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114 books whose titles start with T| Record 1 of 114 | | Author(s) | David, Lawrence | | Title | The Good Little Girl | | Publisher | Econo-clad books | | Illustrator(s) | Oubrerie, Clement | | ISBN | 0613253523 | | Summary | Feeling neglected by her parents, Miranda finds herself taken over by a monstrous, misbehaving alter ego, a mean green girl who says terrible things. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 2 of 114 | | Author(s) | Saller, Carol | | Title | The Bridge Dancers | | Publisher | Carolrhoda Books, Inc. | | Illustrator(s) | Talifero, Gerald | | ISBN | 0876146531 | | Summary | When her younger sister cuts her leg in an accident, Maisie uses the knowledge of herbal medicine she learned from their mother, a healer in their mountain community.
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| Record 3 of 114 | | Author(s) | Minshull, Evelyn | | Title | The Cornhusk Doll | | Publisher | penguin | | Illustrator(s) | Wallace, Edwin B. | | ISBN | 0836134311 | | Summary | Caught and injured in Pa' bear trap, an Indian and his daughter are forced to stay with pioneer family, where hatred finally gives way to friendship due to young Mary and her cornhusk doll.
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| Record 4 of 114 | | Author(s) | Palmer, Pat Ed. D. | | Title | The Mouse, the Monster and Me | | Publisher | Impact Publishers | | Illustrator(s) | Betty L. Shondeck | | ISBN | 0915166437 | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 5 of 114 | | Author(s) | Bourne, Edmund J., PhD | | Title | The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook | | Publisher | New Harbinger Publications | | ISBN | 1572244135 | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 7 of 114 | | Author(s) | Krauss, Ruth | | Title | The Carrot Seed | | Publisher | Scholastic Book Services | | Illustrator(s) | Johnson, Crockett | | ISBN | 0590003860 | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 9 of 114 | | Author(s) | Silverstein, Shel | | Title | The Giving Tree | | Publisher | Harper & Row | | Illustrator(s) | Silverstein, Shel | | ISBN | 0060256656 | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 10 of 114 | | Author(s) | Seuss, Dr. | | Title | The Cat in the Hat comes back | | Publisher | Beginner Books (a division of Random House, inc.) | | Illustrator(s) | Seuss, Dr. | | ISBN | 0394800028 | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 11 of 114 | | Author(s) | Seuss, Dr. | | Title | The Foot Book | | Publisher | Random House, inc. | | Illustrator(s) | Seuss, Dr. | | ISBN | 0375811354 | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 13 of 114 | | Author(s) | Stephen Cosgrove | | Title | Trapper | | Publisher | Price/Stern/Sloan | | Illustrator(s) | Robin James | | ISBN | 0843105879 | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 15 of 114 | | Author(s) | Pullman, Philip | | Title | The subtle knife | | Publisher | Distributed by Random House | | ISBN | 0679879250 (hardcover) | | Summary | As the boundaries between worlds begin to dissolve, Lyra and her daemon help Will Parry in his search for his father and for a powerful, magical knife. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 16 of 114 | | Author(s) | Madonna | | Title | The English Roses | | Publisher | Callaway | | Illustrator(s) | Jeffrey Fulvimari | | ISBN | 0670036781 | | Summary | Four young girls learn learn not to judge others based on appearances. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 17 of 114 | | Author(s) | Yoshiko Uchida | | Title | The bracelet | | Publisher | The Putnam Grosset Group | | Illustrator(s) | Joanna Yardley | | ISBN | 069811390x | | Summary | The story of a Japanese/American family being
forced to prison camps in the the United States during WW11. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 18 of 114 | | Author(s) | Viorst, Judith | | Title | The Tenth Good Thing About Barney | | Publisher | Atheneum | | ISBN | 0689712030 | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 19 of 114 | | Author(s) | Clifton, Lucille | | Title | Three wishes | | Publisher | Doubleday Book for Young Readers; | | ISBN | 0385304978 | | Summary | When a young girl finds a good luck penny and makes three wishes on it, she learns that friendship is her most valued possession. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 20 of 114 | | Author(s) | Kasza, Keiko | | Title | The Rat and the Tiger | | Publisher | G.P. Putnam's Sons | | Illustrator(s) | Kasza, Keiko | | ISBN | 0399224041 | | Summary | In his friendship with Rat, Tiger takes advantage and plays the bully because of his greater size, but one day Rat stands up for his rights. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 21 of 114 | | Author(s) | Baylor, Byrd. | | Title | The table where rich people sit | | Publisher | Maxwell Macmillan International | | ISBN | 0684196530 | | Summary | A girl discovers that her impoverished family is rich in things that matter in life, especially being outdoors and experiencing nature. