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Falling up: poems and drawings
Par Shel Silverstein. 1996
A collection of brief and humorous poems featuring silly situations and a gallery of zany characters. You will see the…
world from "a different angle" as you meet the Terrible Toy-Eating Tookle, attend the "Rotten Convention," and visit Hungry Kid Island. For grades 2-4 and older readers. BestsellerRamona Quimby, age 8: A Newbery Honor Award Winner (Ramona #6)
Par Beverly Cleary, Jacqueline Rogers. 1981
As Ramona enters third grade, her father returns to college to become an art teacher. Having a working mother and…
a student father is tough on the family, but the Quimbys stick together through good times and bad. For grades 3-6 and older Cleary fansA year down yonder
Par Richard Peck, Steve Cieslawski. 2000
During the 1937 recession fifteen-year-old Mary Alice from Chicago is sent to live with feisty Grandma Dowdel in rural Illinois.…
There she learns about small-town ways and grows to love her grandmother. Sequel to A Long Way from Chicago (DB 50305, BR 12129). For grades 6-9. Newbery Medal. Bestseller. 2000Frindle
Par Andrew Clements, Brian Selznick. 1996
In the fifth grade Nick has his first difficult class--language arts with Mrs. Granger. He and his classmates decide to…
"beat her at her own game" by inventing a new word. They begin calling their pens "frindles," even though it means being on detention every day. For grades 3-6The hockey sweater
Par Sheila Fischman, Roch Carrier, Sheldon Cohen. 1979
Like all the boys in a small Quebec town, Roch wears his ice-hockey hero's Montreal Canadians sweater, number nine, until…
he outgrows it. He is horrified when his mother insists he wear the new Toronto Maple Leafs sweater sent in a mail order mix-up. For grades 3-6. 1979Mad about Madeline: the complete tales (Madeline)
Par Ludwig Bemelmans. 1993
A collection of all six rhymed stories about Madeline. The first--published in 1939--introduces Madeline, the smallest of twelve girls who…
live together in Paris with Miss Clavel. She has various adventures involving animals, gypsies, travel, a boy called Pepito, and a magical Christmas. For grades K-3. 1961Old Yeller
Par Fred Gipson, F. Gipson, Steven Polson. 1956
1860s Texas. Fourteen-year-old Travis at first resents the big, yellow stray dog that hangs around his home, but he comes…
to love and depend on him. With his father away on a cattle drive, Travis is the man of the house and looks to Old Yeller for help and protection. For grades 5-8The two princesses of Bamarre
Par Gail Levine. 2001
Until Princess Meryl was struck with the Gray Death, Princess Addie had always been afraid of everything. Now Addie battles…
specters, gryphons, ogres, and dragons while seeking a cure for her sister. Along the way, she fulfills an ancient prophecy. For grades 5-8. Bestseller. 2001Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins Ser. #No. 1)
Par Mary Shepard, P. L Travers, P. Travers. 1997
An extraordinary English woman blows in on the East Wind with her parrot-headed umbrella and magic carpetbag to become the…
Banks family's new nanny. Mary Poppins introduces her elder charges, Jane and Michael, to some delightful people and experiences. Prequel to Mary Poppins Comes Back (DB 50918, BR 5488). For grades 4-7. 1934The yearling (Illustrated Classics Ser.)
