After fourteen-year-old Chad lost his dog to a car accident, he lost all interest in everything around him and had no tolerance at all in dealing with their new dog, Queenie, yet when an animal "shaper" and his beautiful daughter enter his life, Chad begins to finally allow his broken heart to heal.

Shaper

Children's Books

Haas, Jessie

Animals

Greenwillow

From School Library Journal PreSchool-Grade 2-Rhyming verse tells the story of a "cleaned up and curlicued" poodle on a seaside jaunt with his human family. "What a delight to be/Greeting a dog that is brushed-up-and-downery/Dare-devil-daring, and dog-about-townery." Like any self-respecting canine, however, dashing dog likes nothing better than to mess with seagulls, seaweed, errant Frisbees, and other four-legged furry friends. "Straggling and salty, and spotted and sandified/Somehow our dog is no longer so dandified." Just when the family is thoroughly exasperated with their pup's antics, baby Betty (the only character with a name) wanders off. Young readers will spot her toddling away in the corner of the page, and so does the pooch, who rescues her as she tumbles into the sea and becomes a hero, "draggling and dripping- but utterly beautiful." Garland's breezy pastel-colored illustrations are a good match for the action. A predictable tale by a prolific author, told with lively and imaginative wordplay.Mary Ann Carcich, Mattituck-Laurel Public Library, Mattituck, NY Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. Product Description Despite his beautiful and perfectly groomed look, Dashing Dog really is just a dog at heart and soon is running free, playing in the mud, and making himself one big mess, yet despite his suddenly sloppy appearance, Dashing Dog's family loves him just the same. About the Author Margaret Mahy has written more than one hundred and fifty books for children and has won many awards. These include two Carnegie Medals (England's highest children's literary honor), as well as numerous citations from the American Library Association. Margaret Mahy lives in New Zealand with her dog, Baxter.

Dashing Dog

Mahy, Margaret

Humor

The excitement of Christmas Eve is putting Princess Dinosaur into a fantastic mood as she dons her red skirt and shiny crown in excited anticipation of the big day ahead where climbing up the Christmas tree and diving down the chimney is all apart of the fun.

Merry Christmas, Princess Dinosaur!

Kastner, Jill

Holidays & Celebrations

After being injured in a coyote attack, the owners of Moss the border collie seemed to have given up on him, yet Diane, their baby-sitter, sees things differently and works with the kind creature to give him a second chance at a good life.

That'll Do, Moss

Levin, Betty

The sixth addition to the Corn Books series offers young readers a collection of twenty-five poems with full-color illustrations. Jr Lib Guild.

Corn-Fed: Poems

STEVENSON, JAMES

Literature & Fiction

This is not just another counting book. In this book you must look carefully at the pictures. You must count. And count again. This is a counting book with a difference. What is the difference? The difference is what is left over when you subtract one group from another group. Why else is this a counting book with a difference? Because besides counting, you must read and look and think, too. Because there are many things to discover and puzzle out. Because this book is fun!

How Many Blue Birds Flew Away?: A Counting Book with a Difference

Giganti, Paul

Rich, luminous fabrics. Eleven miles of thread. An uncountable number of stitches. Clear, sparkling words. With these ingredients Anna Grossnickle Hines celebrates the lights that brighten the darkest season of our year. In poems and quilts she captures each heartening glow and flicker, from the moon and aurora borealis to the holiday lights of Santa Lucia, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and Chinese New Year to one lone candle and a hidden flashlight in the deep, dark night.

Winter Lights: A Season in Poems & Quilts

Hines, Anna Grossnickle

Arts, Music & Photography

On the eve of the day she is to begin temple service, Moralin of Delagua is kidnapped by the Arkera, enduring grueling adventures as she tries to escape, and ultimately learning surprising truths about her own people.

The Feverbird's Claw

Kurtz, Jane

With the big horse show only a day away, Molly and Anna still have a lot of preparing to do and so must get to work in order to wash the horse, finish the costumes, and have everything ready just in time! Jr Lib Guild.

Scamper and the Horse Show

Ice Cream

A picture book by the author of Dance! shows the process by which ice cream is made, from the milking machines, mixing tanks, and giant freezers, to satisfied stomachs of all ages.

Cooper, Elisha

Education & Reference

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