Patricia Reilly Giff Books In Order

New Kids of Polk Street School Books In Order

  1. Watch Out! Man-eating Snake! (1988)
  2. Fancy Feet (1988)
  3. All About Stacy (1988)
  4. B-E-S-T Friends (1988)
  5. Spectacular Stone Soup (1900)
  6. Stacy Says Good-bye (1989)

Casey, Tracy And Company Books In Order

  1. Fourth-grade Celebrity (1979)
  2. The Girl Who Knew It All (1979)
  3. Left-Handed Shortstop (1980)
  4. The Winter Worm Business (1981)
  5. Love, From the Fifth Grade Celebrity (1986)
  6. Rat Teeth (1984)

Abby Jones, Junior Detective Mystery Books In Order

  1. Have You Seen Hyacinth Macaw (1981)
  2. Loretta P Sweeny, Where Are You? (1983)
  3. Tootsie Tanner, Why Don’t You Talk (1990)

Kids of the Polk Street School Books In Order

  1. The Beast in Ms. Rooney’s Room (1984)
  2. Fish Face (1984)
  3. The Candy Corn Contest (1984)
  4. December Secrets (1984)
  5. In the Dinosaur’s Paw (1986)
  6. The Valentine Star (1985)
  7. Lazy Lions, Lucky Lambs (1985)
  8. Snaggle Doodles (1985)
  9. Purple Climbing Days (1985)
  10. Say Cheese (1985)
  11. Sunny-Side Up (1986)
  12. Pickle Puss (1986)
  13. The Beast and the Halloween Horror (1990)
  14. Emily Arrow Promises to Do Better This Year (1990)
  15. Monster Rabbit Runs Amuck! (1990)
  16. Wake Up, Emily, It’s Mother’s Day (1991)

Ronald Morgan Books In Order

  1. Watch Out, Ronald Morgan! (1985)
  2. Happy Birthday, Ronald Morgan! (1986)
  3. Ronald Morgan Goes to Bat (1988)
  4. Good Luck, Ronald Morgan! (1996)
  5. Ronald Morgan Goes to Camp (1999)

Polka Dot Private Eye Books In Order

  1. The Mystery of the Blue Ring (1987)
  2. The Riddle of the Red Purse (1987)
  3. The Secret At the Polk Street School (1987)
  4. The Powder Puff Puzzle (1987)
  5. The Case of the Cool-Itch Kids (1989)
  6. Garbage Juice for Breakfast (1994)
  7. The Trail of the Screaming Teenager (1994)
  8. The Clue At the Zoo (1990)

Friends and Amigos Books In Order

  1. Adios, Anna (1998)
  2. Say Hola, Sarah (1995)
  3. Ho, Ho, Benjamin, Feliz Navidad (1995)
  4. Happy Birthday, Anna Sorpresa! (1996)
  5. Good Dog, Bonita (1996)
  6. It’s a Fiesta, Benjamin (1989)

Lincoln Lions Band Books In Order

  1. Meet the Lincoln Lions Band (1992)
  2. Yankee Doodle Drum Sticks (1992)
  3. The Jingle Bells Jam (1992)
  4. The Rootin’ Tootin’ Bugle Boy (1992)
  5. The Great Shamrock Disaster (1993)
  6. The Red, White, and Blue Valentine (1993)

Polk Street Special Books In Order

  1. Write Up A Storm With The Polk Street School (1993)
  2. Count Your Money with the Polk Street School (1994)
  3. The Postcard Pest (1994)
  4. Turkey Trouble (1994)
  5. Show Time At The Polk Street School (1992)
  6. Look Out, Washington, D.C.! (1995)
  7. Green Thumbs, Everyone (1996)
  8. Pet Parade (1996)
  9. Next Stop, New York City! (1997)
  10. Oh Boy, Boston! (1997)
  11. Let’s Go Philadelphia! (1998)

Ballet Slippers Books In Order

  1. Dance with Rosie (1996)
  2. Rosie’s Nutcracker Dreams (1996)
  3. Starring Rosie (1997)
  4. Not-So-Perfect-Rosie (1997)
  5. A Glass Slipper For Rosie (1997)
  6. Rosie’s Big City Ballet (1998)

Lily’s Crossing Books In Order

  1. Lily’s Crossing (1997)
  2. Willow Run (2005)

Adventures of Minnie and Max Books In Order

  1. Kidnap At the Catfish Cafe (1998)
  2. Mary Moon Is Missing (1998)

Nory Ryan’s Song Books In Order

  1. Nory Ryan’s Song (2000)
  2. Maggie’s Door (2003)
  3. Water Street (2006)

Zigzag Kids Books In Order

  1. Number-One Kid (2010)
  2. Big Whopper (2010)
  3. Flying Feet (2011)
  4. Star Time (2011)
  5. Bears Beware! (2012)
  6. Super Surprise (2012)
  7. Sky High (2012)
  8. Zigzag Zoom (2013)

