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Children's Literature Books at Mason Libraries

A Chair for My Mother
After their home is destroyed by a fire, Rosa, her mother, and grandmother save their coins to buy a really comfortable chair for all to enjoy.
PZ7.W6685 Ch 1982
Juvenile Collection
Danny, the Champion of the World
A Roald Dahl classic about an English boy and his father who live in a Gypsy caravan and poach pheasants. This is a great story that anyone is sure to enjoy.
PZ7.D1515 Dan 2002
Juvenile Collection
Grandfather's Journey
A tale of one man’s love for two countries and his constant desire to be in both places captured readers’ attention and hearts.
PZ7.S2744 Gr 2008
Juvenile Collection
Henry and Mudge and the Happy Cat
Henry and his 180-pound dog Mudge are best friends forever. And when they meet a scruffy but lovable cat, it looks like they've made a new friend!
PZ7.R982 Hen 1996
Juvenile Collection
Homesick, My Own Story
Fritz draws the readers into scenes from her youth in the turbulent China of the mid-twenties and the dynamics of a suffering population venting its hostility on foreigners, and most of all, the loneliness of a child's exile from a homeland she has imagined constantly but never seen
PZ7.F919 Hn 1999
Juvenile Collection
Lily's Purple Plastic Purse
Lilly loves everything about school, especially her cool teacher, Mr. Slinger. But when Lilly brings her purple plastic purse and its treasures to school and can't wait until sharing time, Mr. Slinger confiscates her prized possessions. Lilly's fury leads to revenge and then to remorse and she sets out to make amends.
PZ7.H389 Li 1996
Juvenile Collection
The Lotus Seed
When she is forced to leave Vietnam, a young girl brings a lotus seed with her to America in remembrance of her homeland.
PZ7.G18415 Lo 1997
Juvenile Collection
The Other Side
Clover's mom says it isn't safe to cross the fence that segregates their African-American side of town from the white side where Anna lives. But the two girls strike up a friendship, and get around the grown-ups' rules by sitting on top of the fence together.
PZ7.W868 Oth 2011
Juvenile Collection

Butterfly
Examines the life cycle of caterpillars and butterflies
QL544.2 .B83 1991
Juvenile collection
Century Farm: One Hundred Years on a Family Farm
Provides a glimpse into the past and the future of one American family farm.
S519.P44 1999
Juvenile collection
Fish Faces
A fun, rhythmic text and sharply detailed full-color photos introduce over 70 of these intriguing creatures.
PE1429.Z53 1988
Fenwick stacks
The Math Curse
Did you ever wake up to one of those days where everything is a problem? Why? Because you're the victim of a Math Curse. That's why. But don't despair. This is one girl's story of how that curse can be broken.
PZ7.S41267 Mat 1995
Juvenile collection
One More River to Cross: An African American Photograph Album
Traces the public and private history of ordinary and extraordinary African Americans
E185.M97 1995
Gateway stacks
The Perfect Storm
A a real-life thriller that makes us feel like we've been caught, helpless, in the grip of a force of nature beyond our understanding or control.
QC945,5 J66 1977
Fenwick stacks
A Pinky is a Baby Mouse, and Other Baby Animal Names
This book will introduce readers to more than one hundred creatures by their given newborn names and will help them remember the names of all their tiny animal neighbors.
QL355.R93 1999
Juvenile collection

Around the world
Challenged with circling the world at the end of the nineteenth century, three very different adventurers--avid bicyclist Thomas Stevens, fearless reporter Nellie Bly, and retired sea captain Joshua Slocum--embark on epic journeys.
PZ7.7.P52 Ar 2011
Juvenile Collection
Axe Cop. 1
Follows the adventures of Axe Cop as he teams up with the ever-changing Flute Cop, recruits new members to his team, fights supernatural villains throughout the universe, and answers e-mail questions from fans.
PZ7.7.N54 Axe 2010
Juvenile Collection
Halloween treat ; and, Edward Gorey's ghosts
Kids and cats go trick or treating, and gather loot that might be tricks--or perhaps the best treat imaginable: their very own monsters. Turn the book over to its back cover to read from the other direction, and you’ll delve into a collection of Gorey’s ghosts, curated from his extensive oeuvre. Charmingly spooky, these ghastly phantasms come in all shapes and sizes--the perfect thing to curl up with on a chilling Halloween night.
PZ7.7.G67 Hal 2012
Juvenile Collection
I kill giants
Barbara is an angry elementary-school girl who is known as a freak and claims to be a killer of giants. She faces bullies and storms with no fear, but cannot face what she hides from at home.
PZ7.7.K44 Kil 2009
Juvenile Collection
Infinite kung fu = Gong fu wu xian
The Martial World is ruled by a mysterious emperor whose five armies are each headed by a cruel and highly skilled kung fu master. Lei Kung, a soldier in one of these armies, grows tired of his master’s evil ways and seeks enlightenment elsewhere. However, he soon finds that he’s been chosen as the one who will put an end to the emperor’s tyrannical rule - personally! Allegiances are blurred as techniques are perfected, and Lei Kung becomes less certain who’s friend and who’s foe in each chapter!
PZ7.7.M444 Inf 2011
Juvenile Collection
Littlest pirate king
Undead pirates adopt a young baby they found on a captured ship as their mascot and name him the "Littlest King," but when the baby becomes a child, the pirates come up with a plan which they hope will win them divine favor.
PZ7.7.B14 Lit 2010
Juvenile collection
Ooku : the inner chambers
In Edo period Japan, a strange new disease called the Red Pox has begun to prey on the country’s men. Within eighty years of the first outbreak, the male population has fallen by seventy-five percent. Women have taken on all the roles traditionally granted to men, even that of the Shogun. The men, precious providers of life, are carefully protected. And the most beautiful of the men are sent to serve in the Shogun’s Inner Chamber"
PZ7.7.Y67 Ook 2009
Juvenile Collection
True hearts
This graphic novel is based on the Grandfather Love (Zaagidwin), One of the Seven Grandfathers (respect, bravery, love, honesty, humility, wisdom and truth) of the Anishinabek Teachings. Rabbit and Bear Paws is set in 18th Century colonized North America and follows the stories of two mischievous Ojibwa brothers as they play pranks and have amazing adventures using a traditional Ojibwa medicine (spirit powder) that transforms them into animals for a short time.
PZ7.7.S645 Tr 2009
Juvenile Collection

