Agawam Massachusetts Public Library

NEW BOOKS March

Bed, bats, & beyond
Holub, Joan.
Plain City, OH : Darby Creek Pub., c2008.
It's dawn and time for bats to go to bed, but Fang's brother Fink can't sleep. Soon the whole family tries different bedtime stories to lull Fink to sleep.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J HOL

Best friends
Wilson, Jacqueline.
New York, : Roaring Brook Press, 2008.
Rambunctious and irrepressible Gemma has been best friends with Alice ever since they were born on the same day, so when Alice moves miles away to Scotland, Gemma is distraught over the idea that Alice might find a new best friend.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J WIL

The Black Stallion and the shape-shifter
Farley, Steven.
New York : Random House, c2009.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J FAR

The Cabinet of Wonders
Rutkoski, Marie.
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.
Twelve-year-old Petra, accompanied by her magical tin spider, goes to Prague hoping to retrieve the enchanted eyes the Prince of Bohemia took from her father, and is aided in her quest by a Roma boy and his sister.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J RUT

Calvin Coconut : trouble magnet
Salisbury, Graham.
New York : Wendy Lamb Books, c2009.
Nine-year-old. Calvin catches the attention of the school bully on the day before he starts fourth grade, while at home, the unfriendly, fifteen-year- old daughter of his mother's best friend has taken over his room.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J SAL

Charlie Bone and the time twister
Nimmo, Jenny.
New York : Orchard Books, c2003.
Back at Bloor's Academy after Christmas vacation, Charlie finds himself confronted with a new problem when young Henry Yewbeam, who vanished during a game of marbles in 1916, suddenly appears and needs help to find his family.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J NIM

Classic spooky stories
Repchuk, Caroline.
Bath, UK : Dempsey Parr, 2000, c1999.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J CLA

The crossroads
Grabenstein, Chris.
New York : Random House, 2008.
When eleven-year-old Zack Jennings moves to Connecticut with his father and new stepmother, they must deal with the ghosts left behind by a terrible accident, as well as another kind of ghost from Zack's past.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J GRA

Cyberia
Lynch, Chris.
New York : Scholastic Press, 2008.
In a future where electronic surveillance has taken the place of love, a veterinarian is putting computer chips in animals to control them, and those creatures choose young Zane, who understands their speech, to release captives and bring them to a technology-free safety zone.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J LYN

A dog on his own
Auch, Mary Jane.
New York : Holiday House, 2008.
After a daring escape from the animal shelter, Pearl, Peppy, and K-10--so named because he is one step above all the other canines--explore the outside world while moving from one adventure to another.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J AUC

Don't close your eyes
Stine, R. L.
New York : Delacorte Press, 2006.
Max already shares his house with two young ghosts that only he can see, but things get really bad when an evil ghost decides to share his body.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J STI

The dragon's lair
Haydon, Elizabeth.
New York, NY : Tom Doherty Associates, 2008.
Young Ven Polypheme and his friends find adventure--and a very angry dragon--when King Vandemere sends them afar to learn the cause of a dispute between two warring kingdoms.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J HAY

Fortune's magic farm
Selfors, Suzanne.
New York : Little, Brown and Co. Books for Young Readers, 2009.
Rescued from a rainy, boggy town where she works in a dismal factory, ten -year-old orphan Isabelle learns that she is the last surviving member of a family that tends the world's only remaining magic-producing farm.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J SEL

Freaks and shrieks
Stine, R. L.
New York : Delacorte Press, 2005.
When Max makes a deal with the two ghosts inhabiting his bedroom in order to find out how these friends became spirits, he must switch brains with the only witness to the event, a chimpanzee.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J STI

Geek chic : the Zoey zone
Palatini, Margie.
New York : Katherine Tegen, 2008.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J PAL

Ghouls gone wild
Stine, R. L.
New York : Delacorte Press, 2005.
Max's parents are planning to sell their house and move the family far, far away. Max has to stop them! He can't leave Nicky and Tara, the two ghosts who live with him. They need him. He's the only one who can help them become real kids again! But Max has another problem right now - a figure dressed in black, with a face hidden in shadow. It's a boy - or is it? That's what Max needs to know, because this shadowy figure is following Max. Watching him. Waiting for him ...
Agawam Juv Fiction - J STI

The gorgon's gaze
Golding, Julia.
New York : Marshall Cavendish, 2007.
Mallins Wood is home to the last surviving gorgon, and Col's mother, the gorgon's supernatural Companion, is determined to save it from encroaching development--even to the point of endangering Col and his best friend Connie, the most powerful Companion alive.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J GOL

Have you met my ghoulfriend?
Stine, R. L.
New York : Delacorte Press, 2004.
Phears, an evil ghost, wants eleven-year-old Max to help him capture the ghosts of two children whose parents once trapped him, and he sends a Berserker Ghoul to possess Max and convince him to obey.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J STI

If you're reading this, it's too late
Bosch, Pseudonymous.
New York : Little, Brown, 2008.
Cass and Max-Ernest discover the Museum of Magic, unscramble more coded messages, and solve new mysteries in their attempt to thwart the Terces Society's ambitions of discovering immortality.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J BOS

Jim & me : a baseball card adventure
Gutman, Dan.
New York, NY : HarperCollins Childrens Books, 2008.
Joe and his longtime enemy, Bobby Fuller, use a vintage baseball card to travel in time, hoping to stop Jim Thorpe from participating in the 1912 Olympics and losing his medals, but instead they watch Thorpe struggle during his first season with the New York Giants.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J GUT

Joe and Sparky get new wheels
Michalak, Jamie.
Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2009.
An adventurous giraffe drives off with his friend, a cautious turtle, to see the world.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J MIC

