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Author
Series
Mercy Watson volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Fountas & Pinnell
K
Language
English
Formats
Description
After Mercy the pig snuggles to sleep with the Watsons, all three awaken with the bed teetering on the edge of a big hole in the floor.
3) Ivy and Bean
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When seven-year-old Bean plays a mean trick on her sister, she finds unexpected support for her antics from Ivy, the new neighbor, who is less boring than Bean first suspected.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Vermont Golden Dome Book Award Nominees 2021 - 22
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award Nominees: 2021-2022 Master List
VT Golden Dome Book Award 2021-2022
Formats
Description
It's the summer of '83 on Trowbridge Road, and June Bug Jordan is hungry. Months after her father's death from complications from AIDS, her mother has stopped cooking and refuses to leave the house, instead locking herself away to scour at the germs she believes are everywhere. June Bug threatens this precarious existence by going out into the neighborhood, gradually befriending an imaginative boy who is living with his Nana Jean after experiencing...
5) The goat
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books Ltd
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kid and her family move to an apartment building in New York City, whose eccentric residents include a skateboarding fantasy writer, a guinea pig hoarder, and possibly a goat who lives on the roof.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
"Camila the chicken, Mr. Martinez the fox, Felipe the mouse, Rodolfo the cat, Matilde the pig, Mrs. Paquita the owl, Pepe the ogre, and Matilde the inventor all live on the same street, but nobody talks to anybody else. One day a chain reaction begins that turns this neighborhood into a true community"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Two quirky characters living in an apartment building come together in this picture book that reinforces the importance of asking questions in order to better understand each other and the world around them"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House/Listening Library
Pub. Date
p2006
Edition
Library ed.
Physical Desc
1 sound disc (ca. 42 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mercy Watson to the rescue: After Mercy the pig snuggles to sleep with the Watsons, all three awaken with the bed teetering on the edge of a big hole in the floor.
Mercy Watson goes for a ride: Mr. Watson's usual Saturday drive in his Cadillac with his favorite pig, Mercy, turns into an adventure when an unexpected passenger shows up in the back seat and Mercy finds herself behind the wheel.
10) Rain!
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
As an old man grumbles his way through a rainy morning, spreading gloom, his neighbor, a young child, spreads cheer while hopping through puddles in frog-themed rainwear.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A little girl has big plans for her day at the park, but when her two Mums stop to talk to some chatty neighbors she is convinced that her whole day will be completely ruined.
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
English edition.
Physical Desc
33 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
A mother rabbit and her young bunny are on their way home in the dark night. The young bunny ponders the activities of his neighbors in their homes, he wonders about the sights, smells, and sounds coming from the neighbors going about their evening. When they reach home, the father rabbit tucks the bunny into bed as he enjoys the comforts of nighttime in the city.
Author
Publisher
Simply Read Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Albert the yogi is stuck-all twisted up like a pretzel. Everyone from the lifeguard to the librarian shows up to help, but only little Emily knows what to do. Will she find the courage to speak up?
Author
Series
Vanderbeekers volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Told that they will have to move out of their Harlem brownstone just after Christmas, the five Vanderbeeker children, ages four to twelve, decide to change their reclusive landlord's mind"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Walden Pond Press
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Alder has always lived in his cozy little house in Southern California. And for as long as he can remember, the old, reliable, comforting walnut tree has stood between his house and the one next door. That is, until a new family--with a particularly annoying girl his age named Oak--moves into the neighboring house and, without warning, cuts it down. As Oak and Alder start school together, they can't imagine ever becoming friends. But the two of them...
Author
Series
Mother Bruce volume 5
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 32 cm
Language
English
Description
Grumpy Bruce the bear does not like neighbors, but is forced to help when a big storm draws them all to his home.
17) Jake
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
When ten-year-old Jake's widowed mother breaks her leg just before Christmas while her sister and best friend are both away, a grandfather Jake barely remembers must come to Baltimore, Maryland, to help a neighbor take care of him.
18) Moo: a novel
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
When Reena, her little brother, Luke, and their parents first move to Maine, Reena doesn't know what to expect. She's ready for beaches, blueberries, and all the lobster she can eat. Instead, her parents "volunteer" Reena and Luke to work for an eccentric neighbor named Mrs. Falala, who has a pig named Paulie, a cat named China, a snake named Edna-- and that stubborn cow, Zora.
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Fountas & Pinnell
K
Physical Desc
25 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Yasmin gathers a cape and mask and sets out to find a villain to defeat with her "super powers"--however there are no villains hiding on her block, just neighbors who need a little help.
Author
Series
Ivy + Bean volume 8
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
127 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ivy and Bean try to make money by writing a newspaper about Pancake Court but the neighbors are not pleased to read about themselves.
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