Lander Children's Book Club Kits | Park County Library System

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1) The One and Only Ivan

Author

Applegate, Katherine

Series

The One and Only Ivan
One and Only volume 1
One and Only
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Summary

This Newbery Medal winner and #1 "New York Times" bestseller celebrates the transformative power of unexpected friendship. Inspired by the true story of a captive gorilla, this illustrated book is told from the point of view of Ivan himself. This Harper Classic edition includes an Author's Note, a redesigned jacket, and more. Illustrations.

2) Rosie Revere, engineer

Author

Series

Questioneers Picture Books

Summary

A young aspiring engineer must first conquer her fear of failure.

3) Iggy Peck, architect

Author

Series

Questioneers Picture Books

Summary

Ever since he was a baby, Iggy Peck has built towers, bridges, and buildings, which comes in handy when his second grade class is stranded on an island during a picnic.

4) The Penderwicks: a summer tale of four sisters, two rabbits, and a very interesting boy

Author

Birdsall, Jeanne

Series

Penderwicks volume 1
Pederwicks volume 1

Summary

While vacationing with their widowed father in the Berkshire Mountains, four young sisters, ages four through twelve, share adventures with a local boy, much to the dismay of his snobbish mother.

5) The boys in the boat: the true story of an American team's epic journey to win gold at the 1936 olympics

Author

Brown, Daniel James, 1951-

Series

Thorndike Press large print mini-collections
Thorndike Press large print

Summary

Berlin, 1936. The Olympic finals of the eight-oared rowing race. Germany, Italy, USA. The American boat touches the finish line first, beating all odds and sending Hitler away in a silent rage. In the midst of the Great Depression, the nine rowers showed the world what true grit really meant. They were western, working-class boys who never expected to beat the elite teams of the East Coast and Great Britain, yet they did. At the center of the tale...

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Captured by a giant! The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle of the night by the Bloodbottler, the Fleshlumpeater, the Bonecruncher, or any of the other giants -- rather than the BFG -- she would have soon become breakfast. When Sophie hears that they are flush-bunking off in England to swollomp a few nice little chiddlers, she decides she...

7) The tale of Despereaux: being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread

Author

DiCamillo, Kate

Summary

"Welcome to the story of Despereaux Tilling, a mouse who is in love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea. It is also the story of a rat called Roscuro, who lives in the darkness and covets a world filled with light. And it is the story of Miggery Sow, a slow-witted serving girl who harbors a simple, impossible wish. These three characters are about to embark on a journey that will lead them down into a horrible dungeon, up into a glittering...

8) The hundred dresses

Author

Estes, Eleanor, 1906-1988

Summary

In winning a medal she is no longer there to receive, a tight-lipped little Polish girl teaches her classmates a lesson. Includes a note from the author's daughter, Helena Estes.

9) My side of the mountain

Author

George, Jean Craighead, 1919-2012

Series

Summary

A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship.

10) The creature of the pines

Author

Series

Unicorn Rescue Society volume 1
Unicorn Rescue Society

Summary

After encountering a Jersey Devil while on a field trip to the Pine Barrens, Elliot and his new friend Uchenna help their weird teacher Professor Fauna rescue the mythological creature from a pair of greedy billionaire brothers.

Author

Haydu, Corey Ann

Summary

The world tilted for Elodee this year, and now it's impossible for her to be the same as she was before. Not when her feelings have such a strong grip on her heart. Not when she and her twin sister, Naomi, seem to be drifting apart. So when Elodee's mom gets a new job in Eventown, moving seems like it might just fix everything. Indeed, life in Eventown is comforting and exciting all at once. Their kitchen comes with a box of recipes for Elodee to...

12) The phantom tollbooth

Author

Juster, Norton, 1929-2021

Summary

A journey through a land where Milo learns the importance of words and numbers provides a cure for his boredom.

13) Pippi Longstocking

Author

Lindgren, Astrid, 1907-2002

Series

Pippi Longstocking
Recorded Books contemporary classics
Puffin Books
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Summary

Escapades of a lucky little girl who lives with a horse and a monkey--but without any parents--at the edge of a Swedish village.

14) Dinosaurs before dark

Author

Osborne, Mary Pope

Series

Magic tree house volume 1

Summary

"Where did the tree house come from? Before Jack and Annie can find out, the mysterious tree house whisks them to the prehistoric past. Now they have to figure out how to get home. Can they do it before dark ... or will they become a dinosaur's dinner?" -- Amazon.com

15) Ghost

Author

Reynolds, Jason

Series

Track volume 1
Track

Summary

"Ghost, a naturally talented runner and troublemaker, is recruited for an elite middle school track team. He must stay on track, literally and figuratively, to reach his full potential"-- Provided by publisher.

16) Holes

Author

Sachar, Louis, 1954-

Series

Holes
Thorndike Press large print literacy bridge
Thorndike Press large print The Literacy Bridge
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Summary

As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.

17) Charlotte's web

Author

White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-1985

Series

Summary

"Some Pig. Humble. Radiant. Wilbur the pig wants to make a friendin the barn. Charlotte the spider wants a friend too! And with the words she makes in her web, she will make sure that everyone knows what a special pig Wilbur is."-- Provided by publisher.

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Series

Giver quartet volume 1
Giver quartet
The Giver Quartet
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Summary

Living in a "perfect" world without social ills, a boy approaches the time when he will receive a life assignment from the Elders, but his selection leads him to a mysterious man known as the Giver, who reveals the dark secrets behind the utopian facade.

Author

Luqman-Dawson, Amina

Series

James Patterson presents

Summary

After fleeing the plantation where they were enslaved, siblings Ada and Homer discover the secret community of Freewater, and work with freeborn Sanzi to protect their new home from the encroaching dangers of the outside world.

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