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1. Nancy and Plum
by: Betty MacDonald, Mary GrandPre, Jeanne Birdsall Release date: Oct 11, 2011 Number of Pages: 240 Find in Library Read Review |
and made all of Heavenly Valley smooth and white and quiet and beautiful.
So begins the story of two orphaned sisters at Mrs. Monday’s Boarding School. But nothing is heavenly for Nancy and Pamela (aka Plum): their parents died in a tragic accident years ago, they’re constantly punished by the cruel Mrs. Monday, and they’re all alone for the holidays.
Luckily, Nancy and Plum have each other, and though their prospects may be bleak, they’re determined to change their lot for the better. If their plan works, the spirited sisters will never spend Christmas at the cold, dark boarding school again. But what will they find on the other side of Mrs. Monday’s gate?
Adventure, warmth, unforgettable characters, and unexpected kindness abound in this classic story by Betty MacDonald, which was originally published in 1952. With illustrations by the acclaimed Mary GrandPré and an introduction by Jeanne Birdsall, National Book Award–winning author of The Penderwicks, this edition introduces the spunky, beloved heroines to a new generation of fans.
From the Hardcover edition.
2. Angel Birthdays: A Day to Remember, A New Way to Heal, A Celebration of Life
by: Erin Garay, Kristin Abbott Release date: Aug 22, 2013 Number of Pages: 10 Find in Library Read Review |
Angel Birthdays is a heartfelt book that encourages children and adults alike to reframe this universal experience. This story is positive, reassuring, and provides families with tangible activities they can incorporate into their own healing process. It is a true gift for any child, family, or friend who is celebrating an Angel Birthday of a loved one.
3. Crusty Cupcake’s Happy Birthday: Friendships Last Forever
by: Mr. Nick Rokicki, Mr. Joseph Kelley Release date: Oct 29, 2013 Number of Pages: 46 Find in Library Read Review |
4. Lailah’s Lunchbox
by: Reem Faruqi, Lea Lyon Release date: Jun 01, 2015 Number of Pages: 32 Find in Library Read Review |
This gentle, moving story from first-time author Reem Faruqi comes to life in Lea Lyon’s vibrant illustrations. Lyon uses decorative arabesque borders on intermittent spreads to contrast the ordered patterns of Islamic observances with the unbounded rhythms of American school days.
5. The Halloween Fairy Keeps Christmas Merry
by: Janeen Antonelli Release date: Oct 03, 2013 Number of Pages: 30 Find in Library Read Review |
6. Discovery In The Woods: A St. Patrick’s Day Surprise (Leprechaun Adventures Series) (Volume 1)
by: Sandy Barton Release date: Feb 05, 2014 Number of Pages: 104 Find in Library Read Review |
7. The Mysterious Visitor (Trixie Belden)
by: Julie Campbell Release date: Aug 26, 2003 Number of Pages: 272 Find in Library Read Review |
From the Hardcover edition.
8. A Christmas Carol: The Junior Novel (Disney’s a Christmas Carol)
by: Disney Book Group, Disney Storybook Art Team Release date: Sep 21, 2009 Number of Pages: 144 Find in Library Read Review |
9. A Blue Chair Christmas
by: Uncle Poppy Release date: Dec 11, 2015 Number of Pages: 82 Find in Library Read Review |
10. I Went to the Party in Kalamazoo
by: Ed Shankman, Dave Frank Release date: May 28, 2002 Number of Pages: 36 Find in Library Read Review |
11. An Unexpected Christmas
by: Simone Graham Release date: Nov 13, 2013 Number of Pages: 39 Find in Library Read Review |
An Unexpected Christmas tells the old familiar story from a whole new perspective, with a dash of humor and plenty of warm fuzzies, this story will become a Christmas read-aloud favorite.
Written originally as a Christmas gift for author Simone Graham’s children, it is illustrated with the children of the world (including hers) as Heaven’s “angels”. The story was selected to be made into a short film where it was an instant hit in Christmas 2012.
Since the film’s release on YouTube, people from all over the world contacted the author thanking her for writing this beautiful (funny and touching) story. Now you can take it home and read it to your children this Christmas.
