Author: Allen Say
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Childre
Keywords: book, medal, caldecott, journey, grandfather
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 1993-10-25
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0395570352
ISBN-13: 9780395570357

Through compelling reminiscences of his grandfather’s life in America and Japan, Allen Say gives us a poignant acount of a family’s unique cross-cultural experience. He warmly conveys his own love forHome becomes elusive in this story about immigration and acculturation, pieced together through old pictures and salvaged family tales. Both the narrator and his grandfather long to return to Japan, but when they do, they feel anonymous and confused: "The funny thing is, the moment I am in one country, I am homesick for the other." Allen Say’s prose is succinct and controlled, to

Authors:Geert Spillebeen,  Terese Edelstei,
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Childre
Keywords: fiction, books, awards, ribbon, blue, choice, bccb, kipling
Number of Pages: 147
Published: 2005-05-30
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0618431241
ISBN-13: 9780618431243

As a young man, Rudyard Kipling was devastated when his military application was rejected because of poor eyesight. Although Rudyard would go on to win England’s highest accolades, he never got over this lost opportunity to serve his country. When World War I broke out, John, like his father before him, wanted to fight for his country. When his military application was threatened for the same reason as his father’s—poor eyesight—Rudyard took matters into his own hands. Determined not to let history repeat itself, the elder Kipling applied all his influence to get his son a commission.

Author: Kitty Richard
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Childre
Keywords: reader, begins, journey, express, polar
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2004-10-12
List price: $3.99
ISBN-10: 0618477950
ISBN-13: 9780618477951

For those Polar Express fans who are just beginning to read on their own, this books starts readers on an incredible journey.

Author: Francisco Jimenez
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Childre
Keywords: circuit
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 1999-10-01
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0395979021
ISBN-13: 9780395979020

"’La frontera’...I heard it for the first time back in the late 1940s when Papa and Mama told me and Roberto, my older brother, that someday we would take a long trip north, cross la frontera, enter California, and leave our poverty behind." So begins this honest and powerful account of a family’s journey to the fields of California -- to a life of constant moving, from strawberry fields to cotton fields, from tent cities to one-room shacks, from picking grapes to topping carrots and thinning lettuce. Seen through the eyes of a boy who longs for an education and the right to

Author: Lois Lowry
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Childre
Keywords: stars, number
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 1989-04-24
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0395510600
ISBN-13: 9780395510605

The evacuation of Jews from Nazi-held Denmark is one of the great untold stories of World War II. On September 29, 1943, word got out in Denmark that Jews were to be detained and then sent to the death camps. Within hours the Danish resistance, population and police arranged a small flotilla to herd 7,000 Jews to Sweden. Lois Lowry fictionalizes a true-story account to bring this courageous tale to life. She brings the experience to life through the eyes of 10-year-old Annemarie Johannesen, whose family harbors her best friend, Ellen Rosen, on the eve of the round-up and helps smuggles Ellen&#

Authors:James Marshall,  Maurice Sendak,
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Childre
Keywords: friends, stories, complete, martha, george
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 1997-10-27
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 0395851580
ISBN-13: 9780395851586

Like all best friends, George and Martha do everything together--go to the movies, play at the beach, and just hang around not doing much of anything. No matter that they happen to be gigantic hippopotami, they learn the same lessons humans do about the ups and downs of true friendship. George and Martha teach each other (and adoring readers) that even in a close friendship, privacy is important, practical jokes can sometimes backfire, and among other things, pouring split pea soup into your loafers to spare the chef’s feelings is not the best laid plan. What’s remarkable about the

Author: Carl Deuker
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Childre
Keywords: hoops, night
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2000-04-24
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0395979366
ISBN-13: 9780395979365

Nick Abbott and Trent Dawson have nothing in common but basketball. Or so it seems. But as the basketball season progresses, their lives become unexpectedly intertwined. In this story of an unlikely bond, award-winning author Carl Deuker explores that dark and confusing place between loneliness and friendship, between faithfulness and betrayal. Filled with gripping game play, the novel will leave readers wondering how much they themselves would reach out to a kid like Trent.