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Red Hen and Sly Fox
Par Vivian French. 1995
Red Hen always wears an apron with a pocket, and in the pocket she has a needle and thread and…
a pair of scissors so she can do mending for her friends in the woods. One day Sly Fox comes to ask Red Hen to mend a pair of socks for him, but he really wants to have Red Hen for supper. For grades K-3Partners
Par Karen Waggoner. 1995
After their sister's cat runs away, Jamie and his older brother Gordon are allowed to buy some mice. Jamie is…
thrilled when his pet has babies, until he learns that Gordon plans to sell them as snake food. For grades 2-4James and the rain
Par Karla Kuskin. 1995
In this counting book, James puts on his yellow coat that buttons to his chin and a pair of rubber…
boots to tuck his trousers in, pulls down his bright yellow hat onto his head, opens his big black umbrella, and steps out into the rain. As he strolls along, James meets an ever increasing number of animals--from one cow to ten cats. For preschool-grade 2On the first day of May, Henry wakes up and informs Mudge that today is Henry's birthday. But all Mudge…
does is roll over and snore. It takes several promises of good treats to eat to get Mudge going. But then Henry and Mudge have the best day of all! For grades K-3These happy golden years: A Newbery Honor Award Winner (Little House Ser. #8)
Par Laura Wilder. 1943
Laura Ingalls and Almanzo Wilder, the town's most eligible bachelor, enjoy a delightful romance while Laura teaches school. When her…
last term ends, they marry and look forward to a long and happy life together. Sequel to Little Town on the Prairie (BR 11326). For grades 5-8 and older readersThe long winter: A Newbery Honor Award Winner (Little House Ser. #6)
Par Laura Wilder. 1953
The Ingalls family moves from their stake on the Dakota prairie to their store in town to escape the severe…
winter. One blizzard follows another until trains stop running and the community, isolated for months, faces starvation. Sequel to By the Shores of Silver Lake (BR 11324). For grades 4-7The riddle of Penncroft Farm (Great Episodes Ser.)
Par Dorothea Jensen. 1989
When Lars Olafson reluctantly moves with his parents to his great-aunt's farm in Pennsylvania, the last thing he's interested in…
is his family's Revolutionary War history. But that quickly changes when Lars is befriended by oddly dressed Geordie and realizes Geordie is the spirit of a long-ago ancestor. For grades 5-8A sunburned prayer
Par Marc Talbert. 1995
Because his grandmother is dying of cancer, Eloy decides to make the seventeen-mile Good Friday march to appeal for a…
miracle. Defying his mother, Eloy joins the stream of people on the highway traveling to the holy site. He gains a new friend and new insights along the way. For grades 5-8Broken bridge
Par Lynne Banks. 1994
This sequel to One More River (BR 11265) focuses on Lesley's fourteen-year-old daughter, Nili. Nili and her cousin Glen have…
just arrived from London when Glen is stabbed to death by an Arab terrorist. Nili is spared by the terrorist's companion and becomes torn between loyalty to her Jewish heritage and her feelings toward the terrorist who spared her life. For grades 6-9Istanbul Express
Par T. Bunn. 1995
Colonel Jake Burnes, his wife Sally, and the newlyweds, Major Pierre Servais and Jasmyn, have been dispatched to Istanbul where…
they are to oversee a massive aid program in the Mediterranean. But as they travel on the Orient Express, the wives receive a message that their husbands are in great danger. Sequel to Berlin Encounter (BR 10598)An occasional cow
Par Polly Horvath. 1989
Imogene's parents have arranged for her to spend the summer with her four cousins in Iowa. As a New Yorker,…
Imogene imagines Iowa as boring cornfields and pigs, but Iowa is much more fun than summer camp ever was. Imogene experiences blood oaths, climbing the laundry chute, training pigs to curtsy, and swimming games. And Imogene's gum-wrapper chain becomes more than a pastime. For grades 4-7A time for silence
Par Philippa Carr. 1991
Britishers Lucinda and Annabelinda, who have been friends since childhood, are delighted when they both have the chance to attend…
an exclusive finishing school in Belgium. But an indiscretion on the part of Annabelinda and the beginning of World War I send both girls fleeing back to England and an uncertain futureAunt Eater's mystery Christmas (I Can Read Bks.)
Par Doug Cushman. 1995
Aunt Eater, an anteater, is getting ready for a visit by her sister, Eliza. She has just finished her Christmas…
shopping when she spots an ad for a new mystery book by her favorite author. But before Aunt Eater can get a copy, she has to solve several mysteries of her own. For grades K-3Little town on the prairie: A Newbery Honor Award Winner (Little House Ser. #7)
Par Laura Wilder. 1941
In 1881 Mary, who is blind, is finally able to leave for college, and Laura gets a job in town…
helping a seamstress. She also continues her schooling so she can receive her teaching certificate. Sequel to The Long Winter (BR 11325). For grades 4-7Aunt Eater's mystery vacation (I Can Read Bks.)
Par Doug Cushman. 1992
Aunt Eater loves to read detective stories, and she plans to read a lot of them while on vacation at…
the Hotel Bathwater. But instead of reading, Aunt Eater finds herself solving several mysteries. For grades K-3White nights, red morning
Par Judith Pella. 1996
As 1905 draws to an end in St. Petersburg, Anna Fedorcenko faces more tragedy. Still overwhelmed by her husband's death,…
Anna must deal with paralyzing strikes and the desire of her youngest son to avenge his father's death by becoming a revolutionary. Sequel to The Dawning of Deliverance (BR 10264)By the shores of Silver Lake: A Newbery Honor Award Winner (Little House Ser. #5)
Par Laura Wilder. 1939
The Ingalls family moves westward once more, this time to the Dakota territory, where Pa finds a job in a…
railroad camp and the family takes up a homestead. Sequel to On the Banks of Plum Creek (BR 11323). For grades 4-7 and older readersLittle house in the big woods (Little House #1)
Par Laura Wilder, Garth Williams. 1953
Wisconsin, 1871. The Ingalls family experiences pioneer life in a little log house, miles from any settlement. They feel safe…
and secure despite blizzards, wolves, and the loneliness of the big woods. Prequel to Little House on the Prairie (DB 10929). For grades 4-7 and older readers. 1932On the banks of Plum Creek: A Newbery Honor Award Winner (Little House Ser. #4)
Par Laura Wilder. 1953
The pioneering Ingalls family leaves the prairie for a farm and a primitive sod hut in Minnesota, where they must…
battle a flood, a blizzard, and a devastating plague of grasshoppers. Sequel to Little House on the Prairie (BR 10510). For grades 4-7 and older readersMilton in America
Par Peter Ackroyd. 1997
"What if the outspoken seventeenth-century English poet John Milton had fled England in 1660 to avoid arrest and emigrated to…
Puritan America?" supposes Ackroyd. In his scenario, the aging and blind agitator establishes a settlement named New Milton, where he rules with an iron hand and wages war on a neighboring colony of Roman Catholics