Small As an Elephant
Kirkus Reviews Eleven-year-old Jack is older than his years; he has to be. His mother, suffering from an unnamed mental disorder, has left him behind again. This time he is in a campground on Mount Desert Island in Maine, far from his Boston home. When he wakes up, there is no sign of his mother—no […]
Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer
Roar! It’s not bad enough that Mom and Dad are heading to California, leaving Judy and Stink with Aunt Awful (er, Opal), but now two of Judy’s friends are going Splitsville, too. Just when it looks like her summer is going to be BOR-ing- eureka! — Judy comes up with the most thrill-a-delic plan ever. […]
Can We Save the Tiger?
School Library Journal PreS-Gr 2—This thoughtful introduction to endangered species is a perfectly packaged call to action that takes readers from desperate to hope. More than just the kakapo, bison, sawfish, and others included, this book is about the thousands of animals in danger of extinction and our responsibility to make changes to save them. […]
Interrupting Chicken
Added to the Lisbon Public Library in honor of Hunter James Raymond. Children's Literature It is the young chicken's bedtime, and Papa has agreed to read a favorite story. And she has promised not to interrupt. But no sooner has Papa begun "Hansel and Gretel" when the little chicken jumps into the tale to warn […]
Bink & Gollie
Added to the Lisbon Public Library in honor of Naomi Allison Simpson. The New York Times – Sarah Ellis The conversations in Bink and Gollie, written by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee, provide the illustrator, Tony Fucile, with the foundations of a world he fleshes out to create a place both oddly particular and warmly […]
Judy Moody, Girl Detective
Everybody Was a Baby Once : and Other Poems
Added to the Lisbon Public Library in celebration of the birth of Myles Johnathan Wohlleb.
The Circus Ship
Added to the Lisbon Public Library in celebration of the birth of Gunner Knights Burt.