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Henry and Mudge in puddle trouble: the second book of their adventures (Henry & Mudge)
By Cynthia Rylant, Suçie Stevenson. 1990
In the spring, Henry and his big dog, Mudge, enjoy being outside. They find a pretty flower, play in a…
giant mud puddle, and make friends with a litter of kittens. For grades K-3. 1987Zathura: a space adventure
By Chris Van Allsburg. 2002
While their parents are out for the evening, Walter and his brother, Danny, find a second board game in the…
Jumanji (DB 50700) box. This one forces the boys to stop quarreling and work together to survive dangers from spaceships and alien life forms. For grades K-3. 2002Sasquatch
By Roland Smith. 1998
Dylan's father had a personal encounter with Sasquatch (aka Bigfoot) on a hunting trip and now seeks to protect him…
from the ruthless hunter Dr. Flagg. When Dylan's father leaves for the about-to-erupt Mount Saint Helens where Sasquatch lives, Dylan is determined to go also. For grades 4-7Jaguar
By Roland Smith. 1997
In this sequel to Thunder Cave (RC 43377) young Jake Lansa ventures into the tropical jungles of Brazil, where his…
father, a wildlife biologist, is creating a jaguar preserve. During their arduous journey up the Amazon River, Jake encounters natural dangers and greedy human predators. For grades 5-8. 1997Tracks in the snow
By Lucy Jane Bledsoe. 1997
Erin is sure something has happened to her babysitter Amy when she doesn't show up one evening. Her parents and…
even the police refuse to help, pointing out that Amy and her mother had planned to move to Arizona by now. Knowing how much Amy didn't want to move, Erin begins searching for Amy and faces survival in a raging snowstorm. For grades 3-6The bear that heard crying
By Natalie Kinsey-Warnock, Helen Kinsey, Ted Rand. 1993
A fictionalized account of the day in 1783 when three-year-old Sarah Whitcher wandered away from home. Lost in the woods…
and crying, Sarah attracts the attention of a big black bear. For preschool-grade 2Stay!: Keeper's story
By Lois Lowry. 1997
A puppy is one of four born outside a French restaurant. After his family disappears, the young dog experiences a…
variety of lifestyles--from companion to a homeless man to starring in commercials--before he finds the perfect home with a girl and her mother, who name him Keeper. For grades 5-8The dare (Super Chubby Photo Board Bks.)
By R. L Stine, Neil Ricklen. 1994
Johanna Wise lives on Fear Street next door to her teacher, Mr. Northwood. Mr. Northwood seems to have it in…
for a group of Johanna's wealthy classmates. When she begins dating one of them, they dare her to kill their teacher. For grades 6-9Pippi Longstocking's after-Christmas party (Pippi Longstocking Ser.)
By Astrid Lindgren, Michael D. Chesworth, Stephen Keeler. 1996
First published in Sweden in 1950, this story continues the adventures of young Pippi Longstocking, who lives in a house…
called Villa Villekulla with her monkey and her horse. When she posts an invitation to an after-Christmas party, all of the town children are ecstatic. For grades K-3Thunder cave
By Roland Smith. 1995
After his mother's death, young Jake Lansa leaves his New York home on a lone quest to Kenya in search…
of his father, a wildlife biologist. Enroute Jake is abducted by a ruthless ring of poachers intent on locating a rare elephant herd. Jake becomes a pawn in a perilous game of greed and threatened extinction. For grades 5-8Henry the sailor cat
By Mary Calhoun, Erick Ingraham. 1994
Henry, an adventurous Siamese cat, watches from the arms of the Woman as the Man and the Kid prepare for…
a day of sailing. All of them are convinced that Henry won't want to go along because cats don't like water. But Henry has other ideas and jumps aboard unnoticed. The Man is upset when he discovers their stowaway, but he will soon change his mind about having Henry aboard. For grades K-3Fireman Small
By Wong Herbert Yee. 1994
Because Fireman Small is the only fireman in his neighborhood, he works day and night, rescuing animals and putting out…
fires. Between emergencies, tired Fireman Small returns to station number nine, slowly walks upstairs, "closes the curtains, gets in bed, and pulls the covers over his head." For preschool-grade 2La première fois que je suis née (L'heure des histoires)
By Vincent Cuvellier. 2021
En cinquante évocations courtes, une série de moments qui sont autant de jalons de la vie sous la forme de…
premières fois : le premier bisou, le premier bain, le premier soutien-gorge, le premier café, etc.Cannons of the comstock (Saga of the Sierras #No. 5)
By Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene. 1992
In 1864 Tom Dawson lives on his brother Jesse's California ranch and cares for Jesse's widow and sons. Also in…
the family is nine- year-old Mont, a black boy from Virginia. A secret society is attempting to see that California, with its gold, becomes a separate republic. Tom is committed to the North. He must protect Mont, now detained in San Francisco's China- town, who is the only person who can identify the conspirators. Violence. 1992My head in the clouds
By Danielle Chaperon. 2020
Travel the world with an intrepid explorer who's adventurous, brave and just a little bit forgetful. She searches for ancient…
loot but loses her swimsuit! Goes to beautiful places and misplaces three suitcases! From Canada to Nepal to Egypt and beyond, our narrator circles the globe while abandoning her possessions. She even loses her mother, briefly, in the desert. The cadence and rhyme, accented by quirky collage-style art, will propel readers along through this exciting excursion, ultimately landing on a fact page dedicated to the places you've just read about. Join us on our journey around the worldTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pizza party: A Step 1 Book - Preschool-Grade 1 (A Step 1 Bk.)
By Eleanor Hudson, Paul Wenzel, S. I. Herbert. 1991
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are all set to have a pizza party! Off they go to the pizza shop.…
There, the crime-fighting turtles foil a robbery attempt. Includes a recipe for "Splinter's Easy Pizzas." Easy reading for grades 2-4Sky dogs
By Jane Yolen, Barry Moser. 1990
He-who-loves-horses, an elderly member of the Piegan band of the Blackfoot tribe of Native Americans and a member of the…
council of warriors, tells how, as a small boy, he was in the group that first saw and owned horses. For grades 3-6 and older readersDinosaur Bob and his adventures with the family Lazardo (The World Of William Joyce)
By William Joyce, Joyce. 1988
Every year before the start of baseball season, the Lazardo family takes a trip. While on a safari in Africa,…
young Scotty Lazardo finds a dinosaur and names him Bob. The Lazardos bring Bob back to Pimlico Hills, where he becomes the talk of the town and the star player of the Pimlico Pirates baseball team (who had never before won a game.) For grades K-3Brave Irene: A Picture Book
By William Steig. 1986
Mrs. Bobbins, a poor seamstress, has just completed a beautiful ball gown for the duchess, but is too sick to…
deliver it. So Irene, her daughter, lovingly puts her to bed and starts off for the palace in the midst of a vicious snowstorm. Irene loses the gown to the wind, but she struggles on, lost, cold, and too frightened to tell the duchess what has happened to the beautiful gown. For preschool-grade 2Henry and Mudge in the sparkle days: the fifth book of their adventures (Henry and Mudge Ser.)
By Cynthia Rylant, Suçie Stevenson. 1993