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NEW BOOKS January 2010

Alcatraz versus the Scrivener's Bones
Sanderson, Brandon.
New York : Scholastic Press, 2008.
Thirteen-year-old Alcatraz Smedry and his companions seek Al's father and grandfather in the Great Library of Alexandria, where they face undead, soul- stealing wraiths called the Curators of Alexandria, and one of the Scrivener's Bones, a part-human, part-machine mercenary.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J SAN

The amazing trail of Seymour Snail
Hazen, Lynn E.
New York, N.Y. : Henry Holt and Company, 2009.
Hoping to become a famous artist one day, Seymour Snail takes a job in a New York City art gallery, where everyone is buzzing about a "magnificent mystery artist."
Agawam Juv Fiction - J HAZ

Andy Shane and the barn sale mystery
Jacobson, Jennifer, 1958-
Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2009.
After Andy hosts a barn sale to raise money for a case for Granny Webb's binoculars, he realizes that they accidentally were sold, so with Dolores's help they try to track down the missing binoculars.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J JAC

Bettina Valentino and the Picasso Club
Daly, Niki.
New York, NY : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
A controversial new teacher at Bayside Preparatory School introduces the exciting world of art to aspiring artist Bettina Valentino and her fifth-grade classmates, encouraging them to see everyday life in a different way.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J DAL

The big blueberry barf-off!
Stine, R. L.
New York : HarperCollins, c2005.
Bernie Bridges, the egotistical planner and schemer for a group of fourth -graders at The Rotten School, is determined to outsmart his rival in a pie- eating contest.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J STI

Bobby vs. girls (accidentally)
Yee, Lisa.
New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2009.
When Bobby inadvertently gets into a fight with his best friend Holly, their disagreement develops into a boys versus girls war involving their whole fourth-grade class.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J YEE

Camille McPhee fell under the bus
Tracy, Kristen, 1972-
New York : Delacorte Press, 2009.
Ten-year-old Camille McPhee relates the ups and downs of her fourth-grade year at her Idaho elementary school as she tries to adjust to the absence of her best friend, maintain control of her low-blood sugar, cope with the intensifying conflict between her parents, and understand the importance of honesty and fairness.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J TRA

Cat o' nine tails
Golding, Julia.
New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2009, c2008.
Cat is living in the lap of luxury--and is so bored she's going out of her mind. But when she and her friends are captured and forced to work on a boat bound for the New World, Cat may finally be in over her head. Sail with Cat to America, to explore the wilds of a new frontier and maybe even find a place where she is finally free to be herself.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J GOL

City of fire
Yep, Laurence, 1948-
New York : Tom Doherty Associates, 2009.
Twelve-year-old Scirye and her companions travel to Houlani, a new Hawaiian island created by magic, where they enlist the help of volcano goddess Pele in an attempt to stop an evil dragon and a mysterious man from altering the universe.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J YEP

Cookie
Wilson, Jacqueline.
New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2009.
Beauty Cookson and her mother run away from her father, whose temper was out of control, and find a new lease on life at a seaside resort where they learn to cook and start to become more self-confident.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J WIL

The crimson cap
Howard, Ellen.
New York : Holiday House, 2009.
In 1684, wearing his father's faded cap, eleven-year-old Pierre Talon joins explorer Rene-Robert Cavelier on an ill-fated expedition to seek the Mississippi River, but after the expedition falls apart Pierre, deathly ill, is taken in by Hasinai Indians. Includes historical facts.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J HOW

Curtains! : a high school musical mystery
Dahl, Michael.
Mankato, Minn. : Stone Arch Books, c2009.
When someone tries to sabotage the school play, Kyle, an actor, and his friend Mindy, the stage manager, work together to investigate, even though each suspects the other.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J DAH

Diary of a wimpy kid 4 : dog days
Kinney, Jeff.
New York : Amulet Books, 2009.
In the latest diary of middle-schooler Greg Heffley, he records his attempts to spend his summer vacation sensibly indoors playing video games and watching television, despite his mother's other ideas.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J KIN

Diary of a wimpy kid : Rodrick rules
Kinney, Jeff.
New York : Amulet Books, 2008.
Greg Heffley tells about his summer vacation and his attempts to steer clear of trouble when he returns to middle school and tries to keep his older brother Rodrick from telling everyone about Greg's most humiliating experience of the summer.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J KIN

Emma Dilemma and the camping nanny
Hermes, Patricia.
New York : Marshall Cavendish, 2009.
Nine-year-old Emma O'Fallon finds herself in increasing difficulties at home and at school as her determined efforts to break up the growing attachment between Irish nanny Annie and her boyfriend Bo cause chaos on a family camping trip and Emma's relationship with her best friend Luisa seems to be going from bad to worse.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J HER

Eragon's guide to Alagaësia
Paolini, Christopher.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2009.
An introduction to the fictional world of the people, places, and things, of Alagaësia.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J PAO

The Eyeball collector
Higgins, F. E.
New York, N.Y. : Feiwel and Friends, c2009.
Although Hector Fitzbaudly has always lived a plush life on the posh side of the River Foedus, he's yearned to slip away from his comfortable home and see the seedy side of Urbs Umida. Unfortunately, he gets his chance when a blackmail artist confronts his father with a terrible secret from his past, and Hector finds himself penniless and on the streets. He is determined to get his revenge against the man responsible, who has been a pauper, a gentleman, and an Eyeball Collector--stealing jewels from the wealthy to make false eyes to replace his missing one. He is a master of disguise, and a swindler who moves from place to place. Hector trails the Eyeball Collector to the small village of Pagus Parvus and the foreboding Withypitts Hall, run by the eccentric Lady Mandible who has a strange taste for the macabre. He takes a job incubating butterflies for Lady Mandible, and places himself in the perfect position to take revenge. Hector is so close to the Eyeball Collector, but will he be able to go through with his plan?
Agawam Juv Fiction - J HIG

The Faceless Ones
Landy, Derek.
New York : Bowen Press, 2009.
Fourteen-year-old Valkyrie and the skeleton mage, Skulduggery Pleasant, try to foil a plot set in motion fifty years before to find and open the gate that will allow the Faceless Ones to return to this reality.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J LAN

The genie scheme
Jones, Kimberly, 1957-
New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2009.
When twelve-year-old Janna, who lives in a small house with her single mother, helps a homeless woman who turns out to be a genie, she discovers how interconnected the world really is.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J JON

The Georges and the Jewels
Smiley, Jane.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
Seventh-grader Abby Lovitt grows up on her family's California horse ranch in the 1960s, learning to train the horses her father sells and trying to reconcile her strict religious upbringing with her own ideas about life.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J SMI

Gone from these woods
Seagraves, Donny Bailey.
New York : Delacorte Press, c2009.
Feeling like a monstrous villain in one of his comic books, eleven-year- old Daniel tries to cope with the guilt after accidentally killing his beloved uncle while hunting in the woods of North Georgia.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J SEA

The great smelling bee
Stine, R. L.
New York : HarperCollins, c2005.
In order to hide a bulldog in his no-pets-allowed dorm, scheming fourth- grader Bernie Bridges enrolls his pet as a transfer student.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J STI

Happy birthday, bad kitty
Bruel, Nick.
New York : Roaring Brook, c2009.
Get ready to party! It's Bad Kitty's birthday, and guess who's on the guest list? Chatty Kitty, Strange Kitty, Stinky Kitty, and her other neighborhood "pals". join the fun in this riotous companion to Bad Kitty and Bad Kitty Gets a Bath!
Agawam Juv Fiction - J BRU

Heart of a shepherd
Parry, Rosanne.
New York : Random House Children's Books, 2009.
Ignatius "Brother" Alderman, nearly twelve, promises to help his grandparents keep the family's Oregon ranch the same while his brothers are away and his father is deployed to Iraq, but as he comes to accept the inevitability of change, he also sees the man he is meant to be.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J PAR

I wanna be your shoebox
García, Cristina, 1958-
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2008.
Thirteen-year-old, clarinet-playing, Southern California surfer, Yumi Ruiz-Hirsch, comes from a complex family--her father is Jewish-Japanese, her mother is Cuban, and her parents are divorced--and when her grandfather Saul is diagnosed with terminal cancer, Yumi asks him to tell her his life story, which helps her to understand her own history and identity.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J GAR

The illustrated wee free men : a story of Discworld
Pratchett, Terry.
New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 2008.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J PRA

The Islands of the Blessed
Farmer, Nancy, 1941-
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2009.
Two years after their adventures in The Land of the Silver Apples, the apprentice bard Jack and his Viking companion Thorgil confront the malevolent spirit of a vengeful mermaid and begin a quest that casts them among the fin folk of Notland.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J FAR

January joker
Roy, Ron, 1940-
New York : Random House, 2009.
Seven-year-olds Bradley, Brian, Nate, and Lucy make observations and gather clues that convince them that their older siblings, cousin, and animals have been captured by hungry space aliens.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J ROY

The Kingfisher book of classic animal stories
New York : Kingfisher, 2008.
True stories and fiction about animals plus folklore also.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J KIN

The last newspaper boy in America
Corbett, Sue.
New York : Dutton Childrens Books, c2009.
"Wil David, twelve, became his town's newspaper carrier this week only to learn he may soon be unemployed...Now, with a clueless brother, nosy neighbor girl, and some rocket science on his side, Wil is fighting to save his route-- and realizing there's more at stake than one kid's job. Along the way he just might unravel a carnival mystery, expose a con artist, rescue a little town, and become a true hero..."--Dust cover.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J COR

Lexi
Matthews, L. S. (Laura S.).
New York : Delacorte Press, 2008.
When twelve-year-old Lexi wakes up in the middle of a forest with no memory of her name or anything else, she slowly reconstructs her forgotten life with the help of some shelter workers, an ex-boxer, and her long-lost grandmother.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J MAT

Liberty Porter, first daughter
DeVillers, Julia.
New York : Aladdin, 2009.
On her first day at the White House, nine-year-old Liberty exuberantly explores her new home while making new friends and giving unique tours of her own.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J DEV

Look at Lucy!
Cooper, Ilene.
New York : Random House, 2009.
Entering his beagle, Lucy, in a contest to be "spokespet" for Pet-O-Rama helps shy, nine-year-old Bobby get over his anxiety about speaking in front of groups of people, from his third-grade classmates to the contest judges.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J COO

The magical Ms. Plum
Becker, Bonny.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
The students in Ms Plum's third grade class soon learn that there is something very special about their teacher and her classroom's mysterious supply closet.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J BEC

Malice
Wooding, Chris, 1977-
New York : Scholastic Press, c2009.
Once you get into the story, there's no way out. Everyone's heard the rumors. If you gather the right things and say the right words, you'll be taken to Malice, a world that exists inside a horrifying comic book. It's a world that few kids know about ... and even fewer survive. Seth and Kady think it's all a silly myth. But then their friend, Luke, disappears and suddenly the rumors don't seem silly after all. Malice is real. Malice is deadly. And Seth and Kady are about to be trapped inside it.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J WOO

The merry adventures of Robin Hood
Kestel, Deborah.
New York, N.Y. : Playmore, Inc., Publishers under arrangement with I. Waldman & Son, Inc., c1979.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J RYL

