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Catherine, Called Birdy (rpkg) (Trophy Newbery) 283 reviews
Karen Cushman
HarperTrophy, 1995
Great book
I am a music teacher and am doing a medieval/renaissance program at the library. I made this required reading for my students because it really helps them see what it would have been like to grow up a young woman in medieval times. It keeps your attention because it's rather short and has all the gross stuff in it like pig stomach with raisins, stinky privies, and the like. You know, stuff that ...
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Mitch and Amy (rpkg) 13 reviews
Beverly Cleary
HarperTrophy, 1991
Mitch and Amy an awesome book
My b/g twins and I read this book together. They are soon to be 9 and the book describes the life of twins so well. Well we read this book I kept saying boy they sound like you two to my twins. This is a fun book to read. My twins would tell you it's a must have book. We all know Beverly Clearly is an awesome writer and she wrote this book so well.
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Mandy (rpkg) (Julie Andrews Collection) 138 reviews
Julie Andrews Edwards
HarperTrophy, 1989
Much better than "The Secret Garden"
This book reminds me a lot of "The Secret Garden" without being quite as preachy and overly descriptive. My two daughters absolutely love this book and consider it one of their favorites.
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Red Scarf Girl (rpkg): A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution105 reviews
Ji-li Jiang
HarperTeen, 1998
Red Scarf Girl
A compelling memoir from a girl growing up during the Chinese cultural revolution. Filled with patriotic fervor for the Chinese communist government, Ji-li is at first ashamed to be part of her family, which is persecuted because of her grandfather's political beliefs. But as she sees injustices heaped onto the heads of many people around her, she gradually becomes disillusioned and no longer ...
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Emily's Runaway Imagination (rpkg)8 reviews
Beverly Cleary
HarperTrophy, 1990
Very charming, lovely and nostalgic
I just reread this book as a teacher/adult. I read it as a child almost twenty years ago, I liked it back then too. Very sweet and humorous. It is a great picture of Americana with Grandpa's automobile, Sunday after-church picnics, and party-line telephones! And then the pigs with the rotton apples during Mama's elegant party. Terrific!! I can see the characters in my grandparents. Great way to ...
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The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (rpkg) (HarperClassics)407 reviews
Avi
HarperTrophy, 1997
Inspiring!
I loved this book from cover to cover and have read it multiple times. The writing is compelling and the characters interesting. I found the second part of the book to be my favorite. Charlotte finally breaks out of her shell and the story gets turned up a notch. I love all of the nautical terms and definitely learned a lot of new things about sailing while reading this book. I loved this ...
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Pio Peep! (rpkg): Traditional Spanish Nursery Rhymes3 reviews
Alma Flor Ada, F. Isabel Campoy, ...
Rayo, 2003
Sweet and endearing
Since my infant twins are Cuban-American, I have been looking for children's books that will teach them Spanish while also teaching them a bit of their heritage. This collection of Latin American nursery rhymes brings together a collection of sweet rhymes that also appear in English. I'm always interested to see how the translator of this work chose to translate the rhymes. Often, the ...
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Angels and Other Strangers (rpkg): Family Christmas Stories3 reviews
Katherine Paterson
HarperTrophy, 1988
Unfinished Christmas Gift
Review of Katherine Paterson 1979 Angels and Other Strangers: Family Christmas Stories. New York:Harper Trophy By Pamela Wright, Ph.D. This book contains moving stories that might be a nice accompaniment to Christmas family devotionals. Some stories also might be a good selection for a mother-daughter reading group, provided the daughters are mature. Paterson's characters, though set in ...
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Dear Mr. Henshaw (Spanish edition rpkg): Querido Senor Henshaw (HarperClassics)1 review
Beverly Cleary
Rayo, 1997
Dear Mr. Henshaw
This book is about a young boy named Leigh Botts who writes letters to an author, Mr. Henshaw. Leigh Botts parents are divorced and he does not get to see his dad too much. Leigh writes in his journal when he does not write to Mr. Henshaw. Leigh's has a dog named Bandit that lives with his Dad. This is a great book that teaches journal writing.
