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- 00044934 abstract "When a chimpanzee arrives in MacOongafoondsen he is put on trial for being a thief and a French spy, resulting in some changes to the tiny town that delight Emmaline Perth, his thirteen-year-old defender.".
- 00044949 abstract "A clairvoyant thirteen-year-old uses his gifts to time travel in search of clues to the unsolved crimes of Jack the Ripper, but a more personal crime awaits him in the present.".
- 00044950 abstract "The woeful saga of the Baudelaire orphans continues as evil Count Olaf discovers their whereabouts at Esmé Squalor's seventy-one bedroom penthouse and concocts a new plan for stealing their family fortune.".
- 00045004 abstract "In the late 1850s, with her mother dead and her brother riding for the Pony Express, Matty often finds that she must face all the dangers of pre-Civil War Kansas alone on the family farm.".
- 00045007 abstract "Bird cannot find Bunny during a game of hide-and-seek and worries that Bunny has run away.".
- 00045056 abstract "Mother Nature rouses her squabbling daughters, March, April, and May, so they can awaken the world and welcome spring.".
- 00045057 abstract "A couple of bumbling parents with a hungry baby seek help from a tricky little witch, but it is a sweet black-eyed yak who really helps them to live happily ever after.".
- 00045058 abstract "Stanley does not look forward to spending another Chanukah with all his relatives, but when an old man comes out of a tarnished menorah in the attic and grants Stanley three wishes, he changes his mind.".
- 00045059 abstract "When the Scaredy Cat family's fears keep them from doing things, Baby Scaredy Cat suggests they might be missing good things as well.".
- 00045063 abstract "In rhyming text, mothers and their babies are described sharing in a variety of activities, from playing at the ocean to reading books and taking a bath.".
- 00045064 abstract "The malfunction of Sydney's mechanical star at the science fair contest leads her to an unexpected happy ending.".
- 00045065 abstract "Possum and Alien become friends and find that they have both similarities and differences.".
- 00045066 abstract "Based on a South African tale, this story tells what happens when a giant who had been banished from a town by a magician thirty years earlier is called back to save the town from flooding.".
- 00045067 abstract "When Rudie's sitter gets the flu, he uses her recipe to make her a batch of special chicken soup, including the secret recipe of stories from the heart.".
- 00045068 abstract "In 1862, after Union forces expel Hannah's family from Holly Springs, Mississippi, because they are Jews, Hannah reexamines her views regarding slavery and the war.".
- 00045084 abstract "When several students at Baker High School are stricken by an alleged curse of the school's ghost, Elijah and Elisha Springfield and their parents, undercover investigators, are sent to uncover the truth behind the events.".
- 00045088 abstract "In the 1950s Matthew befriends a Negro boy who introduces him to the new music, and together they start a rock-and-roll band.".
- 00045147 abstract "Bugbear and Bugaboo are creatures who like to play scary tricks on children, until the night they get scared themselves.".
- 00045172 abstract "Their alien friend Gemini Jack tries to help twins Tod and Tessa but his actions backfire when he turns the evil Gneiss twins super-nice and removes drummer Nigel Throbber's celebrity by spraying him with permanent Fame Ban.".
- 00045173 abstract "When mischievous nine-year-old Calliope Day talks her rich new friend into bringing Captain Tweakerbeak the parrot to school for a prank, the results are so hilarious Calliope decides to keep the bird for herself.".
- 00045182 abstract "A witch finds room on her broom for all the animals that ask for a ride, and they repay her kindness by rescuing her from a dragon.".
- 00045200 abstract "After the death of his grandfather, a boy experiences anger and sadness and prepares a memory box to help him remember all the good things about Grandpa.".
- 00045212 abstract "Bear wakes up to find his girl Clara missing, so with the help of a lost stuffed rabbit and a cat, he goes looking for her.".
- 00045223 abstract "Little Fox and his father enjoy spending Saturdays doing things together and one Saturday they discover that they also enjoy porridge.".
