Here Comes Alex Pumpernickel -- by Fernando Krahn (Author) (Book - Child)
"Follows little Alex Pumpernickel through a series of misadventures from dawn to dusk." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
What Do People Do All Day? -- by Richard Scarry (Author) (Book - Child)
"Fewer labels but tons of pictorial information about work, workers, and the tools they use all set in short-story format. Scarry breaks down complex processes into child-size bites of information." ...
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
One At a Time -- by David McCord (Author) (Book - Child)
"An illustrated collection of poems about diverse topics including nature, animals, favorite places, and colors." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
The 18th Emergency -- by Betsy Byars (Author) (Book - Child)
"When the toughest boy in school swears to kill him, twelve-year-old Mouse finds little help from friends and must prepare for this emergency alone." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Hundred Penny Box -- by Sharon Mathis (Author) (Book - Child)
"Michael's love for his great-great-aunt who lives with them leads him to intercede with his mother, who wants to toss out all her old things." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Wagon Wheels -- by Barbara Brenner (Author) (Book - Child)
"Shortly after the Civil War a black family travels to Kansas to take advantage of the free land offered through the Homestead Act." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Enormous Egg -- by Oliver Butterworth (Author) (Book - Child)
"When Nate Twitchell discovers that one of his family's hens has the biggest egg he has ever seen, he is determined to see it hatch. And when it does, neither he nor his parents, townspeople, the...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Swineherd -- by Hans Andersen (Author) (Book - Child)
"It's probably the pinnacle of cheek to revise the works of a master like Andersen, but auther/artist Hahn takes the gamble and wins. In her version, 'Hans' narrates while a motley assortment of...
All Ages
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
All Ages
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...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