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The Moves Make the Man (rpkg) (HarperClassics)45 reviews
Bruce Brooks
HarperTrophy, 1996
one of my all time favorites
Children are taught that they should tell the truth, no matter what. But is that how things really are? There's truth, and there's diplomacy. How much of truth is in diplomacy, and vice versa? What if a child isn't taught diplomacy? Does that make his world black and white?
That seems to be the case for Bix Rivers, since he went from complete honesty to complete dishonesty after ...
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Wringer (rpkg) (HarperClassics)258 reviews
Jerry Spinelli
HarperTrophy, 1998
A child's first complex experience with animal rights
Wringer by Jerry Spinelli
Spinelli, in his usual unique prose that captures the essence and fears of childhood, tackles the troubling subject of animal rights (in the form of a city-wide pigeon shoot and the ten-year-old boys' job to wring the necks of the downed birds), as well as the subject of growing up. Palmer, horrified at a young age by the city's tradition, lives in fear of the day when ...
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Olive's Ocean (rpkg) (HarperClassics)98 reviews
Kevin Henkes
HarperTrophy, 2005
Idalis from Lake Tapps says, "This is a truly good book!"
Her name was Olive. She arrived at her grandmother's house in tears, she was an orphan, she held her grandmother's old wrinkly hands and wept. Then she heard the ocean, she looked as a huge wave crashed on a giant rock, and for a moment she forgot how sad she was.
This is a story about a young girl named Olive. Olive had no friends. Another girl named Martha wanted to meet Olive ever sensed she ...
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Flat Stanley (rpkg) (Flat Stanley)70 reviews
Jeff Brown
HarperTrophy, 2003
Hooked my 6 year old on reading chapter books
My son was reading well, but Junie B, Horrible Harry etc didn't capture his imagination and have him clamoring for more -- but this one, just totally captured his imagination and got to the top of his Christmas wishlist. In fact they got read before all of his toys got opened.
I think, those series(at least the few we did read) have such mundane classroom settings, but flattening Stanley set ...
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Middle School: The Real Deal (rpkg): From Cafeteria Food to Combination Locks6 reviews
Juliana Farrell
HarperTrophy, 2001
Real help
Ok... your leaving elementary school about to enter middle school/jr. high and your dead afraid. What do you do? Well, you read Middle School: the real deal. I bought the book during the summer before 6th grade while at Barnes & Noble during a family vacation and it was actually pretty helpful.You can't really expect to read this and have no troubles though,because you have to learn somethings ...
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Dear Mr. Henshaw (rpkg) (HarperClassics)152 reviews
Beverly Cleary
HarperTrophy, 2000
Excellent novel
Lee is a lonely little boy dealing with his parents' divorce. He begins a correspondence with his favorite author, Mr. Henshaw. This letter writing helps Lee understand himself better.
I read this to my classes every year when we are learning about letter writing. It is a powerful novel that kids can relate to.
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Far North (rpkg) (HarperClassics)50 reviews
Will Hobbs
HarperCollins, 1997
Great Read!!!
I bought this book to use in a literature unit with two 8th-grade homeschoolers, one an avid reader, and the other a very reluctant reader. The book was a hit with both! The reluctant reader even started reading ahead on his own because he wanted to find out how the story turned out. The story stimulated some great discussions on literary technique (foreshadowing, cliffhangers), social and ...
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Freaky Friday (rpkg)58 reviews
Mary Rodgers
HarperTrophy, 1972
The Funkiest Book In The World
If this story were real, the world be a circus! (in a good way!) This book is awesome and I have now read it about 20 billion times!! In this book two characters lives get mixed up and everything goes wrong! I recommend this book to anyone who loves laugh aloud stories!!
-LRW
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Baby's First Library (rpkg) (Baby's First Library)18 reviews
Margaret Wise Brown
HarperFestival, 1997
Wonderful - Just Wonderful
These books are wonderful. I started reading them to my sons as soon as they were born. My oldest is 3 and he can "read" Goodnight Moon to me. He looks forward to finding the little bunny before his mommy does in The Runaway Bunny and knows when to make the animal sounds before I turn the page in the Big Red Barn. This collection is a must for all kids. You won't regret buying them for the ...
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The Ramona Collection, Volume 2 (rpkg) (Ramona Collections)9 reviews
Beverly Cleary
HarperTrophy, 2002
Great Books
After my daughter read Junie B Jones she wanted another "Girly" book to read and I found Ramona.
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