Minna's Patchwork Coat
Minna's Patchwork Coat

Author: Lauren A. Mills

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Published: 2015-11-03

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 0316406228

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In this charming historical novel, acclaimed artist Lauren A. Mills reimagines her beloved picture book, The Rag Coat, with fifty delicate pencil illustrations and an expanded story about a resilient little girl, her patchwork coat, and how the two bring a community together. Minna and her family don't have much in their small Appalachian cabin, but "people only need people," Papa always reminds her. Unable to afford a winter coat to wear to school, she's forced to use an old feed sack to keep her warm. Then Papa's terrible cough from working in the coal mines takes him away forever, and Minna has a hard time believing that anything will be right again...until her neighbors work tirelessly to create a coat for her out of old fabric scraps. Now Minna must show her teasing classmates that her coat is more than just rags--it's a collection of their own cherished memories, each with a story to share.

The Rag Coat
The Rag Coat

Author: Lauren Mills

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Published: 1991-09-03

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9780316574075

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With paintings that capture all the beauty of Appalachia in authentic detail, this tender story about a resourceful mountain girl's special coat will touchreaders with its affirming message of love and friendship.

Wonder at the Edge of the World
Wonder at the Edge of the World

Author: Nicole Helget

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Published: 2015-04-14

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 0316245097

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In this captivating quest that spans the globe, a young girl who wants to know everything challenges her assumptions about family, loyalty, and friendship as she fights to save her father's legacy--and to begin creating her own. Hallelujah Wonder wants to become one of the first female scientists of the nineteenth century. She knows every specimen and rare artifact that her explorer father hid deep in a cave before he died, and she feels a great responsibility to protect the objects (particularly a mesmerizing and dangerous one called Medicine Head) from a wicked Navy captain who would use it for evil. Now she and her friend Eustace, a runaway slave, must set out on a sweeping adventure by land and by sea to the only place where no one will ever find the cursed relic.... In this captivating quest that spans the globe, a young girl who wants to know everything challenges her assumptions about family, loyalty, and friendship as she fights to save her father's legacy--and to begin creating her own.

Fairy Wings
Fairy Wings

Author: Lauren Mills

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Published: 2009-11-29

Total Pages: 41

ISBN-13: 0316092398

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Ridiculed by all but her animal friends, little wingless Fia spends her days on the earth rather than in the sky. But when the boy fairy Kip invites her to attend the May Dance, she saves the day when a wicked troll arrives seeking a late-night snack of fairy wings. Full color.

Towers Falling
Towers Falling

Author: Jewell Parker Rhodes

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Published: 2016-07-12

Total Pages: 167

ISBN-13: 0316262234

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From award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a powerful novel set fifteen years after the 9/11 attacks in a classroom of students who cannot remember the event but live through the aftermath of its cultural shift. When her fifth-grade teacher hints that a series of lessons about home and community will culminate with one big answer about two tall towers once visible outside their classroom window, Dèja can't help but feel confused. She sets off on a journey of discovery, with new friends Ben and Sabeen by her side. But just as she gets closer to answering big questions about who she is, what America means, and how communities can grow (and heal), she uncovers new questions, too. Like, why does Pop get so angry when she brings up anything about the towers? Award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes tells a powerful story about young people who weren't alive to witness this defining moment in history, but begin to realize how much it colors their every day.

Bear and Bunny
Bear and Bunny

Author: Daniel Manus Pinkwater

Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 41

ISBN-13: 0763671533

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Best friends Bear and Bunny wander through the woods looking for food, singing songs, and talking about what kind of pet they might like to adopt.

Fia & the Imp
Fia & the Imp

Author: Lauren A. Mills

Publisher: Little Brown & Company

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9780316574129

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Though she is a wingless fairy, Fia does what she can to help her friends the woodkins and proves her worthiness to be Queen when she sets out to rescue two little woodkins.

The Lightning Queen
The Lightning Queen

Author: Laura Resau

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2015-10-27

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 0545800862

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A stunningly rendered mystical novel, set in the remote mountains of Mexico in the 1950s, illuminates the power of an unlikely friendship that blends cultures, magic, and possibilities.

The Untold Story of Father Christmas
The Untold Story of Father Christmas

Author: Alison Battle

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2017-11-09

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 1408892359

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Have you ever wondered where Father Christmas came from? And how he ended up with a factory at the North Pole full of elves to help him make toys? A beautifully illustrated and timeless story about how a toymaker and his wife became Mother and Father Christmas for children all over the world.

The Goblin Baby
The Goblin Baby

Author: Lauren A. Mills

Publisher: Dial

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13:

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Because she is reluctant to accept her new baby brother, Amanda convinces her garden friends that a goblin has stolen her real sibling and replaced him with a changeling.