaro Ríos from CAPIROTADA: A NOGALES MEMOIR. Copyright © 1999 by Alberto Alvaro Ríos. Used by permission of the author.
Simon & Schuster, Inc.: “A Suitcase of Seaweed” by Janet S. Wong. Reprinted with the permission of Margaret K. McElderry Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division, from A SUITCASE OF SEAWEED AND OTHER POEMS by Janet S. Wong. Copyright © 1996 by Janet S. Wong. All rights reserved. ROBERTO CLEMENTE by Jonah Winter, illustrated by Raul Colon. Text copyright © 2005 by Jonah Winter. Illustrations copyright © 2005 by Raul Colon. Reprinted by arrangement with Atheneum, an Imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division. All rights reserved.
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