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Way Up and Over Everything

by McGill, Alice

In this retelling of a folktale, five Africans escape the horrors of slavery by simply disappearing into thin air.

Phineas L. MacGuire...Blasts Off!

by Dowell, Frances O'Roark

Houston,we have a problem!Phineas L. MacGuire (a.k.a. Mac) is less than up-to-date on planetary happenings. (Marsquakes? Who knew?) If he's going to be the bes...

Julia Gillian (and the Art of Knowing)

by McGhee, Alison

Nine-year-old Julia Gillian learns a lot about facing fear as she and her St. Bernard, Bigfoot, take long walks through their Minneapolis neighborhood one hot ...

Clementine's Letter

by Pennypacker, Sara

While finding new vegetable names to call her little brother, eight-year-old Clementine hatches a plan to prevent her beloved teacher from being selected to go...

Otto's Orange Day Benny and Penny in Just Pretend Silly Lilly and the Four Seasons

by Cammuso, Frank & Hayes, Geoffrey & Rosenstiehl, Agnès

No Summary Available

Benny and Penny in Just Pretend

by Hayes, Geoffrey

How can Benny pretend to be a brave pirate when his pesky little sister, Penny, wants to tag along and is always asking for a hug? He tries to lose her, but wh...

Where the Steps Were

by Cheng, Andrea

The third-graders are sad that this will be their last year at Pleasant Hill Elementary before their school is torn down. Poems narrated in the voices of five ...

I, Matthew Henson

Polar Explorer

by Weatherford, Carole Boston

No Summary Available

My Dog May Be a Genius

by Prelutsky, Jack

Have you ever encountered an underwater marching band, a pig in a bathing suit, a pet orangutan, or a witch in a hardware store? Have you ever sat with a skunk...

Three Little Ghosties

by Goodhart, Pippa

How much trouble could three harmless little ghosties get into in one night? Plenty! These silly spirits love boasting to each other about who is the scariest....