The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread -- by Kate DiCamillo (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description: "Welcome to the story of Despereaux Tilling, a mouse who is in love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea. It is also the story of a rat called Roscuro, who lives in the...
Ages 9 years - 12 years.
Snowed In With Grandmother Silk -- by Carol Fenner (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "Ruddy loves trucks and computer games and playing outside. Grandmother Silk loves high heels and Masterpiece Theatre. And she doesn't like noise. Neither of them thinks they have...
Ages 9 years - 12 years.
Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl -- by Virginia Hamilton (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "Bruh Rabbit may indeed have met his match when he comes across a tar baby in the middle of the road. The baby's deaf, dumb and blind attitude infuriates the plucky trickster,...
Ages 4 years - 8 years.
Horse Hooves and Chicken Feet: Mexican Folktales -- by Neil Philip (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "This unique collection of fifteen folktales draws on the rich storytelling tradition of Mexico's people and culture. Classic themes and fairytale elements are blended with magic...
Ages 9 years - 12 years.
The Man Who Made Time Travel -- by Kathryn Lasky (Author) (Book - Child)
Product description: "This dramatic picture-book biography brings to life - with illustrations that glow with wit and inspiration - the fascinating story of the quest to measure longitude. While the...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Hana's Suitcase: A True Story -- by Karen Levine (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "In March 2000, a suitcase arrived at a children's Holocaust education center in Tokyo, Japan. On the outside, in white paint, were these words: Hana Brady, May 16, 1931, and...
Ages 9 years - 12 years.
The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon: The Story of Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins. -- by Bea Schyffert (Author) (Book - Parent/Child)
Product Description "Do you know the story of Michael Collins, the Apollo 11 astronaut who went all the way to the moon but never walked on its surface? Instead, he orbited the moon 14 times,...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Ben Franklin's Almanac: Being a True Account of the Good Gentleman's Life -- by Candace Fleming (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description ""What good shall I do today?" How Ben Franklin answered that question -- through his work as a writer, printer, statesman, and inventor -- forever established him as one of...
Ages 9 years - 12 years.
In Defense of Liberty: The Story of America's Bill of Rights -- by Russell Freedman (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "When the Delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the Constitution, they knew it was not perfect. They were concerned their government might be too powerful and not...
Ages 9 years - 12 years.
Olive's Ocean -- by Kevin Henkes (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "Sometimes life can change in an instant Martha Boyle and Olive Barstow could have been friends, but they weren't. Weeks after a tragic accident, all that is left are eerie...
Ages 9 years - 12 years.