Junie B., first grader : one-man band
Park, Barbara.
New York : Random House, 2003.
When Junie B. cannot play in the school kickball tournament because of a sore toe, she brings her unique talents to the halftime show.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J PAR

The leanin' dog
Nuzum, K. A.
New York : Joanna Cotler Books, 2008.
In wintry Colorado during the 1930s, eleven-year-old Dessa Dean mourns the death of her beloved mother, but the arrival of an injured dog and the friendship they form is just what they need to change their lives forever.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J NUZ

Let's get this party haunted!
Stine, R. L.
New York : Delacorte Press, 2005.
Max's twelfth birthday party turns into a major disaster when ghosts Nicky and Tara boycott it, and sinister events spin out of control.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J STI

Little camp of horrors
Stine, R. L.
New York : Delacorte Press, 2005.
When his brother, Colin, takes the pendant in which the ghostly Nicky and Tara's parents may be trapped, Max must follow him to Camp Snake Lake and try to retrieve the pendant before evil ghosts find it.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J STI

Lost and found
Clements, Andrew, 1949-
Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2009.
Twelve-year-old identical twins Jay and Ray have long resented that everyone treats them as one person, and so they hatch a plot to take advantage of a clerical error at their new school and pretend they are just one.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J CLE

The magic half
Barrows, Annie.
New York, NY : Bloomsbury Children's Books : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, 2008.
Eleven-year-old Miri Gill feels left out in her family, which has two sets of twins and her, until she travels back in time to 1935 and discovers Molly, her own lost twin, and brings her back to the present day.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J BAR

Masterpiece
Broach, Elise.
Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2009.
After Marvin, a beetle, makes a miniature drawing as an eleventh birthday gift for James, a human with whom he shares a house, the two new friends work together to help recover an Albrecht Dürer drawing stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J BRO

Mines of the minotaur
Golding, Julia.
New York : Marshall Cavendish, 2008.
When an unknown entity forces Connie to create destructive storms, the head of the Chartmouth Chapter for the Society for the Protection of Mythical Creatures rescinds Connie's membership, leaving her on her own to discover what is happening.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J GOL

Moonlight on the magic flute
Osborne, Mary Pope.
New York : Random House, 2009.
Jack and Annie travel to Vienna, Austria, in 1762 where they meet the young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his sister and help save the budding genius' life.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J OSB

Much ado about Anne
Frederick, Heather Vogel.
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2008.
Entering seventh grade at Walden Middle School, four girls continue their mother-daughter book club, reading Lucy Maud Montgomery's "Anne of Green Gables" while dealing with a mean, troublemaking classmate.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J FRE

Obi, gerbil on the loose!
Delaney, M. C. (Michael Clark).
New York : Dutton Children Books, c2008.
Obie the gerbil must fend for herself in a dangerous household, consisting of a dog, three cats, a parrot, and a mouse hidden in the attic, when the Armstrongs go on vacation and instructions for taking care of Obie get lost.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J DEL

One night in Doom House
Stine, R. L.
New York : Delacorte Press, 2005.
While Max is trying to help his ghost-friends Nicky and Tara find their parents, he accidentally angers an evil ghost named Mr. Morgo, who vows revenge.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J STI

Peace, Locomotion
Woodson, Jacqueline.
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2009.
Through letters to his little sister, who is living in a different foster home, sixth-grader Lonnie, also known as "Locomotion," keeps a record of their lives while they are apart, describing his own foster family, including his foster brother who returns home after losing a leg in the Iraq War.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J WOO

The Penderwicks on Gardam Street
Birdsall, Jeanne.
Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2009.
The four Penderwick sisters are faced with the unimaginable prospect of their widowed father dating, and they hatch a plot to stop him.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J BIR

Philippa Fisher's fairy godsister
Kessler, Liz.
Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2008.
Philippa Fisher is just your average 11 year old. But that changes when Daisy, her fairy godsister, enters her life.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J KES

The reality bug
MacHale, D. J.
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2007, c2003.
The gray stone in the center of the ring began to glow, then sparkle. A second later a sharp beam of light shot from its center. With a flash, the light blossomed into an image that hovered in front of the group. Mark and Courtney took a surprised step backward. Gunny Van Dyke stepped protectively in front of them. But Bobby held his ground. Of the four of them standing on the empty lot at 2 Linden Place, Second Earth, Bobby was the only one who had seen this particular phenomenon before. Floating before them was the image of a girl. Actually, it was a girl's head. Just a head. It was bigger than life, but definitely a girl. She had blond hair pulled back in a ponytail and wore small, yellow-tinted glasses.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J MAC

Snake and lizard
Cowley, Joy.
La Jolla, CA : Kane Miller Book Pub., 2008.
A collection of stories about the friendship between Snake and Lizard.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J COW

Sugar plum ballerinas : plum fantastic
Goldberg, Whoopi, 1950-
New York : Disney/Jump at the Sun Books, c2008.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J GOL

Talia Talk
Deriso, Christine Hurley, 1961-
New York : Delacorte Press, 2009.
Trying to fit in despite having a loud, embarrassing best friend, eleven- year-old Talia becomes a commentator on her middle school's closed-circuit television program and turns the tables on her mother, a talk show host who has been revealing Talia's most humiliating experiences for years.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J DER

Trash crisis on earth
Stadler, Alexander.
New York : Scholastic Press, 2008.
Eight-year-old Julian Rodriguez escapes from the crisis of the moment (being sent to his room for not taking out the trash) by imagining he's a space warrior.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J STA

The unnameables
Booraem, Ellen.
Orlando [Fla.] : Harcourt, c2008.
On an island in whose strict society only useful objects are named and the unnamed are ignored or forbidden, thirteen-year-old Medford encounters an unusual and powerful creature, half-man, half-goat, and together they attempt to bring some changes to the community.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J BOO

