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Small Wonder: The Story <strong>of</strong> the Yale Puppeteers and the Turnabout<br />

Theatre CBB-0553<br />

by Forman George Brown<br />

The Yale Puppeteers in their college years, the establishment <strong>of</strong> their<br />

theaters in Los Angeles and New York and their brief encounter with<br />

the movies, are revealed in this adventure <strong>of</strong> the success and failure <strong>of</strong><br />

the company <strong>of</strong> puppeteers which for 15 years operated that unique<br />

Hollywood institution, Turnabout Theatre. 1980.<br />

Smart Dog BRB-11646<br />

by Ralph Leemis<br />

A farmer dreams <strong>of</strong> what his life might be like if his dog were a<br />

celebrity, only to discover that he likes his life just the way it is. For<br />

preschool-grade 2. 1993.<br />

Smoked: A True Story about the Kids Next Door CBB-1283<br />

by Leon Bing<br />

An intimate description <strong>of</strong> the day to day lives <strong>of</strong> teenagers as told by a<br />

sociologist. 1993.<br />

So Dear to My Heart BRB-08382<br />

by Sterling North<br />

A story <strong>of</strong> ten-year-old Jeremiah whose life with his stern grandmother<br />

on an Indiana farm in 1903 is enriched by devotion to a black lamb.<br />

1947.<br />

Social Life in Greece BRB-10976<br />

by J. P. Mahaffy<br />

A history <strong>of</strong> the social life in Ancient Greece. 1932.<br />

The Society <strong>of</strong> Six <strong>California</strong> Colorists CBB-0929 / BRB-11187<br />

by Nancy Boas<br />

Practically obscured by history, the group called the Society <strong>of</strong> Six<br />

represents a unique phenomenon in <strong>America</strong>n art. These six plein-air<br />

painters joined together in 1917 to form an association that would last<br />

almost 15 years. During this period, they painted and worked to create<br />

color-centered modernist idiom, with vibrant golds, reds and blues<br />

fused with a charmed sense <strong>of</strong> light. The Six were at once loyal to the<br />

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