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Eccentrics : 21 stories of unusual and remarkable people--with exercises for developing critical reading skills.

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  • 1 copy at The Center Library.

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  • ISBN: 0890611092
  • Physical Description: vi, 198 p. : ill. ; 21 x 27 cm.
  • Publisher: Lincolnwood, Ill. : Jamestown Publishers, 1999.

Content descriptions

General Note: "Levels F-H."
Summary, etc.: Nonfiction articles profiling Snowflake Bentley, Black Bart, George Kaufman, Doris Duke, Johnny Appleseed, Diamond Jim Brady, Lillie Hitchcock Coit, Bill Veeck, Gertrude Lintz, Hetty Green, Alan Abel, Ludwig II, Salvador Dali, Sun Ra, Norton I, Carry Nation, Vincent van Gogh, Amanda Feilding, Ferdinand Demara, Dennis Rodman, and Imelda Marcos. Each is followed by reading comprehension and critical thinking exercises.
Subject: Eccentrics and eccentricities.
Reading (Elementary)
Reading (Middle school)
Reading comprehension > Problems, exercises, etc.
Summary: Nonfiction articles profiling Snowflake Bentley, Black Bart, George Kaufman, Doris Duke, Johnny Appleseed, Diamond Jim Brady, Lillie Hitchcock Coit, Bill Veeck, Gertrude Lintz, Hetty Green, Alan Abel, Ludwig II, Salvador Dali, Sun Ra, Norton I, Carry Nation, Vincent van Gogh, Amanda Feilding, Ferdinand Demara, Dennis Rodman, and Imelda Marcos. Each is followed by reading comprehension and critical thinking exercises.

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