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Inventor Garrett Morgan: Champion of Safety!

Submitted by LibraryCall on Tue, 02/22/2022 - 5:07pm
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Malik came home from school with heaps of homework to do, but he knew the first task he should work on was his assignment for Black History Month. He had to choose and research an African American inventor to write an essay about but had no idea where to start. Writing reports wasn't Malik's favorite thing to do. Still, he thought if he started right away and found someone unique and exciting to learn about, it might help him write a better report.

Two Brown Birds

Submitted by Merced County on Fri, 03/06/2026 - 1:19pm
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THE BROWN BIRDS One fair spring morning two bonny brown birds sat on a lilac bush twittering and chirping:— "Chee, chee, cheeree. Where shall we make our little nest?" "Make it here in my branches," said the maple tree that grew by the garden gate. "Many a nest have I held in my arms. Make it here." The maple tree was strong and green and beautiful. Its wide-spreading branches reached from the garden path far over the road beyond the gate; and they rocked like a cradle in the wind that fair spring morning. Oh!

The Little King's Rabbit

Submitted by Merced County on Fri, 03/06/2026 - 1:14pm
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THE LITTLE KING'S RABBITS One morning when the little king woke up, all of his pet rabbits were gone, and nobody, not even the owl who had been awake all night, knew anything about them.