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39 books whose titles start with A| Record 2 of 39 | | Author(s) | Isadora, Rachel | | Title | At the Crossroads | | Publisher | Greenwillow Books | | Illustrator(s) | Isadora, Rachel | | ISBN | 0688052703 | | Summary | South African children gather to welcome home their fathers who have been away for several months working in the mines | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 3 of 39 | | Author(s) | Riehecky, Janet | | Title | After you | | Publisher | Child's World | | Illustrator(s) | Connelly, Gwen | | ISBN | 0516062352 | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 4 of 39 | | Author(s) | Berry, Joy | | Title | A Children's Book about TATTLING | | Publisher | Grolier Books | | Illustrator(s) | Bartholomew | | ISBN | None | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 6 of 39 | | Author(s) | Surat, Michele Maria | | Title | Angel Child, Dragon Child | | Publisher | Scholastic | | Illustrator(s) | Vo-Dinh Mai | | ISBN | 0590422715 | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 7 of 39 | | Author(s) | Garcia, Maria | | Title | Adventures of Connie and Diego | | Publisher | Children's Book Press | | Illustrator(s) | Montoya, Malaquias | | ISBN | 089239028X | | Summary | Multi-racial twins are born, "different" from their peers and siblings. They explore othr living situations before finding home. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 8 of 39 | | Author(s) | Levi, Dorothy Hoffman | | Title | A Very Special Friend | | Publisher | Kendall Green Publications | | Illustrator(s) | Gold, Ethel | | ISBN | 0930323556 | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 9 of 39 | | Author(s) | Miles, Miska | | Title | Annie and the Old One | | Publisher | Little, Brown and Company | | Illustrator(s) | Parnall, Peter | | ISBN | 0316571202 | | Summary | This book tells the story of a young Navajo girl. It describes her life with her parents who are a weaver and jewelry maker, and especially with her grandmother to whom she is very close. Her grandmother lets the family know that she will be going back to the earth when the rug that Annie's mother is weaving is done. Annie finds ways to get in trouble at school, and to do things at home that will keep the rug from being finished. Her grandmother understands what she is doing, and talks to Annie in such a way that she can accept the cycle of life, and can accept the fact that her grandmother is dying. This book is beautifully written and illustrated. It is appropriate for dealing with grief and loss of a beloved grandparent, as well as being culturally relevant to native americans of the Navajo tradition.
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| Record 10 of 39 | | Author(s) | Hopkinson, Deborah. | | Title | Apples to Oregon :being the (slightly) true narrative of how a brave pioneer father brought apples, | | Publisher | Atheneum Books for Young Readers | | Illustrator(s) | Carpenter, Nancy | | ISBN | 0689847696 | | Summary | A story about a Father who took his fruit trees (and his family) from Iowa to Oregon. The story is told by one of his daughters. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 11 of 39 | | Author(s) | Brimner, Larry | | Title | A Migrant Family | | Publisher | Lerner Publications Company | | ISBN | 0822525542 | | Summary | A photo essay and chronicle of a migrant family in California. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 12 of 39 | | Author(s) | Viorst, Judith. | | Title | Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. | | Publisher | Atheneum | | Illustrator(s) | Ray Cruz | | ISBN | 0689711735 | | Summary | On a day when everything goes wrong for him, Alexander is consoled by the thought that other people have bad days too. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 13 of 39 | | Author(s) | Judith Viorst | | Title | Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day | | Publisher | Alladin Paperbacks | | Illustrator(s) | Ray Cruz | | ISBN | 0689711735 | | Summary | This book depicts a day in the life of an elementary school boy named Alexander. It describes how Alexander thinks his day is catastrophically awful, and how he realizes that we all have bad days. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 14 of 39 | | Author(s) | Wood, Douglas | | Title | A Quiet Place | | Publisher | Simon & Schuster for Young Readers | | Illustrator(s) | Dan Andreasen | | ISBN | 0689815115 | | Summary | A boy is looking to find a place that is away from the noise of life. The boy briefly explores places around the world. Then the boy points out that there is a quiet place in all of us, available whenever we need to visit it. