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J THE BOY WHO CLIMBED INTO THE MOON Alm Almond, David
Helped by a very long ladder, some unusual acquaintances, two rather worried parents, and a great deal of community spirit, a young English boy makes an astonishing discovery when he embarks on a mission to prove that the moon is nothing but a big hole in the sky.
J STINKY AND SUCCESSFUL: THE RIOT BROTHERS NEVER STOP Ama Amato, Mary
The Riot brothers rescue a damsel in distress -- The Riot brothers fool their mom -- The Riot brothers become mad scientists -- Bonus!
J ELLIE McDOODLE: HAVE PEN, WILL TRAVEL Bar Barshaw, Ruth McNally
Eleven-year-old Ellie McDoodle illustrates her sketchbook with chronicles of her adventures and mishaps while camping with her cousins, aunt, and uncle.
J ELLIE McDOODLE: NEW KID IN SCHOOL Bar Barshaw, Ruth McNally
Ellie writes and doodles in a journal of her family's move to a new home and her struggle to make friends, which gets a lot easier as she leads a nonviolent protest about long lunch lines at school.
J A BEAR NAMED TROUBLE Bau Bauer, Marion Dane
In Anchorage, Alaska, two lonely boys make a connection--a brown bear injured just after his mother sends him out on his own, and a human whose father is a new keeper at the Alaska Zoo and whose mother and sister are still in Minnesota.
J ATTACK OF THE FLUFFY BUNNIES Bea Beaty, Andrea
At Camp Whatsitooya, twins Joules and Kevin and new friend Nelson face off against large, rabbit-like creatures from the Mallow Galaxy who thrive on sugar, but are not above hypnotizing and eating human campers.
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J BABY ISLAND Bri Brink, Carol Ryrie
Twelve-year-old Mary Wallace and her ten-year-old sister Jean survive the wreck of an ocean liner on its way to Australia and manage to make it to a seemingly deserted island in a lifeboat with four babies.
J BAD KITTY FOR PRESIDENT Bru Bruel, Nick
Kitty decides to run for President of the Neighborhood Cat Association.
J BAD KITTY GETS A BATH Bru Bruel, Nick
Takes a humorous look at the normal way cats bathe, why it is inappropriate for humans to bathe that way, and the challenges of trying to give a cat a real bath with soap and water. Includes fun facts, glossary, and other information.
J BAD KITTY MEETS THE BABY Bru Bruel, Nick
Bad kitty is not pleased when a baby joins her family. Includes fun facts and tips for training a cat to perform tricks.
J BAD KITTY SCHOOL DAZE Bru Bruel, Nick
When Kitty's owners have finally had enough of her bad behavior, it's time to ship her off to obedience school.
J A LION TO GUARD US Bul Bulla, Clyde Robert
Left on their own in seventeenth-century London, three impoverished children draw upon all their resources to stay together and make their way to the Virginia colony in search of their father.
J CATCHER WITH A GLASS ARM Chr Christopher, Matt
A young baseball player struggles to overcome his fear of a pitched ball, improve his throwing, and somehow redeem himself in the eyes of his teammates.
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J COMEBACK OF THE HOME RUN KID Chr Christopher, Matt
After badly spraining his ankle just before the summer baseball season begins, Sylvester Coddmyer III meets a mysterious ex- ballplayer named Charlie Comet who helps him compensate for the injury by learning to switch-hit.
J THE DIAMOND CHAMPS Chr Christopher, Matt
An aura of intrigue surrounds a baseball coach obsessed with the idea of turning a bunch of handpicked beginners into champions in one season.
J THE KID WHO ONLY HIT HOMERS Chr Christopher, Matt
A boy becomes a phenomenal baseball player one summer when a mysterious stranger resembling Babe Ruth befriends him.
J LOOK WHO’S PLAYING FIRST BASE Chr Christopher, Matt
Mike Hagin offers his new friend from Russia the first baseman's position on the little league team before he finds out the boy can't play baseball.
J MIRACLE AT THE PLATE Chr Christopher, Matt
Skeeter is the best batter in the league but seems to be all thumbs when fielding or trying to make friends.
