Rating: (57 reviews)
Author: Jon Scieszka
Publisher: Viking Juvenile
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Did you ever wake up to one of those days where everything is a problem? You have 10 things to do, but only 30 minutes till the bus leaves. Is there enough time? You have 3 shirts and 2 pairs of [...]
Rating: (47 reviews)
Author: Ruth Stiles Gannett
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
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My Father’s Dragon–a favorite of young readers since the 1940s and a Newbery honor book–captures the nonsensical logic of childhood in an amusingly deadpan fashion. The story begins when Elmer Elevator (the narrator’s father as a boy) runs away with [...]
Rating: (406 reviews)
Author: Avi
Publisher: HarperTrophy
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A vicious captain, a mutinous crew – and a young girl caught in the middle
Not every thirteen-year-old girl is accused of murder, brought to trial, and found guilty. But I was just such a girl, and my story is worth relating even if it did happen [...]
Rating: (62 reviews)
Author: Laurie Keller
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
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One day, Kansas wakes up grumpy. The other 49 states are stretching, yawning, and pouring maple syrup onto each other’s pancakes, but irritable Kansas announces to his kindly neighbor Nebraska that life is dull and changes must be made: “All day long [...]
Rating: (13 reviews)
Author: Jeff Brown
Publisher: HarperTrophy
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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 [...]
Rating: (4 reviews)
Author: Peter Howe
Publisher: HarperCollins
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He is nameless. He is homeless. He is friendless. He is lost.
Until he is found . . . by a team of mutts who shelter him and teach him how to survive the wilds of the city park.
And so he [...]
Rating: (190 reviews)
Author: Diana Wynne Jones
Publisher: Eos
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Sophie has the great misfortune of being the eldest of three daughters, destined to fail miserably should she ever leave home to seek her fate. But when she unwittingly attracts the ire of the Witch of the Waste, Sophie finds herself under a [...]
Rating: (18 reviews)
Author: Wendy Mass
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
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Jeremy Fink has been obsessed with the meaning of life ever since a box from his father arrived at his house five years after his father was killed in a car accident. Jeremy is determined to find the missing keys that [...]
Rating: (5 reviews)
Author: Patti Kelley Criswell
Publisher: American Girl
Book Description
FRIENDS gives girls everything they need to know about making new friends and making the most of the friendships they already have. The interactive book is full of quizzes, crafts, and thoughtful advice, including tips and true friendship stories from girls. Five mini [...]
Rating: (21 reviews)
Author: Greg Tang
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
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How is it possible to count a complicated pattern of strawberry seeds or grapes on a vine or camel humps–in a blink of an eye? If children can open their minds to new ways of perceiving math, anything is possible! Greg Tang [...]
Rating: (24 reviews)
Author: Beverly Cleary
Publisher: HarperTrophy
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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 [...]
Rating: (123 reviews)
Author: Fred Gipson
Publisher: HarperTrophy
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At first, Travis couldn’t stand the sight of Old Yeller
The stray dog was ugly, and a thieving rascal, too. But he sure was clever, and a smart dog could be a big help on the wild Texas frontier, especially with Papa away [...]
Rating: (30 reviews)
Author: Peter Mayle
Publisher: Lyle Stuart
Rating: (14 reviews)
Author: Michaelene Mundy
Publisher: Abbey Press
Rating: (12 reviews)
Author: Joseph Bharat Cornell
Publisher: Dawn Publications (CA)
Book Description
As Joseph Cornell’s classic book reached its 20th anniversary, Cornell drew upon a wealth of experience in nature education to significantly revise and expand his book. New nature games—favorites from the field - and Cornell’s typically insightful commentary makes the second edition [...]
Rating: (13 reviews)
Author: Susan Wise Bauer
Publisher: Peace Hill Press
Product Description
The Story of the World CD audiobook is a collaboration between Jim Weiss, whose voice is “liquid gold” (CNN TV), and Susan Wise Bauer, whose writing has been described as “timeless and intelligent” (Publishers Weekly). These spirited readings of the first volume [...]
Rating: (65 reviews)
Author: Mike Lupica
Publisher: Puffin
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Michael Arroyo has a pitching arm that throws serious heat. But his firepower is nothing compared to the heat Michael faces in his day-to-day life. Newly orphaned after his father led the familys escape from Cuba, Michaels only family is his seventeen-yearold brother Carlos. If [...]