A beautifully illustrated biography of Mohandas Karamachand (Mahatma) Ghandi and the non-violence movement in India.
Our October Books are all new additions to the Estaboook School Library. Most were donated on Back-to-School Night in September 2001.
Gandhi by Demi, Margaret K. McElderry Books, Simon & Schuster, New York, 2001
A beautifully illustrated biography of Mohandas Karamachand (Mahatma) Ghandi and the non-violence movement in India.
Waiting for Wings, by Lois Ehlert, Harcourt, Inc., New York, 2001
A wonderfully colorful, easy to read, book about the life of butterflies, identification, and growing a butterfly garden. Check our other butterfly books too.
Horrible Harry at Halloween by Suzy Kline, illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz, Viking, Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, New York, 2000
Harry surprises the third grade class when his Halloween costume is not as strange as what they had come to expect. We have more good Halloween reading in our Spooky books list.
Young Cam Jensen and the Library Mystery by David A. Adler, illustrated by Susanna Natti, Viking, Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, New York, 2001
A mystery about a lost list that tests the photographic memory of Cam.
The Time Bike by Jane Langton, HarperCollins Publishers, New York, NY 2000
Eddy Hall gets a bike as a present from his uncle that looks old fashioned, but it is really a time machine that must be used with care. Jane Langton, the author, who has also written mysteries for adults, lives in Lincoln, MA.
Sammy Keyes and the Curse of Moustache Mary, by Wendelin Van Draanen, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2000
Sammy solves a mystery involving an elderly neighbor, a pioneer cabin and an old family feud.
Martha and Skits by Susan Meddaugh, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 2000
Skits is the new puppy in the family of Martha (the talking dog). Though Skits, the puppy, is troublesome he develops his own unique talent.
The Garden That We Grew by Joan Holub, illustrated by Hiroe Nakata, Viking, Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, New York, 2001
Children plant pumpkin seeds and care for them until they grow large enough to pick and use at Halloween. Estabrook also has many other books about plants, gardens and growing things
Wildflowers Around the Year photographs and text by Hope Ryden, Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin, New York, NY 2001
Information about 38 common wildflowers from the invasive, imported Purple Loosestrife and Dandelion to the native New England Aster.
Toasting Marshmallows: Camping Poems by Kristine O'Connell George, illustrated by Kate Kiesler, Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin, New York, NY 2001
Poems about all the things that can happen on a camping trip from setting up the tent to pulling up the tent stakes at the end.
Storytelling Princess by Rafe Martin, illustrated by Kimberly Bulcken Root, P. G. Putnam's Sons, New York, NY 2001
When this princess says that she would rather be swept overboard at sea than marry a prince she didn't choose, it leads to a big adventure and the prince she dreams about.
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