Violet Raines almost got struck by lightning
Haworth, Danette.
New York, NY : Walker & Co., 2008.
In 1970s Florida, eleven-year-old Violet's world is upturned by the arrival of a girl from Detroit who seems bent on stealing Violet's best friends.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J HAW

When Christmas comes again : the World War I diary of Simone Spencer
Levine, Beth Seidel.
New York : Scholastic Inc., c2002.
Teenage Simone's diaries for 1917 and 1918 reveal her experiences as a carefree member of New York society, then as a "Hello girl," a volunteer switchboard operator for the Army Signal Corps in France.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J LEV

Who let the ghosts out?
Stine, R. L.
New York : Delacorte Press, c2004.
A boy suddenly finds himself haunted by the friendly ghosts of two children while being pursued by an evil being.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J STI

The witches of Dredmoore Hollow
McKenzie, Riford.
New York : Marshall Cavendish, 2008.
Strange things begin happening at Elijah's New England home just before his twelfth birthday in 1927, especially after two aunts he had never met whisk him away to Moaning Marsh, where he realizes that they are witches who need something from him in order to remove a curse.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J MCK

Word nerd
Nielsen-Fernlund, Susin, 1964-
Toronto : Tundra Books, 2008.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J NIE

The Yggyssey
Pinkwater, Daniel Manus, 1941-
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2008.
In the mid-1950s, Yggdrasil Birnbaum and her friends, Seamus and Neddie, journey to Old New Hackensack, which is on another plane, to try to learn why ghosts are disappearing from the Birnbaum's hotel and other Hollywood, California, locations.
Agawam Juv Fiction - J PIN

Aliens for breakfast
Etra, Jonathan.
New York : Random House, c1988.
Finding an intergalactic special agent in his cereal box, Richard joins the extraterrestrial in a fight to save Earth from the Dranes, one of whom is masquerading as a student in Richard's class.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JP ETR

Crush alert
Bryant, Annie.
New York : Aladdin M!X, c2008.
"Love is in the air at Abigail Adams Junior High. There's a big dance coming up, and the BSG are having fun thinking up dream dates. But as the day of the dance approaches, things start to get complicated. Why is Dillon paying more attention to Avery than Maeve? And why is Nick spending so much time with Chelsea, when everyone knows he and Charlotte are made for each other? Who will the BSG share the last dance with?"--P. [4] of cover.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JP BRY

Fright time : 3 spine-tingling tales for young readers
New York : Baronet Books, c1996.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JP FRI

Good morning, gorillas
Osborne, Mary Pope.
New York : Random House, 2002.
The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to an African rainforest, where the siblings encounter gorillas and learn to communicate with them.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JP OSB

In the bathroom
Greenburg, J. C. (Judith C.).
New York : Random House, 2002.
After being shrunk by a shrinking machine and ending up on a dog having a bubble bath, Alexander, his cousin Judy, and a tiny robot try to survive encounters with insects, soapy bubbles, and bathtub and toilet drains.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JP GRE

Scooby-Doo! and the bowling boogeyman
Gelsey, James.
New York : Scholastic, c2002.
Scooby-Doo and the Mystery, Inc. gang investigate when a boogeyman haunts a bowling alley.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JP GEL

Scooby-doo! and the Frankenstein monster
Gelsey, James.
New York : Scholastic Inc., c2000.
Scooby and the gang try to keep a monster in a wax museum from stealing a rare necklace.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JP GEL

Scooby-Doo! and the seashore slimer
Gelsey, James.
New York : Scholastic, c2002.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JP GEL

Surf's up, Geronimo!
Stilton, Gerónimo.
New York : Scholastic, c2005.
Geronimo tries to enjoy his seaside vacation even though his hotel is dilapidated.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JP STI

Thanksgiving on Thursday
Osborne, Mary Pope.
New York : Scholastic, [2003], c2002.
Jack and Annie travel in their magic treehouse to the year 1621, where they celebrate the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims and Wampanoag Indians in the New Plymouth Colony.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JP OSB

Vacation under the volcano
Osborne, Mary Pope.
New York : Scholastic, Inc., [1999], c1998.
Their magic tree house takes Annie and Jack to Pompeii just as Vesuvius is about to erupt, and they must find a Roman scroll before everything is covered with burning ash.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JP OSB

Viking ships at sunrise
Osborne, Mary Pope.
New York : Scholastic, Inc., 1999,c1998.
Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back to a monastery in medieval Ireland, where they try to retrieve a lost book while being menaced by Viking raiders.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JP OSB

100 things you should know about knights & castles
Walker, Jane (Jane Alison).
Broomall, PA : Mason Crest, c2003.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J940.1 WAL

100 things you should know about sharks
Parker, Steve, 1952-
New York, NY : Barnes & Noble, 2008.
"100 things you should know about Sharks will help you explore a thrilling underwater world. Exactly 100 facts, accompanied by photographs and detailed artwork, reveal exciting facts about these fascinating fish of the deep, including the 12-ton whale shark and the deadly great white. Throughout there are puzzles, quizzes and projects--make your own prehistoric shark, learn about sharks' sixth sense, and find out which shark would fit in the palm of your hand!"--P. [4] of cover.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J597.3 PAR

Abe's honest words : the life of Abraham Lincoln
Rappaport, Doreen.
New York : Hyperion Books for Children, 2008.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - JB LIN

All stations! distress! : April 15, 1912, the day the Titanic sank
Brown, Don, 1949-
New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2008.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J910.91634 BRO

