Matt Phelan
3) Pignic
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"A pig experiences adversity but in the end enjoys a perfect summer day"--
Author
Series
Plum (Matt Phelan) volume 2
Pub. Date
[2023]
Formats
Description
When an unexpected blizzard strands the animals of the Athensville Zoo in a seemingly empty elementary school overnight, Plum the peacock must overcome his anxiety to save his friend Itch, who gets lost in a snowdrift.
5) Turtle walk
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm
Description
"A family of turtles goes for a long, long walk that has an unexpected and very fun ending"--
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaginated) : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm
Description
Sweaters on? Not yet! The air is crisp, and the leaves are bright-it's the perfect autumn day to enjoy the outdoors. Papa Bear instructs his cubs to put on their sweaters, and patiently waits downstairs. When he checks on them, he learns that getting ready is no simple task. But even if this lovable bear family misses out on their planned outing, the evening sky still holds a beautiful surprise.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
148 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
With the realm at peace and few dragons about, the Knights of the Round Table are bored, so Merlin sends them to face the most terrible lizards of all--dinosaurs.
Author
Series
Plum (Matt Phelan) volume 3
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
119 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Description
When raccoons invade the Athensville Zoo, it is up to Plum and his friends to save their beloved home.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
221 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
In 1783 France, ten-year-old Emilie works as Benjamin Franklin's caretaker, but after he finds himself in the middle of a sinister plot, he helps France's undercover guardians, a sheep, a roster and a duck save the world.
10) Druthers
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 25 cm
Description
Challenged to use her imagination on a boring, rainy day, little Penelope shares time with her daddy while envisioning herself at the zoo, as a cowgirl, flying to the moon, and sailing to an island filled with dinosaurs.
Author
Series
Plum (Matt Phelan) volume 1
Formats
Description
When a small mammal with an oversized ego tries to take over the zoo, just leave it to the big-hearted peacock Plum to save the day! From award-winning author Matt Phelan, the creator of Knights vs. Dinosaurs and its two sequels, Leave It to Plum! is a highly illustrated young middle grade novel perfect for reluctant readers and animal lovers everywhere.
Young Plum is one of the peacock ambassadors for the Athensville Zoo. Every day the peacocks...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
223 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
The year is 1908, and a troupe of vaudeville performers has arrived in sleepy Muskegon, Michigan to spend the summer. Young Henry Harrison is fascinated with the animals and performers, but mostly with a slapstick performer his own age named Buster Keaton, who is also a master prankster and loves to play baseball.
13) Snow White
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Description
The scene: New York City. The dazzling lights cast shadows that grow ever darker as the glitzy prosperity of the Roaring Twenties screeches to a halt. Enter a cast of familiar characters: a young girl, Samantha White, returning after being sent away by her cruel stepmother, the Queen of the Follies, years earlier; her father, the King of Wall Street, who survives the stock market crash only to suffer a strange and sudden death; seven street urchins,...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
201 p. : chiefly ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
Description
In Kansas in the year 1937, eleven-year-old Jack Clark faces his share of ordinary challenges: local bullies, his father's failed expectations, a little sister with an eye for trouble. But he also has to deal with the effects of the Dust Bowl, including rising tensions in his small town and the spread of a shadowy illness. Certainly a case of "dust dementia" would explain who (or what) Jack has glimpsed in the Talbot's abandoned barn--a sinister figure...
15) Around the world
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
235 p. : chiefly col. ill., col. maps ; 21 cm.
Description
"As the nineteenth century wound down, a public inspired by the novel Around the World in Eighty Days clamored for intrepid adventure. The challenge of circumnavigating the globe as no one ever had before, a feat assuring fame if not fortune, attracted the fearless in droves. Three hardy spirits stayed the course: In 1884, former miner Thomas Stevens made the journey on a bicycle, the kind with a big front wheel. In 1889, pioneer reporter Nellie Bly...
16) Very hairy bear
Author
Description
Recounts the experiences of a shaggy, "boulder-big" bear during each of the four seasons in the woods where he lives. On board pages.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Description
Xander Panda's plan to host a panda party falls through, since he is the only panda at the zoo, but when he extends the invitation to all of the bears, complications ensue. Includes author's note on the wonders of the animal kingdom and the international effort to save pandas from extinction.
Author
Series
Hard Pan trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
134 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Description
Fearing that her legal guardian plans to abandon her to return to France, ten-year-old aspiring scientist Lucky Trimble determines to run away while also continuing to seek the Higher Power that will bring stability to her life.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Description
When a big wind blows her annoying little brother away, Flora decides to save him despite the many tempting offers she gets for him from, among others, a cloud, an eagle, the man in the moon, and the wind itself.