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Cassie Binegar yearns for orderliness in her life, for sameness. Then her grandmother arrives. Other relatives come too--their eccentricities adding to the slapdash ways of Cassie's own exuberant family. And Cassie learns that some things should not stay the same forever.

Eleven-year-old Minna Pratt is searching--for the vibrato that will make her a better cellist, for the love she may have found with her new friend, Lucas, and for a way to talk to her mother so that she will really listen. But as Minna observes family and friends, she discovers that some things cannot be found just by searching. An ALA Notable Children's Book.

Did Mama sing every day?" Caleb asks his sister Anna."Every-single-day, " she answers. "Papa too.

How different life is for seven-year-old Emma and her older brother, Zach, when their Aunt Evelyn and Uncle Elliot care for them while their parents are away. They don't know how to fix breakfast and have too many rules, but Emma is willing to teach them how to be parents.

The long-awaited sequel to the Newbery Medal winner "Sarah, Plain and Tall." While Jacob tries to save the farm, Caleb and Anna go with Sarah to her home where they meet her aunts and see the ocean for the first time.

My mother, Sarah, doesn't love the prairie. She tries, but she can't help remembering what she knew first.Sarah came to the prairie from Maine to marry Papa. But that summer, a drought turned the land dry and brown. Fires swept across the fields and coyotes came to the well in search of water. So Sarah took Anna and Caleb back east, where they would be safe. Papa stayed behind. He would not leave his land.Maine was beautiful, but Anna missed h...

When William's father leaves, his mother promptly goes out and adds four dogs and a cat to their lives. William's sure that nothing can fill the hole left by his father, but the new additions to the family are determined to help, and with his sister, Elinor, and his mother, William will learn that "family" can come in all shapes and sizes. Illustrations.

From Newbery Medalist MacLachlan ("Sarah, Plain and Tall") comes a reassuring story set on America's frontier about new beginnings and making friends. Illustrations.

Newbery Medalist Patricia MacLachlan explores what happens when a wizard would rather be human. "Notable for its elliptical style, which fosters a feeling of wonder, and its warm, affectionate view of life.”--The Horn Book

Newbery medalist Patricia MacLachlan and Caldecott Honor and Newbery Honor winner Tomie dePaola have joined forces to create a stunning and lyrical new bedtime picture book that's sure to become an instant classic.The moon's almost here. Robin sings in her nest. Babies fly back to her, ready to rest. The moon's almost here. There's no time to play. Mama sheep hurries, Sun's going away. Nighttime is approaching as each animal readies itself for...

Providing comparisons to the United States and Britain, this book examines Japan's postwar consumer protection movement. Organized largely by and for housewives and spurred by major cases of price gouging and product contamination, the movement led to the passage of basic consumer protection legislation in 1968. Although much of the story concerns the famous "iron triangle" of big business, national bureaucrats, and conservative party politics...

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A young boy tries to find his voice with the help of some four-legged friends in this new novel from the Newbery Medal-winning author of "Sarah, Plain and Tall.

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Minna desidera molte cose: che sua madre smetta di scrivere per ascoltarla veramente, vivere in una casa tranquilla e ordinata come quella del suo amico Lucas, e, soprattutto, suonare Mozart come merita di essere suonato. Willa sogna di fare cose straordinarie e specialissime... Il problema è: quali sono le cose realmente straordinarie? Capirlo sembra difficile, ma certe cose accadono e basta. Come il primo amore. Età di lettura: da 10 anni.

Journey is eleven the summer his mother leaves him and his sister, Cat, with their grandparents. He is sad and angry, and spends the summer looking for the clues that will explain why she left.Journey searches photographs for answers. He hunts family resemblances in Grandma's albums. Looking for happier times, he tries to put together the torn pieces of the pictures his mother shredded before her departure. And he also searches the photographs...

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From the Newbery Award-winning author of Sarah, Plain and Tall comes a story about one brave girl who saves her family from losing everything. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly calls this lyrical tale "melodic, poetic, and enchanting.” Everyone in Lucy's family sings. Opera. Rap. Lullabies. Everyone, except Lucy. Lucy can't sing, her voice won't come out. Just like singing, helping Aunt Frankie prepare for flooding season is a family t...

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For many children who live far away from their grandparents, it can be hard to understand why they can't always be together. Patricia MacLachlan has created a bridge to close the distance by finding connections in memories and the moon they share. A beautiful, lyrical poem coupled with Bryan Collier's rich collages, Here and There celebrates the importance of staying close to your family, even across thousands of miles.