Million-dollar throw
Lupica, Mike.
New York, NY : Philomel Books, c2009.
Eighth-grade star quarterback Nate Brodie's family is feeling the stress of the troubled economy, and Nate is frantic because his best friend Abby is going blind, so when he gets a chance to win a million dollars if he can complete a pass during the halftime of a New England Patriot's game, he is nearly overwhelmed by the pressure to succeed.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J LUP

The monsters of Otherness
Kingsley, Kaza.
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2009.
Twelve-year-old Erec Rex discovers the hard way that doing what is right is not always easy when he delves into the very Substance from which our world is woven to save the baby dragons of Alypium, a magical kingdom he might one day rule.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J KIN

Murder at midnight
Avi, 1937-
New York : Scholastic Press, 2009.
Falsely accused of plotting to overthrow King Claudio, scholarly Mangus the magician, along with his street-smart servant boy, Fabrizio, face deadly consequences unless they can track down the real traitor by the stroke of midnight.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J AVI

The mysterious Benedict Society and the prisoner's dilemma
Stewart, Trenton Lee.
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2009.
When an unexplained blackout engulfs Stonetown, Benedict Society members Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance follow clues on an adventure that threatens to separate them from their families, friends, and even one another.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J STE

Night of the spadefoot toads
Harley, Bill, 1954-
Atlanta : Peachtree, 2008.
When his family moves from Tucson, Arizona to Massachusetts, fifth-grader Ben has a hard time leaving the desert he loves, but when he finds a kindred spirit in his science teacher and ends up trying to help her with some of her problems, he finally begins to feel at home.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J HAR

Odd and the Frost Giants
Gaiman, Neil.
New York : Harper, c2009.
An unlucky twelve-year-old Norwegian boy named Odd leads the Norse gods Loki, Thor, and Odin in an attempt to outwit evil Frost Giants who have taken over Asgard.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J GAI

Operation Yes
Holmes, Sara.
New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2009.
In her first ever teaching job, Miss Loupe uses improvisational acting exercises with her sixth-grade students at an Air Force base school, and when she experiences a family tragedy, her previously skeptical class members use what they have learned to help her, her brother, and other wounded soldiers.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J HOL

Pete's disappearing act
Tripp, Jenny.
Boston : Harcourt Children's Books, 2009.
When Pete the performing poodle and Rita the chimp are swept away from the circus in a tornado, they encounter frightening adventures--and make new friends--as they try to return home.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J TRI

The pharaoh's secret
Moss, Marissa.
New York : Amulet Books, 2009.
When fourteen-year-old Talibah and her ten-year-old brother, Adom, visit modern-day Egypt with their historian-father, they become involved in a mystery surrounding Hatshepsut, a woman pharoah, and Senenmut, architect of her mortuary tomb, as well as their own deceased mother.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J MOS

The prince and the pauper
Bogart, Shirley.
New York, N.Y. : Baronet Books, c1992.
When young Edward VI of England and a poor boy who resembles him exchange places, each learns something about the other's very different station in life.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J TWA

The princess and the unicorn
Hughes, Carol, 1961-
New York : Random House Children's Books, c2009.
Joyce the fairy has the adventure she has always dreamed of when she joins forces with a human princess to rescue the unicorn stolen from Swinley Forest, placing the forest and its fairy community in grave danger.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J HUG

Return of the emerald skull
Stewart, Paul, 1955-
New York : D. Fickling Books/Random House Children's Books, 2009.
Weird and evil events at a London boarding school provide messenger Barnaby Grimes an opportunity to test his budding knowledge of the ancient Chinese art of yinchido, in which one focuses on silences and empty spaces.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J STE

Return to the Hundred Acre Wood : in which Winnie-the-Pooh enjoys further adventures with Christopher Robin and his friends
Benedictus, David.
New York : Dutton Children's Books, c2009.
Collects the further stories of Christopher Robin and his imaginary animal friends in the Hundred Acre Wood, where the animals anticipate Christopher Robin's return, meet a new friend, and solve the mystery of missing bees.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J BEN

Scaredy Kat
Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody.
New York : Little, Brown, 2009.
Thirteen-year-old Kat, still not comfortable in her role as a medium, and her friend Jac, undergoing a serious crisis about the role of music in her life, try to find a way to help the unhappy spirit of a young boy in the abandoned house next door.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J KIM

School of Fear
Daneshvari, Gitty.
New York : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2009.
Twelve-year-olds Madeleine, Theo, and Lulu, and thirteen-year-old Garrison, are sent to a remote Massachusetts school to overcome their phobias, but tragedy strikes and the quartet must work together--with no adult assistance --to face their fears.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J DAN

The search for truth
Kingsley, Kaza.
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2009.
When twelve-year-old Erec Rex learns that his friend Bethany is in trouble in Alypium, the magical kingdom he is destined to rule, he rushes to try to save her and to find the five Awen in order to protect the Substance.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J KIN

A season of gifts
Peck, Richard, 1934-
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2009.
Relates the surprising gifts bestowed on twelve-year-old Bob Barnhart and his family, who have recently moved to a small Illinois town in 1958, by their larger-than-life neighbor, Mrs. Dowdel.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J PEC

Secret of the night ponies
Harlow, Joan Hiatt.
New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2009.
In 1965 Newfoundland, thirteen-year-old Jessie's brave and impulsive nature leads her to commit a variety of daring acts, including rescuing a herd of wild ponies and kidnapping a poor orphan girl who is being mistreated by her guardians. Includes factual information about the history of the Newfoundland pony.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J HAR

Secrets, lies and my sister Kate
Hollyer, Belinda.
New York : Holiday House, 2009.
When her beloved older sister begins to act strangely and then disappears, twelve-year-old Mini tries to find her, uncovering family secrets along the way.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J HOL

The seven keys of Balabad
Haven, Paul.
New York : Random House Children's Books, c2009.
Unlike his news-reporter father and art-historian mother who find living in the ancient, war-torn country of Balabad endlessly interesting, twelve-year- old Oliver, homesick for New York City, feels very much out of his element until he gets caught up in a centuries-old mystery involving stolen artifacts and buried treasure.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J HAV

The shadow of Malabron
Wharton, Thomas, 1963-
Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2009.
When Will, a rebellious teen, stumbles from the present into the realm where stories come from, he learns he has a mission concerning the evil Malabron and, aided by some of the story folk, he faces a host of perils while seeking the gateless gate that will take him home.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J WHA

Signal
DeFelice, Cynthia C.
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
After moving with his emotionally distant father to the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, twelve-year-old Owen faces a lonely summer until he meets an abused girl who may be a space alien.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J DEF

Spell hunter
Anderson, R. J. (Rebecca J.).
New York : HarperCollins, c2009.
In a dying faery realm, only the brave and rebellious faery Knife persists in trying to discover how her people's magic was lost and what is needed to restore their powers and ensure their survival, but her quest is endangered by her secret friendship with a human named Paul.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J AND

Spellbinder
Stringer, Helen.
New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2009.
Twelve-year-old Belladonna Johnson, who lives with the ghosts of her parents in the north of England, teams up with an always-in-trouble classmate to investigate why all of the ghosts in the world have suddenly disappeared.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J STR

Syren
Sage, Angie.
New York : Katherine Tegen Books, 2009.
Wolf Boy is sent on a Task by Aunt Zelda, while Septimus and the dragon, Spit Fyre, fly off to bring their friends home, but they all wind up on an island whose secrets are as dangerous as its inhabitants.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J SAG

A Templar's apprentice
Black, Kat.
New York : Scholastic, 2009.
While trying to harness his power for prophetic visions, a fourteenth- century Scottish boy joins a Templar knight on his sacred quest to unearth an ancient relic.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J BLA

Tropical secrets : Holocaust refugees in Cuba
Engle, Margarita.
New York : Henry Holt, 2009.
Escaping from Nazi Germany to Cuba in 1939, a young Jewish refugee dreams of finding his parents again, befriends a local girl with painful secrets of her own, and discovers that the Nazi darkness is never far away.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J ENG

The unknowns
Carey, Benedict.
New York : Amulet Books, 2009.
When people start vanishing from a godforsaken trailer park next to the Folsom Energy Plant, two eleven-year-olds investigate using mathematical clues that were hastily planted by their friend Mrs. Clarke before she disappeared.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J CAR

V is for-- vampire : a Vampire Island story
Griffin, Adele.
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2009.
Lexie Livingstone, a vampire-human hybrid living in New York City and trying to gain mortality, faces typical ninth grade dramas like boys and school politics, as well as not-so-typical obstacles like obnoxious pixie houseguests.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J GRI

War games
Couloumbis, Audrey.
New York : Random House Children's Books, 2009.
What were once just boys' games become matters of life and death as Petros and his older brother Zola each wonder if, like their resistance-fighter cousin, they too can make a difference in a Nazi-occupied Greece.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J COU

Watching Jimmy
Hartry, Nancy.
Toronto ; Plattsburgh, N.Y. : Tundra Books, c2009.
Young Carolyn walks an emotional tightrope knowing what really happened to her best friend, Jimmy, the day his Uncle Ted chose to teach him a lesson that left Jimmy brain-damaged. But when Uncle Ted threatens his beleaguered family with even more abuse and the loss of their home, Carolyn must find the courage to match wits with him and to speak out, using the truth as her only weapon.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J HAR

The Wright 3
Balliett, Blue, 1955-
New York : Scholastic Press, 2006.
In the midst of a series of unexplained accidents and mysterious coincidences, sixth-graders Calder, Petra, and Tommy lead their classmates in an attempt to keep Frank Lloyd Wright's famous Robie House from being demolished.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J BAL

Zoobreak
Korman, Gordon.
New York : Scholastic Press, 2009.
After a class trip to a floating zoo where animals are mistreated and Savannah's missing pet monkey is found in a cage, Long Island sixth-grader Griffin Bing and his band of misfits plan a rescue.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J KOR

Captain Underpants and the big, bad battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, part 1 : night of the nasty nostril nuggets : the sixth epic novel
Pilkey, Dav, 1966-
New York : Scholastic, c2003.
A snotty situation ensues when Melvin Sneedley, an academically-gifted student, turns into the Bionic Booger Boy and must be stopped by George, Harold, and Captain Underpants. By flipping the pages, the reader may view animated illustrations.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JP PIL

Captain Underpants and the big, bad battle of the Bionic Booger Boy, part 2 : the revenge of the ridiculous Robo-Boogers : the seventh epic novel
Pilkey, Dav, 1966-
New York : Scholastic, c2003.
George, Harold, Captain Underpants, and Sulu the Bionic Hamster battle the three Ridiculous Robo-Boogers in an attempt to turn the Bionic Booger Boy back into Melvin Sneedly.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JP PIL

The case of the poisoned pig
Montgomery, Lewis B.
New York : Kane Press, 2009.
When Jazz's pet piglet gets sick and the veterinarian suspects it was poisoned, she and Milo use their detective skills to try to figure out who did it.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JP MON

The celery stalks at midnight
Howe, James, 1946-
New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 2006, c1983.
Chester the cat is more than ever convinced that Bunnicula is a vampire when there is a harvest of white vegetables on the morning after the night that Bunnicula was probably wandering through the neighborhood.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JP HOW

