Karen Hesse
4) Night job
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
What is it like to work at night, while the rest of the city is asleep? Newbery Medalist Karen Hesse's quietly powerful story of a boy and his father is tenderly brought to life by G. Brian Karas in this luminous tribute to an enduring, everyday sort of love.
6) Stowaway
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized journal relates the experiences of a young stowaway from 1768 to 1771 aboard the Endeavor which sailed around the world under Captain James Cook.
7) Witness
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
A series of poems express the views of various people in a small Vermont town, including a young black girl and a young Jewish girl, during the early 1920s when the Ku Klux Klan is trying to infiltrate the town.
8) My thumb
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Follows the antics of a happy little girl who explains how sucking her thumb is comforting and that her parents do not need to worry about it.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
A young girl eagerly awaits a coming rainstorm to bring relief from the oppressive summer heat. "Come on, Rain!" Tess pleads to the sky as listless vines and parched plants droop in the endless heat. Then the clouds roll in and the rain pours. And Tess, her friends, and their mothers join in together in a rain dance to celebrate the shower that renews both body and spirit.
11) Spuds
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Maybelle, Jack, and Eddie want to help Ma by putting something extra on the table, so they set out in the dark to take potatoes from a nearby field, but when they arrive home and empty their potato sacks, they are surprised by what they see.
13) Safekeeping
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
When Radley returns to the United States after volunteering abroad, she comes back to a country under military rule with strict travel restrictions, and she must find her way back to her Vermont home through the New England woods.
15) Poppy's chair
Author
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
c1993
Language
English
Description
On her first summer visit to her grandmother since her grandfather's death, Leah is saddened by his absence, but Gramm helps her learn how to remember Poppy with joy.
16) Sable
Author
Series
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
Description
Tate Marshall is delighted when a stray dog turns up in the yard one day, but Sable, named for her dark, silky fur, causes trouble with the neighbors and has to go.
18) Lester's dog
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
c1993
Language
English
Description
A boy overcomes his fear of Lester's fierce dog when he has to protect an abandoned kitten.
19) Brooklyn Bridge
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
p2008
Language
English
Description
Rather than leisure and wealth, Joseph's parents' invention of the stuffed Teddy Bear has brought them an enormous workload and very little time to enjoy life. This summer, Joseph desperately wants to experience the splendor and excitement of the new amusement park at Coney Island, but fears that work will hinder his plans.
Author
Language
English
Description
Chiltern creates the most beautiful editions of the Worlds finest literature. Your favorite classic titles in a way you have never seen them before: the tactile layers, fine details and beautiful colors of these remarkable covers make these books feel extra special and look striking on any shelf. This hardcover book has a matching blank lined journal (sold separately). They make a great gift when paired together but are also just as beautiful on their...