A yearling book

Young adult historical novel set in early 19th century England. A London bookseller publishes a radical pamphlet and finds himself in trouble both with the law and with the poor people he hoped to help.

When rumor has it that Julia's house is going to be torn down, she and her "night daddy" Peter try to find a way to save it.

The life of a Jewish family with seven children growing up on New York's Lower East Side in the early twentieth century is the subject of this series. It includes All-of-a-Kind Family Downtown, All-of-a-Kind Family Uptown, Ella of All-of-a-Kind Family, and others.

Tired of being world citizens, traveling with their brother on his tours as a violin prodigy, the Forum children (Myra, Sebastian, Wolfgang and Ethel) plot to find a home of their own and discover careers of their own in films and ballet.

Three children vacationing on Pirate Island discover a long-lost family "treasure."

The story of a young girl and her blanket named Wigger, her only friend.

Twelve-year-old Zambia thinks that life with her aunt and uncle in Deacons Neck, South Carolina, is boring and dreams of going to live with her smooth-talking, fast-living father, until she gets to know the darker side of his world.

Recounts the adventures of a nine-year-old Jewish girl and her family in the early 1930's as they travel from Germany to England.

With the help of the meanest substitute teacher in the whole school, Richard "Beast" Best learns a lesson about fear.

Nate the Great and his dog Sludge try to track down Claude's missing Stegosaurus stamp.

A man who runs a restaurant on the edge of the big north woods meets a talking blue moose that moves in and spends the winter serving as head waiter.

The everyday experiences of an eight-year-old Puerto Rican girl growing up in a close-knit, urban community.

Kidnapped by the crew of an Africa-bound ship, a thirteen-year-old boy discovers to his horror that he is on a slaver and his job is to play music for the exercise periods of the human cargo.

Of the twenty-eight girls at 18 Butterfield Square only four are interested in becoming members of the Ten O'Clock Club which is a success despite the low membership.

Adolescence. The story of Joanda, the child of Southern sharecroppers.

The adventures of twelve-year-old Jake and Jim Ugly, his father's part-mongrel, part-wolf dog, as they travel through the Old West trying to find out what really happened to Jake's actor father. Suggested level: primary, intermediate. From Google Books

Set in a little-known backwoods region of Florida, Strawberry Girl is the first of the Lenski regional books and the winner of the Newbery award.

(Description from the first edition) Miss Bianca, the intrepid heroine of The Rescuers, Miss Bianca, and The Turret, is back as Perpetual Madam President of the M.P.S.A (Mouse Prisoners' Aid Society). In her new and responsible position she has reached the ultimate in status, experience and resourcefulness. When last seen, Miss Bianca was engaged in the rescue of her mortal enemy Mandrake, imprisoned in The Turret. In her latest adventure, dainty but dauntless, Miss Bianca faces her most perilous rescue to date. Assisted by her stalwart companion Bernard and two crusty old professors, she embarks on a dangerous mission to rescue Teddy-Age-Eight from the salt mines. The quartet meets with obstacles which would make the faint of heart desert the quest and leave the prisoner to his fate: the narrow-gauge railway they must ride whose accident rate is mortally high; the deep and treacherous lake surrounding Teddy-Age-Eight's prison; the greedy and cruel Governor who has made Teddy his slave. These are some of the dangers which must be overcome before Teddy-Age-Eight can be brought to safety. Bernard, Miss Bianca's faithful lieutenant, comes into his own in this latest and most exciting of the chronicles. All those, both young and old, who are followers of Miss Bianca's adventures will enjoy this most ingenious and imaginative addition to Margery Sharp's winsome series. This story, like its predecessors, is enchantingly illustrated by Garth Williams, and his creations of Miss Bianca, Bernard, all the characters both animal and human, are charming and delightful. Margery Sharp is the versatile author of novels including The Eye of Love, The Gypsy in The Parlor, Cluny Brown, The Sun in Scorpio, and, of course, the wonderful Miss Bianca series. Jacket design by Garth Williams.

With their mother dead and their father working nights, Retta tries to be mother to her two younger brothers but somehow things just don't seem to be working right.

Liberated for a year from her parents' restrictions, ten-year-old Lucinda discovers true freedom in the care of her temporary guardians as she roller skates around the streets of turn-of-the-century New York.

The slave of the 17th century Spanish painter Velazquez becomes a painter in his own right.

Three children unravel a century-old mystery.

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Key words in quotations from the Pooh books introduce the letters of the alphabet and the Pooh philosophy.

After years of being strictly house cats, Marco and Polo escape into the wonderful, but dangerous outside world and are sent on three challenging adventures by a group of cats known as the Club of Mysteries.

Blubber is a children's novel by Judy Blume first published in 1974. The narrator of the story is Jill Brenner, a Pennsylvania fifth-grader who joins her classmates in ostracizing and bullying Linda, an awkward and overweight girl. Linda gives an oral class report about whales and is hence nicknamed "Blubber" by her peers.

The Muffletumps tells the story of four living dolls who live in trunks in the attic of the Beddigan family's house. When the Beddigans go on vacation to Pear Lake, the dolls - Edward, Henrietta, Elsie, and Maud - come to life and engage in various activities. They take care of the house, mend their clothes, write poetry, cook, feed the neighborhood dogs, and so on. One strange event is the arrival of a package of lavender scented soaps: "Chewing it made them sleepy." When the Beddigans return, the dolls rush to get back in their trunks.

When an African-American family with three children moves into the white neighborhood, eleven-year-old Winnie learns the difference between being a good neighbor and being a good friend.

Molly, who recently emigrated with her family from Russia to New Jersey, learns about birthday parties and who her real friends are.

In the absence of his older brother, the Great Brain, J.D. finds that his own little brain can accomplish feats on a somewhat lesser scale.

In 1787 a fourteen-year-old slave, anxious to buy freedom for himself and his mother, escapes from his dishonest master and tries to find help in cashing the solidier's notes received by his father for fighting in the Revolution.

Alone in a sampan with his pig and three ducklings, a little Chinese boy is whirled down a raging river, back to the town from which he and his parents had escaped the invading Japanese, and spends long and frightening days regaining his family and new home. The novel was based on the author's own experiences as a military flier in China during the Second World War. The book won the Josette Frank Award in 1956.

Adolescence. Billy, a lively mountain boy, dreams of the day he'll own the banjo hanging in the general store.

Mallory's encounter with the wizard in the tree begins a chain of events that change the lives of the villagers dominated by a suspicious squire.

Five adventures of Maybe, a mole that can see.

Harry's legacy from his great-uncle, a talking parrot, proves to be a much more exciting gift than he ever imagined.

In comfortable residence at Macy's during the Christmas season, Merciless Marvin the Magnificent and his gang are convinced that the store's Santa Claus has been kidnapped and determine to save him.

Unable to adjust to foster homes and the Residential Center, an emotionally disturbed boy runs away and is befriended by a man who cares for wounded birds.