Michael Vick
Pirate Curse
School Library Journal Review: Gr 6-9?Fourteen-year-old Jolly is a polliwog. She can literally walk on water. Raised by a pirate captain, she loves her life until Bannon and his crew are betrayed and only Jolly escapes. She is washed up on a tiny island, discovered by Munk (another polliwog), and quickly drawn into the plans […]
Runny Babbit : a Billy Sook
Donated to the Lisbon Public Library by the Delta Kappa Gamma Society in memory of Donna Washburn. Publisher Weekly Review: Starred Review. In what may be the definitive book of letter-reversal wordplay, late author-illustrator Silverstein (Where the Sidewalk Ends) composes poems about cottontail Runny Babbit. He illustrates the verse in his signature devil-may-care ink line […]
Olivia Forms a Band
Publisher Weekly Review: Starred Review. After demonstrating that she could perform in not one but all of the star attractions under the Big Top in Olivia Saves the Circus, the hoofed heroine here proves that she can be a one-piglet band. When Olivia discovers that there will be no band to accompany the summer fireworks, […]
Isaac Newton
School Library Journal Review: Starred Review. Gr 5-7?Krull fulfills the promise of the outstanding previous volume in this series, Leonardo da Vinci (Viking, 2005) with this follow-up. Writing in a style aptly described in the blurb as juicily anecdotal (a tone reflected in Kulikovs witty illustrations), she offers a multifaceted portrait of a genius who […]
John Muir : America's First Environmentalist
Quoting from John Muir's diaries, Lasky tells the inspiring tale of one of America's most dedicated environmentalists, aided by Fellows's evocative, dramatic acrylic paintings. Full color.
Monster Blood Tatoo
Children's Literature – L. F. Wade A boy named Sue never had it as hard as a boy foundling named Rossamund. Life on the fantasy world of the Half-Continent offers few, if any, benefits to a young boy (with a girl's name) growing up in an orphanage. His lowly birth is balanced by a caring […]
Christmas In Camelot
School Library Journal Review: Gr 2-5-In this series installment, Jack and Annie are transported to the legendary kingdom, which has been put under a dismal spell by King Arthur's enemy Mordred. To bring joy and hope back to Camelot, the youngsters volunteer to journey to the Otherworld in order to bring back the Water of […]
Haunted Castle On Hallows Eve
The intrepid Jack and Annie are summoned once again to the fantasy realm of Camelot. There, Merlin the Magician tells them that the Stone of Destiny has been stolen.
Night of the New Magicians
Jack and Annie visit the Paris World's Fair of 1889 in an effort to protect four scientific pioneers from an evil sorcerer.