David Small
43) The friend
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With Mom too busy and Dad away much of the time, Belle finds companionship with a household employee who after each day's work takes Belle "hand in hand" to the beach.
44) The money tree
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In summer the leaves on the strange tree growing in Miss McGillicuddy's yard are harvested by many people, but when Miss McGillicuddy thinks about needing firewood for the winter, she realizes the tree may have another use.
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Marshall knows one thing for sure, despite what all the stories say: Gingerbread men cannot run. Cookies are for eating, and he can't wait to eat his after spending all morning baking them with his class. But when it's time to take the gingerbread men out of the oven... they're gone!
46) Company's going
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After inviting two spacemen to stay for dinner, Shirley and Moe are asked to return with them to their planet Nextoo to cater their sister's rather large wedding.
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Mystery on the docks: Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Singer Mysteriously Vanishes! Two mean-looking rats slink into Ralph's diner -- and they're pretty tough customers. Before the night is over, the villainous rats have kidnapped Ralph and the world-famous opera star, Eduardo Bombasto. The rats will stop at nothing. But Ralph has a few tricks up his sleeve!
Art dog: Late one night Leonardo Dog Vinci's masterpiece Mona Woofa is stolen from the Dogopolis...
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En los años 1930 en las montañas Apalaches de Kentucky, bibliotecarias a caballo, conocidas como 'las señoras de los libros, ' recorrían los altos de las montañas cada dos semanas, llueva a truene, para acercar los libros a zonas aisladas donde había pocos colegios y ninguna biblioteca.
A family living in the Appalachian Mountains in the 1930s gets books to read during the regular visits of the "Book Woman"--a librarian who rides a pack horse...
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Elizabeth Brown loves to read more than anything else, but when her collection of books grows and grows, she must make a change in her life.
A series of letters relating what happens when, after her father loses his job, Lydia Grace goes to live with her Uncle Jim in the city but takes her love for gardening with her.
A young Amish girl tells her "silent friend," her diary, about all the wonderous experiences she has on her first trip to a city,...
54) La jardinera
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A series of letters relating what happens when, after her father loses his job, Lydia Grace goes to live with her Uncle Jim in the city but takes her love for gardening with her.
"Lydia Gracia llega del luminoso campo a la gran ciudad para vivir con un tío que no conoce y que nunca sonríe. Lydia es alegre y animosa y se propone dos cosas: cambiar el aspecto sombrío de la casa y hacer sonreír al tío Jim. Para lograrlo, recurre a sus talentos...
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A day of boring errands turns into an amazing adventure when the bakery lady hands out a live triceratops instead of a cookie, the doctor's office gives away a stegosaurus instead of a sticker, and the barber brings out a pterosaur instead of a balloon! The boy in the story is ecstatic, but his mother is horrified until she finds a household chore for each new pet! The story ends with a party where everyone brings a dinosaur or two for a dip in the...
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The gardener: "Lydia Grace Finch brings a suitcase full of seeds to the big gray city, where she goes to stay with her Uncle Jim, a cantankerous baker. There she initiates a gradual transformation, bit by bit brightening the shop and bringing smiles to customers' faces with the flowers she grows. But it is in a secret place that Lydia Grace works on her masterpiece - an ambitious rooftop garden - which she hopes will make even Uncle Jim smile."--Container.
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Celebrate American history and learn about the public and private lives of our Presidents; Senator Ted Kennedy and his dog, Splash, invite children on a typical whirlwind day on Capitol Hill; A little girl imagines what her day would be like if she were Madam President; The true story of Esther Morris, who started out life believing she could do anything, and then proved it. Suports early reading; leadership; history knowledge.