Laura Wicks' Library
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| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
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| 9780763643324 | Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! | Laura Amy Schlitz | Newbery Medal Winner! Step back to an English village in 1255, where life plays out in dramatic vignettes illuminating twenty-two unforgettable characters. Maidens, monks, and millers’ sons — in these pages, readers will meet them all. There’s Hugo, the lord’s nephew, forced to prove his manhood by hunting a wild boar; sharp-tongued Nelly, who supports her family by selling live eels; and the peasant’s daughter, Mogg, who gets a clever lesson in how to save a cow from a greedy landlord. There’s also mud-slinging Barbary (and her noble victim); Jack, the compassionate half-wit; Alice, the singing shepherdess; and many more. With a deep appreciation for the period and a grand affection for both characters and audience, Laura Amy Schlitz creates twenty-two riveting portraits and linguistic gems equally suited to silent reading or performance. Illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings by Robert Byrd — inspired by the Munich-Nuremberg manuscript, an illuminated poem from thirteenth-century Germany — this witty, historically accurate, and utterly human collection forms an exquisite bridge to the people and places of medieval England. | National Geographic Books |
| 9780439064873 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | J. K. Rowling | the Eagerly Anticipated Sequel To The Astounding Smash Hit harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone Is Finally Here! No Need To Wait — Harry's Back For His Second Year At Hogwarts, Where The Infamous Chamber Of Secrets Has Been Opened For The First Time In 50 Years. The Monster That Is Unleashed Is Literally Petrifying Hogwarts Students (turning Them Into Stone, That Is), And Who Is The Primary Suspect? Harry Potter Himself. Add To This Some Enormous Spiders, A Deathday Party, A Ghost Named Moaning Myrtle Who Haunts The Girls' Bathroom, And Lots And Lots Of Suspense, And You'll Soon Find Yourself Engrossed In Another Terrific Tale In Which Magic Does Exist And Good Eventually Triumphs Over Evil.children's Literatureharry Potter Fans Will Be Positively Thrilled With This Continuation Of His Trials And Tribulations Of Growing Up As A Young Wizard Caught Between The Supernatural And Muggle (real People) Worlds. Whisked Away In A Flying Car Near The End Of A Confining, Torturous Summer With The Dursleys, Harry Returns To Hogwarts School For Witchcraft And Wizardry. He Does This Despite Numerous Warnings And Obstacles From About His Potential Doom. The Legend Of The Chamber Of Secrets Appears To Be A Reality. Petrified School Mates, A Bathroom Ghost Named Moaning Myrtle, The Reference Library, A Diary And Super-sleuthing Lead A Familiar Cast Of Characters Through This Fast-paced Who-dunnit. New Readers Unfamiliar With The Previous Adventure Will Be Just As Enthralled With This Fantasy-adventure-mystery Tale. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780545010221 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) | Rowling, J. K. | don't Miss The Seventh And Final Book In J.k. Rowling's Bestselling Harry Potter Series!the New York Times - Michiko Kakutanij. K. Rowling's Monumental, Spellbinding Epic, 10 Years In The Making, Is Deeply Rooted In Traditional Literature And Hollywood Sagas—from The Greek Myths To Dickens And Tolkien To Star Wars. And True To Its Roots, It Ends Not With Modernist, Soprano-esque Equivocation, But With Good Old-fashioned Closure: A Big-screen, Heart-racing, Bone-chilling Confrontation And An Epilogue That Clearly Lays Out People's Fates. Getting To The Finish Line Is Not Seamless—the Last Part Of harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, The Seventh And Final Book In The Series, Has Some Lumpy Passages Of Exposition And A Couple Of Clunky Detours—but The Overall Conclusion And Its Determination Of The Main Characters' Story Lines Possess A Convincing Inevitability That Make Some Of The Prepublication Speculation Seem Curiously Blinkered In Retrospect. | Arthur A. Levine Books |
| 9780439139601 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, Book 4) (4) | Rowling, J. K. | In Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire, Harry Is Midway Through Both His Training As A Wizard And His Coming Of Age. He Wants To Get Away From The Malicious Dursleys And Go To The Quidditch World Cup With Hermione, Ron, And The Weasleys. He Wants To Dream About His Crush, Cho Chang (and Maybe Do More Than Dream). And Now That He’s Gotten The Hang Of Things At Hogwarts—he Hopes—he Just Wants To Be A Normal Fourteen-year-old Wizard. But Even By His Standards, Harry's Year Is Anything But Normal. First Dumbledore Announces The Revival Of A Grand Competition That Hasn't Taken Place For One Hundred Years: The Triwizard Tournament, Where A Hogwarts Champion Will Compete Against Rivals From Two Other Schools Of Magic In Three Highly Dangerous Tasks. Then Someone Frames Harry To Participate In The Tournament—which Really Means Someone Wants Him Dead. Harry Is Guided Through The Competition By Professor Alastor Moody, This Year's Defense Against The Dark Arts Teacher, But He Must Also Contend With A Nasty Reporter Named Rita Skeeter, Who Digs Up Some Highly Unflattering Secrets About Hagrid; A Terrible Fight With Ron, Who Is Deeply Jealous Of Harry's Fame; Hermione's Newfound Activism On Behalf Of House-elves; And The Terrifying Prospect Of Asking A Date To The Yule Ball. Worst Of All, Lord Voldemort May Finally Have Gathered The Materials Necessary For His Rejuvenation... And He Has A Faithful Servant At Hogwarts Waiting Only For A Sign. No, Nothing Is Ever Normal For Harry Potter. And In His Case, Different Can Be Deadly. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780439358071 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Scholastic Inc. | ||
