Mouse Tales -- by Arnold Lobel (Author) (Book - Child)
"Seven mouse boys lie awake one night and they ask their Papa to tell them a story. Papa does better than that -- he tells them seven stories, one for each boy." From Product Description
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson -- by Bette Lord (Author) (Book - Child)
"Shirley Temple Wong sails from China to America with a heart full of dreams. Her new home is Brooklyn, New York. America is indeed a land full of wonders, but Shirley doesn't know any English, so...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Parents Who Worry Too Much (Parent Handouts and Info - Parent)
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil Frankweiler -- by E.L. Konigsburg (Author) (Book - Child)
"After reading this book, I guarantee that you will never visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art (or any wonderful, old cavern of a museum) without sneaking into the bathrooms to look for Claudia and...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Are You There, God? - It's Me, Margaret -- by Judy Blume (Author) (Book - Child)
"Judy Blume and her character Margaret Simon were the first to say out loud (and in a book even) that it is normal for girls to wonder when they are ever going to fill out their training bras. Puberty...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
A Boat to Nowhere -- by Maureen Wartski (Author) (Book - Child)
"Fleeing from agents of the new communist government in Vietnam, an old man and three children begin an endless and seemingly hopeless struggle for survival as boat people." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Streams to the River, River to the Sea: A Novel of Sacagawea -- by Scott O'Dell (Author) (Book - Child)
"Once again O' Dell turns to the Native American for his subject, in this novel he brings to life the mysterious Shoshone girl Sacagawea, interpreter and guide for Lewis and Clark. Told for...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
A Killing Season -- by Barbara Brenner (Author) (Book - Child)
"Her interest in photography and wildlife, especially the bears living near her home in the mountains of eastern Pennsylvania, provide 16-year-old Allie with opportunites to rebuild her life after her...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
The Mask of Motherhood: How Becoming a Mother Changes Everything and Why We Pretend It Doesn't -- by Susan Maushart (Author) (Book)
"Becoming a mother is filled with the extremes of emotion--the highest highs and the lowest lows. But women are often reluctant to talk honestly about the experience for fear they'll be seen as bad...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Huckleberry Finn -- by Mark Twain (Author) (Book - Child)
"Revered by all of the town's children and readed by all of its mothers, Huckleberry Finn is indisputably the most appealing child-hero in American literature. Unlike the tall-tale, idyllic world of...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)