Black, White, Just Right -- by Marguerite Davol (Author) (Book - Child)
"More a concept book than a story, this work is narrated by the daughter of an interracial marriage. In free verse, the bubbly, confident girl describes her parents' faces as well as her own face. The...
Ages 4 years - 8 years.
Rabbit Hill -- by Robert Lawson (Author) (Book - Child)
"New folks are coming to live in the Big House. The animals of Rabbit Hill wonder if they will plant a garden and thus be good providers." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Ghosts of Departure Point -- by Eve Bunting (Author) (Book - Child)
"After a car plunges over a dangerous cliff, killing its four teenage occupants, one of the four returns as a ghost, tormented by guilt and wishing somehow to prevent another tragedy." From Card...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The House of Dies Drear -- by Virginia Hamilton (Author) (Book - Child)
"A huge, old house with secret tunnels, a cantakerous caretaker, and buried treasure is a dream-come-true for 13-year-old Thomas. The fact that it's reputedly haunted only adds to its appeal! As soon...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Frederick Douglass: Slave, Fighter, Freeman -- by Arna Bontemps (Author) (Book - Child)
"A biography of the runaway slave who devoted his life to the abolition of slavery and the fight for black rights." From Card Catalog
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)
Every Living Thing -- by Cynthia Rylant (Author) (Book - Child)
"Here are twelve deeply moving short stories from the perceptive of Cynthia Rylan. Each captures the moment when someone's life changes -- when an animal causes a human being to see things in a...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Yearling -- by Marjorie Rawlings (Author) (Book - Child)
"Fighting off a pack of starving wolves, wresting alligators in the swamp, romping with bear cubs, drawing off the venom of a giant rattlesnake bite with the heart of a fresh-killed deer--it's all in...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Jewish Holidays -- by Margery Cuyler (Author) (Book - Child)
"Describes the rituals connected with the Jewish holidays throughout the year and gives instructions for making a variety of related objects from easily available materials." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Watership Down -- by Richard Adams (Author) (Book - Child)
"First published in 1972, Richard Adam's extraordinary bestseller Watership Down takes us to a world we have never truly seen: to the remarkable life that teems in the fields, forests, and...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)