Tag Archives: Siblings

Sure Fire

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Jack Higgins, Justin Richards
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile

Book Description
The first young adult novel from legendary New York Times-bestselling author Jack Higgins.
For thirty years, Jack Higgins has enraptured adult readers with his thrilling tales of spies and intrigue. Now, for the first time he brings his bestselling touch to [...]

The Wide Window (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 3)

Rating: (223 reviews)
Author: Lemony Snicket
Publisher: HarperCollins
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In The Bad Beginning, things, well, begin badly for the three Baudelaire orphans. And sadly, events only worsen in The Reptile Room. In the third in Lemony Snicket’s Series of Unfortunate Events, there is still no hope on the horizon for these poor children. Their adventures [...]

The Situation Worsens: A Box of Unfortunate Events, Books 4-6 (The Miserable Mill; The Austere Academy; The Ersatz Elevator)

Rating: (43 reviews)
Author: Lemony Snicket
Publisher: HarperCollins

Book Description
What could be worse than a book by Lemony Snicket? Three books by Lemony Snicket—all in one foul package. This second Box of Unfortunate Events, contains The Miserable Mill, The Austere Academy, and The Ersatz Elevator.

I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato (Charlie and Lola)

Rating: (34 reviews)
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Publisher: Candlewick
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Lola is a very fussy eater. Carrots are for rabbits and peas are “too small and too green.” One day, after rattling off her long list of despised foods, she ends with the vehement pronouncement, “And I absolutely will never not ever eat a [...]

Ramona the Pest (Ramona Quimby)

Rating: (66 reviews)
Author: Beverly Cleary
Publisher: HarperTrophy
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The engaging tale of young Ramona Quimby’s first days in kindergarten, Ramona the Pest takes a pint-sized perspective on the trials and delights of beginning school. Ramona can’t wait to learn all the important things. But she’s disappointed when her teacher can’t fill in missing parts [...]

The Land of the Silver Apples

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Nancy Farmer
Publisher: Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books

Book Description
THE CHILDREN
FROM THE SEA OF TROLLS
BRAVE THEIR WORST
NIGHTMARES — UNDERGROUND. Jack is amazed to have caused an earthquake. He is thirteen, after all, and only a bard-in-training. But his sister, Lucy, has been stolen by the [...]

Max & Ruby’s Christmas Tree (Max and Ruby)

Rating: (1 reviews)
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Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap

Book Description
It’s Christmastime, and Ruby is teaching Max how to hang ornaments on the Christmas tree. But for every traditional ornament that Ruby hangs, Max hangs a silly one of his own. Brother and sister are nearly done . . . but wait! Ruby has [...]

My Brother Sam Is Dead (Apple Signature)

Rating: (323 reviews)
Author: James Lincoln Collier
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks

Book Description
All his life, Tim Meeker has looked up to his brother Sam. Sam’s smart and brave — and is now a part of the American Revolution. Not everyone in town wants to be a part of the rebellion. Most are [...]

This Is Actually My Party (Charlie and Lola)

Author: Lauren Child
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap

Book Description
It’s Charlie’s birthday, but Lola is so excited, she opens all of Charlie’s birthday cards and blows out his birthday candles—and gets banned from the party! Will Charlie and Lola be able to make up in time to save the party—and their friendship?

Zen Shorts (Caldecott Honor Book)

Rating: (65 reviews)
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Publisher: Scholastic Press

Book Description
“Michael,” said Karl. “There’s a really big bear in the backyard.” This is how three children meet Stillwater, a giant panda who moves into the neighborhood and tells amazing tales. To Addie he tells a story about the value of material goods. To Michael [...]

The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens

Rating: (179 reviews)
Author: Sean Covey
Publisher: Fireside
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Based on his father’s bestselling The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Sean Covey applies the same principles to teens, using a vivacious, entertaining style. To keep it fun, Covey writes, he “stuffed it full of cartoons, clever ideas, great quotes, and incredible [...]

Drums, Girls, And Dangerous Pie

Rating: (23 reviews)
Author: Jordan Sonnenblick
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks

Book Description
Thirteen-year-old Steven has a totally normal life: he plays drums in the All-Star Jazz band, has a crush on the hottest girl in the school, and is constantly annoyed by his five-year-old brother, Jeffrey. But when Jeffrey is diagnosed with leukemia, Steven’s world is [...]

Share and Take Turns (Learning to Get Along, Book 1)

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Cheri J. Meiners
Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing

Book Description
Sharing is a social skill all children need to learn—the sooner the better. Concrete examples and reinforcing illustrations help children practice sharing, understand how and why to share, and realize the benefits of sharing. Includes a note to teachers and parents, additional [...]

Nightrise (The Gatekeepers)

Rating: (6 reviews)
Author: Anthony Horowitz
Publisher: Scholastic Press

Today I Feel Silly: And Other Moods That Make My Day

Rating: (75 reviews)
Author: Jamie Lee Curtis
Publisher: Joanna Cotler
Product Description
Today I feel silly. Mom says it’s the heat. I put rouge on the cat and gloves on my feet. I ate noodles for breakfast and pancakes at night. I dressed like a star and was quite a sight. Today I am sad, [...]