Par Marjorie Rawlings, N. C. Wyeth. 1938
Classic story about the Baxter family, who make a precarious living on a backwoods farm in northern Florida. Their young…
son, Jody, tames an orphaned fawn. When the deer begins to eat the family corn, Jody is ordered to shoot him. Pulitzer Prize. For grades 5-8 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. 1932The first four years (Little House #9)
Par Laura Wilder, Garth Williams. 1971
The story of Laura and Almanzo Wilder and their first years together on a homestead on the Dakota prairie in…
the late 1800s. This story follows "These Happy Golden Years" (DB 21200). For grades 4-7 and older readersChanges
Par Danielle Steel. 1983
Melanie Adams seems to have it all: success as a TV documentary producer, twin teenage daughters, and a glamorous life…
that's perfect for a single mother. But Peter Hallam, a world-famous heart surgeon and widower with three children, makes her realize she doesn't yet have everything she wants. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1983No cure for death: a Mallory novel
Par Max Collins. 1983
At the local bus station, ex-cop Mallory of Port City, Iowa, defends a blonde stranger when she is accosted by…
a fierce, one-eyed man. The woman tells Mallory her sad life story, leaves for her bus, and is found hours later dead in a suspicious car accident. Self-appointed detective Mallory looks for clues that will lead him to her murderer. Some strong language and some descriptions of sexPet sematary (Signet Book)
Par Stephen King. 1983
Dr. Louis Creed, his wife Rachel, their children Ellie and Gage, and Winston Churchill, the family cat, move to Ludlow,…
Maine from Chicago. They settle in a spooky rambling house near an ancient Indian burial ground where children bury their pets. Beyond that is another cemetery with strange powers of resurrection. Strong language. Bestseller 1983Once there was a bear: Tales of before it all began (Winnie-the-Pooh)
Par Jane Riordan. 2023
A delightful new collection of Winnie-the-Pooh stories, told in the style of A. A. Milne, that explores life before the…
Hundred Acre Wood. How did Christopher Robin meet his beloved bear? Did Pooh and his friends see any of London before they moved to the Hundred Acre Wood? These questions and more are explored in this charming new collection of stories. Each tale features a gentle adventure set in London or the countryside, and they include iconic locations such as Harrods, London Zoo, and the Natural History Museum. Pooh, Eeyore, and Piglet even make a new friend: Flo the house mouse. Written in the timeless style of A. A. Milne, with illustrations that are true to the spirit of the original drawings by E. H. Shepard. These sweet and comforting tales are perfect for both new readers and longtime fansThe man with two left feet and other stories
Par P. Wodehouse. 1971
Thirteen short stories selected from the author's early writing and introducing a butler called Jeeves. The title story (at the…
end) is about a man who fell in love with a dance hostessThe mating season (Arena Bks.)
Par P. Wodehouse. 1991
Gussie Fink-Nottle had certainly landed Bertie Wooster in it. A sentence of 14 days for chasing newts in the fountain…
at Trafalgar Square would have been a minor inconvenience but for the probable effect on Madeline, Gussie's fiancee. For whenever a rift appeared in her love affairs, she would transfer her attentions to Bertie; a grim prospect!One more Sunday
Par John MacDonald. 1984
A complex novel about the legacy of an influential and charismatic television preacher, Rev. John Tinker Meadows, a man in…
the high-stakes, high-profit business of saving souls. The religious and economic empire of the Meadows family comes under scrutiny with the disappearance of an investigative journalist on assignment from New York. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller 1984The forbidden island (Explorer Academy #7)
Par Trudi Trueit. 2022
The frigid swells off the coast of Antarctica buffer Team Cousteau's kayaks as they weave through the icy water. They're…
losing daylight, and at risk of failing their fieldwork assignment. But Cruz Coronado's thoughts are elsewhere. Nebula is closing in, and time is running out. The evasive explorer spy is still out there. And in his gut, Cruz knows his final mission will have deadly consequences. In The Forbidden Island, the electrifying seventh and final book in the Explorer Academy series, Cruz wonders if fortune really does favor the brave. After all, his mother's hologram rejected the latest piece of the cipher, grinding his progress to a dismal halt. On top of that, terrifying truths keep bubbling to the surface. But in a journey that has taken him to all seven continents, Cruz isn't ready to give up, and neither are his closest friends, Lani, Emmett, and Sailor. In fact, Cruz is prepared to risk everything he loves to recover the cell-regeneration formula and continue his mother's legacy. As Cruz follows his path to the most otherworldly destination yet, a final showdown erupts when a familiar face appears, changing his life forever