A boy's initiation into old-time canal transport Asa doesn't know what to expect when his mother tells him it's time he made his first full hand. After all, he's only nine years old. But his father needs some help. He carries coal on his boat along the canal all the way across New Jersey, and he needs Asa to drive the two mules who pull the boat. While leading the mules along their route, Asa learns about loading at the coal chutes and the mechanisms of locks, aqueducts, and inclined planes. Finally, when a violent storm threatens the mission, Asa finds out what it really means to make a full hand. Set against a backdrop of luminous illustrations, fascinating information about old-time canal freighting is seamlessly woven into this warm and exciting father-and-son story.

A Full Hand

Children's Books

Thomas F. Yezerski

Literature & Fiction

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Ellie Martin fiercely resists her new dog's charms
It isn't Ellie's fault, really. She's always wanted a puppy, and now that she's almost nine, finally old enough to get one, Preston is foisted on her. What's more, her parents say that this fully grown mutt that Great-aunt Margaret can no longer keep will have to do. They can't very well have a dog and a puppy. Although heartbroken and resentful, Ellie does see Preston's virtues. Still, she refuses to accept him as her dog. Then Ellie's resistance almost costs her Preston, and at last she embraces him. Colby Rodowsky's story about a child's change of heart has just enough tenderness -- and just enough bite -- to satisfy young dog lovers. Captivating drawings by Thomas F. Yezerski highlight the experience.

Not My Dog

Colby Rodowsky

Colby F. Rodowsky

Animals

Since Puppy is so happy in his new home with a girl who hugs him and rubs his tummy, he decides that he is going to be a perfect puppy, but he soon learns that everyone makes mistakes and that his owner loves him just the way he is!

Perfect Puppy

stephanie-calmenson

Clarion Books

Spy in the Sky

When Northerner Thaddeus Lowe lands his balloon in South Carolina at the beginning of the Civil War, a ten-year-old orphan helps him find a way to use the balloon to help the North

Kathleen Karr

Hyperion Books for Children

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