Encyclopedia Brown, boy detective
Sobol, Donald J., 1924-
New York : Random House, [2002], c1963.
Fifth-grader "Encyclopedia" Leroy Brown solves ten mysteries and, by putting the solutions at the back of the book, challenges the reader to do the same.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JP SOB

Flat Stanley
Brown, Jeff, 1926-
New York : Scholastic, c2003.
After a bulletin board falls on Stanley while he's sleeping, he finds that being flat has its advantages.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JP BRO

For the record
Ruggles, Lucy.
New York : Disney Press, c2008.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JP RUG

The ghost on the stairs
Eboch, Chris.
New York : Aladdin, c2009.
Thirteen-year-old Jon and his eleven-year-old sister, Tania, are typical kids, except for the fact that Tania can communicate with ghosts. Their mom and stepdad are producers of a ghost-hunter reality television show, but they have no idea that Tania possesses this ability, and Tania wants to keep it that way. While filming at an old hotel in Colorado, Jon and Tania find themselves trapped in a ghostly love story that happened more than a century ago. Local legend has it that a ghost bride still wanders the hotel, waiting for her lost husband. Can this fearless brother-sister duo reunite a newlywed couple, and put these ghosts to rest at last?
Agawam Juv Paperback - JP EBO

Green-eyed monster
Keene, Carolyn.
New York : Aladdin, c2009.
Nancy Drew and her friend George Bess win a vacation to an eco-resort in Costa Rica. But after a string of increasingly dangerous "accidents," it seems that there is a jealous predator staying at the resort, making trouble for the management and the guests. Against the urging of her friends, Nancy takes on the case to get to the bottom of it before the entire week at Casa Verde is ruined - - or worse. Can she uncover who is sabotaging the resort before it's too late? Or will their vacation come to an unhappy end?
Agawam Juv Paperback - JP KEE

The hero of third grade
DeLaCroix, Alice.
New York : Holiday House, 2002.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JP DEL

High tide in Hawaii
Osborne, Mary Pope.
New York : Random House, 2003.
Jack and Annie travel in their Magic Tree House back to a Hawaiian island of long ago where they make friends, learn how to surf, and encounter a tsunami.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JP OSB

Island of the Blue Dolphins
O'Dell, Scott, 1898-1989.
New York : Dell, 1978, c1960.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JP ODE

Junie B. Jones loves handsome Warren
Park, Barbara.
New York : Scholastic Inc., [1999], c1996.
Unable to compete with her friends' fancy clothes and running ability, irrepressible six-year-old Junie B. finds her own way to make the new boy at school like her.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JP PAR

Long shadows
Hunter, Erin.
New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2009.
Firestar's three grandchildren, Hollypaw, Lionpaw, and Jaypaw, struggle to restore faith in StarClan as Sol works to tear apart the bonds between Clans and turn them away from their warrior ancestors.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JP HUN

The lost warrior
Hunter, Erin.
New York : HarperCollins ; Tokyopop, 2007.
Agawam Juv Paperback - GRAPHIC JP HUN

The monsters of Otherness
Kingsley, Kaza.
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2009.
Twelve-year-old Erec Rex discovers the hard way that doing what is right is not always easy when he delves into the very Substance from which our world is woven to save the baby dragons of Alypium, a magical kingdom he might one day rule.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JP KIN

The Niña, the Pinta, and the vanishing treasure
Santopolo, Jill.
New York, NY : Orchard Books, 2009, c2008.
When the entire Christopher Columbus exhibit disappears from the local museum, fourth-grade sleuth-in-training Alec Flint investigates, aided by his new classmate and potential partner, Gina, who wants his help looking into the disappearance of a teacher.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JP SAN

On the banks of Plum Creek
Wilder, Laura Ingalls, 1867-1957.
New York : Avon Books, 2003, c1965.
Laura and her family move to Minnesota where they live in a dugout until a new house is built.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JP WIL

Passport to danger
Dixon, Franklin W.
New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 2003.
"Someone is waging war against Paris -- and the Hardys."
Agawam Juv Paperback - JP DIX

Rakkety Tam
Jacques, Brian.
New York : Firebird, 2006, c2004.
Two warrior squirrels lead the battle against Gulo, a bloodthirsty wolverine who will stop at nothing to recover the Walking Stone that will give him the authority to rule the lands of ice beyond the Great Sea.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JP JAC

Runaway retriever
Sutherland, Tui, 1978-
New York : Scholastic, c2009.
Parker's new golden retriever, Merlin, is a great dog, with tons of energy for walks and playing catch. But Merlin is an escape artist; no fence is too high, no cage too strong to keep him from following Parker everywhere he goes. Can Parker make Merlin sit and stay?
Agawam Juv Paperback - JP SUT

Spaniel surprise
Baglio, Ben M.
New York : Scholastic, 2002, c2000.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JP BAG

Sugar plum ballerinas
Goldberg, Whoopi, 1950-
New York : Disney Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, c2008.
Alex's ballet-crazy Mom enrolls her at the Nutcracker Ballet School. Even though Alex is a terrible dancer, she is chosen for the starring role in the school recital.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JP GOL

Vote for Katie Suzanne
Krulik, Nancy E.
New York : Grosset & Dunlap, 2008.
Best friends Katie and Suzanne are both nominated for mayor of the fourth grade, and Suzanne wants to win so much that she starts spreading mean rumors, while Katie gets an inside look at the Cherrydale mayoral race.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JP KRU

Warehouse rumble
Dixon, Franklin W.
New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 2004.
Frank and Joe hope to be among the first contestants in a reality-based game show called Warehouse Rumble. But when someone finds a skeleton on the set, production comes to a screeching halt.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JP DIX

123 I can build!
Luxbacher, Irene, 1970-
Toronto : Kids Can Press, c2009.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J690 LUX

Albert Einstein
Krull, Kathleen.
New York : Viking, c2010.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - JB EIN

Alligators and crocodiles! : strange and wonderful
Pringle, Laurence P.
Honesdale, Pa. : Boyds Mills Press, 2009.
The dinosaurs were outlived by crocodile-like predators. today, their descendants are found on five continents. These animals are strange and wonderful indeed.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J597.98 PRI

As luck would have it : from the Brothers Grimm
San Souci, Robert D.
Atlanta, Ga. : August House Little Folk, 2008.
Left to take care of the family farm and fortune while their parents are away, twin bear cubs Juniper and Jonas have a series of mishaps before outwitting three thieves, in spite of themselves.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J398.2 SON

The atlas of ancient worlds
Chrisp, Peter.
New York : DK Pub., c2009. + 1 CD-ROM.
Packed with new and incredible facts about ancient worlds, this unique atlas takes readers on a journey around the globe through time to explore Egyptian pharaohs, Japanese dynasties, Peruvian people, and other ancient civilizations. Includes an interactive CD-ROM.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J930 CHR

Attention, girls! : a guide to learn all about your AD/HD
Quinn, Patricia O.
Washington, DC : Magination Press, c2009.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J618.928589 QUI

Barack Obama : president for a new era
Brill, Marlene Targ.
Minneapolis, MN : Lerner Publications, c2009.
A brief biography of African-American president Barack Obama.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - JB OBA

The Battle of Yorktown
Fradin, Dennis B.
New York : Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, 2009.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J973.337 FRA

Before Columbus : the Americas of 1491
Mann, Charles C.
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2009.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J970.01 MAN

Benjamin Franklin, American genius : his life and ideas, with 21 activities
Miller, Brandon Marie.
Chicago : Chicago Review Press, 2009.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - JB FRA

The boy who invented TV : the story of Philo Farnsworth
Krull, Kathleen.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
This picture-book biography explains how Farnsworth held on to his dream to develop television and the scientific concepts behind it.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - JB FAR

Bugs
San Francisco, CA : Fog City Press, 2006, c2005.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J595.7 BUG

Business leaders : Michael Dell
Friedman, Lauri S.
Greensboro, N.C. : M. Reynolds Pub., c2007.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - JB DEL

The California Gold Rush
Fradin, Dennis B.
New York : Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, 2009.
"Covers the California Gold Rush as a watershed event in U.S. history, influencing social, economic, and political policies that shaped the nation's future"--Provided by publisher.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J979.4 FRA

Cats
Rebman, Renée C., 1961-
New York : Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, c2010.
"Provides comprehensive information on the anatomy, special skills, habitats, and diet of cats"--Provided by publisher.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J636.8 REB

Children's book of art
New York, N.Y. : DK, 2009.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J700 CHI

Chill : discover the cool (and creative) side of your fridge
Peterkin, Allan.
Toronto : Kids Can Press, c2009.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J745.5 PET

Dear Miss Breed : true stories of the Japanese American incarceration during World War II and a librarian who made a difference
Oppenheim, Joanne.
New York : Scholastic Nonfiction, 2006.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J940.53 OPP

Derek Jeter
Marcovitz, Hal.
Philadelphia : Mason Crest Publishers, c2009.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - JB JET

Dinosaur combat
Matthews, Rupert.
Laguna Hills, CA : QEB Pub., 2008.
"Describes dinosaurs from various parts of the world and what is known about how they hunted and fought with each other. Includes dinosaurs from the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods"--Provided by publisher.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J567.9 MAT

Dogs
Otfinoski, Steven.
New York : Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, c2010.
"Provides comprehensive information on the anatomy, special skills, habitats, and diet of Dogs"--Provided by publisher.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J636.7 OTF

The Donner Party : a doomed journey
McNeese, Tim.
New York : Chelsea House Publishers, c2009.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J979.4 MCN

Duke Ellington : his life in jazz with 21 activities
Stein Crease, Stephanie.
Chicago : Chicago Review Press, 2009.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - JB ELL

Encyclopedia of the end : mysterious death in fact, fancy, folklore, and more
Noyes, Deborah.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2008.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J306.9 NOY

Environmental disasters
Woods, Michael, 1946-
Minneapolis : Lerner Publications Company, c2008.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J363.7 WOO

Everything you need to know about science
Goldsmith, Mike, Dr.
New York : Kingfisher, c2009.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J503 GOL

An eye for color : the story of Josef Albers
Wing, Natasha.
New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2009.
The painter Joseph Albers saw art in simple things. Late in his career, he began painting squares of solid, unmixed color, one within another.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - JB ALB

Face to face with leopards
Joubert, Beverly.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2009.
Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and life cycle.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J599.7554 JOU

Follow that map! : a first look at mapping skills
Ritchie, Scot.
Toronto : Kids Can Press, c2009.
Introduces mapping concepts to children and assists them in mastering this essential skill.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J912.01 RIT

Georgia rises / by Kathryn Lasky ; pictures by Ora Eitan
Lasky, Kathryn.
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006.
The artist Georgia O'Keeffe spends the day transforming the materials, colors, and landscape of her desert home into paintings. Includes biographical notes.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - JB OKE

Ghoulish goodies
Bowers, Sharon.
North Adams, MA : Storey Pub., c2009.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J641.568 BON

Gnash, gnaw, dinosaur! : prehistoric poems with lift-the-flap surprises!
Mitton, Tony.
New York : Kingfisher, 2009.
Poems about dinosaurs include lift-the-flap surprises.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J811.6 MIT

