Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
The hidden house	Martin Waddell	With the owner gone, three dolls watch as their house becomes hidden by growing plants and trees until a man walks by and discovers the residence.	OL114144W
The House on Maple Street	Bonnie Pryor	During the course of three hundred years, many people have passed by or lived on the spot now occupied by a house numbered 107 Maple Street.	OL14854563W
New big house	Debi Gliori	Unable to find a new house to their liking, members of a growing family decide to build an addition onto their old house.	OL15055360W
The wonderful house	Margaret Wise Brown	Describes the homes of people and animals and then shows a special house for many creatures.	OL151830W
I don't live here!	Pam Conrad	Eight-year-old Nicki believes she will never be happy in the large old house her family has moved to, even if it does have a gazebo in the yard.	OL15837152W
If I Built a House	Chris Van Dusen	Imaginative Jack describes the kind of house he would build--one with a racetrack, a flying room, and a gigantic slide.	OL16571920W
Mil hogares	Carson Ellis	Ellis's study of what makes a home recognizes that there's no one-size-fits-all answer to that question. Ellis whisks readers around the world (and into the realms of the fantastical and strange) as …	OL17107717W
House of Secrets	Ned Vizzini,Chris Columbus	Hailed as “a breakneck, jam-packed roller coaster of an adventure” by J. K. Rowling, this New York Times bestseller is the first installment in the explosive tween fantasy series by famed Hollywood d…	OL17715959W
A very special house	Ruth Krauss,Maurice Sendak	A boy imagines a house to bring home a turtle, a little dead mouse, a very old lion, and where nobody ever says stop.	OL2040978W
Spilt milk	Anne Adeney	Compiled in consultation with literacy experts, this series features brightly illustrated, fun, 'real' stories by top authors and illustrators focusing on key areas of interest for the age range.	OL20874039W
We were tired of living in a house	Liesel Moak Skorpen	Four children, a cat, and a dog move to a tree, a raft, a cave, and finally the seashore, enjoying each new dwelling until they discover its drawbacks.	OL2659939W
The squeaky door	MacDonald, Margaret Read.	When Little Boy is frightened by a squeaky bedroom door, his grandmother brings in various animals to help him feel secure enough to sleep. Includes notes on the story's origins.	OL2724263W
Desdemona moves on	Beverly Keller	Chronicles the comic mishaps of twelve-year-old Desdemona and her family after they move into a luxurious new house.	OL3244680W
The igloo	Charlotte Yue	Describes how an igloo is constructed and the role it plays in the lives of the Eskimo people. Also discusses many other aspects of Eskimo culture that have helped them adapt to life in the Arctic.	OL3266501W
A House Like a Lotus (O'Keefe Family #3)	Madeleine L'Engle	Sixteen-year-old Polly is on her way to the island of Cyprus, where she will work as a gofer. The trip was arranged by Maximiliana Horne, a rich, brilliant artist who, with her longtime companion, Dr…	OL41483W
Our old house	Susan Vizurraga	A girl living in an old house finds clues inside and out about its history and former occupants.	OL465035W
The children of Green Knowe	Lucy M. Boston	Tolly comes to live with his great-grandmother at the ancient house of Green Knowe and becomes friends with three children who lived there in the seventeenth century.	OL4772206W
My Apron	Eric Carle	After his aunt makes him an apron just like his uncle's, a young boy helps him plaster the chimney.	OL52998W
Watcher in the Woods (Dreamhouse Kings #2)	Robert Liparulo	It's not just the house that's keeping secrets. Pretending everything's all right is harder than it sounds. But the Kings know that even if they told the truth about the bizarre things happening…	OL5721267W
Minerva Louise	Janet Morgan Stoeke	A hen has fun exploring the house with the red curtains.	OL860533W