Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe -- by Bette Greene (Author) (Book - Child)
"Philip Hall is the cutest, smartest boy in the sixth grade, and Beth Lambert loves him. The fact that he beats her in classwork, sports, and almost everything else doesn't bother Beth at first. Then...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Shoeshine Girl -- by Clyde Bulla (Author) (Book - Child)
"Determined to earn some money, ten-year-old Sarah Ida gets a job at a shoe shine stand and learns a great many things besides shining shoes." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Ghost-Eye Tree -- by Bill Martin (Author) (Book - Child)
"The Ghost-Eye Tree tells of a young brother and sister sent by their mother to fetch a bucket of milk on a windswept night. To do so, they must pass the dread "Ghost-Eye tree," a shadowed and...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Lizard Magic -- by Daniel Pinkwater (Author) (Book - Child)
"When left to take care of himself, a young boy becomes involved with a community of intelligent lizards who tell him of a little known invasion from outer space." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
How I Hunted the Little Fellows -- by Boris Zhitkov (Author) (Book - Child)
"Fascinated by the life-like miniature of a steamer on his grandmother's shelf, a young boy becomes convinced that there are little people inside and ignoring the admonition not to touch, decides to...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
An Insect's Body -- by Joanna Cole (Author) (Book - Child)
"Examines the common house cricket and shows why its body is ideally suited for survivaly." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Morning, Noon, and Nighttime, Too: Poems -- by Lee Hopkins (Author) (Book - Child)
"An anthology of poems about everyday activities that takes the reader from breakfast time to bedtime." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade -- by Barthe DeClements (Author) (Book - Child)
"This winner of 13 state 'children's favorite' awards shows Jenny and her friends as they struggle through elementary school injustices." From Publishers Weekly
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Arthur, for the Very First Time -- by Patricia MacLachlan (Author) (Book - Child)
"The Newbery Medal-winning author's first book tells of a boy's spending the summer away from home, and how he learns to look at the world in different ways." From Publishers Weekly
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
It's Not the End of the World -- by Judy Blume (Author) (Book - Child)
"Karen couldn't tell Mrs. Singer why she had to have her Viking Diorama out of the sixth grade showcase. She felt like yelling To keep my parents from getting divorced. But she couldn't say it, and...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