Books and the Teenage Reader: A Guide for Teachers, Librarians and Parents
A practical guide to teenage values, interests, and reading development for the adult who wishes to inspire youth to read for pleasure. Includes bibliographies relevant to many of the chapter themes: biography, poetry, adolescent novel, significant modern literature, reading for the college bound.
Z1003.C3 B6
Fenwick stacks
Cool Story Programs for the School-Age Crowd
18 new wacky and offbeat programs, including the winning topics of the giggly and gross. Each plan opens with a thumbnail overview, then draws on unusual combinations of poetry, picture books, chapter book excerpts and short stories. The mix varies by theme, but all the programs touch the concerns (interests and humor (Think: Captain Underpants), for this age group.
EBSCO e-Book
Fundamental Concepts of Children’s Literature Research: Literary and Sociological Approaches
Provides students and professors with a new system of categorization for a differentiated description of children’s literature.
PN1009.A1 E84 2009
Fenwick stacks
Inside, Outside, and Upside Downs of Children's Literature: From Poets and Pop-ups to Princesses and Porridge
Children’s literature is written for children and youth, but the analysis of children’s literature requires careful attention to text as well insightful interpretation of the ways in which authors and illustrators present the human condition, the physical world, imaginative experiences, and global forces. Children's literature is also a $4-billion-a-year industry that impacts social practices, politics, financial markets, schools, literacy rates, history, and art.
The Nimble Reader: Literary Theory and Children's Literature
McGillis employs Where the Wild Things Are, Charlotte's Web, and The Mysteries of Harris Burdick as well as others to explain the basic tenets and processes of criticism and to discuss criticism's usefulness in enhancing our understanding of children's literature.
PN1009.A1 M234 1996
Gateway stacks
Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature
Provides brief biographies of more than 300 authors and illustrators, as well as essays on all genres of children’s literature, individual works, and prominent trends and themes, including general essays on the traditions of children’s literature in many countries throughout the world.
Oxford e-Book

Children's Literature in Second Language Education
Covers such topics as extensive reading, creative writing in the language classroom, the use of picture books and graphic novels in second language teaching and the potential of children's literature in promoting intercultural education.
Proquest e-Book
Also available in the Fenwick Stacks
PN1008.8 C455 2013
Cool Story Programs for the School-age Crowd
Designed to inspire public children’s librarians, school media staff, and classroom teachers to make literature come alive for elementary-school-age children, with particular focus on kids in kindergarten through fourth grade (with a little tweaking to get those fifth and sixth graders involved).
EBSCO e-book
Fiction Gateway: Enriching the Curriculum with Children's Literature
The book provides an instant guide to matching children's interests with suitable reading material.
LB1575 .E24 2009
Gateway stacks
Teaching Global Literature in Elementary Classrooms : A Critical Literacy and Teacher Inquiry Approach
Explores the ways that K-6 educators can infuse diverse texts into their classrooms and find support for their endeavours in teacher inquiry communities. Through carefully analyzed, ethnographically informed portraits of classroom life alternating with teachers' own accounts of their teaching and learning experiences, it demonstrates how students are moved to question, debate, and take action in response to global texts.
EBSCO e-book

"Forms of Effective Leads" in Writing to Deadline
An essential book for working journalists, professors and students of journalism, directors of newspaper in-service writing programs, and anyone who wants to learn more about: the news-writing process; reporting and writing for surprise; focusing your story; draft writing; editing and fine-tuning; case studies of real journalists at work.
PN4775.M84 2000
Fenwick stacks
Bird by Bird: Some Instruction on Writing and Life
Appeals to writers struggling with demons large and slight. Advice includes start small; worry about the characters, not the plot. Writing is more rewarding than publication, but that even writing's rewards may not lead to contentment.
PN147.L315 1994
Gateway stacks
Write to Learn
Offers step-by-step instructions for developing effective writing skills.
PE1408. M79 1987
Fenwick stacks
Writing to Learn
This is an essential book for everyone who wants to write clearly about any subject and use writing as a means of learning.
PE1429.Z53 1988
Fenwick stacks

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