Honda : the boy who dreamed of cars
Weston, Mark, 1953-
New York : Lee & Low Books, c2008.
"A biography of Japanese businessman Soichiro Honda, founder of the Honda Motor Company, focusing on his early influences and later career as an innovative inventor and manufacturer of motorcyles and cars"--Provided by publisher.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - JB HON

Horses
Otfinoski, Steven.
New York : Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, 2010.
"Provides comprehensive information on the anatomy, special skills, habitats, and diet of Horses"--Provided by publisher.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J636.1 OTF

Horses
Mack, Gail.
New York : Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, c2010.
"Describes the characteristics and behavior of pet horses, also discussing their physical appearance and place in history"--Provided by publisher.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J636.1 MAC

How figure skating works
Thomas, Keltie.
Toronto : Maple Tree Press, 2009.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J796.912 THO

Howard Thurman's great hope
Jackson Issa, Kai.
New York : Lee & Low Books, c2008.
"A biography of Reverend Howard Thurman, who overcame adversity in his youth to pursue his dream of education and ultimately become a renowned African American theologian and civil rights leader"--Provided by publisher.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - JB THU

Hurricanes
Fradin, Judith Bloom.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, 2007.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J551.552 FRA

The illustrated book of myths : tales & legends of the world
Philip, Neil.
London ; New York : D. Kindersley, 1995.
A collection of myths from many cultures.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J291.1 PHI

Inside-outside dinosaurs
Munro, Roxie.
New York : Marshall Cavendish Children, c2010.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J567.9 MUN

Jewish holidays cookbook : festive meals for celebrating the year
Bloomfield, Jill.
London ; New York : DK, 2008.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J641.5616 BLO

Julie Andrews' collection of poems, songs, and lullabies
New York : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2009.
"Julie Andrews and her daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton, have hand-selected a wonderful mix of their most cherished poems, songs, and lullabies in this rich and diverse poetry collection."--Amazon.com.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J808.81 JUL

Leonardo da Vinci
Hall, Margaret, 1947-
Edina, Minn. : ABDO Pub., c2008.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - JB LEO

Let's sing together
New York : Sterling, c2009.
Lyrics plus chords and a recording of some favorite folk songs.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J782.42 YAR

The lives of stars
Croswell, Ken.
Honesdale, Penn. : Boyds Mills Press, 2009.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J523.8 CRO

Living world
Cheshire, Gerard, 1965-
New York : Childrens Press, 2009, c2008.
Our planet has an amazing variety of life forms, from fast-running predators to gigantic trees. This book lists some of the fastest, largest and most unique of the animals. Has special acetate pages.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J570 CHE

Maine
Dornfeld, Margaret.
New York : Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, c2011.
"Provides comprehensive information on the geography, history, wildlife, governmental structure, economy, cultural diversity, peoples, religion, and landmarks of Maine"--Provided by publisher.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J974.1 DOR

Manjiro : the boy who risked his life for two countries
McCully, Emily Arnold.
New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2008.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - JB NAK

Michelle
Hopkinson, Deborah.
New York : Katherine Tegen Books, c2009.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - JB OBA

The minotaur
Schulte, Mary, 1958-
Detroit : KidHaven Press, c2008.
Tells the story of the minotaur, a monster in Greek myth with the head of a bull and the body of a man, which lived in the Labyrinth in Crete until killed by the hero Theseus.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J398.469 SCH

Missouri
Bennett, Michelle.
New York : Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, c2011.
"Provides comprehensive information on the geography, history, wildlife, governmental structure, economy, cultural diversity, peoples, religion, and landmarks of Missouri"--Provided by publisher.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J977.8 BEN

Moving to a new house
Barber, Nicola.
New York : PowerKids Press, 2009.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J648.9 BAR

Nefertiti
Lange, Brenda.
New York : Chelsea House, 2009.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - JB NEF

Nevada
Stefoff, Rebecca, 1951-
New York : Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, c2011.
"Provides comprehensive information on the geography, history, wildlife, governmental structure, economy, cultural diversity, peoples, religion, and landmarks of Nevada"--Provided by publisher.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J979.3 STE

The night Olympic team : fighting to keep drugs out of the games
Hatton, Caroline, 1957-
Asheville, N.C. : Front Street ; Harrogate : Roundabout [distributor], 2008.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J362.29 HAT

North Carolina
Shirley, David, 1955-
New York : Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, c2011.
"Provides comprehensive information on the geography, history, wildlife, governmental structure, economy, cultural diversity, peoples, religion, and landmarks of North Carolina"--Provided by publisher.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J975.6 SHI

Once upon a time : writing your own fairy tale
Loewen, Nancy, 1964-
Minneapolis, Minn. : Picture Window Books, 2009.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J808.066 LOE

Paper crafts for Kwanzaa
McGee, Randel.
Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, c2008.
"Explains the significance of Kwanzaa and how to make Kwanzaa-themed crafts out of paper"--Provided by publisher.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J745.594 MCG

Paul Robeson
Greenfield, Eloise.
New York : Lee & Low Books, c2009.
"A biography of Paul Robeson, who overcame racial discrimination to become a world-famous African American athlete, actor, singer, and civil rights activist"--Provided by publisher.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - JB ROB

Pig-Boy : a trickster tale from Hawai`i
McDermott, Gerald.
New York : Harcourt Children's Books, 2009.
The mischievous, shape-shifting Pig-Boy gets in trouble with both the King and Pele, the goddess of fire, but always manages to slip away as his grandmother has told him to do.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J398.2 MCD

Polar bears
Wilsdon, Christina.
Pleasantville, NY : Gareth Stevens Pub., c2009.
Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, and behavior of polar bears and discusses the steps that are being taken to protect them.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J599.786 WIL

Rocks and minerals
Green, Dan, 1975 June 20-
New York : Kingfisher, 2009.
Mixes science and art to bring the world of geology to life, with wacky characters to explain the things that form the foundations of our planet including rocks, gems, crystals, fossils, and more.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J552 GRE

Satoshi Tajiri : Pokemon creator
Mortensen, Lori, 1955-
Detroit : KidHaven Press, c2009.
Examines the life of electronic game designer, Satoshi Tajiri, who created Pokémon, one of the most popular computer games ever produced.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - JB TAJ

A savage thunder : Antietam and the bloody road to freedom
Murphy, Jim, 1947-
New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, c2009.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J973.73 MUR

Sky high : the true story of Maggie Gee
Moss, Marissa.
Berkeley : Tricycle Press, 2009.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - JB GEE

Space tourism
Kortenkamp, Steve.
Mankato, Minn. : Capstone Press, 2009.
"Discusses information about space tourism within recent years as well as the future of space tourism"--Provided by publisher.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J629.45 KOR

The story of snow : the science of winter's wonder
Cassino, Mark.
San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c2009.
This book about the science of snow features photos of snow crystals in their beautiful diversity and includes how snow crystals are formed into different shapes and snow-crystal-catching instructions in the back of the book.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J551.5784 CAS

Swans
Helget, Nicole Lea, 1976-
Mankato, MN : Creative Education, 2009.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J598.418 HEL

Tarantulas up close
Bredeson, Carmen.
Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Elementary, c2008.
"A close-up look at tarantulas for new readers"--Provided by publisher.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J595.44 BRE

Truce : the day the soldiers stopped fighting
Murphy, Jim, 1947-
New York : Scholastic Press, 2009.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J940.4 MUR

The Underground Railroad
Williams, Carla, 1965-
Mankato, Minn. : Child's World, 2009.
The Underground Railroad was a secret system of safe houses used to help enslaved blacks reach freedom.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J973.7115 WIL

The underwear salesman : jobs for better or verse
Lewis, J. Patrick.
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2009.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J811.6 LEW

Uranus
Sherman, Josepha.
New York : Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, c2010.
"Describes Uranus, including its history, its composition, and its role in the solar system"--Provided by publisher.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J523.47 SHE

What are solids, liquids, and gases? : exploring science with hands-on activities
Spilsbury, Richard, 1963-
Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Elementary, c2008.
"A beginners look at the states of matter for third and fourth grades"-- Provided by publisher.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J530.4 SPI

What cats are made of
Piven, Hanoch, 1963-
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2009.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J636.8 PIV

What Darwin saw : the journey that changed the world
Schanzer, Rosalyn.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, 2009.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - JB DAR

What do astronauts do?
Bredeson, Carmen.
Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Elementary, c2008.
"Introduces early readers to subjects about space in Q&A format"-- Provided by publisher.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J629.45 BRE

What is the solar system?
Bredeson, Carmen.
Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Elementary, c2008.
"Introduces early readers to subjects about space in Q&A format"-- Provided by publisher.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J523.2 BRE

What's so special about planet Earth?
Wells, Robert E.
Morton Grove, Ill. : Albert Whitman & Co., 2009.
An introduction to the life-sustaining properties of Earth.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J525 WEL

When justice failed : the Fred Korematsu story
Chin, Steven A., 1959-
Austin, Tex. : Raintree Steck-Vaughn, c1993.
Relates the life and experiences of the Japanese American who defied the order of internment during World War II and took his case as far as the Supreme Court.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - JB KOR

When royals wore ruffles : a funny and fashionable alphabet!
McLaren, Chesley.
New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, 2009.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J391.009 MCL

Woodcarving
Ellenwood, Everett.
East Petersburg, PA : Fox Chapel Publishing, c2008.
All you need are sharp tools, a piece of wood, and an imagination to create your own works of art by carving wood. Seven woodcarving projects include all the information you need for success, including tool lists, materials and supply lists, skill lists, and step-by-step photographic instructions especially designed for kids.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J736.4 ELL

Autism and diet : what you need to know
Kessick, Rosemary.
London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009.
Agawam Parenting - PAR 616.85 KES

Autism in your classroom : a general educator's guide to students with autism spectrum disorders
Fein, Deborah.
Bethesda, MD : Woodbine House, 2007.
Agawam Parenting - TEACHER RESOURCE 371.94 FEI

Can the world afford autistic spectrum disorder? : nonverbal communication, Asperger syndrome and the interbrain
Tantam, Digby.
London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009.
Agawam Parenting - PAR 616.85 TAN

Child sense : from birth to age 5, how to use the 5 senses to make sleeping, eating, dressing, and other everyday activities easier while strengthening your bond with your child
Dunstan, Priscilla.
New York : Bantam Books, c2009.
Agawam Parenting - PAR 155.412 DUN

Dealing with food allergies in babies and children
Joneja, Janice M. Vickerstaff, 1943-
Boulder, CO : Bull Pub. Co., c2007.
Agawam Parenting - PAR 618.92975 JON

Deployment : strategies for working with kids in military families
Petty, Karen.
St. Paul, MN : Redleaf Press, 2009.
Agawam Parenting - PAR 355.129 PET

Dying to please : anorexia, treatment and recovery
Rumney, Avis.
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2009.
"With this second edition, the author, a recovered anorexic, draws upon her own experience with the disorder and with treatment, and has combined this with extensive research to produce a comprehensive account of the symptoms, causes and treatments of anorexia nervosa. It includes a directory of organizations for treatment of eating disorders and resources for information and referral"--Provided by publisher.
Agawam Parenting - PAR 362.1968 RUM

Early intervention games : fun, joyful ways to develop social and motor skills in children with autism spectrum or sensory processing disorders
Sher, Barbara.
San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2009.
Agawam Parenting - TEACHER RESOURCE 649.154 SHE

