Jim converses with Miguel Cervantes, author of “Don Quixote”
Over the years, Jim Weiss listeners have wanted to know when the stories took place and how they relate to each other in time. Here is a timeline that depicts when and where the stories (both literature and history) occur. Please note that some collections appear more than once to reflect their varied content.
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Eras and Settings of Stories | |
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Bible Stories: Great Men and Women From Noah through Solomon
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Middle East | |
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Tales from the Old Testament
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Middle East | |
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Story of the World, Vol. I The Ancients
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5000 BC…400AD | |
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Egyptian Treasures: Mummies & Myths
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3000 BC (Egypt) | |
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Tales from Cultures Far & Near
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3000 BC (China) | |
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The Dragon Diaries
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3000 BC (Covers 5000 years of dragon stories) | |
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Jewish Holiday Stories
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2000 BC through 300 BC (Middle East) |
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Pharaohs and Queens of Ancient Egypt
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1,500 BCE-1,200 BCE | |
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The Cat of Bubastes (G. A. Henty)
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1250 BC (Egypt) | |
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Constellations and their Myths: The Stories Behind Our Stars
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1300-500 BC (Greece) | |
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Greek Myths
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1000 BC (Greece) | |
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She & He: Adventures in Mythology
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1000 BC (Greece) | |
| Shakespeare for Children (A Midummer’s Night Dream) | 1000 BC (Greece) | |
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Heroes in Mythology
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1000 BC (Greece) | |
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A Treasury of Wisdom (Solomon)
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1000 BC (Israel) | |
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Aesop’s Fables
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620-564 BC (Greece) | |
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Animal Tales (Aesop)
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600 BC (Greece) | |
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Courage and a Clear Mind: True Adventures of Ancient Greeks
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500 BC (Greece) | |
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Galileo & the Stargazers (Archimedes)
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400 BC (Sicily) | |
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A Treasury of Wisdom (Diogenes)
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400 BC (Greece) | |
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A Treasury of Wisdom (Alexander the Great)
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300 BC (Greece) | |
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The Young Carthaginian (G. A. Henty)
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220 BC (Rome/Carthage) | |
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Julius Caesar and the Story of Rome
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44 BC (Rome) | |
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A Treasury of Wisdom (The Good Samaritan)
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1st Century AD | |
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Once Upon a Fairytale (Androcles)
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1st Century AD, Rome | |
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Beric the Briton
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62 AD (Ancient Britain, Rome) | |
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For The Temple (G.A. Henty)
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70 AD (Jerusalem) | |
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Story of the World, Vol. II The Middle Ages
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400 AD…. | |
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Swordsmen, Saints and Scholars: Great Men and Women of the Middle Ages
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400 AD-1300 | |
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Heroes in Mythology
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500 AD (Norse) | |
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Celtic Treasures
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500 AD (Ireland) | |
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Arabian Nights
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Medieval Arabia, Persia |
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King Arthur & His Knights
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Medieval Britain | |
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The Reluctant Dragon
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Medieval | |
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Fairytale Favorites in Story & Song
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Medieval / Renaissance Europe |
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Best Loved Stories in Song & Dance
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Medieval / Renaissance Europe |
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Giants
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Medieval / Renaissance Europe |
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Tell Me A Story
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Medieval /
Renaissance Europe |
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Tales from Cultures Far & Near
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1000 (Egypt, Medieval Japan, Renaissance Spain, plus updated Native American [Lakota Sioux], Senegal) |
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Wulf the Saxon (G. A. Henty)
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1066 (England) | |
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Robin Hood
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1100s (England) | |
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In Freedom’s Cause
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1296-1314 (Scotland and England) | |
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The Lion of St. Mark
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1300’s (Venice, Italy) | |
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Men of Iron
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1400-1450 (England) | |
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Romeo and Juliet
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Renaissance Italy | |
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Shakespeare for Children (Taming of the Shrew)
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Renaissance Italy | |
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Masters of the Renasissance
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Renaissance Italy | |
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A Treasury of Wisdom (Raphael, Michelangelo)
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1515 (Italy) | |
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Galileo & the Stargazers (Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, Galileo)
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Renaissance Europe | |
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The Prince & the Pauper
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1500s (England) | |
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The Queen’s Pirate
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1500s (England, Spain, Caribbean) |
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Three Musketeers
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1600s (Renaissance France) | |
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Story of the World, Vol. III Early Modern Times
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1600-1850 | |
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The Lion of the North
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1618-1648 (The Thirty Years War-Europe) | |
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Genius Times Four (Isaac Newton)
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1642-1727 England | |
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Galileo & the Stargazers (Newton)
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1700 (England) | |
