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1. Nancy and Plum
by: Betty MacDonald, Mary GrandPre, Jeanne Birdsall Release date: Oct 26, 2010 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.
2. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Book and Grinch (Classic Seuss)
by: Dr. Seuss Release date: Sep 22, 2015 Number of Pages: 64 Find in Library Read Review |
Is there any better holiday gift than a copy of Dr. Seuss’s beloved classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas? Yes! A copy of the book packaged in a sturdy gift box with a 14-inch tall, exclusively-available soft plush Grinch! Now children of all ages can read the story while they cuddle with the iconic character whose heart grows three sizes when he learns the true meaning of Christmas. Also included exclusively in this package is a 32-page paperback “Good Deed Journal.” Filled with simple activities and room for children to write and draw, it’s the perfect way to encourage children to grow their own hearts by helping others.
3. 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.
4. Black Day: The Monster Rock Band
by: Marcus Sikora with Mardra Sikora, Noah Witchell Release date: Jun 20, 2015 Number of Pages: 40 Find in Library Read Review |
Brad is a paper boy who wants to be a rock star, so when he discovers the band Black Day playing in old Professor Hammer’s garage, he really wants to join. The band’s monsters have a different idea and send him away, ”No humans!”
Brad sets out to change their minds, but the monsters have bigger problems than finding a bass player.
Halloween may never be the same again.
5. 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.
6. Gingerboy’s Search for Christmas
by: Joanne Kimberly Release date: Aug 13, 2014 Number of Pages: 66 Find in Library Read Review |
This special edition of “Gingerboy’s Search for Christmas” has been prepared for the Salvation Army Corps Kroc Community Centers throughout the country. In addition to the Salvation Army logo page, it also has a page acknowledging Ray and Joan Kroc.
7. Ultimate Sticker Collection: LEGO Spooky! (Ultimate Sticker Collections)
by: DK Release date: Aug 18, 2014 Number of Pages: 96 Find in Library Read Review |
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. Halloween Mystical Peter, Bonfire Peter, Christmas Peter: Tiny Thoughts – Vol 11-13: Peter: A Darkened Fairytale
by: William O’Brien Release date: Oct 23, 2015 Number of Pages: 150 Find in Library Read Review |
10. Monster Museum
by: Marilyn Singer, Gris Grimly Release date: Aug 04, 2009 Number of Pages: 40 Find in Library Read Review |
11. The Sparkle Egg
by: Jill Hardie, Christine Kornacki Release date: Feb 01, 2014 Number of Pages: 32 Find in Library Read Review |
Easter is coming, and Sam loves Easter! But this year, he is upset about a lie he told his parents. Even though he apologized and they forgave him, Sam can’t shake the feeling that he is a bad kid for what he did. Meanwhile, his parents help him make a special Easter craft called a Sparkle Egg. His mom tells him to write anything he feels sorry about or ashamed of on a piece of paper and put it inside his Sparkle Egg.
On Easter morning, when he opens his Sparkle Egg expecting a surprise, Sam finds that it is empty! His parents explain that because Jesus died and rose again, we are forgiven. Like the tomb that first Easter Day, Sam’s egg is empty — and Sam’s wrongdoing is completely forgiven. Once he accepts this forgiveness fully, Sam realizes a truth: we can sparkle and shine with God’s light when we let God’s gift of grace into our hearts.
This touching story will strike a deep chord with readers of all ages, and the Sparkle Egg tradition will help readers and their families grasp the totality of God’s perfect grace. Ages 4-8.
12. Lulu in La La Land
by: Elisabeth Wolf Release date: Aug 06, 2013 Number of Pages: 274 Find in Library Read Review |
Lights! Camera! ACTION!
Lulu in LA LA Land
A screenplay by Lulu Harrison
Scene 1:
ZOOM IN on Hollywood mega stars LINC and FIONA HARRISON singing happy birthday to their daughter LULU. Lulu blows out the candles, and they all gather for a group hug—
CUT!
If only real life were like the movies. Instead, Lulu Harrison’s massively important eleventh birthday is just three weeks away—and her parents still haven’t RSVPed!
Lulu’s not like the rest of her glamorous Hollywood family. She likes tamales and they like tofu. She likes gardening and they like grooming. But all she wants for her birthday is for her whole family to be there. Together. So this year she’s planning a super fabulous SPA-tacular party. But what if trying to fit in leaves Lulu feeling even more like she was cast in the wrong family?
13. 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 |
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 Best Eid Ever
by: Asma Mobin-Uddin, Laura Jacobsen Release date: Oct 01, 2007 Number of Pages: 32 Find in Library Read Review |
This Eid, Aneesa should be happy. But, her parents are thousands of miles away for the Hajj pilgrimage. To cheer her up, her Nonni gives her a gift of beautiful clothes, one outfit for each of the three days of Eid. At the prayer hall, Aneesa meets two sisters who are dressed in ill-fitting clothes for the holiday. She soon discovers that the girls are refugees – they had to leave everything behind when they left their native country to live in America. Aneesa, who can’t stop thinking about what Eid must be like for them, comes up with a plan – a plan to help make it the best Eid holiday ever.
School Library Journal says: “[A] beautifully composed story. . . . This is a welcome contribution, giving much-needed visibility to a celebration observed by over ten million people in North America.”