Early sprouts : cultivating healthy food choices in young children
Kalich, Karrie.
St. Paul, MN : Redleaf Press, 2009.
Agawam Parenting - PAR 649.3 KAL

The encyclopedia of infant and toddler activities : for children birth to 3
Beltsville, Md. : Gryphon House, c2006.
Agawam Parenting - TEACHER RESOURCE 372.21 ENC

The giant encyclopedia of lesson plans : for children 3 to 6 : more than 250 lesson plans created by teachers for teachers
Beltsville, Md. : Gryphon House, c2008.
Agawam Parenting - TEACHER RESOURCE 371.3028 GIA

Hey kids! out the door, let's explore!
Redleaf, Rhoda.
St. Paul, MN : Redleaf Press, 2010.
Agawam Parenting - TEACHER RESOURCE 796.51 RED

Lessons for literacy : promoting preschool success
Hansen, Harlan S.
St. Paul, MN : Redleaf Press, 2010.
With the right tools, early childhood professionals can help preschoolers build a strong educational foundation for kindergarten and beyond. This solid program, successfully piloted in preschools, uses developmentally appropriate learning activities to identify and shape children's early literacy skills. Lessons for Literacy includes learning activities, assessment tools, and sound pedagogy to help preschool-age children learn literacy basics such as print concepts, rhyming, and letter recognition.--From publisher description.
Agawam Parenting - TEACHER RESOURCE 372.6 HAN

Life skills activities for secondary students with special needs
Mannix, Darlene.
San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass ; Chichester : John Wiley [distributor], 2009.
Agawam Parenting - TEACHER RESOURCE 371.94 MAN

Making the move : a guide for schools and parents on the transfer of pupils with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) from primary to secondary school
Al-Ghani, K. I.
London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009.
Agawam Parenting - PAR 371.94 AL

Mixed signals : understanding and treating your child's sensory processing issues
Lashno, Mary.
Bethesda, MD : Woodbine House, 2010.
Agawam Parenting - PAR 618.928 LAS

A picture's worth : PECS and other visual communication strategies in autism
Bondy, Andy.
Bethesda, MD : Woodbine House, c2002.
Agawam Parenting - PAR 618.9285 BON

The purpose of boys : helping our sons find meaning, significance, and direction in their lives
Gurian, Michael.
San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2009.
Agawam Parenting - PAR 155.432 GUR

Quick, easy and effective behaviour management ideas for the classroom
Morgan, Nicola S.
London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009.
Agawam Parenting - TEACHER RESOURCE 371.1024 MOR

Self-help skills for people with autism : a systematic teaching approach
Bethesda, MD : Woodbine House, 2007.
Agawam Parenting - TEACHER RESOURCE 649.154 SEL

The socially included child : a parent's guide to successful playdates, recreation, and family events for children with autism
LeComer, Laurie.
New York, N.Y. : Berkley Books, 2009.
Agawam Parenting - PAR 618.92 LEC

Stop that seemingly senseless behavior! : FBA-based interventions for people with autism
Glasberg, Beth A.
Bethesda, MD : Woodbine House, 2008.
Agawam Parenting - PAR 618.9285 GLA

The triple bind : saving our teenage girls from today's pressures
Hinshaw, Stephen P.
New York : Ballantine Books, c2009.
Agawam Parenting - PAR 155.533 HIN

Visual supports for people with autism : a guide for parents and professionals
Cohen, Marlene J.
Bethesda, MD : Woodbine House, c2007.
Agawam Parenting - TEACHER RESOURCE 371.94 COH

You having a baby : the owner's manual to a happy and healthy pregnancy
Roizen, Michael F.
New York : Free Press, 2009.
America's favorite doctors Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz cover pregnancy from conception to birth.
Agawam Parenting - PAR 618.2 ROI

Abby's asthma and the big race
Golding, Theresa Martin.
Morton Grove, Ill. : Albert Whitman, 2009.
Abby is practicing for the big race, but she is worried that her asthma will stop her from winning.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ GOL

Alex and Lulu : two of a kind
Siminovich, Lorena.
Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2009.
Meet best friends Alex and Lulu. Alex loves having noisy, exciting adventures, and Lulu likes painting and making things. Even though they are different, they always have fun together. Until Alex begins to worry that they might be too different, that they might actually be opposites! Discover what opposites really are in this quirky story that celebrates differences.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ SIM

All aboard to work--choo-choo!
Roth, Carol.
Morton Grove, Ill. Albert Whitman & Co., 2009.
Animal mothers and fathers with various professions take the train to work and return at the end of the day to spend time with their children.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ ROT

Always my brother
Reagan, Jean, 1965-
Gardiner, Me. : Tilbury House Publishers, 2009.
Becky slowly returns to the activities she enjoyed with her big brother, John, after learning that he is still part of her family, even after his death.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ REA

Amelia Bedelia's first day of school
Parish, Herman.
New York : Greenwillow Books, c2009.
A literal-minded first-grader's first day of school is filled with confusing adventures, much to her delight.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ PAR

And then comes Halloween
Brenner, Tom.
Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2009.
"When nighttime creeps closer to suppertime and the sky is that certain deep blue-- then it's time to get ready for Halloween!"--Jacket flap.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ BRE

Andy and his yellow frisbee
Thompson, Mary, 1947-
Bethesda, MD : Woodbine House, 1996.
The new girl at school tries to befriend Andy, an autistic boy who spends every recess by himself, spinning a yellow frisbee under the watchful eye of his older sister.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ THO

Autistic planet
Elder, Jennifer, 1968-
London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2007.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ ELD

Baby Polar
Murphy, Yannick.
New York : Clarion Books, 2009.
Even though his mother warns him of a coming storm, Baby Polar goes outside to play, but when he cannot see his own paw he realizes that he now faces danger.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ MUR

Barnyard slam
Regan, Dian Curtis.
New York : Holiday House, 2009.
Farm animals express themselves at a poetry slam hosted by Yo Mama Goose.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ REG

Bartleby speaks!
Cruise, Robin, 1951-
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
As he grows from infancy to three-years of age, Bartleby Huddle remains quiet, not speaking a word, until the day Grampy Huddle arrives and discovers the solution.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ CRU

Beau Beaver goes to town
Bloxam, Frances.
[Camden, Me.?] : Down East Books : Distrubuted to the trade by National Book Network, c2009.
Beau Beaver sets out on his own to build his very first dam, but unfortunately he chooses a spot that simply will not do. Includes facts about beavers.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ BLO

Big bear hug
Oldland, Nicholas, 1972-
Toronto, ON : Kids Can Press, c2009.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ OLD

Big Rabbit's bad mood
Badescu, Ramona.
San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 2009.
Big Rabbit is in a very bad mood, and though he tries to make it go away, nothing he does seems to work.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ BAD

Black Beauty
Lerner, Sharon.
New York : Random House, 2009.
An illustrated adaptation for younger readers of the classic work in which a horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ LER

A book
Gerstein, Mordicai.
New York : Roaring Brook, c2009.
"Once in a book by Mordecai Gerstein ... there lived a family of characters." This is the tale of one little girl's search for her own story.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ GER

A book about what autism can be like
Adams, Sue.
London ; Philadelphia, PA : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009.
A friendship between two fictional boys helps explain what autism can be like.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ ADA

Boris and the wrong shadow
Hodgkinson, Leigh.
Wilton, CT : Tiger Tales, 2009.
Boris wakes up from his catnap to find that he has the wrong shadow, one of a mouse! Can he find out who is behind the switch and get his own shadow back?
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ HOD

Brave Charlotte and the wolves
Stohner, Anu.
New York, NY : Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books, 2009.
Charlotte the sheep proves her courage once again when the rest of her flock, including Wolfi and his gang of pretend wolves, trembles in fear at the sound of howling in the forest.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ STO

Bye-bye, baby!
Morris, Richard T., 1969-
New York : Walker & Co., 2009.
Felix does not like his new baby sister and thinks his parents should take her back, until a trip to the zoo makes him realize that she might not be as bad as he thought.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ MOR

Camping day!
Lakin, Patricia, 1944-
New York, NY : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2009.
Four crocodile friends have many adventures during a camp-out.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ LAK

Carl's snowy afternoon
Day, Alexandra.
New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, c2009.
When Madeleine's parents go to the Pond Party, they leave Carl and the baby at home for a cozy winter afternoon with a babysitter. But Carl and Madeleine have plans of their own -- they want to play in the snow! After getting all bundled up, they sneak off to go sledding, build a snowman, and even make an appearance at the party and try sliding on the ice at the pond. Of course, resourceful Carl gets the baby home before her parents return -- and the babysitter is never the wiser.--Publisher's website.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ DAY

Chicken, pig, cow on the move
Ohi, Ruth.
Toronto : Annick Press, 2009.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ OHI

The clock struck one : a time-telling tale
Harris, Trudy.
Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, 2009.
Rhyming text expands on the nursery rhyme, "Hickory Dickory Dock," as a cat chases the mouse up the clock, followed by other animals, until midnight arrives and the tired creatures fall asleep. Includes facts about clocks and basic information about telling time.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ HAR

Colorful world
Winans, CeCe.
Oak Park Heights, Minn. : Maren Green Pub., 2007.
Lyrics and illustrations teach children to celebrate their own unique talents and abilities.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ WIN

Comin' down to storytime
Reid, Rob.
Janesville, WI : Upstart Books, c2009.
"Storytime! That's all the little barnyard animals need to hear to send them flocking to their librarian, who has some rip-roaring, song-singing, nursery-rhyming, snack-timing fun in store for them! You've never seen a storytime quite like this...and reading has never been such fun!. Set to the tune of 'She'll be comin' round the mountain when she comes.'"--Jacket.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ REI

Crazy hair
Gaiman, Neil.
New York : HarperCollins, 2009.
Bonnie encounters all sorts of exotic animals and marvelous things inside a man's crazy hair.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ GAI

Creature abc
Zuckerman, Andrew.
San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 2009.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ ZUC

Crow call
Lowry, Lois.
New York : Scholastic Press, 2009.
Nine-year-old Liz accompanies the stranger who is her father, just returned from the war, when he goes hunting for crows in Pennsylvania farmland.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ LOW

The delicious bug
Perlman, Janet, 1954-
Toronto : Kids Can Press, c2009.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ PER

Desert Rose and her highfalutin hog
Jackson, Alison, 1953-
New York : Walker & Co., 2009.
Upon finding a large gold nugget on her pig farm, Desert Rose sets out to buy the biggest, fattest hog in Texas to enter in the state fair, but first she must get the hog to Laredo and every animal she asks for help is just as "ornery" as the hog.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ JAC

The dinosaur tamer
Greathouse, Carol.
New York : Dutton Children's Books, 2009.
With the strength of an Iguanodon and the speed of a Utah Raptor, lasso- tossing, Pleiosaurus-riding Rocky is legendary. There isn't a dinosaur in the land that would think of giving Rocky a lick of trouble. That is, until he meets T. Rex, the rip-roarinaest, snip-snortinaest, flame-breathinaest reptilian ever to stomp the earth.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ GRE

Dog biscuit
Cooper, Helen (Helen F.).
New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2009.
A little girl eats a dog biscuit by mistake and worries about the consequences. Includes recipe for "human-being treats."
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ COO

