Polacco – Thank you, Mr. Falker

CELC

JEFIC P

Polacco

Personal Author:

Polacco, Patricia.

Title:

Thank you, Mr. Falker / Patricia Polacco.

Publication info:

New York : Philomel Books, c1998.

Physical description:

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Summary:

When Trisha starts school, she can’t wait to learn how to read, but the letters just get jumbled up. She hates being different, and begins to believe her classmates when they call her a dummy. Then, in fifth grade, Mr. Falker changes everything. He sees through her sadness to the gifted artist she really is. And when he discovers that she can’t read, he helps her prove to herself that she can – and will!

Subject term:

Reading–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Teachers–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Self-perception–Juvenile fiction.

ISBN:

(ISBN invalid)0399231668

Wilder – First four years

CELC

JFIC W

Wilder

Personal Author:

Wilder, Laura Ingalls, 1867-1957.

Title:

The first four years. / by Laura Ingalls Wilder.  Illustrated by Garth Williams.

Publication info:

New York, Harper & Row [1971]

Physical description:

135 p. : illus.

Summary:

During their first four years of marriage, Laura and Almanzo Wilder have a child and fight a losing battle in their attempts to succeed at farming on the South Dakota prairie.

Subject term:

Frontier and pioneer life–Juvenile fiction.

Geographic term:

South Dakota–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Family life—Juvenile fiction.

ISBN:

006440031X

Tags:

19th century, autobiography, biography, children, children’s, children’s literature, historical, historical fiction, history,  memoir, pioneer,  young adult

Wilder – Farmer Boy

CELC

JFIC W

Wilder

Personal Author:

Wilder, Laura Ingalls, 1867-1957.

Title:

Farmer boy / Laura Ingalls Wilder ; illustrated by Garth Williams.

Publication info:

New York : Harper Collins Publishers, 1933.

Physical description:

372 p. : ill.

Summary:

Nine-year-old Almanzo lives with his family on a big farm in New York State at the end of the nineteenth century. He raises his own two calves, helps cut ice and shear sheep, and longs for the day he can have his own colt.

Subject term:

Pioneers—Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Family life—Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Frontier life–Juvenile fiction.

ISBN:

0064400034

Tags:

19th century, biography, children, children’s ,children’s literature, historical, historical fiction, history, juvenile, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House, memoir, pioneer,

Wilder – On the banks of Plum Creek

CELC

JFICW

Wilder

Personal Author:

Wilder, Laura Ingalls, 1867-1957.

Title:

On the banks of Plum Creek / by Laura Ingalls Wilder ; illustrated by Garth Williams.

Publication info:

New York : Harper, 1953.

Physical description:

338 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Series Statement:

(Little House books)

Summary:

The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as they leave their little house on the prairie and travel in their covered wagon to Minnesota. Here they settle in a little house made of sod beside the banks of beautiful Plum Creek. Soon Pa builds a wonderful new little house with real glass windows and a hinged door. Laura and her sister Mary go to school, help with the chores, and fish in the creek. At night everyone listens to the merry music of Pa’s fiddle. Misfortunes come in the form of a grasshopper plague and a terrible blizzard, but the pioneer family works hard together to overcome these troubles.

And so continues Laura Ingalls Wilder’s beloved story of a pioneer girl and her family. The nine Little House books have been cherished by generations of readers as both a unique glimpse into America’s frontier past and a heartwarming, unforgettable story.

Personal subject:

Wilder, Laura Ingalls, 1867-1957–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Families–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Frontier and pioneer life–Minnesota–Juvenile fiction.

Geographic term:

Minnesota–Juvenile fiction.

Added Entry-Personal Name:

Williams, Garth.

ISBN:

0064400042

Wilder – By the shores of Silver Lake

CELC

JFIC W

Wilder

Personal Author:

Wilder, Laura Ingalls, 1867-1957.

Title:

By the shores of Silver Lake / Laura Ingalls Wilder ; illustrated by Garth Williams.

Publication information:

New York : Harper-Collins, 1939

Physical description:

291 p. : ill. ;

Summary:

Pa heads west to the unsettled wilderness of the Dakota Territory. When Ma, Mary, Laura, Carrie, and Grace join him, they become the first settlers in the town of De Smet. And Pa begins work on the first building in what will soon be a brand-new town on the shores of Silver Lake.

Subject term:

Frontier and pioneer life–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Families–Juvenile fiction.

