Catalog Search Results
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When the Depression hits in Cairo, Illinois, and Oscar Ogilvie's father must sell their home and vast model train set-up to look for work in California, eleven-year-old Oscar is left with his dour aunt, where he befriends a mysterious drifter, witnesses a stunning bank robbery, and is suddenly catapulted onto a train that takes him to a different time and place.
Author
Language
English
Description
Avoiding a group of bullies, Barney Pennimen and his friend Snowy discover a cave with an amazing secret
Barney Penniman is afraid of his eighth grade friends at boarding school. Since they’re the nastiest guys at school, Barney is safe from being teased, but the gang’s bullying finally pushes Barney too far, and he finds himself alone.
Then Snowy Cobb, an elf-like, ostracized younger boy, makes a sudden appearance...
Barney Penniman is afraid of his eighth grade friends at boarding school. Since they’re the nastiest guys at school, Barney is safe from being teased, but the gang’s bullying finally pushes Barney too far, and he finds himself alone.
Then Snowy Cobb, an elf-like, ostracized younger boy, makes a sudden appearance...
11) Max's Christmas
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Despite his sister Ruby's admonitions, Max waits up on Christmas Eve to see Santa Claus coming down the chimney.
Author
Series
Sophie books (Rosemary Wells) volume 5
Publisher
Viking
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Sophie's parents tell her to say 'Hello,' 'Thank-you,' and 'Goodbye,' but the words stick like glue in Sophie's mouth and won't come out. -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Language
English
Description
It's going to be a brilliant summer for Dorothy—but suddenly, the sun hides behind the clouds and a secret she couldn't have imagined appears . . .
While on a class trip to a museum, fourteen-year-old Dorothy Coughlin can't believe her luck: She practically falls into a summer job as a nanny for a wealthy family in Pennsylvania, in the biggest house she has ever seen. It doesn't even matter that she's not experienced with children,...
While on a class trip to a museum, fourteen-year-old Dorothy Coughlin can't believe her luck: She practically falls into a summer job as a nanny for a wealthy family in Pennsylvania, in the biggest house she has ever seen. It doesn't even matter that she's not experienced with children,...
Author
Series
Sophie books (Rosemary Wells) volume 3
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Sophie's new sister won't stop crying, only two-year-old Sophie can communicate with her, even if she isn't using her words as her parents want her to.
Author
Series
Yoko books (Rosemary Wells) volume 3
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Kindergartner Yoko not only learns to write her letters and numbers in English, she shows her teacher and fellow students how to write their names using Japanese calligraphy.
19) Max cleans up
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Max's big sister Ruby is determined to help him clean up his messy room, but he keeps rescuing things that she wants to throw away.
20) Max's ABC
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Max's ants escape from their farm, they start on a search for food, spreading everywhere, until his sister, Ruby, comes to the rescue, in a text which includes a different letter of the alphabet on each page.
In Interlibrary Loan
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Penticton Public Library can be requested from other Interlibrary Loan libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup. Items must be over 1 year old.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service for new books published this year. Submit Request