Author: L. A. Meyer
Publisher: Harcourt Children’s Books/ Harcourt Young Adult Books
Keywords: faber, jacky, bloody, jack, adventures, life, adventure, bloodhound, account, particularly, peculiar, belly
Number of Pages: 528
Published: 2006-10-01
List price: $17.00
ISBN-10: 0152055576
ISBN-13: 9780152055578

The British crown has placed a price on Jacky’s head, and so she returns to the Lawson Peabody School for Young Girls in Boston to lay low. But laying low isn’t in the cards for a spunky lass who finds trouble even when she’s not looking for it.     A school outing goes awry as Jacky and her classmates are abducted and forced into the hold of the Bloodhound, a ship bound for the slave markets on the Barbary Coast. All of Jacky’s ingenuity, determination, and plain old good luck will be put to the test as she rallies her classmates to fight together to avoid being s

Author: Gary Paulsen
Publisher: Harcourt Children’s Books
Keywords: remembered, summer, harris
Number of Pages: 168
Published: 1993-10-29
List price: $17.00
ISBN-10: 0152928774
ISBN-13: 9780152928773

A young boy spends his tenth summer on his aunt and uncle’s farm, where he is constantly involved in crazy escapades with his cousin Harris. “On the Larson farm, readers will experience hearts as large as farmers’ appetites, humor as broad as the country landscape and adventures as wild as boyhood imaginations. All this adds up to a hearty helping of old-fashioned, rip-roaring entertainment.”--Publishers Weekly

Author: Judy Sierra
Publisher: Harcourt Children’s Books
Keywords: christmas, fright, twas
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2002-10-01
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0152018050
ISBN-13: 9780152018054

On the night before Christmas at the old haunted house, not a creature is stirring, until . . . "Aroo-roo!" Someone steps on the werewolf and wakes him, but who? He’s blaming the manticore, who’s blaming the cat, who’s blaming the zombie, who points to the bat. Help! Luckily, dear Santa Mouse knows the perfect solution to calming and quieting all this Christmas confusion. Judy Sierra and Will Hillenbrand, the ingeniously wicked team behind The House That Drac Built, have turned a holiday classic into howling, rollicking fun!

Author: Eileen Spinelli
Publisher: Harcourt Children’s Books
Keywords: wave, heat
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2007-07-01
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 015216779X
ISBN-13: 9780152167790

The mercury is climbing in Lumberville, and the folks are doing everything they can to keep cool. Officer McGinnis spends the day in a cold bath, Lottie Mims does her housework in her bathing suit, and Abigail and Ralphie Blue sell ice cubes. When the temperature refuses to relent, the entire community seeks solace by the river--where everyone dreams of cool relief.      A cast of quirky characters and lots of playful details from two celebrated picture-book talents make this heat wave look like fun! (20070601)

Author: Carolyn Haywood
Publisher: Harcourt Children’s Books
Keywords: betsy
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2004-05-01
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0152051031
ISBN-13: 9780152051037

Carolyn Haywood’s stories about her irrepressible character Betsy have never been out of print, and now, thanks to dynamic new covers, the Betsy books will find their way onto the bookshelves of modern young readers--and into the hearts of a whole new generation. Betsy is scared about going to first grade, but it turns out school is a great place. She learns about tadpoles and the true meaning of Thanksgiving, makes new friends, and has more fun than she’d ever imagined.

Author: Susan Meyers
Publisher: Harcourt Children’s Books
Keywords: babies, everywhere
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2001-04-01
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0152022260
ISBN-13: 9780152022266

Every day, everywhere, babies are born. They’re kissed and dressed and rocked and fed--and completely adored by the families who love them. With an irresistible rhyming text and delightfully endearing illustrations, here is an exuberant celebration of playing, sleeping, crawling, and of course, very noisy babies doing all the wonderful things babies do best.

Author: Lois Ehlert
Publisher: Harcourt Children’s Books
Keywords: animals, oodles
Number of Pages: 56
Published: 2008-05-01
List price: $17.00
ISBN-10: 0152062742
ISBN-13: 9780152062743

In this exuberant collection, Lois Ehlert celebrates the animal kingdom with quirky, playful rhymes and bold collage illustrations that perfectly capture the spirit of each creature. Sixty-four of her favorite animal friends are here, from hamsters to monkeys, geckos to mountain goats--and with its clever combination of fact and wordplay, this stunning volume is as fun to read as it is to look at.      Includes an author’s note. Visit www.HarcourtBooks.com/LoisEhlert for activity sheets and more!