Home Is Where Your Feet Are Standing -- by Patricia Windsor (Author) (Book - Child)
"Convinced that the mysterious and troublesome events in the family cottage are due to his 'poltergeist disease,' ten-year-old Colin decides to take matters into his own hands." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Oh Boy, Babies -- by Alison Herzig (Author) (Book - Child)
"A photo essay of a class in infant care given to fifth and sixth boys with the help of mothers and real babies." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Stuart Little -- by E.B. White (Author) (Book - Child)
"How terribly surprised the Little family must have been when their second child turned out to be a small mouse. Apparently familiar with the axiom that 'when in New York City, anything can happen,'...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Dark Is Rising -- by Susan Cooper (Author) (Book - Child)
"With these mysterious words, Will Stanton discovers on his 11th birthday that he is no more boy. He is the Sign-Seeker, last of the immortal Old Ones, destined to battle the powers of evil that...
All Ages
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
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry -- by Mildred Taylor (Author) (Book - Child)
"Her Newbery Medal-winning Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry tells the story of one African American family, fighting to stay together and strong in the face of brutal racist attacks, illness, poverty, and...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Secret Ship -- by Ruth Kluger, Peggy Mann (Authors) (Book - Child)
"The author relates the tremendous obstacles involved in the rescue of European Jews who were being secretly and illegally trans ported to Palestine on the ship 'Hilda' to escape destruction by the...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Hiroshima no Pika -- by Toshi Maruki (Author) (Book - Child)
"The heartbreaking experiences of seven-year-old Mii and her parents, which began at 8:15 a.m., August 6, 1945, when the atomic bomb "Little Boy" was dropped on the city of Hiroshima. "A forceful...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Gentle Ben -- by Walter Morey (Author) (Book - Child)
"Traces the friendship between a boy and a bear in the rugged Alaskan Territory." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Where the Red Fern Grows -- by Wilson Rawls (Author) (Book - Child)
"Author Wilson Rawls spent his boyhood much like the character of this book, Billy Colman, roaming the Ozarks of northeastern Oklahoma with his bluetick hound. A straightforward, shoot-from-the-hip...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