| 9780439136365 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Book #3 | J. K. Rowling | During his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter must confront the devious and dangerous wizard responsible for his parents' deaths. | |
| 9780590353427 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | Rowling, J.K. | In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry, an orphan, lives with the Dursleys, his horrible aunt and uncle, and their abominable son, Dudley. One day just before his eleventh birthday, an owl tries to deliver a mysterious letter-the first of a sequence of events that end in Harry meeting a giant man named Hagrid. Hagrid explains Harry's history to him: When he was a baby, the Dark wizard, Lord Voldemort, attacked and killed his parents in an attempt to kill Harry; but the only mark on Harry was a mysterious lightning-bolt scar on his forehead.Now he has been invited to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where the headmaster is the great wizard Albus Dumbledore. Harry visits Diagon Alley to get his school supplies, especially his very own wand. To get to school, he takes the Hogwarts Express from platform nine and three-quarters at King's Cross Station. On the train, he meets two fellow students who will become his closest friends: Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger.Harry is assigned to Gryffindor House at Hogwarts, and soon becomes the youngest-ever Seeker on the House Quidditch team. He also studies Potions with Professor Severus Snape, who displays a deep and abiding dislike for Harry, and Defense Against the Dark Arts with nervous Professor Quirrell; he and his friends defeat a mountain troll, help Hagrid raise a dragon, and explore the wonderful, fascinating world of Hogwarts.But all events lead irrevocably toward a second encounter with Lord Voldemort, who seeks an object of legend known as the Sorcerer's Stone... Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. | Scholastic |
| 9780545289887 | Haunted Castle on Hallows Eve | Mary Pope Osborne | In their magic treehouse, Jack and Annie are again transported to King Arthur's realm, where invisible beings, giant ravens, and mistaken magic spells have a duke's castle in an uproar on Halloween night. | |
| 9780440942504 | Johnny Tremain | Esther Forbes | A young apprentice silversmith growing up in Boston during the Revolutionary War becomes involved with such patriots as Hancock, Otis, and Samuel Adams. | Laurel Leaf |
| 9780439077705 | Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth | Barbara Park | When her kindergarten class has Job Day, Junie B. goes through much confusion and excitement before deciding on the "bestest" job of all. | |
| 9780590638876 | Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth | Barbara Park | When her kindergarten class has Job Day, Junie B. goes through much confusion and excitement before deciding on the "bestest" job of all. | |
| 9780439455725 | Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentime [i.e. Valentine] | Barbara Park | When Junie B. Jones receives a mushy gushy "valentime" on Valentine's Day, she tries to find out who in her kindergarten class is her secret admirer. | |
| 9780590639033 | Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus | Barbara Park | In her own words, a young girl describes her feelings about starting kindergarten and what she does when she decides not to ride the bus home. | |
| 9780590639187 | Junie B. Jones Is a Beauty Shop Guy | Barbara Park | Junie B. knows what she wants to be when she grows up--a beauty shop guy. Allshe needs is a little practice and a few volunteers--like her bunny slippers, her dog, and even herself. | Scholastic |
| 9780439130745 | Junie B. Jones Loves Handsome Warren | Barbara Park | Unable to compete with her friends' fancy clothes and running ability, irrepressible six-year-old Junie B. finds her own way to make the new boy at school like her. | |
| 9780439793896 | Junie b., First Grader | Barbara Park | Junie B.'s journal entries start with Room One's stomach virus excitement, the first-grade Columbus Day play, and getting the part of the Pinta, the fastest ship. | |
| 9780142400432 | Knights of the Kitchen Table | Jon Scieszka | When Joe, Fred, and Sam are sent back in time by a magic book, they find themselves face-to-face with giants, dragons, wizards, and the Knights of the Round Table. | Puffin |
| 9780545220729 | Megan the Monday Fairy | Daisy Meadows | Can Rachel and Kirsty start the week off right by helping Megan the Monday fairy find her magic flag? | |
| 9780843119077 | Memily | Stephen Cosgrove | The other jungle animals make Memily the giraffe self-conscious about her size, until a meeting with another giraffe convinces her that she is just right for the kind of animal she is. | Price Stern Sloan |
| 9780843119107 | Misty Morgan | Stephen Cosgrove | A princess regrets her selfish behavior when her friend Morgan the unicorn disappears. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. |