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Poems for Brothers, Poems for Sisters

by Livingston, Myra Cohn & Zallinger, Jean

A collection of poems exploring the relationship between brothers and sisters, by authors including X. J. Kennedy, Lewis Carroll, and Ted Hughes.

Pueblo Storyteller

by Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane & Migdale, Lawrence

A young Cochiti Indian girl living with her grandparents in the Cochiti Pueblo near Santa Fe, New Mexico, describes her home and family and the day-to-day life...

Samuel's Choice

by Berleth, Richard & Watling, James

Samuel, a fourteen-year-old slave in Brooklyn in 1776, faces a difficult choice when the fighting between the British and the colonists reaches his doorstep an...

Who owns the sun?

by Chbosky, Stacy

Having learned from the father he admires so much that the world is filled with things too special for any one person to own, a boy is upset to hear that he an...

Desert giant

the world of the saguaro cactus

by Bash, Barbara

Documents the life cycle and ecosystem of the giant saguaro cactus and the desert animals it helps to support.

The ghost in tent 19

by O'Connor, Jim & O'Connor, Jane & Robinson, Charles J.

A mysterious ghost leads the four boys of Tent 19 on the trail of buried pirate treasure.

The boy of the three-year nap

by Snyder, Dianne & Say, Allen

A poor Japanese woman maneuvers events to change the lazy habits of her son.

New Year's poems

by Livingston, Myra Cohn & Tomes, Margot

A collection of poems celebrating the New Year by a variety of authors.

Amy, the story of a deaf child

by Walker, Lou Ann & Abramson, Michael

Text and photographs depict the life of deaf fifth-grader Amy Rowley, who goes to a regular school and enjoys normal activities with the help of hearing aids a...