Animal heroes : true rescue stories
Markle, Sandra.
Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, c2009.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J636.088 MAR

The Anne Frank case : Simon Wiesenthal's search for the truth
Rubin, Susan Goldman.
New York : Holiday House, c2009.
In 1958, in Linz, Austria, demonstrators interrupted a performance of The Diary of Anne Frank, claiming that Anne Frank never existed. Determined to prove otherwise, Simon Wiesenthal, a Holocaust survivor, set out to find the Gestapo officer who arrested the Franks years before.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - JB WIE

Ballplayers and bonesetters : one hundred ancient Aztec and Maya jobs you might have adored or abhorred
Coulter, Laurie.
Toronto : Annick Press, c2008.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J972.018 COU

Barack Obama : son of promise, child of hope
Grimes, Nikki.
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2008.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - JB OBA

The Bill Martin Jr. big book of poetry
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers , 2008.
The definitive anthology of children's poetry with beautiful illustrations.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J811 BIL

Bodies from the ice : melting glaciers and the recovery of the past
Deem, James M.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2008.
Recounts the discovery of the oldest human mummy in the 1990s by two mountain climbers on the Austrian border, in this exciting volume that reveals how glaciers, hulking masses of moving ice, are now offering up many secrets from the past.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J599.9 DEE

The book of wizards
New York : HarperCollins, 2008.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J398.21 BOO

Bullying
Raum, Elizabeth.
Chicago, Ill. : Heinemann Library, c2008.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J302.3 RAU

Clouds
Rockwell, Anne F.
New York : Collins, 2008.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J551.576 ROC

Dinosaurs!
Gibbons, Gail.
New York : Holiday House, c2008.
Simple text and illustrations introduce young readers to dinosaurs.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J567.9 GIB

Dinothesaurus : prehistoric poems and paintings
Florian, Douglas.
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2009.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J811.6 FLO

The Dust Bowl : an interactive history adventure
Lassieur, Allison.
Mankato, Minn. : Capstone Press, c2009.
"Describes the people and events of the U.S. Dust Bowl. The reader's choices reveal the historical details from the perspectives of a farmer, a migrant worker, and a government photographer"--Provided by publisher.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J978.032 LAS

Elephants of Africa
Gibbons, Gail.
New York : Holiday House, c2008.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J599.67 GIB

Free to be-- you and me
Philadelphia : RP Kids, c2008.
A compilation of inspirational stories, songs and poems that celebrate individuality and challenge stereotypes.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J808.88 FRE

Galileo's leaning tower experiment : a science adventure
Macdonald, Wendy (Wendy Margaret).
Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, c2009.
In Italy, 1589, Massimo drops lunch to his uncle from a bridge, so the food falls into his uncle's boat. One day, Galileo notices that the bread and wheel of cheese land in the boat at the same time. But Aristotle had said that heavy things fall at a faster rate than light ones. Will Galileo and Massimo be able to prove Aristotle's theory wrong?
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J531.5 MAC

The girl who helped thunder and other Native American folktales
Bruchac, James.
New York : Sterling Pub. Co., c2007.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J398.08997 BRU

Guatemala
Sheehan, Sean, 1951-
New York : Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, [2009].
"Provides comprehensive information on the geography, history, wildlife, governmental structure, economy, cultural diversity, peoples, religion, and culture of Guatemala"--Provided by publisher.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J972.81 SHE

I love to draw horses!
Lipsey, Jennifer.
New York : Lark Books, 2008.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J743.69665 LIP

I'll pass for your comrade : women soldiers in the Civil War
Silvey, Anita.
New York : Clarion Books, c2008.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J973.7 SIL

Johnny Appleseed : the legend and the truth
Yolen, Jane.
New York, NY : HarperCollinsPublishers, c2008.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - JB APP

Let it begin here! : April 19, 1775, the day the American Revolution began
Brown, Don, 1949-
New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2008.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J973.3 BRO

Money madness
Adler, David A.
New York : Holiday House, c2009.
From bartering, early forms of currency, credit cards, and digital payment, here is a clear and thorough introduction to money.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J332.4 ADL

New brothers and sisters
Raum, Elizabeth.
Chicago : Heinemann Library, c2008.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J306.875 RAU

One watermelon seed
Lottridge, Celia Barker.
Markham, Ont. : Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2008.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J513.211 LOT

Orangutan tongs : poems to tangle your tongue
Agee, Jon.
New York : Hyperion Books for Children, 2008.
Have you ever gotten tripped up trying to say a silly succession of similar syllables? Try out these hilarious tongue twisters for lots of fun!
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J811.6 AGE

Papua New Guinea
Gascoigne, Ingrid.
New York : Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, c[2009].
"Provides comprehensive information on the geography, history, wildlife, governmental structure, economy, cultural diversity, peoples, religion, and culture of Papua New Guinea"--Provided by publisher.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J995.3 GAS

Paula Deen's my first cookbook
Deen, Paula H., 1947-
New York, N.Y. : Simon & Schuster, 2008.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J641.5 DEE

Real ninja : over 20 true stories of Japan's secret assassins
Field, James, 1959-
New York : Enchanted Lion Books, 2008.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J952 TUR

Safari in South Africa
Lumry, Amanda.
New York : Scholastic, c2008.
Riley travels with his Uncle Max to check on the animal population at a South African game reserve.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J599.0968 LUM

Seabiscuit : the wonder horse
McCarthy, Meghan.
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2008.
The true story of Seabiscuit, the grandson of one of the greatest racehorses of all time. But he'd lost nearly every race he'd run. Automobile tycoon Charles Howard took a risk and purchased Seabiscuit for a bargain price. With a clever new trainer and a loving jockey, Seabiscuit began winning. But could he really beat the Triple Crown Champion?
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J798.4 MCC

