Jane Yolen
1) Owl moon
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c1987
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
On a winter's night under a full moon, a father and daughter trek into the woods to see the Great Horned Owl.
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press Large Print
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Large type edition.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
Hannah resents stories of her Jewish heritage and of the past until, when opening the door during a Passover Seder, she finds herself in Poland during World War II where she experiences the horrors of a concentration camp, and learns why she-- and we--need to remember the past.
Author
Publisher
Rise x Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
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As the climate shifts, families experience weather emergencies, including a tornado, a blizzard, a forest fire, and a hurricane, finding joy in preparedness and resilience.
6) Briar Rose
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor, a Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
271 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Rebecca searches for Briar Rose's castle in the sleeping woods and finds the secret of her grandmother's past rooted in Poland and the Holocaust.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Meet twenty-six of history's most notorious women. Each bad girl has a rotten reputation, but there are two sides to every tale."--Amazon.com.
Harlot or hero? Liar or lady? There are two sides to every story. Meet twenty-six of history's most notorious women, and debate alongside authors Yolen and Stemple--who appear in the book as themselves in a series of comic panels--as to each girl's guilt or innocence.
Author
Publisher
Creative Editions
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"Jane Yolen poetically reminds young readers that a simple box can be a child's most imaginative plaything as artist Chris Sheban illustrates its myriad and magical uses"--
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This appealingly icky poetry collection presents animals that suck-quite literally! From the mosquito to the elephant to the lamprey, discover how and why these animals sip, slurp, and suck"--
10) A kite for Moon
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.
Author
Series
Unsolved mysteries from history volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
Spurred on by Sir Walter Raleigh, John White leads 120 men, women, and children across the treacherous Atlantic to colonize the wilds of Virginia. Landing at Roanoke Island in July of 1587-with hostile Indians afoot and little food for winter-the colonists persuade White to return to England for the supplies and help they need. After a terrifying ocean crossing, White finds every available British ship pressed into service against the looming threat...
Author
Publisher
Kar-Ben Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Seven-year-old Miriam places her baby brother's basket in the Nile River, watches the Pharoah's daughter draw him out and name him Moses, and ponders a vision of other water parting. Includes note on the biblical story on which this is based.
18) Foiled
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
160 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Aliera is a star at fencing, but at school no one notices her--until her new lab partner Avery begins flirting with her. Aliera's mother just bought her a foil from a garage sale, and it has a strange jewel attached to the hilt. Will Aliera's first date be ruined when magical creatures try to steal her foil?