Fiercely and Friends Books In Order

  1. The Big Something (2012)
  2. The Sneaky Snow Fox (2012)
  3. The Garden Monster (2014)

Hunter Moran Books In Order

  1. Saves the Universe (2012)
  2. Hangs Out (2013)
  3. Digs Deep (2014)

Mysteries on Zoo Lane Books In Order

  1. Meet the Crew at the Zoo (2020)
  2. Animal at Large (2020)
  3. Zebra at the Zoo (2021)

Novels

  1. Suspect (1982)
  2. The Gift of the Pirate Queen (1982)
  3. Trail Screaming Teen (1990)
  4. All the Way Home (2001)
  5. Pictures of Hollis Woods (2002)
  6. A House of Tailors (2004)
  7. Eleven (2008)
  8. Wild Girl (2009)
  9. Storyteller (2010)
  10. R My Name Is Rachel (2011)
  11. Gingersnap (2013)
  12. Winter Sky (2014)
  13. Until I Find Julian (2015)
  14. Jubilee (2016)
  15. Genevieve’s War (2017)
  16. Island War (2018)
  17. A Slip of a Girl (2019)

Picture Books

  1. Next Year I’ll Be Special (1980)
  2. Today Was a Terrible Day (1980)
  3. The Almost Awful Play (1984)
  4. I Love Saturday (1989)
  5. Soccer Song (2008)
  6. Patti Cake and Her New Doll (2014)

Chapter Books

  1. Popcorn Contest (1986)
  2. Matthew Jackson Meets the Wall (1990)
  3. Poopsie Pomerantz, Pick Up Your Feet (1990)
  4. The War Began At Supper (1991)
  5. Shark in School (1994)

Non fiction series

  1. Mother Teresa (1980)
  2. Laura Ingalls Wilder (1987)
  3. Diana (1992)

Non fiction

  1. Don’t Tell the Girls (2005)
  2. Writing with Rosie (2016)

New Kids of Polk Street School Book Covers

Casey, Tracy And Company Book Covers

Abby Jones, Junior Detective Mystery Book Covers

Kids of the Polk Street School Book Covers

Ronald Morgan Book Covers

Polka Dot Private Eye Book Covers

Friends and Amigos Book Covers

Lincoln Lions Band Book Covers

Polk Street Special Book Covers

Ballet Slippers Book Covers

Lily’s Crossing Book Covers

Adventures of Minnie and Max Book Covers

Nory Ryan’s Song Book Covers

Zigzag Kids Book Covers

Fiercely and Friends Book Covers

Hunter Moran Book Covers

Mysteries on Zoo Lane Book Covers

Novels Book Covers

Picture Books Book Covers

Chapter Books Book Covers

Non fiction series Book Covers

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Patricia Reilly Giff Books Overview

Watch Out! Man-eating Snake!

Stacy Arrow’s first day of school isn’t going well at all. She was only trying to help when she told Jiwon, the girl with the black hair, that her drawing of herself looked like a cow. And she didn’t mean to scare her with stories about man eating snakes. Now Jiwon refuses to be Stacy’s best friend. What’s Stacy doing wrong?’You have to be nice to a friend,’ says Stacy’s sister Emily, and suddenly Stacy knows what she has to do. But can her plan win her a best friend? Snakes or no snakes, Stacy’s ready to try her hardest.

Fancy Feet

‘Little kids don’t go to jail.’At least Stacy’s hoping they don’t! It’s not easy to be good all the time. Stacy just had to try on the beautiful gold shoes her friend Jiwon brought to school to sell in the class store. Now the shoes are lost, and it’s Stacy’s fault. Even worse, Stacy’s friends think she stole the shoes. How can she explain what really happened? Telling the truth is hard, but Stacy knows if the shoe fits, she has to wear it!

All About Stacy

Stacy can’t wait to start her new class project, making an ‘About Me’ box. Into it will go special things that she likes. Jiwon’s putting a scrap of her old baby dress in her About Me box. Eddie’s putting pictures of food in his. But Stacy can’t think of one thing to put in hers. How can Stacy make her About Me box as special as Jiwon’s or Eddie’s? She has to do something fast. Can she turn her box of troubles into a box of delights?

B-E-S-T Friends

That’s what Stacy thinks the new girl Annie is. And having to be Annie’s partner in class is horrible too. Annie stores her snack in the wrong place, and she has no front teeth. Her whistling scares away the birds outdoors. Annie just doesn’t do one thing the way everybody else does. It’s not easy for Stacy to be friends with someone who says potatoes are for breakfast. Then she tries some for herself and discovers it is fun to be different.

