Children's Festival of Reading: Laurel Snyder

In 1987, while her mother sits in a Baltimore hotel at the deathbed of a grandmother twelve-year-old Annie never knew, Annie travels back fifty years and shares adventures with the lonely girl who will grow up to be her feisty grandmother.

Devastated when her parents separate, twelve-year-old Rebecca must move with her mother from Baltimore to Gran's house in Atlanta, where Rebecca discovers an old bread box with the power to grant any wish--so long as the wished-for thing fits in the bread box.

In the middle of an Iowa cornfield, four children find a magic wall that enables them to travel through time and space.

The moptop siblings Charlie and Mouse are back, this time spending quality time with their visiting grandfather, Grumpy. In four chapters, the brothers compare notes on getting "bigger" and the merits of being "medium"; inform Grumpy of the finer points of the proper pounce; enjoy Grumpy Night while their parents go on a date; and, at their visit's end, give the man a sweet and tender send-off. These boys are best buds, and Grumpy engages with them...

Charlie and Mouse and their parents are going on a camping trip, and there will be hiking, storytelling, marshmallows, and campfires, and the joy that comes from sharing it all.

A child in Egypt tells what the Jews are experiencing in the days leading up to their flight from Egyptian slavery.

Each day, rain or shine, Honey works in her garden, and each day, the little girl who lives next door is right by Honey's side. She hangs on the fence in the mornings. She watches from her window when it's raining. And on nice nights, when Honey eats in her garden, the girl goes over for dessert. Here's a heartwarming picture book that shows how friendship-- just like a garden-- grows. But... what happens when one friend has to move away?