Unless otherwise noted, all books are located in the fiction section arranged by the author's last name.  Other copies may be available; please ask a librarian for help.

The Night Crossing
j ACKERMAN      Karen Ackerman
An Austrian family escapes to Switzerland in 1938.

Poppy
j AVI      Avi
A deer mouse tries to persuade her family to move, but an owl has other plans for them.

Emily Eyefinger
j BALL      Duncan Ball
Emily has an extra eye on the end of her finger. One of a series.

The Field guide
j BLACK      Holly Black
The Grace children have unusual experiences at their Great Aunt Lucinda's house. First in The Spiderwick Chronicles.

Freckle Juice
j BLUME      Judy Blume
Andy will try anything to get freckles.

The Journey that Saved Curious George
j 92R REY Bor      Louise Borden
The true story of the Reys, who fled from Paris at the outset of World War II carrying the illustrated manuscript The Adventures of FiFi, which later became Curious George.

The Boy Who Lived with the Bears: and Other Iroquois Stories
j 398.2 USA INDIAN Bru      Joseph Bruchac
Iroquois animal stories that teach a lesson.

The Family Under the Bridge
j CARLSON      Natalie Carlson
Old Parisian hobo befriends three children.

The Stories Julian Tells
j CAMERON      Ann Cameron
Six happy stories about Julian and his family.

The Year Mom Won the Pennant
j CHRISTOPHER      Matt Christopher
A mother coaches a baseball team.

Mummy Took Cooking Lessons
j 811 Cia      John Ciardi
Humorous poems.

Ramona Quimby, Age 8
j CLEARY      Beverly Cleary
Funny stories about third grader Ramona.

A Job for Jenny Archer
j CONFORD      Ellen Conford
Jenny wants to earn money – with hilarious results.

The Lemonade Trick
j CORBETT      Scott Corbett
Kirby and his chemistry set work magic.

Love That Dog
j CREECH      Sharon Creech
A young boy writes a poem about an event close to him.

ESIO TROT
j DAHL      Roald Dahl
A funny story about a man, a woman, and several tortoises.

Amber Brown is not a crayon
j DANZIGER      Paula Danziger
Amber’s best friend Justin is getting ready to move to a distant state.

26 Fairmount Avenue
j 92D DE PAOLA DeP      Tomie DePaola
Childhood of the children’s author and illustrator.

Because of Winn-Dixie
j DICAMILLO      Kate DiCamillo
Good things happen to a ten year-old girl because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie.

Dragonology
j 398.469 Dra      Ernest Drake
This interactive volume presents the long-lost research of a 19th-century dragonologist. Includes foldout pages, many illustrations and maps.

Half magic
j EAGER      Edward Eager
Four children find that wishes made on an ancient coin only come half-true.

The original adventures of Hank the Cowdog
j ERICKSON      John R. Erickson
Hank the Cowdog is framed for the murder of a chicken so he becomes an outlaw.

The Hundred Dresses
j ESTES      Eleanor Estes
A Polish girl, taunted by her classmates, draws 100 dresses.

The Ghost on Saturday Night
j FLEISCHMAN      Sid Fleischman
Tall-tale of a ghost-raising and stolen money.

What’s the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?
j 92 F FRANKLIN Fri      Jean Fritz
Life of Benjamin Franklin.

This Time, Tempe Wick?
j GAUCH      Patricia Lee Gauch
Revolutionary War story about a girl and her horse.

The Mousewife
j GODDEN      Rumer Godden
Story of a devoted mouse and a dove.

The chameleon wore chartreuse
j M HALE      Bruce Hale
Super sleuth Chet Gecko uncovers a plot involving a Gila monster and the school football team.

“B” is for Betsy
j HAYWOOD      Carolyn Haywood
Betsy finds new friends and new adventures when she begins school.

The Shrinking of Treehorn
j HEIDE      Florence Heide
Treehorn gets smaller and no one notices.

It Came from Beneath the Bed!
j HOWE      James Howe
Howie the dog writes some science fiction stories with the help of his Uncle Harold of the Bunnicula tales.

Class Clown
j HURWITZ      Johanna Hurwitz
Lucas learns there is a right way to use his humor.

The Secret of Platform 13
j IBBOTSON      Eva Ibbotson
Three unlikely companions travel through a magic tunnel to rescue the king’s stolen son.

Martin’s Mice
j A KING-SMITH      Dick King-Smith
A farm cat keeps a family of mice as pets.

Orp
j KLINE      Suzy Kline
Orville starts an “I hate my name” club.

