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Robert Goes to Camp (Robert Books) מאת Barbara Seuling It’s summer vacation, and Robert is off to Camp Chicopee whether he likes it or not (he doesn’t). Even though camp looks lame, Robert manages to make a new friend — Zach, who knows plenty of jokes — and to avoid the irritating Lester, who’s pushy and makes a lot of noise. But every...

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Triple-Dare to Be Scared: Thirteen Further Freaky Tales מאת Robert D. San Souci Scary stories are a perennial favorite among youngsters, and Robert D. San Souci obliges them with 13 more spine-tingling horror stories in Triple-Dare to Be Scared. Each elegantly crafted vignette draws readers into the life of a young person like themselves just as a bad decision or an...

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I Hate Books! מאת Kate Walker Hamish loves stories. He especially loves listening to his grandpa, who reads with lots of expression. Hamish’s brother, Nathan, is a good reader, too. Actually, Nathan is a genius. Hamish himself is just smart, or thinks he’s smart until he starts third grade, and his teacher, Miss Margin...

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Dare to be Scared: Thirteen Stories to Chill and Thrill מאת Robert D. San Souci In this creepy collection, award winning writer Robert San Souci draws on myths, legends, and folk tales to create thirteen completely new stories, all featuring boys and girls from 8 to 12 as leading characters. "Ants" features Kyle, who tricks his mother into allowing him to go see a scary movie w...

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If I Were a Kid in Ancient Greece: Children of the Ancient World (If I Were a Kid in. . .) מאת Cobblestone Publishing Reminders of Greek culture are everywhere evident today, from bubblegum to plays (Greeks invented both). But what was ancient Greece like for children? As this book explains, youngsters were well educated, sometimes with private teachers. They studied music, practicing as much as three hours a ...

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Double-Dare to Be Scared: Another Thirteen Chilling Tales מאת Robert D. San Souci The success of the first Dare to Be Scared collection of spooky stories inspired this second volume of equally creepy tales. Typical is "Mountain Childers," in which two strange skinny children - the "childers" of the title - crash young Daniel Freed's vacation in the lonesome mountains of Kentucky....

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Reggie מאת Eve Bunting Alex and his dog Patch are out for a walk when the boy discovers a little toy mouse dressed in a red vest. He falls in love with the tiny creature — promptly named Reggie — and takes it home. Soon, “lost mouse” signs appear in Alex’s neighborhood, but he ignores them — after all, an...

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Perseus מאת Geraldine McCaughrean What does the future hold in store? Is it ever a good idea even to ask? There was a time once when the Three Fates sat in the corner of the young world and knitted like grandmothers for each newborn infant. They wove and worked and patterned each day of a man's life, from the first stitch to the las...

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Ladybug, Ladybug: And Other Favorite Poems מאת Cricket Magazine Group Poems about nature, animals, and everyday events fill the beautifully illustrated pages of this book. These narratives in miniature, by such talents as Omar Rayyan and Sylvia Long, chronicle everything from the search for the fabled “peanut butter fish” (“Ocean Sandwich”) to a little gi...

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Mom for Mayor מאת Nancy Edwards Eric would rather daydream about space aliens than do homework. But when his favorite playground is about to be sold to real estate developers, he launches into action. Discovering that the plan to sell the park comes from Mayor Bishop, who happens to be up for reelection, Eric convinces his mother ...

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Bill Pennant, Babe Ruth, and Me מאת Timothy Tocher At the start of the 1920 baseball season, 16-year-old Hank Cobb is assigned to train the New York Giants’ new mascot, a Mexican wildcat named Bill Pennant. Bill’s not too trainable, though, even with the help of sardines and mice. And if Hank can’t handle a cat, how can he handle his next...

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Dream-of-Jade: The Emperor's Cat מאת Lloyd Alexander No ordinary man is permitted to see the great Kwan-Yu, emperor of China, but this doesn't stop the beautiful, green-eyed Dream-of-Jade, since she is not an ordinary man, but a rather unusual cat. When Dream-of-Jade decides she wants to see His Highness, she simply slips into the empty throne room an...

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Chief Sunrise, John McGraw, and Me מאת Timothy Tocher Fifteen-year-old runaway Hank Cobb hops a freight and discovers Chief Sunrise, "the greatest Indian to ever step on a baseball diamond." At least that’s what he says. Chief is determined to try out for John McGraw, famed manager of the 1919 New York Giants, and baseball-crazy Hank decides to tag a...