Jane Yolen
3) Owl moon
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English
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On a winter's night under a full moon, a father and daughter trek into the woods to see the Great Horned Owl.
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English
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Watertown Summer Reading Grade 5
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When sixth-grader Mac discovers several words of his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic are blacked out he is outraged, so he, his friends, and his eccentric family set out to do something about the censorship imposed by one teacher and the school board.
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English
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With rhyming text, this soothing bedtime book is an ode to baby birds everywhere and sleepy children home safe in their own beds. As a mother describes to her child how many species of birds nest, from pigeons on concrete ledges to owls in oak tree boles to swallows above barn doors.
10) On Duck Pond
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Series
On bird hill and beyond volume 2
Publisher
The Cornell Lab Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A young boy and his dog on a serene pond that erupts in a cacophony of birds, frogs, turtles, and other creatures.
11) Bear outside
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Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A little girl wears a bear on the outside to keep her safe and to be her friend, just as some people have a fierce animal inside to protect them."--Provided by publisher.
12) On bird hill
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Series
On bird hill and beyond volume 1
Publisher
The Cornell Lab Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A boy and his dog find a newly hatched bird in a nest in a magical little valley.
15) Foiled
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Series
Foiled volume 01
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
May 2010.
Language
English
Description
A quirky, fast-paced urban fantasy by esteemed author Jane Yolen. Aliera Carstairs just doesn't fit in. She's always front and center at the fencing studio, but at school she's invisible. And she's fine iwth that ... utnil Avery Castle walks into her first period biology class. Avery may seem perfect now, but will he end up becoming her Prince Charming or just a toad? --
18) Racing the waves
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Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A fish participates in a school field day"--