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Author
Publisher
Front Street/Cricket Books
Pub. Date
2000.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
173 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Determined to write a novel during the summer before he starts high school, thirteen-year-old Jackie struggles with his inability to finish anything and with the advice of others.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
1st edition.
Physical Desc
165 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After learning she cannot take a cake decorating class with her best friend, partly because her parents consider her a quitter, eleven-year-old Eliza tries to prove herself by sticking with a taekwondo class all summer.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A warm, cozy lap. The toasty smell of baking bread. Tasty food served in a bright-blue bowl. These make Haven's life as an indoor pet heaven. All thanks to her beloved human and rescuer, Ma Millie. But when Ma Millie becomes too sick to care for her, the cat's cozy life is turned upside down, and Haven decides she must seek out another human for help. Anything for Ma Millie! Her vow pulls her out of her safe nest into the shadowy forest and down unfamiliar...
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
In interwoven narratives, a young girl and her mother support one another as one tries out for the baseball team and the other interviews for a bricklaying job, then celebrate their success together.
Author
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Tallulah dreams of playing the tuba, but she's small and the tuba is very large. Everyone around her tells her to wait until she's bigger, but Tallulah can't wait--she just has to play the tuba in her school band.With determination and a lot of creativity, Tallulah hatches a plan that she hopes will turn her musical dream into reality."--
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
This delightful picture book from Ashley Spires, bestselling author of The Most Magnificent Thing, perfectly depicts what children go through when confronted with something difficult. With humor and endearing artwork, Spires sensitively portrays Lou procrastinating, making excuses, imagining alternatives and denying she cares. Ultimately, Lou faces her fear, and although she fails, the effort empowers her, encouraging a growth mindset. All the while,...
48) No castles here
Author
Publisher
Random House/Listening Library
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Library edition.
Physical Desc
5 CDs (approximately 77 min. each) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Augie Boretski dreams of escaping his run-down Camden, New Jersey, neighborhood, but things start to turn around with help from a Big Brother, a music teacher, and a mysterious bookstore owner, so when his school is in trouble, he pulls the community together to save it.
Author
Series
Breadwinner series volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Bombs are falling, and Parvana, 13, leaves Kabul to find her family. Masquerading as a boy, she travels across Afghanistan. A sequel to 'The Breadwinner'" Cf. Our choice, 2003.
Author
Series
Mary Margaret books volume 1
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
168 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Irrepressible...Mary Margaret desperately wants a pet, but her father is allergic to most animals and her pregnant mother is feeling overwhelmed. However, these minor problems cannot keep the almost-nine-year-old down, and she devises several schemes to accomplish her goal....Some animals do come her way, but only temporarily--she has to give back the tame rat she found, the ant farm is uninteresting, and the turtle her brother JT brings home from...
Author
Publisher
Lil' Libros
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
Español
Description
Inspirado en la clásica canción con rima, Sana, sana, colita de rana, con la que crecen muchos niños latinoamericanos, este libro sigue a Tina en su búsqueda para convertirse en una aspirante a luchadora mexicana, junto a su lujoso compañero, Mr. Frog. Después de sufrir un abucheo, su hermano se burla de Tina. Su ouchie la hace querer renunciar, pero depende de ella enfrentar su miedo a lesionarse nuevamente, y tal como lo anima la canción,...
53) The paperboy
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A paperboy and his dog enjoy the quiet of the early morning as they go about their rounds.
54) Stuart Little
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The adventures of the debonair mouse Stuart Little as he sets out in the world to seek out his dearest friend, a little bird that stayed for a few days in his family's garden.
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