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 22 of 114 | | Author(s) | Brett, Jan | | Title | The Mitten | | Publisher | G.P. Putnam's Sons | | Illustrator(s) | Jan Brett | | ISBN | 039921920X | | Summary | The Mitten is a Ukrainian Folktale about a young boy, Nicki, and his pair of white mittens. One of his mittens is lost in the snow and it becomes a refuge for several woodland animal creatures. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 23 of 114 | | Author(s) | Sopko, Eugen | | Title | The White Raven and the Black Sheep | | Publisher | North-South Books | | Illustrator(s) | Sopko, Eugen | | ISBN | 1558581189 | | Summary | A white raven and a black sheep feel out of place. When something goes wrong the other ravens and sheep blame them because they are different. Their friends chased them away and the white raven and black sheep met each other and tell their stories. They try to paint each other and the white raven goes to see the sheep and the black sheep goes to see the ravens. However, in the end their friends want them back even though they are different. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 24 of 114 | | Author(s) | Curtis, Jamie Lee | | Title | Today I Feel Silly | | Publisher | Harper Collins Publishing | | Illustrator(s) | Laura Cornell | | ISBN | 0060245603 | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 25 of 114 | | Author(s) | Nancy Andrews-Goebel | | Title | The Pot that Juan Built | | Publisher | Lee and Low Books Inc | | Illustrator(s) | David Diaz | | ISBN | 1584300388 | | Summary | A cumulative rhyme summarizing the life's work of renowned Mexican potter, Juan Quezada. Additional information describes the process he uses to create his own pots after they style of the Casas Grandes people. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 26 of 114 | | Author(s) | Nancy Carlson | | Title | Take Time to Relax! | | Publisher | Penguin group | | Illustrator(s) | Nancy Carlson | | ISBN | 0140542426 | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 27 of 114 | | Author(s) | Nancy Carlson | | Title | Take Time to Relax! | | Publisher | Penguin group | | Illustrator(s) | Nancy Carlson | | ISBN | 0140542426 | | Summary | Tina the beaver and her family constantly rush off in different directions, until a storm keeps them snowbound at home. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 28 of 114 | | Author(s) | Wolff, Virginia Euwer. | | Title | True believer | | Publisher | Atheneum Books for Young Readers | | ISBN | 0689828276 | | Summary | Living in the inner city amidst guns and poverty, fifteen-year-old LaVaughn learns from old and new friends, and inspiring mentors, that life is what you make it--an occasion to rise to. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 29 of 114 | | Author(s) | Trivizas, Eugene | | Title | The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig | | Publisher | Aladdin | | Illustrator(s) | Oxenbury, Helen | | ISBN | 068981528X | | Summary | This is the classic three little pigs story with a twist. This book is very entertaining with excellent illustrations and an unexpected ending. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 30 of 114 | | Author(s) | Schweibert Pat; DeKlyen Chuck; Schewiber Pat | | Title | Tear Soup | | Publisher | Grief Watch | | ISBN | 0961519762 | | Summary | A grandmotherly women creates her spcial batch of "tear soup" the ingredients for this soup come from the many ways she experances grief. Each day her recipe changes as her grief changes and with each new bactch of tear soup she also despises sage adive for dealing with loss. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 31 of 114 | | Author(s) | Berenstain, Stan | | Title | The Berenstain Bears and baby makes five | | Publisher | Random House | | ISBN | 0679989609 (glb) | | Summary | Sister Bear is upset by all the attention her new baby sister is receiving. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 32 of 114 | | Author(s) | Rylant, Cynthia | | Title | The Van Gogh Cafe | | Publisher | Harcourt Brace and Company | | ISBN | 0152008438 | | Summary | A story about a father and his 10 year old daughter, and the magical cafe that they own and work in. Magical and mysterious things happen often at thier cafe and they both observe and waith for the magic to take shape. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 33 of 114 | | Author(s) | Schwiebert, Pat; DeKlyen Chuck | | Title | Tear Soup A Recipe for Healing After Loss | | Publisher | Grief Watch Press | | Illustrator(s) | Bills, Taylor | | ISBN | 0961519762 | | Summary | Grandy is an old woman who has recently suffered a great loss. She recalls that a friend who had lost a child had made a soup from a special recipe called "tear soup". The book tells the story of how Grandy makes the soup and the grief she encounters and how she deals with it. Eventually she discovers that it is okay to eat tear soup occasionally, but she finds that it is okay to eat other things too. