Books with author Nan Gilbert

Champions Don't Cry, by Nan Gilbert. c. 1960, this revised edtn. c. 1979 by Mildred Geiger Gilbertson, YA fiction novel. "'I'm going to be a CHAMPION tennis player," Sally tells her older brother. But Denny isn't so sure. Sally's got a terrible temper. And when she gets mad on the court, look out! Now there's a big tennis tournament coming up. If Sally can only raise enough money to play in it, she'll prove -- even to Denny -- that she really is a champion. But will she get to play? And if she does, will that temper of hers ruin everything?'

Champions Don't Cry, by Nan Gilbert. c. 1960, this revised edtn. c. 1979 by Mildred Geiger Gilbertson, YA fiction novel. "'I'm going to be a CHAMPION tennis player," Sally tells her older brother. But Denny isn't so sure. Sally's got a terrible temper. And when she gets mad on the court, look out! Now there's a big tennis tournament coming up. If Sally can only raise enough money to play in it, she'll prove -- even to Denny -- that she really is a champion. But will she get to play? And if she does, will that temper of hers ruin everything?'

This book, 365 Bedtime Stories, is well named because the stories will put you to sleep. By far the most famous book of bedtime stories is “1001 Arabian Nights” by Scheherazade. Included among those stories are Aladin and His Lamp, Sinbad the Sailor and Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. Those stories will keep you awake, wondering what happened next. 365 Bedtime Stories will put you to sleep.

You've heard of the Rescue Rangers. Now meet the Mouse Watch.Around the globe, exceptional mice live in the shadows. Under the direction of famed mouse inventor Gadget Hackwrench, they work together as a team to solve BIG problems using SMALL gadgets. They are high trained. They are nearly invisible. And they love cheese. Their mission: save the world. Bernadette is a small-but brave-mouse with a score to settle. Jarvis is a sensitive rat with a big appetite and unmatched puzzle-solving skills. Both are eager to prove their worth as the youngest, newest recruits to the Mouse Watch.But before their first day of training is through, Bernie and Jarvis find themselves at the center of an evil plot orchestrated by the Rogue Animal Thieves Society (R.A.T.S.). Soon they are catapulted from new recruits into full-on action heroes, as they learn how to work together to save the Mouse Watch-and the world as they know it.Mission Impossible meets "Mice in Black" in this action-packed middle grade adventure that will take readers on an epic thrill ride and leave them ready to join the Watch!