- 00045236 abstract "A cat and a dog are enemies until a crisis brings them together as friends.".
- 00045257 abstract "A seed falls onto the boundary between two rival tribes of insects and provokes preparations for war, but a simple solution is growing while they prepare.".
- 00045351 abstract "When Goldie Locks comes down with chicken pox, she is teased by her brother and is unable to visit with Bo Peep, Little Red, and other friends.".
- 00045371 abstract "Traces the life of Neeluk and his family through one year in the 1800s in the Arctic land that would later become the state of Alaska.".
- 00045387 abstract "Sent out by his grandmother to find food, Amik consumes a series of animals of ever-increasing size and brings back more than he thinks.".
- 00045438 abstract "Two curious children, wondering why Spring is late, find Poppy Bear in their garden and he teaches them about the beauty of nature and their role in caring for it as they plant seeds and flowers together.".
- 00045483 abstract "A young boy makes a paper heart to give to the one he loves the most, and although he sees many people he loves during the day, he still has it when he says his prayers at night.".
- 00045642 abstract "Andrew McGroundhog's shadow convinces him to hibernate during the winter and only come out when spring weather has arrived.".
- 00045643 abstract "In 1878, twelve-year-old Ida Kate and her widowed father welcome a mail-order bride and her baby to their Kansas homestead, but Ida Kate soon suspects that the bride is not the woman with whom Papa has corresponded.".
- 00045648 abstract "Two boys who are best friends visit an illegal freak show, where an encounter with a vampire and a deadly spider forces them to make life-changing choices.".
- 00045701 abstract "The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to San Francisco in 1906, in time for them to experience one of the biggest earthquakes the United States had ever known.".
- 00045725 abstract "When Arthur gets the hiccups, his family and friends try everything they can think of to make them go away.".
- 00045784 abstract "Instead of cleaning the playroom, Max and Emily visit their friends in Dragon Land and learn that shortcuts are not always the best way to get things done.".
- 00045804 abstract "When Rosalie can't find her hen Blanca in time for the annual blessing of the animals on the Feast of St. Francis, she finds a way around the problem and receives a surprise besides.".
- 00045805 abstract "After a day of watching his strongest sandcastles washed away by a sea that refuses to obey him, Jack wishes for a real castle in which he is king, and that night his wishes come true.".
- 00045851 abstract "When twelve-year-old Paco, his widowed mother, and a greyhound puppy arrive in Miami after leaving Cuba, their new life includes an extended family of Cuban immigrants, learning to speak English, and an unexpected involvement in the world of championship dog racing.".
- 00045901 abstract "Cookie Monster's visiting nephew prefers to eat a healthy meal before enjoying a plate of freshly baked cookies.".
- 00045902 abstract "While visiting Dragon Land, Max finds an egg that hatches into a little creature, and then Max and his friend Ord argue about whether it is a dragon or a dinosaur.".
- 00045904 abstract "When Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose visit a dude ranch in Montana, they find themselves with another mystery to solve, this one involving the theft of money from the ranch's safe and of a large gold nugget that Josh had found.".
- 00045906 abstract "Jealousy, envy, greed, and rivalry come into a person's life in the forms of various animals and all kinds of bad things happen.".
- 00045907 abstract "An interactive reading experience where the reader flips the flaps over, or pulls the tabs to reveal how a human baby's behavior is similar to that of animal babies in the wild.".
- 00045908 abstract "A boy tells how he will change his behavior on the last day of school.".
- 00045909 abstract "Calls to fires, an injured friend, and cooking disasters threaten to keep a group of fire fighters from enjoying Thanksgiving dinner.".
- 00045931 abstract "Publisher's description: This classic text argues that crime control, rather than crime itself is the real danger for our future. Since the second edition was published in 1994, prison populations, especially in Russia and America, have grown at an increasingly rapid rate. This third edition is published to take account of these changes and draw attention to the scale of an escalating problem. It contains completely new chapters - one on 'penal geography', the other on 'the Russian case' - and has been extensively revised.".