Some babies are wild
Bauer, Marion Dane.
Cambridge, MN : Adventure Publications, 2008.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J590 BAU

Take me back to the beginning --
New York : DK Pub., 2008.
Presents a chronological exploration of the people and events that have shaped societies through time--from Mesopotamia to Mao, the Incas to Iraq, and the Spartans to the space shuttle.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J909 TAK

Tanzania
Heale, Jay.
New York : Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, c[2009].
"Provides comprehensive information on the geography, history, wildlife, governmental structure, economy, cultural diversity, peoples, religion, and culture of Tanzania"--Provided by publisher.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J967.8 HEA

Three cups of tea
Thomson, Sarah L.
New York, N.Y. : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2009.
An adaptation of the bestselling book about the American Greg Mortenson's building of over 60 schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan. In 1993 Greg Mortenson tried to climb K2. On the way down he became lost in the mountains of Pakistan and stumbles into a poor village. The villager chief offers him three cups and tea and his villages nurse Mortenson back to health. Moved by their kindness, he promises to return and build a school for their children. Despite death threats, a kidnapping and more, Mortenson has built over sixty schools, especially for girls, in Pakistan and Afghanistan. This special ed. includes a new foreword by Jane Goodall, new illustrations, a glossary and a special interview with Mortenson's twelve-year-old daughter Amira.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J371.822 MOR

Up close : Bill Gates
Aronson, Marc.
New York : Viking/Penguin Group, c2008.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - JB GAT

Washington at Valley Forge
Freedman, Russell.
New York : Holiday House, 2008.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J973.334 FRE

The way we work : getting to know the amazing human body
Macaulay, David.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2008.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J612 MAC

Whaam! : the art & life of Roy Lichtenstein
Rubin, Susan Goldman.
New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2008.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - JB LIC

Who's haunting the White House? : the president's mansion and the ghosts who live there
Belanger, Jeff.
New York : Sterling Pub., c2008.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J133.1 BEL

Winter trees
Gerber, Carole.
Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, c2008.
A boy and his dog walk through a wintry forest and identify seven common trees.
Agawam Juv Nonfiction - J582.16 GER

The ADD and ADHD cure : the natural way to treat hyperactivity and refocus your child
Gordon, Jay, 1948-
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, c2008.
Agawam Parenting - PAR 618.928589 GOR

Amazing baby : the amazing story of the first two years of life
Morris, Desmond.
Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books, c2008.
Agawam Parenting - PAR 649.122 MOR

Babies with Down syndrome : a new parents' guide
Bethesda : Woodbine House, 2008.
Agawam Parenting - PAR 618.9285 BAB

Beyond bedtime stories : a parent's guide to promoting reading, writing, and other literacy skills from birth to 5
Bennett-Armistead, V. Susan.
New York : Scholastic, c2007.
Shows parents how to encourage literacy in their preschool children and why it is important, providing ideas for activities that promote reading, writing, and communication within the home and throughout the day.
Agawam Parenting - PAR 372.4 BEN

Classroom routines that really work for preK and kindergarten
Hayes, Kathleen.
New York : Scholastic Professional Books, 2001.
Agawam Parenting - TEACHER RESOURCE 372.21 HAY

The complete idiot's guide to homeschooling
Ransom, Marsha.
Indianapolis, IN : Alpha Books, c2001.
Agawam Parenting - PAR 371.042 RAN

Easy assessments for pre-kindergarten
Fyke, Laurie.
New York : Scholastic, c2007.
Agawam Parenting - TEACHER RESOURCE 372.1 FYK

Essential kindergarten assessments : for reading, writing, and math
Fyke, Laurie.
New York : Scholastic, c2007.
Agawam Parenting - TEACHER RESOURCE 372.1 FYK

Gruber's essential guide to test taking, grades 6-9
Gruber, Gary R.
Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks Inc., c2008.
Agawam Parenting - TEACHER RESOURCE 373.126 GRU

Hands-on art : more than 100 delightful, skill-building ideas and activities for early learners
Feldman, Jean R., 1947-
New York : Scholastic Teaching Resources, c2005.
"Colors & patterns ; small & large motor skills ; creativity & expression ; independence & cooperation"--Cover.
Agawam Parenting - TEACHER RESOURCE 372.5 FEL

New essentials for teaching reading in PreK-2
Moore, Paula (Paula F.).
New York : Scholastic, c2005.
"Their work will be helpful to teachers in breaking down complex areas such as word learning, meaning-making, and language processing, and teasing out important information and ideas."--Forward: Gay Su Pinnell.
Agawam Parenting - TEACHER RESOURCE 372.41 MOO

Nurturing knowledge
Neuman, Susan B.
New York : Scholastic, 2007.
Agawam Parenting - TEACHER RESOURCE 372.47 NEU

Raising a gifted child : a parenting success handbook
Fertig, Carol, 1945-
Waco, Tex. : Prufrock Press, , c2009.
Agawam Parenting - PAR 649.155 FER

Ready for preschool : prepare your child for happiness and success at school
Hertzog, Nancy B., 1955-
Waco, Tex. : Prufrock Press, c2008.
Agawam Parenting - PAR 372.21 HER

Screamfree parenting : raising your kids by keeping your cool
Runkel, Hal Edward.
Duluth, GA : Oakmont Pub., c2005.
Agawam Parenting - PAR 649.1 RUN

Sing along and learn : a complete collection of more than 80 learning songs with activities for the early childhood classroom
Sheldon, Ken.
New York : Teaching Resources, c2006.
Agawam Parenting - TEACHER RESOURCE 372.2 SHE

