Friends are like that!: Stories to Read to Yourself (Book - Child)
"Selections by 10 authors including Charlotte Zolotow, Eloise Greenfield, and Astrid Lindgren depict the many facets of friendship." From Card Catalog Description
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Mustard -- by Charlotte Graeber (Author) (Book - Child)
"Eight-year-old Alex and his family try to come to terms with the old age and death of their beloved cat." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Sarah, Plain and Tall -- by Patricia MacLachlan (Author) (Book - Child)
"In the late 19th century a widowed midwestern farmer with two children--Anna and Caleb--advertises for a wife. When Sarah arrives she is homesick for Maine, especially for the ocean which she misses...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
A Bear Called Paddington -- by Michael Bond (Author) (Book - Child)
"Paddington first charmed American audiences forty years ago. Now a new generation will surely be won over by Paddington"s particular brand of preposterous humor and gentle satire. The Browns first...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Paul Bunyan -- by Steven Kellogg (Author) (Book - Child)
"Do you know how the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River were first formed? How about the Great Plains and the Grand Canyon? Some people think these wonders were established by the forces nature,...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Billions of Bats -- by Miriam Schlein (Author) (Book - Child)
Discusses several unusual varieties of the more than 800 different kinds of bats, such as the vampire bat, the flying fox, the tomb bat and the sword-nosed bat." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Girls and Boys Book About Good and Bad Behavior -- by Richard Gardner (Author) (Book - Parent/Child)
"This excellent book misleads with its title and cover; instead of a guide to manners and behavior, it deals with the larger issues of the values or ethics children may need to adopt in order to cope...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Circle of Fire -- by William Hooks (Author) (Book - Child)
"Shortly before Christmas, 1936, eleven-year old Harrison overhears a notorious local bigot planning a Ku Kluz Klan raid on a band of Irish tinkers camped nearby and realizes he must do something to...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Island of the Blue Dolphins -- by Scott O'Dell (Author) (Book - Child)
"Scott O'Dell won the Newbery Medal for Island of the Blue Dolphins in 1961, and in 1976 the Children's Literature Association named this riveting story one of the 10 best American children's books of...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Dear Lovey Hart, I Am Desperate -- by Ellen Conford (Author) (Book - Child)
"When she takes on the advice column for her school newspaper, Carrie encounters more problems than she expects." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
