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Forging an instant bond with spaghetti-loving horse Maybelline, horseless cowboy Leroy Ninker inadverently risks eternal loneliness when he forgets a vital rule about Maybelline's care.

2) Mr. Popper's penguins

Author

Atwater, Richard

Series

Mr. Popper's penguins volume 1

Language

English

Formats

Description

The unexpected delivery of a large crate containing an Antarctic penguin changes the life and fortunes of Mr. Popper, a house painter obsessed by dreams of the Polar regions.

3) The ballad of songbirds and snakes

Author

Collins, Suzanne

Series

Hunger Games

Pub. Date

2020.

Language

English

Formats

Description

Great illustrated classics

Revisit the world of Panem sixty-four years before the events of The Hunger Games, starting on the morning of the reaping of the tenth Hunger Games.

4) The Count of Monte Cristo

Author

Dumas, Alexandre

Series

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook

Description

Sent to prison on a false accusation in 1815, Edmond Dantes escapes many years later and finds a treasure which he uses to exact his revenge.

5) The witches

Author

Dahl, Roald

Language

English

Appears on list

Texas

Description

A young boy is placed in the custody of his eccentric witch-expert grandmother before being transformed into a mouse by an evil coven that is plotting against local kids.

6) Mercy Watson to the rescue

Author

DiCamillo, Kate

Series

Mercy Watson volume 01

Publisher

Candlewick Press

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

Description

BBC Children's Classics
Great illustrated classics

After Mercy the pig snuggles to sleep with the Watsons, all three awaken with the bed teetering on the edge of a big hole in the floor.

7) The secret garden

Author

Burnett, Frances Hodgson

Series

Language

English

Appears on list

Spring Reads

Formats

Book, Audio, eAudiobook

Description

Maisy's First Experiences
Maisy first experiences

A ten-year-old orphan comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors where she discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.

8) Maisy goes to preschool: a Maisy first experiences book

Author

Cousins, Lucy

Series

Publisher

Candlewick Press

Language

English

Formats

Description

"Join Maisy and her friends for a busy day at preschool! Experience many school activities: painting, music, story time, and more!"--p. [4] of cover.

9) Beezus and Ramona

Author

Cleary, Beverly

Series

Ramona Quimby

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

Beezus' biggest problem is her 4-year-old sister Ramona. Even though Beezus knows sisters are supposed to love each other, with a sister like Ramona, it seems impossible.

10) Give me back my book!

Author

Foster, Travis

Language

English

Formats

Description

Two friends, Redd and Bloo, argue over the possession of one special book with a green cover, hard cover, a nice spine, and pages turn from right to left -- but unite when Bookworm walks off with it.

11) The Supernaturalist

Author

Colfer, Eoin

Language

English

Formats

Description

In futuristic Satellite City, fourteen-year-old Cosmo Hill escapes from his abusive orphanage and teams up with three other people who share his unusual ability to see supernatural creatures, and together they determine the nature and purpose of the swarming blue Parasites that are invisible to most humans.

12) King & Kayla and the case of the unhappy neighbor

Author

Butler, Dori Hillestad

Series

King and Kayla

Pub. Date

2020.

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

King the golden retriever struggles to communicate with his human, Kayla, as both try to clear Thor of having trashed Mr. Gary's yard.

13) Other words for home

Author

Warga, Jasmine

Language

English

Formats

Description

Sent with her mother to the safety of a relative's home in Cincinnati when her Syrian hometown is overshadowed by violence, Jude worries for the family members who were left behind as she adjusts to a new life with unexpected surprises.

14) Look both ways: a tale told in ten blocks

Author

Reynolds, Jason

Publisher

Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books

Pub. Date

2019.

Language

English

Description

Anne of Green Gables
Great illustrated classics

"A collection of ten short stories that all take place in the same day about kids walking home from school." -- Provided by publisher.

15) Anne of Green Gables

Author

Montgomery, L. M

Series

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook

Description

Goodnight Goodnight Construc

Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.

16) Goodnight, goodnight, construction site

Author

Rinker, Sherri Duskey

Series

Language

English

Formats

Description

At sunset, when their work is done for the day, a crane truck, a cement mixer, and other pieces of construction equipment make their way to their resting places and go to sleep.

17) My little book of dinosaurs

Author

Dixon, Dougal

Pub. Date

2014.

Language

English

Description

Bright and early board books
I can read it all by myself
Beginner Books

An introduction to the world of dinosaurs. Features vivid computer graphic illustrations.

18) Are you my mother?

Author

Eastman, P. D

Series

Language

English

Formats

Description

A little bird asks animals, planes, and boats, "Are you my mother?" until he finds his own mother.

19) One of us is lying

Author

McManus, Karen M

Series

One of Us Is Lying

Language

English

Formats

Description

"When the creator of a high school gossip app mysteriously dies in front of four high-profile students, all four become suspects. It's up to them to solve the case"--

20) Outside in

Author

Underwood, Deborah

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Language

English

Description