Only Opal
10 best books like Only Opal (Barbara Cooney): Bark, George, Red Sky at Morning, Sarah's Quilt, The Day You Begin, The Meadow, Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer, Whoever You Are, The Plot Chickens, Train to Somewhere, Swim to Me
| Author | Jules Feiffer |
| ISBN | 0062051857 |
I occasionally find myself reading children's books to large gatherings of toddlers, moms and nannies. Life is odd, no? Madly trying to find something I had not read a hundred times before, I tried out this one and it was a smash hit. It is fairly short, so if you are doing a story time you might want to save...
| Author | Richard Bradford |
| ISBN | 0060931906 |
4**** and a ❤
A coming-of-age story set in a small mountain town in New Mexico during WW II. 17-year-old Josh has to become the man of the household when his father goes into the Navy and moves the family from Mobile to New Mexico where they'll be safer. Josh's mom cannot deal with the change in social...
| Author | Nancy E. Turner |
| ISBN | 0312332637 |
Sarah's Quilt, the long-awaited sequel to These Is My Words, continues the dramatic story of Sarah Agnes Prine. Beloved by readers and book clubs from coast to coast, These Is My Words told the spellbinding story of an extraordinary pioneer woman and her struggle to make a home in the Arizona Territories....
| Author | Jacqueline Woodson |
| ISBN | 0399246533 |
National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson and two-time Pura Belpre Illustrator Award winner Rafael Lopez have teamed up to create a poignant, yet heartening book about finding courage to connect, even when you feel scared and alone.
There will be times when you walk into a room
and...
| Author | James Galvin |
| ISBN | 0805027033 |
An American Library Association Notable Book
In discrete disclosures joined with the intricacy of a spider's web, James Galvin depicts the hundred-year history of a meadow in the arid mountains of the Colorado/Wyoming border. Galvin describes the seasons, the weather, the wildlife, and...
Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer
| Author | Novella Carpenter |
| ISBN | 1594202214 |
Novella Carpenter loves cities-the culture, the crowds, the energy. At the same time, she can't shake the fact that she is the daughter of two back-to-the-land hippies who taught her to love nature and eat vegetables. Ambivalent about repeating her parents' disastrous mistakes, yet drawn to the idea...
| Author | Mem Fox |
| ISBN | 0152060308 |
Every day all over the world, children are laughing and crying, playing and learning, eating and sleeping. They may not look the same. They may not speak the same language. Their lives may be quite different. But inside, they are all alike. Stirring words and bold paintings weave their way around our...
| Author | Mary Jane Auch |
| ISBN | 0823420876 |
We really enjoyed this story! It shows a chicken going to the library for both pleasure reading as well as research; it offers tips on writing a story; and it's a funny story about a chicken. What more could you ask for?!?
The humor was often subtle, but our girls got most of the jokes without me having...
| Author | Eve Bunting |
| ISBN | 0618040315 |
Marianne, heading west with fourteen other children on an Orphan Train, is sure her mother will show up at one of the stations along the way. When her mother left Marianne at the orphanage, hadn't she promised she'd come for her after making a new life in the West? Stop after stop goes by, and there's no sign...
| Author | Betsy Carter |
| ISBN | 1565124928 |
It's a fresh start for Delores Walker when she boards a Greyhound bus bound for Florida. Leaving the Bronx far behind, she's headed for sunny Weeki Wachee Springs, frayed roadside attraction in danger of becoming obsolete with the opening of Walt Disney's latest creation, only miles up the road. Always...
| Author | Judith Spencer |
| ISBN | 0595151523 |
On the bestseller list for Walden Books and required reading for psychology classes, Suffer the Child was first to link Satanic child abuse with multiple personalities/dissociative disorders. The story chronicles with unblinking objectivity the harrowing experiences of Jenny, reared in a satanic...
| Author | Dee Henderson |
| ISBN | 0764218875 |
A Riveting Cold-Case Mystery from Dee Henderson
Evie Blackwell loves her life as an Illinois State Police Detective . . . mostly. She's very skilled at investigations and has steadily moved up through the ranks. She would like to find Mr. Right, but she has a hard time imagining how marriage could...
| Author | Marsha Diane Arnold |
| ISBN | 0803724098 |
Daring ten-year-old Velma Jean walks barefoot over sandburs, swims in the new horse tank, even stands up to Alfred the Bull. Every day Velma Jean does something that amazes her siblings. To her sister Ruby Jane, she is the bravest of them all. But when a tornado sets down near the edge of their farm, Velma...
| Author | Sarah Stewart |
| ISBN | 0374305463 |
A depiction of the connection between diverse readers of all ages and their books, from author-illustrator team Sarah Stewart and David Small.
This Book of Mine is a celebration of the power of reading, of the ways in which books launch our adventures, give us comfort, challenge our imaginations,...
Penny Allen and the Mystery of the Hidden Treasure
When the Allens--Philip, Jimmy, Penny and Marjorie--opened their Michigan Lodge as a summer hotel, they decided to track down the rumor of buried treasure. Other people, however, had the same idea, and before the Allens could solve the baffling clues they discovered, they found themselves in real...
| Author | Dee Henderson |
| ISBN | 0764219979 |
Dee Henderson Pens Another Compelling Cold Case Mystery
Evie Blackwell's reputation as a top investigator for the Illinois State Police has landed her an appointment to the governor's new Missing Persons Task Force. This elite investigative team is launched with plenty of public fanfare....
Between Deep Valley and the Great World: Maud Hart Lovelace in Minneapolis
| Author | Amy Dolnick |
| ISBN | 0964084600 |
I loved the Betsy Tacy books, so I was looking on Amazon for some background on the author - Maud Hart Lovelace. Unfortunately I didn't do enough research on what was available. This was a good, although slim, book with lots of pictures, however it only talks about her life in Minneapolis - so it was just...
| Author | Clyde Robert Bulla |
| ISBN | 0064402282 |
Who ever heard of a shoeshine girl?
The last thing Sarah Ida wants to do is spend the summer with her Aunt Claudia. But when her parents send her away because of problems at home, that is exactly what she has to do. With no allowance and no fun to be had, Sarah Ida decides to look for a job. But who will...
