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By Jon Scieszka. 2010
Ages 4-6. After scooping dirt, spraying water, and mixing cement, the first trucks of Trucktown want to do something for…
all of the trucks that helped them build Trucktown. So they figure out a special way for all trucks to celebrate Trucksgiving year after year!By Patricia C. Mckissack, Fredrick L. Mckissack. 1994
Describes the customs, recipes, poems, and songs used to celebrate Christmas in the big plantation houses and in the slave…
quarters just before the Civil War.Winner of the Coretta Scott King MedalBy Stephanie Kate Strohm. 2012
Libby Kelting had always felt herself born out of time. No wonder the historical romance-reading, Jane Austen-adaptation-watching, all-around history nerd…
jumped at the chance to intern at Camden Harbor, Maine's Oldest Living History Museum. But at Camden Harbor Libby's just plain out of place, no matter how cute she looks in a corset. Her cat-loving coworker wants her dead, the too-smart-for-his-own-good local reporter keeps pushing her buttons, her gorgeous sailor may be more shipwreck than dreamboat -- plus Camden Harbor's haunted. Over the course of one unforgettable summer, Libby learns that boys, like ghosts, aren't always what they seem.By Ben M. Baglio. 2001
While helping to set up a Santa land outside Walton Cottage Hospital, Mandy and James spot a stray Jack Russell…
terrier. They also befriend Charlie, a young patient, who desperately wants a dog for Christmas.By Margaret Wise Brown. 2003
There was once a small pumpkin in a great big field, a very small green pumpkin the size of an…
apple. The little pumpkin dreams that one day he will grow up to be a fierce yellow pumpkin who scares the field mice, like the scarecrow does. Then one day in autumn, three children come to his field, and he unexpectedly gets the chance for his dream to come true ...By Betty G. Birney, Priscilla Burris. 2018
Humphrey gets his first birthday party ever from the kids in Room 26.Kirk invites the class to his super-fun backwards…
birthday bash, where everything is backwards, including clothes! The kids in Room 26 have a great time, but they are sad when they realize that Humphrey, Og, and Ms. Brisbane aren't on the birthday calendar. Everyone starts whispering and Humphrey can only make out a few words, but he thinks he knows what they're planning--a birthday celebration for Ms. Brisbane! But when Friday comes around, Humphrey learns he was all wrong--the surprise party is for Humphrey and Og instead! With sweet illustrations and an easy reading level, Humphrey's Tiny Tales are hamster-iffic for emerging readers.By Laurie Mcelroy. 2007
Based on two episodes: JOSH MEETS OPRAH. Josh is jazzed at the prospect of meeting his TV idol when Drake…
gets tickets to Oprah for his birthday, but delight turns to dismay in the studio parking lot.By Patrick C. Greene. 2018
In the epic tradition of Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Jonathan Maberry, a chilling new masterwork of small-town evil, centuries-old…
traditions, and newly-risen terror… RED HARVEST Every year at harvest time, something strange and wonderful happens in the sleepy farm community of Ember Hollow. It comes alive. Truckloads of pumpkins are sent off to be carved into lanterns. Children scramble to create the creepiest, scariest costumes. Parents stock up on candy and prepare for the town’s celebrated Pumpkin Parade. And then there is Devil’s Night . . . But this year, something is different. Some of the citizens are experiencing dark, disturbing visions. Others are beginning to wonder if they’re losing their minds, or maybe their souls. One newly sober singer with the voice of a fallen angel is tempted to make a deal that will seal his fate. And one very odd boy is kept locked in a shed by his family—for reasons too horrible to imagine . . . Whatever is happening to this town, they’re going to make it through this Halloween. Even if it kills them . . .By Patricia Windsor. 1991
By Alison Stone, Rebecca Kertz. 2016
Two Amish tales of redemption and love Jedidiah's Bride by Rebecca Kertz When handsome stranger Jedidiah Lapp saves her twin…
brothers' lives, Sarah Mast never expects to see their hero again. When they meet once more, Sarah begins to feel something special for him. Jedidiah soon sees Sarah as part of his future, too. But dare he ask her to leave her family behind and build a life with him? Plain Threats by Alison Stone More than a year after her husband was accused of murder and died in prison, someone is reminding Amish widow Rebecca Fisher that all hasn't been forgiven. Turning to Englisher and former army ranger Jake Burke for help rattles her traditional community. But before long, Rebecca senses Jake is the only person she can trust with her safety...and her fragile heart.By Kathryn Lasky. 2001
Twelve-year-old Minnie Swift recounts living through one of the toughest times in American history, the Great Depression, through her diary…
that spans over one Christmas month. Reflecting both sadness and optimism that characterized the time, this is an intimate portrait of a Midwestern family's triumphs and losses. Photos.By Penny Richards. 2016
A Marriage of Inconvenience! After a storm strands her overnight in Will Slade's cabin, Blythe Granville's reputation is in shambles.…
