The trouble begins at 8 :
Fleischman, Sid, 1920-
The trouble begins at 8 : a life of Mark Twain in the wild, wild West / Trouble begins at eight Life of Mark Twain in the wild, wild West Sid Fleischman. - 1st ed. - New York : Greenwillow Books, c2008. - xiii, 224 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The man who made frogs famous -- Eggs, three cents a dozen -- The gingerbread kid -- Upside down and backwards -- The riverboat rajah -- The cruel river -- Sam and the fortune teller -- Two weeks as a warrior -- The buffalo that climbed a tree -- Thieves, murderers, and desperados -- Gold, ten cents an acre -- Sam and the petrified man -- The duel at dawn -- Sam in the big city -- The slouching man -- The talking bluejay -- The water boy from Jackass Hill -- Goodbye, Sam; hello, Mark -- The sandwich chronicles -- The trouble begins at 8 -- The great holdup -- Twain attempts to behave -- Golden Gate, so long.
Wilson's Children, July 2009 School Library Journal starred, July 2008 Booklist starred, June 2008 Pub Weekly, June 2008 Kirkus Starred, June 2008 New York Times, August 2008 Horn Book, April 2009 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), July 2008 Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), June 2008
A narrative account of the childhood and youth of nineteenth-century writer Mark Twain. Includes period engravings, newspaper cartoons, and black-and-white photographs.
7.5 5-8 Follett Library Resources
0061344311
2007037891
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
American authors--Biography.
PS1332 / F57 2008
818/.409 B
The trouble begins at 8 : a life of Mark Twain in the wild, wild West / Trouble begins at eight Life of Mark Twain in the wild, wild West Sid Fleischman. - 1st ed. - New York : Greenwillow Books, c2008. - xiii, 224 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The man who made frogs famous -- Eggs, three cents a dozen -- The gingerbread kid -- Upside down and backwards -- The riverboat rajah -- The cruel river -- Sam and the fortune teller -- Two weeks as a warrior -- The buffalo that climbed a tree -- Thieves, murderers, and desperados -- Gold, ten cents an acre -- Sam and the petrified man -- The duel at dawn -- Sam in the big city -- The slouching man -- The talking bluejay -- The water boy from Jackass Hill -- Goodbye, Sam; hello, Mark -- The sandwich chronicles -- The trouble begins at 8 -- The great holdup -- Twain attempts to behave -- Golden Gate, so long.
Wilson's Children, July 2009 School Library Journal starred, July 2008 Booklist starred, June 2008 Pub Weekly, June 2008 Kirkus Starred, June 2008 New York Times, August 2008 Horn Book, April 2009 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), July 2008 Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), June 2008
A narrative account of the childhood and youth of nineteenth-century writer Mark Twain. Includes period engravings, newspaper cartoons, and black-and-white photographs.
7.5 5-8 Follett Library Resources
0061344311
2007037891
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
American authors--Biography.
PS1332 / F57 2008
818/.409 B