J SHORTSTOP FROM TOKYO Chr Christopher, Matt
When the new boy from Tokyo takes over Stogie Crane's position as shortstop, the two boys encounter the first of several barriers to their friendship.
J THE YEAR MOM WON THE PENNANT Chr Christopher, Matt
The boys are all hesitant when one boy's mother is the only parent who volunteers to coach their Little League team, but there is quite a surprise in store for them.
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J ELLEN TEBBITS Cle Cleary, Beverly
The part of third grade Ellen Tebbits likes most is having Austine Allen for her best friend.
J EMILY’S RUNAWAY IMAGINATION Cle Cleary, Beverly
Emily decides that the town of Pitchfork needs a library, and comes up with a plan to make it happen. Can she make her dream come true?
J THE DRAGON OF DOOM Cov Coville
Life in the village of Pigbone is boring until an aspiring magician and his talking toad come to town and ask Edward to help them slay the Dragon of Doom.
J FANTASTIC MR. FOX Dah Dahl, Roald
Every time Mr. Fox steals a chicken from the farm, Farmers Boggis, Bunce, and Bean grow wild with rage. They're the nastiest crooks in the valley, and they've concocted a cunning plan to dig him out of his hole once and for all. But it never occurs to them that Mr. Fox has a fantastic plan of his own.
J GEORGE’S MARVELOUS MEDICINE Dah Dahl, Roald
George decides that his grumpy, selfish old grandmother must be a witch and concocts some marvelous medicine to take care of her.
J THE MINPINS Dah Dahl, Roald
A race of matchstick sized people who live high in the trees save Billy from nightmarish creatures.
J THE GIRAFFE AND THE PELLY AND ME Dah Dahl, Roald
A small boy with a desire to own a candy shop meets a window- washing team composed of a giraffe, a pelican, and a monkey and together they go to work for the wealthy Duke of Hampshire, who makes all their dreams come true.
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J THE SLOPPY COPY SLIPUP DiS DiSalvo, DyAnne
Fourth-grader Brian Higman worries about how his teacher Miss Fromme--nicknamed The General--will react when he fails to hand in a writing assignment, but he ends up being able to tell his story after all.
J THE MATCHLOCK GUN Edm Edmonds, Walter D.
In 1756, during the French and Indian War in upper New York state, ten-year-old Edward is determined to protect his home and family with the ancient, and much too heavy, Spanish gun that his father had given him before leaving home to fight the enemy.
J THE HUNDRED DRESSES Est Estes, Eleanor
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.
J STONE FOX Gar Gardiner, John Reynolds
Little Willie hopes to pay the back taxes on his grandfather's farm with the purse from a dog sled race he enters.
J ABIGAIL IRIS: THE ONE AND ONLY Gla Glatt, Lise and Suzanne Greenberg
Abigail Iris thinks she would rather be an only child but after going on vacation with her best friend, who is an "Only," she realizes there are benefits of being one of many.
Series ABIGAIL IRIS Book 1
J ABIGAIL IRIS: THE PET PROJECT Gla Glatt, Lise and Suzanne Greenberg
When Abigail Iris finally gets the new kitten she has been wanting, she learns about the responsibilities that come with pet ownership, as well as the impact a kitten can have on a large family like hers.
Series ABIGAIL IRIS Book 2
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J DOLPHIN TREASURE Gro Grover, Wayne
Wayne is searching for buried treasure sunk with a Spanish galleon off the Florida coast when a storm arises and his dolphin friend comes to his rescue.
Sequel to DOLPHIN ADVENTURE
J “B” IS FOR BETSY Hay Haywood, Carolyn
Betsy experiences an interesting first year in school and looks forward to summer vacation at her grandfather's farm.
J BETSY AND BILLY Hay Haywood, Carolyn
Betsy, Billy, and their friends enjoy and learn from the many activities in the second grade.
J BETSY AND THE BOYS Hay Haywood, Carolyn
Betsy and her fourth-grade friends discover football.
J REMEMBERING MRS. ROSSI Hes Hest, Amy
Although she loves her father, their home in New York City, and third-grade teacher Miss Meadows, Annie misses her mother who died recently.
