Prairie School
10 best books like Prairie School (Avi): Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie, The Courage of Sarah Noble, Clara and the Bookwagon, The Sword in the Tree, The Chalk Box Kid, The Paint Brush Kid, Red Sails to Capri, The Secret Valley, The King's Equal, Riding the Pony Express
| Author | Peter Roop |
| ISBN | 0613535189 |
Wow, this one takes me back. I remember "watching" this book on Reading Rainbow as a child. Even reading it now, I can still "hear" the seafaring music that played in the background. I had no idea it took place in Maine (my home state), though I guess it shouldn't surprise me. It's a story of a girl who has to...
The Courage of Sarah Noble
| Author | Alice Dalgliesh |
| ISBN | 0689715404 |
In this Newbery Honor book classic, young Sarah learns how to be brave even when the world is strange and new.
In 1707, young Sarah Noble and her father traveled through the wilderness to build a new home for their family. “Keep up your courage, Sarah Noble,” her mother had said, but Sarah...
| Author | Nancy Smiler Levinson |
| ISBN | 0064441342 |
I saw this in my library's bookstore and it sounded like such a cute story. The cover is adorable and I expected a cute tale about a girl who loved to read getting to read to her heart's content with the traveling library. I've never encountered a traveling library and I couldn't wait to hear about it.
Instead,...
| Author | Clyde Robert Bulla |
| ISBN | 0064421325 |
In the days of King Arthur there stood a mighty oak tree within the walls of a castle. Peace reigned in the castle until the fearsome night when Lionel, longlost brother of Lord Weldon, returned to cause trouble and unhappiness.
It was then that Shan, the son of Lord Weldon, took on the duties of...
| Author | Clyde Robert Bulla |
| ISBN | 0679805400 |
The Chalk Box Kid is a short story so there isn't much to say. This is a story about a kid named Gregory. Gregory loves to draw. It all started off by him moving to a new house with his mom and dad. It was Gregory's birthday. For Gregory's birthday, his parents made him his own room. He loved it more than anything...
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| Author | Ann Weil |
| ISBN | 0140328580 |
The minute he saw the boat with the red sails moving into the harbor, Michele knew that something exciting was going to happen. It was the biggest and most beautiful ship fourteen-year-old Michele had ever seen. Sailing on the ship were three men who would come to stay at Michele's parents' inn. The men...
| Author | Clyde Robert Bulla |
| ISBN | 0064404560 |
I found pages 19/20 & 23/24 of this book floating around my street on a windy day. When I picked them up to throw them away, I decided to read them first. I was intrigued. It was a children's book I was not familiar with. All I could glean from the pages I found were the names of some of the characters: Frank...
| Author | Katherine Paterson |
| ISBN | 0060224975 |
A dying king makes his son his heir — on one condition: the vain Prince Raphael must marry a woman who is his equal in beauty, intelligence, and wealth. A search throughout the kingdom appears to be fruitless until the lovely Rosamund appears at the palace. She is intelligent and wealthy, as well as beautiful...
| Author | Clyde Robert Bulla |
| ISBN | 1887840400 |
Riding the Pony Express was a very happy story. It shows how a little boy and his father be together and have a happy life. Even though his father is a pony express rider they meet together and help each other out. I recommend this to kids who like stories that have adventure and with kids who are brave.
This...
| Author | Joan Sandin |
| ISBN | 0064441008 |
Summary/Annotation: This is a book about a boy named Carl Erik and his family who lived in Sweden. The setting is in 1868. Times aren't so great because in the summer they lack rain and in the winter they lack food. They are facing horrible times without food and money. They receive a letter from their uncle...
| Author | George E. Stanley |
| ISBN | 0689871066 |
Mr. Merlin's Third Graders are known as the Third Grade Detectives -- with some hints from secret code clues and help from Mr. Merlin's friend, the police scientist Dr. Smiley, they help solve cases. This two-in-one flip book contains the full text and illustrations for the first two Third Grade Detectives...
| Author | Natalie Kinsey-Warnock |
| ISBN | 0064442926 |
To Ruby, her log-riding lumberjack pa is the most wonderful person in the world. There's nothing she'd rather do than follow in his footprints, but a lumber camp is no place for an eight-year-old girl.
So Ruby goes to school. There she discovers another passion -- the world that opens up to her...
| Author | Clyde Robert Bulla |
| ISBN | 0064440311 |
Daniel's pioneer family is a simple one with simple purposes, living in the mountains of Tennessee. Their dress is plain and their house nothing extraordinary, but built with a crackling fireplace and sturdy walls to protect them from the harshness of the elements. On the many long, cold nights of winter,...
| Author | Lois Lowry |
| ISBN | 0440419603 |
Two-time Newbery Medalist Lois Lowry introduces a new girl in class who loves being the center of attention and tells the most entertaining “absolutely true” stories.
There’s never been anyone like Gooney Bird Greene at Watertower Elementary School. What other new kid comes to school...
