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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Tedric the House Mouse Tedric the House Mouse 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) Sophia: This is a stor… OL15166967W
Miss you, Mina Miss you, Mina Denene Millner Mina is thrilled to be spending the summer in New York City living with her cool aunt and attending the art camp that her aunt works for, but she misses her best friends and some of the girls in her … OL16538864W
Miss Happiness and Miss Flower Miss Happiness and Miss Flower Rumer Godden After she leaves India to live with her cousins in England, eight-year-old Nona is overcome with homesickness until her great-aunt sends two Japanese dolls which need love and care. Includes construc… OL1825348W
Tales from the wind in the willows Tales from the wind in the willows 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… OL20637743W
Franklin feels at home Franklin feels at home Harry Endrulat Franklin is excited to sleep over at Bear's house for two whole nights. But when he gets there, nothing feels right. Luckily, Bear and his family know just what to do to help Franklin feel at home. OL20637904W
Towards another summer Towards another summer Janet Frame "Writer Grace Cleave has writer's block, and her anxiety is only augmented by her chronic aversion to leaving her home, to be "among people, even for five or ten minutes." And so it is with trepidati… OL2271678W
Iris and Walter (Iris And Walter) Iris and Walter (Iris And Walter) Elissa Haden Guest 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. OL2346998W
La disparition du bébé chocolat La disparition du bébé chocolat Andrée Poulin Léda ne voulait pas déménager au Burkina Faso. Dans ce pays étrange, le soleil tape trop fort, les lézards courent sur les murs du salon et on peut mourir d'une piqûre de moustique. Léda s'ennuie de … OL24175603W
Sam's gift Sam's gift A. E. Cannon Six-grader Sam really misses Salt Lake City when he and his family move to New York, but a variety of experiences both in school and at home eventually help him adjust to his new surroundings. OL2698657W
Starfish summer Starfish summer Ona Gritz A young girl learns how to be more independent from her mother during a summer at the beach. OL2723623W
Going home Going home Ann Cartwright When Lion receives a postcard from a friend in Africa his homesickness is so deep that it's contagious, so he and four other animals escape the zoo and head for home. OL3814214W
Homesick Homesick Jacqueline Sweeney Ron and the other animals decide to have a fiesta to help Ron's cousin, a tree frog from the rainforest of Costa Rico, feel less homesick. OL507651W
The Secret Remedy Book The Secret Remedy Book Karin Cates 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. OL5959622W
The clown-arounds have a party The clown-arounds have a party Crown,Joanna Cole,Jerry Smath The funniest family in town pulls some of its best high jinks to cheer up homesick Cousin Fizzy. OL83027W