J LUCKY CAP Jen Jennings, Patrick
Enzo starts middle school after an amazing summer trip with his father, a new manager at a popular sporting goods company, with a prototype baseball cap that seems to bring Enzo popularity and success.
J MARTIN’S MICE Kin King-Smith, Dick
A farm cat who doesn't want to catch mice keeps a family of them as pets in the barn; but then he is given away to a townswoman and acquires a new perspective.
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J THE SCHOOL MOUSE Kin King-Smith, Dick
Flora, the world's most educated mouse, saves her family during a crisis.
J ALVIN HO: ALLERGIC TO BABIES, BURGLARS, AND OTHER BUMPS IN THE NIGHT Loo Look, Lenore
When fearful seven-year-old Alvin Ho learns that his mother is expecting a baby, he develops a sympathetic pregnancy--adding to his worry about the burglar who is targeting Concord, Massachusetts.
Series ALVIN HO Book 4
J ALVIN HO: ALLERGIC TO THE GREAT WALL, THE FORBIDDEN PALACE, AND OTHER TOURIST ATTRACTIONS Loo Look, Lenore
Fearful seven-year-old Alvin Ho goes on a trip to China with his family.
Series ALVIN HO Book 6
J SWIMMING THE DISTANCE Mad Maddox, Jake
Mason Williams is on his junior high school swim team, and he has always been fast at the short distances, but if he wants to compete in the longer races he will need to work on his endurance--so his best friend suggests that he train in the nearby lake.
J TOUCHDOWN TRIUMPH Mad Maddox, Jake
Because his father is in the Army, Oliver Jeffries has never lived in any one place for long, but he was hoping that Colorado would be different because he is the starting wide receiver on the Jackson Middle School's football team--so when he gets word that his family is moving again he is bitterly disappointed, but he has one more game and he is determined to make it a good one.
J THE JADE DRAGON Mar Marsden, Carolyn and Virginia Shin-Mui Lob
A Chinese American girl torn between her family's traditional values and the more modern ones in her second grade classroom learns that friendship cannot be bought.
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J THE HUNDRED PENNY BOX Mat Mathid, Sharon Bell
Michael's love for his great-great-aunt who lives with them leads him to intercede with his mother who wants to toss out all her old things.
J YANG THE ELDEST AND HIS ODD JOBS Nam Namioka, Lensey
Third Sister and her siblings try to help Eldest Brother, the most talented musician in the Yang family, find work to pay for a new violin.
J YANG THE SECOND AND HER SECRET ADMIRERS Nam Namioka, Lensey
While her younger siblings have adopted many American customs since moving from China to Seattle, Yinglan Yang clings to her Chinese heritage, so her brother and sister hatch a plot to convert her to American culture.
J YANG THE THIRD AND HER IMPOSSIBLE FAMILY Nam Namioka, Lensey
Third daughter Mary Yang makes an unexpected new friend while trying to hide a kitten from her family.
J RIDING FREEDOM Rya Ryan, Pam Munoz
A fictionalized account of Charley (Charlotte) Parkhurst who ran away from an orphanage, posed as a boy, moved to California, and fooled everyone by her appearance.
J GOOSEBERRY PARK Ryl Rylant, Cynthia
When a storm separates Stumpy the squirrel from her newborn babies, her animal friends come to the rescue.
J SIDEWAY STORIES FROM WAYSIDE SCHOOL Sac Sachar, Louis
Humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story.
Series WAYSIDE SCHOOL Book 1
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J WAYSIDE SCHOOL GETS A LITTLE STRANGER Sac Sachar, Louis
Unusual things continue to happen in the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story.
Series WAYSIDE SCHOOL Book 3
J WAYSIDE SCHOOL IS FALLING DOWN Sac Sachar, Louis
More humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, where students learn to tango, face the cafeteria's dreaded Mushroom Surprise, and study a hobo during Show and Tell.
Series WAYSIDE SCHOOL Book 2
J 2095 Sci Scieszka, Jon
While on a field trip to New York's Museum of Natural History, Joe, Sam, and Fred travel one hundred years into the future, where they encounter robots, anti-gravity disks, and their own grandchildren.
