David and the Phoenix

Author	Paul Gallico
ISBN	0140019421

'Been crying since the third chapter - just one of the most touching nevels I've read. Paul Gallico, being a great cat-lover, has described their habits and behavior so well (except that part of cleaning under the chin:)) that I would feel like being a cat if I wasn't one already:)
Not your average...

Author	Eleanor Cameron
ISBN	0316125237

It's a remarkable sensation to go back to a book that meant a lot to you as a child and wonder if the story and characters helped shape you in some way, or if you were already that way and it simply resonated with who you were then. I'm not sure which it was, but I know I read this several times, and as many of the...

Author

Carol Ryrie Brink

The moment Kirby and Bitsy arrive with their parents at their newly inherited motel in Florida, they know it's an unusual place. First of all, it's pink. Not just regular pink, but pink, pink, PINK!

Then there's the roster of regular guests: an artist from Greenwich Village, a magician from...

Author	Jay Williams
ISBN	0070705208

No more homework!

Professor Bullfinch goes off to attend a scientific conference and leaves Danny in charge of his new miniature automatic computer called Minia. Danny calls it a midget giant brain and suddenly comes up with an idea. Could he program Minny to help him do his homework faster?...

Author	James B. Garfield
ISBN	0140364854

For a novel originally penned in 1957, James B. Garfield's Follow My Leader remains surprisingly current and fresh, especially with regard to the presented information and details on how guide dogs (how seeing eye dogs) are trained and the important truth that there generally is a steep learning curve...

Author	Norma Kassirer
ISBN	0064407489

Eight-year-old Sally faces an entire summer trapped in a creepy old house with no one for company but her spooky Aunt Sarah and a black cat named Shadow. But soon Sally uncovers a mystery about a beautiful old doll in a portrait -- and a little girl who looks just like Sally herself! In search of clues, Sally...

Author	James Thurber
ISBN	0440405793

This book was one of my favorites when I was about eight, and I read it innumerable times. I can still remember many passages verbatim. In case you don't know it, here is a brief summary of the plot. Two disreputable pirates, Black and Littlejack, arrive at the island of Ooroo. They have reason to believe...

Author	Ursula K. Le Guin
ISBN	0439551056

Acclaimed author Ursula Le Guin's acclaimed stories of the magical winged cats are packaged together in this beautiful paperback boxed collection.The four award-winning stories of the Catwings are brought together in a brand-new, beautiful boxed set for the first time ever. Now readers can follow...

Author	Robert Bright
ISBN	1890008133

Full of old-fashioned, cozy, Halloween-y wonderfulness! The illustrations remind me so much of Shepherd's for "Whinnie the Pooh" (I think the kitty is a relative of Tigger!) This is a story of sweet ghosts who have a happy and gentle purpose in houses; and of one ghost in particular who is temporarily...

Author	Rumer Godden
ISBN	0333344847

Day in and day out the dutiful mousewife works alongside her mousehusband. The house of Miss Barbara Wilkinson, where the Mouses make their home, is a nice house and the mousewife is for the most part happy with her lot—and yet she yearns for something more. But what? Her husband, for one, can’t imagine....

Author	Susannah Appelbaum
ISBN	0375851747

The Poisons of Caux, Book II

A macabre and funny fantasy trilogy

After the perilous adventure of The Hollow Bettle (Book I), the dark reign of the Nightshades is over at last, and a new day has arrived in Caux, a land long ruled by poison and deceit. The ancient Prophecy-the coming of a...

Author	Janette Oke
ISBN	0764224492

This is one of the books in Jannette Oke series "Animal Friends" books. (This series you do not have to read in any type of order) This book was a little less interesting than the others but it was still a lovely story. A young skunk gets separated from her Mother and siblings and have to figure out her way in...

Author	Ruth Christoffer Carlsen
ISBN	1477849424

You’ve never met a babysitter like Mr. Pudgins!

