Pie Biter -- by Ruthanne McCunn (Author) (Book - Child)
"Based on real characters in the 1800s, Hoi, a young Chinese immigrant, was left to his own devices after the Continental Railroad was finished. With the help of Spanish Louis, he turned creativity...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Birds Are Flying: A Let's Read and Find Out Science Book -- by John Kaufmann (Author) (Book - Child)
"Easy-to-understand-text explains the mechanics of bird flight." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
If You Had To Choose, What Would You Do? -- by Sandra Humphrey, Brian Strassburg (Authors) (Book - Child)
"Is it wrong to cheat on a test if everybody else is doing it? If your sister makes you promise not to tell that she's doing something wrong, should you tell your parents? Is it all right to make fun...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Hazel Rye -- by Vera Cleaver, Bill Cleaver (Authors) (Book - Child)
"An eleven-year-old girl, with no appreciation for land and growing things, finds her values beginning to change when she agrees to let an impoverished family live in a small house she owns, in...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
My Side of the Mountain -- by Jean George (Author) (Book - Child)
"Every kid thinks about running away at one point or another; few get farther than the end of the block. Youn Sam Gribley gets to the end of the block and keeps going--all the way to the Catskill...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Dorp Dead -- by Julia Cunningham (Author) (Book - Child)
"Youngsters...will like this spine-tingling horror story and its hero who can't spell." From School Library Journal
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Summer of the Swans -- by Betsy Byars (Author) (Book - Child)
"A compelling story of the longest day in a fourteen-year-old's life." From Publishers Weekly
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Dragon's Blood -- by Jane Yolen (Author) (Book - Child)
"Jakkin, a bond boy who works as a Keeper in a dragon nursery on the planet Austar IV, secretly trains a fighting pit dragon of his own in hopes of winning his freedom." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Aesop's Fables -- by Fritz Kredel (Author) (Book - Child)
"Aesop's wisdom spills across the pages as freely as Pickney's glorious watercolors alight with the many creatures who people the tales, from fiddling, grasshoppers, and diligent ants to wily...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Long After Midnight -- by Ray Bradbury (Author) (Book - Child)
"This fine collection of stories by a gifted science-fiction writer explores a variety of subjects. In one, two drifters in space search through the dead cities of Mars for a fabled Blue Bottle. In...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)