Library Media Connection says: “After reading this book, children will have a greater appreciation for the Muslim culture and will have no problem realizing that love is an action word.”
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. Santa’s First Christmas
by: Patty Koznick, Chanda Cook Release date: Oct 19, 2016 Number of Pages: 34 Find in Library Read Review |
18. 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 |
19. Earth Day–Hooray! (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Mathstart: Level 3 (Prebound))
by: Stuart J. Murphy, Renee Andriani Release date: Dec 31, 2003 Number of Pages: 40 Find in Library Read Review |
20. Fiona the Flower Girl
by: Carley Roney, Knot Magazine Editors, Lorena Siminovich Release date: Jan 23, 2008 Number of Pages: 40 Find in Library Read Review |
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD Small parts. Not for children under 3 years.
21. Have a Fairy Christmas (The Magic Library Book Series 2)
by: Kymberlee Miller Release date: Dec 06, 2013 Number of Pages: 97 Find in Library Read Review |
That’s what’s in store this holiday season for Holly Daniels. Two days before Christmas, she takes a special trip to the mall to see Santa Claus. He sends her to the library on a quest to find a book that could make her dreams come true.
Since moving to Montana, Holly hasn’t made any new friends. And, being an only child can be very lonely. All that could change when Holly meets Dylan, the princess of the Winter Court in the Fairy Realm.
Christmas fun and Fairy enchantment is on its way in,
Have a Fairy Christmas!
22. Pumpus Has A Glowing Idea!
by: Praba Soundararajan, Jack Spellman Release date: Oct 09, 2015 Number of Pages: 14 Find in Library Read Review |
This is the first storyin a series of books by Dr. Praba Soundararajan, the founder of BOON-dah.BOON-dah’s mission is to grow and nurture our children’s creativity andcuriosity through the integration of imagination with science, and to inspirethem to become the next generation of scientists and inventors who willtransform our lives and the world around us.
23. You’re Invited
by: Jen Malone, Gail Nall Release date: May 19, 2015 Number of Pages: 336 Find in Library Read Review |
Twelve-year-old Sadie loves helping her mom with her wedding planning business, and with Sadie’s mad organizational skills, she’s a natural! That’s why it’s so devastating when her mother “fires” her after a Little Mermaid–themed wedding goes awry.
Enter Sadie’s best friends: sporty Vi, ace student Lauren, and boy-crazy Becca. The girls decide that in order to get Sadie’s mom to reconsider, they have to make her see how amazing Sadie is at party planning. Except no one’s gonna hire a twelve-year-old to plan a wedding. A birthday party, though? Definite possibility.
Before long, RSVP—your one-stop shop for the most creative parties in town—is born. Of course, Sadie can’t wait to prove herself to her mom, but the other girls also have their reasons for enlisting: Vi has her eye on the perfect gift for her hardworking dad, and Becca’s all aflush at the thought of connecting with Ryan, the new Irish cutie in town. And though Lauren thinks she’s too busy with summer studies to “officially” join, she’s willing to help out in any way she can.
But in this particular party-planning business, nothing goes according to plan! Sadie’s mom is a perpetual no-show, Vi’s archrival is dead set on ruining her summer, Becca can’t seem to get Ryan to glance in her direction, and Lauren keeps choosing studying over her friends. Is the girls’ friendship strong enough to survive a business? Or does RSVP spell the end of these BFFs?
24. 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 |
25. 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 |
26. The Goopy Ghost at St. Patrick’s Day
by: V. R. Duin Release date: Oct 25, 2012 Number of Pages: 28 Find in Library Read Review |
27. 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/
28. A Notchmas Carol: An unofficial Minecraft holiday story inspired by Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol
by: Dr. Block Release date: Nov 25, 2015 Number of Pages: 102 Find in Library Read Review |
Notchmas is the most important holiday in the world of Minecraft.
But greedy, selfish villager Ebenezer Scrooge could care less. That is, until he is visited by strange and terrifying creatures who teach him the true meaning of Notchmas.
Inspired by the beloved classic, A Christmas Carol, this book tells Minecraft fans the story of a bitter old miser villager named Ebenezer Scrooge and his transformation into a gentler, kindlier man after visitations by the spirit of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the Hostile Mobs of Notchmas Past, Present and Yet to Come.
29. Shooting at the Stars
by: John Hendrix Release date: Oct 07, 2014 Number of Pages: 40 Find in Library Read Review |
Also available by John Hendrix: Miracle Man
Praise for Shooting at the Stars
STARRED REVIEWS
“Few titles at this level convey the futility of World War I as well as this one does. A first choice.”
—School Library Journal, starred review
“Timed with the centenary of World War I but a lesson for always, Hendrix’s tale pulls young readers close and shows the human side of war.”
—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
30. Animals Christmas Carol (Templar Book)
by: Helen Ward Release date: Sep 01, 2001 Number of Pages: 40 Find in Library Read Review |
Best Selling Books for 9 year olds:
- Action & Adventure
- Activities, Crafts & Games
- Animals
- Biographies
- Children’s Cookbooks
- 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
Recommended Books for 9 year olds:
- Action & Adventure
- Activities, Crafts & Games
- Animals
- Biographies
- Children’s Cookbooks
- 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
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