When Mr. Pudgins comes to watch John, Pete, and Janey, all kinds of crazy things happen. Faucets run soda pop instead of water, the bathtub takes them for a ride, a case of the hiccups releases birds into the house, and friends step out of the mirror!...

Author	Noel Streatfeild
ISBN	0440412242

The bones of this book are familiar Streatfield formula, but the premise is delightful. You have the talented diva, the young, serious child, the unruly boy, the mothering nanny, the young and wise governess... And then you have a famous, single TV personality who announces on Christmas Eve how jealous...

Author	Mike Thaler
ISBN	0802775454

My mom has a thing for owls

So, when she found a book about owls at the local library, she checked it out and we read it together over and over...and over...and over. (What can I say, I like what I like).

So, my mom bought me my very own copy back in '98 and I enjoyed having it on my shelf ever since....

Author	Bruce Coville
ISBN	0689857594

Moongobble has successfully completed two of his three Mighty Tasks: He's collected the Golden Acorns of Alcoona and bottled the tears of the Weeping Werewolf. There's only one more Mighty Task to go, then Moongobble will become a member of the Society of Magicians. But this might be the most difficult...

Author	Marion Holland
ISBN	0394914473

This was a cute story (from a simpler time) about a family that moves into an inherited apartment building and goes to work fixing it up, and trying to solve a few mysteries in the process.

Sonlight includes it as a kindergarten read-aloud, but I think we'll play it by ear -- it was a fine story, but...

Author

Judd Winick

Dog Man meets Big Nate in HILO-the hilarious New York Times bestselling graphic novel series that kids (and robots!) love! “A Total BLAST,” says the Miami Herald! Chock full of MORE MONSTERS! MORE ACTION! MORE LAUGHS! MORE FUN!

DJ and Gina are TOTALLY ordinary kids. But Hilo isn’t! ALERT!...

Author	Peg Kehret
ISBN	0671734334

She was drowning - when scenes of her childhood flashed through her mind. Then, images of a girl named Kalos in a distant time and place. Somehow, Willow Paige knew that she was Kalos, saved from drowning by her sister Tiy - as Willow herself was saved by a girl with a long, blond braid. Kalos returned, in...

Author	Kate Klimo
ISBN	0375855912

Dragon keepers Jesse and Daisy need help!
Emmy, their rapidly growing dragon, has become a real grouch, saying she's missing "something," and the cousins don't have a clue what that something is. Jesse and Daisy go online to ask Professor Andersson, their favorite dragon expert, for help and end...

Author	Gerald Durrell
ISBN	0397316089

My grandmother gave me this book: a discard from the high school library she worked at for many years. I began writing a sequel in fifth grade to satisfy my longing to envelop myself in the land of Mythologia (I never got past the third chapter). One of the main characters is a talking parrot whose job is to...

Author

Tony Abbott

An action-packed mythology series from master storyteller Tony Abbott!
The underworlds are rising -- and no one is safe.
Loki is waging war, and Pinewood Bluffs is about to become his battlefield. Owen, Dana, Jon, and Sydney know they have to stop him. They'll do whatever it takes.
But...

Author	Raymond Briggs
ISBN	0140501878

In this hilarious sequel from Raymond Briggs, author of The Snowman and inspiration for The Snowman and The Snowdog, a still rather grumpy Father Christmas decides to go on holiday. No-one needs a holiday more than Father Christmas, but where can such a well-known and easily recognized person go? Father...

Author	Salamanda Drake
ISBN	0439871735

A fantasy world where every girl has a dragon of her own to groom, train, and ride; a unique and highly commercial take on the popular dragon theme!

Imagine a stable full of dragons! A place where a group of young girls are busy grooming the beautiful beasts and getting them ready for competition--with...

Author

Ricky Gervais

Publisher's Summary
Were you one of the several people on Earth who didn't catch every historic episode of the most-downloaded podcast ever? Or maybe you treasured every golden moment and want to preserve it for future generations? Now, all 12 episodes of The Ricky Gervais Show: The Complete First...