Lois Lenski
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Judy lives in a tent with her family. Will they ever be able to afford a farm with a real house?
Ten-year-old Judy and her family are migrants, moving from farm to farm with each new season. Starting in Alabama, they travel to Florida and up the East Coast all the way to New Jersey, always looking for steady work. Every time Judy feels as if they're beginning to put down roots, they have to move on. It's hard for her to catch up in school;...
Ten-year-old Judy and her family are migrants, moving from farm to farm with each new season. Starting in Alabama, they travel to Florida and up the East Coast all the way to New Jersey, always looking for steady work. Every time Judy feels as if they're beginning to put down roots, they have to move on. It's hard for her to catch up in school;...
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
What would it be like to live on a houseboat on the Mississippi River with two parents, four kids, eight chickens, several turtles, a dog, and a cat? Patsy and her family are about to find out!
At first, Patsy is upset when her parents decide to move from their home in River City, Illinois, to a houseboat on the Mississippi River. She’ll miss her house and friends, and she’s sure the trip downriver will be boring. Gradually,...
At first, Patsy is upset when her parents decide to move from their home in River City, Illinois, to a houseboat on the Mississippi River. She’ll miss her house and friends, and she’s sure the trip downriver will be boring. Gradually,...
3) Texas Tomboy
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
The entire ranch is thirsty—will the rains ever come?
Tomboy Charlie loves the ranch and the outdoors, especially now that she has a horse of her own and can ride like a true cowboy. She doesn’t understand why her mother keeps after her to help out in the house, too. But ranch life is hard, especially when there’s a drought. There isn’t enough water for the crops or cattle, and horrible dust storms sweep away the...
Tomboy Charlie loves the ranch and the outdoors, especially now that she has a horse of her own and can ride like a true cowboy. She doesn’t understand why her mother keeps after her to help out in the house, too. But ranch life is hard, especially when there’s a drought. There isn’t enough water for the crops or cattle, and horrible dust storms sweep away the...
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
It’s the worst blizzard in fifty years! Delores is very ill, but there’s no way to get through the snow. How long will she be stranded at school?
Out on the South Dakota prairie, the winters are fierce. This storm is the worst one yet: It’s below freezing outside, and the winds are howling. All of the other kids have gone home, but Delores’s family can’t get to her, so she has to stay at the school. Between...
Out on the South Dakota prairie, the winters are fierce. This storm is the worst one yet: It’s below freezing outside, and the winds are howling. All of the other kids have gone home, but Delores’s family can’t get to her, so she has to stay at the school. Between...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A Newbery Honor book inspired by the true story of a girl captured by a Shawnee war party in Colonial America and traded to a Seneca tribe.
When twelve-year-old Mary Jemison and her family are captured by Shawnee raiders, she’s sure they’ll all be killed. Instead, Mary is separated from her siblings and traded to two Seneca sisters, who adopt her and make her one of their own. Mary misses her home, but the tribe is...
When twelve-year-old Mary Jemison and her family are captured by Shawnee raiders, she’s sure they’ll all be killed. Instead, Mary is separated from her siblings and traded to two Seneca sisters, who adopt her and make her one of their own. Mary misses her home, but the tribe is...
7) Cowboy Small
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Cowboy Small takes good care of his horse, Cactus, rides the range, helps in the roundup, and rides a bucking bronco.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
First Random House edition.
Physical Desc
45 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
Pilot Small flies his airplane over the countryside, does a loopy-loop, makes an emergency landing, and finally returns safely to the hangar.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
First Random House edition.
Physical Desc
28 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Ann Eliza takes very good care of the farmyard animals so, despite the grumbling of Graybeard the Goat and the bragging of White Rabbit, they work together to make a very nice Easter for her.
11) The little train
Author
Language
English
Description
Engineer Small at the throttle takes the little train on its run from Tiny Town to the big city.
12) Papa Small
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
First Random House edition.
Physical Desc
45 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
After working, playing, and resting during the week, the congenial Small family goes to church on Sunday and takes a ride in the car.
13) The little auto
Author
Language
English
Description
Mr. Small has a little red auto. The story and pictures show Mr. Small taking care of this little auto.
14) Policeman Small
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
First Random House edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes the many daily duties of a corner traffic cop.
15) More Mr. Small
Author
Publisher
H. Z. Walck
Pub. Date
[1979]
Physical Desc
148 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
16) High-rise secret
Author
Series
Publisher
Lippincott
Pub. Date
[1966]
Edition
[first edition].
Physical Desc
152 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
20) Shoo-fly girl
Author
Publisher
Lippincott
Pub. Date
[1963]
Edition
[first edition].
Physical Desc
xv, 176 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English