Series TIME WARP TRIO Book 5
J DA WILD, DA CRAZY, DA VINCI Sci Scieszka, Jon
In their latest time travel adventure, Fred, Joe, and Sam da Brooklyn meet Leonardo da Vinci and try to avoid becoming toilet scrubbers in a sixteenth-century Italian army.
Series TIME WARP TRIO Book 14
J THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE GOOFY Sci Scieszka, Jon
The Time Warp Trio find themselves in the Wild West of yesteryear, rubbing elbows with cowboys and Indians.
Series TIME WARP TRIO Book 3
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J HEY KID, WANT TO BUY A BRIDGE? Sci Scieszka, Jon
Thanks to their magical book, Fred, Sam, and Joe inadvertently travel through time to 1877 New York City, where they and their granddaughters, who have also come from the future, help them find a way back to their own time.
Series TIME WARP TRIO Book 11
J IT’S ALL GREEK TO ME Sci Scieszka, Jon
As they are about to go on stage, Joe, Fred, and Sam are transported back to the time of Zeus and the other gods in Greek mythology, who, strangely enough, behave much as the characters in the trio's class play.
Series TIME WARP TRIO Book 8
J ME OH MAYA Sci Scieszka, Jon
Joe, Fred, and Sam find themselves whisked by The Book to the main ring-ball court in Chichin Itza, Mexico in 1000 A.D., where they must play for their lives against a Mayan High Priest who cheats.
Series TIME WARP TRIO Book 13
J THE NOT-SO-JOLLY ROGER Sci Scieszka, Jon
Once again, three friends are sent back in time by a magic book and they find themselves prisoners of the evil pirate Blackbeard.
Series TIME WARP TRIO Book 2
J OH SAY, I CAN’T SEE Sci Scieszka, Jon
After arriving in Pennsylvania during the winter of 1776, time travelers Joe, Fred, and Samantha inspire General George Washington, "the man on the one dollar bill," to carry out a surprise attack on Hessian troops in Trenton, New Jersey, that will change the course of the Revolutionary War.
Series TIME WARP TRIO Book 15
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J SAM SAMURAI Sci Scieszka, Jon
Joe, Fred, and Sam are transported to seventeenth century Japan where they infuriate a Samurai warrior, encounter their great- grandaughters, and save their lives by reciting an ancient form of poetry.
Series TIME WARP TRIO Book 10
J SEE YOU LATER, GLADIATOR Sci Scieszka, Jon
Joe, Fred, and Sam demonstrate some of their favorite professional wrestling moves, including the "Time Warp Trio Blind Ninja Smackdown," when they're transported to ancient Rome and forced to fight as gladiators in the Colosseum.
Series TIME WARP TRIO Book 9
J SUMMER READING IS KILLING ME! Sci Scieszka, Jon
At the beginning of summer vacation Joe, Sam, and Fred find themselves trapped inside their summer reading list, involved in a battle between good and evil characters from well-known children's books.
Series TIME WARP TRIO Book 7
J TUT, TUT Sci Scieszka, Jon
The Time Warp Trio takes a trip back in time to ancient Egypt, where they come face to face with mummies, crocodiles, tomb robbers, the Sphinx, and other oddities.
Series TIME WARP TRIO Book 6
J VIKING IT & LIKING IT Sci Scieszka, Jon
Saying "Thursday" over and over near a certain magic book transports Joe, Sam, and Fred to the Viking era.
Series TIME WARP TRIO Book 12
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J YOUR MOTHER WAS A NEANDERTHAL Sci Scieszka, Jon
The Time Warp Trio find themselves in the middle of an adventure in prehistoric times, where cave art is a form of graffiti and "rock" music takes on a whole new meaning.
Series TIME WARP TRIO Book 4
J THE BATTLE FOR THE CASTLE Win Winthrop, Elizabeth
Twelve-year-old William uses the magic token to return, through the toy castle in his attic, to the medieval land of Sir Simon, which is now menaced by a skeleton ship bearing a plague of ravenous rats.
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