Candy Bomber : the Story of the Berlin Airlift's "Chocolate Pilot"
From the Publisher: World War II was over, and Berlin was in ruins. US Air Force pilot Gail Halvorsen wanted to bring some happiness to the children of the city? but what could one man in one plane do?
If America Were a Village : a Book About the People of the United States
School Library Journal: Gr 2?6?As in If the World Were a Village, Smith and Armstrong help children understand large statistical numbers by collapsing the U.S. population of 300 million down to a village of 100. For example, "82 people in our village speak English as their first language, 10 speak Spanish. 1 speaks Chinese, 1 […]
When I Grow Up : a Young Person's Guide to Interesting & Unusual Occupations
Kirkus Reviews: Fourteen unusual, if not alternative, careers are highlighted in this colorful photo-essay filled with inspiring and intriguing facts behind the people and their vocations. From Jerry the entomologist and the Meade/Gilman alpaca farmers to Jamie the master cheese maker and Mark the kite designer, the lively presentation guides youngsters through some offbeat and […]
Durindas Dangers
Synopsis: A rather large problem has befallen the Huit girls. (Sisters, actually. Octuplets to be exact.) One particular New Year's Eve, the girls wait for their mommy to bring them hot chocolate and their daddy to return with more wood for the fire. But they don't. Mommy and Daddy, that is. They're gone. Poof! Maybe […]
Gracie & Grandma
Donated by Julie Mason. Children's Literature: Every grandmother knows that when is comes to being in charge of their preschoolers, grandmothers seldom are. Gracie's grandmother is no exception. When she comes to pick Gracie up from school, she expects to go straight home. But not Gracie. First, she has to slide and jump on the […]
Junie B., First Grader : Cheater Pants
The Mayflower and the Pilgrims' New World
VOYA: Philbrick adapts his bestseller Mayflower: A Story of Community, Courage, and War (Viking, 2006) for young adult audiences here. Philbrick splits the book into three parts titled Discovery, which traces their journey and arrival; Community, which describes their relations with each other and the Indians; and War, which examines the causes and results of […]
Eon : Dragoneye Reborn
The Washington Post – Rachel Hartigan Shea: Quickly paced and full of surprising twists, Eon transcends standard fantasy fare because author Alison Goodman focuses on the intrigue?poison, secret tunnels, rebellious eunuchs?in the lush imperial palace, and on the way this young girl eventually realizes that she must embrace her female self, her "Moon energy," in […]
3 Willows : the Sisterhood Grows
Publishers Weekly: With the Traveling Pants series all wrapped up, Brashares introduces a new group of BFFs and addresses a slightly younger crowd. Living in the same town as the semilegendary Sisterhood girls, Ama, Polly and Jo have tried to share a pair of jeans and settled on a joint-property scarf (plus an induction ceremony), […]
Annie's Adventures
Kirkus Reviews Resourceful octuplets set out to discover the mystery of their missing parents. The offspring of a model father and a scientist/inventor mother, their unorthodox household includes a talking refrigerator. Guided by notes from an unknown source, each girl must unlock her secret power in order to receive a clue in solving their parents' […]