Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Michigan

Three explorers descend to the center of the earth, where they encounter tumultuous storms, wild prehistoric animals, and fierce cavemen.

A Journey to the Center of the Earth

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Suzanne Selfors

Ohio

Twelve-year-old Lucky Prescott craves adventure, but as a young lady of society she's only been allowed to experience adventure through books. That is, until one fateful day when Lucky, her father, and her aunt leave their neat-and-tidy city life and travel to their new home out west-the Wild West. At first Lucky is excited, but during the long train ride to her new hometown of Miradero, she begins to worry. What if she doesn't make any new friends? Everyone in the West rides horses, but she's never been allowed to even sit on one. How can she possibly fit in? Anxious about the future, Lucky looks out the train window and sees a majestic wild stallion. When their eyes meet, she senses a connection. But when the stallion is caught by wranglers, Lucky's heart breaks. And when she next sees the stallion, he's tied to a post, refusing to be "broken in." Spirit Riding Free: The Adventure Begins is the story of a girl and a wild horse, equally out of place in a strange, new world, but equally fierce and brave. With each other to lean on, will these two free spirits be able to find a home together? DreamWorks Spirit Riding Free © 2017 DreamWorks Animation LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Spirit Riding Free: the Adventure Begins

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Minnesota

A Hermux Tantamoq Adventure

Our favorite mouse and watchmaker, Hermux Tantamoq, is up to his ears in trouble again. All of Pinchester is in an uproar over his friend Mirrin Stentrill's visionary new paintings-monumental portraits of CATS The Pinchester Museum announces Mirrin's exhibition, and Mayor Pinkwiggin immediately vows to shut it down. After all, cats are not a popular topic in a city of rodents-and everyone knows they never really existed. While militant mice organize to stop the show, most of Pinchester's stylish set vies for invitations to the gala opening.
Then a mysterious old chipmunk appears in Hermux's shop with what he claims to be a map to the royal library of a prehistoric kingdom of cats. Before long Hermux is hot on a trail of treachery and deceit that leads all the way from Pinchester to an ancient tomb that lies buried in . . . The Sands of Time
A gripping story full of emotion and original humor. . . . Should firmly establish Hoeye as a break-out writer, one whose work can be favorably compared with J. K. Rowling and Brian Jacques. (Philadelphia Inquirer)

The Sands of Time

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Like new, never read, slight crease on front cover from being rudely dropped. 

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

After surviving a terrible shipwreck, Robinson Crusoe discovers he is the only human on an island far from any shipping routes or rescue. At first he is devastated, but slowly, with patience and imagination, he transforms his island into a tropical paradise. For twenty-four years he lives with no human companionship - until one fateful day, when he discovers he is not alone...
Puffin Classics edition has been specially abridged.
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Puffin Classics edition has been specially abridged.


The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

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Collection of 24 folktales encompassing animal tales (including tricksters), fairy tales, supernatural tales, and tales of the enslaved Africans (including slave narratives).  While this book is classified as Children’s Literature, the folktales within are perfect for people of all ages.

A multi-award winning book that is beautifully illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon.

Maryland

American Black Folktales

The People Could Fly

Richard Peck

Scholastic 

Mary Alice's childhood summers in Grandma Dowdel's sleepy Illinois town were packed with enough drama to fill the double bill of any picture show. But now she is fifteen, and faces a whole long year with Grandma, a woman well known for shaking up her neighbors-and everyone else! All Mary Alice can know for certain is this: when trying to predict how life with Grandma might turn out . . . better not. This wry, delightful sequel to the Newbery Honor Book A Long Way from Chicago has already taken its place among the classics of children's literature.

A Year down Yonder

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New York

Jake Maia Arlow

A hilariously honest book about surviving middle school while navigating a chronic illness from the Stonewall Honor-winning author of Almost Flying. Twelve-year-old Al Schneider is too scared to talk about the two biggest things in her life: 1. Her stomach hurts all the time and she has no idea why. 2. She’s almost definitely 100% sure she likes girls. So she holds it in…until she can’t. After nearly having an accident of the lavatorial variety in gym class, Al finds herself getting a colonoscopy and an answer—she has Crohn’s disease. But rather than solving all her problems, Al's diagnosis just makes everything worse. It’s scary and embarrassing. And worst of all, everyone wants her to talk about it—her overprotective mom, her best friend, and most annoyingly her gastroenterologist, who keeps trying to get her to go to a support group for kids with similar chronic illnesses. But, who wants to talk about what you do in the bathroom? The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet is a wildly funny and honest story about finding community, telling the truth even when it’s hard, and the many indignities of middle school life.

