Marsha Gontarski Children's Literature Collection

• Cats' Eyes by Anthony Taber

  Call Number: SF445.5 .T28 1978

  ISBN: 0525078142

  Publication Date: 1978

  Drawings trace the life of a cat named Tiger.
• Islāmī kaḷāno darśana-pravāsa = Journey through Islamic art by Robert, Na'íma bint

  Call Number: PZ7.R6347 Jo 2005

  Publication Date: 2005

  A young girl uses her flying cloak to journey through the history of Islamic art.
• Boodil My Dog by Pija Lindenbaum; Gabrielle Charbonnet

  Call Number: PZ7.C37355 Bo 1992

  ISBN: 0805024441

  Publication Date: 1992

  Boodil and her many endearing qualities that make her very special as described by her owner.
• Sophie's Masterpiece by Eileen Spinelli; Jane Dyer (Illustrator)

  Call Number: PZ7.S7566 Sr 2001

  ISBN: 0689801122

  Publication Date: 2001

  Sophie the spider makes wondrous webs, but the residents of Beekman's Boarding House do not appreciate her until at last, old and tired, she weaves her final masterpiece.
• The Uncorker of Ocean Bottles by Michelle Cuevas; Erin E. Stead (Illustrator)

  Call Number: PZ7.C89268 Un 2016

  ISBN: 9780803738683

  Publication Date: 2016

  The Uncorker of Ocean Bottles has the task of opening any bottles found at sea and make sure that the messages are delivered. One day he must deliver an invitation to a party.
• Journey by Billout, Guy

  Call Number: PZ7.B4997 Jo 1993

  Publication Date: 1993

  Illustrations accompanied by brief text reveal the experience of a boy who boards a train and takes an unusual journey through the countryside--and through time.

• Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! by Laura Amy Schlitz; Robert Byrd (Illustrator)

  Call Number: PS3619.C43 C55 2008

  ISBN: 9780763643324

  Publication Date: 2008-12-23

  A collection of short one-person plays featuring characters, between ten and fifteen years old, who live in or near a thirteenth-century English manor.
• The White Stag by Kate Seredy (Illustrator)

  Call Number: PZ8.1.S457 Wh 1937

  ISBN: 0670763756

  Publication Date: 1937

  Retells the legendary story of the Huns' and Magyars' long migration from Asia to Europe where they hope to find a permanent home.
• Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

  Call Number: PZ7.C94137 Bu 1999

  ISBN: 0385323069

  Publication Date: 1999

  Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids.
• This Journal Belongs to Ratchet by Nancy J. Cavanaugh

  Call Number: PZ7.C285 Th 2013

  ISBN: 9781402281068

  Publication Date: 2013

  Homeschooled by her mechanic-environmentalist father, eleven-year-old Rachel "Ratchet" Vance records her efforts to make friends, save a park, remember her mother, and find her own definition of "normal."
• The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman; Peter Sis (Illustrator)

  Call Number: PZ7.F5992 Wh 1986

  ISBN: 0688062164

  Publication Date: 1986

  A bratty prince and his whipping boy have many adventures when they inadvertently trade places after becoming involved with dangerous outlaws.