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Just ask!: be different, be brave, be you
By Rafael López, Sonia Sotomayor. 2019
Silent days, silent dreams
By Allen Say. 2017
An imagined biography of James Castle--a deaf, autistic artist--whose exceptional talent was recognized later in life. Despite mistreatment and being…
misunderstood, James presents his personal view of the world through art that now hangs in major museums throughout the world. For grades 2-4. 2017Mary Poppins from A to Z (Mary Poppins)
By P. L. Travers, Mary Shepard, P. L Travers, Dr P. L. Travers. 2006
For each letter of the alphabet, there is a brief description of a character or incident from the other Mary…
Poppins books. The featured letter in each segment begins as many words as possible. For grades 4-7. 1962A treasury of Curious George: Colección de oro Jorge el curioso (Curious George)
By Margret Rey, H. A. Rey. 2011
A collection of eight tales about a mischievous but loveable monkey named George. Includes Curious George Visits a Toy Store,…
Curious George Goes Camping, and Curious George Visits the Library. For grades K-3 and older readers. English/Spanish language. 2011Two little trains
By Margaret Wise Brown, Leo and Diane Dillon. 2003
Two trains are heading west. One is streamlined, the other small and old. On their parallel journeys, the trains encounter…
rivers, hills, snow, and dust storms, but neither is thwarted. But look closer and see that these two trains, though similar in many ways, have a surprising difference: one is the real thing, traversing the countryside, and the other is a toy, making its way across rug fringe "tracks," along the edge of a bathtub, through a tunnel made from a book, and past a broom and dust pan. For grades pres-school to kindergarten. For preschool-grade 2. 1977My brother Charlie: a sister's story of autism
By Holly Robinson Peete, Ryan Elizabeth Peete, Shane Evans. 2010
A girl tells what it is like living with her twin brother who has autism and sometimes finds it hard…
to communicate with words, but who, in most ways, is just like any other boy. Includes authors' note about autism. For preschool-grade 2Roman myths: retold from the classic originals (Classic starts)
By Diane Namm, Eric Freeberg. 2014
Retellings of Greek and Roman myths with explanations of vocabulary and setting. Includes tales such as "Jason and the Golden…
Fleece," "The Riddle of the Sphinx," and "Baucis and Philemon," which is about an elderly couple who were favored by the gods for being hospitable. For grades 3-6. 1989The Aeneid
By Virgil, Robert Fagles. 2006
Epic Latin poem composed by Virgil during the last ten years of his life, 29 to 19 B.C.E. Beginning with…
the legend of Aeneas, a Trojan hero who founded a settlement in Italy, celebrates the Roman Empire's expansion and the achievements of Emperor Augustus. Verse translation by Robert Fagles. 2006The merry adventures of Robin Hood (Sterling Unabridged Classics)
By Howard Pyle, H. Pyle. 2004
Recounts the legend of Robin Hood and his band of outlaws--including Little John, Friar Tuck, and Allan a Dale--who plunder…
the rich to help the poor. Describes mistakenly poaching the king's deer and Sherwood Forest escapades against their enemy the Sheriff of Nottingham. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 1883The double-digit club
By Marion Dane Bauer, Marion Bauer. 2004
Nine-year-old Sarah usually loves summer vacation. But when her best friend turns ten and joins the Double-Digit Club ahead of…
her, Sarah is lonely and heartbroken. Sarah enjoys spending time with an elderly blind neighbor until a mistake of Sarah's threatens that relationship, too. For grades 3-6. 2004Allegorical tale in which Marlow, a wandering seaman, recounts a journey into the heart of the Belgian Congo where he…
confronted human savagery. Centenary edition includes "The Congo Diary" and "Up-River Book," Conrad's notes documenting his 1890 visit to the region. 2002 foreword by A.N. Wilson. Some strong language. 1902Greek gods and heroes
By Robert Graves. 1965
20,000 leagues under the sea (Books of wonder)
By Jules Verne, Leo and Diane Dillon. 2000
Classic of nineteenth-century speculative fiction relates the adventures of a French professor and his two companions as they sail beneath…
the world's oceans as prisoners of the fabulous electric submarine Nautilus under the command of the deranged Captain Nemo. 1869Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire's Book of Greek myths
By Ingri D'Aulaire, Ingri D'Aulaire, Edgar Parin D'Aulaire. 1962
An American summer: a novel
By Frank Deford, Sourcebooks. 2002
Summer, 1954; Baltimore. Fourteen-year-old Christy meets a wealthy and beautiful twenty-three-year-old neighbor named Kathryn. She has been paralyzed and confined…
to an iron lung due to polio, yet helps Christy master his swimming technique and cope with growing up. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2002My sister Annie
By Bill Dodds, Judith Hurt. 1993
Charlie, eleven, faces some challenges--pitching for the baseball team, asking a girl to the school dance, and wanting to be…
accepted by the guys in a local gang. All these things are complicated by his feelings about his older sister with Down syndrome. For grades 4-7. 1993The victim: a novel (Penguin twentieth-century classics)
By Saul Bellow. 1996
Asa Leventhal is alone in New York while his wife is away. Seeking relief from a New York heat wave…
one evening in the park, he is approached by a stranger who accuses him of ruining his life. As the relationship between the antagonists deepens, Leventhal's fragile sense of self-worth starts to crumble. 1947The story of chess
By Horacio Cardo. 1998
Long ago a man named Sissa devises a game in tribute to a war. Beginning with the squares on the…
board and the king as the key figure, Sissa explains the basic movements of each chess piece and the overall strategy of the game. For grades 3-6 and older readers. 1998Moses goes to a concert (Moses Goes to)
By Isaac Millman. 1998