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Open Reading Hours: Monday through Friday – 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday – 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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Say Please!

The little princess forgets and then remembers her manners, and learns that ” please” and ” thank you” are important words for everyone, not just royalty.

Published: 2006,
Tags: manners
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

Polo: The Runaway Book

While trying to retrieve his new book from a thieving alien, Polo has a series of adventures and eventually helps the alien and his people.

Wordless Book

Published: 2007,
Tags: Dogs, Extraterrestrial beings, Wordless
Categories: EuropeEurope, FictionEurope, Fiction, FranceEurope, Fiction, France, Primary (ages 6-9)

The Adventures Of The Dish And The Spoon

Having run away together, the Dish and the Spoon from the nursery rhyme “The Cat and the Fiddle” become vaudeville stars before turning to a life of crime.

Published: 2006,
Tags: nursery rhymes
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FantasyEngland (UK), Europe, Fantasy, FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Fantasy, Fiction, Picture BookEngland (UK), Europe, Fantasy, Fiction, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

Frozen Billy

Left in the care of an n’er-do-well uncle, siblings Clarrie and Will devise an elaborate plan involving ventriloquist’s dolls, costumes, and forged boarding passes to reunite their separated family.

Published: 2006,
Tags: Dolls, Family, Siblings
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)

The Princetta

Rebelling against the rigid constraints of her life as Princetta of Galnicia, fifteen-year-old Malva escapes with her maid Philomena and together they embark on a perilous and adventurous journey that will change the course of their lives forever.

Published: 2006,
Tags: Adventure, Coming of age, Parent and child, Princesses, Voyages and travel
Categories: EuropeEurope, FictionEurope, Fiction, FranceEurope, Fiction, France, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

Crazy Cars For Crazy Kids

Creative car design ideas.

Published: 2006,
Tags: Automobiles
Categories: AustraliaAustralia, FictionAustralia, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Australia, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Oceania

Orphan Of The Sun

Meryt-Re, a 13-year-old orphan living in Set-Maat, Egypt, during the building of the pharaohs’ tombs, tries to come to terms with her ability to see the truth in dreams while also attempting to determine who is trying to overthrow the village foreman.

Published: 2006,
Tags: Dreams, History, Orphans, Self-realization
Categories: AfricaAfrica, EgyptAfrica, Egypt, FictionAfrica, Egypt, Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

If A Chicken Stayed For Supper

Even though they promise not to leave the den when their mother goes out hunting for a chicken for supper five little foxes are unable to resist going outside to play in the dark.

Published: 2006,
Tags: Behavior, Chickens, Foxes, Lost children
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Fiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

Cyrano

Ashamed of his ugliness, long-nosed Cyrano de Bergerac, a brilliant 17th-century poet and expert swordsman in the French army, helps a rival woo and win Roxane, the beautiful cousin Cyrano loves in silence.

Published: 2006,
Tags: beauty, Poets
Categories: England (UK)England (UK), EuropeEngland (UK), Europe, FictionEngland (UK), Europe, Fiction, FranceEngland (UK), Europe, Fiction, France, Intermediate (ages 9-14)England (UK), Europe, Fiction, France, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Romance

Everything On A Waffle

Eleven-year-old Primrose living in a small fishing village in British Columbia recounts her experiences and all that she learns about human nature and the unpredictability of life in the months after her parents are lost at sea.

Published: 2001,
Tags: Grandfathers, World War I
Categories: AmericasAmericas, CanadaAmericas, Canada, FictionAmericas, Canada, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)

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