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Santa Mouse

Reviewed by Sherry Early
These are simple stories with the moral: behave yourself, and leave a piece of cheese for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. And I think I could manage to read these repeatedly over the Christmas season without becoming a babbling idiot–an important quality in a book for two to four year olds. Read the full review

Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing

Reviewed by Sherry Early
Quite appropriately, this book about the man who invented the Cherokee written language is printed in two languages: English and Cherokee. The story itself is almost unbelievable. . . Read the full review

Seven Beaver Skins: A Story of the Dutch in New Amsterdam

Reviewed by Sherry Early
To anyone interested in the diverse and multi-ethnic story of the building of the United States of America into a country of immigrants from all over the world, the Land of the Free books are well-written, well-researched, and full of insight as well as factual information. I learned more about patroons and the beaver trade and the economics of the West India Company and its colonization of New Amsterdam from reading this story of a boy named Kaspar de Selle and his adventures in “the Manhatens” than I ever did by reading a textbook. Read the full review