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Rip Van Winkle / Gulliver’s Travels
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Late 1700s (United States, England) | |
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Thomas Jefferson’s America
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Late 1700’s-1826 (United States) | |
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George Washington
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1732-1799 (United States) | |
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Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
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1770’s-Early 1800’s (USA – World Voyages) | |
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Napoleon and the French Revolution
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1789-1822 France, Egypt, Italy, Russia, Haiti, South America, Switzerland | |
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A Tale of Two Cities
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1790’s (London and Paris – French Revolution) | |
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In the Reign of Terror (G.A. Henty)
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1793 (French Revolution) | |
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The Count of Monte Cristo
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1815-1844 (France, Rome, Monte Cristo, Greece, Constantinople) | |
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The Jungle Book
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1800s (India) | |
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Gone West
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1803-1869 | |
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G. A. Henty’s Short Stories, Vol. 1
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1800s (Frontier Ohio) Late 1800s (England) |
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A Christmas Carol & Other Favorites (Dick Spindler’s Family Christmas)
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Victorian England 1850 (California Gold Rush) |
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Treasure Island
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1800s (England) | |
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Tales from Cultures Far and Near
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1800s (Native American, Senegal) | |
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Electoral Apocalypses: Poison Pens and Pistols at Dawn: Jefferson, Hamilton, Burr, and the Election of 1800
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1800 (USA) | |
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American Tall Tales
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1800s (United States) | |
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Abraham Lincoln and the Heart of America
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1809-1865 (Civil War) | |
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Women in Blue or Gray
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1850-1865 (Civil War) | |
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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1840s (United States) | |
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Story of the World, Vol. IV The Modern Age
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1850-1994 | |
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The Adventurous Life of Theodore Roosevelt
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1858-1919 (USA) | |
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Electoral Apocalypses: A House Divided: The Election of 1860 and the Coming of the Civil War
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1860 (USA) | |
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I Said I Could and I Did (Nellie Bly)
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1864-1922 (USA) | |
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I Said I Could and I Did (Charles Steinmetz)
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1865-1923 (USA) | |
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
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1867-1868 | |
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Genius Times Four (Curie Family)
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1867-1965 Poland, France | |
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Genius Times Four (Albert Einstein)
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1879-1955 Europe, USA | |
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I Said I Could and I Did (Harry Truman)
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1884-1972 (USA) | |
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
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1889 (England) | |
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A Treasury of Wisdom
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1890 (Japan) | |
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I Said I Could and I Did (Yip Harburg)
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1896-1981 (USA) | |
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I Said I Could and I Did (Ira Gershwin)
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1896-1983 (USA) | |
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Spooky Classics
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1800s (United States) 1900s (England, India) |
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My Father’s Dragon
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20th Century | |
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
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1900s (Kansas) | |
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A Christmas Carol and Other Favorites
(The Gift of the Magi) |
1900s (New York City) | |
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Sherlock Holmes for Children
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1900 (England) | |
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Mystery! Mystery! for Children
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1900 (England, France)
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A Treasury of Wisdom (Beatrix Potter)
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1900 (England)
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I Said I Could and I Did (Langston Hughes)
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1902-1967 (USA) | |
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I Said I Could and I Did (Grace Hopper)
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1906-1992 (USA) | |
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Genius Times Four (Gertrude Elion)
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1918-1999 USA | |
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Pharaohs and Queens (King Tut’s Tomb)
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1920’s | |
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The Boxcar Children
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1920’s (USA) | |
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Come on Seabiscuit!
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1930’s (Great Depression)
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A Treasury of Wisdom (Satchel Paige)
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1930’s (USA)
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Electoral Apocalypses: The Election of 1968
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1968 (USA)
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 Doing Research at Mount Vernon Timeless Collections for Pre-School-Early Elementary School |
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| Once Upon a Fairytale | Multiple Time Periods (Rome, Bulgaria, China, Ireland) | |
| A Cornucopia of Best-Loved Poems: Heroes, Horses and Harvest Moons, Vol. 1 Ten Thousand Stars, Vol. 2 |
Multiple Time Periods/Places | |
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Jim Weiss Presents: New Stories from New Friends
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Contemporary USA/AFRICA
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First Stories to Last a Lifetime
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Contemporary
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Goodnight
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Contemporary
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Sweet
Dreams |
Contemporary
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Famously Funny
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Contemporary
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Animal Tales
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Contemporary
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Just So Stories
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Contemporary
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Uncle Wiggly
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Contemporary
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Good Luck Duck
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Contemporary
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