Help! : a Story of Friendship
Added to the Lisbon Public Library collection in celebration of the birth of Elizabeth Ann Tattersall. Synopsis: Mouse, Hedgehog, Rabbit, Squirrel, and Snake are friends. But one day Mouse hears from Skunk (who heard it from Fox) that snakes are dangerous, especially to mice. Oh, dear! Can friendship survive gossip? Should friends stick together, no […]
Night of the Soul-stealer
It's going to be a long, hard, cruel winter. And there couldn't be a worse place to spend it than up on Anglezarke. Thomas Ward is the apprentice for the local Spook, who captures witches and drives away ghosts. As the weather gets colder and the nights draw in, the Spook receives an unexpected visitor. […]
A Good Day
School Library Journal Review: tarred Review. PreS-Gr 1?Employing the thick lines and uncluttered illustrations reminiscent of his work in Kitten's First Full Moon (Greenwillow, 2004), Henkes tells the story of four creatures who start out having a bad day. A bird loses his favorite feather, a dog gets her leash tangled in a fence, a […]
Escape! : the Story of the Great Houdini
Publisher Weekly Review: Starred Review. Fleischman's (The Whipping Boy) colorful, anecdotal biography of Harry Houdini (1874?1926) offers an accessible portrait of this master of magic and escape. The author sets an affectionate and humorous tone, beginning with his subject's most famous feats, and then declaring, "As a devout magician, I am able to reveal only […]
Curse of the Bane
Now it's the dark's turn to be afraid The Spook and his apprentice, Thomas Ward, deal with the dark. Together they rid the county of witches, ghosts, and boggarts. But now there's some unfinished business to attend to in Priestown. Deep in the catacombs of the cathedral lurks a creature the Spook has never been […]
Lilly's Big Day
Publisher Weekly Review: Starred Review. When her teacher, Mr. Slinger, announces he's going to marry the school nurse, Lilly?naturally?assumes she will be the flower girl. Henkes's (Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse) black pen-and-watercolor illustrations, done in confectionary colors, show the mouse star in all her self-absorbed glory, parading across a spread, rehearsing the majestic way in […]
Revenge of the Witch
Publisher Weekly Review: Starred Review. Delaney may plumb familiar subjects but expert storytelling and genuinely scary illustrations on Arrasmith's part keep this debut novel fresh. This first in a planned series, the Last Apprentice, introduces nearly 13-year-old narrator Tom, whose parents arrange for him to apprentice with the Spook, as their farm will be given […]