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Title: Cam Jansen Mysteries
Author: Adler, David A.
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Title: Onion sundaes :Houdini Club Magic Mysteries
Author: Adler, David A.
Summary: Aspiring magician Herman Houdini Foster and his cousin Janet help uncover the thief who is stealing money from shoppers at the supermarket.


Title: Bumps in the night
Author: Harry Allard
Summary: When he discovers his house is haunted, Dudley Stork enlists the help of his friends to find out what is causing the spooky noises.


Title: Abigail takes the wheel
Author: Avi
Summary: When the first mate of the freight boat Neptune falls ill, it is up to Abigail, the captain's daughter, to steer the ship up the Hudson River from New Jersey to New York City.


Title: Finding Providence
Author: Avi
Summary: After being forced to leave the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Roger Williams travels south and, with the help of the Narragansett Indians, founds Providence, Rhode Island.


Title: Prairie school
Author: Avi
Summary: In 1880, Noah's aunt teaches the reluctant nine-year-old how to read as they explore the Colorado prairie together, Noah pushing Aunt Dora in her wheelchair.


Title: Alison Series
Author: Marion Dane Bauer
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Title: The joy boys
Author: Betsy Byars
Summary: Two brothers share several adventures with their dog on the family farm, riding cows, making mud bombs, and hunting for a wild animal.


Title: The best older sister
Author: Sook Nyul Choi
Summary: Sunhi is unsettled by the arrival of a baby brother, but with the help of her wise grandmother she learns to appreciate her new role of big sister.


Title: Agapanthus Hum and the eyeglasses
Author: Joy Cowley
Summary: Agapanthus struggles to do handstands and other acrobatic tricks while wearing her eyeglasses, which have a tendency to fall off as she cavorts about.


Title: Agapanthus Hum and Major Bark
Author: Joy Cowley
Summary: After Agapanthus gets a puppy for a pet, she enters him in a champion dog show and comes away with a surprising result.


Title: The perfect pony
Author: Corinne Demas
Summary: Jamie is excited when she answers an ad for a free pony and finds McIntosh, the perfect pony for her, but he may have already been claimed by someone else.


Title: The Camp Knock Knock mystery
Author: Betsy Duffey
Summary: If Willie would change into clean clothes while at summer camp, he may find the joke book which Crow has hidden from him.


Title: Rescue mission
Author: Justine Fontes
Summary: Eric Kirby went parasailing near Jurassic Park--and never returned. His frantic parents have come to find him. Is Eric still alive? And can his rescuers stay alive long enough to find him?


Title: The best worst day
Author: Bonnie Graves
Summary: Lucy wants to impress Maya, the exotic new girl at school, so that she will choose Lucy to be her best friend.


Title: No copycats allowed!
Author: Bonnie Graves
Summary: Starting at a new school, Gabrielle tries to make new friends while struggling with the spelling of her long name.


Title: Alex and the cat
Author: Helen V. Griffith
Summary: The adventures of Alex the dog, who wants to be treated like the family cat, tries to restore a baby bird to a robin's nest, and attempts to migrate to avoid the winter snow.


Title: Jennifer, too
Author: Juanita Havill
Summary: Jennifer discovers ways to be included in the games of her older brother Matt and his friends.


Title: Mike Swan, sink or swim
Author: Deborah Heiligman
Summary: Mike is afraid of learning to swim but is helped by his father, his best friend Lizzie, and a very unusual food.


Title: The missing fossil mystery
Author: Emily Herman
Summary: When Liza's older brother Jesse refuses to let her take his fossil to school for second grade show and share, she takes the trilobite anyway and loses it in the classroom.


Title: The Animal Rescue Club
Author: John Himmelman
Summary: Members of the Animal Rescue Club save wild animals in trouble, nurse them back to health, and return them to the wild.


Title: Pinky and Rex series
Author: James Howe
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Title: Horrible Harry series
Author: Suzy Kline
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Title: Marmee's surprise
Author: Monica Kulling
Summary: Even though their father is away at war and the family does not have much money, the four March sisters manage to have a wonderful Christmas.


Title: No room for Francie
Author: Maryann Macdonald
Summary: There are six children in the O'Leary family, and when her Comics Club needs a place to meet, it seems as if Francie is the only one with no special place of her very own.


Title: Princess Josie's pets
Author: Maryann Macdonald
Summary: Princess Josie wants a puppy for her eighth birthday, but first she must prove to the King and Queen that she can be responsible for its care.


Title: Witch way to the beach
Author: Barbara Mariconda
Summary: City witch Drusilla and country witch Constance ride a vacuum cleaner to the beach, where they hope to have fun despite Constance's dislike of beaches.


