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The bus people
Par Rachel Anderson. 1989
Bertram wouldn't swap places with any of the other school bus drivers even though they call his route the "fruitcake…
run." First we meet a girl who has Down's syndrome as she learns a heartbreaking lesson at her sister's wedding. Then there are more portraits of Bertram's special passengers: a child who uses a wheelchair, another who doesn't speak, and a boy who falls off his big sister's bike and damages his brain. For grades 5-8Turn of the century: our nation one hundred years ago
Par Nancy Levinson. 1994
On New Year's Eve 1899, America celebrated not only a new year, but a new century. Levinson looks at the…
country as it was in 1900 and then shows ways in which people's lives began to change. Topics include the growth in the use of the railroad, automobile, and telephone and the evolution of large cities as America turned from an agricultural country into an urban one. For grades 4-7 and older readersCactus
Par Carol Lerner. 1992
Because they can hoard large amounts of water, cacti are called succulents. The part that holds the water is the…
green stem of the cactus. Lerner discusses some of the many types of cacti, how the cactus plant works, and where it grows. For grades 4-7Martin Luther King
Par Rosemary McNatt. 1995
Born in 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, Martin Luther King Jr. became a minister and a civil rights leader. His nonviolent…
opposition to racial segregation included marches, boycotts, sit-ins, and speeches. For grades 2-4The secret of the howling cave
Par Lee Roddy. 1990
Ruby Konning found her father, and they have paid off the mortgage on the land he bought. But troubles just…
seem to plague Ruby and her cousin Hildy Corrigan. Now Ruby is accused of helping a man steal a watch from a pawn shop, and her pet raccoon is missing. The watch is found but disappears again the next day, and this time Hildy is accused of being the thief. Sequel to Danger on Thunder Mountain (BR 10404). For grades 4-7A pioneer sampler: the daily life of a pioneer family in 1840
Par Barbara Greenwood. 1994
A year in the life of a fictional family, the Robertsons, shows how pioneers spent their days in the 1840s.…
Explains how to make maple sugar, what school was like, how the land was cleared and farmed, and much more. Provides projects to give modern-day children a chance to do things the way their ancestors did. For grades 3-6Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the sky
Par Faith Ringgold. 1992
In this companion to Tar Beach (BR 8940), Cassie Louise Lightfoot and her little brother, Be Be, are flying among…
the stars when they come across a ramshackle train. To Cassie's horror, Be Be boards the train. Then Cassie meets Harriet Tubman, who explains that Be Be will experience what their great-great-grandparents did while escaping slavery by the underground railroad. For grades 2-4Encyclodedia Brown and the case of the two spies
Par Donald Sobol. 1994
Collection of ten more cases for Encyclopedia Brown to solve as he continues his war on crime in Idaville. In…
the title story, Encyclopedia helps his police chief dad figure out how two spies are passing information to each other. For grades 3-6Weidt recounts Geisel's life from his early days in Springfield, Massachusetts, through his death in 1991 at the age of…
eighty-seven. She describes the problems Geisel had getting his first book published, his marriage to Helen Palmer whom he met at Oxford University, and his charitable activities. For grades 3-6 and older readersThe flaming trap
Par Lee Roddy. 1990
Hildy Corrigan, her cousin Ruby Konning, and Ruby's father have a chance to travel with the Farnham family from California…
back to St. Louis, where Hildy hopes to make peace with her grandmother. Vester Hardesty has continued his search for the girls and has shown up in California. Will the girls and Mr. Konning be able to make the trip and escape from Vester? Sequel to The Secret of the Howling Cave (BR 10405). For grades 4-7What does the crow know?: the mysteries of animal intelligence
Par Margery Facklam. 1994
Alex the African grey parrot can say what is the same and what is different about a blue bead and…
a blue key. Ruby the elephant paints a picture of the fire truck that comes to her zoo. Malia the dolphin makes up amazing tricks each day to get more treats. These are examples of how animals think, remember, and learn. For grades 3-6Breaking the sound barrier
Par Nathan Aaseng. 1991
A history of aviation showing how one test pilot after another gradually increased the speed of aircraft until on October…
14, 1947, Chuck Yeager finally broke the sound barrier. Included in this account is information on other pilots such as Frank Whittle, Robert Goddard, Ezra Kotcher, and Lawrence Bell. For grades 6-9The overland escape
Par Lee Roddy. 1989
Ozark mountains, 1934. Hildy Corrigan, twelve, spent the night with her cousin Ruby. Returning home she finds the house empty…
and her stepmother, four younger sisters, and baby brother gone. Running to her grandmother, Hildy learns she has been left behind on purpose. Hildy is determined to find the children she promised to stay with forever. Prequel to The Desperate Search (BR 10403). For grades 4-7J.M. Barrie: the magic behind Peter Pan
Par Susan Aller. 1994
Barrie, who was born in Scotland in 1860, loved to play games and write stories. He knew he didn't want…
a "hum-dreadful-drum profession" and decided to become a writer. He moved to London and at twenty-eight had his first real publishing success. With a friend's family of boys as inspiration, Barrie went on to write the play Peter Pan, which has been popular since it first opened in 1904. For grades 5-8Charley Skedaddle
Par Patricia Beatty. 1987
A Civil War story evolving around the maturing of twelve-year-old Charley Quinn. Charley is one of the youngest and toughest…
Bowery Boys in New York. He enlists as a drummer boy in the Union Army to see action and avenge his brother's death--only to run away terrified when battle comes. For grades 4-7 and older readersGoing the distance
Par Mary Miller. 1994
Loren Monroe is looking forward to starting school with her new Florida friends when she learns her artistic parents are…
uprooting her once again. This time Loren will stay with her grandmother in Illinois while her parents go to Italy. Luckily there are twins next door to make friends with, and Loren joins the swimming team at her new junior high. Then she learns what her parents have in store for her next. For grades 3-6 and older readersWonderful Alexander and the Catwings
Par Ursula K Le Guin. 1994
Sequel to Catwings Return (RC 37397, BR 9141). Alexander, the oldest kitten in his family, decides to explore the world.…
Soon he is threatened by a truck, chased by dogs, stuck up a tree, and lost. Then Jane, a little black kitten with wings, comes along. Alexander follows her home and meets more winged cats. Now he wants to find a way to repay the Catwing family for their kindness. For grades 2-4Adam and Eve and Pinch-me
Par Julie Johnston. 1994
Sara Moone's adoptive parents died when she was three. Since then, she has shuttled from one foster home to another,…
refusing to make friends and dreaming of quitting school at sixteen. But at fifteen she is placed with the Huddlestons, where she reluctantly develops some relationships and comes face to face with her birth mother. Sara writes about her jumbled feelings in her computer journal. For junior and senior high readersWhat's your story?: a young person's guide to writing fiction
Par Marion Bauer. 1992
The author states that stories help one understand the world, teaching about possibilities and the achievements of those who struggled…
before. An award-winning novelist, Bauer describes how to write fiction and systematically discusses its various components, including plot, character, focus, dialogue, tension, and revisions. For grades 5-8 and older readersSister of the bride
Par Beverly Cleary. 1963