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Will you, won't you?
By Jessie Haas. 2000
Shy Madeline "Mad" Parker spends the summer before high school at her grandmother Gam's farm. In addition to taking care…
of her horse, she reluctantly enrolls in Scottish dance classes. Gam is also a state senator, and through her Mad learns how to overcome her insecurities and assert herself. For grades 6-9. 2000Upon the head of the goat: a childhood in Hungary, 1939-1944
By Aranka Siegal. 2003
Author recounts her experiences as a young Jewish girl during Hitler's rise to power. Recalls being trapped in Ukraine while…
visiting her grandmother, returning to her family in Hungary, and being forcibly moved to an Auschwitz ghetto. Describes the many wartime restrictions. For grades 6-9. Newbery Honor Book. 1981Dash (Dogs Of World War Ii Ser.)
By Kirby Larson. 2014
When her family is forced into a Japanese internment camp, Mitsi Kashino is separated from her home, her classmates, and…
her beloved dog, Dash. Heartbroken, Mitsi clings to her one connection to Dash: the letters from the kindly neighbor who is caring for him. For grades 3-6. 2014Liberty (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. 2016The bear says north: tales from northern lands
By Bob Barton. 2003
Ten folktales from Scandinavia and other northern hemisphere countries. In "Good Neighbors", a family happily coexists with mountain trolls. In…
"Grandfather Bear", a fox tricks an old bear into dropping his dinner. Grades 4-7. 2003.From slave to soldier: based on a true Civil War story (Ready-to-Read)
By Deborah Hopkinson, Brian Floca. 2005
Tennessee, Civil War. Young Johnny hates being a slave and chooses freedom by joining the Union Army. Johnny proves his…
bravery by driving the mule team and supply wagon by himself at night to bring food to hungry soldiers. Short chapter book. For grades 2-4. 2005¡El gallo que no se callaba!: The rooster who would not be quiet!
By Eugene Yelchin, Carmen Agra Deedy. 2017
En este cuento bilingüe, el alcalde de La Paz--un pueblo ruidoso--instituye nuevas leyes que prohíben todo canto. Pero un gallo…
valiente decide que debe cantar, independientemente del castigo. Para los grados K-3. Español/InglésLa ruelle de Tristouille (Mini toon)
By Jess Vendette. 2019
Dans la ruelle de Tristouille, les humains se sont mis au compostage! Adieu, les belles poubelles remplies de nourriture alléchante…
! Manger du compost? Impossible! Tristouille est de plus en plus affamé! Avec l'aide de ses deux amis écureuils, arrivera-t-il à se remplir la bédaine? C'est ce que tu découvrira dans ce Mini Toon!J'avais tout prévu sauf les bélugas (Collection Zèbre)
By Andrée Poulin. 2019
Peu de temps après avoir établi le record Guinness de la plus grosse poutine du monde, Thomas est obsédé par…
le désir d'entrer en contact avec sa mère qui l'a abandonné, il y a dix ans. Il se sent négligé par ses amis dont il ne partage pas les nouvelles passions : Élie mène une campagne pour dénoncer les effets de la pollution sur la santé des bélugas et Sam rêve de créer une vidéo virale. Quand Thomas découvre que sa mère milite aussi en faveur des bélugas, il conçoit un plan qui la forcera à lui parler. Mais rien ne se déroule comme prévuSoldier Sister, Fly Home
By Nancy Bo Flood, Shonto Begay. 2016
A tender and gripping novel about family, identity, and loss. Fourteen-year-old Tess is having a hard enough time understanding what…
it means to be part white and part Navajo, but now she's coping with her sister Gaby's announcement that she's going to enlist and fight in the Iraq war. Gaby's decision comes just weeks after the news that Lori Piestewa, a member of their community, is the first Native American woman in US history to die in combat, adding to Tess's stress and emotions. While Gaby is away, Tess reluctantly cares for her sister's semi-wild stallion, Blue, who will teach Tess how to deal with tragic loss and guide her own journey of self-discovery. Lori Piestewa was a real-life soldier who was killed in Iraq and was a member of the Hopi tribe. Back matter includes further information about Piestewa as well as a note by author Nancy Bo Flood detailing her experiences living on the Navajo reservation. A pronunciation guide to all Navajo vocabulary used within the text is also included.Noble madness