The Duchess of Whimsy : An absolutely delicious fairy tale
De Sève, Randall.
New York : Philomel Books, 2009.
The Duchess of Whimsy has absolutely no interest in the Earl of Norm until he makes a sandwich that causes her to look at him in an entirely different way.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ deS

The duck and the kangaroo
Lear, Edward, 1812-1888.
New York : Greenwillow Books, c2009.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ LEG

Duck, duck, moose
Horowitz, Dave, 1970-
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2009.
With no prospect of any friends around for the winter, Moose decides to travel south with Duck and Other Duck.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ HOR

Farmer Joe and the music show
Mitton, Tony.
New York : Orchard Books, 2009, c2008.
With the help of his instrument-playing friends, Farmer Joe has his hens clucking, his pigs dancing, and his cows mooing to a country music show.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ MIT

The fiesta dress : a quinceañera tale
McNelly McCormack, Caren.
New York : Marshall Cavendish, 2009.
While Eva and her family prepare for her quinceañera, no one is paying attention to her younger sister, but when the dog gets out of the laundry room and steals Eva's sash, her little sister comes to the rescue.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ MCN

Finding Susie : by Sandra Day O'Connor ; illustrated by Tom Pohrt
O'Connor, Sandra Day, 1930-
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
On a ranch in the American Southwest, Sandra longs for a pet but each time she tries to adopt a wild animal, she concludes that it will be better off where it belongs.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ OCO

Finn throws a fit
Elliott, David, 1947-
Somerville [Mass.] : Candlewick Press, 2009.
A cranky toddler has an enormous tantrum.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ ELL

Firefighter Ted
Beaty, Andrea.
New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2009.
When Ted awakens to the smell of smoke and cannot find a firefighter, he decides to become one for the day, much to the dismay of his mother, neighbors, principal, and classmates.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ BEA

Flying
Luthardt, Kevin.
Atlanta : Peachtree, 2009.
A boy's simple questions about why he cannot fly lead to an imaginative journey with his father.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ LUT

Flying high
Stamp, Jørgen, 1969-
New York : Enchanted Lion Books, 2009.
Walter the giraffe builds an airplane, but when Sonny the turtle wants to accompany him on his maiden flight, Walter ignores his request.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ STA

Goldilocks
Sanderson, Ruth.
New York : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2009.
After finding the bears' cottage in the woods and making a mess inside, Goldilocks helps the family clean up and enjoys a nice meal.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ SAN

Grandpa's music : a story about Alzheimer's
Acheson, Alison, 1964-
Morton Grove, Ill. : Albert Whitman, 2009.
Although Alzheimer's disease makes it difficult for Callie's grandfather to remember things, his family keeps him occupied, and Callie's special task is to help him enjoy playing the piano and singing favorite songs.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ ACH

Green Wilma, frog in space
Arnold, Tedd.
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2009.
Green Wilma the frog is mistaken for an alien child and taken on a trip through space.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ ARN

Happy Hector
Dunbar, Polly.
Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2008.
Hector the pig is unhappy when all the other animals want to play with Tilly, but eventually he realizes that he can be happy even though he does not have Tilly all to himself.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ DUN

Have you ever seen a sneep?
Pym, Tasha.
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
Rhyming text asks the reader if certain unusual--and unpleasant-- creatures live nearby.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ PYM

Heart in the pocket
Bourguignon, Laurence.
Grand Rapids, MI : Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2008.
A baby kangaroo is reluctant to leave the comfort of his mother's pocket, where he is safe and warm and can always hear her heartbeat, until he finds out that her heart is not actually in her pocket.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ BOU

Hee-Haw-Dini and the Great Zambini
Kennedy, Kim.
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2009.
Hee Haw the donkey and his friend Chester the field mouse long to be great magicians, and in spite of the other farm animals' mockery, they persist in pursuing their dream.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ KEN

Here comes Jack Frost
Kohara, Kazuno.
New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2009.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ KOH

Here comes the big, mean dust bunny!
Thomas, Jan, 1958-
New York : Beach Lane Books, c2009.
Dust bunnies who enjoy rhyming games and a boisterous cat who likes to chase and grab learn how to play together.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ THO

Hooray for spring!
Iwamura, Kazuo, 1939-
New York : NorthSouth, c2009.
The three squirrel children, Mick, Mack and Molly are puzzled about what to feed the hungry baby birds.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ IWA

How do you wokka-wokka?
Bluemle, Elizabeth.
Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2009.
A young boy who likes to "wokka-wokka, shimmy-shake, and shocka-shocka" gathers his neighbors together for a surprise celebration.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ BLU

I spy treasure hunt : a book of picture riddles
Wick, Walter.
New York : Scholastic, c1999.
Rhyming verses ask readers to find hidden objects in the photographs.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ WIC

I wish I had freckles like Abby
Heling, Kathryn.
[S.l.] : Reaven Tree Press, 2009.
Rosa goes to elaborate and comical lengths to have freckles like Abby. She realizes she might have something that is just as desirable as the longed- for freckles. Rosa gains appreciation of her own uniqueness.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ HEL

Jack the Tripper
Barretta, Gene.
Orlando : Harcourt, 2008.
Someone is tripping students at Benjamin Dizzy Elementary School and taking their candy and homework, but the resulting nervousness does not quell people's excitement over the upcoming Dizzy Day Parade, when the rule is "anything goes."
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ BAR

King Bidgood's in the bathtub
Wood, Audrey.
San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1985.
Despite pleas from his court, a fun-loving king refuses to get out of his bathtub to rule his kingdom.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ WOO

Kiss kiss
Mandine, Selma, 1973-
New York : Golden Books, c2009.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ MAN

Last night
Yum, Hyewon.
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.
Sent to her room for refusing to eat her dinner, a little girl soon falls asleep and together with her bear friend begins a fantastic voyage deep into the forest where they dance and play all night.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ YUM

The legend of Ninja Cowboy Bear
Bruins, David.
Toronto : Kids Can Press, c2009.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ BRU

The leprechaun who lost his rainbow
Callahan, Sean, 1965-
Morton Grove, Ill. : Albert Whitman & Co., 2009.
When Roy G. Biv, a leprechaun, appears and asks Colleen's help in saving the St. Patrick's Day parade, she offers items of different colors to rebuild his lost rainbow, but is reluctant to part with a special gift from her grandfather.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ CAL

Little Blue Truck leads the way
Schertle, Alice.
Boston [Mass.] : Harcourt Children's Books, 2009.
A country truck feels out of place in the speedy, noisy city until he comes to the rescue during a giant traffic jam.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ SCH

The little dump truck
Cuyler, Margery.
New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2009.
A happy little dump truck, driven by Hard Hat Pete, hauls stones, rocks, and debris from a construction site to a landfill.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ CUY

Little snow goose
Hawkins, Emily.
New York : Dutton, 2009.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ HAW

The littlest dinosaur's big adventure
Foreman, Michael, 1938-
New York : Walker Books for Young Readers : Distributed to the trade by Macmillan Publishers, 2009.
The littlest dinosaur discovers the advantages of being small as he frolics among the lily pads with his new frog friends, and then bravely finds his way home after getting lost in the woods.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ FOR

The longest night
Bauer, Marion Dane.
New York : Holiday House, c2009.
One very long night, a crow, a moose, and a fox all claim they can bring back the sun, but the wind knows that only one little creature has what is needed to end the darkness.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ BAU

Louise the big cheese : divine diva
Primavera, Elise.
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2009.
When she learns her class will be doing a play, little Louise Cheese has big dreams of being the star, but when her best friend is given the lead she learns that even the small roles count.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ PRI

Lulu the big little chick
Bogan, Paulette.
New York : Bloomsbury Children's Books : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, 2009.
When Lulu gets tired of being told she is too little to do things, she decides to go far, far away.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ BOG

Lulu's pajamas
Papineau, Lucie.
Toronto : Kids Can Press, c2009.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ PAP

Mama says : a book of love for mothers and sons
Walker, Rob D.
New York : The Blue Sky Press, c2009.
A man recalls all of the important lessons Mama taught about behavior and faith in God as he was growing up.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ WAL

The marshmallow incident
Barrett, Judi.
New York : Scholastic Press, 2009.
The left-handed residents of the town of Left and the right-handed residents of the town of Right become friends after a marshmallow-throwing incident instigated by the knights of the Ambidextrous Order who guard the dotted yellow line that separates the two towns.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ BAR

Meeow and the little chairs
Braun, Sebastien.
London : Boxer, 2009.
Meeow and his animal friends play with chairs of different colors.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ BRA

The middle-child blues
Crow, Kristyn.
New York, NY, U.S.A. : G.P. Putnam's Sons/Penguin Young Readers Group, c2009.
A boy named Lee sings about all the miserable aspects of being a middle child.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ CRO

Mimi and Lulu : three sweet stories, one forever friendship
Harper, Charise Mericle.
New York, NY : HarperCollins Childrens Books, c2009.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ HAR

Miss Mingo and the fire drill
Harper, Jamie.
Somerville, MA : Candlewick Press, c2009.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ HAR

Monster sleepover!
Beck, Scott.
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2009.
Doris throws a slumber party for Ben and her other monster friends, complete with games, snacks, and an effort to stay up all night.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ BEC

Moose on the loose
Wargin, Kathy-jo.
Chelsea, MI : Sleeping Bear Press, 2009.
Rhyming text poses a series of questions about how the reader would deal with a moose that is on the loose, in the yard, in the house, or taking a bath.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ WAR

Mousie love
Chaconas, Dori, 1938-
New York, N.Y. : Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books, 2009.
After falling in love at first sight, Tully the mouse strives to prove his devotion to Frill every day--while avoiding the cat--but never gives her a chance to respond to his marriage proposal.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ CHA

Muktar and the camels
Graber, Janet.
New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2009.
Muktar, an eleven-year-old refugee living in a Kenyan orphanage, dreams of tending camels again, as he did with his nomadic family in Somalia, and has a chance to prove himself when a traveling librarian with an injured camel arrives at his school.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ GRA

Mungo and the spiders from space
Knapman, Timothy.
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2008.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ KNA

My goldfish
Barroux, Stephane.
Grand Rapids, MI : Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2009.
The proud owner of an extraordinary goldfish describes its amazing talents.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ BAR

Mystery vine : a pumpkin surprise
Falwell, Cathryn.
New York : Greenwillow Books, 2009.
When a mysterious vine appears in their carefully tended garden, the brother and sister patiently watch and wait to see what it becomes. Includes gardening activities and pumpkin recipes.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ FAL

Nanook & Pryce
Crowley, Ned.
New York, NY : Harper, c2009.
Parka-clad friends Nanook and Pryce and their dog Yukon encounter many different types of ocean life and adventure on an unexpected voyage.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ CRO

New Year at the pier : a Rosh Hashanah story
Wayland, April Halprin.
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2009.
On Rosh Hashanah, Izzy and his family make lists of the wrongs they have committed over the past year, and after they have apologized, they throw pieces of bread into the water to "clean their hearts" in a ceremony called tashlich.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ WAY

Night lights
Gal, Susan.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
While preparing for bedtime, a little girl and her dog note all the different kinds of lights that brighten up the night, from headlights to moonlight.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ GAL

