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Afternoon of the Elves 41 reviews
Janet Taylor Lisle
Putnam Juvenile, 1999
Pulled Me In
From the very start I knew I would love this book. I was right! It is full of adventure and suspence. At some moments it is sad, at some moments it is scary, and at some moments it is happy. It is about two verry diferent girls who become friends and soon they realise that they are more similar than they think. They are named Hilary and Sarah Kate. Hillary is clean and normal. Sarah Kate has a ...
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The Great Dimpole Oak 1 review
Janet Taylor Lisle
Putnam Juvenile, 1999
A delightfully sweet and silly romp.
The big old oak in the farmer's field was many things to many people. The children of Dimpole had played under the great tree for many generations. The farmer himself was fond of telling tales of ancient murders and hidden treasure under its branches. When an officious pillar of the community decides to take offense to the lurid tales, she plans a parade and public gathering at the tree. At ...
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Just So Stories (Aladdin Classics)43 reviews
Aladdin, 2002
Things Every Child Should Know
As a child I read these wonderful stories, read them to my child and now he's reading them to his children. How can you get through life not knowing how the Elephant Got His Trunk or how the Camel Got His Hump. In these days of uncertainty, these questions beg to be answered. Even now, and I'm 60, I can quote passages from this book to unenlightened friends and have gotten some of them to read ...
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Lost Flower Children9 reviews
Janet Taylor Lisle
Putnam Juvenile, 2001
Read this book!
This book is so awesome! Once you have read it, you will have jumped into that book's landform.
-BM, student
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The Gold Dust Letters (Investigators of the Unknown, Book 1) 6 reviews
Janet Taylor Lisle
HarperTrophy, 1996
It's Magical
The Gold Dust Letters is a very exciting and magical book. Palaria, the main character, is a fairy and leaves golden dust on letters that she writes to three girls. The girls try to see her during their sleepovers. I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did.
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Black Duck19 reviews
Janet Taylor Lisle
Puffin, 2007
Masterful Storytelling
Ten years after the enactment of the Prohibition law, there occurred in the Narragansett Bay an incident that contributed to its repeal. The attack by a Coast Guard cutter of a legendary rum-running fishing boat called the Black Duck, which killed most of its crew. No one knows the details of that attack, but Janet Taylor Lisle draws upon the legend to present a gripping and plausible ...
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The Art of Keeping Cool (Aladdin Historical Fiction)24 reviews
Janet Taylor Lisle
Aladdin, 2002
World War II... MUST HAVE
Lisle, J. T. (2000). The art of keeping cool. New York: Scholastic, Inc.
Synopsis: In 1942, when Robert and his mother are forced to leave with his paternal grandfather in Rhode Island, Robert begins to find many questions within his life. Thirteen year old Robert does not understand why his father who is a fighter pilot for the Royal Canadian Air Force in England becomes estranged from ...
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The Crying Rocks5 reviews
Janet Taylor Lisle
Simon Pulse, 2005
An incredible ending.
Fourteen-year-old Joelle, who is adopted and lives in Marshfield, Rhode Island, doesn't know much about her past. All she is aware of is that she was brought in from a train station when she was just five years old. "I can't remember anything so don't ask me!" she yells irritably to anyone who snoops, including Carlos, an eccentric kid in her Spanish class. But when Carlos, a collector of ...
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Forest9 reviews
Janet Taylor Lisle
Puffin, 2001
Forest
Way better than I expected! Chapters alternate viewpoints, sometimes told from the view of Lower Forest, sometimes Upper Forest. This adds a unique chance to look at certain moments from both sides, especially since neither side can actually understand the other's language.
Amber Padgett lives in a small town named Forest with her mother, her father and her brother Wendell. She's become ...
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Highway Cats2 reviews
Janet Taylor Lisle
Philomel, 2008
The mystical kittens prove not only resilient but bring together the highway cat clan
Janet Taylor Lisle's HIGHWAY CATS provides a fine tale of a tough bunch of stray cats holed up in the woods - and the arrival of three tiny kittens who manage to cross a busy highway to find them. The mystical kittens prove not only resilient but bring together the highway cat clan in a battle against bulldozers in this fine story of cat courage.
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Afternoon of the Elves
Janet Taylor Lisle
Penguin Group USA, 1999
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Looking for Juliette (Lisle, Janet Taylor. Investigators of the Unknown, Bk. 2.)
Janet Taylor Lisle
Camelot, 1996
The magic-minded Investigators of the Unknown are a member short when Angela moves to Mexico for a year, leaving her cat Juliette behind, but when Juliette disappears, the gang uses a Ouija Board to learn her whereabouts and discovers that their new neighbor may be a witch. Reprint. SLJ.
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A Message from the Match Girl (Investigators of the Unknown, Bk 3)6 reviews
Janet Taylor Lisle
Orchard Books (NY), 1995
A Message From the Match Girl
Nine year old Walter Kew has no recollection of his mother who died when he was a baby. However he is almost positive that she is sending him secret messages softly through her ghost voice. As time moves on slowly she speaks more clearly and leads him to the Little Match Girl statue in the park. There he finds little trinkets by the statues feet, which makes him believe that the Little Match Girl ...
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Sirens and Spies 2 reviews
Janet Taylor Lisle
Aladdin, 2002
Judge not
This would be a great book to teach the importance of not judging others. She also does a good job of showing that not everything is black and white in wartime.
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Dancing Cats of Applesap, The5 reviews
Janet Taylor Lisle
Aladdin, 2002
A fun book for kids and adults
It's too bad this book is hard to find. Our daughter LOVED it and enjoyed the humorous story line. It's a great bedtime story "chapter book".
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How I Became a Writer and Oggie Learned to Drive6 reviews
Janet Taylor Lisle
Philomel, 2002
Richie's Picks: HOW I BECAME A WRITER
The foundation of Archie and Oggie's idyllic childhood has already crumbled because their dad's departure to an apartment with his new girlfriend results in their mom's move from their cozy house into a rough neighborhood. Their schedule ping-pongs them back and forth between the households. And now, Oggie has heard that Cindi the Girlfriend is pregnant. Furthermore, the boys dread any ...
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