- 00045973 abstract "Upset with her parents for arguing on what she hoped would be a perfect day, Amber gets lost at a county fair when she tries to follow her best friend Justin and his family through the crowd.".
- 00045975 abstract "Junie B. Jones has just turned six and is looking forward to her kindergarten graduation, but when grape juice stains the white gown she could not resist trying on, she is afraid graduation is ruined.".
- 00046029 abstract "Thirteen-year-old Emily, her blind engineer father, and a boy from their English village sail aboard the magic ship Basset to an island of mythical animals, where they use faith and imagination to try to restore a legendary lighthouse tower.".
- 00046070 abstract "A little lamb has trouble falling asleep, until his mother tells him to count the butterflies that flutter past his closed eyes.".
- 00046099 abstract "When Sarah sneaks aboard Old Man Winter's wagon and travels with him through the magic door to the Great Kettles, she must help him stop his power-hungry assistant from taking over the weather-making for his own purposes.".
- 00046100 abstract "Mr. Edwards helps Laura and her family celebrate a happy Christmas on the prairie.".
- 00046101 abstract "With the help of a scholar and a young gardener, the wise king of Korea introduces an alphabet that will enable his people to read and write in their own language. Based on Korean legends.".
- 00046102 abstract "In wartime Brooklyn in 1943, eleven-year-old Howie Crispers mounts a campaign to save his favorite teacher from being fired.".
- 00046128 abstract "When Marvin refuses to go back to his new school because he is the only one in his class who cannot read, his father decides to help him learn by reading with him.".
- 00046167 abstract "Stanley begins to wonder if an ape might make a better sibling than his brother Lionel.".
- 00046170 abstract "When Santa's sleigh crashes at Merryhill Farm, Dumpy the dump truck and his friend Charlie deliver presents around the world.".
- 00046172 abstract "A retelling of the classic story of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker ballet, featuring an African American grandmother and her family and set in Harlem.".
- 00046173 abstract "A lonely boy named Radish Rademacher hopes to become a member of his twin sister's detective agency after showing the members an old treasure map he found in a cave.".
- 00046203 abstract "Annie the apple farmer saves her most beautiful apples to sell fresh at the farmers' market.".
- 00046252 abstract "With only her long hair as a cloak, Lady Godiva takes her heroic ride through the English village of Coventry in exchange for her husband's promise to lower the people's taxes.".
- 00046253 abstract "Billy Bixbee's mother won't admit that dragons exist until it is nearly too late.".
- 00046255 abstract "A freshly baked gingerbread man escapes when he is taken out of the oven and eludes his pursuers until he meets a clever fox.".
- 00046283 abstract "Rhyming text and close-up photographs provide clues for the identity of larger everyday objects.".
- 00046310 abstract "When Eliza and her chimpanzee friend, Darwin, meet a lemur on the island of Madagascar, Darwin is sure he's found his long-lost cousin, and they plan to stay together forever.".
- 00046366 abstract "Ten-year-old cousins Lily, Rosie, and Tess return to their aunt's house on Cobble Street to help her plan the perfect wedding.".
- 00046367 abstract "Keegan Flannery, feeling responsible for his twin brother's death and his mother's mental illness, believes he must atone by commiting suicide before his sixteenth birthday, but he gains new insights when he joins his school's wrestling team.".
- 00046374 abstract "A collection of stories and poems about virtues, conduct of life, heroes, and American history and folklore.".
- 00046385 abstract "When the Animorphs try to stop the tiny alien Helmacrons from taking the morphing cube, Marco gets in the way and ends up with Helmacrons up his nose and inside his head.".
- 00046391 abstract "Blue introduces all the members of her family, such as Mailbox and Slippery Soap, as they gather to have their picture taken. Features rebuses.".
- 00046397 abstract "A parent reassures a young child that there are many reminders of each other while they are apart, and that they will always be together again.".
