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Emily is stuck with crybaby Jill Simon as her "secret Pal" to be kind to for the whole month of December....
Sam is almost 11 when he discovers a locked box in the attic above his grandfather Mack’s room, and a piece of paper that says he was kidnapped. The...
Attending an art show with artist Senora Sanchez, where she is featured in one of the artist's paintings, Sarah is dismayed when Senora Sanchez's dog ...
Brooklyn, 1875: Bird Mallon lives on Water Street where you can see the huge towers of the bridge to Manhattan being built. Bird wants nothing more in...
Newbery Honor–winning author Patricia Reilly Giff writes a tender, timeless story about a girl who stopped speaking long ago, and how she finds her ...
A heart-wrenching novel in verse about a poor girl surviving the Irish Land Wars, by a two-time Newbery Honor-winning author. For Anna, the family far...
This “brilliantly told” (New York Times) Newbery Honor Book gives readers a sense of what it was like to be on the American home front while our s...
With the help of the meanest substitute teacher in the whole school, Richard Beast Best learns a lesson about fear....
It’s August 1941, and Brick and Mariel both love the Brooklyn Dodgers. Brick listens to their games on the radio in Windy Hill, in upstate New York,...
Celebrate Valentine's Day with this classroom tale! It's time for everyone in Ms. Rooney's room to make cards for the Valentine box. Emily Arrow could...
Two young Americans must evade capture by Axis soldiers--and outlast the brutal Alaskan winter--in this thrilling historical novel which shines a ligh...
This week the kids at the Zigzag Afternoon Center are being creative, and trying new things. But that's not so easy for Destiny. All of her ideas turn...
Emily's class goes on a picnic to celebrate the end of the school year....
April is invention month. "We're going to make our own inventions," says Ms. Rooney, "and work together in groups." Though Emily Arrow knows it's impo...
Nory Ryan's family has lived on Maidin Bay on the west coast of Ireland for generations, raising a pig and a few chickens, planting potatoes, getting ...
It's almost Thanksgiving, and Richard Best can't stop thinking about Ms. Rooney's Candy Corn contest. Whoever can guess the exact number of yellow-and...
In this companion to the Newbery Honor-winning Lily's Crossing, thirteen-year-old Genevieve risks everything to defy the Nazis and join the French Res...
A biography emphasizing the early years of a nun who is world renowned for her work with the poor, sick, and uneducated in India and in other parts of...
Lidie lives in Brazil, where she rides, a wild girl dreaming of going to live with her father, Pai, and older brother, Rafael, in New York City. Pai r...
Summer for Richard Best, nicknamed Beast, means facing the two ordeals of summer school and losing his best friend, who is moving to a distant state. ...
Fourth-grade celebrity: Cassandra Eleanor Valentine searches for a way to become a celebrity in her school. Girl sho knew it all: Always-in-trouble Tr...
Rachel, Cassie, and Joey live in the city with their Pop, until Pop's search for work lands the family on a run down farm. Dreamy Rachel loves to read...
We will dance on the cliffs of Brooklyn. Maggie’s Door is the story of the journey from Ireland to America told by both Nory and her neighbor and fr...
Newbery Honor–winning author Patricia Reilly Giff tells a vivid, contemporary story about a remarkable boy who risks everything for his family and a...
The author of the beloved Kids of the Polk Street School series introduces a new generation of readers to a multicultural group of kids who enjoy all ...
1944 Meggie Dillon’s life has been turned upside down by World War II. Her older brother Eddie enlisted and was shipped off to fight in Europe. And ...
Gina wants more than anything to be the star of the show that her class will perform, but everything seems to go wrong until she makes a generous choi...
You Can Write a Story Too
In a humorous and entertaining guide, two-time Newbery Honor-winning author Patricia Reilly Giff breaks down the process of writing fiction into steps...
The Polk Street kids write to pen pals across the U.S. and get some very surprising replies. This is a fun and lively introduction to U.S. geography a...
Rosie tries to make up with her former best friend and get into ballet class after the sign-up deadline....
Chrissie Tripp wants to play her fife with the rest of the band at the the Sunrise Mall but she doen't know how....
Ms. Rooney's class must decide which of their pets to bring to school for Pet Week....
Richard "Beast" Best gets help with his reading and may even be able to help the second grade win a reading prize....
For use in schools and libraries only. While enjoying a class picnic in the park with Ms. Rooney, Emily Arrow, lonely and yearning for a best friend, ...
Ms. Rooney's class is getting all ready for the Thanksgiving feast they will have for the kindergartners, plus they are competing for the Good Neighbo...
Set during the Irish Land Wars (1879-1882) this novel in verse follows Anna Mallon through a series of tragedies as her mother dies, older siblings im...
Charlie has lots of ideas. Need something to go sky high? Ah-ha! The zinger-winger! Need to launch a cheese popper into soup? The amazing popper-upper...
Stacy has trouble making her "About-Me" box as special as the boxes of the other students....
A missing animal at the zoo and strange noises coming from her backyard can mean only one thing for Tori: she's got a mystery to solve! Tori loves liv...