The townspeople doubt that she was innocently nursing him back to health after saving his life. Now Blythe must accept Will's proposal: a marriage in name only to save her good name. But the former socialite is determined not to fall for her new husband...even if she's drawn to the gruff stranger who's vowed to stand by her, in sickness and in health. Will never wanted to remarry after his ex-wife betrayed him. But now he finds himself hitched to a city girl who has no idea how to keep a house...but is somehow chiseling her way into his heart. As Blythe melts Will's crusty facade, though, they're discovering that this most unexpected union might just lead to true love.By Amie Denman. 2016
Every first love deserves a second chance June Hamilton left home to pursue her dream of dancing on Broadway. Seven…
years later, she has one regret: Mel Preston, her teenage crush and onetime summer love. Now a single dad and the head of maintenance at Starlight Point, her family's amusement park, Mel's easy smile still makes her heart beat in triple time. But June came home with a plan. She would spend the summer revitalizing the park's aging theaters, then make a graceful exit back to the big city. Until Mel and his young son start making a powerful claim on her emotions, and June faces an impossible decision...By Jean C. Gordon. 2016
Falling for the Bachelor Tessa Hamilton never imagined the hardest part of having her best friend help renovate her small-town…
movie theater would be keeping her heart safe. She can't fall for a man who has no interest in a serious relationship with any woman...and who doesn't know the secret she hides. Besides, Josh Donnelly is too eager to leave Paradox Lake-especially when his estranged father returns. Tessa struggles with the turmoil, but as she falls deeper for the bachelor, she knows she must be honest if there's any chance for them. But will telling Josh put everything at risk-including their friendship?By Natasha Friend. 2018
Quinn is a teen who loves her family, skateboarding, basketball, and her friends, but after she's diagnosed with a condition…
called alopecia which causes her to lose all of her hair, her friends abandon her. Jake was once a star football player, but because of a freak accident—caused by his brother—he loses both of his legs. Quinn and Jake meet and find the confidence to believe in themselves again, and maybe even love.By Carl Sandburg, Harriet Pincus. 1978
The Rag Doll was blessed with many friends ― the Wisk Broom, the Furnace Shovel, and the Coffee Pot among…
them ― but when it came time to marry, she chose the Broom Handle. On the day of their wedding, the bride and groom were attended by a fantastical procession of well-wishers: the Spoon Lickers, the Tin Pan Bangers, the Easy Ticklers, the Musical Soup Eaters, and other whimsical characters, all marching along in a manner befitting their extraordinary names. This tale of wedding pomp and madcap mirth comes from poet Carl Sandburg's classic book of American fairy tales, The Rootabaga Stories. Marvelous drawings by Harriet Pincus, a noted illustrator of children's books, enhance the tale. Out of print for years, the book is now available in a new edition that introduces the story and its gloriously antic art to a new generation of parade-lovers, wedding-goers, and everyone who enjoys a fanciful celebration.By Bonnie Bryant. 1997
Corey wants only one thing for Christmas: for her parents to get back together. However, Doc Tock, Corey's mom, has…
been spending a lot of time with their neighbor, Kyle Lee. Now Corey is afraid that Mr. Lee may be ready to propose.By Janee Trasler. 2006
This cutie pie ghost is sure to delight young readers with his naughty antics. Ghost wants to eat it all!…
Ghost eats an apple. Ghost eats an egg. Ghost eats ice cream. Ghost eats pizza. But Monster is hungry too! Find out what happens to Ghost and Monster in this hilarious story.By Aisha Tritle. 2017
At the age of ten, Sophia was offered a choice: join Program Occidis and train to become an assassin, or…
let her mother die.Seven years later, Sophia’s life serves one purpose: to do the bidding of the narcissistic Danish billionaire who controls her, Norbert Alexander. But her panic attacks keep getting in the way of her job, and when she witnesses the death of another Member, Sophia knows her time of sanity is running out. When the handsome new member of Occidis, Ilya, kidnaps her while on a job and tells her she’s been chosen to take down the man she’s served for almost half of her life, Sophia reluctantly accepts. Things start to unravel, however, and Sophia finds herself fighting to balance her attraction and distrust when the details of Ilya’s mysterious history come to light. With her life threatened at every turn, Sophia goes on a transatlantic mission to destroy the man responsible for the deaths of so many.By Beverly Jenkins. 2002
A historical holiday story of homecoming and second-chance romance by NAACP Image Award Nominee, Beverly Jenkins. In 1883, Lydia Cooper…
is happily traveling back home to celebrate the simple joys of the holidays when an unexpected complication appears in the all-too-distracting form of Gray Dane, the man she loved as a girl; the man she left behind. Gray, a soldier, is finally returning home too. Seeing Lydia after fifteen years reignites all the temptations from years ago...and also the pain and regret. But as Lydia and Gray make their way home together, they get a chance to mend the past, and rediscover the joy, trust --and passion -- of before; to realize that love isn't just sweeter the second time around, it's downright decadent. This novella was previously published in Gettin' Merry, A Holiday Anthology