The Year My Life Went down the Toilet

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Illinois

… And her plans to maximize fun, avoid disaster, and (possibly) save the world

Ida B

#paperback #shortstories #childrensliterature #world #global #ela #English #teaching #education

And Other Stories to Tell

A collection of stories intended to be told, drawn from a variety of traditions including European, African, and contemporary American. Includes tips on such aspects of storytelling as voice patterns, body expression, and audience participation.

Piece of the Wind

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Jason Reynolds

North Carolina

A Tale Told in Ten Blocks

A National Book Award Finalist Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book Carnegie Medal winner An NPR Favorite Book of 2019 A New York Times Best Children’s Book of 2019 A Time Best Children’s Book of 2019 A Today Show Best Kids’ Book of 2019 A Washington Post Best Children’s Book of 2019 A School Library Journal Best Middle Grade Book of 2019 A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2019 A Kirkus Reviews Best Middle Grade Book of 2019 “As innovative as it is emotionally arresting.” —Entertainment Weekly From National Book Award finalist and #1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds comes a novel told in ten blocks, showing all the different directions kids’ walks home can take. This story was going to begin like all the best stories. With a school bus falling from the sky. But no one saw it happen. They were all too busy— Talking about boogers. Stealing pocket change. Skateboarding. Wiping out. Braving up. Executing complicated handshakes. Planning an escape. Making jokes. Lotioning up. Finding comfort. But mostly, too busy walking home. Jason Reynolds conjures ten tales (one per block) about what happens after the dismissal bell rings, and brilliantly weaves them into one wickedly funny, piercingly poignant look at the detours we face on the walk home, and in life.

Look Both Ways

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R. A. Montgomery

Readers make choices that determine the outcome of the story when, while exploring the seas for the lost continent of Atlantis, they are separated from their diving vessel.

Journey under the Sea

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Barbara Park

Mississippi

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"Hilarious. Barbara Park makes reading fun." --Dav Pilkey, author of the Dog Man series
 
Get ready to go back to school with the world's funniest kid, Junie B. Jones, in this interactive classroom survival guide! The #1 New York Times bestselling chapter book series has been keeping kids laughing--and reading--for more than twenty-five years. Over 65 million copies sold!

Hello, school children! Hello!  It's me . . . Junie B., Jones! I have been going to school for over one and a half entire years now. And I have learned a jillion things that will help you survive at that place. And guess what? NOW I AM GOING TO PASS THIS INFORMATION ON TO Y-O-U!!! I wrote it all down here in  Junie B.'s Essential Survival Guide to School! Here is some of the stuff I wrote about:
 * Bus Rules
* Teachers (and other bosses)
* Carpools * How to Stay Out of Trouble (Possibly)
* Homework
 * Funwork
* Friends (Plus Children You May Not Actually Care For).

And that is just the tip of the ice cube! 'Cause I drew all the pictures myself. Plus also, there are pages where Y-O-U can write and draw, too!  So open it up and get started. You will have fun, I think!

Junie B. 's Essential Survival Guide to School (Junie B. Jones)

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Julie Kagawa

Virginia

The Disney Parks' best kept secret (society) is now a romping middle grade adventure series from New York Times bestselling author Julie Kagawa! High-tech wizardry, old world legends and a little bit of Disney magic all shine through in Shinji Takahashi: Into the Heart of the Storm, the second book in the Society of Explorers and Adventurers series from renowned best-selling author, Julie Kagawa. As Shinji struggles to understand and control his new guardian magic, the members of S.E.A. learn that a sunken ship belonging to the long extinct Natia people has been found on the floor of the Pacific Ocean. Shinji, Lucy and Tinker, along with Oliver Ocean and Phoebe Mystic, a quirky, enthusiastic magic expert who has been called in to help Shinji, head off to check out the wreckage, hoping to get there before the Hightower Corporation can plunder the site, and picking up a young stowaway by the name of Roux along the way. But nothing goes as planned, and when Shinji accidentally awakens a guardian who's been hidden on a mysterious island and trapped inside a volcano for a century, he causes a volcanic eruption and releases a massive hurricane that threatens the entire coast of California. Now Shinji must learn to control his powers and best his fears so that he can stop the destruction and regain the trust of S.E.A before it's too late.

Shinji Takahashi: into the Heart of the Storm

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Debbie Levy

California

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark

Traces the achievements of the celebrated Supreme Court justice through the lens of her many famous acts of civil disagreement against inequality, unfair treatment, and human rights injustice.

