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Voiceover artist
By Dave Reidy. 2015
Seven year old Simon Davies gets teased for stuttering, so he stops speaking. As an adult, he masters techniques to…
control his voice and pursues his dream of becoming a voice over artist. Meanwhile, his more confident brother, Connor tries to break into television, after years of silence, Simon tries to reconcile with his brother. UnratedThe astonishing stereoscope: the Hall Family chronicles (Hall Family Chronicles)
By Jane Langton. 2001
Young Edward Hall receives from his uncle Prince Krishna a set of five stereoscope cards labeled Temples of the World.…
When Eddy grabs the tasseled rope in the picture, he finds himself inside the stereoscope world, and his sister Eleanor follows quickly after him. For grades 4-7. 1971Good hair: a novel
By Benilde Little. 1996
African American Manhattan reporter Alice Andrews meets Jack, a handsome doctor, at the airport and begins to fall in love.…
Their relationship is tested, however, by differing values, Alice's increasing disillusionment, and a family tragedy that reveals Alice's painful secret. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1996Pop princess
By Rachel Cohn. 2004
Yearning to escape the small town where her family retreated after the death of her sister Lucky, fifteen-year-old outcast Wonder…
Blake gets a record contract from her sister's former manager. But Wonder soon realizes the life of a star is anything but glamorous. Strong language. For senior high readers. 2004What do you do, dear?
By Maurice Sendak, Sesyle Joslin. 1989
A second handbook of good manners for young ladies and gentlemen. Offers advice on proper conduct and polite behavior in…
a variety of common and uncommon social situations. Sequel to What Do You Say, Dear? (DB 55946). For preschool-grade 2. 1961. P2. 1961What do you say, dear?
By Maurice Sendak, Sesyle Joslin. 1986
A guide to good manners for all occasions for young ladies and gentlemen. Offers advice on how to cope correctly…
with a variety of common and uncommon social situations. For preschool-grade 2. 1958. For preschool-grade 2. 1958Clabbered dirt, sweet grass
By Gary Paulsen, Ruth Wright Paulsen. 1992
This story is told by an old man sitting on the back of his dead horse in the woods of…
Minnesota. He talks of the progression of life on his farm in the years before mechanization. Spring with its new births and plantings, summer plowing and canning, fall harvesting and hunting, and finally winter with its wood gathering and logging. And the chores--always the chores. Some violence and some strong languageParker looks up: an extraordinary moment (Parker Curry #01)
By Parker Curry, Jessica Curry, Brittany Jackson. 2019
While visiting a museum with her family and friends, young Parker becomes mesmerized by the portrait of First Lady Michelle…
Obama, who she believes is a queen. For preschool-grade 2. 2019Growing an artist: the story of a landscaper and his son
By John Parra. 2022
"Today Juanito is accompanying his father who is in the landscaping business, and he takes his sketchbook along to draw…
anything that catches his eye, and gets to help his father plan an entire garden--and then help plant it. Includes an autobiographical note." -- Provided by publisherLittle town in the Ozarks (Little House Sequel)
By David Gilleece, Roger Lea MacBride. 1996
After the disasters they experienced in On the Other Side of the Hill (RC 63178), eleven-year-old Rose Wilder and her…
family move from Rocky Ridge Farm into a house near the railroad tracks in Mansfield, Missouri. They have a hard time adjusting to town life. For grades 4-7. 1996You're welcome, universe
By Whitney Gardner. 2017
After Julia is expelled from the Kingston School for the Deaf for graffiti, her two moms send her to a…
suburban school and restrict her access to paint supplies. As her illegal tagging continues, someone begins adding things to her graffiti. Strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2017I'll give you the sun
By Jandy Nelson. 2014
Once close, sixteen-year-old twins Jude and her brother Noah barely speak to each other following a tragedy. But time and…
new relationships begin to mend their lives. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. For senior high and older readers. 2014Funny how things change
By Melissa Wyatt. 2009
Lisa convinces her boyfriend, Remy, to escape from their mountain town in West Virginia and move away with her when…
she starts college. But Remy meets Dana, an outsider painting a mural on the community water tower, and Remy reevaluates his future and his home. For senior high readers. 2009Pictures of Hollis Woods
By Patricia Reilly Giff. 2002
A troublesome foster child, Hollis loves to draw pictures on paper and in her mind. Her favorite is one in…
which she fits in--with a father, mother, brother, and herself. Now Hollis lives with an artist, but still longs for the summer family that wanted to keep her. For grades 5-8. 2002The Wednesday wars: A Newbery Honor Award Winner
By Gary D. Schmidt. 2007
Long Island, 1967. Seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood knows that Mrs. Baker "hates his guts" because she would have Wednesday afternoons free…
if he went to catechism or Hebrew school like his classmates. Mrs. Baker worries about her husband in Vietnam and introduces a reluctant Holling to Shakespeare. For grades 5-8. Newbery Honor. 2007Little house in the big woods (Little House #1)
By Laura Wilder, Garth Williams. 1953
Wisconsin, 1871. The Ingalls family experiences pioneer life in a little log house, miles from any settlement. They feel safe…
and secure despite blizzards, wolves, and the loneliness of the big woods. Prequel to Little House on the Prairie (DB 10929). For grades 4-7 and older readers. 1932In the land of the big red apple (Little House Sequel)
By David Gilleece, Roger MacBride. 1995
In this sequel to Little Farm in the Ozarks (DB 40672), Rose Wilder and her parents endure a cold, icy…
winter that threatens their young apple orchard. But the year is not all hardship. For her ninth birthday, Rose gets a mule to ride to school and names him Spookendyke. Also, a new love begins for their farmhand, and the Wilders experience the true spirit of giving at Christmas. For grades 3-6The first four years (Little House #9)
By Laura Wilder, Garth Williams. 1971
The story of Laura and Almanzo Wilder and their first years together on a homestead on the Dakota prairie in…
the late 1800s. This story follows "These Happy Golden Years" (DB 21200). For grades 4-7 and older readersThe Umbrella House
By Colleen Nelson. 2023
Little town at the crossroads (Little house. Caroline years #02)
By Maria D Wilkes. 1997
"Meet Caroline Quiner, the little girl who would grow up to be Laura Ingalls' mother. Caroline watches eagerly as new…
buildings spring up overnight and more and more families move into the growing town of Brookfield, Wisconsin. There are all sorts of new, exciting things for Caroline to do! She marches in her first Independence Day parade, a circus comes to town, and new neighbors become special friends. But then the family has a chance to move to another farm. Will Caroline have to say good-bye to the little town of Brookfield?" -- Provided by publisher