Spectacular Stone Soup

‘You never help people,’ Jiwon says. Her friend is right. Stacy can’t remember the last time she’d helped anyone! Now Mrs. Zachary wants her class to be people helpers and prepare a Spectacular Stone Soup together. Stacy works hard to be helpful, but no one seems to notice. Can quick thinking and a bunch of onions turn her into a spectacular people helper?

Fourth-grade Celebrity

Tired of being compared with her popular older sister, Casey decides she will make herself over in Fourth Grade Celebrity. In The Girl Who Knew It All, Casey visits her pal Tracy, a know it all with a guilty secret: She can’t read.

The Girl Who Knew It All

When her pen pal, Casey Valentine, pays a surprise visit, know it all Tracy Marston tries to hide her reading difficulties from her friend, who loves to read, but she finally admits that she does not know everything after all. Reissue. SLJ. AB. ‘

Rat Teeth

It’s bad enough that his parents are divorced and his teeth stick out a mile, but when he loses a baseball game to the fourth graders, tough Cliffie feels he has to run away.

Have You Seen Hyacinth Macaw

Abby and her friend Potsie work on several mysteries: a mysterious new neighbor, a missing person, a theft, and the unusual actions of Abby’s brother.

The Beast in Ms. Rooney’s Room

It’s September again. What does it mean for Richard ‘Beast’ Best to be left back? It means being teased by his old friends while he’s stuck facing the same old teacher in the same old classroom. He even has to take a special reading class with ‘babies’ like Emily Arrow and Matthew Jackson. And just like last year, he can’t help getting into trouble. But with the help of Mrs. Paris, the reading teacher, Beast starts to enjoy reading and just might find a way to help the second grade win the school banner for best class.

Fish Face

Emily Arrow may be a poor reader, but she’s terrific in math and is also the fastest runner in her class. In October school gets even better when a newcomer from Florida, Dawn Tiffanie Bosco, joins the class and sits next to her. When Emily sees that Dawn’s a better reader and a faster runner, she tries to accept it with grace. Emily is still sure it will be fun to have a new friend to show her’Fish Face‘ to and share secrets with. But then Emily discovers something awful Dawn’s a thief! And to make matters worse, no one will believe Emily.

The Candy Corn Contest

It’s almost Thanksgiving, and Richard Best can’t stop thinking about Ms. Rooney’s Candy Corn contest. Whoever can guess the exact number of yellow and orange candies in the jar on Ms. Roney’s desk gets to keep them all. The only problem is Richard has to read a page in a library book for each guess. Smelly Matthew, who sits in front of him, knows they’ll never win. ‘We’re the worst readers in the class, ‘ he says. But Richard won’t give up. He can already taste those Candy Corns. And before he knows it, he has. Three fat juicy ones. What will Ms. Rooney do when she finds out?

December Secrets

Emily is stuck with crybaby Jill Simon as her ‘secret Pal’ to be kind to for the whole month of December.

In the Dinosaur’s Paw

It’s the first day back to school after winter vacation, and Richard Best is off to a bad start. Who ever heard of a January without any snow? And as usual, he has already forgotten something the ruler Ms. Rooney had told him to bring for dinosaur day. Luckily Richard finds a ruler in his desk with a dinosaur’s initials and he’s sure the ruler is special. And then he finds out it has magic powers. All his wishes begin to come true: Snow stars falling, he remembers to do his homework, and the bully Drake Evans gets sick. But now with Drake sick in bed, Richard begins to worry. His only hope is the magic ruler but it’s gone. What will help him?

The Valentine Star

February is fun. It’s time for everyone in Ms. Rooney’s room to make cards for the Valentine box. Emily Arrow couldn’t be happier when Dawn Bosco gives her some colored stars to decorate her cards. She plans to make a special one for Ms. Vincent, the new student teacher. But things take a turn for the worse when Ms. Rooney asks Emily to be class monitor. Emily feels important sitting at the teacher’s desk, until Sherri Dent leaves her seat without Emily’s permission. Emily reports her. That’s when Sherri tells Emily, ‘You’ll be sorry.’Emily is really worried. What will Sherri do to get even?

Lazy Lions, Lucky Lambs

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Richard ”Beast” Best, who absolutely hates the month of March, must come up with a subject for a class essay assignment on writing about a real person because, without a good grade, he may be left back again.

Snaggle Doodles

April is invention month. ‘We’re going to make our own inventions,’ says Ms. Rooney, ‘and work together in groups.’Though Emily Arrow knows it’s important for each group to think, listen, and share, she still wishes she were the leader of her invention group. Linda Lorca, the bossy leader, can’t get anyone to cooperate. ‘Snaggle Doodles,’ Emily says. If the group doesn’t come up with an idea soon, they’ll be the worst group in the class. Meanwhile, Emily is also busy thinking of a wedding present for Ms. Vincent, the student teacher. The wedding is only a few days away. Emily has a lot to do. Can she and her group learn to work together in time?