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 34 of 114 | | Author(s) | SCHWIEBERT, PAT; DEKLYEN CHUCK | | Title | Tear Soup | | Publisher | GRIEF WATCH | | Illustrator(s) | BILLS TAYLOR | | ISBN | 0961519762 | | Summary | THIS MODERN ALLEGORICAL STORY IS TOLD THROUGH THE VOICE OF AN OLD WOMEN WHO HAS SUFFERED A SIGNIFICANT LOSS IN HER LIFE. THIS WOMEN DISPENSES LESSONS AND ADVICE IN COPING WITH GRIEF AND LOSS AS SHE COOKS HER SPECIAL "TEAR SOUP". A SOUP MADE FROM INGREDIENTS FOUND IN HER EXPERIENCE AND REACTIONS TO LOSS. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 35 of 114 | | Author(s) | WHITE DEER OF AUTUMN (GABRIEL HORN) | | Title | THE GREAT CHANGE | | Publisher | BEYOND WORLD'S PUBLISHING INC. | | Illustrator(s) | GRIGG CAROL | | ISBN | 0941831795 | | Summary | A NATIVE AMERICAN TALE OF A GRANDMOTHER IMPARTING KNOWLEDGE AND REASSUANCE TO HER GRANDDAUGHTER ABOUT DEATH "THE GREAT CHANGE" AND THE INTER-DEPENDANCE OF ALL LIVING CREATURES IN THE WHEEL OF LIFE. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 36 of 114 | | Author(s) | Robert N Munsch | | Title | The Paper Bag Princess | | Publisher | Annick Press, LTD | | Illustrator(s) | Michael Martchenko | | ISBN | 0920236162 | | Summary | This story is about a princess who has her home, clothes, and finance (a prince) taken from her by a dragon. Upset, she goes to the dragon dressed in a paper bag, and saves her prince. However, upon saving him he is so dismayed by the way she looks he says come back another time when you look like a princess. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 37 of 114 | | Author(s) | Mayer Mercer | | Title | There's a Nightmare in My Closet | | Publisher | Puffin Books | | Illustrator(s) | Mayer Mercer | | ISBN | 0140547126 | | Summary | A bedtime story told from the perspective of a young boy who is afraid to sleep because of a “Nightmare” that lives in his closet. The boy decides to use his toys to confront the nightmare. Surprisingly he discovers in the process that he has the strength to confront his fears and in doing so finds that the nightmare is not as scary as he believed. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 38 of 114 | | Author(s) | Smith, Janice Lee | | Title | The Monster in the Third Dresser Drawer and other stories about Adam Joshua | | Publisher | Harper & Row | | Illustrator(s) | Gackenbach, Dick | | ISBN | 0060257342 | | Summary | Six stories about a young boy named Adam Joshua and how he handles moving, loosing his tooth, and mosters in his room. Additional stories include learning how to understand an elderly family member, getting used to a new baby sister and then having to share a room with her until a different room is prepared. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 39 of 114 | | Author(s) | Meiners, Cheri J. | | Title | Talk and work it out | | Publisher | Free Spirit Pub. | | ISBN | 1575421763 | | Summary | Childrens book teaching peaceful conflict resolution. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 40 of 114 | | Author(s) | Chris Van Allsburg | | Title | The Stranger | | Publisher | Houghton Miffin Company | | ISBN | 0395423317 | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 41 of 114 | | Author(s) | Tyler, Michael. | | Title | The Skin You Live In | | Publisher | Chicago Children's Museum | | Illustrator(s) | Csicsko, David Lee. | | ISBN | 0975958003 | | Summary | "The Skin You Live In" is a book that illustrates the universality of human beings. It identifies actions, feelings, and different shades of skin color. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 42 of 114 | | Author(s) | Shel Silverstein | | Title | The Giving Tree | | Publisher | Harper Collins | | Illustrator(s) | Shel Silverstein | | ISBN | 0060256656 | | Summary | The Giving Tree is a book about a tree who loves a boy. Throughout the boy's life, the tree gives him all that he asks for; apples, limbs, stump. And, in return the boy gives nothing. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 43 of 114 | | Author(s) | Helen Lester | | Title | Tacky the Penguin | | Publisher | Trumpet Club/Houghton Muffin Company | | Illustrator(s) | Lynn Munsinger | | ISBN | 0395455367 | | Summary | This is a good book that encourages individuality, and not following the pack. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 44 of 114 | | Author(s) | Elizabeth Koda-Callan | | Title | The Good Luck Pony | | Publisher | Workman Publishing, New York | | ISBN | 0894808591 | | Summary | The Good Luck Pony is an excellent book on learning to be have courage when you have something in your life that scares you. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 45 of 114 | | Author(s) | Mathis, Sharon Bell | | Title | The Hundred Penny Box | | Publisher | Puffin Books | | Illustrator(s) | Leo and Dinae Dillon | | ISBN | 0140321691 | | Summary | The story of a boy whose Hundred year old Grandma lives with his family. Grandma tells the boy many stories and has many memories in her posessions.
