Most Popular Books by Joan W. Blos

The journal of a 14-year-old girl, kept the last year she lived on the family farm, records daily events in her small New Hampshire town, her father''s remarriage, and the death of her best friend. In the 1830s, a young teenager faces adjusting to a new stepmother. A fictional diary kept by 13-year-old Catherine Cabot, who is growing up in the town of Meredith, New Hampshire.

In this brand-new repackaging of the companion to Joan W. Blos''s Newbery-winning book of A Gathering of Days, Blos weaves another adventurous tale set against the backdrop of the Michigan wilderness in the 1800''s.

Illustrations and very brief text depict a seed changing into a flower, a bee into a swarm, a thought into a poem, and other changes.

At the request of her sixth grade teacher, Edwina Rose Sachs records events in the lives of her Polish immigrant family and their friends living in Brooklyn in the early 1900s.

Disappointed when her bracelet of little hearts breaks, Barbara proves both her ingenuity and her capacity for giving by turning this treasure into valentines for her whole family.

Dear Cousin Sallie, I begin with words I never thought to write: I am not an orphan! Thirteen-year-old Eldora has always believed that her mother died when she was very little, and for nine years she has lived with people that she calls Aunt and Uncle. The year is 1850, and all three have exchanged their quiet lives in New Bedford, Massachusetts, for new ones in San Francisco, the rapidly growing city that is the heart of the California Gold Rush. Shortly after their arrival, they receive a letter from an unknown woman who believes she is Eldora''s mother. She is eager to meet her long-lost daughter, and a visit is arranged. As Eldora deals with her conflicting feelings about this news, she must also adjust to the challenges -- and dangers -- of living in a brash and growing city. She finds herself teaching English to two Mexicano children and beginning to learn Spanish, and an unlikely friendship with a boy named Luke introduces her to the hard, sometimes humorous, and often violent world of the mining camps. Every day seems to bring something different and new to consider. But can Eldora discover where -- and to whom -- she belongs? Told in letters that ring with the voice of the times, Letters from the Corrugated Castle is an intriguing adventure set in a fascinating time in California''s history -- a worthy conclusion to the geographical trilogy begun with A Gathering of Days, winner of the Newbery Medal, and Brothers of the Heart.

In 1889, daredevil reporter Nellie Bly announced her intention to circle the world in seventy-two days. Nobody thought a woman could do such a thing, but, accompanied by a monkey named McGinty she acquired in Singapore, she did just that.

The appearance of the ice cream truck, children playing baseball, and new short haircuts are only a few of the indications that spring has arrived in the city.

This a fine book for reading aloud, but its small size and several wordless pages also make it very appropriate for independent reading.'' -The Reading Teacher

After his grandmother has tucked his stuffed animals into bed one by one, a young boy is ready to go to sleep himself.

The celebrated children''s book writer describes the scenes of her childhood, in New York City and on Long Island, and how she lived as an adult.

A young boy enjoys the lunch that his grandmother has carefully prepared.

Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d’un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d’origine.

A little boy and his grandfather search the house for his favorite shoes and celebrate together when he puts them on by himself for the first time.

When Henry moved into the house that had been empty for seven years, the neighbors thought he would make it respectable again, but, Henry had no such plans and threatening him with fines, or being nice, could not change Henry. A story-in-verse.

An anecdotal account of some of the adventurous activities of Molly Brown, with an emphasis on her survival of the sinking of the Titanic.

Lottie imagines that she and her cat, Famous, are the stars of a wonderful circus.

A variety of hats afford Martin many adventures.

When Joe accidently drops a library book on the street, a car runs over it and ruins it before Joe has a chance to pick the book up. The book is ruined and Joe has no money to replace the book and no job to earn money, but he has to figure out a way to fix the problem.

Pictures, poems, words, and sayings for the reader to ponder.