Maribeth Boelts
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixth-graders Russell and Shawn, poor and picked on, work together scooping dog droppings to earn money for a Rottweiler puppy to protect them from bullies, but when they learn the puppies' owner is running an illegal dog-fighting ring, they are torn about how to respond.
2) Those shoes
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jeremy, who longs to have the black high tops that everyone at school seems to have but his grandmother cannot afford, is excited when he sees them for sale in a thrift shop and decides to buy them even though they are the wrong size.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Kaia is the brave type. Like hottest-hot-pepper brave. But there is one thing that scares her: BEES! And right now, thousands of bees live on her roof because Kaia's dad is a beekeeper. But only he goes on the roof, not Kaia--unless she can find a way to be the brave girl she always says she is."--
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Ruben feels like he is the only kid without a bike. His friend Sergio reminds him that his birthday is coming, but Ruben knows that the kinds of birthday gifts he and Sergio receive are not the same. After all, when Ruben's mom sends him to Sonny's corner store for groceries, sometimes she doesn't have enough money for everything on the list. So when Ruben sees a dollar bill fall out of someone's purse, he picks it up and puts it in his pocket. But...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
For soccer games Sierra rides a bus out of the city to fields that are nicer than the "lot" in her neighborhood, but so her auntie can be at her last game, she asks Coach Marco if the team might play in her neighborhood on a day her aunt does not work.
12) Dogerella
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
With the help of her fairy dogmother, Dogerella attends Princess Bea's ball where she competes with other dogs to become the princess's royal pet.
16) Sleeping Bootsie
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
A former stray, Bootsie is the beloved royal cat until a spell cast by a mean fairy causes her to fall into a deep sleep, and only "her happiest sound" will awaken her.
17) Summer's end
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1995.
Physical Desc
28 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
With the summer almost gone, a girl thinks sadly that her fun is over, but then she recalls some interesting things about school.
Publisher
Playaway View
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 video media player (approximately 1 hr.) : digital, sound, color ; 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the book The keeping quilt by Patricia Polacco: When Patricia's Great-Gramma Anna came to America from Russia, the only things she brought along with her were her dress and a babushka. Anna outgrew the dress and her mother decided to incorporate it and the babushka into a quilt. This quilt ties together the lives of four generations of an immigrant Jewish family and remains a symbol of their enduring faith and love.
Based on the book A birthday...
Author
Language
English
Description
Kaia is the brave type. Like hottest-hot-pepper brave. But there is one thing that scares her: BEES! And right now, thousands of bees live on her roof because Kaia's dad is a beekeeper. Her dad says that the world needs bees and that's why they are beekeepers. But only he goes on the roof, not Kaia-unless she can find a way to be the brave girl she always says she is. Against a sunny city setting, Kaia's small courageous steps-and her tiny insect...