The Facts and Fictions of Minna Pratt
10 best books like The Facts and Fictions of Minna Pratt (Patricia MacLachlan): The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Shades of Gray, My Little Pony: Micro-Series: #1: Twilight Sparkle, Midnight Hour Encores, Letting Swift River Go, Heidi, Remarkables
The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street
| Author | Karina Yan Glaser |
| ISBN | 0544876393 |
The Vanderbeekers have always lived in the brownstone on 141st Street. It's practically another member of the family. So when their reclusive, curmudgeonly landlord decides not to renew their lease, the five siblings have eleven days to do whatever it takes to stay in their beloved home and convince...
| Author | Jean Lee Latham |
| ISBN | 0618250743 |
Readers today are still fascinated by “Nat,” an eighteenth-century nautical wonder and mathematical wizard. Nathaniel Bowditch grew up in a sailor’s world—Salem in the early days, when tall-masted ships from foreign ports crowded the wharves. But Nat didn’t promise to have the makings...
Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
| Author | Sherri Duskey Rinker |
| ISBN | 0811877825 |
The #1 New York Times bestselling children's book
As the sun sets behind the big construction site, all the hardworking trucks get ready to say goodnight. One by one, Crane Truck, Cement Mixer, Dump Truck, Bulldozer, and Excavator finish their work and lie down to rest—so they'll be ready...
| Author | Ian Fleming |
| ISBN | 0375832831 |
Ian Fleming, best known for his James Bond novels, wrote only one children’s book—and it is a classic! Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is the name of the flying, floating, driving-by-itself automobile that takes the Pott family on a riotous series of adventures as they try to capture a notorious gang of...
| Author | Carolyn Reeder |
| ISBN | 0689838662 |
COURAGE WEARS MANY FACES
The Civil War may be over, but for twelve-year-old Will Page, the pain and bitterness haven't ended. How could they have, when the Yankees were responsible for the deaths of everyone in his entire immediate family?And now Will has to leave his comfortable home in the Shenandoah...
Into every generation there is born an artist. A being of such amazing talent and skill, that the world is forever changed by the power of his work. He alone stands against the vampires, the demons, and the forces of darkness.
Thom Zahler is not that artist.
He is, however, an extremely...
| Author | Bruce Brooks |
| ISBN | 0064470210 |
On the Road
Sibilance T. Spooner thinks she's one of the world's more promising cellists. The world thinks so too. Given up by her mother on the day she was born, she believes she has almost raised herself--with just a bit of guidance from her unconventional father, Taxi. When Sib finally asks...
| Author | Jane Yolen |
| ISBN | 0316968609 |
This one caught my eye because I'm a fan of Barbara Cooney's ethereal artwork, but there's a fascinating, though ultimately sad story here - the flooding of a New England valley to create the Quabbin Reservoir.
So it was voted in Boston to drown our towns
that the people of the city might drink.
We...
I remember reading Heidi when I was a very young girl. I now have decided to read a new version in paperback by Alma Junior books. Heidi is orphaned at an early age, Heidi has been brought up by Aunt Dete in Switzerland. Having been offered a job in Frankfurt, however, Dete is forced to entrust her young charge...
| Author | Margaret Peterson Haddix |
| ISBN | 0062838482 |
New York Times bestselling author Margaret Peterson Haddix, the master of cliffhangers, delivers a pulse-pounding mystery perfect for fans of Jacqueline West and Kat Yeh, full of secrets, surprises, and the power of family.
One minute they’re there: laughing and having fun at the house...