“They won’t be expecting that!” ~Scragger (from An Unexpected Christmas)
(The film can be found on YouTube under the same title, An Unexpected Christmas)
12. Kristoph and the First Christmas Tree
by: Claudia Cangilla McAdam, David Hill Release date: Oct 28, 2015 Number of Pages: 32 Find in Library Read Review |
13. Old MacDonald Had a Wedding
by: Ron Berman, Brian Gerrity Release date: Jan 18, 2007 Number of Pages: 24 Find in Library Read Review |
who found her man but lost her sheep.
He asked for her hand, and what do you guess?
She said, “E-I-E-I-Oh, yes, yes!”
You’ve heard about his farm, but you’ve never heard anything like his wedding! Join famous nursery rhyme characters and children’s song greats for the party of the year! This hilarious, rhyming story with appearances by favorite characters is sure to get a laugh-laugh here and a laugh-laugh there from kids—and their parents!
14. Lulu’s Christmas Story: A True Story of Faith and Hope During the Great Depression
by: Ludmilla Bollow Release date: Oct 20, 2014 Number of Pages: 256 Find in Library Read Review |
Christmas is eagerly awaited by Lulu, a young girl living in a small Wisconsin town during the Great Depression. Anticipation is transformed into anxiety when Daddy loses his job, doubts about Santa flicker, and that Shirley Temple doll seems further away than ever. Mama reveals her own brutal Christmas as an orphan, adding new worries. But it’s Lulu’s deep faith and vibrant hope that keeps her looking forward to each new day and the glorious gift of Christmas. In her touching memoir, Ludmilla Bollow, an award-winning playwright and novelist, recounts the year before her family’s toughest Christmas. There’s a haunting encounter with freaks at a circus sideshow, the heartbreaking loss of the town’s recluse who was committed to finding true love, a disastrous Thanksgiving at Grandma’s, and, of course, the long-awaited Christmas! Lulu’s spirit of love and joy radiates throughout this emotional recall of family life during hard times.
(Ludmilla Bollow)
15. The Magic Gingerbread House
by: Pam Franks Release date: Nov 10, 2015 Number of Pages: 32 Find in Library Read Review |
16. Dreidels on the Brain
by: Joel ben Izzy Release date: Oct 04, 2016 Number of Pages: 303 Find in Library Read Review |
One lousy miracle. Is that too much to ask?
Evidently so for Joel, as he tries to survive Hannukah, 1971 in the suburbs of the suburbs of Los Angeles (or, as he calls it, “The Land of Shriveled Dreams”). That’s no small task when you’re a “seriously funny-looking” twelve-year-old magician who dreams of being his own superhero: Normalman. And Joel’s a long way from that as the only Jew at Bixby School, where his attempts to make himself disappear fail spectacularly. Home is no better, with a family that’s not just mortifyingly embarrassing but flat-out broke.
That’s why Joel’s betting everything on these eight nights, to see whether it’s worth believing in God or miracles or anything at all. Armed with his favorite jokes, some choice Yiddish words, and a suitcase full of magic tricks, he’s scrambling to come to terms with the world he lives in—from hospitals to Houdini to the Holocaust—before the last of the candles burns out.
No wonder his head is spinning: He’s got dreidels on the brain. And little does he know that what’s actually about to happen to him and his family this Hanukkah will be worse than he’d feared . . . And better than he could have imagined.
From the Hardcover edition.
17. The Girls’ Revenge (Boy/Girl Battle (PB))
by: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Release date: Sep 01, 1999 Number of Pages: 150 Find in Library Read Review |
18. Christmas Peter: (Peter: A Darkened Fairytale, Vol 12) (Volume 12)
by: William O’Brien Release date: Oct 05, 2015 Number of Pages: 62 Find in Library Read Review |
19. A Halloween Brew of Poems Just For You
by: Rita Bourland, Seán Sweeney Release date: Aug 21, 2013 Number of Pages: 24 Find in Library Read Review |
20. Halloween Pie
by: Michael O. Tunnell, Kevin O’Malley Release date: Sep 12, 2014 Number of Pages: 14 Find in Library Read Review |
21. Halloween Stories: Spooky Short Stories for Kids, Jokes, and Coloring Book (Haunted Halloween Fun) (Volume 2)
by: Arnie Lightning Release date: Sep 14, 2015 Number of Pages: 44 Find in Library Read Review |
Scary Halloween Stories for Kids!
