Lola wants to win every game against her older brother Charlie, even if it means making up creative shortcuts.
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An Elephant in the Backyard
This book describes how special elephants are in the village of Tha Kleng in Thailand and looks at the life of one particular young elephant named Wan Pen.
When Africa Was Home
After returning to the United States, Peter’s whole family misses the warmth and friendliness of their life in Africa; so Peter’s father looks for another job there.
This Is My House
Text and illustrations depict the different types of houses lived in by children all over the world. On each page ‘This is my house’ will appear in the appropriate native language.
Run, Boy, Run
Based on a true story, Srulik, an eight-year-old boy, escapes the Warsaw Ghetto and must survive throughout the war in the Nazi-occupied Polish countryside.
Pete the Sheep-Sheep
The sheep-shearers in Shaggy Gully all have a sheep dog, but the new guy Shaun uses an extremely polite sheep named Pete.
Fog Magic
A child of Nova Scotia who loves the fog is transported by it to a secret world of her own. On a series of unforgettable trips into the past, Greta learns to embrace the joyful uncertainty of her future. (Newbery Honor Book)
Ghost Catcher
An allegory of emotional growth and human kinship in which Ghost Catcher solves people’s problems and they in turn help him.
Grandfather’s Dream
After the end of the war in Vietnam, a young boy’s grandfather dreams of restoring the wetlands of the Mekong delta, hoping that the large cranes that once lived there will return.
Beyond The Mango Tree
While living in Liberia with her possessive, diabetic mother and often-absent father, twelve-year-old Sarina longs for a friend with whom to experience the world beyond her yard.