Some kids have two homes, one with Mom, and one with Dad. Sometimes a girl will have bunk beds at Mom's house, and a regular bed at Dad's house. But for the girl in this story one thing is constant, her dog Fred comes with her everywhere. What happens when Mom gets tired of Fred's barking, and Dad gets tired of Fred stealing his socks? Sometimes a girl has to put her foot down!

Awards nominated: Monarch Award Nominee 2011

Reviewed by: donna

Date read: 4/27/2010

ISBN-10: 0316882690

ISBN-13: 9780316882699

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Who ever heard of a pig wanting to be a detective? Frederick, the farm pig, decides to become a detective after reading the adventures of Sherlock Holmes. His first assignment is to figure out what happened to the farmer's son's toy train, after it mysteriously disappears one night. While attempting to solve this, Freddy is faced with mystery after mystery, and becomes a very accomplished detective. Among his many adventures, he attempts to foil the rats' plot of stealing all of the farmer's grain, captures bank robbers hiding out near his pen, and finds out why Prinny, the dog's, dinner keeps disappearing.This is a funny, delightful book, full of charming characters. Part of the Freddy the Pig series.

Similar books: Babe: the Gallant Pig by Dick King-Smith

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 4/13/2009

ISBN-10: 0141312343

ISBN-13: 9780141312347

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There is only one thing Felix wants more than to become a professional baseball player. That is for his father to join him and his mother in Florida and be able to join a major league baseball team himself. Felix and his mother fled Cuba when Felix was a baby. His father, a Cuban baseball star, gave up his place on the boat so that Felix could be free. That is all Felix's mother has told him. Felix would give anything for his father to see him play. His mother works constantly and Felix feels she doesn't support his baseball dreams. One day, Felix sneaks into a baseball team's locker room and is mistaken for their batboy. What a chance! Felix stows away on their bus to live his dream, if only for one day. Will his mother ever forgive him? The drama is intense as Felix is in for surprises, not always pleasant, about his father, his mother, and himself.

Similar books: Boy Who Saved Baseball by John Ritter; Heat by Mike Lupica

Reviewed by: vfv

Date read: 8/18/2010

ISBN-10: 0525471200

ISBN-13: 9780525471202

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In this story, Jefferson Bear teaches his best friend, Figgy Twosocks the fox, all about friendship. Playing, sharing, helping, and forgiving are some of the things that Figgy Twosocks learns about friendship. But most importantly, he learns that friends are forever. But what do you do when your best friend has to hiberate during the winter leaving you all alone? Read this warm story about what it means to be 'best friends forever!'

Similar authors: Arnold Lobel

Similar books: Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel; Violet and Winston by Sonya Sones Bella and Bean by Rebecca Kai Dotlich A Brand New Day with Mouse and Mole by Wong Herbert Yee

Reviewed by: mb

Date read: 7/20/2009

ISBN-10: 0753459760

ISBN-13: 9780753459768

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It's scary enough to leave your old school and your old friends to begin sixth grade. But Rosemary will be one of just a few African American students at Robertson Elementary School, and when her best friend gets polio, she will be the only African American student in sixth grade. Her parent's troubled marriage is scary too, and now she has no one to talk to. Rosemary finds two new friends in very unexpected places, and she also learns to believe in herself. A very personal look into a troubled time in our history.

Awards nominated: Rebecca Caudill Award 2011

Reviewed by: donna

Date read: 4/27/2010

ISBN-10: 043966098X

ISBN-13: 9780439660983

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