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 15 of 39 | | Author(s) | Choldenko, Gennifer | | Title | Al Capone does my shirts | | Publisher | G.P. Putnam's Sons | | ISBN | 0399238611 | | Summary | A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 17 of 39 | | Author(s) | Viorst, Judith | | Title | Alexander and the Terrible, Horible, No Good, Very Bad Day | | Publisher | Alladdin Paperbacks | | Illustrator(s) | Ray Cruz | | ISBN | 7671400499 | | Summary | When everything is going wrong in Alexander's day he is consoled by his mother who assures him that everyone has days like that. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 18 of 39 | | Author(s) | Eastman, P. D. | | Title | Are you my mother? | | Publisher | Random House | | Illustrator(s) | Eastman, P.D. | | ISBN | 0679890475 | | Summary | This book is about a baby bird that falls out of the nest and goes looking for his mother. He encounters animals and machines in his quest to find his mother. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 19 of 39 | | Author(s) | Brown, Marc | | Title | Arthur's baby | | Publisher | Scholastic Inc. | | Summary | Arthur's parents reveal that he is going to be a big brother and as the family gets ready to accept the new baby into their home, Arthur doesn't know what to think of it all and is unsure he is ready for the new addition. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 20 of 39 | | Author(s) | Monica Gunning | | Title | A Shelter in Our Car | | Publisher | Children's Book Press | | Illustrator(s) | Elaine Pedlar | | Summary | This book looks at the life of a Jamaican Girl and her mother and their struggles with homelessness and income after the loss of her father. This book looks at the mother's struggle to find a job and finish school. The girl deals with the stigma of living in her car and the grief she gets at school and officials. The mother and daughter have a special bond and grow as you follow them on their journey. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 21 of 39 | | Author(s) | Richardson, Justin; Peter Parnell | | Title | And Tango makes three | | Publisher | Schuster Books for Young Readers | | Illustrator(s) | Henry Cole | | ISBN | 0689878451 (hardcover) | | Summary | At New York City's Central Park Zoo, two male penguins fall in love and start a family by taking turns sitting on an abandoned egg until it hatches. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 22 of 39 | | Author(s) | Hindman, Jan | | Title | A Very Toughching Book...for little people and for big people... | | Publisher | AlexAndria Associates | | Illustrator(s) | Tom Novak | | ISBN | 0961103418 | | Summary | This book discusses appropriate touching for adults and children while teaching vocabulary for parts of the body. It is used for adults and children. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 23 of 39 | | Author(s) | Paek, Min | | Title | Aekyung's dream | | Publisher | Distributed to the book trade by the Talman Co. | | Illustrator(s) | Paek, Min | | ISBN | 0892390425 | | Summary | A young Korean immigrant learns to adjust to her new life in America by heeding the words of an ancient Korean king. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 24 of 39 | | Author(s) | Paek, Min | | Title | Aekyung's dream | | Publisher | Distributed to the book trade by the Talman Co. | | Illustrator(s) | Paek, Min | | ISBN | 0892390425 | | Summary | A young Korean immigrant learns to adjust to her new life in America by heeding the words of an ancient Korean king. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 25 of 39 | | Author(s) | Blackman, Malorie. | | Title | A new dress for Maya | | Publisher | Gareth Stevens Children's Books | | Illustrator(s) | James, Rhian Nest | | ISBN | 0836807138 | | Summary | Longing for a new dress from the store, Maya is disappointed to attend a party in a dress made by her mother. When she discovers that all the other girls are wearing the same store-bought dress, Maya comes to appreciate her unique dress. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 26 of 39 | | Author(s) | Heather Quarles | | Title | A Door Near Here | | Publisher | Laurel Leaf Books | | ISBN | 0440227615 | | Summary | Katherine, the main character, is forced to become a caretaker of her household. She is only a high school student, but her mother's alcoholism has caused her to rise to the occassion of being an adult. Katherine has three siblings, but the central relationship in the novel occurs between Katherine and her youngest sister, Alisa. Alisa, influenced by the C.S. Lewis Narnia books, is engrossed with the prospect of finding a door to the Lewis' land of Narnia. Hopefully this land will be a relief from the alcoholic family system that all of the children currently live in. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 27 of 39 | | Author(s) | Powell, E. Sandy | | Title | A Chance to Grow | | Publisher | Carolrhoda Books | | Illustrator(s) | Davila, Zulma | | ISBN | 0876147414 | | Summary | When Je, his sister Gracey, and thier mother are evicted from their apartment and left homeless, they live in shelters and on the streets, looking for work and a permanent home. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 28 of 39 | | Author(s) | Gail E. Haley | | Title | A Story A Story | | Publisher | Atheneum New York | | Illustrator(s) | Gail E. Haley | | Summary | This is an old African "spider story" retold by Gail E. Haley. In this story Ananse, the Spider man, wins back all the stories on earth by tricking and capturing Osebo the leopard of the terrible teeth, Mmboro the hornet who stings like fire, and Mmoatia the fairy whom men never see and giving them all to Nyame, the Sky God. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 29 of 39 | | Author(s) | Pelzer, Dave | | Title | A Child Called It | | Publisher | health communications | | ISBN | 1558743669 | | Summary | This is a wonderful book for adolescents and high school students to read if they are in foster care or have been abused. The story is about a child who was severly abused by his mother and how he was fighting for his life. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 30 of 39 | | Author(s) | Hamilton, Virginia | | Title | Arilla Sun Down | | Publisher | Greenwillow Books | | ISBN | 0688840582 (lib. bdg.) | | Summary | Young girl, half black and half Indian, lives in a small town where her life revolves around family, school, and friends. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 31 of 39 | | Author(s) | Hamilton, Virginia | | Title | Arilla Sun Down | | Publisher | Greenwillow Books | | ISBN | 0688840582 (lib. bdg.) | | Summary | Young girl, half black and half Indian, lives in a small town where her life revolves around family, school, and friends. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 32 of 39 | | Author(s) | Shannon, David | | Title | A Bad Case of Stripes | | Publisher | Scholastic INC. | | Illustrator(s) | Shannon, David | | ISBN | 0439079551 | | Summary | It is about a little girl who refuses to be herself because she wants to fit in with everyone else. In the end she learns that she must be herself to be happy. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 33 of 39 | | Author(s) | Lowry, Lois | | Title | A Summer to Die | | Publisher | Delacorte Press | | Illustrator(s) | Jenni Oliver | | ISBN | 0385734204 | | Summary | Thirteen-year-old Meg envies her sister's beauty and popularity. Her feelings don't make it any easier to cope with Molly's strange illness and eventual death. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 34 of 39 | | Author(s) | Girard, Linda Walvoord | | Title | At Daddy's on Saturday's | | Publisher | Albert Whitman & Company | | Illustrator(s) | Judith Friedman | | Summary | This book is about a little girl who is sad because her parents got a divorce and she is worried that she will never see her daddy again. Eventually her dad gets an apartment and she is able to go to his house on most Saturday's and spend time with him. She learns that just because her parents divorced doesn't mean they don't love her, and she will get to see her dad whenever she wants to. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 36 of 39 | | Author(s) | Gordon, Sol; Cohen, Vivien | | Title | All families are different | | Publisher | Amherst, NY : Prometheus Books | | ISBN | 1573927651 | | Summary | Families--United States--Juvenile literature.. Families--Juvenile literature.. Families.. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 38 of 39 | | Author(s) | Annette Aubrey | | Title | A Place in My Heart | | Publisher | QEB Publishing | | Illustrator(s) | Patrice Barton | | ISBN | 9781595664 | | Summary | This story is about a little boy named Andrew who comes home one day to discover his parents crying. He learns that his grandfather his passed away and now must learn at a young age what grieving and loss entails. His parents help him to understand this process and learn what it means to lose someone that you love. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 39 of 39 | | Author(s) | Bruchac, Joseph | | Title | A Boy Called Slow: The True Story of Sitting Bull | | Publisher | Philomel Books | | Illustrator(s) | Baviera, Rocco | | ISBN | 0399226923 | | Summary | Tells the story of Sioux boy who is slow as a child and is named Slow. This story depicts his childhood journey towards becoming a man named Sitting Bull. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
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