Laurel Snyder

In this heartwarming sequel to Laurel Snyder's beginning chapter bookCharlie & Mouse, the two brothers enjoy a special visit from their grandpa, Grumpy. Follow along as they discuss being medium, pounce each other, sing the wrong songs, build blanket forts, and more.

During a family camping trip a brother and sister enjoy exploring nature, and each night they hear the English and Hebrew phrases for good night from the waves, wind, or grass.

Illustrations and rhyming text on board pages introduce children to Yiddish words such as "bissel," "kibitz," and "kvell."

King Jasper can order his wizard to conjure up anything at all: dragons, robots, superheroes, even rainbow-colored kittens which leads to a magical mess only he can clean up.

When Baxter the pig hears about the joys of Shabbat dinner he tries to become kosher so that he can participate.

When her father suddenly quits his job, the almost-ten-year-old, friendless Penny and her neglectful parents leave their privileged life in the city for a ramshackle property in Thrush Junction, Tennessee, where their tenants have never paid rent and the town's shops include Praise God the Lord Hot Dog Shack and Fugate's Feed Shop and Bridal Store.

"A young girl and her neighbor bond over a love of gardening"--

When the body of her mother, a suicide nineteen years earlier, is mysteriously exhumed, Ginger Mason returns to her small Georgia hometown and is reunited with her reclusive brother as dark secrets about their family begin to surface.

Devastated when her parents separate, twelve-year-old Rebecca must move with her mother from Baltimore to Gran's house in Atlanta, where Rebecca discovers an old bread box with the power to grant any wish--so long as the wished-for thing fits in the bread box.

Charlie and Mouse, two young brothers, enjoy a day out together, attending an imaginary party and collecting rocks.

Lucy, a milkmaid, and her best friend Wynston, a reluctant prince, go in search of information about Lucy's missing mother--even though Wynston is supposed to be searching for a proper princess to marry.

THIS IS THE tale of Lucy and her best friend, Wynston. Until recently, they spent their days paddling in the river, picking blackberries, and teasing each other mercilessly. But now, King Desmond has insisted that Wynston devote every spare second to ruby-shining and princess-finding. Lucy feels left out. So she sets off for the Scratchy Mountains to solve the mystery of her missing mother. When Wynston discovers that Lucy is gone, he tears after her, and together they embark on a series of strange and wonderful adventures.From the Hardcover edition.

Four kids, a mysterious wall, and a good helping of common magic!If you had a magic wall that could take you to any place and any time, where would you go? Would you want to visit castles and desert islands? Would you want to meet famous wizards, terrible pirates, beautiful queens, and dastardly outlaws? If so, then you are just like Henry and Emma, and Roy and Susan--and you will probably like this story a lot. In fact, you might even wish something similar would happen to you!In Any Which Wall, author Laurel Snyder proves that you don't have to be an orphan, know a dragon, or even be a child to get a taste of magic. You just have to keep your mind open and willing to let it happen. And when you do find magic (like Henry, Emma, Roy, and Susan), you might be surprised that along with all the fun, you also find out new things about your friends, your family, and maybe even a little bit about who you really want to be.From the Hardcover edition.

A child in Egypt tells what the Jews are experiencing in the days leading up to their flight from Egyptian slavery.

226 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm500L Lexile