Saturday, December 02, 2006

Chilly out? Curl up with a new fiction title or two or three...

Berenstain, Stan and Jan. The Berenstain Bear Scouts Meet Bigpaw. Scholastic Inc., 1995.
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Can the Berenstain Bear Scouts convince their elders that "Bigpaw" is not as scary as he seems?!

Buckey, Sarah Masters. The Stolen Sapphire. American Girl, 2006.
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Will Samantha figure out which of her shipmates stole the priceless sapphire? Is she a suspect, too?!

DiCamillo, Kate. Mercy Watson Fights Crime. Candlewick Press, 2006.
Illustrated by Chris Van Dusen
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Our favorite family pig is back and this time there is a robbery to be stopped!

Finney, Patricia. I, Jack. HarperTrophy, 2000.
Illustrated by Peter Bailey
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Jack is a friendly dog who tells us about his neighborhood adventures in this amusing book!

Gutman, Dan. Ms. LaGrange is Strange! HarperTrophy, 2005.
Illustrated by Jim Paillot
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Find out what is going on with the mashed potatoes at "My Weird School."

Gutman, Dan. Miss Lazar is Bizarre. HarperTrophy, 2005.
Illustrated by Jim Paillot
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Who on earth enjoys mopping up vomit?! Find out in this "My Weird School" book.

McAllister, Angela. Digory the Dragon Slayer. Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2005.
Illustrated by Ian Beck
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Is Digory really a slayer of fire-breathing monsters?!

Mason, Jane B. and Sarah Hines Stephens. Bella Baxter Inn Trouble. Aladdin Paperbacks, 2005.
Illustrated by John Shelley
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Can Bella save her parents' new inn from a stinky skunk?!

Mason, Jane B. and Sarah Hines Stephens. Bella Baxter and the Itchy Disaster. Aladdin Paperbacks, 2005.
Illustrated by John Shelley
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Bella means well but brings about a serious problem at the Sea Inn.

Petty, JT. The Squampkin Patch: A Nasselrogt Adventure. Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2006.
Illustrated by David Michael Friend
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Will Milton and Chloe escape the clutches of the evil Porifera?

Reiss, Kathryn. Sweet Miss Honeywell's Revenge. Harcourt Inc., 2004.
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What will Zibby do with her creepy haunted dollhouse?!

Rodda, Emily. Rowan and the Ice Creepers. Greenwillow Books, 2003.
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Can Rowan bring back Spring to her people?!

Russell, Christopher. Dogboy. Greenwillow Books, 2006.
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The English fight the French in this story about an orphan, his dogs and a fearless young girl.

Simner, Janni Lee. Secret of the Three Treasures. Holiday House, 2006.
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A new heroine is on the block in this exciting story that includes chases and buried treasure!

Skye, Obert. Leven Thumps and the Whispered Secret. Shadow Mountain, 2006.
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Will Leven be able to save the land of Foo or will Reality get in the way?!

Snow, Alan. Here Be Monsters! Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2005.
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This is the first title in "The Ratbridge Chronicles" in which we meet a young man named Arthur and learn all sorts of things about monsters and magic!

Barlow, Jeremy, ed. Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures. Dark Horse Books, 2005.
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A collection of four Star Wars stories!

A whole lot of Geronimo Stilton (j FIC Sti):
The Mummy with No Name (2005)
The Christmas Toy Factory (2006)
Shipwreck on the Pirate Islands (2003)
Valentine's Day Disaster (2006)
Field Trip to Niagara Falls (2005)
The Wild, Wild West (2005)
The Search for Sunken Treasure (2000)
The Secret of Cacklefur Castle (2003)
Join Geronimo and his other mouse friends on some fun adventures!

Tobin, C., ad. Family Fix-up. Scholastic Inc., 2005.
j FIC Tob
In this "Maya and Miguel" adventure Maya tries to play matchmaker for her grandmother!

Tobin, C., ad. Teacher's Pet. Scholastic Inc., 2005.
j FIC Tob
Maya and Miguel have to save the school from a crazy parrot!

Townley, Roderick. The Constellation of Sylvie. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2005.
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How can Sylvie help the other characters in her book from floating further off into outerspace?!

Townley, Roderick. Into the Labyrinth. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2002.
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Another adventure of Princess Sylvie and her storybook friends!

Wallace, Rich. Winning Season: Dunk Under Pressure. Viking, 2006.
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Will Cornell step up his game for the state basketball tournament?!

Whitehouse, Howard. The Strictest School in the World: Being the Tale of a Clever Girl, a Rubber Boy and a Collection of Flying Machines, Mostly Broken. Kids Can Press, 2006.
Illustrated by Bill Slavin
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Can Emmaline build her flying contraption or will being sent away to St. Grimelda's School for Young Ladies stop her creative endeavors?

Young, Steve. 15 Minutes. HarperCollins Publishers, 2006.
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Check out the misadventures of Casey and a time machine!

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