Sable
10 best books like Sable (Karen Hesse): Salem on Trial, Hans Brinker, Yang the Youngest and his Terrible Ear, The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean, Lady Lollipop, Circle of Gold, Lulu and the Dog from the Sea, Journey, Being Teddy Roosevelt, Karen's Lucky Penny
| Author | David Cody Weiss |
| ISBN | 0671017578 |
Nine lives sentenced!
When Sabrina has a history report due, she and Salem do some serious research--in Colonial-era Westbridge! Their temporal transit tickets are unchangeable and nonrefundable, and Sabrina's powers have been time-locked so that she won't accidentally change...
| Author | Bruce Coville |
| ISBN | 0803728689 |
The story of Hans Brinker is a true classic, but few still read the novel, which was written in the 1860s. Now Bruce Coville and Laurel Long are reintroducing the charming tale in this glorious picture book version. Laurel Long's paintings are breathtaking and luminous. And as he has done in his retellings...
| Author | Lensey Namioka |
| ISBN | 0440409179 |
Everyone in the Yang family is a talented musician except for nine-year-old Yingtao, the youngest Yang. Even after years of violin lessons from his father, Yingtao cannot make beautiful music.
Now that his family has moved from China to Seattle, Yingtao wants to learn English and make new...
| Author | Alexander McCall Smith |
When Harriet Bean's father mentions that he has five sisters—whom Harriet has never met—she is immediately intrigued. Harriet is determined to uncover the whereabouts of her five lost aunts, but with nothing more than an unfinished family portrait and a few outdated clues, will she be able to...
| Author | Dick King-Smith |
| ISBN | 0744583292 |
Sallie and I finished this last week. She absolutely loved it. There is a simple pencil drawing on nearly every page, and the story was perfect for a four year old read aloud. It's about a spoiled princess who wants a pig for her birthday. She gets the pig, but the pig, named Lollipop, will only obey its trainer,...
| Author | Candy Dawson Boyd |
| ISBN | 0590432664 |
The story Circle of Gold is about a girl named Mattie. Mattie had just lost her father and she lives with her mother and her two little brothers. Mattie’s mother has not been feeling well so Mattie decided to buy her a wonderful present for mother’s day. One day while Mattie was shopping , she saw a gold...
| Author | Hilary McKay |
| ISBN | 1407117920 |
This review also appears on my blog, Read-at-Home Mom.
Lulu and the Dog from the Sea is Hilary McKay’s second adventure about a young animal lover whose compassion for animals in need often leads her into trouble. Set during the summer, this story takes place at the beach, where Lulu and her...
| Author | Patricia MacLachlan |
| ISBN | 0440408091 |
Journey is eleven the summer his mother leaves him and his sister, Cat, with their grandparents. He is sad and angry, and spends the summer looking for the clues that will explain why she left.
Journey searches photographs for answers. He hunts family resemblances in Grandma's albums....
| Author | Claudia Mills |
| ISBN | 0374306575 |
Riley O’Rourke is writing his report on President Teddy Roosevelt in preparation for the fourth-grade biography tea, but he has a far more important goal: to get a saxophone so he can take instrumental music. His mother can’t afford to rent him a sax, and he’s sure he’ll never save up enough...
| Author | Ann M. Martin |
| ISBN | 0590470485 |
Ann Matthews Martin was born on August 12, 1955. She grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, with her parents and her younger sister, Jane. After graduating from Smith College, Ann became a teacher and then an editor of children's books. She's now a full-time writer.
Ann gets the ideas for her books...
| Author | Greg Farshtey |
| ISBN | 0439627478 |
New heroes. New villains. A new mission.
An exciting new Movie Novelization based on the Miramax DTV, LEGENDS
After their defeat of the Morbuzakh and the shape-shifting Krahka, the Toa Metru expect to be hailed as heroes. Instead, they are betrayed by someone they thought they...
| Author | Bruce Lansky |
| ISBN | 0439825954 |
Hilarious! Some of my favorite poems are in here! The only thing that would make it better would be if Shel Silverstein's poems were in here. Other than that, it's perfect. :) (In the case you haven't guessed, Shel Silverstein is my favorite poet. "If you're a bird/be an early bird,/and catch the worm for...
| Author | Gail Gibbons |
| ISBN | 0823420140 |
On silent wings a bird sweeps down in the moonlight...
With their striking appearance and distinctive hoot, hoot, owls are one of the most recognizable birds in the world. But did you know there are more than 140 types of owls living in the world?
Gail Gibbons' Owls celebrates the similarities...
Walt Disney: Young Movie Maker
| Author | Marie Hammontree |
| ISBN | 0689813244 |
This book is about Walt Disney as a little boy. He started out in Chicago and when he was five, he moved to Michigan. There, his family bought a farm and lived on it for two years. Then he moved to Kansas and was a newspaper boy. Then he went back to Chicago and decided he was going to be a cartoonist. He was inspired...
How Not to Start Third Grade
| Author | Catherine Hapka |
| ISBN | 0375839046 |
Will should be excited to start third grade. But his little brother, Steve, is starting kindergarten. The same laugh-out-loud writing and hilarious illustrations that brought us How Not to Babysit Your Brother now portray the tribulations and embarrassments of starting school with a very troublesome...
| Author | Bill Wallace |
| ISBN | 0671890751 |
Some dogs have a bark bigger than their bite. But Sweetie, The Great Dane, can't afford to bark -- or bite.
After three little nips and three masters, the next stop is the pound. So when the burglar comes calling, he waves his tail. When coyotes come prowling, he tries to make peace -- as they howl in scorn....
| Author | Thomas L. Tedrow |
| ISBN | 0840734018 |
Home is where the heart is.
When Pa comes to visit the farm in Missouri, he and Laura have so much fun reminiscing about the good old days that they decide to set out in search of their old homestead. But when they return to the prairie they see that things have changed—really changed. Trees have...
| Author | Ben M. Baglio |
| ISBN | 0439051614 |
Lucy writes as if still captured by her childhood, which leaves an adult reader wondering if perhaps, Lucy writes based on memoirs.
Our main character is a true animal lover and whilst you wouldn't imagine that 100 (albeit large print) pages could be penned about a hamster, it turns out that...
| Author | Carolyn Keene |
| ISBN | 0671730851 |
Nancy finds that clear sailing can lead into rough seas . . . when murder muddles the waters.
Andy Devereux invites Nancy, Ned, and Bess to a sailing regatta near his family's estate in Annapolis, Maryland. Andy is the co-owner of a boat-designing company, and he all but guarantees that his boat...
| Author | Max Allan Collins |
| ISBN | 1572970022 |
Hey, say what you want about movie tie-ins, they do have some advantages. They are a lot like 'Star Trek' books; they are cotton candy for the brain. They taste good, go down fast, and take no thinking. That's not a bad thing!
You don't need the plot for this one-you know it, or you should! Main thing I...
Jessica's Cookie Disaster
| Author | Francine Pascal |
| ISBN | 0553481916 |
Jessica Wakefield is a wonderful baker! At least, that's what her home economics teacher thinks when she tastes the cookies Jessica baked in class. They're so good, the teacher submits a batch to the producer of the television talk show Lifestyles of the French and Famous. And now the producer has invited...
