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How to Dig a Hole to the Other Side of the World
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Faith McNulty |
A child takes an imaginary 8,000-mile journey through the earth and discovers what's inside. |
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The Shining Company
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Rosemary Sutcliff |
In 600 A.D. in northern Britain, Prosper becomes a shield bearer with the Companions, an army made up of three hundred younger sons of minor kings and trained to act as one fighting brotherhood again… |
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Bits and bytes
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Seymour Simon |
A dictionary of computer terms explaining parts, functions, and useful jargon. |
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How does the wind walk?
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Nancy White Carlstrom |
A little boy watches the wind through the four seasons of the year. |
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The Winged Cat
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Deborah Nourse Lattimore |
In ancient Egypt, a young servant girl and a High Priest must each find the correct magic spells from the Book of the Dead that open the twelve gates of the Netherworld to determine who is telling th… |
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The great race of the birds and animals
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Paul Goble |
A retelling of the Cheyenne and Sioux myth about the Great Race, a contest called by the Creator to settle the question whether man or buffalo should have supremacy and thus become the guardians of C… |
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The cat & the fiddle & more
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Jim Aylesworth |
Presents new variations on the traditional rhyme "Hey Diddle Diddle." |
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Sky words
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Marilyn Singer |
A collection of poems about the sky and the various phenomena seen there, including clouds, storms, and sunsets. |
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Vegetable soup
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Jeanne Modesitt |
Two rabbits, seeking carrots for the first lunch in their new home and receiving a variety of food from their animal neighbors, are at first reluctant to sample anything they have never eaten before. |
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Did you say ghosts?
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Richard Michelson |
A parent's teasing assurances that ghosts, witches, vampires, and other creatures are no danger fuel the imagination of a child in the dark. |
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Go and Catch a Flying Fish
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Mary Stolz |
Taylor, Jem, and B. J. each react differently to the breakup of their parents' marriage. |
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Alice Dodd and the spirit of truth
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Catherine Frey Murphy |
While spending the summer in a vacation cabin with her aunt and three-year-old cousin, a young girl finds herself more and more involved in a series of lies and deceptions. |
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Fur
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Jan Mark |
When Kitty grows fat and starts making nests all over the house, its's easy to guess what's going to happen: kittens! |
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The Reluctant God
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Pamela F. Service |
Lorna Padgett, an archeologist's daughter, has inherited her father's love for ancient Egypt. Ameni lived over four thousand years ago. The son of a Pharoah, he loved adventure but had no idea what d… |
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The cricket warrior
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Margaret Scrogin Chang |
In order to save his family, a Chinese boy turns into a fighting cricket and becomes the emperor's champion. |
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Billy Boone
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Alison Smith |
Twelve-year-old Billy fights for her right to take trumpet lessons and spend time with her unorthodox grandmother, even though her parents believe these activities will not help her grow up in a lady… |
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The band never dances
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James David Landis |
Working through the anguish of her beloved brother's suicide and trying to forge an identity of her own, sixteen-year-old Judy goes on tour as drummer for the hot new rock band Wedding Night and form… |
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Jason's seven magical night rides
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Grace Chetwin |
A boy's love of horses and wish to know what it would be like to have a father brings a series of rides on some mythical creatures and encounters with such characters as Poseiden and Cheiron the Cent… |
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Garage sale fever
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Laurie Myers |
Will's enthusiasm over his garage sale disappears when he sells something a classmate had given him to someone who plans to give it to the same girl for her birthday. |
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The dancer =
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Fred Burstein |
A little girl and her father walk through the city on the way to her ballet class. Brief text in English, Spanish, and Japanese. |
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