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A baby for Max A baby for Max Kathryn Lasky Text and photographs record a five-year-old as he awaits the birth of the family's new baby and enjoys her afterward. OL121812W
Before I was your mother Before I was your mother Kathryn Lasky A mother tells her own daughter what she was like and what she used to do when she was a little girl. OL121813W
The bone wars The bone wars Kathryn Lasky In the mid-1870s, young teenage scout Thad Longsworth, blood brother to the Sioux visionary Black Elk, finds his destiny linked with that of three rival teams of paleontologists searching for dinosau… OL121815W
Chasing Orion Chasing Orion Kathryn Lasky In 1952, when Georgie is eleven years old, her family moves to a new Indiana neighborhood where her teenaged neighbor has polio and is in an iron lung. OL121816W
Dreams In The Golden Country Dreams In The Golden Country Kathryn Lasky New dreams and old traditions flourish and clash when a Jewish girl and her family emigrate from Russia to America. OL121817W
Elizabeth I, red rose of the House of Tudor Elizabeth I, red rose of the House of Tudor Kathryn Lasky,Josephine Bailey In a series of diary entries, Princess Elizabeth, the eleven-year-old daughter of King Henry VIII, celebrates holidays and birthdays, relives her mother's execution, revels in her studies, and agoniz… OL121818W
Hope In My Heart Hope In My Heart Kathryn Lasky After her family immigrates to America from Italy in 1903, ten-year-old Sofia is quarantined at the Ellis Island Immigration Station, where she makes a good friend but endures nightmarish conditions.… OL121821W
The last girls of Pompeii The last girls of Pompeii Kathryn Lasky In Pompeii, in the summer of A.D. 79, Julia and Sura appear to lead opposite lives. Julia is the daughter of a wealthy ship-builder; Sura is an orphan. Julia bears the Curse of Venus—a withered arm; … OL121825W
Lucille Camps In (Lucille the Pig) Lucille Camps In (Lucille the Pig) Kathryn Lasky When Lucille is upset that she can not go camping with her father and older siblings, she and her mother decide to go camping inside the house. OL121827W
Marie Antoinette, princess of Versailles Marie Antoinette, princess of Versailles Kathryn Lasky A book about Queen Marie Antoinette's youth written in diary format. Makes you feel very close to little Antonia as she has doubts, and excitement, too about her upcoming marrige and journey to Franc… OL121829W
The Most Beautiful Roof in the World The Most Beautiful Roof in the World Kathryn Lasky,Christopher G. Knight Describes the work of Meg Lowman in the rainforest canopy, an area unexplored until the last ten years and home to previously unknown species of plants and animals. OL121833W
My island grandma My island grandma Kathryn Lasky A little girl describes all the things she does with her grandmother during the summers they spend on an island. OL121834W
Pirate Bob Pirate Bob Clark, David,Kathryn Lasky Describes the life of a pirate, named simply Bob, whose job is to cut the steering cables and cripple the ships he and his shipmates will loot. OL121835W
Prank Prank Kathryn Lasky A teenage girl strives to escape from her dead-end existence in a tough neighborhood of East Boston and from her violent, quarrelsome family. OL121837W
Puppeteer Puppeteer Kathryn Lasky Text and photographs follow Paul Vincent Davis, a professional hand puppeteer, as he mounts a production of Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp. OL121838W
Think like an eagle Think like an eagle Kathryn Lasky Follows photographer Jack Swedberg through a cycle of seasons as he tracks wildlife in three very different regions of the United States. OL121842W
The Capture (Guardians of Ga'Hoole, Book 1) The Capture (Guardians of Ga'Hoole, Book 1) Kathryn Lasky,Pamela Garelick one of the best books i've read. OL121844W
The Emperor's Old Clothes The Emperor's Old Clothes Kathryn Lasky A continuation of "The Emperor's New Clothes" in which a simple farmer finds the emperor's old clothes on his way home from the market and decides to put them on. OL121846W
Guardians of Ga'Hoole, Book Four Guardians of Ga'Hoole, Book Four Kathryn Lasky,Pamela Garelick "Enraged by his clash with Soren and driven by and all-consuming desire for power, Kludd and his group, the Pure Ones, launch an attack upon the Great Ga'Hoole Tree. The noble owls who live there mus… OL121848W
Hercules Hercules Kathryn Lasky Recounts the story of the mythological hero, Hercules, child of Zeus and a mortal woman, including his twelve labors and ending with his ascension to Mount Olympus as a god. OL121849W
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