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Squanto and the Miracle of Thanksgiving

ISBN: 0849958644

Featured Book Listings: Thanksgiving
Age Groups: Ages 6-8
Author(s): Eric Metaxas
Illustrator(s): Shannon Stirnweis


This entertaining and historical story shows that the actual hero of the Thanksgiving was neither white nor Indian, but God.

If You Were At The First Thanksgiving

ISBN: 0439105668

Featured Book Listings: Thanksgiving
Age Groups: Ages 6-8
Author(s): Anne Kamma
Illustrator(s): Bert Dodson


The Thanksgiving Story

ISBN: 0689710534

Featured Book Listings: Thanksgiving
Age Groups: Ages 6-8
Author(s): Alice Dalgiesh
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell


The Thanksgiving Story "is the only really distinguished book we have on that holiday.

We The People

ISBN: 141695418X

Featured Book Listings: Back to School Basics
Age Groups: Ages 6-8 , Ages 9-12
Author(s): Lynne Cheney
Illustrator(s): Greg Harlin


America had won the Revolution, but our troubles were far from over.

The 39 Clues (The Maze of Bones, Book 1)

ISBN: 0545060397

Featured Book Listings: New Releases
Age Groups: Ages 9-12
Author(s): Rick Riordan


Minutes before she died Grace Cahill changed her will, leaving her decendants an impossible decision: "You have a choice - one million dollars or a clue."

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

ISBN: 1416949755

Age Groups: Ages 9-12
Author(s): E.L. Konigsburg


A classic Newbery Medal winner from the 1960's. Timeless best seller that is still popular with children. Great read. I even enjoyed it!

The Arrival

ISBN: 0439895294

Featured Book Listings: Summer Reading List
Age Groups: Ages 9-12
Author(s): Shaun Tan


Although saddened at having to leave the family he loves, the immigrant is certain that moving to the new land is the right thing to do and so ventures off to a strange land to begin a life that will

The Boy in Striped Pyjamas

ISBN: 0385751532

Featured Book Listings: Summer Reading List
Age Groups: Ages 9-12
Author(s): John Boyne


Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called "Out-With" in 1942, Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence.

The Wednesday Wars

ISBN: 0618724834

Featured Book Listings: Award Winning Books
Age Groups: Ages 9-12
Author(s): Gary D. Schmid


2008 Newbery Medal Honor Book.



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