Catwings
j A LEGUIN      Ursula LeGuin
Four cats are born with wings.

The princess test
j LEVINE      Gail Carson Levine
Humorous retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Princess and the Pea."

Frankenstein Moved in on the 4th Floor
j LEVY      Elizabeth Levy
Is the strange Mr. Frank really Frankenstein?

Striped Ice Cream
j LEXAU      Joan Lexau
A family works together to create a birthday surprise.

Pippi Longstocking
j LINDGREN      Astrid Lindgren
Adventures of a Swedish girl, her monkey and her horse.

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
j MACDONALD      Betty MacDonald
She has “cures” for not bathing, talking back, and more.

You wouldn't want to be a medieval knight! : armor you'd rather not wear
j 940.1 Mac      Fiona Macdonald
The real story about the life of knights during the Middle Ages.

Seven Kisses in a Row
j MACLACHLAN      Patricia MacLachlan
Seven stories about two children living with an aunt and uncle.

Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days
j MANES      Stephen Manes
Matt reforms after reading a book.

Snapshots : the wonders of Monterey Bay
j 591.77 Man      Celeste Davidson Mannis
Learn about the marine animals of Monterey Bay and the unique places they live.

The doll people
j MARTIN      Ann M. Martin
A family of porcelain dolls that is looking for their lost aunt also learns to live with a new family of plastic dolls in their 100 year old doll house.

Third Grade Stinks
j MCKENNA      Colleen O’Shaughnessy McKenna
The third grade adventures of Gordie.

Beethoven Lives Upstairs
j NICHOL     Barbara Nichol
A ten year-old boy’s letters tell about his musical, and eccentric, neighbor.

The Borrowers
j NORTON      Mary Norton
Miniature people live in an old country house and borrow things from the humans.

Koko’s Kitten
j 599.84 Pat      Francine Patterson
True story of a gorilla that adopts a cat.

Pink and Say
j POLLACO      Patricia Pollaco
Two soldiers on opposite sides become friends during the Civil War.

Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
j 92K KING Rap      Doreen Rappaport
Award-winning biography of the civil rights leader. Illustrated by Bryan Collier.

Strudel Stories
j ROCKLIN      Joanne Rocklin
Seven generations of a Jewish family’s stories are told while making apple strudel.

Riding Freedom
j RYAN      Pam Munoz Ryan
The adventure-filled story of a girl who posed as a boy and fooled everyone.

Sideways stories from Wayside School
j SACHAR      Louis Sachar
Humorous stories from a class in Wayside School.

2095
j SCIESZKA      Jon Scieszka
The Time Warp Trio is zapped into the twenty-first century.

The Cricket in Times Square
j SELDEN      George Selden
A displaced cricket is befriended by a cat and mouse.

The Space Ship Under the Apple Tree
j SLOBODKIN      Louis Slobodkin
Eddie meets a man from outer space.

So You Want to be President?
j 923.173 Stg      Judith St. George
Fun assortment of facts about the presidents.

Candy Corn: Poems
j 811 Ste      James Stevenson
Short poems.

Lost treasure of the Emerald Eye
j pb S      Geronimo Stilton
Geronimo's sister discovers an old mysterious treasure map.

The Gold Cadillac
j TAYLOR      Mildred Taylor
An African-American family’s trip south in their new car in the 1950s.

All-Of-A-Kind Family
j TAYLOR      Sydney Taylor
Five Jewish sisters grow up in early twentieth century New York.

Many Moons
j THURBER      James Thurber
A princess wants the moon.

Basil of Baker Street
j M TITUS      Eve Titus
The Sherlock Holmes of the mouse world.

Sumi’s Special Happening
j UCHIDA      Yoshika Uchida
A Japanese girl searches for the perfect gift.

Hugh Pine
j VAN DE WETERING      Janwillem Van de Wetering
Adventures of a porcupine and his friends.

Tailypo
j 398.2 USA Wah      Jan Wahl
Scary southern folktale.

Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World
j WALTER      Mildred Walter
Justin visits his grandfather’s ranch.

Charlotte’s Web
j WHITE      E. B. White
Wilbur the pig makes a special friend in Charlotte the spider.

The Little House in the Big Woods
j WILDER      Laura Ingalls Wilder
A pioneer family in the Midwest.

Amber was Brave, Essie was Smart
j WILLIAMS      Vera Williams
Poems tell the stories of two sisters whose father has been sent to jail.

Pet Day
j ZIEFERT      Harriet Ziefert
Mr. Rose brings some unusual animals to share with his science class on Pet Day.

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