Purple Climbing Days

What’s worse than a blue Monday? For Richard ‘Beast’ Best, it’s a purple Monday spent climbing a fat brown rope with fat brown knots. Beast wishes he could climb up that rope like Emily Arrow and Matthew Jackson. Just looking at it hanging down from the gym ceiling makes him dizzyBeast is afraid and hopes his friends won’t find out. But Mrs. Miller, the meanest substitute teacher in the whole school, finds out his secret and tells him to meet her in the gym after school. Miller the Killer. What will she do to him?

Say Cheese

Hurray, it’s June! The last month of school!Emily Arrow and the other children in Ms. Rooney’s room are excited about the class picnic at the park. Mrs. Stewart, the student teacher, is even going to take class pictures. But Emily’s worried. She wants a best friend. It seems everyone has a best friend ecxept her. At the picnic Emily feels so lonely, she wanders off into the woods with Uni, her unicorn. Before she knows it, she’s lost and can’t find her way back. Is the rest of the class having fun? Will they say ‘cheese’ when she’s not there? And even worse, will they leave her in the woods and go home without her?

Sunny-Side Up

Summer for Richard Best, nicknamed Beast, means facing the two ordeals of summer school and losing his best friend, who is moving to a distant state.

Pickle Puss

It’s August, and Emily has big plans at the library. She’s going to read lots of books and tack a paper fish next to her name for each one. Then Dawn Bosco says she can read more books than Emily. Not only that, both Emily and Dawn want to keep Pickle Puss, a stray cat thay found. They decide that whoever reads the most books can keep cat. When Emily adds a fish for a book she read along time ago, she has one more fish than Dawn. She knows she’s cheating, but she wants to keep the cat. What a pickle she’s in.

The Beast and the Halloween Horror

Halloween should be fun, but Beast is in big trouble. As part of a class assignment, he writes the author of The Halloween Horror. He tells the author he loved the dog in the book, and even invites the author to visit the school. Then Beast finds out there was no dog in the book. And now, guess who’s coming to Polk Street School?.

Emily Arrow Promises to Do Better This Year

This latest title in the well loved Kids of the Polk Street School series focuses on the New Year’s holiday, and one girl’s challenging New York’s resolution. Illustration.

Monster Rabbit Runs Amuck!

When Beast tries to move the huge rabbit on wheels onto the stage for the spring assembly, it falls over and rolls away. Can he get it back where it belongs in time for the big show?

Watch Out, Ronald Morgan!

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Ronald has many humorous mishaps, until he gets a pair of eyeglas*ses. Includes a note for adults about children’s eye problems.

Happy Birthday, Ronald Morgan!

‘It is the end of the school year, and Ronald’s birthday comes one day too late to be celebrated at school…
Giff has a way of recognizing the problems that beset children.’ School Library Journal. Full color.

Ronald Morgan Goes to Bat

‘Ronald is an awkward but enthusiastic baseball beginner who is grateful to be on the team. Initially discouraged because he cannot hit the ball, Ronald eventually discovers his error…
and he starts to improve…
. The colorful, expressive illustrations are a bright asset.’–School Library Journal.

Good Luck, Ronald Morgan!

So far Ronald Morgan’s new dog, Lucky, has brought Ronald nothing but bad luck. His best friend is away for the whole summer, the girl next door is too busy to play with him, and Lucky won’t learn any tricks. If Ronald’s going to make a new friend and train his dog, he’s going to need all the luck he can get!’Young readers will think themselves lucky to find this engaging sequel.’ The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

Ronald Morgan Goes to Camp

Piling onto the camp bus destined for Echo Lake, Ronald Morgan anticipates a fun filled time of games, ghost stories, and special achievement awards, but fears that his lack of athletic skills will keep him from winning anything.

The Mystery of the Blue Ring

When her friend’s ring is discovered missing, Dawn Tiffanie Bosco decides to play the role of detective. The first of the four companion books to Giff’s The Kids of the Polk Street School series.

The Riddle of the Red Purse

When three people claim the red purse Dawn finds in the school yard, she sets out to find the real owner.

The Powder Puff Puzzle

When Dawn Bosco’s cat, Powder Puff, jumps out of her arms and into a car that drives quickly away, it looks like another case for the Polka Dot Private Eye. But Dawn’s only clues are a jelly cookie, part of a license plate number, and a long pole. Can she solve the mystery with her friend Jason’s help? Illustrated.

The Case of the Cool-Itch Kids

Dawn Bosco’s on her way to summer camp. She can’t wait for the fun to begin, but when her shell mirror and a favorite pin disappear, it’s time for the Polka Dot Private Eye to investigate. Dawn’s sure one of the kids from the Coolidge School a Cool Itch Kid took her things. But she’s forgotten her detective kit at home, so how can she solve the case? An unexpected offer of help leads Dawn to the answer, and, best of all, to a surprising new friend at camp.

