Lentil Soup -- by Joe Lasker (Author) (Book - Child)
"The farmer's wife cooks seven different lentil soups on seven different days before she discovers her mother-in-law's secret ingredient." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
The Bears of Hemlock Mountain -- by Alice Dalgliesh (Author) (Book - Child)
"A young boy sent on an errand over Hemlock Mountain is not so sure he likes going alone, because there may be bears on the mountain, but with the help of the big iron pot he borrows, he complete his...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Hateful Plateful Trick -- by Scott Corbett (Author) (Book - Child)
"Kerby and Fenton get into another jam with the Feats o' Magic Chemistry set while babysitting Kerby's cousin Gay. When they end up smelling like cornbeef and cabbage, hot dogs and sauerkraut and...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
My Mother is the Smartest Woman in the World -- by Eleanor Clymer (Author) (Book - Child)
"Kathleen decides that her mother is so good at solving problems that she should run for mayor of their village." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? -- by Jean Fritz (Author) (Book - Child)
"A brief biography of the eighteenth-century printer, inventor, and statesman who played an influential role in the early history of the United States." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
In the Deep Heart's Core -- by Michael Johnston (Author) (Book)
"In the fall of 1997, Michael Johnston went to the rural Mississippi Delta - the "deep heart's core" of the South - as a member of the Teach For America program to become an English teacher in one of...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Owning Up: Poverty, Assets, and the American Dream -- by Michelle Miller-Adams (Author) (Book)
"Despite the recent success of welfare reform in moving people off public assistance and into jobs, most of America's working poor are still unable to accumulate even the most minimal of assets. In...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
The Spook Birds -- by Eve Bunting (Author) (Book - Child)
"Larry witnesses some mysterious goings-on at his rich grandmother's house when the stuffed birds in her glass case suddenly come alive." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Handling Anger and Countering Abuse (Parent Handouts and Info - Parent)
Ox-Cart Man -- by Donald Hall (Author) (Book - Child)
"Describes the day-to-day life of an early nineteenth-century New England family throughout the changing seasons." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
