Author: Michael Scott
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Tag Archives: Siblings
The Sorceress (Secrets Imrtl Nicholas Flamel)
November 27, 2008 – 5:12 am
The Thief Lord
October 30, 2008 – 11:22 am
Rating: (392 reviews)
Author: Cornelia Funke
Publisher: The Chicken House
Product Description
Prosper and Bo are orphans on the run from their cruel aunt and uncle. The brothers decide to hide out in Venice, where they meet a mysterious character who calls himself the “Thief Lord.” Brilliant and charismatic, the Thief Lord leads a ring [...]
Al Capone Does My Shirts
September 24, 2008 – 2:52 pm
Rating: (184 reviews)
Author: Gennifer Choldenko
Publisher: Puffin
Product Description
Murderers, mob bosses, and convicts . . . these guys are not your average neighbors. Unless you live on Alcatraz. It’s 1935 and twelve-year-old Moose Flanagan and his family have just moved to the infamous island that’s home to criminals like notorious [...]
Rules (Apple Signature)
September 18, 2008 – 6:38 am
Rating: (71 reviews)
Author: Cynthia Lord
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Product Description
Twelve-year-old Catherine just wants a normal life. Which is near impossible when you have a brother with autism and a family that revolves around his disability. She’s spent years trying to teach David the rules from “a peach is not a funny-looking apple” to [...]
I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go to Bed (Charlie and Lola)
September 8, 2008 – 9:00 pm
Rating: (27 reviews)
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Publisher: Candlewick
Product Description
It’s bedtime for Charlie and Lola, the hilarious siblings from I WILL NEVER NOT EVER EAT A TOMATO.
Night owl Lola likes to stay up coloring and scribbling and wriggling and bouncing and chattering. Lola never gets tired. How can big brother Charlie convince her it’s time [...]
Ish
August 29, 2008 – 10:36 am
Rating: (21 reviews)
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Publisher: Candlewick
Product Description
A creative spirit learns that thinking “ish-ly” is far more wonderful than “getting it right” in this gentle new fable from the creator of the award-winning picture book THE DOT.
Ramon loved to draw. Anytime. Anything. Anywhere.
Drawing is what Ramon does. It¹s what makes him happy. But [...]
You Can Do It!
August 7, 2008 – 7:54 am
Rating: (16 reviews)
Author: Tony Dungy
Publisher: Little Simon Inspirations
Product Description
Tony Dungy’s little brother, Linden, is a third grader who is having a bad day at school. Linden is the youngest of the Dungy family and the least motivated because he hasn’t found “it.” In a family where everyone seems to have found [...]
The Flat Stanley Collection Box Set (Flat Stanley)
July 28, 2008 – 5:17 am
Rating: (13 reviews)
Author: Jeff Brown
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Product Description
Stanley Lambchop is just a normal boy, with a normal younger brother named Arthur, and two normal parents. That is, until a bulletin board falls on him during the night and flattens him to half an inch thick! From this point on, Stanley will [...]
Socks
July 19, 2008 – 12:28 pm
Rating: (24 reviews)
Author: Beverly Cleary
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Product Description
Socks is one happy cat….He lives with a nice young couple called Brickers who play with him, pet him, feed him treats, and always have a warm lap for him to sit in. Then a new baby joins the family Suddenly, the Brickers are sharing [...]
Dirt on My Shirt
July 17, 2008 – 2:45 pm
Rating: (23 reviews)
Author: Jeff Foxworthy
Publisher: HarperCollins
Product Description
In this hilarious collection of poems, comedian Jeff Foxworthy creates a neighborhood filled with fun, family, friends, and more. Here you’ll meet Cousin Lizzy, Uncle Ed and Aunt Foo Foo, cows with horns that don’t go beep, dads in sweaters, also sheep. From the [...]
Max’s Toys (Max Board Books)
July 15, 2008 – 1:49 pm
Rating: (8 reviews)
Author: Rosemary Wells
Publisher: Viking Juvenile
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Max is an irresistibly cute but persistent little bunny who wants what he wants when he wants it–any parent with an active toddler will relate. And like most little kids, Max thinks the grass is always greener on the other side; to be more [...]
The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with Chores (Berenstain Bears)
June 15, 2008 – 10:37 pm
Rating: (6 reviews)
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Publisher: HarperFestival
Product Description
Papa Bear and the cubs are having some trouble with chores –– they don’t want to do them! When they decide to take a break from cleaning, Mama Bear plays along. But what will happen when the mess builds up . . . and up . [...]
Lock and Key
May 31, 2008 – 7:40 pm
Rating: (24 reviews)
Author: Sarah Dessen
Publisher: Viking Juvenile
Product Description
Ruby, where is your mother?
Ruby knows that the game is up. For the past few months, shes been on her own in the yellow house, managing somehow, knowing that her mother will probably never return.
Thats how she comes to live with Cora, [...]
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
May 19, 2008 – 8:56 am
Rating: (163 reviews)
Author: Judy Blume
Publisher: Puffin
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Passed on from babysitters to their young charges, from big sisters to little brothers, and from parents to children, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and its cousins (Superfudge, Fudge-a-mania, and Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great) have entertained children since they first appeared in the [...]
Ruby’s Rainy Day (Max and Ruby)
May 17, 2008 – 1:04 pm
Rating: (4 reviews)
Author: Rosemary Wells
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
Book Description
It’s raining outside, but all Max wants to do is play baseball. So his big sister Ruby struggles to get him into his rain gear: red boots, yellow slicker, and orange rain hat. But see what happens when Max is [...]
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey (Mysterious Benedict Society)
May 17, 2008 – 7:06 am
Rating: (3 reviews)
Author: Trenton Lee Stewart
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Product Description
The fabulous foursome readers embraced as The Mysterious Benedict Society is back with a new mission, significantly closer to home. After reuniting for a celebratory scavenger hunt, Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance are forced to go on an unexpected search–a [...]
The Penderwicks on Gardam Street
May 16, 2008 – 8:44 pm
Rating: (6 reviews)
Author: Jeanne Birdsall
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Product Description
THE PENDERWICK SISTERS are home on Gardam Street and ready for an adventure! But the adventure they get isn’t quite what they had in mind. Mr. Penderwick’s sister has decided it’s time for him to start dating—and the girls know that [...]