Adios, Anna

Saying goodbye for the summer to her Spanish friend, Anna, who is going away on vacation, Sarah plans to use a special library book to learn Spanish, but her plans are thwarted when the book is inadvertently left locked in Anna’s house.

Say Hola, Sarah

Coincidence and timing bring together a report on Columbus that Sarah feels will interfere with her learning Spanish and enjoying the Columbus Day festivities at the library, in a story that includes nine easy Spanish lessons for children.

Ho, Ho, Benjamin, Feliz Navidad

Benjamin’s Christmas is not turning out well until he catches some of the season’s spirit from Se nora Sanchez, his new neighbor from Ecuador.

Happy Birthday, Anna Sorpresa!

Sarah writes to her pen pal in South America about her attempts to plan a surprise birthday party and her dislike of a new girl at school.

Good Dog, Bonita

Sarah goes to New York City with Se nora Sanchez and her little dog Bonita, and when the dog runs away she feels responsible.

It’s a Fiesta, Benjamin

The neighborhood is planning a fiesta, but so many arguments erupt between relatives and friends that Benjamin decides that only he can save the fiesta.

The Red, White, and Blue Valentine

Although he is certain that he could win a prize with his own drum solo in the upcoming Simson City Valentine’s Day competition, Willie Roberts is torn when his pals beg him to join their terrible act.

Count Your Money with the Polk Street School

When Mrs. Rooney teaches the class all about money and saving, former best friends Matthew Jackson and Richard ”Beast” Best and the rest of their class learn about money and friendship.

Look Out, Washington, D.C.!

The Polk Street kids run into plenty of surprises on a two day class trip to the nation’s capital and all its sites, complete with two maps and a children’s guide to museums, monuments, and other Washington attractions.

Next Stop, New York City!

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Ms. Rooney and her class tour the Big Apple, where they see the dinosaurs at the American Museum of Natural History, visit the Bronx Zoo, and journey to the Statue of Liberty.

Oh Boy, Boston!

The Polk Street Kids are on their class trip to Boston! They’re going to fly kites on Boston Common, walk the Freedom Trail and put on a play with Richard ‘Beast’ Best as Paul Revere. Poor Beast can’t remember his costume or what he’s supposed to do in the play. All he knows is that he has Dawn Bosco for a wife and 16 kids. But loyal friends save the day for Beast, in a fun filled visit to the city of the Bean and the Cod. Online Teacher’s Resource Center.

Dance with Rosie

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Rosie tries to make up with her former best friend and get into ballet class after the sign up deadline.

Rosie’s Nutcracker Dreams

A clash with her rival may end Rosie’s dream of playing the leading role in her ballet class’s production of the Nutcracker.

Starring Rosie

Rosie is thrilled that her class is performing The Sleeping Beauty, but things aren’t turning out quite right. Rosie is stuck with her least favorite part, the scenery isn’t built, and there’s no one to play the part of the prince. Mean while, it’s up to Rosie to save the day! Readers will be immediately drawn to Rosie’s resilience and humor. Publishers Weekly

Not-So-Perfect-Rosie

To Rosie, summertime means fifty six days without ballet. Then she gets a brilliant idea. She’ll stage her own performance of Swan Lake and be the star! But somebody else has identical summer plans, and promises to put on a bigger, better show. Will appeal to young readers who are beginning to enjoy chapter books. Booklist Patricia Reilly Giff is the author of over fifty books for young readers, including four more about Rosie. She also writes the Kids of the Polk Street School series for Dell. Ms. Giff lives in Weston, Connecticut. Julie Durrell lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

A Glass Slipper For Rosie

Rosie is thrilled when Miss Deirdre chooses Cinderella as the class ballet. Rosie knows the performance will make the perfect birthday present for her grandfather. But he’s planning to go to England! Can Rosie convince him to stay? ‘Fans of Giff’s ‘Kids of the Polk Street School’ series will find the Rosie books to be a good next step.’ School Library Journal

Rosie’s Big City Ballet

A special visitor is coming to Rosie’s class at Miss Deirdre’s, and she’s going to choose just one girl to play a part in her summer ballet. Rosie wants the part more than anything. Does she stand a chance? ‘Fans of Giff’s ‘Kids of the Polk Street School’ series will find the Rosie books to be a good next step.’ School Library Journal

