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10 best books like Marven of the Great North Woods (Kathryn Lasky): Pop's Bridge, The Duchess Bakes a Cake, Mighty Jackie: The Strike-Out Queen, Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe, Tucky Jo and Little Heart, Handel, Who Knew What He Liked, Molly Bannaky, Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein, Rocks in His Head, The Bear That Heard Crying

Pop's Bridge
AuthorEve Bunting
ISBN0152047735
The Golden Gate Bridge. The impossible bridge, some call it. They say it can't be built.

But Robert's father is building it. He's a skywalker--a brave, high-climbing ironworker. Robert is convinced his pop has the most important job on the crew . . . until a frightening event makes him see that...
The Duchess Bakes a Cake
AuthorVirginia Kahl
ISBN1930900147
A long time ago there lived over the waters, a Duchess, a Duke and their family of daughters.
Everything went smoothly and happily in this large family, until one day the Duchess decided to make:
A lovely light luscious delectable cake
Would she take the cook's advice? No, she would not....
Mighty Jackie: The Strike-Out Queen
AuthorMarissa Moss
ISBN0689863292
An ALA Notable Children’s Book
An ILA Teachers’ Choice
A Read Aloud/Comstock Honor Book
An ALA Amelia Bloomer Project Book

For as long as she could remember, Jackie Mitchell’s father had told Jackie she could be good at whatever she wanted, as long as she worked at it. Jackie...
Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe
AuthorVera B. Williams
ISBN0688040721
1. Awards: n/a
2. Appropriate grade level: Preschool-3rd grade
3. Original Summary: Throughout each page, the red canoe is floating through the river. The family is enjoying a camping trip together while including the experience of having a successful camping trip.
4. Original Review:...
Tucky Jo and Little Heart
AuthorPatricia Polacco
ISBN1481415840
Friendship, loyalty, and kindness stand the test of time in this heartwarming World War II–era picture book based on a true story from the beloved author-illustrator of Pink and Say and The Keeping Quilt.

Tucky Jo was known as the “kid from Kentucky” when he enlisted in the army at age...
Handel, Who Knew What He Liked
AuthorM.T. Anderson
ISBN0763625620
George Frideric Handel was not your everyday eighteenth-century composer. And in a manner befitting its subject, this witty, rigorously researched, and accessible biography captures Handel's essential spirit — from a child who smuggled a clavichord into the attic to make music against his father's...
Molly Bannaky
AuthorAlice McGill
On a cold gray morning in 1683, Molly Walsh sat on a stool tugging at the udder of an obstinate cow. When she spilled the milk, she was brought before the court for stealing. Because she could read, Molly escaped the typicalpunishment of death on the gallows. At the age of seventeen, the English dairymaid...
Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein
AuthorDon Brown
ISBN0618492984
When he was born in 1879, Albert was a peculiarly fat baby with an unusually big and misshaped head. When he was older, he hit his sister, frustrated his teachers, and had few friends. But Albert’s strange childhood also included his brilliant capacity for puzzles and problem solving: the mystery...
Rocks in His Head
AuthorCarol Otis Hurst
ISBN0060294035
Some people collect stamps. Other people collect coins. Carol Otis Hurst's father collected rocks. Nobody ever thought his obsession would amount to anything. They said, "You've got rocks in your head" and "There's no money in rocks." But year after year he kept on collecting, trading, displaying,...
The Bear That Heard Crying
AuthorNatalie Kinsey-Warnock
ISBN0140558543
This is a true story set in New Hampshire. The author is a distant relative of Sarah Whitcher, the little girl whom the story is about.
Sarah is just three years old when she wanders off by herself and becomes lost in the woods. A rescue team was sent out to look for her to no avail. A man comes to town and...
Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates
AuthorJonah Winter
ISBN0689856431
On an island called Puerto Rico, there lived a little boy who wanted only to play baseball. Although he had no money, Roberto Clemente practiced and practiced until--eventually--he made it to the Major Leagues. America! As a right-fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, he fought tough opponents--and...
The Magical Garden of Claude Monet
AuthorLaurence Anholt
ISBN0764138553
Julie is a happy little girl who lives in Paris, but she wishes she could walk in a country garden. Julie is pleased when her mother decides to take her to visit the most wonderful garden in the world, owned by a great friend of the family.

They arrive at their destination, and for this little girl...
The Josefina Story Quilt
AuthorEleanor Coerr
ISBN0064441296
This story took place in 1850. A little girl and her family are leaving in covered wagon to go to California. She wants to take her chicken, Josefina, Dad says no, but he gives the chicken 1 chance. The chicken is Faiths' best and only friend on this journey across the county. Talks about trials and tribulations...
The Memory Coat
AuthorElvira Woodruff
ISBN0590677179
In the story The Memory Coat by Elvira Woodruff,Elvia uses a different technique to express how Rachel acts like a sister to Grisha. When everyone wanted Grisha to get a new coat so, they had a better chance to enter America. Rachel sticks up for him. Rachel explains to the family why the coat was important...
When Jessie Came Across the Sea
AuthorAmy Hest
ISBN0763600946
In an inspiring pairing, Amy Hest and P.J. Lynch create an unforgettable tribute to the immigrant experience.

Jessie lives with her grandmother in a poor village in the valleys of eastern Europe. When, to everyone's surprise, young Jessie is chosen by the village rabbi to travel to America,...
The Good Garden: How One Family Went from Hunger to Having Enough
AuthorKatie Smith Milway
ISBN1554534887
Eleven-year-old María Luz and her family live on a small farm. This year their crop is poor, and they may not have enough to eat or to sell for other essentials, such as health care, school uniforms and books.

When María's father must leave home to find work, she is left in charge of their garden....
The Little Ships: The Heroic Rescue at Dunkirk in World War II
AuthorLouise Borden
ISBN0689808275
Outstanding juvenile historical fiction about the WWII Dunkirk evacuation targeted to 8 - 12 year olds, but a worthy read for grown-ups who like kid fiction and anyone who gets a tear in their eye thinking of all those little boats voluntarily going into the way of grievous harm to rescue allied troops.

The...
Mailing May
AuthorMichael O. Tunnell
ISBN0688128785
Nowadays it's no big deal for a girl to travel seventy-five miles. But when Charlotte May Pierstorff wanted to cross seventy-five miles of Idaho mountains to see her grandma in 1914, it was a very big deal indeed. There was no highway except the railroad, and a train ticket would have cost her parents a...
Strongheart: The World's First Movie Star Dog
AuthorEmily Arnold McCully
ISBN0805094482
Strongheart may have been a movie star, but he wasn't always famous. He started out as a police dog who could sniff out criminals and march like a soldier, but he didn't know how to have fun. Larry Trimble was a Hollywood director who wanted to put Strongheart in his movies—not just as a pet but as the lead...
Insect Detective
AuthorSteve Voake
ISBN0763644471
Young readers will definitely catch the bug when they see this enticing, fact-filled invitation to explore the world of insects.

A Junior Library Guild Selection

Right now, all around us, thousands of insects are doing strange and wonderful things: wasps are building nests, ants...
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