The boys mother is at odds with his grandmother.
The boy feels anger at his mother for not understanding his grandmother.
It takes the innocence of a boy to hear and listen to the stories of his grandma's life. He and his grandma develop an indescribable relationship that only they understand. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 46 of 114 | | Author(s) | Ringgold, Faith. | | Title | Tar Beach | | Publisher | Crown Publishers | | ISBN | 0517580314 (lib. bdg.) : | | Summary | A young girl dreams of flying above her Harlem home, claiming all she sees for herself and her family. Based on the author's quilt painting of the same name. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 47 of 114 | | Author(s) | Ringgold, Faith. | | Title | Tar Beach | | Publisher | Crown Publishers | | ISBN | 0517580314 (lib. bdg.) : | | Summary | A young girl dreams of flying above her Harlem home, claiming all she sees for herself and her family. Based on the author's quilt painting of the same name. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 48 of 114 | | Author(s) | Say, Allen | | Title | The Lost Lake | | Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Company | | Illustrator(s) | Say, Allen | | ISBN | 0395617839 | | Summary | A young boy and his father become closer during a camping trip. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 49 of 114 | | Author(s) | Mora Pat | | Title | The Desert is my Mother | | Publisher | Pinata Books | | Illustrator(s) | Lechon Daniel | | ISBN | 1558851216 | | Summary | A poetic depiction of the desert as a provider of comfort, foo, spirit, and life. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 50 of 114 | | Author(s) | Cisneros, Sandra. | | Title | The house on Mango Street | | Publisher | Arte Publico Press | | ISBN | 0934770204 (pbk.) : | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 51 of 114 | | Author(s) | Markun, Patricia Maloney | | Title | The Little Painter of Sabana Grande | | Publisher | Macmillan Publishing Company | | Illustrator(s) | Robert Casilla | | Summary | Lacking paper, a young Panamanian artist paints the outside of his adobe home. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 52 of 114 | | Author(s) | Kidd, Sue Monk | | Title | The Secret Life of Bees | | Publisher | Penguin Gruop | | ISBN | 0142001740 | | Summary | This book is set in South Carolina in 1964. Lily Owens struggles with a blured memory of the death of her mother and an abusive relationship with her father. Lily and her black maid, Rosaleen escape and embark on a quest for knowledge. Lily learns about female power and the truth about her mother's death. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 53 of 114 | | Author(s) | Bornstein, Ruth Lercher | | Title | The Dancing Man | | Publisher | Clarion Books, NY | | Illustrator(s) | Bornstein, Ruth Lercher | | ISBN | 0395834295 | | Summary | In a village that has known only hard times, a young orphan boy named Joseph has a secret wish. he meets an old man, is given a pair of silver shoes an dwith them, the ability to dance joy and courage into the lives of those who need it the most. Using dance as a medium, this book is a tribute to the power of the creative spirit. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 54 of 114 | | Author(s) | Dr. Suess | | Title | The Lorax | | Publisher | Random House, Inc. | | ISBN | 0679821481 | | Summary | The Lorax is a story about the truffula tree loving Lorax and the greedy Onceler who uses the trees to make "thneeds." When the "thneeds" begin selling at an amazing pace The Onceler becomes a rich man. In his quest for money he polluted the air, polluted the water, drove away the animals, and deforested the land. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 55 of 114 | | Author(s) | Seuss, Dr. | | Title | The Shape of Me and Other Stuff | | Publisher | Random House | | ISBN | 0394826876 | | Summary | A pre-school book designed to introduce many familiar shapes to children in a rhyming format. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 56 of 114 | | Author(s) | Mayer, Mercer | | Title | The New Baby | | Publisher | Golden Books | | Illustrator(s) | Mayer, Mercer | | ISBN | 9780307119 | | Summary | This is a great book about welcoming a new baby into the family. The brother who is a toddler learns what it is really like to have a new baby sister. He learns that babies sleep a lot, cry and sometimes smell bad but that they can be kind of fun too. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 57 of 114 | | Author(s) | Polacco Patricia | | Title | Thunder cake | | Publisher | Philomel Books | | Illustrator(s) | Polacco Patrice | | ISBN | 0399222316 | | Summary | A little girl is terrified by the sound of thunder. With the help of her grandmother she learns to overcome her fear and realizes she is indeed brave. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 59 of 114 | | Author(s) | Stone, Jon | | Title | The Monster at the end of this Book | | Publisher | Western Publishing Company | | Illustrator(s) | Smollin, Mike | | Summary | Grover, the sesame street character, speaks to the person reading the book, begging not to have the page turned because of the monster at the end. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 60 of 114 | | Author(s) | Keats, Ezra Jack | | Title | The Snowy Day | | Publisher | Scholastic Inc. | | Illustrator(s) | Keats, Ezra Jack | | Summary | After a snowfall, Peter gets the chance to enjoy his creative side and imagination while playing in outside. Peter attempts to savor the snow by bringing in a snowball and then has to deal with the disappointment of it not being there the next morning. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 61 of 114 | | Author(s) | Marcus Pfister | | Title | The Rainbow Fish | | Publisher | North South Books | | ISBN | 1558580093 | | Summary | The most beautiful fish in the entire ocean discovers the real value of personal beauty and friendship. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 62 of 114 | | Author(s) | Baker, Keith | | Title | The Magic Fan | | Publisher | Harcourt Brace & Company | | Illustrator(s) | Baker, Keith | | ISBN | 0152009833 | | Summary | With the help of a magical fan, pulled from the sea, Yoshi, a Japanese carpenter, finds his own wisdom. The fan, whose design is repeated in the pages of the book, inspires Yoshi to build a boat to sail to the moon, a kite to reach the clouds and a bridge that saves the villagers from a tsunami. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 64 of 114 | | Author(s) | Johnsen, Karen | | Title | The Trouble with Secrets | | Publisher | Parenting Press, Inc. | | Illustrator(s) | JohnsonForseel, Linda | | ISBN | 094399022x | | Summary | A simple book teaching children the kinds of secrets to hold on to and the ones to tell right away. Good Secrets are birthday presents, specially made brownies, gifts for friends and birds nests. Secrets to tell a trusting adult would be hurt feelinds and bodies, strangers offering drugs or wanting to take you someplace, bad touch, and stealing, to name just a few. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 65 of 114 | | Author(s) | Kuper, Peter | | Title | Theo and the blue note | | Publisher | Viking | | Illustrator(s) | Kuper, Peter | | ISBN | 9780670061 | | Summary | Theo the cat has learned to play only one blue note on his saxophone, but when a magical rocket ship carries him to the moon, he joins Charlie Porker, Nat King Cobra, Duck Ellington, and other great jazz musicians in a jam session. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 66 of 114 | | Author(s) | Hesse, Karen | | Title | The Cats in Krasinski Square | | Publisher | Scholastic Press, New York | | Illustrator(s) | Watson, Wendy | | ISBN | 0439435404 | | Summary | A little girl helps to smuggle food into a Jewish Ghetto in WWII Warsaw. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 67 of 114 | | Author(s) | Ciardi, John | | Title | The Reason For The Pelican | | Publisher | J.B. Lippincott Company | | Illustrator(s) | Gekiere, Madeleine | | Summary | The book is a book of poems. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 68 of 114 | | Author(s) | Kathy Tucker | | Title | The Seven Chinese Sisters | | Publisher | Albert Whitman & Company | | Illustrator(s) | Grace Lin | | ISBN | 0807573094 | | Summary | When A dragon snatches the youngest of seven talented Chinese sisters, the other six come to her rescue. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 69 of 114 | | Author(s) | Prince, April Jones | | Title | Twenty-one elephants and still standing | | Publisher | Houghton Mifflin | | Illustrator(s) | Roca, Francois | | ISBN | 061844887X | | Summary | Upon completion of the Brooklyn Bridge, P.T. Barnum and his twenty-one elephants parade across to prove to everyone that the bridge is safe. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 70 of 114 | | Author(s) | Foster, Joanna. | | Title | The Magpies' nest | | Publisher | Clarion Books | | Illustrator(s) | Downing, Julie | | ISBN | 0395621550 | | Summary | A story, based on English folklore, explains why each bird builds its nest in a different way. A Magpie couple builds a nest to show other birds how to build a nest; each bird flies away with a different lesson. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 71 of 114 | | Author(s) | De Paola, Tomie. | | Title | The clown of God :an old story | | Publisher | Harcourt Brace Jovanovich | | ISBN | 0156181924 | | Summary | A once-famous Italian juggler, now old and a beggar, gives one final performance before a statue of Our Lady and the Holy Child and dies. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 72 of 114 | | Author(s) | Dines, Glen | | Title | The Useful Dragon of Sam Ling Toy | | Publisher | Macmillian | | Illustrator(s) | Dines, Glen | | Summary | A pet shop owner takes in a young looking lizard that turns out to be a very large dragon. After this playful dragon's many adventurous blunders to be of some use to the people, the township including the mayor are afraid and find no purpose for the dragon. The conclusion of the story provides the reader with a glimpse at a job that the dragon could fulfill and bring much and laughter to the town's people. