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| Old School Houses: Kansas | Technology in 1900 |
| Indiana 1905 | Hominy Ridge Indiana |
| An Indiana County Newspaper: Stories in 1905 | Schools in the early 1900s |
| School Lessons | Indiana County Schools |
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Richard Peck is the first children's writer to have been awarded a National Humanities Medal. The author of thirty novels, he has also won the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in young-adult literature, the Newbery Medal (for A Year Down Yonder), a Newbery Honor (for A Long Way from Chicago), and numerous other awards and honors. His book, Fair Weather, was included on more than a dozen best-of-the-year lists. In addition to being a writer for young people, Richard Peck has also been an English teacher and a soldier stationed in Stuttgart, Germany. Mr. Peck lives in New York City. |
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| Web Cast | Richard Peck: A Teacher Finds His Audience By Virginia Johnson, CRRL Staff |
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