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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. UnratedMr. Lincoln's boys: being the mostly true adventures of Abraham Lincoln's trouble-making sons, Tad and Willie
By Staton Rabin, Bagram Ibatoulline. 2008
My Detroit garden
By Keri Middaugh. 2012
A little girl moves to the city of Detroit and misses her garden. Will planting a few seedlings in a…
nearby vacant lot help her feel at home in the city? This story takes a look at the joys of urban gardening and includes a Detroit fact page and family gardening activity. For grades K-3. 2012The 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 publisherPicture perfect (Fiction - Young Adult)
By Elaine Marie Alphin. 2003
Best friends Ian and Teddy meet regularly in an abandoned motel in the redwood forest, California, to take photographs. One…
day Teddy doesn't show up and Ian suspects his oppressive father has something to do with his friend's mysterious disappearance. Ian is questioned by the sheriff but he can't remember everything that happened that day. For grades 6-9Escape to Witch Mountain
By Alexander Key. 2009
"Two children with supernatural powers come to earth from another world and find themselves on the run from men who…
want to use their special powers for evil purposes." -- Provided by NLSThe year of the bomb
By Ronald Kidd. 2009
Best friends Paul, Oz, Arnie, and Crank enjoy horror movies but when a couple of movie extras, Laura and Darryl,…
working on the Invasion of the Body Snatchers in 1955 try to involve them in a Communist conspiracy in real life, things get too dangerous and they decide to curtail the friendship. For grades 6-9Little 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. 1996Mystery
By Arthur Geisert. 2003
During a visit to the art museum, a little piglet and her grandfather investigate the disappearance of several paintings. Clues…
in the illustrations give readers a chance to solve the mystery along with the heroineLittle town at the crossroads (Little House Prequel)
By Maria D. Wilkes, Dan Andreasen. 1997
Young Caroline Quiner, who would grow up to become Laura Ingalls Wilder's mother, and her family have new adventures as…
the frontier outpost of Brookfield, Wisconsin, grows into a bustling townHello lighthouse
By Sophie Blackall. 2018
Explores the life of one lighthouse as it beams its message out to sea through shifting seasons, changeable weather, and…
the tenure of its final keeper. PRINT/BRAILLE. For grades K-3. 2018You'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. 2017Liberty (Dogs Of World War Ii Ser.)
By Kirby Larson. 2016
New Orleans, 1940s. Polio-survivor Fish Elliot and his neighbor Olympia team up in order to save a starving stray dog…
they call Liberty, and they find other unlikely allies willing to help. For grades 3-6. 2016