Donna Jo Napoli
Author
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents illustrated retellings of classic Greek myths, sharing the stories of Zeus, Aphrodite, Apollo, Athena, Helen of Troy, Perseus, and Medusa, with sidebars for each god, goddess, hero, and monster that link the tales to constellations, history, geography, and culture, and including profiles, a family tree, and other resources.
5) North
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tired of his mother's overprotectiveness and intrigued by the life of African American explorer Matthew Henson, twelve-year-old Alvin travels north and spends a season with a trapper near the Arctic Circle.
6) Albert
Author
Publisher
Silver Whistle/Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
One day when Albert is at his window, two cardinals come to build a nest in his hand, an event that changes his life.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Melkorka, an Irish princess, is kidnapped by Russian slave traders and not only learns how to survive but to challenge some of the brutality of her captors, who are fascinated by her apparent muteness and the possibility that she is enchanted.
Author
Series
Sly the sleuth mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Sly the Sleuth, also known as Sylvia, solves three mysteries for her friends and neighbors, all involving pets, through her detective agency, Sleuth for Hire.
10) Pink magic
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Nick wishes for some pink mail addressed just to him, and his sister helps make it happen.
12) Flamingo dream
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Grieving over her father's death from cancer, a young girl celebrates their last year together by making a book that includes mementos and a story.
13) The crossing
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
In 1805, Sacagawea, a woman of the Shoshoni tribe, helps Meriwether Lewis and William Clark find a passage to the West Coast, in this story told through the eyes of the baby boy on Sacagawea's back.
14) Hands & hearts
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Highlights the bond between a mother and her child while providing a gentle introduction to sign language during their day at the beach"--
Author
Series
Sly the sleuth mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Sly uses her detective skills to help her friends solve mysteries that all involve some kind of code.
Author
Series
Sly the sleuth mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Sly uses her detective skills to help her friends solve the case of something fishy, something cooking, and something seedy.
19) Una perla única
Author
Publisher
Picarona
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Español
Description
Sigue el viaje de un solo grano de arena aparentemente sin importancia que sufre una transformación hermosa en el océano.
Follows the journey of a single grain of seemingly unimportant sand that undergoes a beautiful transformation in the ocean.
20) Dark shimmer
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A retelling of Snow White from the evil step mother's point of view as fifteen-year-old Dolce grows up on islands in a Venetian lagoon where she learns how to make mirrors, but when her mother dies she is taken in by a widower and his daughter while she secretly continues making mirrors and slowly goes mad from mercury poisoning.