Matt Phelan
Author
Series
Cookie chronicles volume 1
Language
English
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Formats
Description
In 1783 France, ten-year-old Emile works as Benjamin Franklin's caretaker, but after he finds himself in the middle of a sinister plot, he helps France's undercover guardians, a sheep, a rooster, and a duck, save the world.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
pages : illustrations ; cm
Language
English
Description
In 1928 New York City, a young girl named Samantha White is sent away by her cold stepmother, only to return after the stock market has crashed to find her father gone and her ruthless stepmother after her inheritance.
Author
Series
Plum (Matt Phelan) volume 2
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
119 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The animals of the Athensville Zoo are stranded in an elementary school overnight, and it is up to the irrepressible peacock Plum to save the day"--
4) Turtle walk
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"A family of turtles goes for a long, long walk that has an unexpected and very fun ending"--
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
235 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Challenged with circling the world at the end of the nineteenth century, three very different adventurers--avid bicyclist Thomas Stevens, fearless reporter Nellie Bly, and retired sea captain Joshua Slocum--embark on epic journeys.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Intoxicating . . . it will be hard for young readers to put down."—New York Times Book Review
"A grand, giddy, and, at times, literally soaring tale."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"An amusing, fast-paced tale of land, sky, and spies."—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Incredibly creative. . . . A little bit of history, a touch of mystery, and heaps
...Author
Series
Hard Pan trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
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Description
Fearing that her legal guardian plans to abandon her to return to France, ten-year-old aspiring scientist Lucky Trimble determines to run away while also continuing to seek the Higher Power that will bring stability to her life.
Author
Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A young boy, seeing that Moon is lonely, sends up a kite to cheer her then, after growing up and learning many things, he becomes the first human to visit her. Dedicated to Neil Armstrong and written in recognition of the fiftieth anniversary of the first U.S. moon landing.
10) Lucky breaks
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Having reached the mature age of eleven in the tiny California town of Hard Pan (population 43), Lucky discovers that there is still much to learn about friendship, parental trust, and the Milky Way galaxy.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
A lot of Marilyn's friends have monsters. Each one is just right for its boy or girl. Marilyn really wants a monster, too, but despite her efforts to be the kind of girl no monster could resist, hers just doesn't come.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
36 unnumbered pages, 24 cm color illustrations
Language
English
Description
When Little Robot finds a creative solution to his lonliness he gets straight to work on shaping the perfect companion out of metal, and affectionately names him Little Dog.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt, Inc
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
[48] p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
Portrays George Washington as a shy boy who wasn't afraid of anything except talking to people, but who grew up to lead an army against the British and serve as president of the new nation.
Series
Comics Squad volume 3
Publisher
Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
145 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
An anthology of comics by well-known graphic novelists on the theme of detention.