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Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jumping into the water can be more than a little scary! But with Mom's steady arms there's no fear of sinking. With a kick, a splash, and his family's cheers of encouragement, one determined boy finds his groove, making waves in this fun-filled day at the pool.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
1998
Edition
1st Harcourt Young Classics ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
298 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Escaping from an attic where they had been held captive over the long, dark winter, a family of tiny people set up house in an old rectory.
Author
Series
All-of-a-kind family volume 1
Publisher
Wilcox
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Portrays the joys and troubles of five high-spirited Jewish sisters as they grow up in New York City.
5) The barn
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1994, 1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
106 p.: 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ben is away at school when his father mysteriously falls ill in the spring of 1855. With no adults to help, he and his brother and sister must take over the family farm in Oregon Territory's rugged Willamette Valley. Despite his siblings' doubts, Ben is determined to build the barn his Father had planned, in hope of waking him from his silent, frozen state. But will it be enough?
Author
Series
Capital mysteries volume 14
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
89 p. : ills. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"KC and Marshall convince the President of the United States to pardon more than one turkey for Thanksgiving, but all 117 of them are stolen off the National Mall"--
7) Night job
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
What is it like to work at night, while the rest of the city is asleep? Newbery Medalist Karen Hesse's quietly powerful story of a boy and his father is tenderly brought to life by G. Brian Karas in this luminous tribute to an enduring, everyday sort of love.
8) Caught
Author
Series
Missing volume 5
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
343 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Jonah and Katherine travel to early 1900s Switzerland and Serbia to return Albert Einstein's daughter, Lieserl, to history, her mother Mileva grasps entirely too much about time travel and has no intention of letting her daughter go.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Children's Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
It's almost Three Kings Day, and while the grown-ups prepare a large meal, the kids prepare their shoeboxes for los Reyes to arrive later that night. Will they stay up late enough to wish the Kings a Feliz Dia de los Reyes?
This magical celebration of a wonder-filled holiday is brought to life through lively dual-lingual text by Sheila Colon-Bagley with festive illustrations from Alejandro Mesa.
10) Risked
Author
Series
Missing volume 6
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2013
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
308 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jonah, thirteen, and Katherine, eleven, travel through time to 1918 Russia just as Alexei, Anastasia, and the rest of Tsar Nicholas II's family is about to be executed. Author's note includes facts about the Romanov's and the mystery surrounding their deaths.
Author
Publisher
Gecko Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
97 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Theo Pincher is good at most things: drawing, tying shoelaces, working the remote control. But he just can't lie--and in the Pincher family, what matters is being able to lie and pinch things that belong to others. Then his parents decide to visit the diamond exhibition.
"Promise you won't pinch the gold diamond?" says Theo.
"I promise," says his mother, one hand behind her back.
"We'll just take a little look," says Theo's dad. "No touching."...
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Each night, a young girl's Auntie Fatma puts her to bed, singing a lullaby filled with rich imagery of her home in Egypt. As Auntie Fatma sings, we are given a glimpse of modern Cairo, from boats making their way down the Nile to gentle calls to prayer from the mosques to young children joyfully playing soccer in the streets.
Author
Publisher
Lantana Publishing, Ltd
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Noor's cousin is getting married tomorrow, and tonight, Noor's family will hold a henna party in her honor. They'll sing traditional songs, eat delicious treats, and have their hands painted in swirling designs using a dye called henna.
Noor is especially excited to play the henna name game. The henna artist will hide the name of the person Noor loves the most in the pattern she paints on Noor's hands. But whose name will Noor choose?
As Noor encounters...
14) Bibi
Author
Publisher
Peachtree Publishing Company, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Bibi the flamingo has been with her flock for longer than anyone can remember. When the lake dries up, the flamingos are forced to leave their babies behind and fly away to find water. Bibi bravely volunteers to guide the baby flamingos on foot across the barren salt flats to reunite them with their parents.
But when one little flamingo starts to fall behind, Bibi teaches everyone a valuable lesson about community and the importance of helping one...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
It's been several years since Abuela's last visit, and Dulce revels in every tiny detail--from Abuela's maletas full of candies in crinkly wrappers and gifts from primos to the sweet, earthy smell of Peru that floats out of Abuela's room and down the hall. But Abuela's visit can't last forever, and all too soon she's packing her suitcases again. Dulce has an idea: maybe there are things she can gather for her cousins and send with Abuela to remind...
Author
Publisher
Two Lions, a trademark of Amazon.com, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
239 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Life is always more fun when the Ridgeway siblings team up!
Susan, George, and Dumpling have a special life in Midwest City, where they life with their college-professor dad and mystery-writer mom. Not only can they watch Midwest University's football games from the tower of their house on College Avenue, but now Tommy Tokarynski, who mows their lawn, is famous. He's the university's star quarterback!
There's only one problem: Tommy's grades are...
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition ;
Physical Desc
292 pages : 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
The spell? Backfired. The town? Cursed. Wini and Kal? In very big trouble.
Wini's family of enchanters runs a bakery, yet with the prices of magical ingredients skyrocketing, they're going under. Desperate to save their business, Wini takes a risk by casting a (sort of illegal) spell. But the spell backfires. Badly. Now the whole town is in danger.
It's just been Kal and her dad for as long as she can remember. But right as they're about to move...
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Branded as traitors by the king's authorities, Crispin and his guardian, Bear, flee to coastal towns in fourteenth-century England, where they perform a musical juggling act and bond as a family after befriending a disfigured girl.
Author
Series
Little house books volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Laura and her family move to Minnesota where they live in a dugout until a new house is built.