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Brian Floca
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Brian Floca
Lightship
by Brian Floca
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2 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 3,776 libraries worldwide From the Publisher: You may never have heard of a lightship. Once, lightships anchored on waters across America, on the oceans and in the Great Lakes, floating where lighthouses could not be built. Smaller than most ships, but more steadfast, too, they held their spots, through calm and storm, to guide sailors toward safe waters. In these pages one lightship and her crew (and cat) again hold their place. The crew goes again from bow to stern, from keel to mast, to run their engines, shine their lights, and sound their horns. They run the small ship that guides the large ships. They are the crew (and cat) that work to make the ocean safe, that hold their place, so other ships can sail. Come aboard!
The true gift : a Christmas story
by Patricia MacLachlan
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3 editions published in 2009 in English and held by 3,042 libraries worldwide While spending Christmas at their grandparents' farm, Lily becomes convinced that her younger brother Liam is right about White Cow being lonely and helps him seek a companion for her, leaving little time for Christmas preparations or reading.
Poppy
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19 editions published between 1995 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 2,896 libraries worldwide Poppy the deer mouse urges her family to move next to a field of corn big enough to feed them all forever, but Mr. Ocax, a terrifying owl, has other ideas.
Bartleby of the big, bad bayou
by Phyllis Shalant
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1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 2,021 libraries worldwide After making a dangerous voyage down the Mississippi from New York, Bartleby, who had started life as a pet turtle, and his alligator friend Seezer must learn to survive in their true bayou home.
Poppy and Rye
by Avi
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10 editions published between 1998 and 2007 in English and Japanese and held by 1,853 libraries worldwide When their home next to a brook is destroyed by beavers, a large family of golden mice is aided by Poppy the deer mouse and her grumpy porcupine friend, who in the process forges a relationship with the son he had abandoned.
Moonshot : the flight of Apollo 11
by Brian Floca
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5 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in English and held by 1,824 libraries worldwide Here is the story of the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon -- a story of leaving and returning during the summer of 1969, and a story of home, seen whole, from far away by steady astronauts in their great machines.
Ereth's birthday
by Avi
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5 editions published between 2000 and 2007 in English and held by 1,774 libraries worldwide Feeling neglected on his birthday, Ereth, the cantankerous old porcupine, sets out looking for his favorite treat and instead finds himself acting as "mother" to three young fox kits.
Ragweed
by Avi
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6 editions published between 1999 and 2007 in English and held by 1,744 libraries worldwide Ragweed, a young country mouse, leaves his family and travels to the big city, where he finds excitement and danger and sees cats for the first time.
Ballet for Martha : making Appalachian Spring
by Jan Greenberg
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1 edition published in 2010 in English and held by 1,426 libraries worldwide Tells the story behind the creation of "Appalachian Spring," describing Aaron Copland's composition, Martha Graham's intense choreography and Isamu Noguchi's set design.
Poppy's return
by Avi
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5 editions published between 2005 and 2006 in English and held by 1,391 libraries worldwide Poppy, accompanied by her troublesome son Junior, his skunk friend, and Uncle Ereth the porcupine, responds to a summons to return to her ancestral home, Gray House, to save the mice there from destruction by a bulldozer.
The racecar alphabet
by Brian Floca
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4 editions published between 2003 and 2004 in English and held by 1,374 libraries worldwide An exciting day at the races highlights the letters of the alphabet as a variety of automobiles burn fuel speeding through the curves of the track.
The Hinky Pink : an old tale
by Megan McDonald
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1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 1,267 libraries worldwide Summoned to the Great Castle of Firenze to create a special dress for Princess Isabella Caramella Gorgonzola, Anabel, a talented seamstress, is at first delighted but then increasingly despairing as time passes and her efforts are continually subverted by an unseen sprite.
City of light, city of dark : a comic book novel
by Avi
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6 editions published between 1993 and 1995 in English and held by 1,253 libraries worldwide Asterel races against time to locate a token which will prevent the Kurbs from freezing the city.
Five trucks
by Brian Floca
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4 editions published between 1999 and 2001 in English and held by 1,178 libraries worldwide Five different trucks do five different jobs to get an airplane ready for takeoff.
The mayor of Central Park
by Avi
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1 edition published in 2003 in English and held by 1,161 libraries worldwide Oscar Westerwit, a squirrel who loves baseball and Broadway musicals, fights back when a gangster rat named Big Daddy Duds and his thugs move uptown in the year 1900, invade Central Park, and evict Oscar and his animal friends from their homes.
Poppy and Ereth
by Avi
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7 editions published between 2009 and 2011 in English and held by 1,054 libraries worldwide After a long, hard winter in Dimwood forest, Poppy the deer mouse finds new adventure thrust upon her while rescuing Ereth the porcupine from the mud.
Sports! sports! sports! : a poetry collection
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3 editions published between 1999 and 2000 in English and held by 961 libraries worldwide A collection of poems celebrating the joy and anguish of baseball, basketball, football, ice hockey, soccer, skating, swimming, and running races.
Jenius : the amazing guinea pig
by Dick King-Smith
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1 edition published in 1996 in English and held by 878 libraries worldwide Eight-year-old Judy tries to convince her parents and classmates that her brilliant guinea pig can do all the tricks which she says it can.
Let's fly a kite
by Stuart J Murphy
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3 editions published between 2000 and 2003 in English and Korean and held by 863 libraries worldwide Two squabbling siblings learn about symmetry when their babysitter helps them build and fly a kite.
Uncles and antlers
by Lisa Wheeler
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5 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 732 libraries worldwide Each year, all seven of Octavia's unique uncles gather from far and near to join their favorite niece in a very special job. more
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Airports Alphabet American Civil War (1861-1865) Animals Apollo 11 (Spacecraft) Appalachian spring (Copland, Aaron) Automobile racing Automobiles, Racing Ballet Books and reading Brothers and sisters Cats Christmas stories Counting Cows Dressmakers Fairy tales Fairy tales Farm life Fathers and sons Fiction Foxes Friendship Gangsters Goblins Graham, Martha Grandparents Hamsters Handicraft High interest-low vocabulary books History Juvenile works Lightships Mice Mothers and sons Noguchi, Isamu,--1904-1988 Owls Parent and child Porcupines Prejudices Princesses Project Apollo (U.S.) Rats Schools Skunks Space flight to the moon Squirrels Trucks Turtles United States
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