Kate DiCamillo
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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If You Like Captain Underpants, Read These!
If You Like One and Only Ivan, Read These!
JF Once Upon A Summer Reading
If You Like One and Only Ivan, Read These!
JF Once Upon A Summer Reading
Description
Rescuing a squirrel after an accident involving a vacuum cleaner, comic-reading cynic Flora Belle Buckman is astonished when the squirrel, Ulysses, demonstrates astonishing powers of strength and flight after being revived.
Author
Series
Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When she confronts a screaming raccoon that may or may not be a ghost, animal control officer Francine Poulet questions her abilities.
Author
Series
Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
What if timid Baby Lincoln broke free of her bossy sister and set off on an unexpected journey?
5) Two for one
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"The state fair is in town, and now Bink and Gollie-utter opposites and best friends extraordinaire-must use teamwork and their gray matter while navigating its many wonders. Will the energetic Bink win the world's largest donut in the Whack-a-Duck game? Will the artistic Gollie wow the crowd in the talent show? As the undaunted duo steps into the mysterious tent of fortune-teller Madame Prunely, one prediction is crystal clear: this unlikely pair...
Author
Series
Orris and Timble volume 1
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
From beloved storyteller Kate DiCamillo comes the first book in a warm and funny early-reader trilogy about a misanthropic rat and a naive owl-and the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
Author
Series
Mercy Watson volume 2
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Mr. Watson's usual Saturday drive in his Cadillac with his favorite pig, Mercy, turns into an adventure when an unexpected passenger shows up in the back seat and Mercy finds herself behind the wheel.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When ten-year-old orphan Peter Augustus Duchene encounters a fortune teller in the marketplace one day and she tells him that his sister, who is presumed dead, is in fact alive, he embarks on a remarkable series of adventures as he desperately tries to find her.
9) Great joy
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Just before Christmas, when Frances sees a sad-eyed organ grinder and his monkey performing near her apartment, she cannot stop thinking about them, wondering where they go at night, and wishing she could do something to help.
Author
Series
Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 7
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When Mercy Watson the pig goes missing, all of Deckawoo Drive is in an uproar. The Watsons are inconsolable, and the local police, fire, and animal control departments are no help whatsoever. Bossy neighbor Eugenia Lincoln is not quite as sad as she might be, but thankfully her sister, Baby Lincoln, has the idea to hire a private investigator. Granted, Percival Smidgely, PI, may be more bumbler than gumshoe, but his pigeon, Polly, is there to point...
Author
Series
Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 4
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Eugenia Lincoln is a practical person with no time for gee-gaws, whoop-de-whoops, or frivolity. When an unexpected package containing an accordion arrives at her house, she is determined to have nothing to do with it. But her plans to sell the accordion, destroy the accordion, and give the accordion away all end in frustration. How can Eugenia stop being tormented by this troublesome package? Might she discover that a bit of unforeseen frivolity could...
Author
Series
Mercy Watson volume 3
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Mercy the pig's love of buttered toast leads to the capture of a small thief who would rather be a cowboy.
Author
Series
Three rancheros volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Hoping that if she wins a local beauty pageant her father will come home, Raymie practices twirling a baton and performing good deeds as she is drawn into an unlikely friendship with a drama queen and a saboteur.
When Raymie enters the Little Miss Central Florida Tire competition in hopes of catching her father's attention, she doesn't expect to become friends with her sassy and eccentric fellow contestants, Louisiana and Beverly. But as time goes...
Author
Series
Mercy Watson volume 1
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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Description
After Mercy the pig snuggles to sleep with the Watsons, all three awaken with the bed teetering on the edge of a big hole in the floor.
Author
Series
Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 5
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Stella Endicott loves her teacher, Miss Liliana, and she is thrilled when the class is assigned to write a poem. Stella crafts a beautiful poem about Mercy Watson, the pig who lives next door--a poem complete with a metaphor and full of curiosity and courage. But Horace Broom, Stella's irritating classmate, insists that Stella's poem is full of lies and that pigs do not live in houses. And when Stella and Horace get into a shouting match in the classroom,...
17) Good Rosie!
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Rosie is a good dog and a faithful companion to her owner, George. She likes taking walks with George and looking at the clouds together, but the closest she comes to another dog is when she encounters her reflection in her empty dog bowl, and sometimes that makes Rosie feel lonely. One day George takes Rosie to the dog park, but the park is full of dogs that Rosie doesn’t know, which makes her feel lonelier than ever. When big, loud Maurice and...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: From master storyteller Kate DiCamillo comes an original fairy tale-with enchanting illustrations by Julie Morstad-in which five puppets confront circumstances beyond their control with patience, cunning, and high spirits.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In a wise and magical follow-up to The Puppets of Spelhorst, the beloved author, former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and two-time Newbery Medalist revisits the land of Norendy, where tales swirl within tales, bringing Marta closer to discovering the mystery of her soldier father's disappearance.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"When Stella gets the sudden idea to go caroling, she has a little trouble getting someone to join her. Her brother, Frank, is not good at spontaneity. The Watsons are very involved in a precarious fruitcake attempt (but happy to send their pig, Mercy, out for the occasion). Eugenia Lincoln declines, a bit rudely, to accompany on her accordion, and Horace Broom is too busy studying planetary movement. Will Stella need to sing by herself--with enthusiastic...