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The Christmas Genie

March 26, 2010 – 11:16 am

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Dan Gutman
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing

Product Description
It’s the last day of school before Christmas vacation and Alex, Chase, and the rest of Mrs. Walter’s fifth-grade class couldn’t wish more for that final bell to ring.
But the day takes a crazy turn when a mysterious meteorite crashes through their classroom window [...]

By admin | Posted in Ages 9-12 | Also tagged 9 - 12 años, Ages 9-12, Authors & Illustrators, A-Z, Binding (binding), Christmas, Dan Gutman, Family Life, Fiction, Hardcover, Holidays & Festivals, People & Places, Printed Books, Refinements, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, Unlaunched Refinements, Wells, Rebecca | Comments (2)

My Weird School Daze #8: Miss Laney Is Zany!

February 16, 2010 – 11:35 pm

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Dan Gutman
Publisher: HarperCollins

Product Description
The weirdness never stops!
A.J. has to go see Miss Laney, the speech teacher, which makes no sense at all because he already knows how to talk. Miss Laney has him say weird tongue twisters and forces him to be the lead in the third-grade play, Romeo & Juliet. [...]

By admin | Posted in Ages 9-12 | Also tagged 4-for-3 Books, 4-for-3 Books Store, Ages 4-8, Ages 9-12, All 4-for-3 Deals, Authors & Illustrators, A-Z, Binding (binding), Custom Stores, Dan Gutman, Fiction, HarperCollins, Humorous, Issues, Mass Market, My Weird School, Paperback, Printed Books, Refinements, School, Science, Nature & How It Works, Series, Specialty Stores, Trade, Unlaunched Refinements | Comments (1)

Jim & Me (Baseball Card Adventures)

February 23, 2008 – 3:52 am

Author: Dan Gutman
Publisher: HarperCollins

Book Description
He was the world’s greatest athlete, and a hero—until his medals were taken away.
Stosh is shocked when his enemy, Bobby Fuller, begs him for a favor. He wants Stosh to take him back in time to meet Native American Jim Thorpe—an Olympic champion who lost his medals in a scandal. Thorpe [...]

By admin | Posted in Teens | Also tagged 1900s, Action & Adventure, Ages 9-12, Archive, Baseball, Children's Books: Ages 9-12: General, Children's Books: Literature: General, Children's Literature Guides, Classics, Custom Stores, Dan Gutman, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths, Fiction, Format (binding), Hardcover, HarperCollins, Historical Fiction, History & Historical Fiction, Humorous, Literary Criticism & Collections, Multicultural Stories, Native North & South Americans, People & Places, Poetry, Popular Culture, Read-Aloud, School & Sports, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Horror, Series, Short Story Collections, Specialty Stores, Sports, Sports & Activities, Staff Favorites, Teens, United States | Comments Off

My Weird School #21: Ms. Krup Cracks Me Up! (My Weird School)

January 26, 2008 – 8:53 pm

Author: Dan Gutman
Publisher: HarperTrophy

Book Description
A.J. thinks that nothing can possibly be as boring as a sleepover in the natural history museum. But anything can happen when Ms. Krup is in charge. The tour guide says that dinosaur skeletons come to life in the middle of the night. Is she right?

By admin | Posted in Ages 9-12 | Also tagged Ages 4-8, Ages 9-12, Animals, Dan Gutman, Dinosaurs, Fiction, Format (binding), HarperTrophy, Humorous, Issues, Mass Market, My Weird School, Nature, Paperback, School, Science, Nature & How It Works, Series, Trade | Comments Off

A Pioneer Christmas: Celebrating in the Backwoods in 1841

December 3, 2007 – 7:13 pm

Rating: (1 reviews)
Author: Barbara Greenwood
Publisher: Kids Can Press, Ltd.

Book Description
Combining fiction and nonfiction, this dramatic story set in the snowy backwoods follows the Robertson family as they prepare for Christmas in 1841. They are excitedly expecting visitors from afar. But as a winter storm begins to rage, the family fears for the safety of [...]

By admin | Posted in Ages 9-12 | Also tagged 1800s, Ages 9-12, All 4-for-3 Deals, Barbara Greenwood, Canada, Christmas, Fiction, Galdone, Paul, Gibbons, Gail, Grahame, Kenneth, History & Historical Fiction, Holidays & Festivals, Kids Can Press, Ltd., Nonfiction, People & Places, Stores, United States | Comments (1)