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Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c1992
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Originally published: New York : Philomel Books, 1992. To thank Miss Eula for her wonderful Sunday chicken dinners, three children sell decorated eggs to buy her a beautiful Easter hat.
2) Pink and Say
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c1994
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Say Curtis describes his meeting with Pinkus Aylee, a black soldier, during the Civil War, and their capture by Southern troops. Based on a true story about the author's great-great-grandfather.
3) Thunder cake
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[1990]
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Grandma finds a way to dispel her grandchild's fear of thunderstorms.
4) Emma Kate
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Emma Kate and her best friend share many activities, such as homework and soccer practice, and even have their tonsils out at the same time, all the things best friends do. But there is more to this best friend than meets the eye.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c1988
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
An injured goose rescued by Babushka, having broken the painted eggs intended for the Easter Festival in Moscva, lays thirteen marvelously colored eggs to replace them, then leaves behind one final miracle in egg form before returning to her own kind.
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1990
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Naomi, an Amish girl whose elders have impressed upon her the importance of adhering to the simple ways of her people, is horrified when one of her hen eggs hatches into an extremely fancy bird.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes how a teacher named Miss Chew encouraged individuality, and accepted learning differences, and helped a young student with academic difficulties get extra time to take tests and permission to be in advanced art classes. Inspired by the author's memories of her art teacher.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
When her beloved Ginger, a piano-playing socialite and very snappy dresser, makes a last-minute trip to London not knowing her housesitter has cancelled, Petunia the pig does more than fend for herself, she becomes Ginger.
10) Remembering Vera
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A stray dog secretly adopted by the men of a U.S. Coast Guard base in San Francisco Bay proves to be a hero.
11) Welcome Comfort
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Welcome Comfort, a lonely foster child, is assured by his friend the school custodian that there is a Santa Claus, but he does not discover the truth until one wondrous and surprising Christmas Eve.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1912, orphaned Irish street musician Jonathan Harker accidentally stows away on the Titanic, where he is befriended by Wallace Hartley, called "the bravest man in the world" for playing violin with the band as the Titanic sank. Includes historical note.
14) Holes in the sky
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Soon after her beloved grandmother's death, Trisha's family moves to a diverse California neighborhood where she meets Stewart and his grandmother, Miss Eula, who brings people together to help a grieving neighbor.
15) Fiona's lace
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
(unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Fiona and her family moved from Ireland to Chicago to begin a new life. Yet, when the family is struck with misfortune, will Fiona's lace help save them?"--
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