Dan Andreasen
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
This timeless holiday carol is brought to life with delightful illustrations and one poor partridge!
The traditional English carol, "The Twelve Days of Christmas," has been sung and enjoyed throughout the holiday season for centuries. In keeping with its courtly tone, most illustrated treatments of the song use a formal art style. Now, a new version is geared specifically to young readers, using playful images of animals
...Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed author Dan Andreasen bases this folksy book on the real people believed to be history's tallest married couple. Nearly eight feet tall, Captain Bates arrives in Seville, Ohio, with his head sticking out the train window. He and his wife-who is just as tall-are tired of being in the circus and are looking for a nice place to live. But is Seville big enough? "The storytelling style and appealing subject matter make this book an excellent choice...
7) The map trap
Author
Language
English
Description
Sixth-grader Alton Barnes loves maps, and when his portfolio of secret maps is stolen, he begins getting notes with orders that he must obey to get the maps back but, with the help of a popular classmate, he just might succeed before his teacher, principal, or someone else learns he has been studying and mapping things about them.
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Little Mortimer Mouse, longing to see something green at winter's end, follows the lead of the big people and plants, waters, and weeds his last sunflower seed until, finally, with God's help and a lot of patience, he harvests his crop.
Author
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
When Angel, Mr. Macaroni, Silver Bell, Skier, Special Delivery, Santa, and Camel find themselves stuck in the attic at Christmastime, they realize something is wrong in this story of traditional Christmas ornaments and family keepsakes.
12) Hug a bug
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
A simple hug can make anyone, or anything, feel better.
Author
Series
American girls collection. Samantha 1904 volume 03
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Language
English
Description
The two weeks before Christmas are filled with activity as Samantha finishes her homemade presents and makes preparations for visiting relatives.
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Company Publications
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Although she is trired of the responsibility of being the oldest sister, Felicity realizes how much her family means to her when a carriage accident puts her pregnant mother in danger. Includes a section on babies in the late 1700's
16) Nellie's promise
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Company Publications
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Nellie O'Malley finally has a home again. She and her little sisters, Bridget and Jenny, are happily settling in with Samantha's family in New York City..."
17) Starlight
Author
Language
English
Description
Haley has difficulty training her foal, Starlight, to come when she calls, and finally one night when Starlight escapes, Haley's hard work pays off.
18) The happy elf
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
An irrepressibly happy elf defies Santa's rules in order to make sure the residents of Bluesville are not sad at Christmas time.
Author
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
After moving with their widowed mother to the home in the woods near Concord, Wisconsin, nine-year-old Caroline Quiner, who grows up to become the mother of Laura Ingalls Wilder, and her brothers and sisters try to adjust to their new neighborhood and new stepfather.