Lily’s Crossing

This year, as in other years, Lily has planned a spectacular summer in Rockaway, in her family’s cozy house on stilts over the Atlantic Ocean. But by the summer of 1944, World War II has changed almost everyone s life. Lily s best friend, Margaret, and her family have moved to a wartime factory town, and worse, much worse, Lily s father is on his way overseas to the war. There s no one else Lily s age in Rockaway until Albert comes, a refugee from Hungary, a boy with a secret sewn into his coat. Albert has lost most of his family in the war he s been through things Lily can t imagine. But when they join together to rescue and care for a kitten, they begin a special friendship. For Lily and Albert have their own secrets to share: They both have told lies, and Lily has told a lie that may cost Albert his life. Author: Patricia Reilly Giff Reading Level: Ages 9 12 Format: 208 pages, Paperback Publisher: Yearling January 12, 1999 ISBN: 978 0440414537

Willow Run

1944
Meggie Dillon’s life has been turned upside down by World War II. Her older brother Eddie enlisted and was shipped off to fight in Europe. And people say that anywhere else Grandpa would be turned in because he s German, and people might think he s a spy. Is it true? Could Grandpa be taken away?
Meggie s father has announced that they must help the war effort and move to Willow Run, Michigan, where he ll work nights in a factory building important war planes that will help fight the enemy in Europe. Willow Run will be the greatest adventure ever, Meggie thinks. There she meets Patches and Harlan, other kids like her whose parents have come here to do their part in the war. And there she faces questions about courage, and what it takes to go into battle, like Eddie, and how to keep hope alive on the home front.

From the Hardcover edition.

Kidnap At the Catfish Cafe

From the creator of the best selling Kids of the Polk Street School series comes The Adventures of Minnie and Max, a new series about a spunky female detective and her trusty feline sidekick, Max. In Kidnap at the Catfish Caf, Minnie’s detective business is kind of slow until one day a stray cat drops into her life, along with her first case. Soon Minnie is investigating a crime wave, and she’s hot on the trail of a thief who would steal anything even a cat!’Likable characters and briskly paced stories make for an engaging mystery series.’ The Horn Book’The well crafted mystery…
and funny misadventures will have readers clamoring for more.’ Kirkus Reviews

Mary Moon Is Missing

From the creator of the best selling Kids of the Polk Street School series comes The Adventures of Minnie and Max, a new series about a spunky female detective and her trusty feline sidekick, Max.

In Mary Moon Is Missing, Minnie and her cat Max are on the case when a valuable racing pigeon disappears. The Pigeon Prize Race is this Saturday, and time is running out. Can they rescue the stolen pigeon in time?

‘Likable characters and briskly paced stories make for an engaging mystery series.’ The Horn Book

‘The well crafted mystery…
and funny misadventures will have readers clamoring for more.’ Kirkus Reviews

Nory Ryan’s Song

Nory Ryan’s family has lived on Maidin Bay on the west coast of Ireland for generations, raising a pig and a few chickens, planting potatoes, getting by. Every year Nory’s father goes away on a fishing boat and returns with the rent money for the English lord who owns their cottage and fields, the English lord bent upon forcing the Irish from their land so he can tumble the cottages and clear the fields for grazing. Times are never easy on Maidin Bay, but this year, a terrible blight attacks the potatoes. No crop means starvation. Twelve year old Nory must summon the courage and ingenuity to find food, to find hope, to find a way to help her family survive. From the Hardcover edition.

Maggie’s Door

We will dance on the cliffs of Brooklyn.

Maggie’s Door is the story of the journey from Ireland to America told by both Nory and her neighbor and friend Sean Red Mallon, two different stories with the same destination the home of Nory s sister Maggie, at 416 Smith Street, Brooklyn, America.

Patricia Reilly Giff calls upon her long research into Irish history and her great powers as a storyteller in this deeply involving, riveting stand alone companion novel to Nory Ryan s Song.

From the Hardcover edition.

Water Street

Brooklyn, 1875: Bird Mallon lives on Water Street where you can see the huge towers of the bridge to Manhattan being built. Bird wants nothing more in life than to be brave enough to be a healer, like her mother, Nory, to help her sister Annie find love, and to convince her brother, Hughie, to stop fighting for money with his street gang. And of course, she wishes that a girl would move into the empty apartment upstairs so that she can have a new friend close by. But Thomas Neary and his Pop move in upstairs. Thomas who writes about his life in his journal his father who spends each night at the Tavern down the street, the mother he wishes he had, and the Mallon family downstairs that he desperately wants to be a part of. Thomas, who has a secret that only Bird suspects, and who turns out to be the best friend Bird could ever have. From the Hardcover edition.

Number-One Kid

The author of the beloved Kids of the Polk Street School series introduces a new generation of readers to a multicultural group of kids who enjoy all the activities of an after-school center.

I’M 1! That’s what Mitchell McCabe’s favorite T-shirt says. He’d like to be Number One at the Zigzag Afternoon Center, where there are lots of fun activities to choose from: swimming, nature walks, field trips, art, even homework help. And YAY-there’s snack time! But Mitchell is worried. What if he’s the only kid who doesn’t get a prize on Prize Day? Luckily, Mitchell realizes he’s a winner at something terrific.

