Patricia MacLachlan
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Formats
Description
Before they were the Boxcar Children, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden lived with their parents on Fair Meadow Farm
Although times are hard, the Aldens are happy—"the best family of all," Mama likes to say. One day, a blizzard hits the countryside, and a traveling family needs shelter. The Aldens take them in, and the strangers soon become friends. But things never stay the same at the farm, and the spring and summer bring events
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Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
In the year before they become the orphans known as the Boxcar children, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden live with their parents at Fair Meadow Farm, where, although times are hard, they take in a family who has been stranded in their car during a blizzard.
8) The sick day
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2001
Description
Emily's father takes care of everything the day she has a "stomach ache in her head."
12) Cat talk
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
In this collection of children's poems, a variety of cats describe themselves and their relationships to other animals and to their humans.
Author
Publisher
HarperTrophy
Pub. Date
2005, c2004
Description
Eight-year-old Cassie Witting is upset when she finds out that her mother, Sarah, is expecting a baby, but writing in the journal that was her brother Caleb's helps her sort out her feelings and she finally learns that Sarah will always love her.
16) Someone like me
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
In this semi-autobiographical picture book, author Patricia MacLachlan relates what it might take to grow up to become a writer.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2021
Formats
Description
A grieving boy remembers his grandfather and the hobby they shared, in this moving evocation of love and loss by a Newbery Medalist.
Milo's grandfather is fascinated by birds. He admires their freedom and never loses an opportunity to point out the things that make each one special.
When he can no longer see as well as he used to, Milo helps him spot and take care of some of his favorites: hovering kestrels, fragile...
Milo's grandfather is fascinated by birds. He admires their freedom and never loses an opportunity to point out the things that make each one special.
When he can no longer see as well as he used to, Milo helps him spot and take care of some of his favorites: hovering kestrels, fragile...
18) Barkus
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
Barkus is a large and very smart dog who comes to live with seven-year-old Nicky when Nicky's Uncle Everton goes traveling--and soon he is a family and school favorite.
19) Prairie days
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Describes summer days growing up on the prairie.