Stephen Gammell
21) Monster mama
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
Patrick Edward's fierce monster mother helps him deal with some obnoxious bullies.
22) Will's mammoth
Author
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
[1989]
Language
English
Description
Though his parents explain there have been no mammoths for over10,000 years, Will goes out in the snow one day, certain he willmeet some.
24) Old Henry
Author
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
[1987]
Language
English
Description
"Henry's neighbors are scandalized that he ignores them and lets his property get run down, until they drive him away and find themselves missing him." --
25) The wing shop
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
After his family moves to a different part of town, Matthew tries to get back to his old house by trying on different pairs of wings in an unusual wing shop.
27) Stonewall
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
[1979]
Language
English
Description
A biography of the brilliant southern general who gained the nickname Stonewall by his stand at Bull Run during the Civil War.
28) Halloween poems
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[1989]
Language
English
Description
Eighteen poems celebrate the holiday of pumpkins, black cats, witches, and ghosts.
31) Humble pie
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A naughty boy gets his just "desserts."
35) Wing-a-ding
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
Description
Jack's efforts to free his toy wing-a-ding from the branches of a tree soon involve the increasingly outrageous efforts of friends, neighbors, and passersby.
Author
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
[1980]
Language
English
Description
Pulled apart by his parent's stormy relationship, which comes to a climax when their crops are threatened by huge numbers of migrating blackbirds, 10-year-old Marcus struggles to come to terms with himself, his parents, and a complex ecological dilemma.
39) The old banjo
Author
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
[1983]
Language
English
Description
A hardworking farmer and his son succumb to the enchantment of some very special musical instruments that have been abandoned on their farm.