In this delightful new series, award-winning author Patricia Reilly Giff introduces readers to a quirky, lovable group of kids, capturing all the excitement and surprises of new friends and after-school fun.

Big Whopper

The author of the beloved Kids of the Polk Street School series introduces a new generation of readers to a multicultural group of kids who enjoy all the activities of an after school center. It’s Discovery Week at the Zigzag Afternoon Center! Everyone writes their discoveries on a big sheet of paper in the hallway. But Destiny Washington can t think of anything new to discover. Before she knows it, Destiny has told a Big Whopper. And snooty Gina, who s great at discovering things, knows all about it. Destiny has to find a way out of the whopper. In the end, she makes the best discovery of all. In this delightful new series, award winning author Patricia Reilly Giff introduces readers to a quirky, lovable group of kids, capturing all the excitement and surprises of new friends and after school fun. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Flying Feet

When Charlie hears that special buzz in his head, he knows it means one thing: an idea for a new invention. But Charlie’s ideas tend to backfire such as the Flying Feet that don’t really fly. If only Charlie could make his inventions work, people might think he’s as special as his older brother, Larry. Then the Zigzag afternoon center organizes a Come as a Character Day, and Charlie gets his chance to shine. From the Hardcover edition.

Bears Beware!

Mitchell really doesn’t want to go camping with the other kids at the Zigzag Afternoon Center. Sleeping in the woods with creepy crawly things, coyotes, and bears? Yikes! But his best friend Habib is going, and it’s Mitchell’s birthday that weekend. He’s just got to find a way to be brave, and scare the bears away!As the fifth book in the Zigzag Kids series which also includes Number One Kid, Big Whopper, Flying Feet, and Star Time Bears Beware continues to delight readers with award winning author Patricia Reilly Giff’s quirky, lovable group of kids, capturing all the excitement and surprises of new friends and after school fun. From the Hardcover edition.

Super Surprise

This week the kids at the Zigzag Afternoon Center are being creative, and trying new things. But that’s not so easy for Destiny. All of her ideas turn into disasters until she finds out what a good poet she is. The sixth book in award winning author Patricia Reilly Giff’s Zigzag Kids series captures all the excitement of new friends and after school fun. From the Hardcover edition.

The Gift of the Pirate Queen

Sixth grader Grace, her mother dead and her only sister ill with diabetes, learns to be brave like the pirate queen Grace O’Malley, whom her Irish cousin says she resembles.

All the Way Home

It’s August 1941, and Brick and Mariel both love the Brooklyn Dodgers. Brick listens to their games on the radio in Windy Hill, in upstate New York, where his family has an apple orchard; Mariel, once a polio patient in the hospital in Windy Hill, lives in Brooklyn near the Dodgers home, Ebbets Field. She was adopted by Loretta, a nurse at the hospital, and has never known what happened to her own mother. Someday, somehow, she plans to return to Windy Hill and find out. When a fire destroys their orchard, Brick s parents must leave the farm to find work. They send him to live in Brooklyn with their friend Loretta, even though Brick knows that their elderly neighbors need his help to pick what s left of the apples. The only good thing about Brooklyn is seeing the Dodgers play that, and his friendship with Mariel. Maybe, together, they ll find a way to return to Windy Hill, save the harvest, and learn the truth about Mariel s past. From the Hardcover edition.

Pictures of Hollis Woods

Hollis Woods has been in so many foster homes she can hardly remember them all. She even runs away from the Regans, the one family who offers her a home. When Hollis is sent to Josie, an elderly artist who is quirky and affectionate, she wants to stay. But Josie is growing more forgetful every day. If Social Services finds out, they ll take Hollis away and move Josie into a home. Well, Hollis Woods won t let anyone separate them. She’s escaped the system before; this time, she plans to take Josie with her. Yet behind all her plans, Hollis longs for her life with the Regans, fixing each moment of her time with them in pictures she ll never forget. From the Hardcover edition.

A House of Tailors

SEWING! NO ONE could hate it more than Dina Kirk.

Endless tiny stitches, button holes, darts. Since she was tiny, she’s worked in her family s dressmaking business, where the sewing machine is a cranky member of the family.

When 13 year old Dina leaves her small town in Germany to join her uncle s family in Brooklyn, she turns her back on sewing. Never again! But looking for a job leads her right back to the sewing machine. Why did she ever leave home? Here she is, still with a needle and thread and homesick to boot.

She didn t know she could be this homesick, but she didn t know she could be so brave either, as she is standing up to an epidemic or a fire. She didn t know she could grow so close to her new family or to Johann, the young man from the tailor s shop. And she didn t know that sewing would reveal her own wonderful talent and her future.

In Dina, the beloved writer Patricia Reilly Giff has created one of her most engaging and vital hero*ines. Readers will enjoy seeing 1870s Brooklyn through Dina s eyes, and share her excitement as she discovers a new world.

