Susan Hood
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"One can be one thing all on its own-one star, one stream, one stick, one stone. But those on their toes, those using their smarts, know one can be more than the sum of its parts. Consider the two slices of bread that make up one sandwich, or the three lines of poetry that form one haiku, or even the ten years that form one decade. From one to ten, from sandwiches to centuries, every part is necessary to the whole. In this fascinating concept book,...
3) Lifeboat 12
Author
Language
English
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Description
In 1940, a group of British children, their escorts, and some sailors struggle to survive in a lifeboat when the ship taking them to safety in Canada is torpedoed. Includes historical notes.
5) I Am Mad!
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Series
Language
English
Description
This girl is mad! Her big sister, Liz, keeps picking on her. Then, when the girls have a snack, Liz really acts up!
8) The New Kid
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Look out! There is a new boy in Miss Hall's class. His name is Sid, and he is one silly kid.
Author
Language
Español
Description
De la autora ganadora de premios Susan Hood y de la ilustradora Sally Wern Comport, llega la extraordinaria y verídica historia de la Orquesta de Instrumentos Reciclados de Paraguay, una orquesta compuesta por niños que tocan instrumentos hechos de basura reciclada.
From award-winning author Susan Hood and illustrator Sally Wern Comport comes the extraordinary true tale of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay, an orchestra made up of children playing...
11) Lifeboat 5
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
20241008
Language
English
Description
Based on the lives, rescue, and continuing friendship of British evacuees Bess Walder, 15, and Beth Cummings, 14, who spent fourteen hours in the North Atlantic with their hands grasped across their overturned lifeboat after the Nazis torpedoed the SS City of Benares on route to Canada in 1940. Includes historical notes.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
The moving true story of how young Ukrainian Jewish piano prodigies Zhanna (alias "Anna") and her sister Frina outplayed their pursuers while hiding in plain sight during the Holocaust. A middle grade nonfiction novel-in-verse by award-winning author Susan Hood with Greg Dawson (Zhanna's son).
She wouldn't be Zhanna. She'd use an alias. A for Anna. A for alive.
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...14) Pup and Hound
Author
Publisher
Kids Can
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
Explains how Hound discovered his puppy friend, Pup, and tried to find him something to eat.
18) The fix-it man
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Meet Joshua James, the fix-it man. If he can't fix it, no one can! When a stinky problem arises, Joshua James takes matters into his own hands with a little help from his younger sister, Sophie.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
What's floating around the farmyard that has Old Mother Hen all a-twitter? As it flutters and flaps and flies away, Pup and Hound are hot on its ghostly trail. Will our team unravel this spooky mystery? This Level 1 first reader contains short stories, simple sentences, easy vocabulary, simple visual clues and lots of repetition.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
Up and down the farmyard and over hill and stream, Pup follows Hound and copies everything he does! Poor Hound is tired of playing this game. Will he be able to teach tagalong Pup some new tricks? This Level 1 first reader contains short stories, simple sentences, easy vocabulary, simple visual clues and lots of repetition.