Aaron and the Green Mountain Boys

By: Patricia Lee Gauch
Illustrated by:
Margot Tomes
This story of the Revolutionary War is based on a real boy who lived in Bennington, Vermont, in 1777. Aaron winds up helping save his town from approaching British troops. Pen and ink sketches illustrate this riveting, easy-to-read fictional history.

How to be a Medieval Knight

By: Fiona Macdonald
Illustrated by:
Mark Bergin
This introduction to the medieval period and to “expert fighting men” never takes itself too seriously while introducing the time in which knights lived, fought, and played.

Mercy Watson to the Rescue

By: Kate DiCamillo
Illustrated by:
Chris Van Dusen
This is the first of the series of entertaining and engaging books about Mercy Watson, a charming pig adopted by a human couple. Here Mercy inadvertently saves the day, or at least her humans, amid a humorous series of events.

Carolinda Clatter

By: Mordicai Gerstein
Because of his unrequited love for the moon, a giant becomes a sleeping mountain over which the town called Pupickton is formed. Pupickton remains very quiet until a girl who loves noise cannot be stilled.

Food for Thought

By: Saxton Freymann Joost Elfers
Fruits and vegetables have distinct personalities – at least in the hands of the team that created How Are You Peeling.

Here We Go Round

By: Alice McGill
Illustrated by:
Shane W. Evans
Seven-year old Roberta is sent to her grandparents' home in North Carolina when her pregnant mother is put on bed rest. This sensitive story captures an earlier time and the honest emotion of a childhood fears and joys.

It Is the Wind

By: Ferida Wolff
Illustrated by:
James Ransome
As he sits on the edge of his bed and peers out the window, a young boy wonders what is making the noise outside as he tries to sleep.

Show Way

By: Jacqueline Woodson
Illustrated by:
Hudson Talbott
Soonie's great grandmother was only seven-years-old when sold to the big plantation. A quilt that showed the way to freedom and chronicled the family's history connects the generations, and continues to do so.

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