The Night of the Moon
Khan, Hena.
San Francisco, Calif. : Chronicle Books, 2008.
Yasmeen has a wonderful time celebrating the Muslim holy month of Ramadan with her family and friends.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ KHA

Nighty night, Baby Jesus : a noisy Nativity
Idle, Molly Schaar.
Nashville : Abingdon Press, c2009.
Rhyming text tells of stable animals awakening to find a baby boy in their manger, and raising their voices joyfully until Mary asks them to hush so that Jesus can sleep.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ IDL

No more blanket for Lambkin!
Ford, Bernette G.
London : Boxer Books Ltd ; New York, NY : distributed in the U.S. and Canada by Sterling Pub. Co., 2009.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ FOR

The old blue pickup truck
Ransom, Candice F., 1952-
New York : Walker Books for Young Readers : Distributed to the trade by Macmillan Publishers, 2009.
As a girl and her father run errands in their old blue pickup, she discovers how many different ways they can use their truck.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ RAN

Oliver at the window
Shreeve, Elizabeth.
Honesdale, Penn. : Front Street, 2009.
When Oliver's parents move into separate houses, he spends a lot of time looking out of windows with his pet lion as he adjusts to a new preschool and to living in two places.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ SHR

Olly and me 1-2-3
Hughes, Shirley, 1927-
Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2009.
Like every young child, Katie has plenty of things to count, like a friend's four kittens, six guests at a tea party, or ten people on a crowded bus --and her baby brother, Olly.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ HUG

One fine trade
Miller, Bobbi.
New York : Holiday House, c2009.
Georgy Piney Woods wants to trade a horse for a shiny silver dollar so that his daughter can buy a wedding dress. First he trades the horse for a fat brown cow. Then he trades the cow for an old hound dog. He makes one fine trade after another, but will the peddler ever trade for a silver dollar so that his daughter can have her wedding? Based on an old folktale from the American South.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ MIL

One, two, buckle my shoe
Cabrera, Jane.
New York : Holiday House, c2009.
Four chicks have fun hiding while Rabbit and Mommy Hen prepare a party for the little pigs' birthday.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ CAB

One wolf howls
Cohn, Scotti.
Mt. Pleasant, SC: Sylvan Dell Pub., c2009.
The months of the year and the numbers 1 through 12 are used in rhyming text to introduce children to the behavior of wolves in natural settings. Includes "For Creative Minds" educational section.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ COH

Paula Bunyan
Root, Phyllis.
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
Recounts the exploits of Paul Bunyan's "little" sister, Paula, who lived in the North Woods, sang three-part harmony with the wolves, and used an angry bear for a foot warmer.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ ROO

The Peace Bell
Preus, Margi.
New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2008.
Yoko's grandmother tells about how the bell in their town that would ring on New Year's Eve is given up during the war for scrap metal, finds its way back to their village, and becomes known as the Peace Bell.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ PRE

Peace Week in Miss Fox's class
Spinelli, Eileen.
Morton Grove, Ill. : Albert Whitman & Co., 2009.
For "Peace Week," the animals in Miss Fox's class find ways to be peaceful instead of squabbling with each other.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ SPI

Pennies for elephants
Judge, Lita.
New York : Disney/Hyperion Books, c2009.
Story based on the 1914 newspaper headlines about the children of Boston raising more than $6,000 to buy the first elephants for the Franklin Park Zoo.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ JUD

Polo and the dragon
Faller, Régis.
New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2009.
In this wordless picture book, Polo the dog becomes trapped in the ice and snow while out sailing one day, but a friendly dragon helps him escape.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ FAL

Polo and the magician!
Faller, Régis.
New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2009.
Reading at home on a rainy night, Polo the dog is washed out to sea in his armchair and soon finds himself part of a magician's circus act. Told through wordless illustrations.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ FAL

Princess Hyacinth : (the surprising tale of a girl who floated)
Heide, Florence Parry.
New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, 2009.
Princess Hyacinth is bored and unhappy sitting in her palace every day because, unless she is weighed down by specially-made clothes, she will float away, but her days are made brighter when kite-flying Boy stops to say hello.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ HEI

Rattle and rap
Steggall, Susan.
London : Frances Lincoln Children's, 2008.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ STE

Rattle and rap
Steggall, Susan.
London : Frances Lincoln Children's, 2008.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ STE

Ready for anything
Kasza, Keiko.
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2009.
Raccoon is nervous about all of the things that could spoil a picnic, from bees to dragons, until Duck convinces him that surprises can be fun.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ KAS

The red shoes
Glass, Eleri, 1969-
Vancouver : Simply Read Books, 2008.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ GLA

The red shoes
Fowler, Gloria.
[Los Angeles, CA] : AMMO ; [LaVergne, TN] : Distributed in the USA and Canada by Ingram Publisher Services, 2008.
A retelling of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale in which a girl's desire for a pair of red dancing shoes almost dooms her to dance forever.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ FOW

Rhyming dust bunnies
Thomas, Jan, 1958-
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2009.
As three dust bunnies, Ed, Ned, and Ted, are demonstrating how much they love to rhyme, a fourth, Bob, is trying to warn them of approaching danger.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ THO

Ruby the copycat
Rathmann, Peggy.
New York : Scholastic, c1991.
Ruby insists on copying Angela, until her teacher helps her discover her own creative resources.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ RAT

Secret circus
Wright, Johanna.
New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2009.
Mice carefully dress for an evening out, journey across Paris in a hot air balloon, and finally arrive at a secret place to see the circus.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ WRI

Shark in the dark
Bently, Peter.
New York, N.Y. : Walker, 2009.
A shark that has been frightening all the other fish gets its comeuppance when the other sea creatures band together to teach it a lesson.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ BEN

"Shwatsit!" : no one knows just what it means
Ditchfield, Christin.
New York : Golden Book, c2009.
"As Baby points at everything in sight, she has just one thing to say: 'Shwatsit!' But what on earth does it mean? Finally, her older brother solves the mystery while watching her try to reach for her teddy bear"--Publisher.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ DIT

Sir Ryan's quest
Deeble, Jason.
New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2009.
After playing with his toy knights and castle, Ryan dons a saucepan helmet and embarks on an imaginary quest through the rooms of his house.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ DEE

Skippyjon Jones-- lost in spice
Schachner, Judith Byron.
New York : Dutton Children's Books, c2009.
Skippyjon Jones, the Siamese cat that thinks he is a Chihuahua dog, has an adventure on Mars.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ SCH

Sloppy Joe
Keane, David, 1965-
New York, NY : Harper, c2009.
Sloppy Joe determines to do everything he can to surprise his family by becoming Neat Joe.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ KEA

A small surprise
Yates, Louise.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
A little rabbit, too small even to wipe his own nose, is just the right size to do one very special thing.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ YAT

Snow White
Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863.
New York : North-South ; Enfield : Publishers Group UK [distributor], 2009.
The tale of the beautiful princess whose lips were red as blood, skin was white as snow, and hair was as black as ebony.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ GRI

Something to do
Lucas, David, 1966-
New York : Philomel Books, 2008.
A parent and child bear must use their imaginations to find something to do.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ LUC

Starlight goes to town
Allard, Harry.
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.
Starlight LaPoule, better known as Ethel-Fae Klucksworth, is very unhappy living on a poultry farm in Tennessee, but when her fairy godmother gives her the ability to make her wishes come true, the results are unexpected.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ ALL

Start saving, Henry!
Carlson, Nancy L.
New York : Viking, c2009.
When Henry the mouse wants to buy a Super Robot Dude, he discovers how hard it is to save money.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ CAR

Stick Man
Donaldson, Julia.
New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2009.
Stick Man ends up far away from his family tree when he is fetched by a dog, thrown by a child, used as a snowman's arm, and even put on a fire, but finally Santa Claus steps in to make sure that Stick Man and his family have a joyous Christmas.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ DON

Stretch
Cronin, Doreen.
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2009.
Rhyming text describes the many ways to stretch.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ GRO

Superhero School
Reynolds, Aaron, 1970-
New York : Bloomsbury Children's Books, c2009.
When Leonard starts attending Superhero School he is disappointed to find that all they learn is math, but when the ice zombies strike, Leonard and his classmates put their newly-acquired knowledge to good use.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ REY

Supersister
Cadena, Beth.
New York : Clarion Books, 2009.
A young girl does all kinds of things around the house to help her pregnant mother, proud that when the new baby comes she is going to be "a super sister."
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ CAD

Swamp song
Ketteman, Helen.
New York : Marshall Cavendish, 2009.
Down in the swamp where the cypress grows, the animals all come out to enjoy the day.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ KET

Teacher! : sharing, helping, caring
Hubbell, Patricia.
New York : Marshall Cavendish Children, 2009.
Illustrations and rhyming text depict a teacher helping students to learn and have fun during a week at school.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ HUB

There
Fitzpatrick, Marie-Louise.
New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2009.
A young girl asks questions about growing up as she walks over rolling hills, climbs a ladder up to the stars, and meets a dragon.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ FIT

Thumbelina
Andersen, Hans Christian.
Candlewick Press (MA) 2009.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ AND

Too perfect
Ludwig, Trudy.
Berkeley, Calif. : Tricycle Press, c2009.
Maisie is convinced that her life would be much better if she were as "perfect' as her much-admired classmate Kayla until, after working together on a school project, she realizes that Kayla's perfectionism is not as wonderful as it seems. Includes information for parents.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ LUD

The trouble with sisters and robots
Gritton, Steve.
Morton Grove, Ill. : Albert Whitman & Co., 2009.
After frantically trying to stop his out of control robot from turning everything it touches into metal, Kyle finally listens to his little sister's advice.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ GRI

The truly terribly horrible sweater-- that Grandma knit
Macomber, Debbie.
New York : Harper, c2009.
Cameron hates the sweater that his grandmother knit for his birthday, until she visits and tells him the special meaning behind its design.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ MAC

Wag
McDonnell, Patrick, 1956-
New York : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2009.
Mooch the cat tries to explain what makes Earl's tail wag.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ MCD

Wally and Mae
Kempter, Christa.
New York : North-South ; Enfield : Publishers Group UK [distributor], 2008.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ KEM

Wee little lamb
Thompson, Lauren.
New York, N.Y. : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2009.
A little, newborn lamb, too shy to say hello to the rabbit or sing with the robin, is finally drawn out by a tiny fieldmouse.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ THO

When Stella was very, very small
Gay, Marie-Louise.
Toronto ; Berkeley : Groundwood Books, 2009.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ GAY

When the moon forgot
Jimi.
New York : Little, Brown, 2009.
A boy befriends the moon when it falls from the sky, until finally, after much love and nurturing, the moon remembers how to find its way back home.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ LIA

When the world is ready for bed
Shields, Gillian.
New York : Bloomsbury, 2009.
Parent and child prepare for bed by cleaning up toys, folding clothes, talking about the events of the day, and reading a book.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ SHI

When we're together
Freedman, Claire.
Intercourse, PA : Good Books, 2009.
Rhyming text celebrates the simple pleasures of time spent together with family or friends.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ FRE

Who would like a Christmas tree?
Obed, Ellen Bryan, 1944-
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Describes the flora and fauna that inhabit a Christmas tree farm throughout the year and use the growing trees for a variety of purposes. Includes section on how the farmer takes care of the farm through the year.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ OBE