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 73 of 114 | | Author(s) | Shel Silverstein | | Title | The Missing Piece Meets the Big O | | Publisher | Harper Collins Publishers | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 74 of 114 | | Author(s) | Lowrry, Lois | | Title | The Giver | | Publisher | Boston:Houtghton Miffin | | ISBN | 0395645662 | | Summary | Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 75 of 114 | | Author(s) | Soto, Gary. | | Title | Too many tamales | | Publisher | Putnam | | ISBN | 0399221468 : | | Summary | Maria tries on her mother's wedding ring while helping make tamales for a Christmas family get-together. Panic ensues when hours later, she realizes the ring is missing. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 76 of 114 | | Author(s) | Toni Morrison | | Title | The Big Box | | Publisher | Hyperion Books for Children | | Illustrator(s) | Slade Morrison | | ISBN | 0786804165 | | Summary | This book examines the meaning of "freedom" and how those meanings might differ between children and adults. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 78 of 114 | | Author(s) | Yep, Laurence | | Title | The Star Fisher | | Publisher | Scholastic Inc. | | ISBN | 059029153X | | Summary | The Star Fisher is set in 1927 America and is the story of a 15 year old Chinese-American girl, Joan Lee, and her family as they relocate from Ohio where the children were born, to West Virginia. The Lees are the first Chinese family to move to the town and the book tells of the struggles of being new-comers as well as the struggles of a young girl coming of age and trying to fit in to 2 cultures and new surroundings. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 79 of 114 | | Author(s) | Masurel, Claire. | | Title | Two homes | | Publisher | Candlewick Press | | Illustrator(s) | Kady MacDonald Denton | | ISBN | 0763605115 (alk. paper) | | Summary | A young boy named Alex enjoys the homes of both of his parents who live apart but love Alex very much. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 80 of 114 | | Author(s) | Demi | | Title | The Empty Pot | | Publisher | Henry Holt and Company | | Summary | The emperor of China needed to choose an heir, so he gave a flower seed to each child within his kingdom. Who ever grew the best flower in one year would succeed to the throne. A young boy Ping planted his seed and took care of it every day. Month ater month, nothing grew. When it was time to go to the Emperor, Ping had nothing but an empty pot. All the other children had grown beautiful flowers. The Emperor was disapointed when he saw all the flowers, and when he saw Ping's empty pot, he knew he had found his successor. The Emperor had baked all the seeds so they wouldn't grow, but there was only one boy who was honest and did his best. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 81 of 114 | | Author(s) | Martin, Jr., Bill; Sampson, Michael | | Title | The Little Squeegy Bug | | Publisher | Winslow Press | | Illustrator(s) | Corrigan, Pat | | ISBN | 1890817902 | | Summary | A little bug meets a bumblebee and desires to have wings as the bee does. The bee tells the bug that he can obtain silver wings if he climbs to the sky. As the bug climbs to the tallest point he can reach, he befriends a caterpillar who introduces him to a spider. The spider spins him a beutiful pair of wings and gives him a lantern for his tail, turning the bug into a firefly. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 82 of 114 | | Author(s) | Johnson, Michael ; Johnson, Rebecca | | Title | Tad Pole and Dr. Frog | | Publisher | Codra Enterprises, Inc. | | Illustrator(s) | Westphal, Hugo | | ISBN | 1893672077 | | Summary | This is the tale of the Pole family. It focuses on Tad Pole, a third grade frog who feels that school is not the place for him because he does not make good grades and is constantly teased as "tadpole" by his peers. One day his "grandfrog" takes him out to a local pond to have a one on one talk with him. Tad states that he is just going to drop out of school and get his own lily pad. Grandfrog helps Tad explore the opportunities that he would miss and all of the things he could do if he would just try harder instead of giving up. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 83 of 114 | | Author(s) | Jackson, Angela | | Title | Toning the Sweep | | Publisher | Scholastic Inc. | | ISBN | 0590481428 | | Summary | A little girl lived in South Carolina and someone died, a relative would get a hammer and hit a sweep, a kind of pollow, to let everybody know. Sh ealways believed you had to do it right after to ring the dead person's soul to heaven. Three generations of African-American women. Each holding on to a separate truth. A truth about life, about death, and aobut themselves. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 85 of 114 | | Author(s) | Kimmel, Eric A. | | Title | Three Samurai Cats | | Publisher | Scholastic Inc | | Illustrator(s) | Modicai Gerstein | | ISBN | 0439692563 | | Summary | This is a story from Japan. There is a dog lord whose castle is being terrorized by a big rat. The lord goes to see a famous shine known for it's wonderful and skillful samurai cats. The dog lord picks one samurai and he fails. He goes back for another and that one fails. Finally he gets a really old and beat up samurai cat who gets the job done in a way that the other samurais couldn't. