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Operation Clean Sweep

By: Darleen Bailey Beard

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Mom for mayor! Election day is fast approaching, and twelve-year-old Cornelius Sanwick discovers a secret: his mom is running for mayor! That would be pretty neat, except that his dad is the incumbent. Corn feels torn -- surely he should warn his father. But if he does, his mother won't stand a chance. In 1916, Oregon is one of only eleven states in which women can vote, and they have to take office by stealth. Corn wonders what kind of mayor his mom would make. Would she be able to get the streetlights turned back on? Would she corral the chickens and keep their poop off the streets? And what would she do if the pickpocket Sticky Fingers Fred showed up in Umatilla? Friendship, first love, and above all filial devotion play their parts in this charming story set during the Great War and based on a true episode in the history of Umatilla, Oregon -- the female takeover of the town's government.

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

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1429998563

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9781429998567

The Flimflam Man

By: Darleen Bailey Beard

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The Flimflam Man

By: Darleen Bailey Beard

On a scorching July day in 1950, a fabulous fat man drives into Wetumka, Oklahoma. F. Bam Morrison is selling tickets to Bohn's United Circus Shows, and the townspeople are buying--all, that is, except ol' man Swank, who says F. Bam Morrison is a two-faced weasel. Smitten with Morrison, ten-year-old Bobbie Jo Hailey--and mean Clara Jean Knox, whom she befriends--unwittingly joins the effort to bamboozle Wetumka. When Bobbie Jo realizes her mistake, Morrison is on his way out of town, leaving her disappointed but intact--and greatly enriched by her relationship with the flimflam man. Lovingly illustrated by Eileen Christelow, Darleen Bailey Beard's delightful story is based on a real episode in Wetumka's history, still celebrated annually as Sucker Day!

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0374423458

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Operation Clean Sweep

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Annie Glover is NOT a Tree Lover

By: Darleen Bailey Beard,Heather Maione

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Annie Glover is NOT a Tree Lover

By: Darleen Bailey Beard,Heather Maione

Annie Glover's grandma is always protesting something, but she goes too far when she chains herself to a century-old tree and names it Elmer. Elmer is scheduled to be cut down to make way for a new swimming-pool complex and Grandma is trying to save him, but Annie wants that swimming pool—and so do all her classmates. Now she must endure all the other fourth graders asking her embarrassing questions and that pesky Leroy Kirk calling her a "tree lover." However, as Annie considers what Elmer means to her town and to herself, she begins to think that maybe Grandma's not so crazy after all. Adorable illustrations perfectly capture Annie's scheme to save Elmer—with the help of her teacher, her best friend, a zany trio of parachuting Elvis impersonators, and, yes, even Grandma.

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1466806389

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9781466806382

Annie Glover is NOT a Tree Lover

By: Darleen Bailey Beard,Heather Maione

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The Babbs Switch Story

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The Babbs Switch Story

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In 1924, twelve-year-old Ruthie finds her life in a small Oklahoma town complicated by the behavior of her older sister Daphne, an object of ridicule and dislike because of her limited mental abilities.

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0374304750

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9780374304751

Book's by Darleen Bailey Beard

Operation Clean Sweep

Operation Clean Sweep

The Flimflam Man

The Flimflam Man

Operation Clean Sweep

Operation Clean Sweep

Annie Glover is NOT a Tree Lover

Annie Glover is NOT a Tree Lover

Annie Glover is NOT a Tree Lover

Annie Glover is NOT a Tree Lover

The Babbs Switch Story

The Babbs Switch Story

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