Eloise Greenfield

Jace needs his poet-dog Thinker to keep quiet around other people, but Thinker wants to express himself. Thinker isn't just an average puppy--he's a poet. So is his owner, Jace. Together they turn the world around them into verse. here's just one problem: Thinker has to keep quiet in public, and he can't go to school with Jace. That is, until Pets' Day. But when Thinker is allowed into the classroom at last, he finds it hard to keep his true identity...

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Biography of Mary Jane McLeod Bethune who made numerous contributions to education for Afro-Americans.

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