Millions -- by Frank Cottrell Boyce (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "Two bothers, Damian and Anthony, are unwittingly caught up in a train robbery during Britain's countdown to join the Euro. Suddenly finding themselves with a vast amount of cash,...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Doodler Doodling -- by Rita Gelman (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "Here is a doodler doodling. And here are her doodles. Here is a book starring twenty-one words, a blank piece of paper, and a train of thought. And you will be amazed. WOW!"
Ages 4 years - 8 years.
Technically, It's Not My Fault: Concrete Poems -- by John Grandits (Author) (Book - Parent/Child)
Product Description "An eleven-year-old boy named Robert voices typical—and not so typical—middle-grade concerns in this unique, memorable collection of hilarious poems. His musings cover the usual...
Ages 9 years - 12 years.
What Is Goodbye? -- by Nikki Grimes (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "Jerilyn and Jesse have lost their beloved older brother. But each of them deals with Jaron's death differently. Jerilyn tries to keep it in and hold it together; Jesse acts out....
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
The Cats in Krasinski Square -- by Karen Hesse (Author) (Book - Parent/Child)
Product Description "When Karen Hesse came upon a short article about cats out-foxing the Gestapo at the train station in Warsaw during WWII, she couldn't get the story out of her mind. The result is...
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
Merlin and the Making of the King -- by Margaret Hodges (Author) (Book - Child)
From School Library Journal:"This is a straightforward, expertly streamlined retelling of three popular Arthurian legends: "The Sword in the Stone," "Excalibur," and "The Lady of the Lake," based on...
Ages 9 years - 12 years.
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.