Eleven

Sam must solve the mystery of who he really is. Sam is almost 11 when he discovers a locked box in the attic above his grandfather Mack’s room, and a piece of paper that says he was kidnapped. There are lots of other words, but Sam has always had trouble reading. He s desperate to find out who he is, and if his beloved Mack is really his grandfather. At night he s haunted by dreams of a big castle and a terrifying escape on a boat. Who can he trust to help him read the documents that could unravel the mystery? Then he and the new girl, Caroline, are paired up to work on a school project, building a castle in Mack s woodworking shop. Caroline loves to read, and she can help. But she s moving soon, and the two must hurry to discover the truth about Sam. This psychological mystery explores a child s deepest genetic need for belonging. An engrossing examination of a profound theme in the deft hands of a discerning author. Kirkus Reviews, Starred Exquisitely rendered story of self discovery…
. Given the author s expertise at developing sympathetic characters and creating a suspenseful plot, readers will find the complexity of Sam vulnerabilities to be asintriguing as the unfolding enigma of his past. Publishers Weekly, Starred

Wild Girl

A contemporary and irresistible story from Patricia Reilly GiffLidie lives in Jales, Brazil, where she’s free to ride, to be a Wild Girl, and to dream of going to live with her father and older brother, Rafael, in New York City. Finally Lidie is 12 time to leave Brazil for New York. Meanwhile, a filly is born and begins her journey to a new home. As Lidie s story unfolds, so does the filly s. Lidie s father runs a stable at a famous race track, and Rafael is training to be a jockey. As much as they want to make Lidie feel welcome, they still think of her as the little girl they left behind. They don t even know what a strong rider she is, and that she s determined to befriend and ride the wild filly her father has just bought: Wild Girl. From the Hardcover edition.

Storyteller

A story of the American Revolution from two-time Newbery Honor-winning author Patricia Reilly Giff.

While staying with her aunt, Elizabeth finds something remarkable: a drawing. It hangs on the wall, a portrait of her ancestor, Eliza, known as Zee. She looks like Elizabeth.
The girls’ lives intertwine as Elizabeth’s present-day story alternates with Zee’s, which takes place during the American Revolution. Zee is dreamy, and hopeful for the future-until the Revolution tears apart her family and her community in upstate New York. Left on her own, she struggles to survive and to follow her father and brother into battle.

Zee’s story has been waiting to be rediscovered by the right person. As Elizabeth learns about Zee, and walks where Zee once walked and battles raged, the past becomes as vivid and real as the present.

In this beautifully crafted, affecting novel from beloved author Patricia Reilly Giff, the lives of two girls reflect one another as each finds her own inner strengths.

From the Hardcover edition.

R My Name Is Rachel

Rachel, Cassie, and Joey live in the city with their Pop, until Pop’s search for work lands the family on a run down farm. Dreamy Rachel loves to read, and doesn’t know much about the country. Times are hard there, too the school and library are closed. When Pop gets work near Canada, he has to leave the children on the farm alone. For two months! But Rachel’s the oldest, and she’ll make sure they’re all right. Somehow. From the Hardcover edition.

Next Year I’ll Be Special

After coping with an entire year of having mean Miss Minch for a teacher, Marilyn looks forward to her next school year, when she will have wonderful Miss Lark for a teacher. Reissue.

Today Was a Terrible Day

‘Ronald’s day goes from bad to worse…
his growing frustrations are wonderfully captured in the woebegone expressions and childlike stances that Natti effectively balances with happy scenes of success.’ Booklist.

Soccer Song

Jill has long arms and strong hands. And when it comes to playing soccer, she knows how to use her head!

Shark in School

When his neighbor J. P. informs new student Matthew Jackson that the kids in their class are terrible and the teacher is known as The Shark, Matthew dreads beginning school and must tackle a difficult assignment. K.

Mother Teresa

A biography emphasizing the early years of the nun who is world renowned for her work with the poor, sick, and uneducated in India and in other parts of the world.

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura Ingalls Wilder grew up during the pioneer days of America. To the delight of millions of readers, she spent her adulthood recounting her girlhood memories. The story behind the creator of the beloved Little House books ‘provides dimension and insight.’ Booklist.

Don’t Tell the Girls

In this delightful, sometimes funny, sometimes wistful memoir Patricia Reilly Giff discovers surprising information about and unexpected connections with her Irish ancestors. Beginning with family stories she follows any clues she finds to search out her family’s past. This takes her to libraries and research centers, homes of relatives, and to Ireland. In the process she shares a wealth of information about how to trace one’s family along with family photos and documents. Some mysteries are solved with surprising conclusions but others are left to future generations to unravel. The result is a poignant book about enduring gifts and challenges our ancestors can leave to us.

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