Patricia Polacco
4) Thunder cake
Author
Language
English
Description
Reprint: Originally published: New York : Philomel Books, c1990. Includes a cake recipe.
6) Pink and Say
Author
Language
English
Description
Say Curtis describes his meeting with Pinkus Aylee, a black soldier, during the Civil War, and their capture by Southern troops. Based on a true story about the author's great-great-grandfather.
9) Emma Kate
Author
Language
English
Description
Emma Kate and her best friend, a toy elephant, share many activities, such as homework and soccer practice, and even have their tonsils out at the same time!
11) The bee tree
Author
Language
English
Description
To teach his daughter the value of books, a father leads a growing crowd in search of the tree where the bees keep all their honey.
12) The butterfly
Author
Language
English
Description
During the Nazi occupation of France, Monique's mother hides a Jewish family in her basement and tries to help them escape to freedom.
14) Junkyard wonders
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Inspired by a teacher who believes each of them is a genius, a class of special-needs students invents something that could convince the whole school they are justifiably proud to be "Junkyard Wonders."
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A fifteen-year-old soldier in World War II meets a sweet young girl in the Philippines who helps him remember what he is fighting for as he helps her and others of her village avoid starvation, and many years later she returns his kindness.
20) John Philip Duck
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
During the Depression, a young Memphis boy trains his pet duck to do tricks in the fountain of a grand hotel and ends up becoming the Duck Master of the Peabody Hotel.