I Dissent

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Elizabeth George Speare

Now an orphan, Kit Tyler travels from Barbados, where she grew up, to live with her strict Puritan uncle in Connecticut.

The Witch of Blackbird Pond

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Florida

Front Desk Novel

Three Keys

Dorinda Silver Williams

Texas

Daddy Version

Over There

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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Arkansas

An aviator whose plane is forced down in the Sahara Desert encounters a little prince from a small planet who relates his adventures in seeking the secret of what is important in life. Howard's new translation of this beloved classic beautifully reflects Saint-Exupery's unique, gifted style. Color and b&w illustrations.

The Little Prince

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Jo Nesbo

Tara F. Chace

Doctor Proctor and the kids (and the fart powder!) are back with a time traveling bathtub and a very special mission! It’s another fart-tastic adventure.

The Fart Powder was such a successful invention that Doctor Proctor, Nilly, and Lisa couldn’t stop there. Next up: a time-travelling bathtub. You just hop in, lather up the Time Soap, and wish for where you’d like to go. Doctor Proctor has plans for this new invention. You see, he lost his true love years ago, when Juliette Margarine married an evil count. The good Doctor has never quite gotten over this, and he's going back to change it. But when things go wrong, it's up to Nilly and Lisa to travel back in time to right all wrongs and reunite the two lovebirds. Nothing is quite so simple in a Jo Nesbo book. Enter a herd of hippos, a scheming assistant, and Time Soap that keeps going awry, sending Nilly and Lisa to the storming of the Bastille! Fortunately, as in every Jo Nesbo book, the Fart Powder solves everything

Bubble in the Bathtub

The Fart Powder was such a successful invention that Doctor Proctor, Nilly, and Lisa couldn’t stop there. Next up: a time-travelling bathtub. You just hop in, lather up the Time Soap, and wish for where you’d like to go. Doctor Proctor has plans for this new invention. You see, he lost his true love years ago, when Juliette Margarine married an evil count. The good Doctor has never quite gotten over this, and he's going back to change it. But when things go wrong, it's up to Nilly and Lisa to travel back in time to right all wrongs and reunite the two lovebirds. Nothing is quite so simple in a Jo Nesbo book. Enter a herd of hippos, a scheming assistant, and Time Soap that keeps going awry, sending Nilly and Lisa to the storming of the Bastille! Fortunately, as in every Jo Nesbo book, the Fart Powder solves everything.

Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder - First U.S. Edition

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1972 printing 

The Soapstone family finds it very difficult to cope with their pig when she falls in love with the cement dolphin in the park lily pond.

Pennsylvania

The Improbable Adventures of MARVELOUS O’HARA SOAPSTONE

West Virginia

Sing Down The Moon 

Illustrated version 

Large print 

See photos for small mark / inscription 

Idaho

A ten-year-old orphan comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors where she discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.

The Secret Garden

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P. D. Eastman

In excellent condition. Clean pages, free of writing. Cover shows minor shelf wear. 

Never having seen his mother, a baby bird makes humorous mistakes trying to find her.

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Jules Verne; Howard J. Schwach (Adapted by); Pablo Marcos Studio Staff (Illustrator)

A Journey to the Center of the Earth

Suzanne Selfors

Spirit Riding Free: the Adventure Begins

Michael Hoeye

The Sands of Time

Daniel Defoe; Robin H. Waterfield (Abridged by)

The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

Retold by Virginia Hamilton

The People Could Fly

Richard Peck

A Year down Yonder

Suzanne Selfors

Spirit Riding Free: the Adventure Begins

Jake Maia Arlow

The Year My Life Went down the Toilet

Katherine Hannigan

Ida B

Patricia C. McKissack; Ruthhilde Kronberg

Piece of the Wind

Jason Reynolds

Look Both Ways

R. A. Montgomery

Journey under the Sea

Barbara Park

Junie B. 's Essential Survival Guide to School (Junie B. Jones)

Julie Kagawa

Shinji Takahashi: into the Heart of the Storm

Debbie Levy

I Dissent

Elizabeth George Speare

The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Kelly Yang

Three Keys

Dorinda Silver Williams

Over There

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The Little Prince

Jo Nesbo; Tara F. Chace

Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder - First U.S. Edition

Sonny Oneal

The Improbable Adventures of MARVELOUS O’HARA SOAPSTONE

SCOTT O’DELL

Sing Down The Moon

Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Secret Garden

P. D. Eastman

Are You My Mother?