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Books with author Liza Woodruff

  • Capital Mysteries #1: Who Cloned the President?

    Ron Roy, Liza Woodruff

    eBook (Random House Books for Young Readers, Oct. 5, 2009)
    From popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy comes a red, white, and blue mystery perfect for President's Day! In the first book of the Capital Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous sites from Washington, D.C.— KC Corcoran always watches the news. So it's no surprise that she notices right away when the President of the United States starts acting funny on TV. He's stiff and awkward. He's even signing papers with the wrong hand. There's only one explanation - the president has been cloned! And it's up to KC and her best friend, Marshall, to save him. Each book highlights one of the famous museums, buildings, or monuments from the Washington area and includes a map and a two-page fun fact spread with photographs. Parents, teachers, and librarians agree that these highly collectible chapter books are perfect for emerging readers and any kid who love mysteries!
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  • The Night of the Witch

    M. Woodruff

    language (Butter Beard Publishing, Nov. 28, 2016)
    When seventeen-year-old Lena Beckford hears the lock turn in her bedroom door she begins her nightly ritual to honor the moon. But instead of seeing the usual visions from her father, the flame, she’s contacted by her grandmother pleading for Lena’s help after she’s been buried alive in the Strangers’ Graveyard.As Lena begins her search she meets two witches, like herself, who promise to help her find her grandmother. One is a ridiculous old crone who seems to be leading her around in circles, and the other is a seductive man she’s immediately drawn to. But she can’t quite seem to escape from either of them when she realizes they're armed with their own devilish motives, which blur the lines between friend and foe, sanity and insanity.Is it murder Lena must commit, or justice she must serve, to finally free her grandmother from the darkness of the grave?
  • Capital Mysteries #2: Kidnapped at the Capital

    Ron Roy, Liza Woodruff

    Paperback (Random House Books for Young Readers, April 9, 2002)
    From popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy comes a red, white, and blue mystery perfect for President's Day! In the second book of the Capital Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous sites from Washington, D.C.—KC and Marshall are going to the Cherry Blossom Festival. They have an invitation from the President of the United States! But while they are off getting ice cream, KC's mom and President Thornton are kidnapped - right under the bodyguards' noses. Who cares if the FBI is on the case? KC isn't giving up until she finds her mom! Each book highlights one of the famous museums, buildings, or monuments from the Washington area and includes a map and a two-page fun fact spread with photographs. Parents, teachers, and librarians agree that these highly collectible chapter books are perfect for emerging readers and any kid who love mysteries!
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  • Capital Mysteries #2: Kidnapped at the Capital

    Ron Roy, Liza Woodruff

    eBook (Random House Books for Young Readers, July 22, 2009)
    From popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy comes a red, white, and blue mystery perfect for President's Day! In the second book of the Capital Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous sites from Washington, D.C.—KC and Marshall are going to the Cherry Blossom Festival. They have an invitation from the President of the United States! But while they are off getting ice cream, KC's mom and President Thornton are kidnapped - right under the bodyguards' noses. Who cares if the FBI is on the case? KC isn't giving up until she finds her mom! Each book highlights one of the famous museums, buildings, or monuments from the Washington area and includes a map and a two-page fun fact spread with photographs. Parents, teachers, and librarians agree that these highly collectible chapter books are perfect for emerging readers and any kid who love mysteries!
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  • Capital Mysteries #1: Who Cloned the President?

    Ron Roy, Liza Woodruff

    Paperback (Random House Books for Young Readers, April 2, 2001)
    From popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy comes a red, white, and blue mystery perfect for President's Day! In the first book of the Capital Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous sites from Washington, D.C.— KC Corcoran always watches the news. So it's no surprise that she notices right away when the President of the United States starts acting funny on TV. He's stiff and awkward. He's even signing papers with the wrong hand. There's only one explanation - the president has been cloned! And it's up to KC and her best friend, Marshall, to save him. Each book highlights one of the famous museums, buildings, or monuments from the Washington area and includes a map and a two-page fun fact spread with photographs. Parents, teachers, and librarians agree that these highly collectible chapter books are perfect for emerging readers and any kid who love mysteries!
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  • Ten on the Sled

    Kim Norman, Liza Woodruff

    Board book (Sterling Children's Books, Oct. 7, 2014)
    A favorite children's song ("Ten on the Bed") gets a delightfully slippery, slide-y twist! In the land of the midnight sun, all the animals are having fun speeding down the hill on Caribou's sled. But as they go faster and faster, Seal, Hare, Walrus, and the others all fall off . . . until just the caribou's left, only and lonely. Now, a reindeer likes flying-but never alone, so . . . all the animals leap onto the sled again! This beloved story is new in board and abridged for a preschool audience, and it's ideal for reading, counting, and singing along with, over and over.
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  • A Quieter Story

    Liza Woodruff

    Hardcover (Margaret Ferguson Books, July 9, 2019)
    A kitten insists that his little-girl owner write an adventure story suitable for a TIGER and learns that you should be careful about what you wish for when the story becomes too scary.When a little girl starts to write a story about her kitten playing with yarn, he doesn't like it one bit. He wants a story for his alter-ego TIGER--one that has pep and pizzazz--so the girl creates an adventure that the kitten jumps into. Darkness surrounds him (No light, no problem! says the kitten), venomous vipers drop from the trees (Snakes? I've got this), hungry hyenas circle the tiger--and suddenly the kitten begins to wonder if there can be such a thing as too much adventure. As the story gets scarier and scarier, he realizes that what one wants and what one needs are sometimes two different things. This time, he needs a quieter story.A colorful and inventive picture book about a creative girl and her kitten.
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  • Jack and Jill

    Liza Woodruff

    language (Children's Illustrated Classics, Jan. 1, 2014)
    Enjoy this classic rhyme about a pair of children attempting to fetch water from the top of a steep hill.
  • If It's Snowy and You Know It, Clap Your Paws!

    Kim Norman, Liza Woodruff

    Board book (Sterling Children's Books, Oct. 6, 2015)
    If it's snowy and you know it, roll a snowball up and throw it, if it's snowy and you know it, clap your paws. Now in board and perfectly abridged for the youngest readers: another irresistible winter-themed romp from Kim Norman and Liza Woodruff, the team behind the delightful Ten on the Sled! This humorous variation on the classic song “If You're Happy and You Know It” introduces a group of adorable animals playing joyfully in the snow. They ice skate on a lake, catch snowflakes on their tongues, sculpt snowcritters, and make a frosty fort. But can they go with the flow when their wild adventure drifts in a surprising direction? Young readers will laugh and sing along!
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  • Mary Had a Little Lamb

    Liza Woodruff

    language (Children's Illustrated Classics, Jan. 1, 2014)
    This beloved poem tells of a sweet young girl and her pet lamb.
  • Little Bo Peep

    Liza Woodruff

    Library Binding (Childs World Inc, Aug. 1, 2009)
    Presents the classic nursery rhyme about the little girl who lost her sheep.
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  • Emerson Barks

    Liza Woodruff

    Hardcover (Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), Aug. 16, 2016)
    Arf! Arf! Arf!Bird, squirrels, the mailman--Emerson can't help but bark his loudest when he gets excited. But when his bark scares one of his neighborhood friends into hiding, Emerson's girl Eva must forbid him from barking altogether. Can Emerson adjust to a life in silence? Or will he find a way to put his powerful bark to good use?Liza Woodruff's Emerson Barks is a charming dog story that shows how good intentions can triumph over mistakes.
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