Dandi Daley Mackall
Author
Language
English
Description
"Everyone knows that war romances never last . . . After a whirlwind romance and wedding, Helen Eberhart Daley, an army nurse, and Lieutenant Frank Daley, M.D., are sent to the front lines of Europe with only letters to connect them for months at a time. Surrounded by danger and desperately wounded patients, they soon find that only the war seems real--and their marriage more and more like a distant dream. If they make it through the war, will their...
2) First day
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
The first day of school starts out filled with doubt, but after facing fear of the big kids, reciting the alphabet with ease, and learning about recess, a child can't help but look forward to day two.
Author
Publisher
Tommy Nelson
Pub. Date
©2003
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Easy, rhyming text describes the voyage of the Pilgrims, their work in building a new home in America, and their celebration held in thanksgiving for a rich harvest.
Author
Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jen loves horses but her parents cannot afford to buy her one, and so when Bob arrives next door it seems her prayers have been answered until she realizes that neither Bob, nor his new caretaker, Mrs. Gray, seems to want her friendship.
5) Wild Thing
Author
Series
Winnie the horse gentler volume 1
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
171 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Winnie Willis has a way with horses. She can gentle the wildest mare, but other parts of her life don't always come as easily. Along with her dad and sister, Lizzy, Winnie is learning how to live without her mom, who was also a natural horse gentler. As Winnie teaches her horses about unconditional love and blind trust, God shows Winnie that he can be trusted too. Readers will be hooked on the series' vivid characters, whose quirky...
Author
Series
Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tressa is worried that the robins nesting on her grandmother's window ledge will not survive a pre-Easter cold snap, but her grandmother urges her to trust that God is caring for them, as a robin once cared for His son, Jesus.
7) Seeing stars
Author
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the North Star and 10 familiar constellations, which are outlined with sparkly foil in the night sky.
8) Unhappy Appy
Author
Series
Winnie the horse gentler volume 5
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
183 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Winnie Willis has a way with horses. Along with her dad and sister, Lizzy, Winnie is learning how to live without her mom-who was also a natural horse gentler. As Winnie teaches her horses about unconditional love and blind trust, God shows Winnie that he can be trusted as well. Readers will be hooked on the series' vivid characters, whose quirky personalities fill Winnie's life with friendship and adventure.In Unhappy Appy, Winnie...
Author
Series
Winnie the horse gentler volume 8
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
©2004
Physical Desc
213 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a buckskin disappears from the rundown Happy Trails stable, Winnie and her friend Kaylee set out to investigate--and discover that God gives them strength to choose joy over selfishness.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
©2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1932, during the Depression in Ohio, thirteen-year-old Rudy, determined to help his family weather the hard times, hops a train going west to California and experiences the hobo life.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Childrens Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Rhyming text reveals many sounds heard on the night of Jesus' birth, such as the flapping of Joseph's sandals as he walks into Bethlehem, the lowing of a cow in the stable, and the flutter of angels' wings as they proclaim the news.
13) Eager Star
Author
Series
Winnie the horse gentler volume 2
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
©2002
Physical Desc
181 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
Winnie Willis must train Grant Baines' horse for a race in just one week. If she succeeds, she will become popular in her school.
14) Midnight mystery
Author
Series
Publisher
Tyndale House
Pub. Date
©2002
Physical Desc
193 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Winnie is determined to find out who is sabotaging her new friend Ramon's chances to become a star circus performer.
15) Friendly foal
Author
Series
Winnie the horse gentler volume 7
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
217 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Winnie faces three big problems--an orphan foal who won't eat, the miniature horse she has trouble training, and a classmate who seems to be an unreliable friend.
16) Bold beauty
Author
Series
Winnie the horse gentler volume 3
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
©2002
Physical Desc
184 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Winnie Willis' confidence is shattered not only by a school assignment, but also by an accident while riding her horse Bold Beauty.
17) Gift horse
Author
Series
Winnie the horse gentler volume 6
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
205 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Winnie Willis has a way with horses. Along with her dad and sister, Lizzy, Winnie is learning how to live without her mom-who was also a natural horse gentler. As Winnie teaches her horses about unconditional love and blind trust, God shows Winnie that he can be trusted as well. Readers will be hooked on the series' vivid characters, whose quirky personalities fill Winnie's life with friendship and adventure.Gift Horse: When a mysterious...
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seventeen-year-old Hope Long's life revolves around her brother Jeremy. So when Jeremy is accused of killing the town's beloved baseball coach, Hope's world begins to unravel. Everyone is convinced Jeremy did it, and since he hasn't spoken a word in 9 years, he's unable to defend himself. Their lawyer instructs Hope to convince the jury that Jeremy is insane, but all her life Hope has known that Jeremy's just different than other people—better,...
19) A girl named Dan
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
©2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Dandi enjoys nothing more than baseball, and so after the boys at school tell her their lunchtime game is now boys only, she enters an essay contest hoping to become a bat boy for the Kansas City A's, not realizing the contest is for boys only. Includes author's note on Title IX.
20) Crazy in love
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
232 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
How does an ordinary girl navigate the world of love with the hottest guy at school? With perception, honesty, and plenty of humor, explore that wild roller coaster of a ride also known as first love.
