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by Ilse Plume
Picture book · ages 4–8 · 500L · 1998
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Daniel Boone
by James Daugherty
Picture book · ages 6–10 · 620L · 1971
A vivid, award-winning portrait of Boone's restlessness and skill — Daugherty's illustrations dominate and carry kids through sentences they might otherwise skip.