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Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater; read by Nick Sullivan
Audio CD: 2 disks
Publisher: Hachette Audio; Unabridged edition (April 1, 2009)
ISBN-13: 978-1600246753
Back-of-the-case blurb: Mr. Popper dreams about leaving his boring life and going on an adventure to the Antarctic. When the legendary Admiral Drake sends him a live penguin in response to his letter, [...]
Baby Owl’s Rescue by Jennifer Keats Curtis; illustrated by Laura Jacques
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover: 32 pages
Publisher: Sylvan Dell Publishing (September 5, 2009)
ISBN-13: 978-1934359952
Back-of-the-book blurb: What if you found a baby owl in your back yard? Would you know what to do? Where would you go to find help? Join young Maddie and Max as they [...]
Lily’s Victory Garden written by Helen L. Wilbur, illustrated by Robert Gantt Steele
Reading level: Ages 4 and up
Hardcover: 32 pages
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press; 1 edition (April 4, 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-1585364503
Back-of-the-book blurb: When Lily learns about a lottery for land plots to grow Victory Gardens, she tries to apply. But when the garden club president tells her she’s [...]
S is for Shamrock: An Ireland Alphabet written by Eve Bunting, illustrated by Matt Faulkner
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover: 48 pages
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press (March 2007)
ISBN-13: 978-1585362905
Back-of-the-book blurb: Small in size (less than 400 by 200 miles) the country of Ireland holds a big place in world and human history. And many from around the globe [...]
Finn McCool and the Great Fish written by Eve Bunting, illustrated by Zachary Pullen
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover: 32 pages
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press (January 2, 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-1585363667
Back-of-the-book blurb: Finn McCool is the largest giant in all of Ireland. He’s a fierce warrior, even beating the giant Culcullan and saving Ireland from the Scots. Helpful and kind, [...]
The Busiest Street in Town by Mara Rockliff; illustrated by Sarah McMenemy
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover: 40 pages
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers (October 13, 2009)
ISBN-13: 978-0375840203
Back-of-the-book blurb: Agatha Walker does not want to live on the busiest street in town!
Rushmore Boulevard is the busiest street in town—until Agatha May Walker decides to do something about [...]
Leah’s Pony by Elizabeth Friedrich, illustrated by Michael Garland
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Paperback: 32 pages
Publisher: Boyds Mills Press (September 1999)
ISBN-13: 978-1563978289
Back-of-the-book blurb: Amid the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, Leah’s father is faced with the loss of the family farm and puts his farm and equipment up for auction, but Leah comes up with the money [...]
What Darwin Saw: The Journey That Changed the World by Rosalyn Schanzer
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Hardcover: 48 pages
Publisher: National Geographic Children’s Books (January 13, 2009)
ISBN-13: 978-1426303968
Back-of-the-book blurb: In 1831 a 22-year-old naturalist named Charles Darwin stepped aboard the HMS Beagle as a traveling companion of an equally youthful sea captain called Robert FitzRoy. The Beagle’s round-the-world [...]
America’s White Table by Margot Theis Raven, illustrated by Mike Benny
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover: 48 pages
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press; 1 edition (April 21, 2005)
ISBN-13: 978-1585362165
Back-of-the-book blurb: The White Table is set in many halls as a symbol for and remembrance to service members fallen, missing, or held captive in the line of duty. Solitary and [...]
Seven Miles to Freedom: The Robert Smalls Story by Janet Halfmann, illustrated by Duane Smith
Interest level: Grades 1-6
Reading level: Grades 4 and above
Hardcover: 40 pages
Publisher: Lee & Low Books (April 30, 2008)
ISBN-13: 978-1600602320
Back-of-the-book blurb: Growing up a slave in South Carolina, Robert Smalls had always dreamed of the moment freedom would be within his grasp. [...]
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