Books with title IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT

When ten-year-old Bel finds a photograph of her greatgrandmother Beatrice, or Bisa Bea, she convinces her mother to let her borrow it. When the picture inexplicably vanishes, Bisa Bea's voice suddenly emerges inside Bel, telling stories of the old days and counseling her on proper behavior by young girls. Then another voice emerges that tells her to be strong; this one belongs to her future granddaughter, and the key to how these voices came to live inside her lies in the lost photo of her greatgrandmother. This whimsical, witty novel shows how knowledge of the past can strengthen the wisdom of future generations. Author Ana Maria Machado won the 2000 Hans Christian Andersen Award.

This picture book shows the reader the nocturnal urban world. In the middle of the night a mother walks her wakeful child up and down; outside, the shops are dark and the last train has gone; window-cleaners come to high-street shop fronts; a dust cart rumbles its way to the dump; bakers mix dough for the morning's bread; an astronomer watches the night sky through her telescope; and in the hospital, someone very old dies and a baby is born. Kathy Henderson has also written "Sam and the Machines" (one of "Parent's" magazine's Best Books for Babies), "15 Ways to go to Bed" (shortlisted for the Smarties Prize), "Second-Time Charley", "Jim's Winter" and "Pappy Mashy". Jennifer Eachus won the Benson and Hedges Gold Award for Illustration in 1982.

Six year old Sophia and her mother, Cristiane, are excited that their best friend, Uncle Mike, is coming to visit them for a weekend sleepover party full of fun and games at the beach! But when all the toys in the world mysteriously disappear during the night plans change. They discover magical clues which lead to an out of this world adventure where they need to be creative and work together to find and rescue all the toys in the world.

Six year old Sophia and her mother are excited that their best friend, Uncle Mike, is coming to visit them for a weekend sleepover party full of fun and games at the beach! But when all the toys in the world mysteriously disappear during the night, plans change. They find magical clues which lead them on an out of this world adventure where they must be creative and work together to find and rescue all the toys in the world.

Butterflies. Little, fluttering butterflies. That’s what fifteen-year-old Willow Flynn feels in the pit of her stomach every time the mysterious boy is near. But Willow has other things to contend with as she deals with the tragic loss of her father, as well as her emotionally preoccupied mother, while being uprooted to a new house, a new school, a new life, far away, on an island, in the middle of nowhere. At the beginning of the school year, the sickly, but cute Michael sends Willow the first of many cryptic notes during homeroom. He stares at Willow and gives her the creeps. Michael never returns to school after that, but Willow ends up connecting with the poetic boy on-line where they strike up an unusual friendship. As Willow attempts to fit in and find her niche in the ever-cliquey high school world, she is further confused by Michael who strives to win her over and mend her broken heart. But will he be able to, especially when his own existence remains so uncertain?