Eve Bunting
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
Share this simple, funny farmyard tale with your preschooler, who will love the energy.
"Hurry! Hurry!" Rooster crows. The crowd gets bigger, faster, and noisier as all the animals follow. "Ready! Ready!" "Go! Go!"
The animals rush to the barn. Will they be in time to greet the tiniest new member of the farm family?
Eve Bunting's simple, energetic text and Jeff Mack's vibrant illustrations come together in a joyful,
...7) The Wall
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c1990
Physical Desc
[30] p. : col. ill. ; 22 x 24 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
A boy and his father come from far away to visit the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington and find the name of the boy's grandfather, who was killed in the conflict
8) SOS Titanic
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
1996
Physical Desc
246 p. ; 18 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fifteen-year-old Barry O'Neill, traveling from Ireland to America on the maiden voyage of the Titanic, finds his life endangered when the ship hits an iceberg and begins to sink
9) Our library
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
A raccoon and his friends go to great lengths to make sure they will always have a library from which to borrow books
10) Jumping the Nail
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
1991
Physical Desc
172 p. ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
When teenagers in a California coastal community challenge each other to "jump the Nail"--leap from dangerous cliffs into the ocean--group pressure and manipulative relationships quickly drive the game out of control
12) Thunder horse
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Relates the friendship and love between a little girl and the winged horse she receives as a gift.
Author
Publisher
Fawcett Juniper
Pub. Date
1996, c1995
Physical Desc
152 p. ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
At Alveara boarding school in Belfast at the start of World War II, thirteen-year-old Jessie must deal with her suspicions about a teacher whose father was German and with her worries about her own father's drinking problem
14) Blackwater
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Children's Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
195 p ; cm.
Language
English
Description
When a boy and girl are drowned in the Blackwater River, thirteen-year-old Brodie must decide whether to confess that he may have caused the accident.
15) The wedding
Author
Publisher
Whispering Coyote/Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
One by one, Miss Brindle Cow encounters a group of animals who are late for a wedding and agrees to carry them there
16) A day's work
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c1994
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When Francisco, a young Mexican American boy, tries to help his grandfather find work, he discovers that even though the old man cannot speak English, he has something even more valuable to teach Francisco
17) Gleam and Glow
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; cm.
Language
English
Description
After his home is destroyed by war, eight-year-old Viktor finds hope in the survival of two very special fish.
19) Night tree
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
1991
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A family makes its annual pilgrimage to decorate an evergreen tree with food for the forest animals at Christmastime
20) The giant squid
Author
Publisher
Messner
Pub. Date
c1981
Physical Desc
64 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents information about a number of sightings of the giant squid, a creature of the deep about whom very little is known, although squid lengths of up to sixty feet have been recorded