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A House By The Side Of The Road (Dead Letter Mysteries)
Jan Gleiter

St. Martin's Dead Letter, 1999

The author is my mom and I'm still impressed by this book!
Ok, first I want to say that the title is actually "A House by the Side of the Road." There was some confusion about the title when it originally got promoted, but if you are looking to purchase the book or borrow it from a library (you should definitely do one of the ...
  
  











  



  
Christopher Columbus (First Biographies)
Jan Gleiter, Kathleen Thompson

Steck-Vaughn, 1995

Columbus as a father
I think this is a very interesting way to have children learn about Columbus. It makes Columbus seem more realistic and it also comes from the perspective of a child, which will always amuses a child more than just another boring lesson in history.
  
  











  



  
Annie Oakley (First Biographies)
Jan Gleiter, Kathleen Thompson

Steck-Vaughn, 1995

The life of the frontier woman who was famous for her skills as a sharpshooter which she demonstrated in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and other shows of the time.
  
  











  



  
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Jan Gleiter, Kathleen Thompson

Steck-Vaughn, 1994

Good Version for Kids
This book is a good version to read to kids. The language is basic enough for kids to follow the plot. I plan on using it as a lesson on legends around Halloween time for my fourth grade students.
  
  











  



  
Booker T. Washington (First Biographies)
Jan Gleiter, Kathleen Thompson

Steck-Vaughn, 1995

Traces the life of the black educator who rose from slavery to found Tuskegee Institute.
  
  











  



  
Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox
Jan Gleiter, Kathleen Thompson

Steck-Vaughn, 1995

Tall tales of the mighty logger, including his birth and his adventures in a logging camp, in the South Dakota forests, and among the California redwoods.
  
  











  



  
Kit Carson (First Biographies)
Jan Gleiter, Kathleen Thompson

Steck-Vaughn, 1995

A biography of the legendary American trapper, scout, and Indian agent.
  
  











  



  
Ivanhoe (Raintree Short Classics)
Jan Gleiter, Kathleen Thompson

Steck-Vaughn, 1988

a classic of honor and relationships
Ivanhoe shows up on just about every list of the 100 greatest books ever written. There is good reason for this. It's descriptions of time, place and character are vivid and engrossing. Perhaps most interestingly, the book describes an almost dizzying array of ...
  
  











  



  
Pocahontas (First Biographies)
Jan Gleiter, Kathleen Thompson

Steck-Vaughn, 1995

Great Biography
Pocahontas By Kathleen Thompson And Deborah L Chabrain I like this book because you have to find out something in the story and the illustrator draws great pictures. Pocahontas became famous and the English called her Lady Rebecca Rolfe.
  
  











  



  
Casey Jones (Raintree Stories Series)
Jan Gleiter, Kathleen Thompson

Steck-Vaughn, 1987

The life of the railroad engineer, famous for always bringing his train in on time, and whose last ride on the Cannonball Express inspired the well-known ballad.
  
  











  



  
Johnny Appleseed (Great Tales)
Jan Gleiter

Ideals Childrens Books, 1988

A biography of John Chapman whose distribution of appleseeds and trees across the Midwest made him a legend and left a legacy still enjoyed today.
  
  











  



  
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Jan Gleiter, Kathleen Thompson

Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers, 1988

A biography of one of the first leaders of the women's rights movement, whose work led to the adoption of the nineteenth amendment--women's right to vote.
  
  











  



  
Great Expectations, Raintree Publishing Hardcover Edition, 1991
charles dickens/jan gleiter, 1991

hardcover edition
  
  











  



  
Sequoyah
Kathleen Thompson, Jan Gleiter

Raintree Children's Books, 1988

A biography of the Cherokee Indian who invented a system of writing for his people in the early nineteenth century and after whom the giant sequoia trees and Sequoia National Park were named.
  
  











  



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