11 birthdays 11 birthdays / Wendy Mass
After celebrating their first nine same-day birthdays together, Amanda and Leo, having fallen out on their tenth and not speaking to each other for the last year, prepare to celebrate their eleventh birthday separately but peculiar things begin to happen as the day of their birthday begins to repeat itself over and over again. Includes 10 bks. in container + 1 binder with questions, book reviews, information about the author, and sign-out sheet.
Because of Mr. Terupt Because of Mr. Terupt / Rob Buyea
Seven fifth-graders at Snow Hill School in Connecticut relate how their lives are changed for the better by "rookie teacher" Mr. Terupt.
10 bks. in container + 1 binder with questions, book reviews, information about the author, and sign-out sheet.
Because of Winn Dixie Because of Winn Dixie / Kate DiCamillo
Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie.
10 bks. in container + 1 binder with questions, book reviews, information about the author, and sign-out sheet.
Snatched from her orphanage by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from nine other man-gobbling cannybull giants.
10 bks. in container + 1 binder with questions, book reviews, information about the author, and sign-out sheet.
The Birchbark house The Birchbark house / Louise Erdrich with illustrations by the author.
Omakayas, a seven-year-old Native American girl of the Ojibwa tribe, lives through the joys of summer and the perils of winter on an island in Lake Superior in 1847. 10 bks. in container + 1 binder with questions, book reviews, information about the author, and sign-out sheet.
Chocolate Fever Chocolate Fever / Robert Kimmel Smith
Henry breaks out in brown bumps as a result of eating too much chocolate. He then gets caught up in a hijacking and learns a valuable lesson about self-indulgence.
The Cricket in Times Square The Cricket in Times Square / George Selden
Tucker is a streetwise city mouse who lives in the Times Square subway station.. He thought he'd seen it all, but he's never met a cricket before. Chester Cricket never intended to leave his Connecticut meadow, but the entrancing aroma of liverwurst from someone's picnic basket led him to New York. Now, like any tourist, he wants to look around and who better to be a guide than Tucker and his friend Harry Cat. But Chester has a hidden talent and just may be able to teach even the toughest New Yorker a thing or two. 10 bks. in container + 1 binder with questions, book reviews, information about the author, and sign-out sheet.
Dealing with Dragons Dealing with Dragons / Patricia C. Wrede
Bored with traditional palace life, a princess goes off to live with a group of dragons and soon becomes involved with fighting against some disreputable wizards who want to steal away the dragons' kingdom. 10 bks. in container + 1 binder with questions, book reviews, information about the author, and sign-out sheet.
Freckle Juice Freckle Juice / Judy Blume
Andrew wants freckles so badly that he buys Sharon's freckle recipe for fifty cents. Kit includes 10 bks. in container + 1 binder with questions, book reviews, information about the author, and sign-out sheet.
From the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler From the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler / written and illustrated by E. L. Konigsburg
When Claudia decided to run away, she planned very carefully. She would be gone just long enough to teach her parents a lesson in Claudia appreciation. And she would go in comfort-she would live at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She saved her money, and she invited her brother Jamie to go, mostly because be was a miser and would have money. Claudia was a good organizer and Jamie bad some ideas, too; so the two took up residence at the museum right on schedule. But once the fun of settling in was over, Claudia had two unexpected problems: She felt just the same, and she wanted to feel different; and she found a statue at the Museum so beautiful she could not go home until she bad discovered its maker, a question that baffled the experts, too. The former owner of the statue was Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Without her-well, without her, Claudia might never have found a way to go home.
Half Magic Half Magic / Edward Eager
Faced with a dull summer in the city, Jane, Mark, Katharine, and Martha suddenly find themselves involved in a series of extraordinary adventures after Jane discovers an ordinary-looking coin that seems to grant wishes.
The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe / C.S. Lewis ; illustrated by Pauline Baynes
Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with eternal winter.
A Long Way from Chicago A Long Way from Chicago / Richard Peck
A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than-life grandmother.
The Mouse and the motorcycle The Mouse and the motorcycle / Beverly Cleary
A reckless young mouse named Ralph makes friends with a boy in room 215 of the Mountain View Inn and discovers the joys of motorcycling. 10 bks. in container + 1 binder with questions, book reviews, information about the author, and sign-out sheet.
My father's dragon My father's dragon / story by Ruth Stiles Gannett ; illustrations by Ruth Chrisman Gannett
A young boy determines to rescue a poor baby dragon who is being used by a group of lazy wild animals to ferry them across the river on Wild Island.
My Side of the Mountain My Side of the Mountain / Jean Craighead George
A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship.
Number the Stars Number the Stars / Lois Lowry
In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.
Out of my mind Out of my mind / Sharon M. Draper.
Considered by many to be mentally retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time. 10 bks. in container + 1 binder with questions, book reviews, information about the author, and sign-out sheet.
The Penderwicks The Penderwicks / Jeanne Birdsall
While vacationing with their widowed father in the Berkshire Mountains, four lovable sisters, ages four through twelve, share adventures with a local boy, much to the dismay of his snobbish mother.
The phantom tollbooth The phantom tollbooth / Norton Juster ; illustrations by Jules Feiffer ; with an appreciation by Maurice Sendak
Milo, a young boy with little interest in anything, takes a trip through the Phantom Tollbooth to the Lands Beyond where he meets an enchanting cast of characters that teaches him the importance of words, numbers, ideas, creativity, and enthusiasm for life.
Star in the Forest Star in the Forest / Laura Resau
After eleven-year-old Zitlally's father is deported to Mexico, she takes refuge in her trailer park's forest of rusted car parts, where she befriends a spunky neighbor and finds a stray dog that she nurses back to health and believes she must keep safe so that her father will return.
The Tale of Despereaux The Tale of Despereaux / Kate DiCamillo ; illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering.
The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin. 10 bks. in container + 1 binder with questions, book reviews, information about the author, and sign-out sheet.
The Westing game The Westing game / Ellen Raskin
The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance.
A wrinkle in time A wrinkle in time / Madeleine L'Engle.
It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were upset by the arrival of a most disturbing stranger. "Wild nights are my glory," the unearthly stranger told them. "I just got caught in a downdraft and blown off course. Let me sit down for a moment, and then I'll be on my way. Speaking of ways, by the way, there is such a thing as a tesseract." A tesseract (in case the reader doesn't know) is a wrinkle in time. To tell more would rob the reader of the enjoyment of Miss L'Engle's unusual book. A Wrinkle in Time, winner of the Newbery Medal in 1963, is the story of the adventures in space and time of Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin O'Keefe (athlete, student, and one of the most popular boys in high school). They are in search of Meg's father, a scientist who disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government on the tesseract problem.
The Year of the Dog The Year of the Dog / Grace Lin
Frustrated at her seeming lack of talent for anything, a young Taiwanese American girl sets out to apply the lessons of the Chinese Year of the Dog, those of making best friends and finding oneself, to her own life.
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