Dinosaur Time -- by Peggy Parish, Arnold Lobel (Authors) (Book - Child)
"An easy-to-read introduction to eleven different dinosaurs--their size, their diet, the pronunciation of their names, and their distinct characteristics."
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
Big Max -- by Kin Platt (Author) (Book - Child)
"Big Max, the world's greatest detective, helps a king find his missing elephant." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
Ramona the Pest -- by Beverly Clearly (Author) (Book - Child)
"The engaging tale of young Ramona Quimby's first days in kindergarten, Ramona the Pest takes a pint-sized perspective on the trials and delights of beginning school. Ramona can't wait to learn all...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
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
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
All-of-a-Kind Family -- by Sydney Taylor (Author) (Book - Child)
"There's something to be said for a book that makes you wish you'd been part of a poor immigrant family living in New York's upper east side on the eve of World War I. Life is rich for the five...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago -- by Lloyd Newman, LeAlan Jones, David Isay, John Brooks (Authors) (Book)
"Every once in a while, voices emerge from a part of the world that we have forgotten or chosen to ignore. Sometimes their words ignite our conscience and rekindle our sense of justice "Our America",...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Gender and Poverty in the North -- by Caroline Sweetman (Author) (Book)
"International development policy-makers and practitioners are becoming increasingly involved in debates with governments and NGOs in the industrialized countries of the North, focusing on appropriate...
All Ages
Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
The Muffin Fiend -- by Daniel Pinkwater (Author) (Book - Child)
"From Pinkwater we expect the pure wackiness of a mind given to bizarre bolts of imagination. Absurdities and a few gaps in logic aside, we get it in spades. Someone is stealing all the muffins in...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Real Thief -- by William Steig (Author) (Book - Child)
"Who hasn't known the sickening, demoralizing feeling of being falsely accused? In the Real Thief, William Steig explores this injustice with the keen insight of a good psychologist and the skillful...
All Ages
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...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)