Books from Carolrhoda Books
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The Long Red Scarf
By Nette HiltonAfter all his female relatives refuse to knit him a scarf as they go on about their business--driving the cows, building a crib--Grandfather learns to knit himself.
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Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland
By Sally M. WalkerAward-winning author Sally M. Walker works alongside the scientists to decipher clues from America's colonial past.
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Hope
By Isabell MonkFor the young girl in Hope, weekends at her great-aunt Poogee's are the best.
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The Girl-Son
By Anne E. Neuberger" Set in Korea, The Girl-Son is the true story of one girl's courage and determination to go against tradition in order to obtain an education and to create equal educational opportunities for all children in her country.
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My Best Friend Moved Away
After her best friend moves away, a little girl misses the special times they had together.
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Beep and Bah
By James BurksA robot who hungers for adventure and a goat who wants to avoid trouble set out to find the missing mate to a single sock.
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The Secret of Goldenrod
By Jane O'ReillyAugustine isn't like other dolls: she talks and talks and talks. Augustine helps Trina realize that Goldenrod is trying to tell her an important secret . . . one that may just change her life.
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Owl's Outstanding Donuts
By Robin YardiWarned by an owl, ten-year-old Mattie discovers that someone is secretly polluting the land near her aunt's Big Sur donut shop and sets out to stop them.
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Choo Choo Clickety-Clack!
By Margaret MayoRhythmic sounds imitate trains, planes, and other busy transports that come and go.
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Breathe: A Ghost Story
By Cliff McNishJack is not a normal boy.
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The Universe Ate My Homework
By David Zeltser"Abby really doesn't want to do her homework. So she creates a black hole to swallow it up... but the black hole turns into a baby universe!"--
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Grown-Ups Get to Do All the Driving
A young child lists some of the characteristics and behaviors of grown-ups.
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The Great Moon Hoax
By Stephen KrenskyTwo newsboys in 1830s New York sell copies of the New York Sun reporting that a powerful telescope has found exotic animals and structures on the moon. Based on a true story.
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The War
Prince Fabien uses an ingenious trick to end the war between the Reds and the Blues without violence.
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Big Birthday
By Kate HosfordTired of the usual birthday parties with magicians and pizza, Annabelle decides to take her guests for a party on the moon, but problems begin before they even arrive.
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Hillary to the Rescue
By Kathy CapleHillary's drama club has planned a trip to the theater on a cold, snowy day.
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Coast to Coast with Alice
By Patricia Rusch HyattSixteen-year-old Hermine Jahns relates her experiences traveling on the first cross-country automobile trip with a woman driver in 1909.
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Santa Clauses: Short Poems from the North Pole
By Robert Raczka"December 1: White envelopes float / from my overfilled mailboxÑ / December's first storm.
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Finding Day's Bottom
By Candice Ransom... !” My curiosity rose up like fur on a cat's back. “Yes, indeedy.” I propped my elbows on my knees. “Is it a fine place? The finest place in the world?” “Right now, crawling between the covers sounds like the finest 34 finding day's bottom.
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Dino-Wrestling
By Lisa WheelerMeat-eating and vegetarian dinosaurs compete at the wrestling jamboree, demonstrating such styles as sumo, Greco-Roman, and lucha libre.