Early Literacy (The Developing Child Series) -- by Joan Brooks McLane, Gillian McNamee (Authors) (Book - Parent)
"A clear and concise discussion of young children's growth toward literacy, with examples of the contexts (home, neighborhood, preschool, etc.) that encourage and enhance that growth."--Book News,...
All Ages
Age groups: Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5)
Mrs. Peloki's Snake -- by Joanne Oppenheim (Author) (Book - Child)
"Bedlam breaks out in the second grade when Keven thinks he's discovered a snake in the boy's room." From Choosing Books for Kids
All Ages
Age groups: Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5)
Big Max -- by Kin Platt (Author) (Book - Child)
"Big Max, the world's greatest detective, helps a king find his missing elephant." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
Frankenstein Moved in on the Fourth Floor -- by Elizabeth Levy (Author) (Book - Child)
"Sam and Robert Bamford have a theory about Mr. Frank, the strange man who has just moved into their building. He is very unfriendly, he uses a lot of electricity, and he seems to be harboring a...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Pippi Longstocking -- by Astrid Lindgren (Author) (Book - Child)
"Pippi is an irrepressible, irreverent, and irrefutably delightful girl who lives alone (with a monkey) in her wacky house, Villa Villekulla. When she's not dancing with the burglars who were just...
All Ages
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
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Sheriff of Rottenshot -- by Jack Prelutsky (Author) (Book - Child)
"A collection of sixteen humorous poems including 'The Sheriff of Rottenshot,' 'The Soggy Frog,' and 'The Ghostly Grocer of Grumble Grove.'" From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Words by Heart -- by Ouida Sebestyen (Author) (Book - Child)
"Lena can recite the Scriptures by heart. Hoping to make her adored Papa proud of her and to make her white classmates notice her 'Magic Mind,' not her black skin, Lena vows to win the Bible-quoting...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Conrad's War -- by Andrew Davies (Author) (Book - Child)
"Currently fascinated with wars, army, killing, and guns, Conrad becomes convinced that through dreams or time warp he is experiencing action in a past war." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Robbie and the Leap Year Blues -- by Norma Klein (Author) (Book - Child)
"Eleven-year-old Robbie must contend with his parents' joint custody and a burgeoning interest in the opposite sex in this funny, perceptive novel." From Publishers Weekly
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