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 86 of 114 | | Author(s) | E. C. Krupp | | Title | The Rainbow in You | | Publisher | HarperCollins | | Illustrator(s) | Robin Rector Krupp | | ISBN | 0688156029 | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 87 of 114 | | Author(s) | Audrey Penn | | Title | The Kissing Hand | | Publisher | Scholastic Inc. | | Illustrator(s) | Ruth E. Harper | | ISBN | 0590047019 | | Summary | This story is about a young raccoon who is preparing to start Kindergarten, but is too frightened to leave home. He wants to stay home with his mother. She tries to ease his mind by kissing his hand and telling him to remember her love there throughout the day. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 88 of 114 | | Author(s) | Audrey Penn | | Title | The Kissing Hand | | Publisher | Scholastic Inc. | | Illustrator(s) | Ruth E. Harper | | ISBN | 0590047019 | | Summary | This story is about a young raccoon who is preparing to start Kindergarten, but is too frightened to leave home. He wants to stay home with his mother. She tries to ease his mind by kissing his hand and telling him to remember her love there throughout the day. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 89 of 114 | | Author(s) | Alexis O'Neill | | Title | The Recess Queen | | Publisher | Scholastic Inc. | | Illustrator(s) | Laura Huliska-Beith | | ISBN | 0439206499 | | Summary | A mean student rules the playground by bullying other kids. She had no friends until one day a girl asks her to play. From that moment on, "The Recess Queen" has friends to play with, so she doesn't bully any more. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 90 of 114 | | Author(s) | Alexis O'Neill | | Title | The Recess Queen | | Publisher | Scholastic, Inc. | | Illustrator(s) | Laura Huliska-Beith | | ISBN | 0439206499 | | Summary | A girl is bullying kids at recess every day until a new girl comes to school and befriends the bully. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 91 of 114 | | Author(s) | Sandy Kleven | | Title | the right touch | | Publisher | Illumination Arts Publishing Company, Inc. | | Illustrator(s) | Jody Bergsma | | ISBN | 0935699104 | | Summary | This is a prevention book to help prevent child sexual abuse. A mother teaches her young son about sexual abuse. She givers her son examples of how a neighbor lured a little girl to his home to see some non-existent kittens. Mom explains the differences between touches that are positive and touches that are secret, deceptive, or forced. She shows her son Jimmy how to resist inappropriate touching. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 92 of 114 | | Author(s) | Jacqueline Woodson | | Title | The Other Side | | Publisher | G.P. Putnam's Sons Publishers | | Illustrator(s) | E.B. Lewis | | ISBN | 0399231161 | | Summary | A child confused about the fence someone else has built in her yard and the racial tension that divides her world. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 93 of 114 | | Author(s) | Patron, Susan. | | Title | The higher power of Lucky | | Publisher | Thorndike Press | | ISBN | 0786296321 (hardcover : alk. paper) | | Summary | Fearing that her legal guardian plans to abandon her to return to France, ten-year-old aspiring scientist Lucky Trimble determines to run away while also continuing to seek the Higher Power that will bring stability to her life. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 94 of 114 | | Author(s) | Krupp, E. C. | | Title | The Rainbow and You | | Publisher | Harper Collins Publishers | | Illustrator(s) | Robin Rector Krupp | | ISBN | 0688156029 | | Summary | The Rainbow and You gives informative, scientific and mulitcultural information of where rainbows came from. The book also describes how rainbows are formed and what to look for in a rainbow. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 95 of 114 | | Author(s) | Dunbar, Joyce; Gliori, Debi | | Title | Tell Me Something Happy Before I Go to Sleep | | Publisher | Hartcourt, Inc. | | Illustrator(s) | Gliori, Debi | | ISBN | 015201795X | | Summary | This book is about two bunnies, Willa and Willoughby. When Willa says she can't sleep because she's afraid whe'll have a bad dream, Willoughby tells her to think of something happy. He then proceeds to hgelp her look at the bright side of many things--in the room, out of doors, etc.--and how they can help make her be happy. Which it does, and she finally falls to sleep. