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Tedric the House Mouse
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Peter Johannes |
Tedric the House Mouse
Peter Johannes
PaXart Publishing (2009)
ISBN 9780615295428
Reviewed by Sophia (age 6.75) and Madeline (age 8.5) McElroy for Reader Views (11/09)
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Miss you, Mina
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Miss Happiness and Miss Flower
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King of the Sky
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In a village by the sea
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Muon Van |
Written in a spare, lyrical style using fresh, evocative imagery, In a Village by the Sea tells the story of longing for the comforts of home. A perfect book for teaching about diverse cultures and l… |
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Pocahontas in London
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Describes simply the voyage of Pocahontas to England and her greeting in London where the people thought her an Indian Princess. |
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Tales from the wind in the willows
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Kenneth Grahame |
"After a wonderful summer on the river bank with his new companion the Water Rat, Mole find himself outside one snowy night and is overwhelmed by desire to visit his own little house. Helped by Ratty… |
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When Iris moves to the country, she misses the city where she formerly lived; but with the help of a new friend named Walter, she learns to adjust to her new home. |
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Wild girl
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When twelve-year-old Lidie leaves Brazil to join her father and brother on a horse ranch in New York, she has a hard time adjusting to her changed circumstances, as does a new horse that has come to … |
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The lights go on again
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In 1945, after living in Canada for five years to escape the war in Europe, ten-year-old Gavin and his fifteen-year-old sister Norah face the prospect of returning home to their family in England wit… |
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The sky is falling
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Oma's Quilt
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Emily's grandmother is moving into the Forest View Retirement Home. Leaving her house and neighbors on Maple Street isn't easy after so many years. When Emily goes to visit, she finds Oma sitting in… |
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Badger's new house
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Robin Muller |
After moving into a grand new house and fixing up his old one for Grandmother Mouse, Badger realizes that he misses his former home. |
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I want to go home!
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Sarah Roberts |
Big Bird goes to stay with his grandmother at the beach and is homesick until he makes a new friend. |
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Elephant trunks
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Tracy Kompelien |
While at summer camp, Eddie Elephant battles a full-blown case of homesickness but soon realizes that he is not alone in his feelings. Contains facts about elephants. |
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The Secret Remedy Book
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Although Lolly loves to visit her Auntie Zep's house, she feels homesick when she actually gets there, and so Auntie Zep retrieves the Secret Remedy Book from an old trunk. |
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Primrose day
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Summary, The adventures of a little English girl who cooms to America during World War II to live with her aunt and uncle and her cousin Jerry. |
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The clown-arounds have a party
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Crown,Joanna Cole,Jerry Smath |
The funniest family in town pulls some of its best high jinks to cheer up homesick Cousin Fizzy. |
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