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Shipwreck (Detective Murdoch mystery.)
By Maureen Jennings. 2010
1873, Nova Scotia. A storm has wrecked a ship on the shores of a fishing village, and people work bravely…
to rescue the crew - but many die. When young Will Murdoch and the local priest examine the bodies, they discover gold and diamonds. They suspect that the shipwreck was not responsible for all the deaths. Some descriptions of violence. A high-interest, low-vocabulary book. 2010.Le chasseur de pistou (Premier roman ; #158.)
By Jean Lemieux. 2007
Pour la classe de FX Bellavance et de son amie Marianne, c'est aujourd'hui le grand jour: l'équipe qui fera le…
meilleur exposé oral sur un objet original accompagnera le professeur au Grand Cirque des Étoiles! Les deux enfants sont certains de remporter le prix avec leur présentation sur le phénomène des éclipses jusqu'à ce qu'Arnaud Savappa-Dubonnet, le nouvel élève de la classe, présente sa petite boîte carrée dans laquelle est soi-disant enfermé un pistou. François-Xavier serait-il jaloux de ce nouvel arrivant qui a fait le tour de la planète, qui s'exprime avec aisance et qui déborde d'imagination? Années 1-3. 2007.Wings of fire (Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery Ser. #Bk. 2)
By Charles Todd. 1999
Inspector Ian Rutledge, still recovering from the ravages of his service in WWI, is sent to Cornwall to investigate the…
sudden deaths of respected poet Olivia Manning and her brother. As he delves into the case, he discovers suspicious events in the family's past, and must sort out a twisted set of relationships to find the killer. 1999.The witch of Blackbird Pond
By Elizabeth George Speare. 1986
In 1687, orphaned Kit Tyler leaves the Caribbean islands she grew up on and arrives in Connecticut, to the Puritan…
household of her aunt. Feeling out of place, she befriends an old woman considered a witch by the community. When the friendship is discovered, Kit suddenly finds herself standing trial for witchcraft. Originally written in 1958. Newbery Medal winner. For junior high readers. 1986.The vegetable alphabet book (Jerry Pallotta's Alphabet Bks.)
By Jerry Pallotta, Bob Thomson. 2012
Zagazoo
By Quentin Blake. 1998
The baby arrives in a brown paper parcel to the surprise of his parents. They name him Zagazoo. As he…
grows up he changes into a number of different creatures - a vulture, an elephant, a warthog and even a small dragon - before he turns into a man.First apple
By Ching Yeung Russell. 1994
In the 1940s, nine-year-old Ying lives in a village in southern China with her beloved grandmother, Ah Pau. Discovering that,…
like herself, Ah Pau has never tasted an apple, Ying decides to get enough money together to split a piece of the expensive fruit with Ah Pau on her seventy-first birthday. For grades 3-6The timbertoes: the four seasons (Highlights Stories)
By Highlights Children. 2018
Seasons! The Timbertoes work hard at the end of the season. They decorate their house for spring. In autumn, they…
build a leaf pile. The Timbertoes get ready for winter. Stories by Rich Wallace and Marileta RobinsonThe adventures of spot: enjoy the seasons (Highlights Stories)
By Highlights Children. 2018
Seasons! Spot wants to play outside but it is too cold. Spot plays in a pile of leave. Spot is…
playing outside, then the weather begins to change. Spot says hello to spring. Spot enjoys summer. Stories by Marileta Robinson and Highlights for ChildrenThe piñata that the farm maiden hung
By Samantha Vamos. 2019
A young girl sets out on errands for the day, and while she's gone, the farm maiden prepares a piñata…
from scratch with help from a boy, horse, goose, cat, sheep, and farmer. After they all fall asleep in the afternoon sun, they must scramble to finish preparations in time-just as the girl arrives back to her surprise party. Key English words change to Spanish as the cumulative verse builds to the celebratory ending. With the familiarity of The House That Jack Built, this tale cleverly incorporates Spanish words. This story makes learning the language easy and funAll the Fun Winter Things (Arnold and Louise #4)
By Erica S. Perl. 2019
There's too much fun to be had in the snow to sleep through the winter season! At least that's what…
Louise thinks. In this story designed to engage early readers, charming characters combine with simple text, lively illustrations, and laugh-out-loud humor to help boost kids' confidence and create lifelong readers! Snow has fallen and the pond is frozen, so Arnold knows that--as a bear--it's time to hibernate! But Louise insists that he'll miss all the fun winter things if he does, so she convinces him to try hibernating like a chipmunk instead. They'll sleep for a short time, wake up to go sledding or have a snowball fight, and repeat! The only problem is, Arnold can't seem to keep his eyes open. What if he can't stay awake for the winter fun? Exciting, easy-to-read books are the stepping stone a young reader needs to bridge the gap between being a beginner and being fluent.Take away the A
By Michael Escoffier, Kris Di Giacomo. 2014
Within every language, there are words that change and become a different word through the simple subtraction of a single…
letter. In other words, without the "A," the Beast is Best. Have fun discovering the word pairs in this book, and then venture off to find your own. We're sure you'll find loads out there! Grades K-3. 2014.One big pair of underwear
By Tom Lichtenheld, Laura Gehl. 2014
What’s one thing that two bears, three yaks, four goats, and six cats have in common? They hate to share.…
But look out—here comes a pack of twenty pigs ready to prove that sharing makes everything twice as fun! This seriously silly story irresistibly combines the concepts of counting and sharing. Grades P-2. 2014.Ten eggs in a nest (Bright and early books for beginning beginners ; #[BE40])
By Marilyn Sadler, Michael Fleming. 2014
Red is so excited that Gwen has laid a nest full of eggs, he rushes out to buy a worm…
to feed each of the increasing number of chicks as they hatch. Grades K-3. 2014.The little dump truck
By Margery Cuyler, Bob Kolar. 2009
M is for maple: a Canadian alphabet
By Melanie Rose, Michael Ulmer. 2001
Each letter of the alphabet is represented by a name or word derived from some aspect of the country of…
Canada, and each term is presented in a rhyme and then further explained in a note. Grades 2-4 and older readers. 2001.If you hold a seed
By Elly MacKay. 2013
God's dream
By Desmond Tutu, Douglas Carlton Abrams, LeUyen Pham. 2008
Alphabeep: a zipping, zooming ABC
By Edward Miller, Debora Pearson. 2003
My dad (Talk-about-books. #6.)
By Debbie Bailey, Susan Huszar. 1991