Junior Reference Collection

Reference Titles

Primary Sources MultimediaPhoto from http://switzerlandtrail.blogspot.com/2009_09_01_archive.html

Photo by Flickr User Fabiwa http://www.flickr.com/photos/fabi_k/

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Photo by Flockr User Sheldon Schwartzhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/mobileobjective/

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