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The boy who cried wolf

Hennessy, B. G., (Barbara G.)


School Library Journal starred, March 2006. Pub Weekly, January 2006. Kirkus Starred, January 2006. Booklist, February 2006. Horn Book, March 2006. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), April 2006. A boy tending sheep on a lonely mountainside thinks it a fine joke to cry "wolf" and watch the people come running--and then one day a wolf is really there, but no one answers his call.
Date Published:2006

The last holiday concert

Clements, Andrew, 1950-,


Life is usually easy for popular fifth grader Hart Evans, but when his music teacher puts him in charge of the holiday concert, Hart must use all of his leadership skills to unite the other students.
Date Published:2004

The million dollar strike

Gutman, Dan,


Best friends Ouchie and Squishy, who love bowling and horror movies respectively, meet the eccentric owner of a local bowling alley and try to help him save Bowl-A-Rama from the wrecking ball and a destructive psychotic lunatic.
Date Published:2005

Savvy

Law, Ingrid, 1970-,


School Library Journal, May 2008. Booklist starred, May 2008. Pub Weekly, April 2008. Kirkus Starred, April 2008. Recounts the adventures of Mibs Beaumont, whose thirteenth birthday has revealed her "savvy"--a magical power unique to each member of her family--just as her father is injured in a terrible accident.
Date Published:2010

Chinese New Year

Heinrichs, Ann,


Gung hay fat choy! -- New Year in a new land -- When is Chinese New Year? -- Why a dragon? -- Preparing the heart -- Preparing the home -- The family comes together -- Fifteen days of joy -- Animals of the Chinese calendar. School Library Journal, September 2006. A short history of the significance, celebrations, and fesitvals associated with Chinese New Year.
Date Published:2006

Gregor the Overlander

Collins, Suzanne,


When eleven-year-old Gregor and his two-year-old sister are pulled into a strange underground world, they trigger an epic battle involving humans, bats, rats, cockroaches, and spiders while on a quest foretold by ancient prophecy.
Date Published:2003

Shoeless Joe & me : a baseball card adventure /

Gutman, Dan,


Joe Stoshack travels back to 1919, where he meets Shoeless Joe Jackson and tries to prevent the fixing of the World Series in which Jackson was wrongly implicated.
Date Published:2002

Junie B., first grader : Shipwrecked /

Park, Barbara,


Junie B.'s journal entries start with Room One's stomach virus excitement, the first-grade Columbus Day play, and getting the part of the Pinta, the fastest ship.
Date Published:2005

Bartholomew and the oobleck

Seuss, Dr.,


The King, dissatisfied with only rain, sunshine, fog and snow, commands his magicians to make something else come down from the sky.
Date Published:1976

Martin's big words : the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr /

Rappaport, Doreen,


Includes bibliographical references. Looks at the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, explaining his work to bring about a peaceful end to segregation.
Date Published:2001

The Kissing Hand

Penn, Audrey, 1947-,


When Chester the raccoon is reluctant to go to kindergarten for the first time, his mother teaches him a secret way to carry her love with him.
Date Published:1993

Fancy Nancy

O'Connor, Jane,


A young girl who loves fancy things helps her family to be fancy for one special night.
Date Published:2006

Don't sit on my lunch!

Klein, Abby,


Horn Book, October 2005. When first-grader Freddy decides to try out for peewee hockey, his archenemy and school bully Max decides to also try out for the one slot left on the team.
Date Published:2005

The mitten : a Ukrainian folktale /

Brett, Jan, 1949-,


Several animals sleep snugly in Nicki's lost mitten until the bear sneezes.
Date Published:1989

Babymouse, Vol. 02 : Our Hero.

Holm, Jennifer L.,


School Library Journal, March 2006. Horn Book Starred, April 2006. Publisher's Weekly, December 2005. Booklist, December 2005. Horn Book, April 2006. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), December 2005. An imaginative young mouse is terrified to face her enemy in dodgeball, but with the help of her best friend and support from her mother, she not only plays the game, she proves herself a hero.
Date Published:2005

Dearly, nearly, insincerely : what is an adverb? /

Cleary, Brian P.,


Rhyming text and illustrations present numerous examples of adverbs and their functions.
Date Published:2003

If you hopped like a frog

Schwartz, David M.,


Introduces the concept of ratio by comparing what humans would be able to do if they had bodies like different animals.
Date Published:1999

One-room school

Bial, Raymond,


Presents a brief history of the one-room schools that existed in the United States from the 1700s to the 1950s.
Date Published:1999

Don't let the pigeon drive the bus

Willems, Mo,


Horn book, July 2003. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, May 2003. Kirkus, April 01, 2003. School library journal starred, May 2003. Booklist starred, September 01, 2003. Wilson Children's catalog. Best books for children : preschool through grade 6. When the bus driver leaves for a little while, a pigeon wants desperately to drive the bus.
Date Published:2003

Henry and Mudge and Annie's good move : the eighteenth book of their adventures /

Rylant, Cynthia,


SLJ. A. HB. K. PAR. IRA. AB. When Henry's cousin Annie prepares to move in next door he and Mudge help calm her fears.
Date Published:1998