The author relates her experiences growing up in a small West Virginia town.

But I'll Be Back Again: An Album

Rylant, Cynthia

Biographies & Memoirs

Orchard Books (NY)

A little boy imagines how he will conquer the monster hidden in his sewer.

I Wouldn't Be Scared

Sabraw, John

Children's Books

Papa grumbles that the family doesn't need another quilt, but is happy to use it after the quilting bee.

Texas Star

Cole, Barbara Hancock

A collection of poems about childhood fears and anxieties.

Goosebumps & Butterflies

Literature & Fiction

Nave, Yolanda

Poetry

Country Bear borrows all the ingredients for a cake from his neighbor and then gives her the cake as a present. Includes a recipe for apple cake.

Country Bear's Good Neighbor

Brimner, Larry Dane

Manny Bustos is an orphan, scrabbling for survival on the streets of Juáurez, Mexico. He sleeps in a cardboard box and fights with boys bigger and older than him for the coins American tourists through off the bridge between El Paso, Texas, and his town.Across the border, Sergeant Robert S. Locke, Vietnam vet and Army prefect, searches for a way to drown the cries for help of his dead friends, and finds it in Cutty Sark whiskey. On the night Manny dares the crossing, through the muddy shallows of the Rio Grande, past searchlights and border patrol, in the hopes of a better life, the two meet in an explosive encounter that fills the night with tension and endless possibilities.

The Crossing

GARY PAULSEN

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Although some of the things her older sister taught her at home seem a little unusual at school, other lessons help make Annabelle's first day in kindergarten a success.

Annabelle Swift, Kindergartner: Story and Pictures

Schwartz, Amy

The classic Cinderella tale, w/ rebus - meaning little pictures for some words.  I will post a photo so you can get an idea. (mk)

The Cinderella Rebus Book

Ann Morris

Presents an illustrated collection of Aesop's fables interwoven with Father Fox's own unique interpretations of the stories.

Anno's Aesop: A Book of Fables

Mitsumasa Anno.

Classics

Clementine the cat choses the clothes she will wear next winter.

Clementine's Winter Wardrobe

Spohn, Kate

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