Small steps forward : using games and activities to help your pre-school child with special needs
Newman, Sarah, 1963-
London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008.
Agawam Parenting - TEACHER RESOURCE 371.9 NEW

Superparenting for ADD : an innovative approach to raising your distracted child
Hallowell, Edward M.
New York : Ballantine Books, c2008.
Agawam Parenting - PAR 618.928589 HAL

Teaching reading with Bill Martin books : engaging activities that build early reading comprehension skills and explore the themes in these popular books
Leuenberger, Constance.
New York, N.Y. : Scholastic Teaching Resources, c2007.
Agawam Parenting - TEACHER RESOURCE 372.41 LEU

Teaching with favorite Ezra Jack Keats books
Chanko, Pamela, 1968-
New York : Scholastic, c2005.
Engaging, skill-building activities that help kids learn about families, friendship, neighborhood & community, and more in these beloved classics.
Agawam Parenting - TEACHER RESOURCE 372.21 CHA

Teaching with favorite Jan Brett books
Clarke, Jacqueline.
New York : Scholastic Professional Books, c2005.
Engaging, activities that build essential reading and writing skills and explore the themes in these popular books.
Agawam Parenting - TEACHER RESOURCE 372.21 CLA

What your preschooler needs to know : read-alouds to get ready for kindergarten
New York, NY : Bantam Dell, 2008.
Agawam Parenting - PAR 372.21 WHA

All God's critters
Staines, Bill.
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2009.
Celebrates how all the animals in the world make their own music in their own way, some singing low, some singing higher.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ STA

Auntie Tiger
Yep, Laurence, 1948-
New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, c2009.
In this version of Red Riding Hood set in China, Big Sister sets aside her differences with Little Sister to rescue her from a tiger in disguise.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ YEP

The baby in the hat
Ahlberg, Allan.
Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2008.
Catching a baby in his hat sets off a series of adventures for a young nineteenth-century English boy as he becomes a sea captain and finds a surprising mate.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ AHL

Bear dance
Wahl, Jan.
Mankato, MN : Creative Editions, 2008.
A wild bear escapes capture and returns to his beloved home in the mountains, where he enjoys dancing to the sounds of nature.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ WAH

The Bears in the bed and the great big storm
Bright, Paul.
Intercourse, PA : Good Books, 2008.
One by one, three young bears crawl into Bear and Mrs. Bear's bed during a thunderstorm, certain they hear monsters outside, and although Bear tells each that monsters are not real, he later changes his mind.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ BRI

Betsy B. Little
McEvoy, Anne.
New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2009.
Betsy the giraffe longs to be a ballerina, so when her dance class does not work out, she discovers another way to make her dreams come true.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ MCE

Bird, butterfly, eel
Prosek, James, 1975-
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2009.
Follows a bird, a monarch butterfly, and an eel from summer on a farm until they make their respective fall voyages south, and then later begin to return north again when the weather warms.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ PRO

Birds
Henkes, Kevin.
New York : Greenwillow Books, 2009.
Fascinated by the colors, shapes, sounds, and movements of the many different birds she sees through her window, a little girl is happy to discover that she and they have something in common.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ HEN

Bobo and the new neighbor
Page, Gail, 1950-
New York, N.Y. : Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books : Distributed to the trade by Macmillan, 2008.
When Bobo the dog tries to help Mrs. Birdhead welcome a new neighbor, he is soon up to his snout in hot water.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ PAG

Born to read
Sierra, Judy.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
A little boy named Sam discovers the many unexpected ways in which a love of reading can come in handy, and sometimes even save the day.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ SIE

The boy who went ape
Watson, Benjamin James.
New York, N.Y. : Blue Sky Press, 2008.
Benjamin's behavior is so often bad that his teacher does not even notice when a chimpanzee takes his place during a field trip.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ WAT

Buttercup's lovely day
Beck, Carolyn.
Victoria, BC : Orca Book Publishers, c2008.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ BEC

Captain Flinn and the pirate dinosaurs : missing treasure!
Andreae, Giles, 1966-
New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2008.
On a school field trip to the museum, young Captain Flinn and his crew recover a museum treasure from a dastardly group of pirate dinosaurs.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ AND

Chicken cheeks
Black, Michael Ian.
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2008.
Illustrations and simple text describe the back ends of various animals.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ BLA

Chicken cheeks
Black, Michael Ian.
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2008.
Illustrations and simple text describe the back ends of various animals.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ

A child's good morning book
Brown, Margaret Wise, 1910-1952.
New York, NY : HarperCollins, 2009.
As the sun rises, birds, horses, rabbits, flowers, bugs, and finally children get up to start their day.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ BRO

The cow that was the best moo-ther
Cutbill, Andy.
New York, NY : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2009.
Although her baby hatched from an egg and looks suspiciously like a chick, Marjorie the cow proudly enters her in the "beautiful baby cow" contest.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ CUT

Doo-Wop Pop
Schotter, Roni.
New York : Amistad/HarperCollins, 2008.
A school janitor teaches children to sing and have confidence in themselves.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ SCH

Drummer boy
Long, Loren.
New York : Philomel Books, c2008.
After accidentally being thrown away, a beloved toy drummer boy goes on an adventure that eventually brings him back to a warm home, where he is placed near baby Jesus in a manger scene.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ LON

Enigma : a magical mystery
Base, Graeme.
New York, NY : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2008.
When Bertie the badger visits his grandfather at a retirement home for magicians, he learns that his grandfather's rabbit, Enigma, has disappeared along with everyone's magical things, and the reader is invited to help break a code to find the items hidden throughout the book. Includes a built-in decoder.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ BAS

Erika-san
Say, Allen.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2009.
After falling in love with Japan as a little girl, Erika becomes a teacher and fulfills her childhood dream by moving to a remote Japanese island.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ SAY

