Beyond the Divide -- by Kathryn Lasky (Author) (Book - Child)
"In this affecting pioneer tale by a Newbery Honor-winning author, an amish girl heads west with her father after he has been shunned by their community." From Publishers Weekly
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft -- by Thor Heyerdahl (Author) (Book - Child)
"Kon-Tiki is the record of an astonishing adventure -- a journey of 4,300 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean by raft. Intrigued by Polynesian folklore, biologist Thor Heyerdahl suspecteed that...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Darwin and the Voyage of the Beagle: A Fictional Account of Charles Darwin's Work and Adventures During the Five-Year Long Voyage -- by Felicia Law (Author) (Book - Child)
"This delightful episodic biography of Charles Darwin lets readers experience a sea voyage around the world in a 19th Century English three-masted brig. In December 1831, the ship, HMS beagle, set...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep -- by Jack Prelutsky (Author) (Book - Child)
"Twelve poems featuring a vampire, werewolf, ghoul, and other monsters." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Wolf of Shadows -- by Whitley Strieber (Author) (Book - Child)
"Wolf of Shadows is an intensely moving story of the aftermath of a nuclear attack told from the point of view of a large wolf living in a forest near Minneapolis. Human behavior, emotions and anatomy...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Gorilla Signs Love -- by Barbara Brenner (Author) (Book - Child)
"A summer spent studying gorillas in the Nigerian jungle changes eighteen-year-old Maggie's life in many ways marking the beginning of her involvement with a very special gorilla and teaching her much...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
The Story of Doctor Dolittle -- by Hugh Lofting (Author) (Book - Child)
"The adventures of a kind-hearted doctor, who is fond of animals and understands their language, as he travels to Africa with some of his favorite pets to cure the monkeys of a terrible sickness." ...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Hidden Worlds: Pictures of the Invisible -- by Seymour Simon (Author) (Book)
"A collection of photographs, produced through the use of special instruments, of things that are hidden from the human eye, or are too small, too large, or moving too fast to be seen by it." From...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Great Expectations -- by Charles Dickens (Author) (Book - Child)
"Great Expectations follows the life of the orphan, Pip. We first meet him as a tiny, terrified child in a village churchyard. Years later, through the help of an anonymous benefactor, Pip will travel...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Teaching Children with Autism -- by Robert Koegel, Lynn Koegel (Authors) (Book - Parent)
"Twelve contributions discuss the behavioral characteristics of autism, intervention methods, and key topics such as spontaneous language, overselectivity, social communication, and self-management....
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
