Catalog Search Results
1) New in town
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The people of Puddletrunk are accustomed to their bridge collapsing and being rebuilt by Mortimer Gulch--when they provide funds and labor--but a newcomer to town may have a better idea.
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Formats
Description
Loosely adapted from The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Ruby and her brothers want to cross a bridge to pick blueberries, but it is guarded by the bully Santiago--the boys manage to trick him, but clever Ruby takes a different tack, builds her own bridge, and turns Santiago into an ally and friend
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
When Charlie visits his hardworking grandparents in the summer, he's often left to himself. One day he goes out to play by the stream with a tin can for tadpoles, a special weed-whacking stick, and stones to drop from the iron bridge. He notices that when he strikes the bridge with a big stone, it rings with a bong like a church bell and echoes into the valley. And sometimes a faint, very distant, different-sounding bong comes back.
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Graphic Novels ALSC 2022 (K-2)
Hispanic Heritage Month - Children
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996
Hispanic Heritage Month - Children
Pura Belpré Award Winner & Honor Books - Present to 1996
Formats
Description
Little Lobo and Bernabé are bringing supplies to the big celebration in the country across the bridge -- but everyone else seems to be going, too! During the long delay, they see all kinds of people on the bridge for different reasons and speaking different languages, but when someone has a grumpy moment, they all come together to make the wait as good as can be.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Territorial Marshals Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch are back in Appaloosa, where their work enforcing the law has been exceptionally quiet. All that is about to change. An ominous storm rolls in, and along with it a band of night riders with a devious scheme, who show up at the Rio Blanco camp, where a three-hundred-foot bridge is under construction. Appaloosa's sheriff Sledge Driskill and his deputies are the first to respond, but as the storm grows...
Author
Series
Lemonade war series volume 6
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"Evan and Jessie Treski have waged a lemonade war, sought justice in a class trial, unmasked a bell thief, and created a professional magic show. Yet for all their skills and talents, both find themselves being singled out this summer for reasons beyond their control. Natural-born leader Evan, who is always good at making new friends , discovers he is at the mercy of a bully on the summer school playground, and is pressured to act in a way he never...
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request