Wiggle giggle tickle train
Hilb, Nora.
Toronto : Annick Press, 2009.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ HIL

Wilson and Miss Lovely : a back-to-school mystery
Stadler, John, illustrator.
New York, NY : Robin Corey Books, c2009.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ STA

Would I trade my parents?
Numeroff, Laura Joffe.
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2009.
A young boy considers what is special about all of his friends' parents, and realizes that his own are the most wonderful of all.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ NUM

Wow! said the owl
Hopgood, Tim.
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
A curious little owl decides to stay awake to find out how the things he sees at night look during the daytime.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ HOP

You and me and home sweet home
Lyon, George Ella, 1949-
New York, N.Y. : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2009.
Third-grader Sharonda and her mother help volunteers from their church to build the house that will be their very own.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ LYO

Yum yum, baby bundt
Harper, Jamie.
Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, c2009.
"Take one hungry baby, add slippery noodles, messy sauce, and fruit (plus one very helpful big sister), and stir up some finger-lickin' fun"--Back cover.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ-HAR

Yummy : eight favorite fairy tales
Cousins, Lucy.
Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2009.
A fresh look at eight classic stories, told with bold language and vibrant pictures.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ COU

Zoo day, olé! : a counting book
Gershator, Phillis.
Tarrytown, NY : Marshall Cavendish, 2009.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ GER

The Berenstain Bears and too much teasing
Berenstain, Stan, 1923-
New York : Random House, 1995.
Brother Bear likes to tease his sister, but when he's the one who is taunted at school, he understands why Sister gets so mad.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JJP BER

Fancy Nancy. heart to heart
O'Connor, Jane.
New York : HarperFestival, c2009.
Mystery is in the air when Nancy receives a valentine from a secret someone.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JJP OCO

Fancy Nancy. heart to heart
O'Connor, Jane.
New York : HarperFestival, c2009.
Mystery is in the air when Nancy receives a valentine from a secret someone.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JJP OCO

The night before St. Patrick's Day
Wing, Natasha.
New York, N.Y. : Grosset & Dunlap, 2009.
In this poem based on "The Night Before Christmas," Tim and Maureen go to great lengths to set a trap, hoping to catch a real leprechaun on St. Patrick's Day and take his pot of gold.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JJP WIN

The World Book student discovery encyclopedia
Chicago : World Book, 2006.
"A 13-volume,illustrated, A-Z general reference encyclopedia for students with high interest, low reading levels, providing traditional features of adult reference works, plus activities, atlas of world maps, special articles, and cumulative index"--Provided by publisher.
Agawam Juv Reference - STUDENT REF 031 WOR VOL.10

The World Book student discovery encyclopedia
Chicago : World Book, 2006.
"A 13-volume,illustrated, A-Z general reference encyclopedia for students with high interest, low reading levels, providing traditional features of adult reference works, plus activities, atlas of world maps, special articles, and cumulative index"--Provided by publisher.
Agawam Juv Reference - STUDENT REF 031 WOR VOL.9

The World Book student discovery encyclopedia
Chicago : World Book, 2006.
"A 13-volume,illustrated, A-Z general reference encyclopedia for students with high interest, low reading levels, providing traditional features of adult reference works, plus activities, atlas of world maps, special articles, and cumulative index"--Provided by publisher.
Agawam Juv Reference - STUDENT REF 031 WOR VOL.13

The World Book student discovery encyclopedia
Chicago : World Book, 2006.
"A 13-volume,illustrated, A-Z general reference encyclopedia for students with high interest, low reading levels, providing traditional features of adult reference works, plus activities, atlas of world maps, special articles, and cumulative index"--Provided by publisher.
Agawam Juv Reference - STUDENT REF 031 WOR VOL.12

The World Book student discovery encyclopedia
Chicago : World Book, 2006.
"A 13-volume,illustrated, A-Z general reference encyclopedia for students with high interest, low reading levels, providing traditional features of adult reference works, plus activities, atlas of world maps, special articles, and cumulative index"--Provided by publisher.
Agawam Juv Reference - STUDENT REF 031 WOR VOL.11

The World Book student discovery encyclopedia
Chicago : World Book, 2006.
"A 13-volume,illustrated, A-Z general reference encyclopedia for students with high interest, low reading levels, providing traditional features of adult reference works, plus activities, atlas of world maps, special articles, and cumulative index"--Provided by publisher.
Agawam Juv Reference - STUDENT REF 031 WOR VOL.8

The World Book student discovery encyclopedia
Chicago : World Book, 2006.
"A 13-volume,illustrated, A-Z general reference encyclopedia for students with high interest, low reading levels, providing traditional features of adult reference works, plus activities, atlas of world maps, special articles, and cumulative index"--Provided by publisher.
Agawam Juv Reference - STUDENT REF 031 WOR VOL.7

The World Book student discovery encyclopedia
Chicago : World Book, 2006.
"A 13-volume,illustrated, A-Z general reference encyclopedia for students with high interest, low reading levels, providing traditional features of adult reference works, plus activities, atlas of world maps, special articles, and cumulative index"--Provided by publisher.
Agawam Juv Reference - STUDENT REF 031 WOR VOL.6

The World Book student discovery encyclopedia
Chicago : World Book, 2006.
"A 13-volume,illustrated, A-Z general reference encyclopedia for students with high interest, low reading levels, providing traditional features of adult reference works, plus activities, atlas of world maps, special articles, and cumulative index"--Provided by publisher.
Agawam Juv Reference - STUDENT REF 031 WOR VOL.5

The World Book student discovery encyclopedia
Chicago : World Book, 2006.
"A 13-volume,illustrated, A-Z general reference encyclopedia for students with high interest, low reading levels, providing traditional features of adult reference works, plus activities, atlas of world maps, special articles, and cumulative index"--Provided by publisher.
Agawam Juv Reference - STUDENT REF 031 WOR VOL.4

The World Book student discovery encyclopedia
Chicago : World Book, 2006.
"A 13-volume,illustrated, A-Z general reference encyclopedia for students with high interest, low reading levels, providing traditional features of adult reference works, plus activities, atlas of world maps, special articles, and cumulative index"--Provided by publisher.
Agawam Juv Reference - STUDENT REF 031 WOR VOL.3

The World Book student discovery encyclopedia
Chicago : World Book, 2006.
"A 13-volume,illustrated, A-Z general reference encyclopedia for students with high interest, low reading levels, providing traditional features of adult reference works, plus activities, atlas of world maps, special articles, and cumulative index"--Provided by publisher.
Agawam Juv Reference - STUDENT REF 031 WOR VOL.2

The World Book student discovery encyclopedia
Chicago : World Book, 2006.
"A 13-volume,illustrated, A-Z general reference encyclopedia for students with high interest, low reading levels, providing traditional features of adult reference works, plus activities, atlas of world maps, special articles, and cumulative index"--Provided by publisher.
Agawam Juv Reference - STUDENT REF 031 WOR VOL.1

The 100th day of school
O'Connor, Jane.
New York : HarperCollins, c2009.
Nancy, who likes to use fancy words, cannot think of a fancy enough project to commemorate the 100th day of school.
Agawam Juv Paperback - EP OCO LEVEL 1

The 100th day of school
O'Connor, Jane.
New York : HarperCollins, c2009.
Nancy, who likes to use fancy words, cannot think of a fancy enough project to commemorate the 100th day of school.
Agawam Juv Paperback - EP OCO LEVEL 1

Batman : meet the super heroes
Teitelbaum, Michael.
New York : Harper, 2010.
Agawam Juv Paperback - EP TEI LEVEL 2

Best dad in the sea
Tyler, Amy J.
New York : Random House, c2003.
When Nemo gets caught on his way to school, his father comes to the rescue.
Agawam Juv Paperback - EP TYL LEVEL 1

Biscuit goes to school
Capucilli, Alyssa Satin, 1957-
New York : Scholastic, c2002, (2005 printing).
A dog follows the bus to school, where he meets the teacher and takes part in the activities of the class.
Agawam Juv Paperback - EP CAP

Biscuit wants to play
Capucilli, Alyssa Satin, 1957-
New York : HarperTrophy, 2002.
The puppy Biscuit makes friends with two kittens.
Agawam Juv Paperback - EP CAP

Biscuit's new trick
Capucilli, Alyssa Satin, 1957-
New York : HarperTrophy , 2001.
A puppy does all sorts of tricks in the process of learning the one his master is trying to teach him.
Agawam Juv Paperback - EP CAP

A butterfly grows
Swinburne, Stephen R.
Orlando, Fla. : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
"Discover the stages in a butterfly's development-- from egg to caterpillar to chrysalis to beautiful winged insect!"--P. [4] of cover.
Agawam Juv Fiction - E595.789 SWI LEVEL 2

The day of the black blizzard
Ransom, Candice F., 1952-
Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, 2009.
Agawam Juv Fiction - E RAN

Dora in the deep sea
Ricci, Christine.
New York : Simon Spotlight/Nick Jr., c2003.
Dora and Boots go into the sea in a submarine to help Pirate Pig find his lost treasure chest. Features rebuses.
Agawam Juv Paperback - EP RIC

Dora's picnic
Ricci, Christine.
New York : Simon Spotlight, 2003.
Dora and her animal friends all contribute something to bring to a picnic at Play Park. Features rebuses.
Agawam Juv Paperback - EP RIC LEVEL 1

Guess who stings
Rau, Dana Meachen, 1971-
New York : Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, c2009.
"Following a guessing game format, this book provides young readers with clues about a honeybee's physical characteristics, behaviors, and habitats, challenging readres to identify it"--Provided by publisher.
Agawam Juv Fiction - E595.799 RAU

I spy Fly Guy
Arnold, Tedd.
New York : Scholastic, c2009.
While playing hide-and-seek with Buzz, Fly Guy is taken away by a garbage man.
Agawam Juv Fiction - E ARN

Mayor
Gorman, Jacqueline Laks, 1955-
Pleasantville, NY : Weekly Reader, 2009.
Agawam Juv Fiction - E352.23 GOR

The spooky tire
Scieszka, Jon.
New York : Aladdin, 2009.
On a dark and stormy night, Melvin the truck rolls into a spooky junkyard to find a replacement for his flat tire.
Agawam Juv Fiction - E SCI

Star Wars, the clone wars. Pirates-- and worse!
Beecroft, Simon.
London ; New York : DK, 2010.
"Meet some fearsome space pirates and find out how the Jedi outwit them." --p. [4] of cover.
Agawam Juv Paperback - EP BEE LEVEL 1

Star Wars, the clone wars. Stand aside-- bounty hunters!
Beecroft, Simon.
London ; New York : DK, 2010.
"Cad Bane is on an evil mission--will the Jedi be able to stop him in time?"--p. [4] of cover.
Agawam Juv Paperback - EP BEE LEVEL 2

Superman : I am Superman
Teitelbaum, Michael.
New York : Harper, 2010.
Agawam Juv Paperback - EP TEI LEVEL 2

When I grow up
Kittinger, Jo S.
New York : Scholastic Inc., [2004].
A young girl contemplates the many things she can be when she grows up, including a truck driver or President.
Agawam Juv Paperback - EP KIT

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