  Lloyd Alexander, author of the acclaimed Prydain Chronicles, has written of a most extraordinary cat in Time Cat. Talking, traveling through time, he takes his master Jason along on his adventures, starting in ancient Egypt!
(ages 8-12, pb)
 It looks like a boring summer for Hobie Hanson when his best friend is at camp and Molly Bosco is acting too friendly. Molly is the last person that Hobie wants to hang around with all summer - but what are his choices? Laugh along with Hobie Hanson, You’re Weird by Jamie Gilson
(ages 8 and up, pb)
 The first in a quartet, The Gold Dust Letters introduces “The Investigators of the Unknown.” Angela and her friends suspect, but can’t believe, that a lonely fairy is leaving envelopes filled with gold dust on the mantelpiece. The Gold Dust Letters by
Janet Taylor Lisle
(ages 8-12, pb)
 Jean Craighead
George, noted author and naturalist, joins with her son John to write the story of Dipper of Copper Creek, a strange bird called a water ouzel. The creatures of the high Rocky Mountains are portrayed with accuracy and respect, a fine book for young nature lovers.
(ages 10-14, pb)
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 Anne of Green Gables by
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Little Lord Fauntleroy by
Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Story of the Treasure Seekers by
E. Nesbit
Pollyanna by
Eleanor H. Porter are now available in appealing large-size paperbacks by Puffin Classics. They are comfortably priced; you will want to keep several of these on hand. |
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 Well-known outdoorsman and humorist
Patrick F. McManus treats readers to a taste of his childhood in a volume of short stories called Never Cry “Arp!” and Other Great Adventures. In a few introductory words to his younger readers, McManus assures them that his stories are true, though perhaps “varnished, stretched, and embroidered.” Non-stop hilarity with young Pat and his best friend Crazy Eddie Muldoon as they scale a mountain peak or use a parachute and truck fender to sail through a blizzard, tempting fate over and over again. These twelve knee-slapping stories would be great fun for any kid, and fabulous for read-aloud.
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 If you have never heard the story of the Three Little Pigs from the wolf’s perspective, you have missed a great treat. Every family should own The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, now available in paperback. Alexander T. Wolf tells his own story to
Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith provides the illustrations. The wolf, you see, only wanted to borrow a cup of sugar, and didn’t exactly huff and puff and blow the pig’s house in - he was just sneezing because of a bad cold. High hilarity as the reader must decide whom to believe.
(ages 3-8, pb)
For parents of dinosaur buffs and budding paleontologists Dino-Trekking is an essential. This guide to museums, exhibits, and fossil hunting sites in the U.S. and Canada includes a rating and admission price range of each, as well as interviews with well-known authorities from each region in the “curator’s corner.” Author Kelly Milner Halls makes it easy for parents to include fossil-fascinating stops in family vacation plans. She has included a Dino-Shopping Guide and a Dino-Identifier with information about 70 prehistoric creatures.
Dino-Trekking
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 There is a wizard in the life of most everyone. Everyone, that is, who cares. There are those who are mean through and through, those who are jealous, and those who spit at birds, and for them a wizard would not help anyway. But for the rest of the world, there is nothing so fine, so magical, as feeling the touch of a wizard.” -
Patricia MacLachlan in Tomorrow’s Wizard.
Written with style, grace, warmth, and humor, Tomorrow’s Wizard will enchant readers.
Murdoch, the young apprentice, hears the wishes of all humans and persuades Tomorrow to attend to them as well.
(ages 8 and up, pb)
 Amelia Bedelia needs to brush up on her driving skills - a fact that becomes obvious when Mr. Rogers takes her out for a drive in the country. From “a fork in the road” to “bear left” the literal-minded Amelia Bedelia serves up laughter at every turn.
Good Driving, Amelia Bedelia (ages 5-8,
pb)
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