ISBN:

0064400050

Tags:

19th century, biography, children, children’s, children’s literature, historical, historical fiction, history, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House, memoir, Newbery Honor, pioneer, pioneers, railroad, young adult

Polacco – My rotten redheaded older brother

CELC

JEFIC P

Polacco

Personal Author:

Polacco, Patricia.

Title:

My rotten, redheaded, older brother / Patricia Polacco.

Publication info:

New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1994.

Physical description:

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill., port. ; 29 cm.

Summary:

After losing running, climbing, throwing, and burping competitions to his obnoxious older brother, a young boy makes a wish on a falling star.

Subject term:

Brothers–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Sibling rivalry–Juvenile fiction.

ISBN:

0671727516 (lib. bdg.) : $17.95

Wilder – Long winter

CELC

JFICW

Wilder

Personal Author:

Wilder, Laura Ingalls, 1867-1957.

Title:

The long winter; illustrated by Garth Williams.

Publication info:

New York, Harper, c1940.

Physical description:

335 p. illus. 21 cm.

General Notes:

Sequel to By the shores of Silver Lake.  Little House series.

Personal subject:

Wilder, Laura Ingalls, 1867-1957–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Frontier and pioneer life–South Dakota–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Blizzards–Juvenile fiction.

Geographic term:

South Dakota–Juvenile fiction.

Added author:

Williams, Garth.

ISBN:

              0064400059.

Wilder – Little town on the prairie

CELC

JFICW

Wilder

Personal Author:

Wilder, Laura Ingalls, 1867-1957.

Title:

Little town on the prairie / by Laura Ingalls Wilder ; illustrated by Garth Williams.

Edition:

Full color ed.

Publication info:

New York : Harper Trophy,  c1941.

Physical description:

307 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.

Summary:

The little settlement that weathered the long, hard winter of 1880-81 is now a growing town. Laura is growing up, and she goes to her first evening social. Mary is at last able to go to a college for the blind. Best of all, Almanzo Wilder asks permission to walk home from church with Laura. And Laura, now fifteen years old, receives her certificate to teach school.

Personal subject:

Wilder, Laura Ingalls, 1867-1957–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Frontier and pioneer life–South Dakota–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Families–South Dakota–Juvenile fiction.

Geographic term:

South Dakota–Juvenile fiction.

Added author:

Williams, Garth.

ISBN:

0064400077

Wilder – Little house on the prairie

CELC

JFICW

Wilder

Personal Author:

Wilder, Laura Ingalls, 1867-1957.

Title:

Little house on the prairie / by Laura Ingalls Wilder ; illustrated by Garth Williams.

Edition:

1st Harper Festival ed.

Publication info:

New York : HarperFestival, 2003, c1963.

Physical description:

335 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Series:

(Little house)

Summary:

Frontier family travels to the prairie to build a home, meet Indians, and fight a prairie fire.

Personal subject:

Wilder, Laura Ingalls, 1867-1957–Fiction.

Subject term:

Frontier and pioneer life–Great Plains–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Families–Great Plains–Juvenile fiction.

Geographic term:

Great Plains–Juvenile fiction.

Added author:

Williams, Garth.

ISBN:

0064400026

Herriot – James Herriot’s Dog Stories

CELC

636.7 H

Herriot

Personal Author:

Herriot, James.

Uniform title:

[Dog stories]

Title:

James Herriot’s dog stories.

Publication info:

New York : St. Martin’s Griffin, 2006.

Physical description:

xi, 427 p. : ill.

Summary:

In this heartwarming collection of favorite stories about dogs great and small, James Herriot tells us about his own dogs and all the wonderful people and animals we have come to love so much. Fifty memorable tales move us to both laughter and tears, and Herriot’s personal introduction and notes make this tribute by a master storyteller to man’s best friend a book to read, reread, and be treasured for years to come.

Personal subject:

Herriot, James.

Subject term:

Dogs–England–Yorkshire–Anecdotes.

Subject term:

Dogs–England–Yorkshire–Biography.

Subject term:

Veterinarians–England–Yorkshire–Biography.

Subject term:

Human-animal relationships–England–Yorkshire.

ISBN:

0312439687

Tags:

animals, autobiography, biography, British, dogs, England, humor,  memoir, pets, short stories, stories, veterinarians, veterinary medicine, Yorkshire