By Maye Preston Hill. 1978
Incredible Jumbo: a novel
By Barbara Claassen Smucker. 1990
Tod Tolliver, a poor and lonely boy, works for the London Zoo, caring for its star attraction, Jumbo the Elephant.…
When Jumbo is sold to P.T. Barnum's Circus in New York, Tod stows away on the ship. Grades 5-8. 1990.The ghost horse of the Mounties
By Sean O Huigin. 1983
A mysterious storm sends the Mounties' horses in all directions. All but one horse is found. This is the story…
of that one horse. Winner of the 1983 Canada Council Children's Literature Award. Grades 3-6 and older readers. c1983.Big bear hug
By Nicholas Oldland. 2009
There once was a bear so filled with love and happiness that whenever he roamed the forest and came across…
another living thing, he would give it a hug. One day, the benevolent bear meets up with a human who raises his axe and begins to cut down a tree. Suddenly the bear doesn't feel like hugging anymore and must make a difficult decision on how to stop this destruction in his forest. Grades K-3. 2009.Pounce de Leon
By Tim Wynne-Jones, Alfredo Tapia. 2008
Pounce de Leon, a mischievous, loving cat, adopts Mrs. Florida Brown as his constant companion. Pounce's job is to look…
after the aging Mrs. Brown. Most of all, Pounce is fascinated by the view from the jumbled house into the jungle-like garden filled with overgrown plants and trees. When Mrs. Brown speaks of a mysterious, beautiful girl and a lost fountain of youth, Pounce sets out on a quest to find it for his loving owner. Grades K-3. 2008.Farley follows his nose
By Lynn Franks Johnston, Beth Cruikshank. 2009
Good-natured and ever-hungry, Farley goes wherever his nose leads him. But as one delicious smell follows another, soon Farley is…
meeting new friends and exploring parts of town he's never seen before. Just how far has he wandered? Will he find a familiar smell to lead him back home? Grades K-3. 2009.Franklin and the stopwatch (Kids Can read (Toronto, Ont.))
By Sharon Jennings, Paulette Bourgeois, Brenda Clark, Sean Jeffrey, Jelena Sisic, Sasha McIntyre. 2007
Franklin finds a stopwatch in the junk drawer and proceeds to drive family and friends crazy by timing everything they…
do. When Franklin gets a taste of his own medicine, will he realize that sometimes a stopwatch needs to stop watching? Grades K-3. 2007.Gummytoes
By Sean Cassidy. 2004
A gray tree frog is tired of always blending in with his surroundings and longs to be admired. One day,…
when Gummytoes is basking in the sun, he hears children playing nearby and seizes the opportunity to be noticed. The youngsters take him home and place him in a terrarium. And every day, they try to make Gummytoes do new tricks and rarely leave him alone! Grades K-3. 2004.Stanley at sea
By Linda Bailey, Bill Slavin. 2008
It's picnic time in the park, and Stanley wanders down by the river where he runs into other dogs. Soon…
their keen noses lead them to a delicious treat on a small boat with no people in sight. When the boat's mooring comes loose, they float away with the current down the river, under a bridge, and then out to sea! Grades K-3. 2008.Pigs (Munsch for kids.)
By Michael Martchenko, Robert N Munsch. 1989
Megan is told to feed the pigs, but not to open the gate. She does of course, and the results…
are hilarious as the pigs help themselves to coffee and the newspaper at the breakfast table, follow Megan to school, and ride home by way of the school bus. Grades K-3. 1989.