The Magician's Boy
10 best books like The Magician's Boy (Susan Cooper): Remembering Mrs. Rossi, The Outlandish Adventures of Liberty Aimes, The Fran with Four Brains, The Cat on the Mat Is Flat, Changing Woman and Her Sisters: Stories of Goddesses from Around the World, Star Jumper: Journal of a Cardboard Genius, The Evil Elves, The SOS File, Smarter than Squirrels, Being Teddy Roosevelt
| Author | Amy Hest |
| ISBN | 0763621633 |
Mementos from her mother's students help a young girl to grieve in a middle-grade novel by award-winning author Amy Hest.
Eight-year-old Annie lives in a sunny apartment in Manhattan with her father, Professor Rossi. Life would be pretty good if only Annie didn't so achingly miss her mother....
The Outlandish Adventures of Liberty Aimes
| Author | Kelly Easton |
| ISBN | 0375837728 |
Liberty Aimes has spent all of her ten years captive in her parents' crooked old house on Gooch Street. Her spry father, Mal Aimes, is a crook who sells insurance, while her overweight mother sits at home in front of the TV, demanding that Liberty cook nonstop, everything from fried clams and fried hot...
| Author | Jim Benton |
| ISBN | 1416902325 |
Being a mad scientist in the modern world is very hard work. With so much that needs to be done in such a short period of time, multitasking can get way out of hand. Franny needs some additional help. But for Franny there is only one person in the world she trusts to help her with her experiments -- herself....
| Author | Andy Griffiths |
| ISBN | 0312367872 |
Muck?! Uck! YUCK!
Is it just bad luck
when the truck of a duck
gets stuck in the muck?
Nine silly rhymes,
and a pig that slimes,
from a writer voted BEST
by The New York Times!
WARNING: This book may self-destruct if used to teach a lesson.
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| Author | Katrin Hyman Tchana |
| ISBN | 0823419991 |
This celebration of feminine power, beauty, and complexity tells the stories of ten goddesses from cultures the world over. There is tremendous variety in this volume including the stories of Kuay Yin, the compassionate Buddhist goddess; Durga, the fierce Hindu warrior goddess; lx Chel, an ancient...
| Author | Frank Asch |
| ISBN | 1553378865 |
Self-proclaimed genius inventor Alex is convinced that his little brother Jonathan is evil. The kid never shuts up. He's a klutz, and he drools on his pillow when he sleeps. Jonathan's specialty, though, is sticking to Alex like glue -- and sticking his nose into his big brother's business.
That's...
| Author | Bruce Coville |
| ISBN | 0689857594 |
Moongobble has successfully completed two of his three Mighty Tasks: He's collected the Golden Acorns of Alcoona and bottled the tears of the Weeping Werewolf. There's only one more Mighty Task to go, then Moongobble will become a member of the Society of Magicians. But this might be the most difficult...
| Author | Betsy Byars |
| ISBN | 0805068880 |
Have you ever needed to call 9-1-1, but you couldn't get to a phone? Have you ever needed to run, but your legs were like spaghetti? Have you ever needed to yell "help!" but your throat was dry with fear?
Laugh, cry, and panic with Mr. Magro's class as they listen to twelve exciting SOS tales
Throughout...
| Author | Lucy Nolan |
| ISBN | 0761451846 |
THE HILARIOUS ADVENTURES OF TWO CONFUSED CANINES Down Girl and Sit are two dogs who are "smarter than squirrels." They know how to protect their masters from all the things that can go wrong in the neighborhood: they bark at paperboys and guard the garbage cans, and keep mischievous squirrels at bay....
| 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...
Everyone seems to know what they want to be for Career Day at school?that is, everyone except Mallory. She can't seem to find anything she's good at. When she finally decides to be a fashion designer, some of her classmates laugh at her. And then, before she can stop it, out pops a lie?Mallory tells everyone...
| Author | Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
| ISBN | 1416902449 |
Do not panic.
Lord Thistlebottom's Book of Pitfalls and How to Survive Them has taught Roxie Warbler how to handle all sorts of situations. If Roxie's ever lost in the desert, or buried in an avalanche, or caught in a dust storm, she knows just what to do. But Lord Thistlebottom has no advice...
| Author | Wendelin Van Draanen |
| ISBN | 0440419158 |
Shredderman.com just made the national news! Everyone is talking about the new cyber-superhero. Oh yeah!
But now people are dying to know who is behind Shredderman.com. Reporters are snooping all over Cedar Valley! Oh no!
Nolan's parents and even his sidekick, Mr. Green, think...
Mrs. Pidgeon has been reading Aesop's fables to her second grade class. What's a fable? Well, it's a story that has animals as characters, and it teaches you something important, and . . . Once again it is Gooney Bird Greene who knows how to turn lessons into fun. She has an idea. A fabulous idea! What if each...
| Author | Mary Ann Hoberman |
| ISBN | 0316017337 |
This award winning and bestselling children series is going to be the hit of summer read alouds with my oldest GK's , ages 8 and almost 6. 15 fun 2 page rhyming stories which are written in tricolor print for alternate reading and reading together , how fun. Even though some say this edition with ghosts,...
| Author | Bonny Becker |
| ISBN | 0375856374 |
Ms. Plum is the magical teacher every schoolkid wishes for!
Everybody wants to be in Ms. Plum’s class. It’s not just that she teaches the usual things in unusual ways. There’s something more, something about Ms. Plum herself—and her mysterious supply closet. Whenever she asks...
| Author | Laura McGee Kvasnosky |
| ISBN | 0763630616 |
Laura McGee Kvasnosky's newest trio of stories is an entertaining and genuine look at the ups and downs of sisterhood.
The fabulous fox sisters return in three fresh, funny stories. This time around, Zelda and Ivy combat the injustice of cucumber sandwiches for lunch, decide what to leave...
| Author | Peter Eastman |
| ISBN | 0375840648 |
Fred and Ted—beloved canine stars of P. D. Eastman's Big Dog . . . Little Dog and son Peter Eastman's Fred and Ted Go Camping—take flight on a new adventure: piloting planes to a tropical island! There the good friends enjoy the beach, each in his own style. But will the dogs' tale be ruined by the rising...
Henry and Mudge and the Big Sleepover
| Author | Cynthia Rylant |
| ISBN | 0689834519 |
In this story, Henry and Mudge are invited to a sleepover at Patrick’s house. All of Patrick’s friends and their dogs are invited to the event. On the night of the sleepover they all gathered in the living room of Patrick’s house. However, they were a bit too bouncy to stay there and moved the sleepover...
Biscuit and the Little Pup
| Author | Alyssa Satin Capucilli |
| ISBN | 0060741724 |
When Biscuit finds a little pup in the park, he wants the pup to play with him. But the little pup won't come over to look at Biscuit's ball or to chew on a bone. In fact, he won't come out of his cozy hideaway at all! Is the little pup lost?
How will Biscuit get the little pup to come out? Can he help his new friend's...
Stink and the Great Guinea Pig Express
| Author | Megan McDonald |
| ISBN | 0763628352 |
When three guinea pigs from the local pet shop make a great escape, Stink Moody and his friends Webster and Sophie spring into action. Ta-da! The Fantastic Fur Friends round up the little hairballs and bring them safely back to Mrs. Birdwistle's shop, where they discover - oohla- la! - guinea pig pandemonium!...
