Betsy and the Boys
10 best books like Betsy and the Boys (Carolyn Haywood): All-of-a-Kind Family Downtown, Dracul, How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World, Decision Points, Anne's House of Dreams, The Long Winter, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, A Bargain for Frances, The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson, My Granny's Purse
All-of-a-Kind Family Downtown
| Author | Sydney Taylor |
| ISBN | 0929093216 |
Sydney Taylor grew up among immigrant families on New York City's Lower East Side prior to World War I and wrote the All-of-a-Kind Family series for her daughter. This sequel finds talented Ella, mischievous Henny, studious Sarah, dreamy Charlotte, and little Gertie helping Mama with their new baby...
The prequel to Dracula, inspired by notes and texts left behind by the author of the classic novel, Dracul is a supernatural thriller that reveals not only Dracula's true origins but Bram Stoker's--and the tale of the enigmatic woman who connects them.
It is 1868, and a twenty-one-year-old...
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
| Author | Marjorie Priceman |
| ISBN | 0679880836 |
Illus. in full color. An apple pie is easy to make...if the market is open. But if the market is closed, the world becomes your grocery store. This deliciously silly recipe for apple pie takes readers around the globe to gather ingredients. First hop a steamboat to Italy for the finest semolina wheat....
| Author | George W. Bush |
| ISBN | 0307590615 |
In this candid and gripping account, President George W. Bush describes the critical decisions that shaped his presidency and personal life.
George W. Bush served as president of the United States during eight of the most consequential years in American history. The decisions that reached...
| Author | L.M. Montgomery |
| ISBN | 0553213180 |
Anne's own true love, Gilbert Blythe, is finally a doctor, and in the sunshine of the old orchard, among their dearest friends, they are about to speak their vows. Soon the happy couple will be bound for a new life together and their own dream house, on the misty purple shores of Four Winds Harbor.
A...
| Author | Laura Ingalls Wilder |
| ISBN | 0060885424 |
On the empty winter prairie, gray clouds to the northwest meant only one thing: a blizzard was seconds away. The first blizzard came in October. It snowed almost without stopping until April. The temperature dropped to forty below. Snow reached the roof-tops. And no trains could get through with food...
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
| Author | Kate Douglas Wiggin |
| ISBN | 1598183605 |
Shirley Temple did a lot to make Rebecca famous when she won the world's heart in the movie we all remember. But the story is more than Temple, the film, or our memory of it: this is the tale of the little showgirl who, sent to the country to live with prim and proper relatives, is forbidden to do anything, well,...
Again, as with the other books in this series, Russell (Riddley Walker, The Medusa Frequency) and Lillian (Tea and Jam for Frances) Hoban have built a clear, core narrative around an important life-lesson for their young readers, told through the simple charcoal-and pencil medium, but enhanced by...
| Author | Emily Dickinson |
| ISBN | 1593080506 |
Dickinson’s poetry is remarkable for its tightly controlled emotional and intellectual energy. The longest poem covers less than two pages. Yet in theme and tone her writing reaches for the sublime as it charts the landscape of the human soul. A true innovator, Dickinson experimented freely with...
| Author | P.H. Hanson |
| ISBN | 0761129782 |
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| Author | Jane Kurtz |
| ISBN | 1593696825 |
Ten-year-old Lanie loves science and nature, but she has a problem: she's an "outside" girl with an "inside" family. She longs get out and go camping, but they all want to stay home. It wouldn't be so bad if her best friend was around, but she's halfway around the world, living out their dream of studying...
| Author | Jane Kurtz |
| ISBN | 1593696833 |
Lanie is having a busy summer. The backyard wildflower garden she planted with her aunt is starting to bloom with all the flowers that butterflies like best. Lanie is delighted, but her next-door neighbor objects-she says that Lanie is growing an ugly "weed garden" and she threatens to interfere. As...
Cinderella: A Pop-Up Fairy Tale
| Author | Matthew Reinhart |
| ISBN | 1416905014 |
A Classic Collectible Pop-Up™
Matthew Reinhart's resplendent retelling of Cinderella comes to life with intricate pop-ups, foil, ribbons, acetate, and amazing dimensional surprises. The stunning transformation of a pumpkin into a magnificent coach, a rat into a coachman, and Cinderella...
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
| Author | Candice Ransom |
| ISBN | 1577681789 |
In this beloved tale, the three bears are in for quite a surprise when they return home and realize that a curious girl has made herself at home in their cottage. Children will eagerly continue reading to see what the bears do when they find their dinner eaten all up!
Between the pages of the Brighter...
| Author | Maud Hart Lovelace |
| ISBN | 0064405478 |
The Best School Year Ever That's the kind of junior year Betsy Ray has planned for herself. And when her childhood friend Tib Muller moves back to Deep Valley, Betsy's sure her perfect year is off to a grand start. With charming, funny Tib around, Crowd doings are more fun than ever -- especially after Betsy...
Brazil: The Troubled Rise of a Global Power
| Author | Michael Reid |
| ISBN | 0300165609 |
Experts believe that Brazil, the world’s fifth largest country and its seventh largest economy, will be one of the most important global powers by the year 2030. Yet far more attention has been paid to the other rising behemoths Russia, India, and China. Often ignored and underappreciated, Brazil,...
| Author | Anthony Smith |
| ISBN | 0226763374 |
Explorers of the Amazon vividly describes how European explorers such as Pedro Cabral, Francisco De Orellana, Lope de Aguirre, and Madame Godin encountered the vast wilderness of the Amazon basin; how they searched, exploited, and fought over its riches; and what they learned and failed to learn...
Evita: The Life of Eva Perón
| Author | Jill Hedges |
| ISBN | 1784533270 |
Eva Peron remains Argentina's best-known and most iconic personality, surpassing even sporting superstars such as Diego Maradona or Lionel Messi, and far outlasting her own husband, President Juan Domingo Peron himself a remarkable and charismatic political leader without whom she, as an uneducated...
