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Grumpy Bird

Tankard, Jeremy


Feeling too grumpy to fly, Bird begins to walk and finds that his mood changes as other animals join him.
Date Published:2007

Downside up

Scrimger, Richard, 1957-,


Fred is a sixth-grader reeling from the loss of his beloved dog, Casey. Every day he walks home from school bouncing Casey's old worn-out tennis ball. One day, the ball falls down a sewer grate, and Fred can't bear to leave it down there. He pries open the grate and stumbles down...
Date Published:2016

Lost & found

Tan, Shaun.


Three stories explore how we lose and find what matters most to us, as a girl finds a bright spot in a dark world, a boy leads a strange, lost being home, and a group of peaceful creatures loses its home to cruel invaders.
Date Published:2011

Giant steps to change the world

Lee, Spike


Pursuing one's own path in life takes courage, strength, and perseverance, as demonstrated by such inspirational leaders as Barack Obama, Albert Einstein, and Muhammad Ali.
Date Published:2011

The red tree

Tan, Shaun, 1974-


Originally published in Australia 2001. Even when the day seems bleak with nothing to look forward to, there is hope for better times if you look around.
Date Published:2001

Spy school : secret service

Gibbs, Stuart, 1969-,


Thirteen-year-old Ben Ripley is assigned to protect the president from an assassination attempt in his first solo mission, but he may be in over his head.
Date Published:2017

Thump, thump, rat-a-tat-tat

Baer, Gene, 1927-


"A Charlotte Zolotow book." A distant marching band grows larger and louder as it nears, and then softer and smaller as it goes away again.
Date Published:1989

Neil Flambé and the Tokyo treasure

Sylvester, Kevin


Celebrity teenaged chef Neil Flambé heads to Japan to solve his next mystery when news arrives that his cousin Larry, a manga comic book writer visiting Tokyo, has died in a boating accident.
Date Published:2012

Excellent excuses (and other good stuff)

Pichon, Liz


"Includes a special glossary by Tom!" Tom Gates, master of excuses, expert doodler and hilarious story writer is back -- and making the most of his holiday! No school for two whole weeks leaves Tom with tons of time for the important things in life... Like inventing new ways to annoy his sister Delia (so many); band practice for the DogZombies (rock stars in the making!); watching TV and eating caramel wafers; eating caramel wafers and watching TV. Excellent. Of course, he still has to do his book report for Mr. Keen...
Date Published:2013

"Includes a special glossary by Tom!" Tom Gates, master of excuses, expert doodler and hilarious story writer is back -- and making the most of his holiday! No school for two whole weeks leaves Tom with tons of time for the important things in life... Like inventing new ways to annoy his sister Delia (so many); band practice for the DogZombies (rock stars in the making!); watching TV and eating caramel wafers; eating caramel wafers and watching TV. Excellent. Of course, he still has to do his book report for Mr. Keen...

Date Published:2013

Tales from a not-so-glam TV star

Russell, Rachel Renée


"This diary belongs to Nikki J. Maxwell -- Private & Confidential -- No snooping allowed!!!"--Inside cover. Nikki is in the spotlight. A reality TV crew will follow her and her friends for the whole month of March as they record their hit song together. But will the excitement also cause unexpected problems, now that cameras are everywhere that Nikki and her friends go? Everyone's been rooting for Nikki Maxwell and her crush, Brandon -- and fans will finally learn if they had their first kiss in this seventh book of the Dork Diaries series!
Date Published:2014

"This diary belongs to Nikki J. Maxwell -- Private & Confidential -- No snooping allowed!!!"--Inside cover. Nikki is in the spotlight. A reality TV crew will follow her and her friends for the whole month of March as they record their hit song together. But will the excitement also cause unexpected problems, now that cameras are everywhere that Nikki and her friends go? Everyone's been rooting for Nikki Maxwell and her crush, Brandon -- and fans will finally learn if they had their first kiss in this seventh book of the Dork Diaries series!

Date Published:2014

Wildwood

Meloy, Colin.


When her baby brother is kidnapped by crows, seventh-grader Prue McKeel ventures into the forbidden Impassable Wilderness--a dangerous and magical forest at the edge of Portland, Oregon--and soon finds herself involved in a war among the various inhabitants.
Date Published:2012

First graders from Mars episode I : Horus's horrible day

Corey, Shana



Date Published:2001

The invention of Hugo Cabret : a novel in words and pictures

Selznick, Brian


This book may also be known under title: Rocket to the moon. When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized.
Date Published:2007

The bad mood and the stick

Snicket, Lemony,


Curly's bad mood travels from person to person, unexpectedly leaving opportunities for forgiveness, laughter, and love in its wake.
Date Published:2017

Saving Crafter : an unofficial Minecrafter's adventure

Cheverton, Mark


Gameknight999's best friend in Minecraft is dying, and only the user-that-is-not-a-user can save him!
Date Published:2016

The assassin's curse

Sands, Kevin


When Christopher Rowe's code-breaking uncovers the true target of an assassination attempt, he and his friends are odered to Paris to investigate a centuries-old curse on the French throne.
Date Published:2017

Hold fast

Balliett, Blue, 1955-,


Originally published: 2013. On a cold winter day in Chicago, Early's father disappeared, and now she, her mother and her brother have been forced to flee their apartment and join the ranks of the homeless--and it is up to Early to hold her family together and solve the mystery surrounding her father.
Date Published:2015

Booky : a trilogy

Hunter, Bernice Thurman


That scatterbrain Booky -- Visitors from Saskatoon -- With love from Booky -- As ever, Booky.
Date Published:1998

Sweep

Greig, Louise.


"First published in Great Britain 2018 by Egmont UK Limited ". Ed s bad mood begins as something really small, hardly a thing at all. But before long it grows, gathers pace, and spreads through the whole town. Can Ed sweep his troubles away?
Date Published:2019

Boy soup

Lesynski, Loris


Originally published under title: Boy soup, or, When Giant caught cold. When Giant wakes up with a big, hurting head and a sore, raspy throat, he finds the cure is a bowl of Boy Soup! Giant captures five boys and Kate, who all protest his plan. But Kate soon comes up with her own remedy.
Date Published:2008