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 96 of 114 | | Author(s) | Goldman Koss, Amy | | Title | The Girls | | Publisher | Puffin Books | | Summary | A group of five middle-school girls go through the drama of being in a clique and trying to abide by the "leader's" rules! | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 97 of 114 | | Author(s) | Flake, Sharon | | Title | The Skin I'm In | | Publisher | Jump At The Sun | | ISBN | 0786804440 | | Summary | "Thirteen year old Maleeka, uncomfortable because her skin is extremly dark, meets a new teacher with a birthmark on her face and makes some discoveries about how to love, who she is, and what she looks like." | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 98 of 114 | | Author(s) | Pochocki, Ethel | | Title | The Mushroom Man | | Publisher | Tilbury House Publishers | | Illustrator(s) | Barry Moser | | ISBN | 0884482782 | | Summary | An elderly man very content with his life as a worker in a mushroom factory finds himself very lonely. Because of his odd appearance he decides to find a suitable pet to become his companion. Though a cat is loving and warm, he enjoys wandering, so the elderly gentleman finds friendship with a mole. They share characteristics that allow them to develop a genuine lasting relationship. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 99 of 114 | | Author(s) | Carle, Eric. | | Title | The grouchy ladybug | | Publisher | HarperCollins | | ISBN | 0060270888 | | Summary | A grouchy ladybug, looking for a fight, challenges everyone she meets regardless of their size or strength. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 100 of 114 | | Author(s) | Howe, James | | Title | The Misfits | | Publisher | Aladdin Paperbacks | | ISBN | 0689839561 | | Summary | Four students who don't fit in with their peers at a small-town middle school decide to create a third-party for the school's student council elections. The third-party's platform is to represent all the students who have ever been called names. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 102 of 114 | | Author(s) | zhanghong; asfdasf; gasdsadfas | | Title | testing book | | Publisher | gasdf | | Illustrator(s) | gadgfs | | ISBN | dsfgsdg | | Summary | dsfgdsgfd | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 103 of 114 | | Author(s) | Kroll, Steven; Knight, Hilary | | Title | That makes me mad! | | Publisher | [New York] : Pantheon Books | | ISBN | 0394831179. | | Summary | Anger--Juvenile literature.. Anger.. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 104 of 114 | | Author(s) | Stein, Sara Bonnett; Stone, Erika | | Title | The adopted one : an open family book for parents and children together | | Publisher | New York : Walker | | ISBN | 0802763472 | | Summary | Adoption.. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 105 of 114 | | Author(s) | Russo, Marisabina | | Title | The trouble with baby | | Publisher | [New York] : Greenwillow Books | | ISBN | 0060089253 (lib. bdg.) | | Summary | Brothers and sisters--Fiction.. Dolls--Fiction.. Jealousy--Fiction.. . | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 106 of 114 | | Author(s) | MacGregor, Cynthia | | Title | Ten steps to staying safe | | Publisher | New York : PowerKids Press | | Illustrator(s) | Danielle Primiceri | | ISBN | 0823952487 | | Summary | Safety education--Juvenile literature.. Children and strangers--Juvenile literature.. Child abuse--Prevention--Juvenile literature.. Strangers.. Safety.. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 107 of 114 | | Author(s) | Prelutsky,Jack | | Title | The Frogs Wore Red Suspenders | | Publisher | Greenwillow Books | | Illustrator(s) | Petra Mathers | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 108 of 114 | | Author(s) | Kuklin, Susan | | Title | Thinking Big | | Publisher | Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books | | Summary | The story of a eight year old girl who is a dwarf. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 109 of 114 | | Author(s) | Hefter, Richard; Perle, Ruth Lerner | | Title | Turtle throws a tantrum | | Publisher | New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston | | Illustrator(s) | Hefter, Richard | | ISBN | 003042061X | | Summary | Turtles--Fiction.. | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 110 of 114 | | Author(s) | Van Allsburg, Chris | | Title | The Polar Express | | Publisher | Boston : Houghton Mifflin | | Illustrator(s) | Van Allsburg, Chris | | ISBN | 0395389496 | | Summary | Santa Claus--Fiction. Christmas--Fiction. A Magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa Clause | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 112 of 114 | | Author(s) | Tony Payne; Jan Payne | | Title | The Hippo-Not-Amus | | Publisher | Orchard Books | | Illustrator(s) | Guy Parker-Rees | | ISBN | 0439678579 | | Summary | The story is about a Hippo who does not want to be a Hippo anymore. He trys being several animals but in the end he just wants to be a Hippo | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 113 of 114 | | Author(s) | Cecil, Laura | | Title | The Frog Princess | | Publisher | Greenwillow Books | | Illustrator(s) | Chichester-Clark, Emma | | ISBN | 0688135064 | | View reviews for this book | | | |
| Record 114 of 114 | | Author(s) | Hector, Julian | | Title | The little matador | | Publisher | New York : Hyperion Books for Children | | ISBN | 1423107799 | | Summary | Bullfighters--Fiction.. Artists--Fiction.. Individuality--Fiction.. . | | View reviews for this book | | | |
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