Playing Beatie Bow -- by Ruth Park (Author) (Book - Child)
"Abigail Kirk finds herself transported back to the late nineteenth century and becomes embroiled in the family life of the Bows. The Bows will not let her return home believing that she is 'the...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Wizard Children of Finn -- by Mary Tannen (Author) (Book - Child)
"Ten-year-old Fiona and her younger brother are transported back in time to ancient Ireland where they share extraordinary adventures with the boy who claims leadership of the Fianna." From Card...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Across Five Aprils -- by Irene Hunt (Author) (Book - Child)
"Narrator Terry Bregy adopts an appropriately boyish tone for his reading of Across Five Aprils By Irene Hunt, A Newbery Honor Book in 1965. Bregy compels readers to hear young Jethro Creighton's...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Johnny Tremain -- by Esther Forbes (Author) (Book - Child)
"This story of a tragically injured young silversmith who ends up hip-deep in the American Revolution is inspiring, exciting, and sad. Winner of the prestigious Newbery Award in 1944, Esther Forbes's...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Darwin and the Voyage of the Beagle: A Fictional Account of Charles Darwin's Work and Adventures During the Five-Year Long Voyage -- by Felicia Law (Author) (Book - Child)
"This delightful episodic biography of Charles Darwin lets readers experience a sea voyage around the world in a 19th Century English three-masted brig. In December 1831, the ship, HMS beagle, set...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Dexter -- by Clyde Bulla (Author) (Book - Child)
"Dave befriends the strange new family and their pony, Dexter, when the rest of the townspeople remain aloof." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Community Assistance Network After School Program (Organization - Private, Non-Profit)
The CAN After School Program is a safe, nurturing and stimulating environment for middle schoolers and their younger siblings to go after school. The students receive homework help, a snack, and the...
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
Rascal: A Memoir of a Better Era -- by Sterling North (Author) (Book - Child)
"The author's carefree life in a small midwestern town at the close of World War I, and his adventures with his pet raccoon, Rascal." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
The Twelve Gifts of Birth -- by Charlene Costanzo (Author) (Book - Parent)
?There is no more magical moment than when a newborn baby is laid in a mother's arms. What was for many months a dream and a mystery is now a miraculous new person at the threshold of a life filled...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
I am the Cheese -- by Robert Cormier (Author) (Book - Child)
"A boy's search for his father becomes a desperate journey to unlock a secret past. But it is a past that must not be remembered...if he is to survive." From the Publisher
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