The gift of the Magi
Henry, O., 1862-1910.
Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2008.
A husband and wife sacrifice treasured possessions in order to buy each other Christmas presents.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ HEN

Glamsters
Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody.
New York : Hyperion Books for Children, 2008.
Harriet the hamster is desperate to be adopted, so she gives her sister Patricia and herself glamorous makeovers in hopes they will get more attention when Hamster World has its huge annual sale.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ KIM

Henry and the Valentine surprise
Carlson, Nancy L.
New York : Viking, 2008.
When Henry and his first-grade classmates notice a heart-shaped box on their teacher's desk the day before Valentine's Day, they try to find out if he has a girlfriend.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ CAR

The hog prince
Bardhan-Quallen, Sudipta.
New York : Dutton Children's Books, 2009.
On the advice of a mixed-up fairy, Eldon the hog tries to achieve his princely ambitions by kissing the perfect mate.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ BAR

Hush little polar bear
Mack, Jeff.
New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2008.
A little girl invites her plush polar bear to dream of all of the places where sleeping bears go, from the high seas to a starry desert and back home.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ MAC

I got two dogs
Lithgow, John, 1945-
New York, N.Y. : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2008.
A song celebrating two dogs that are as different as they could be, and both well-loved by their owner.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ LIT

If you give a cat a cupcake
Numeroff, Laura Joffe.
[New York] : Laura Geringer Books, c2008.
A series of increasingly far-fetched events might occur if someone were to give a cupcake to a cat.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ NUM

Imagine a place
Thomson, Sarah L.
New York, N.Y. : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2008.
Illustrations and evocative text show how imagination can reveal the extraordinary in the everyday.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ THO

In the town all year 'round
Berner, Rotraut Susanne.
San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 2008.
Pictures depict busy people in a town throughout the year.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ BER

Jibberwillies at night
Vail, Rachel.
New York : Scholastic Press, 2008.
Katie is almost always happy, but sometimes at night, when the Jibberwillies come and scare her, her mother must catch them in a bucket and throw them out the window before Katie can fall asleep.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ VAI

Kitty Cat, Kitty Cat, are you waking up?
Martin, Bill, 1916-2004.
New York : Marshall Cavendish, 2008.
Kitty Cat is distracted by many things as she gets ready for school in the morning.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ MAR

Little Beauty
Browne, Anthony, 1946-
Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2008.
When a gorilla who knows sign language tells his keepers that he is lonely, they bring him a very special friend.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ BRO

Louise : the adventures of a chicken
DiCamillo, Kate.
New York : Joanna Cotler Books, c2008.
Longing for adventure, intrepid Louise leaves her comfortable nest and goes to sea, the circus, and a bazaar.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ DIC

Madeline and the cats of Rome
Marciano, John Bemelmans.
New York : Viking, 2008.
The orphan Madeline catches a thief and makes a friend in Rome.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ BEM

Maisy goes to the museum
Cousins, Lucy.
Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, c2008.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ COU

Melvin might?
Scieszka, Jon.
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2008.
Melvin, a cautious cement mixer, worries that he can't keep up with the other trucks, but when Rescue Rita needs to be rescued, he overcomes his worries and fears in order to help her.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ SCI

The Miracle Jar : a Hanukkah story
Penn, Audrey, 1947-
Terre Haute, IN : Tanglewood Press, 2008.
A family in the Old Country hopes to recreate the miracle of the first Hanukkah by making a small jar of cooking oil last long enough to make a treat for each of the eight nights.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ PEN

My first airplane ride
Hubbell, Patricia.
New York : Marshall Cavendish, 2008.
Follows a young traveler through a first airplane ride, from takeoff to touchdown.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ HUB

Naked mole rat gets dressed
Willems, Mo.
New York : Hyperion Books for Children, 2009.
Wilbur, a naked mole rat who likes to wear clothes, is forced to go before the wise community elder, who surprises the other naked mole rats with his prounouncement.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ WIL

Natalie & Naughtily
Kirsch, Vincent X.
New York : Bloomsbury Children's Books : Distributed to the trade by Macmillan, c2008.
Natalie and Naughtily Nopps live above their family's department store and love to play there, but one particularly busy day they discover that "helping" is even better than playing.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ KIR

The odd egg
Gravett, Emily.
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2009.
Duck is trying to hatch the oddest egg of all.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ GRA

Our Abe Lincoln : an old tune with new lyrics
Aylesworth, Jim.
New York : Scholastic Press, 2009.
"Rhythmic verse tells the story of Abraham Lincoln's life, from his childhood in the wilderness of Illinois to his famous achievements as president" --Provided by publisher.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ AYL

A penguin story
Portis, Antoinette.
New York : HarperCollins, 2009.
Edna the penguin tries to find something in her surroundings that is not black, white, or blue.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ POR

A penguin story
Portis, Antoinette.
New York : HarperCollins, 2009.
Edna the penguin tries to find something in her surroundings that is not black, white, or blue.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ POR

Pete & Pickles
Breathed, Berke.
New York, NY : Philomel Books, c2008.
When Pickles the elephant turns his life upside-down, Pete the pig comes to realize that a perfectly predictable, practical, and uncomplicated life is not always preferable.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ BRE

Pirate treasure hunt!
Peck, Jan.
Gretna, La. : Pelican Pub., 2008.
Captain Dare and his newly hired mates set out in search of treasure, swimming through a lagoon, swinging through a jungle, and other obstacles before finding the treasure, until a mouse frightens the Captain into retreat.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ PEC