- 00046399 abstract "An eccentric school librarian tells offbeat stories involving fantastic animals and encourages teachers and students to relate their own stories as well.".
- 00046437 abstract "A hungry giant is tricked out of his delightful supper.".
- 00046518 abstract "In 1754, with her own parents taken captive, twelve-year-old Rebecca must confront her fear and hatred of the Abenaki when a boy raised by members of that tribe is brought to the fort at Charleston, New Hampshire, just before a series of thefts occurs.".
- 00046531 abstract "In 1904, twelve-year-old Orphelia follows her dream by running away from home to join an all-black minstrel show headed for the Saint Louis World's Fair, and learns about her family's troubled past in the process.".
- 00046576 abstract "A preschooler and her dog have a pillow fight.".
- 00046577 abstract "A lively canine sailor enjoy a day aboard his boat--jumping, dancing, and fishing.".
- 00046578 abstract "Nine-year-old Sam decides to teach his new puppy to behave, but not before Dodger has scared his sister, pulled down some curtains, and stopped a baseball game.".
- 00046653 abstract "A mouse sets out to overcome a lifelong fear of the forest.".
- 00046666 abstract "Ricky Rhinoceros is afraid his mother will no longer love him or have time for him once she has a new baby.".
- 00046865 abstract "Freddy Bear picks on Gus the turtle, until the other animals show him how it feels.".
- 00046866 abstract "Animal friends help each other out by babysitting six little mice on a wintry day.".
- 00046886 abstract "When the weather turns cool and crisp, a family visits an apple orchard and savors the crunchy sweetness of freshly picked apples.".
- 00046920 abstract "Two boys, one German and one American, are eager to join their respective armies during World War II, and their paths cross at the Battle of the Bulge.".
- 00046923 abstract "When Duffy Kerrigan and her adopted brothers and sisters, who all come from different countries, accompany their widowed father on a trip to write about and photograph the Masai people in Africa, she learns that she can accept people without having to approve of what they do.".
- 00046950 abstract "Best friends Mole and Shrew need money to buy more of their favorite things, books and seeds, but none of the jobs they try seems quite right for them.".
- 00046954 abstract "A young boy watches as a mischievous goblin creeps and crawls through the house searching for something to eat.".
- 00046957 abstract "Chicken thinks Scarecrow's hat will make a nice nest, but first she must swap with Badger, Crow, Sheep, Owl, and Donkey.".
- 00046958 abstract "Pi-shu, a young panda, and his mother are forced to search for a safer place to live as humans begin to destroy their natural habitat.".
- 00046998 abstract "Marsupial Sue, a young kangaroo, finds happiness in doing what kangaroos do.".
- 00047034 abstract "Near the close of the Revolutionary War in 1782, fourteen-year-old Anne Mott of Westchester County, New York, calls on her Quaker beliefs to protect her family and property from British raiders when a long-time friend puts them at risk.".
- 00047132 abstract "After giving wings to eagles, owls, nightingales, pigeons, ladybugs, and all sorts of creatures, a small boy is given an appropriate reward.".
- 00047133 abstract "Little Dinosaur enjoys playing with blocks, wearing new clothes, learning the alphabet, and being kind to ants.".
- 00047134 abstract "Introduces the numbers one through ten as vegetables and numbers dance together at the king's and queen's garden party before jumping into the soup to be eaten by a crowned boy and girl.".
- 00047135 abstract "A little elephant tries out different spots around the house, until he finds the perfect place to play--near his mother.".
- 00047190 abstract "Dr. Clock invents a time machine, but his trip back to the era of the dinosaurs does not turn out as he had expected.".
- 00047268 abstract "Thirty rhymes record the various activities of Father Fox, his family, and friends.".
- 00047269 abstract "When she begins receiving bizarre threatening messages from someone who seems to know her every move, teenage Ashley, after seeking help from the neighborhood tough guy, comes to realize that she alone can end the stalker's reign of terror.".