When Lola is worried about starting school, her older brother Charlie reassures her.
Fiction
Fiction genre
The Actual Real Reality Of Jennifer James
While competing on a reality television show being filmed at her English high school, shy and bookish Jennifer James records her experiences in her diary.
The Killick: A Newfoundland Story
At the beginning of spring, George and his grandfather sail to a small island off the coast of Newfoundland to visit George’s grandmother’s grave, but on the way back a storm comes up and the two of them are forced to take shelter on the ice.
Grandpa’s Slippers
Grandma tries to throw away Grandpa’s comfortable old slippers, but he manages to stop her each time. When they finally fall apart he discovers the new slippers aren’t so bad after all.
The Treasures of Trinkamalee
With the background of The Arabian Nights, this book deals with themes of young men’s folly, greed, adventure, crime and punishment. An old man narrates how years earlier he and friends set out to see the world and to find riches to bring home.
The Opposite
Nate wakes up one morning to find The Opposite standing on his bedroom ceiling, and it causes him trouble at home and at school, changing what Nate wants to do into its opposite, until Nate finds a way to outwit it.
The Bears’ Famous Invasion Of Sicily
In search of food, Leander, King of the Bears, leads his subjects from their safe caves in the mountains of Sicily to the valley where they triumph over many enemies.
Marta And The Bicycle
After Marta the cow watches the annual bicycle race go through her town, she decides to build her own bicycle and teach herself to ride.
Singing Shijimi Clams
ake one older, not-so-wicked-anymore witch, add a slightly grumpy cat, and one large bucket of singing shijimi clams, and what you do NOT end up with, (no matter how hungry you are), is miso soup with clams.
Anthony and the Girls
Wanting the two girls in the sandbox to take notice of him, young Anthony breaks out all of his best tricks to get them to look his way but to no avail.