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The Borrowers
Mary Norton, Joe Krush, Beth Krush
School & Library Binding (Turtleback, April 1, 2003)FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The Clock family--Pod, Homily, and Arrietty--live beneath the floor of a country house in a home furnished with objects they have borrowed from the humans who live above them.
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Winter Danger
William O. Steele
Paperback (HMH Books for Young Readers, March 15, 1990)Signs of an upcoming hard winter force Caje Amis and his “woodsy” father to find shelter with distant relatives, an adjustment Caje is happy to make, but one impossible for his father to accept.
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Back to School with Betsy
Carolyn Haywood
Paperback (Sandpiper, March 15, 1990)In the third grade, Betsy and Billy have lots of fun in school and out. “Large, bold type, perfect pictures, and a charming story.”--Christian Science Monitor
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Elidor
Alan Garner
Paperback (Odyssey Classics, March 1, 2006)A mechanical street map, a deserted slum, a church in ruins, and a football. Four ordinary things lead the Watson children on an extraordinary adventure to a magical land called Elidor. In pursuit of four ancient treasures, the forces of evil have crossed over into our world, and it falls to the Watson children to find the treasures, seal the bridge between worlds, and guard the strayed unicorn Findhorn . . . even though their heroism may cost them everything.
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The Time Garden
Edward Eager, N.M. Bodecker, N. M. Bodecker
Paperback (Harcourt Childrens Books (J), Sept. 6, 1990)Four cousins spending a summer in a house by the sea discover a magic thyme garden from which they embark on a number of adventures back and forth through time.
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World Series
John R. Tunis
Paperback (Sandpiper, Aug. 1, 1989)Roy Tucker and the rest of the Brooklyn Dodgers return to fight for and win the World Series. “They make a reader want to get everything that’s in that grand world of old baseball, and to get it a boy calls on tricks of intelligence he never knew he had.”--The New York Times Book Review Introduction by Bruce Brooks.
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Mary Poppins Comes Back
Dr. P. L. Travers, Mary Shepard
Paperback (Sandpiper, Sept. 15, 1997)Pulled down from the clouds at the end of a kite string, Mary Poppins is back. In Mary’s care, the Banks children meet the King of the Castle and the Dirty Rascal, visit the upside-down world of Mr. Turvy and his bride, Miss Topsy, and spend a breathless afternoon above the park, dangling from a clutch of balloons.
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Mystery of the Roman Ransom
Henry Winterfeld
Paperback (Sandpiper, March 15, 1990)The purchase of a slave for their teacher leads a group of schoolboys in ancient Rome into dangerous intrigue.
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Magic or Not?
Edward Eager, N.M. Bodecker
Paperback (Harcourt Childrens Books (J), Aug. 6, 1989)None
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Betsy and Billy
Carolyn Haywood
Paperback (Sandpiper, March 15, 1990)Betsy and Billy are in the second grade, where Billy demonstrates his ability for getting into trouble. “Miss Haywood knows children and her touch is sure and light. . . . [Her] lively drawings admirably illustrate each incident in the tale.”--The New York Times Book Review
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The Borrowers Afield
Mary Norton, Beth Krush, Joe Krush
Paperback (Sandpiper, March 15, 1990)Driven from their home in the big house, Pod, Homily, and Arrietty take up life in a boot.
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The River at Green Knowe
L. M. Boston, Peter Boston
Paperback (Harcourt Childrens Books, Aug. 1, 1989)An English girl, a Polish refugee, and a displaced boy from the Orient explore an island-strewn river flowing past the ancient manor house of Green Knowe.
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