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Maddie tries to be good (First novels)
By Louise Leblanc, Sarah Cummins. 1999
When Maddie's mother takes a break from the family and goes away for a few days, Maddie decides that she's…
gone away for good. The only way to get her back is to bring harmony back to the home, and to do that, Maddie must act super good. But no one at home or school understands what Maddie is up to, and being patient, responsible, and kind is hard work! Grades K-3. 1999. Uniform title: Sophie devient sage.Journal d'un chat assassin (Mouche)
By Anne Fine, Véronique Haïtse. 1997
Un chat qui ne mâche pas ses mots, ça n'existe pas ! Pourtant, le héros de ce livre est bel…
et bien un chat. Il s'appelle Tuffy. Dans son journal de bord, il raconte la difficulté qu'il a d'être confronté à la plus totale incompréhension de ses maîtres. Surtout lorsqu'il ramène à la maison des animaux morts. Tuffy essaie bien de s'en empêcher. Mais aller contre nature relève d'un exploit qui n'est pas à la portée de n'importe quel chat, même de bonne volonté. Un beau jour, Tuffy est accusé du meurtre de Thumper, le lapin des voisins. Suivi de "Le chat assasin, le retour". Prix Sorcières 1998, catégorie premières lectures. Années 1-3. 1997. Titre uniforme: Diary of a killer cat.Imperial reckoning: the untold story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya
By Caroline Elkins. 2005
Recovers the lost history of the last days of British colonialism in Kenya. In the aftermath of World War II…
and the triumph of liberal democracy over fascism, the British detained and brutalised hundreds of thousands of Kikuyu - the colony's largest ethnic group - who had demanded their independence. Winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction. Explicit descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 2005.Diamond on the mound
By Kristie Smith-Armand. 2011
Meet Abby Diamond, Girl Detective, Even though Abby is blind, she does all the things that she likes to do,…
like being a cheerleader, reading Braille, and learning new things with her friends. Grades K-3. 2011.Summertime sleepers: animals that estivate
By Melissa Stewart. 2021
An award-winning author highlights animals that estivate--a prolonged sleep during hot or dry periods. Stewart explains why estivating animals become…
dormant--whether it's because warm weather threatens food supply or to avoid increased body temperatures. For grades K-3. 2021The official Harry Potter baking book: 40+ Recipes Inspired by the Films (Harry Potter)
By Joanna Farrow. 2021
Forty-three tasty recipes inspired by the world of Harry Potter, including Nicolas Flamel's Parcels, Deathly Hallows Bread, Quidditch Pitch Focaccia,…
Whomping Willow Cheese Straw, Honeydukes Haul Cake, Wizard's Chess Squares, Mandrake Bread, Hogwarts Treacle Tart, Wand Breadsticks, and more. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 2021Ikenga
By Nnedi Okorafor. 2020
In southeastern Nigeria, twelve-year-old Nnamdi is determined to avenge his police chief father, who was murdered while trying to rid…
the town of criminals. But Nnamdi feels powerless until he receives a magical object which gives him superpowers. Some violence. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2020Absurd words: a kids' fun and hilarious vocabulary builder for future word nerds
By Tara Lazar. 2021
Blood and germs: the Civil War battle against wounds and disease (Medical Fiascoes)
By Gail Jarrow. 2020
Explores the science and gruesome history of US Civil War medicine, using actual medical cases and first-person accounts by soldiers,…
doctors, and nurses. Jarrow reveals battlefield rescues, surgical techniques, treatments, and patient care, celebrating the men and women of both the North and South who volunteered to save lives. For grades 5-8. 2020The unofficial Harry Potter joke book: howling hilarity for Hufflepuff (Unofficial Harry Potter joke book)
By Brian Boone, Amanda Brack. 2019
Hundreds of jokes and riddles a Hufflepuff would love. Includes categories such as fantastic beasts, a whole new Newt world,…
and jokes that are utterly riddikulus! For grades 2-4 and older readers. 2019The crayon man: the true story of the invention of Crayola crayons
By Steven Salerno, Natascha Biebow. 2019
A biography that celebrates the inventor of the Crayola crayon, Edwin Binney. After inventing dustless chalk and a black wax…
crayon, the employees at Binney & Smith created and tested pigments and ingredients for a special crayon perfect for kids! For grades K-3. 20192022 book of world records
By Scholastic, Cynthia O'Brien. 2021
Why Epossumondas has no hair on his tail
By Janet Stevens, Coleen Salley. 2004
Behold the bold umbrellaphant: and other poems
By Jack Prelutsky, Carin Berger. 2006
The only one club
By Jeff Hopkins, Jane Naliboff. 2004
Jennifer is the only one in her class making decorations for Hanukah instead of Christmas. So she starts the "Only…
One Club" with a glitzy badge. When her friends want to join, Jennifer realizes that they are all "only one" in different ways. For grades K-3. 2004The deserted library mystery (The Boxcar Children Mysteries #21)
By Gertrude Chandler Warner. 1991
Grandfather Alden wants the old Rock Falls library to become a landmark instead of being leveled. So the Alden children…
head to the village to clean the building. When they enter the library, they discover that they are not alone. For grades 4-7Old Cricket
By Lisa Wheeler, Ponder Goembel. 2003
Old Cricket doesn't feel like helping his wife and neighbors to prepare for winter and so he pretends to have…
all sorts of ailments that require the doctor's care, but hungry Old Crow has other ideas. For preschool-grade 2Stanley's party
By Linda Bailey, Bill Slavin. 2003
Abduction!
By Peg Kehret. 2004
Thirteen-year-old Bonnie has a feeling of foreboding on the very day that her six-year-old brother Matt and their dog Pookie…
are abducted, and she becomes involved in a major search effort as well as a frightening adventureThe Get Rich Quick Club
By Dan Gutman. 2004
Summer vacation in their small Maine town does not look too promising until twelve-year-old Gina and four of her friends…
make a pact to become millionaires before school starts in September. I'm just lying out there in the backyard one night, staring up at the sky. Then suddenly a dollar bill lands on my face. I pick it up. It looks real. I have no idea where it came from. Then another one falls. And another. I look up and see bills fluttering down from the clouds above me. First they come in flurries, and then it turns into a snowstorm of money. This is the dazzling tale of five kids who make a pact to earn a million dollars by the end of the summer, led by the clever and daring Gina Tumolo. They come up with a fantastic scheme that involves a photograph of a UFO. Before they are through, they will have their photos in newspapers across the country and even meet face to face with - well, you don't think we'll give the story away right here, do you? Look inside and see for yourself what happens!