Combining U.S. Army records and files from the National Archives, Reit has reconstructed the story of an incredible woman who joined the Yankee army disguised as a man. "A suspense-filled account of a brave and loyal feminist."--Booklist.

Behind Rebel Lines: The Incredible Story of Emma Edmonds, Civil War Spy (An Odyssey/Great Episodes Book)

Biographies & Memoirs

Seymour Reit

Leaders & Notable People

Harcourt Childrens Books (J)

Hare solves his family’s problems by tricking rich and lazy Bear in this funny, energetic version of an old slave story. With roots in American slave tales, Tops & Bottoms celebrates the trickster tradition of using one’s wits to overcome hardship. “As usual, Stevens’ animal characters, bold and colorful, are delightful. . . . It’s all wonderful fun, and the book opens, fittingly, from top to bottom instead of from side to side, making it perfect for story-time sharing.”--BooklistThis title has been selected as a Common Core Text Exemplar (Grades 2-3, Stories)

Tops and Bottoms

Politics & Social Sciences

STEVENS

Social Sciences

Count along in English and Spanish with a Mexican folk artist as she sculpts her world from clay. Inspired by Josefina Aguilar, an artist who continues to create painted clay figures in the village of Ocotlán, Mexico, this colorful tale is profound in its beauty and simplicity. “Winter is a true original, and [this] work gives further proof of her talent.”--Publishers Weekly

Josefina

Children's Books

Winter, Jeanette

Literature & Fiction

So You Want to Be a Wizard

Tormented by a gang of bullies because she will not fight back, thirteen-year-old Nita finds the help she needs in a library book on wizardry, a volume that leads her into a mysterious alternate dimension. Reprint. SLJ. H.

Teen & Young Adult

DIANE DUANE

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Toddlers will love to play peekaboo with Patch under the table, turn the pages in his drawing book, or see themselves in his mirrow. This touch-and-feel book is by Jo Lodge, author of several children's books. Full-color illustrations.

Patch and His Favorite Things: A Touch and Feel Book

The Rangasa

Judy Sierra

Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths

A collection of the six stories relating the adventures of a family of Borrowers,  miniature people that live in the hidden nooks and crannies of houses and borrow what they need from "human beans."

The Complete Adventures of the Borrowers

MARY NORTON

Gone-Away Lake

Portia and her cousin Julian discover adventure in a hidden colony of forgotten summer houses on the shores of a swampy lake.

Elizabeth Enright

Half Magic

A fantasy in the E. Nesbit tradition, in which an ancient coin turns a dull summer into a series of magical adventures for four children. Line drawings.

Edward Eager

Classics

“Lots of fun.”--The New York Times Book Review

Magic or Not? (Odyssey Classic)

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