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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
The dog who cried wolf The dog who cried wolf Keiko Kasza Tired of being a house pet, Moka the dog moves to the mountains to become a wolf but soon misses the comforts of home. OL1876486W
Staying with grandmother Staying with grandmother Barbara Baker Clair feels less homesick after Grandmother reads a favorite story and introduces a new friend. OL1969189W
King of the Sky King of the Sky Nicola Davies When a young boy moves from his home in Italy to Wales, the only thing that cheers him up are the racing pigeons that Mr. Evans keeps in a loft behind his house. OL19722930W
My two blankets My two blankets Irena Kobald Cartwheel has arrived in a new country, and feels the loss of all she's ever known. She creates a safe place for herself under an "old blanket" made out of memories and thoughts of home. But when she… OL20021288W
Pocahontas in London Pocahontas in London Jan Wahl Describes simply the voyage of Pocahontas to England and her greeting in London where the people thought her an Indian Princess. OL20541559W
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
The lights go on again The lights go on again Kit Pearson 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… OL2802864W
The sky is falling The sky is falling Kit Pearson In the summer of 1940 as the war in Europe begins to intensify, a reluctant ten-year-old Norah and her five-year-old brother Gavin are sent by their parents to safety in Canada where to Norah's disma… OL2802867W
Franklin Has a Sleepover Franklin Has a Sleepover Toni W. Linder,Paulette Bourgeois,Brenda Clark Franklin invites his best friend, Bear, to a sleepover, the very first for each of them. OL29418W
Badger's new house Badger's new house 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. OL3689555W
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
I want to go home! I want to go home! Sarah Roberts Big Bird goes to stay with his grandmother at the beach and is homesick until he makes a new friend. OL5361244W
Elephant trunks Elephant trunks 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. OL5729964W
A hundred days from home A hundred days from home Randall Wright After the death of his best friend, Elam reluctantly moves with his family to the desert, where he wrestles with homesickness, loneliness, grief, and the search for new friendship. OL5731820W
Primrose day Primrose day Carolyn Haywood 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. OL7990908W
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
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