Halloween is upon us. For most, it’s a fun time of year where we dress up in our favorite costumes and get lots of candy. For others, it can be the most frightening time of year. In these five scary stories that’s the case. Prepare yourself. You have been warned!
- 5 scary stories for kids
- Just for fun activities included for extra fun
- 100+ spooky Halloween jokes for kids
- Halloween coloring book
These spooky ghost stories are great for reading aloud with friends and family. You will creep everyone out and scare the living daylights out of them with these scary stories. This book is lots of fun for Halloween!
These stories are especially great for campfire tales and to be read late at night!
Story & Activity List:
- The Legend of Jack O’Lantern Hill
- Just for Fun Activity
- Ellen’s Halloween Cat
- Just for Fun Activity
- The Mummy Doll
- Just for Fun Activity
- The Not-So-Grim Reaper
- Frankie’s New School
- Halloween Jokes
- FREE GIFT!
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22. Lucy Lick-Me-Not and the Day Eaters: A Birthday Story (The fantastic tales of Lucy Lick-Me-Not Book 1)
by: Claudine Carmel, Bret Burkmar Release date: Jul 01, 2014 Number of Pages: 42 Find in Library Read Review |
Lucy Lick-Me-Not and the Day Eaters is the first in a series of fantastic tales about Lucy, a brave little girl with poisonous skin who overcomes strange situations with bizarre beasts, marvelous monsters and curious creatures. The stories are told in verse with beautiful, distinctive illustrations.
Lucy wakes up on her birthday expecting gifts and chocolate cake, but instead she finds the day has completely vanished. When she comes face-to-face with the Day Eaters, the monsters responsible for her birthday’s disappearance, she must think fast and come up with a cunning plan to stop these greedy beasts and get her birthday back before she disappears too.
“In this fanciful picture book, a birthday disappears, and a little girl must get it back.
What if your favorite day just up and disappeared? What if that day was your birthday, never to be celebrated again? Such is Lucy’s dilemma. When she was younger, a frog shot her with a venom dart—thankfully, she was immune to the frog’s poison, but it turned her skin, well, poisonous. This proves to be perilous when the little girl begins to make friends. Soon, she becomes known as Lucy Lick-Me-Not (she’s lost a few kittens along the way). Like any child, Lucy loves her birthday—March 32nd—and she dreams of cake and presents. But it’s not to be so: Lucy wakes up on her birthday to find not presents and balloons, but just any other day—her birthday has vanished. When she comes upon the Day Eaters—the grumpy, colorful monsters responsible for this calendar change—Lucy must think fast in order to get her birthday back. A little dark and plenty humorous, this gem of a picture book will appeal to both kids and grown-ups. Children will appreciate the vibrant illustrations and the heroine’s happy-go-lucky attitude, while adults reading along will chuckle at Lucy Lick-Me-Not’s weirder, darker origin. Carmel’s rhyming prose is frothy and funny—a feat, considering that Carmel is telling the absurd tale of a girl whose skin is poisonous. The rhyming couplets work well, driving the story along while still keeping things lighthearted. Illustrator Burkmar’s drawings are vivacious and alluring, perfectly aligning with the work’s irreverent vibe; the monsters etched on the page are indeed absurd, but certainly not scary enough to frighten away younger readers. This work is the first in a planned Lucy Lick-Me-Not series, and future installments of Lucy’s story will assuredly be welcomed with open arms.
