The Hundred Dresses -- by Eleanor Estes (Author) (Book - Child)
"Wanda Petronski lives way up in shabby Boggins Heights, and she doesn't have any friends. Every day she wears a faded blue dress, which wouldn't be too much of a problem if she didn't tell her...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Ramona and Her Father -- by Beverly Clearly (Author) (Book - Child)
"Second grade is not turning out the way it should for Ramona Quimby. Her dad has lost his job, her mom has found a full-time job, and her big sister Beezus has "reached a difficult age." In her...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Ghost-Eye Tree -- by Bill Martin (Author) (Book - Child)
"The Ghost-Eye Tree tells of a young brother and sister sent by their mother to fetch a bucket of milk on a windswept night. To do so, they must pass the dread "Ghost-Eye tree," a shadowed and...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Lizard Magic -- by Daniel Pinkwater (Author) (Book - Child)
"When left to take care of himself, a young boy becomes involved with a community of intelligent lizards who tell him of a little known invasion from outer space." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Garden of Abdul Gasazi -- by Chris Allsburg (Author) (Book - Child)
"Sometimes that very thin line between illusion and reality is not clearly defined as we would like it to be. It certainty wasn't the day that Alan Mitz stumbled into the garden of Abdul Gasazi. For...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
I Skate! -- by Margaret Faulkner (Author) (Book - Child)
"Text and photographs follow the activities of an eleven-year-old aspiring skater from her daily training sessions to her participation in competitions and an ice show." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Sheriff of Rottenshot -- by Jack Prelutsky (Author) (Book - Child)
"A collection of sixteen humorous poems including 'The Sheriff of Rottenshot,' 'The Soggy Frog,' and 'The Ghostly Grocer of Grumble Grove.'" From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Two Thousand Pound Goldfish -- by Betsy Byars (Author) (Book - Child)
"Warren Otis wants to be a horror movie director, so he spends a lot of time making up monster moview in his head. He's really beginning to enjoy his latest creation--starring Bubbles, an innocent...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Buffalo Nickels Blues Band -- by Judie Angell (Author) (Book - Child)
"Twelve-year-old Eddy Levy relates the very short history of his 'blues' band." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)