Tangerine

Rating: (457 reviews)
Author: Edward Bloor
Publisher: Harcourt Paperbacks
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So what if he’s legally blind? Even with his bottle-thick, bug-eyed glasses, Paul Fisher can see better than most people. He can see the lies his parents and brother live out, day after day. No one ever listens to Paul, though–until the family moves to [...]

Judy Moody & Stink: The Holly Joliday (Judy Moody)

Author: Megan Mcdonald
Publisher: Candlewick

Book Description
Seven million Judy Moody books have sold worldwide — and now comes a COLORful new adventure in which Judy shares the bill with Stink.
Judy Moody is making a list and checking it twice, but all her brother, Stink, wants this year is snow. It hasn’t snowed on Christmas in [...]

The Crow: The Third Book of Pellinor (Pellinor Series)

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Alison Croggon
Publisher: Candlewick

Book Description
As this enthralling epic nears its climax, the young heroine’s brother discovers his own hidden gift — and the role he must play in battling the Dark.
Hem is a weary orphan whose struggle for survival ends when he is reunited with his lost sister, Maerad. [...]

Needle And Thread (Main Street)

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Ann M. Martin
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks

Book Description
It’s autumn in Camden Falls, and Flora and Ruby are just starting to settle into the town. Flora is worried about spending the first Thanksgiving without their parents. Ruby is worried about getting a part in her school musical. And [...]

The Ironwood Tree (The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 4)

Rating: (40 reviews)
Author: Holly Black
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing
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After a brief breather in book three (Lucinda’s Secret), the Spiderwick Chronicles heat up with doppelgangers, then dwarves, then a dastardly double-cross, as this five-part series approaches its dramatic end.
The Grace kids (9-year-old twins Simon and Jared, and 13-year-old Mallory) [...]

My New Baby And Me: A First Year Record Book For Big Brothers And Big Sisters

Rating: (17 reviews)
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Publisher: Little Simon

Max’s Words

Rating: (10 reviews)
Author: Kate Banks
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Book Description

Max’s brothers have grand collections that everyone makes a big fuss over. Benjamin collects stamps and Karl collects coins, and neither one will share with their little brother. So Max decides to start a collection of his own. He’s going to [...]

The Nixie’s Song (Beyond The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 1)

Rating: (8 reviews)
Author: Tony DiTerlizzi, Holly Black
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing

Book Description
The Spiderwick Chronicles leave the old-fashioned charm of New England far behind and head south for some fiendish faerie fun in the hot Florida sun. Eleven-year-old Nicholas Vargas only thinks his life has been turned upside down after his [...]

The Grim Grotto (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 11)

Rating: (245 reviews)
Author: Lemony Snicket
Publisher: HarperCollins
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It’s tough when the things that stand between you and your desired sugar bowl are a host of deadly mushrooms and an uncomfortable diving suit. The unlucky Baudelaire orphans find themselves in deep (once again) in this eleventh book in Lemony Snicket’s odd-and-full-of-woe-but-quite-funny Series of Unfortunate [...]

Join in and Play (Learning to Get Along)

Rating: (4 reviews)
Author: Cheri J Meiners
Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing

Book Description
It’s fun to make friends and play with others, but it’s not always easy to do. You have to make an effort, and you have to know the rules—like ask before joining in, take turns, play fair, and be a good sport. [...]

By My Brother’s Side

Rating: (10 reviews)
Author: Tiki Barber, Ronde Barber, Robert Burleigh
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books

Book Description
Tiki and Ronde were each other’s best friends. Together from the start, these twins might not have been the strongest or the tallest, but they were fast and worked hard at what they loved. And they [...]

The Boxcar Children Books 1-4

Rating: (72 reviews)
Author: Warner
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
A wonderfully charming story about four orphans who after their parents die run away and take care of themselves, while living in an abandoned boxcar in the forest. Everything goes well until one of them becomes sick and they have to ask a doctor [...]

I’m a Big Sister

Rating: (53 reviews)
Author: Joanna Cole, Maxie Chambliss
Publisher: HarperCollins

Book Description
Warm, loving pictures accompany this upbeat look at how a family grows when a new baby comes home. A companion volume to I’m a Big Brother.

Rules (Newbery Honor Book)

Rating: (45 reviews)
Author: Cynthia Lord
Publisher: Scholastic Press

Book 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 “keep [...]

Hello Baby!

Rating: (31 reviews)
Author:
Publisher: Dragonfly Books

Book Description
Now in paperback, a picture book, told from a child’s perspective, about what to expect when Mom’s expecting.

The Penultimate Peril (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 12)

Rating: (207 reviews)
Author: Lemony Snicket
Publisher: HarperCollins
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10 Second Interview: A Few Words with Daniel Handler
Q: Your Wikipedia (online encyclopedia) entry defines you as author, screenwriter, and accordionist. Is that how you would describe yourself? A: I find that nothing makes people back away faster at a social gathering than [...]

Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (Avon Camelot Books)

Rating: (45 reviews)
Author: Beverly Cleary
Publisher: HarperTrophy
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From the first day of third grade, when Ramona Quimby meets her eventual nemesis Yard Ape, life moves on at its usual wild pace–usual for the boisterous Ramona, that is. Soon she is accidentally squashing a raw egg into her hair at the school cafeteria, [...]