Christine Davenier
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
1998.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
31 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
Leon the pig follows the advice of the other barnyard animals in trying to get the attention of Albertine the chicken, with whom he has fallen in love.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ten-year-old Piper moves yet again when her father, who is a Chief Petty Officer in the Navy, gets assigned to Norfolk, Virginia, and although the move takes a bit of adjustment, she soon makes friends with the girl next door and catches up with old friends too.
Author
Series
Very fairy princess volume 3
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When disaster strikes in the form of rain on Aunt Sue's wedding day, flower girl and self-proclaimed fairy princess Geraldine finds a way to bring sunshine to the party, reminding everyone that the most important thing at a wedding is the most special sparkle of all--happiness and love.
Author
Series
Very fairy princess volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Language
English
Formats
Description
Despite her scabby knees and dirty fingernails, Geraldine knows that she is a princess inside and shows it through her behavior at home and in school.
Author
Series
Piper Reed volume 1
Language
English
Description
Piper is sad about leaving her home and friends behind when her father, a Navy aircraft mechanic, is transferred yet again, but with help from her often-annoying sisters and a surprise from their parents, she finds happiness in their new home in Pensacola, Florida.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Ballet instructor Miss Lina has a solution when her eight students, who always dance in pairs, are distraught when a ninth girl joins the class.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
In this sequel to "Miss Lina's ballerinas, " the girls in the dance class have to go to the zoo to retrieve a somewhat reluctant boy who will dance in the show with them.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Having learned to dance as a group and with a boy, the ballerinas at Miss Lina's school face their biggest challenge yet in a production of Sleeping Beauty, which is complicated by Regina's disappointment about her role.
Author
Series
Iris and Walter volume 10
Publisher
Harcourt
Physical Desc
43 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
At Walter's birthday party his guests are supposed to go for horseback rides, but his horse Rain has other plans on the day of the party.
13) Me I am!
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; c27 cm
Language
English
Description
An illustrated poem which celebrates children who enjoy doing all kinds of activities. This poem originally appeared in The Random House book of poetry for children, published in 1983.
14) Iris and Walter
Author
Series
Iris and Walter volume 1
Publisher
Gulliver Books / Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
43 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
When Iris moves to the country, she misses the city where she formerly lived; but with the help of a new friend named Walter, she learns to adjust to her new home.
Author
Publisher
Two Lions
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
1st edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
In the spring when trees unfreeze and grass grows green and pansies say, "Please plant me!" Nell and her dog, Rusty, can't wait to dig in dirt just right for digging. But Norman, their neighbor, says "Ewww!" to digging and dirt.
16) Emma's circus
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"A girl is excited when the circus comes to town, but her family on the farm is too busy with chores to enjoy it"--
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A biography of the young Romanian gymnast describes some of the ways her energy got her into trouble as a child, how she became involved in gymnastics, and how practice and determination led her to become an Olympic champion.
Author
Series
Iris and Walter volume 7
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
44 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Iris's baby sister Rose breaks a necklace and then is discovered playing with Walter's missing harmonica.
19) Snowy race
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"A girl and her father set out in his snowplow to pick up someone special at the train station during a snow storm"--
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Mabel loves the stars. She can count a few from her bedroom window and even more from the tree in her backyard. But her grandfather saw thousands of stars when he was a boy, and Mabel is determined to see that many herself. So begins Mabel's quest for a better view of the night sky. When she realizes that the glow from nearby houses and streetlights blocks her view, she enlists help from her neighbors and the town's mayor. Can they work together to...