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Prairie-Town Boy
Carl Sandburg, Joe Krush
Paperback (HMH Books for Young Readers, Aug. 24, 1990)Always the Young Strangers, the author’s recollections of his childhood and youth in Galesburg, Illinois, is presented in a shortened version for younger readers.
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Yea! Wildcats!
John R. Tunis
Paperback (Harcourt, Aug. 1, 1989)A small town coach takes over a large city basketball team and guides them to the state finals
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Flaming Arrows
William O. Steele, Jean Fritz
Paperback (HMH Books for Young Readers, Sept. 1, 2004)Chad's family takes refuge from vicious Chickamauga raiding parties with a desperate group in a wilderness fort. But not every danger is outside the wall. . . .
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Duke Decides
John R. Tunis
Paperback (HMH Books for Young Readers, March 15, 1990)Harvard track team captain Jim Wellington's determination to train and win helps him get a place on the U.S. Olympic team in the 1938 Olympic Games in Berlin
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A City for Lincoln
John R. Tunis
Paperback (Sandpiper, Aug. 1, 1989)Don Henderson, basketball coach of the Springfield Wildcats and head of the new Division of Juvenile Aid, comes up against town politics that threaten his work with the youths and convince him to run for mayor.
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All-American
John R. Tunis
Paperback (Sandpiper, Aug. 1, 1989)A football accident forces young Ronald Perry, a halfback on the academy football team, to do some soul-searching. Not especially happy with everything he finds out, he is obliged to do some growing up as well.
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The Perilous Road
William O. Steele
Paperback (HMH Books for Young Readers, March 15, 1990)A young Tennessee mountain boy travels a difficult and dangerous path during the Civil War before he realizes the senseless waste of war and learns the true meaning of courage and tolerance.
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"B" Is for Betsy
Carolyn Haywood
Perfect Paperback (Sandpiper, March 15, 1990)“In this delightful story you will find out how Betsy learned to love school and how each day brought interesting new experiences and new friends into her life.”--Christian Science Monitor
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Rootabaga Stories, Part One
Carl Sandburg, Maud Petersham, Mishka Petersham
Paperback (Sandpiper, March 15, 1990)This gorgeous new edition of the first, and some say the only, genuinely American fairy tales contains a full-color, full-page plate for each of the twenty-four stories.
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James Houston's Treasury of Inuit Legends
James A. Houston, Theodore Taylor
Hardcover (Harcourt Children's Books, Oct. 1, 2006)James Houston made his first journey to the Canadian Arctic in 1948 in search of a new land to paint. There he found a warm, friendly people living in a vast, cold, hauntingly beautiful world. He lived with the Inuit and Indian people in the Arctic and grew to understand them and their way of life. He also helped introduce Inuit culture to the world with his remarkable art and stories. Here are four of his exciting Inuit folktales--Akavak, Tiktaliktak, The White Archer, and Wolf Run--collected for the first time in one beautiful volume. Houston's striking illustrations for each story bring the Arctic and its people to life. This inspired collection is sure to fascinate readers of all ages. Includes an introduction by Theodore Taylor.
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The Borrowers Avenged
Mary Norton, Beth Krush, Joe Krush
Paperback (Sandpiper, Aug. 24, 1990)Pod, Homily, and Arrietty escape from the Platters’ attic and set off to an old rectory to begin life anew. “Like her Borrowers, the author is resourceful, inventive, and patient, and her fantasy continues to be totally real and acceptable.”--The Horn Book
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James Houston's Treasury of Inuit Legends
James A. Houston, Theodore Taylor
Paperback (Sandpiper, Oct. 1, 2006)Drawn from the author's journey to the Canadian Arctic in 1946, this visually stunning volume collects four Inuit folktales that capture the beautiful landscape of the Arctic and the fascinating culture of its people. Simultaneous.
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