Mr. Popper's Penguins -- by Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater (Authors) (Book - Child)
"Poor Mr. Popper isn't exactly unhappy; he just wishes he had seen something of the world before meeting Mrs. Popper and settling down. Most of all, he wishes he had seen the Poles, and spends his...
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Be A Perfect Person in Just Three Days -- by Stephen Manes (Author) (Book - Child)
"Milo, tired of problems with his sister, parents, and classmates, finds a book in the library that promises to make him a perfect person in just three days." From Product Description
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Anna, Grandpa, and the Big Storm -- by Carla Stevens (Author) (Book - Child)
"Anna's grandfather is bored with city life until he and Anna are stranded on the Third Avenue elevated subway train during the blizzard of 1888." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Spook Birds -- by Eve Bunting (Author) (Book - Child)
"Larry witnesses some mysterious goings-on at his rich grandmother's house when the stuffed birds in her glass case suddenly come alive." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Little Sister and the Month Brothers -- by Beatrice De Regniers (Author) (Book - Child)
"A retelling of the Slavic folktale in which the Month Brother's magic helps Little Sister fulfill seemingly impossible tasks which prove the undoing of her greedy stepmother and stepsister." From...
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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
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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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The Cay -- by Theodore Taylor (Author) (Book - Child)
"This award-winning novel remains a powerful classic of prejudice, love, survival. In 1942, 11-year-old Phillip Enright lives with his parents on the Dutch Island of Curacao, but when the war moves...
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Conrad's War -- by Andrew Davies (Author) (Book - Child)
"Currently fascinated with wars, army, killing, and guns, Conrad becomes convinced that through dreams or time warp he is experiencing action in a past war." From Card Catalog
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Robbie and the Leap Year Blues -- by Norma Klein (Author) (Book - Child)
"Eleven-year-old Robbie must contend with his parents' joint custody and a burgeoning interest in the opposite sex in this funny, perceptive novel." From Publishers Weekly
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