Pirates, ho!
Thomson, Sarah L.
New York : Marshall Cavendish Children, 2008.
Pirates Peg-Leg Tom, Angus Black, Dreadful Nell, and One-Eyed Jack chase ships on the high seas, tell ghost stories, and fall asleep counting gold instead of sheep.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ THO

Posy!
Newbery, Linda.
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2009.
Posy the kitten has lots of adventures catching spiders, swiping crayons, tangling yarn, and cuddling.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ NEW

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

Simms Taback's safari animals
Taback, Simms.
Maplewood, NJ : Blue Apple Books, c2008.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ TAB

Six by Seuss : a treasury of Dr. Seuss classics
Seuss, Dr.
New York : Random House, [1991].
An anthology of six stories by Dr. Seuss, including "And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street," "The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins," "Horton Hatches the Egg," "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," "The Lorax," and "Yertle the Turtle."
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ SEU

Ten little fingers and ten little toes
Fox, Mem, 1946-
Orlando [Fla.] : Harcourt, 2008.
Rhyming text compares babies born in different places and in different circumstances, but they all share the commonality of ten little fingers and ten little toes.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ FOX

This is the feast
Shore, Diane ZuHone.
New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2008.
A heartwarming first Thanksgiving story depicts the celebration of friendship between the Pilgrims and their neighbors, the Indians.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ SHO

Tillie lays an egg
Golson, Terry Blonder.
New York : Scholastic Press, 2009.
In search of the perfect place to lay her egg, Tillie the chicken leaves the barnyard and explores the farmhouse.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ GOL

Trudy
Cole, Henry, 1955-
New York : Greenwillow Books, 2009.
It seems as though Trudy the goat knows when to expect snow, but it turns out that she is really expecting something completely different.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ COL

Tsunami!
Kajikawa, Kimiko.
New York : Philomel Books, 2009.
A wealthy man in a Japanese village, who everyone calls Ojiisan, which means grandfather, sets fire to his rice fields to warn the innocent people of an approaching tsunami.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ KAJ

Tsunami!
Kajikawa, Kimiko.
New York : Philomel Books, 2009.
A wealthy man in a Japanese village, who everyone calls Ojiisan, which means grandfather, sets fire to his rice fields to warn the innocent people of an approaching tsunami.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ KAJ

A very Marley Christmas
Grogan, John, 1957-
New York, NY : HarperCollinsPublishers, c2008.
Marley the rambunctious puppy and his family prepare for Christmas, hoping very much for snow.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ GRO

Vunce upon a time
Seibold, J.otto.
San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 2008.
A fearful, young vampire, who prefers candy to blood, bravely ventures into the human world on Halloween night to satisfy his sweet tooth.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ SEI

We're going on a book hunt
Miller, Pat, 1951 May 5-
Fort Atkins, Wisc. : Upstart Books, 2008.
"Come along on a rhyming trip through the library where endearing animals show readers how to quietly select a book that's just right, using shelf markers and good book care along the way."--Jacket.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ MIL

What Lincoln said
Thomson, Sarah L.
New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 2009.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ THO

What's love? / Shelley Rotner and Deborah Carlin ; photographs by Shelley Rotner
Rotner, Shelley.
New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2009.
Agawam Juv Fiction - JJ ROT

I just forgot
Mayer, Mercer, 1943-
Boston, MA : National Braille Press, [1997?], c1988.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JJP MAY

Martha and Skits
Meddaugh, Susan.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2000.
Martha watches as the new dog her family brings home grows through all the troublesome phases of being a puppy, and even though he does not develop Martha's ability to speak, Skits displays his own unique talent.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JJP MED

Martha blah blah
Meddaugh, Susan.
Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1998.
When the current owner of the soup company breaks the founder's promise to have every letter of the alphabet in every can of soup, Martha, the talking dog, takes action.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JJP MED

Martha calling
Meddaugh, Susan.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, [1996], c1994.
When she wins a call-in radio contest, Martha the talking dog and her family go for a vacation and manage to change the "no dogs allowed" policy.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JJP MED

Martha walks the dog
Meddaugh, Susan.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1998.
Martha the talking dog rescues the neighborhood from a bully dog with the help of a parrot.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JJP MED

Perfectly Martha
Meddaugh, Susan.
Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin Co., [2008].
Martha discovers how the Perfect Pup Institute turns dogs into obedient robots and then does something about it.
Agawam Juv Paperback - JJP MED

Cork & Fuzz : finders keepers
Chaconas, Dori, 1938-
New York : Viking, 2009.
Although Cork the muskrat is short and likes to find things and Fuzz the possum is tall and likes to keep things, the pair remain best friends even after Fuzz finds Cork's lost stone and decides to keep it.
Agawam Juv Fiction - E CHA

Ginormica's big battle
Herman, Gail, 1959-
New York : HarperCollins Publishers/Harper Trophy, c2009.
"Susan Murphy used to think she was plain and ordinary. But that was before she turned into a giant, battled an alien invader, and saved planet Earth!''--Cover back.
Agawam Juv Paperback - EP HER LEVEL 2

Homes around the world
Moore, Max, children's author.
New York, N.Y. : DK, 2009.
"Come see the different kinds of homes people live in, from tents to treehouses"--publisher.
Agawam Juv Paperback - EP MOO LEVEL 1

Meet the Robinsons : a family for Lewis
Chesterfield, Sadie.
New York, NY : HarperCollins, c2007.
Lewis finds a family when he travels to the future.
Agawam Juv Paperback - EP CHE LEVEL 2

Pearl and Wagner : one funny day
McMullan, Kate.
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2009.
April Fools' Day is not a happy one for Wagner the mouse because his best friend, Pearl the rabbit, and other children and adults at school keep tricking him.
Agawam Juv Fiction - E MCM

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