Title: Better than TV
Author: Sara Swan Miller
Summary: When a power failure deprives them of television on a rainy day, two children and their dog entertain themselves and their family by creating and acting out their own television show.


Title: Bat bones and spider stew
Author: Michelle Poploff
Summary: Henry is nervous about going home on Halloween with his new friend, Artie Doomsday, until they tell riddles and share some unusual snacks.


Title: Jake and the copycats
Author: Joanne Rocklin
Summary: Jake is tired of his copycat little brother Pete, until the day when Pete's help is required in the rescuing of Jake's cat.


Title: Leroy Potts meets the McCrooks
Author: Vivian Sathre
Summary: When Leroy Potts loses his memory after being struck by lightning, the nasty McCrook brothers use him to steal for them.


Title: Slender Ella and her Fairy Hogfather
Author: Vivian Sathre
Summary: Slender Ella, a pig forced into servitude by her stepmother and two horrid stepsisters, goes to the hoedown with the help of her Fairy Hogfather and marries the handsome son of the Goldsnoots of Diamond Snout Hay Ranch.


Title: Young Wolf and Spirit Horse
Author: Janice Shefelman
Summary: Young Wolf goes in search of his horse Red Wind, which has been spirited away by a legendary wild stallion.


Title: The banana split from outer space
Author: Catherine Siracusa
Summary: Stanley's ice cream business suffers until he meets Zelmo, an alien whose spaceship crash-lands on earth.


Title: Scaredy dog
Author: Jane Resh Thomas
Summary: With patience and love, a young girl helps the dog she has chosen from the Humane Society grow from a frightened puppy into a happy pet.


Title: Edwin and Emily
Author: Suzanne Williams
Summary: Edwin decides that his younger sister Emily is a pest, but sometimes she's a nice pest.


Title: How will the Easter bunny know?
Author: Kay Winters
Summary: Mike, who will be spending Easter at his grandmother's apartment, worries that the Easter Bunny will not know where to find him.


Title: Where are the bears?
Author: Kay Winters
Summary: Two bear cubs spy on some campers and explore their tent while they are away.


Title: going quackers
Author: Bonnie Worth
Summary: While Babe the pig is babysitting a batch of duck eggs by sitting on them, they hatch and he becomes the mother of the new ducklings, naming them, teaching them how to behave, and using them to herd his sheep.


Title: pigs and robbers
Author: Bonnie Worth
Summary: Babe the pig is left in charge of the farm when the Hoggetts go out on a date.


Title: Eruption! : the story of volcanoes
Author: Anita Ganeri
Summary: What spits our fire and ash? What sleeps for years but may explode with a bang at any time? Find out all about volcanoes! Longer sentences and an expanded vocabulary make this series of 48-page books slightly more challenging: Level 2 is appropriate for children who have started to read but still need help.


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Author: Nicholas Nirgiotis
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Title: Big machines
Author: Karen Wallace
Summary: Demonstrates how the crane, bulldozer, dump truck, and other construction machines all play a part in building a new park.


Title: Rockets and spaceships
Author: Karen Wallace
Summary: The many uses of rocket ships are examined, from transporting satellites and people into space to acting as a weapon.


Title: Solid gold : gymnastic stars
Author: Darice Bailer
Summary: A historical overview of notable female gymnasts in the Olympics, including Agnes Keleti of Hungary, Olga Korbut of Russia, and Nadia Comaneci of Romania.


Title: Johnny Appleseed : my story
Author: David L. Harrison
Summary: An introduction to the life of the man who traveled west planting apple seeds to make the country a better place to live, as told from his perspective.


Title: The great Houdini
Author: Monica Kulling
Summary: Describes how the young Hungarian immigrant Ehrich Weiss worked to become the great magician, Harry Houdini.


Title: Helen Keller : courage in the dark
Author: Johanna Hurwitz
Summary: A biography of the blind and deaf girl who overcame both handicaps with the help of her teacher, Annie Sullivan.


Title: A girl named Helen Keller
Author: Margo Lundell
Summary: An easy-to-read version of the remarkable and inspiring story of Helen Keller and her special teacher, Ann Sullivan.


Title: Escape North! : the story of Harriet Tubman
Author: Monica Kulling
Summary: Surveys the life of Harriet Tubman, including her childhood in slavery and her later work in helping other slaves escape north to freedom through the Underground Railroad.


Title: Just a few words, Mr. Lincoln : the story of the Gettysburg Address
Author: Jean Fritz
Summary: Provides a look at the private side of Abraham Lincoln and at the circumstances surrounding his short, but memorable speech at the dedication of the cemetery at the Gettysburg battlefield. Includes text of the speech.