The Star of Kazan -- by Eva Ibbotson (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "Annika has never had a birthday. Instead she celebrates her Found Day, the day a housemaid and a cook to three eccentric Viennese professors found her and took her home. There,...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Mable Riley: A Reliable Record of Humdrum, Peril, and Romance -- by Marthe Jocelyn (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description: "It's the year 1901, and fourteen-year-old aspiring writer Mable Riley is on her way to fulfilling her dreams, or so she hopes. After moving with her sister to a faraway town,...
Ages 9 years - 12 years.
Walt Whitman: Words for America -- by Barbara Kerley (Author) (Book - Parent/Child)
Product Description "Did you know that poet Walt Whitman was also a Civil War nurse? Devastated by his country dividing and compelled to service by his brother's war injury, Walt nursed all...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Sélavi, That Is Life: A Haitian Story of Hope -- by Youme Landowne (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "The true story of Selavi ("that is life"), a small boy who finds himself homeless on the streets of Haiti. He finds other street children who share their food and a place to...
Ages 4 years - 8 years.
The Tarantula Scientist -- by Sy Montgomery (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description A Sibert Honor Book An ALA Notable Book A John Burroughs Nature Book for Young Readers A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year A 2005 Outstanding Science Trade Book for...
Ages 9 years - 12 years.
Remember: The Journey to School Integration -- by Toni Morrison (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "Toni Morrison has collected a treasure chest of archival photographs that depict the historical events surrounding school desegregation. These unforgettable images serve as the...
Ages 9 years - 12 years.
Mighty Jackie: The Strike-Out Queen -- by Marissa Moss (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "For as long as she could remember, Jackie Mitchell's father had told Jackie she could be good at whatever she wanted, as long as she worked at it. Jackie worked at baseball....
Ages 4 years - 8 years.
The Little Gentleman -- by Philippa Pearce (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "One day old Mr. Franklin asks Bet to go out to the field and read aloud from a book about earthworms. Why? Who is listening? Soon, Bet becomes the most trusted friend of her...
Ages 9 years - 12 years.
The Boy, the Bear, the Baron, the Bard -- by Gregory Rogers (Author) (Book - Parent/Child)
Product Description "A comic romp through Shakespeare's London featuring an intrepid little boy, a friendly bear, and-in the role of dastardly villain-the Bard himself. What happens when a boy...
Ages 4 years - 8 years.
Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing -- by James Rumford (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "The story of Sequoyah is the tale of an ordinary man with an extraordinary idea—to create a writing system for the Cherokee Indians and turn his people into a nation of readers...
Ages 4 years - 8 years.