Bob Graham
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Language
English
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Humpty Dumpty's little sister is too shy to be part of her family's circus act, but she finds courage when her brother needs her help. What happened to Humpty Dumpty is the stuff of legend. But how many know of his brave little sister? While the Tumbling Dumpties, the family traveling circus troupe, is doing acts of spectacular daring, Dimity stays far from the spotlight, playing tunes on her tiny flute. But when Humpty falls off the wall where he's...
Author
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
When a mysterious abandoned bus bearing a sign that says "Heaven" appears on the street where Stella lives, local life changes significantly as she and her neighbors observe the discarded litter inside the bus and a pair of nesting sparrows in its engines.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
Stowing away in the back of a truck that carries interesting-looking food, a curious young sparrow takes a voyage through the rice paddies of India, across the sea, and into a new city, where he transforms the life of a girl at a café.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Jack and Alex meet almost every morning in the sandbox at the playground. Jack likes trucks -- big ones, the kind that can wreck things. Alex likes dolls -- pink ones, with sparkles. And tutus. But Jack doesn't want to play dolls, and Alex doesn't want to play trucks. Readers will smile at the quintessential playground squabble on display in this amusing, relatable tale from Ann Stott and Bob Graham. Luckily for Jack and Alex, the day is saved with...
12) Home in the rain
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
Francie and her pregnant mom are driving home from Grandma's in the heavy rain. When they're still far from home, they stop for a picnic. As the car windows fog up, Francie spells out her name, "Daddy" and "Mom," and leaves one space free for her soon-to-be baby sister.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First US edition.
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: "Oh, let's do it!" say Kitty and Katy and Mom when a thousand-piece jigsaw puzzle mysteriously arrives in the mail. "I have time on my hands," agrees Dad. Starting in winter with the edges, by autumn they're almost done, only to discover that one piece is missing. Mom is sure that it must have accidentally gone out with the trash, so the Kellys pile into the car to comb through the local dump ("shouldn't take long"). There they...
14) The poesy ring
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
"When a heartbroken young woman throws a gold ring into the wind in 1830, it settles in a meadow, and there it stays for seasons -- and the years -- pass. But the ring's journey is just beginning, and as time goes on, it moves at the mercy of the natural world: flung across a field, tilled into the soil, dropped from the mouth of a magpie into the sea where countless tides wash over it. Will the ring, inscribed with the words love never dies, end...
15) Ellie's dragon
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First US edition.
Language
English
Description
When Ellie is very small, she finds a tiny dragon just hatched from its egg. Ellie calls him Scratch, takes him home, and moves him into her dollhouse. Her mother can't see Scratch, and her teacher doesn't notice when Ellie takes Scratch to preschool, but her friends are amazed. But dragons get quite large as they grow. And Ellie is growing, too, moving from dollhouses to dance parties with friends, not noticing as Scratch's form begins to fade a...
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