A Pioneer ABC.

A Pioneer ABC. A Pioneer ABC ABCin full American Broadcasting Co.Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. Mary Alice Mary Alice Smith (born December 3, 1941 in Indianola, Mississippi, U.S.) is an Emmy Award and Tony Award winning actress. In 1987 she received a Tony for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her work in Fences. Downie & Mary Jane Gerber Tundra tundra(tŭn`drə), treeless plains of N North America and N Eurasia, lying principally along the Arctic Circle, on the coasts and islands of the Arctic Ocean, and to the north of the coniferous forest belt. Books 75 Sherbourne Street, 5th floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5A 2P9 www.tundrabooks.com 0887766889 $15.95 1-800-788-1074 Mary Jane Gerber's museum quality artwork perfectly showcases Mary Alice Downie's alphabet book, A Pioneer ABC. This unique introduction to pioneer history in the form of an ABC book (B is for Bandalore (a forerunner of the yoyo), H is for the Hornbook hornbook,primer of a kind in use from the 15th to the 18th cent. On one side of a sheet of parchment or paper the matter to be learned was written or printed; over the sheet, for its protection, a transparent sheet of horn was placed; and the two were fastened to a (the textbook that most children learned to spell with), X is for the eXhaustion of hardworking homesteading Broadly defined, homesteading is a lifestyle of simple, agrarian self-sufficiency. HistoryNorth AmericaIn the United States, the Homestead Act (1862) allowed anyone to claim up to 160 acres (64.7 hm2) of land. families). Each painting is framed by a border in which are placed numerous thematically appropriate items for that particular letter within an historical pioneering context. Detailed background notes on how each item figured in the life of pioneers are provided along with a list of them for young readers to find. Unique, imaginative, and a brilliant approach to children learning their alphabet, A Pioneer ABC is an ideal addition to any preschool, kindergarten, family or community library collection.