Bad news for kittens. A charming, wildly imaginative introduction to a brave new girl.” Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)
For more information visit www.lucylickmenot.com
23. Pancake Pie
by: Sven Nordqvist Release date: Mar 01, 1985 Number of Pages: 25 Find in Library Read Review |
24. Saluting Grandpa: Celebrating Veterans and Honor Flight
by: Gary Metivier, Robert Rath, Tom Brokaw Release date: Sep 14, 2012 Number of Pages: 32 Find in Library Read Review |
Andrew wants nothing more than to see his great-grandfather honored for World War II. He learns about Honor Flights, a program that flies veterans to Washington, D.C. to visit a memorial dedicated to them, but his great-grandfather refuses to go. Andrew becomes determined to inspire him to celebrate his bravery and dedication to his country. Children and adults will appreciate this patriotic, endearing tale.
25. Kitten in the Cold (Animal Ark #13)
by: Ben M. Baglio, Shelagh McNicholas Release date: Nov 01, 1999 Number of Pages: 144 Find in Library Read Review |
26. Happy Holidays, Jessi (Baby-Sitters Club (Quality))
by: Ann Matthews Martin Release date: Dec 01, 1996 Number of Pages: 137 Find in Library Read Review |
27. Christmas Cats, The
by: Nancy Wallace, Cathren Housley Release date: Sep 28, 2011 Number of Pages: 32 Find in Library Read Review |
In a house trimmed with holly, two sisters make preparations for their Christmas party. But sadly their assortment of cats cannot attend. So when the guests arrive, upstairs they must go! The banished cats squirm as they smell the aroma of baked treats and hear the crackle of fire, and they don’t want to miss another minute of this festive fete. When the restless felines break loose and crash the party below, chaotic hilarity ensues.
28. Christmastime to Me: from A to Z
by: Maggie Day Conran Release date: Dec 10, 2009 Number of Pages: 30 Find in Library Read Review |
29. The Littlest Cowboy’s Christmas (With Music CD)
by: Michael Chandler, John Denver (Performer On Cd), Terry Jacobsen Release date: Nov 30, 2006 Number of Pages: 32 Find in Library Read Review |
At a ranch near Aspen, Colorado, author Michael Chandler and his four-year-old son are invited to a Christmas Eve party at a neighbor’s. The party is not ordinary–this one is for Lefty, an appaloosa stud. At the party are Lefty’s owner, Joe, the author and his son, and the famous singer/songwriter John Denver and his young son. Together they share a heartwarming night celebrating music, life, love, and the joy of Christmas.
30. Monster Girl (Monster Girl Series Book 1)
by: Val O. Morris Release date: Sep 21, 2014 Number of Pages: 135 Find in Library Read Review |
All she wants is to fit in at her new school and join the art class. When Viki and her family move to a new house in Draxon Hollow, she makes both a new friend and enemy.
During a Halloween celebration, Viki is humiliated in front of all of Draxon Hollow Elementary by a mean girl at her school. With the guidance of her ghostly grandfather, whom she recently discovered, she devises a plan to teach the bully a lesson.
Will she take the darker road and seek revenge?
What she does next may be surprising for a Monster Girl.
Book 2 NOW Available!
“Monster Girl: Ghost in the Attic” available here – https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TZAYU0M/
Best Selling Books for 8 year olds:
- Action & Adventure
- Activities, Crafts & Games
- Animals
- Biographies
- Classics
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Technology
- Early Learning
- Education & Reference
- Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths
- History
- Holidays & Celebrations
- Humor
- Literature & Fiction
- Mysteries & Detectives
- Religions
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Science, Nature & How It Works
- Sports & Outdoors
- Children’s Cookbooks
Recommended Books for 8 year olds:
- Action & Adventure
- Activities, Crafts & Games
- Animals
- Biographies
- Classics
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Technology
- Early Learning
- Education & Reference
- Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths
- History
- Holidays & Celebrations
- Humor
- Literature & Fiction
- Mysteries & Detectives
- Religions
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Science, Nature & How It Works
- Sports & Outdoors
- Children’s Cookbooks
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- 1 Year Olds
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- 4 Year Olds
- 5 Year Olds
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- 8 Year Olds
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- 10 Year Olds
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- 12 Year Olds
- Teen & Young Adults
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- Teen & Young Adults
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