Breakout at the Bug Lab

Breakout at the Bug Lab
Author: Ruth Horowitz
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 49
Release: 2002-11-11
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0142302007

Max, a Madagascar cockroach, is as big as a bite-sized candy bar and hisses like a snake when he is mad. Leo and his brother are fascinated. Out of all of the bugs in their mother's bug lab, Max is definitely the best. But now, Max is on the loose in the lab! To make matters worse, there's a party there today. Leo and his brother have to find Max before he makes people scream-or worse. "A book in which everything is just right." (School Library Journal)

Breakout

Breakout
Author: Kate Messner
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 474
Release: 2018-06-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1681195372

Told in letters, poems, text messages, news stories, and comics--a series of documents Nora collects for the Wolf Creek Community Time Capsule Project--Breakout is a thrilling story that will leave readers thinking about who's really welcome in the places we call home. Nora Tucker is looking forward to summer vacation in Wolf Creek--two months of swimming, popsicles, and brushing up on her journalism skills for the school paper. But when two inmates break out of the town's maximum security prison, everything changes. Doors are locked, helicopters fly over the woods, and police patrol the school grounds. Everyone is on edge, and fear brings out the worst in some people Nora has known her whole life. Even if the inmates are caught, she worries that home might never feel the same. A Mighty Girl Best Book of the Year

Crab Moon

Crab Moon
Author: Ruth Horowitz
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 31
Release: 2024-09-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1536245348

Like a perfect day at the beach, Crab Moon leaves an indelible memory of a special adventure, and a quiet message about doing our part to preserve earth's oldest creatures. One June night, under the full moon, Daniel’s mother wakes him up to see the extraordinary sight of horseshoe crabs spawning on the beach, just as they have every spring for an awesome 350 million years. But when Daniel returns in the morning, he finds only one lonely crab, marooned upside down in the sand. Can he possibly save it? Like a perfect day at the beach, Crab Moon leaves an indelible memory of a special adventure between parent and child, and a quiet message about doing our part to preserve even earth’s oldest creatures. Back matter includes a note about horseshoe crabs.

Saving Eli's Library

Saving Eli's Library
Author: Ruth Horowitz
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2020-10-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0807519723

There once was a town that saved its library. Eli loves going to the library for Story Circle, but, one stormy day, the nearby river threatens to flood it. Eli and his dad must brave the storm to help save the books, and, when the storm is over, the whole town must come together to rebuild the library. Inspired by the residents of Lincoln, Vermont, who rebuilt their library on three separate occasions, Saving Eli's Library showcases one community’s bigheartedness, and the power of water and nature.

Maybelle in the Soup

Maybelle in the Soup
Author: Katie Speck
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages: 67
Release: 2016-03-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 125011456X

Maybelle is a lovely, plump cockroach. She lives in her own cozy little home under the refrigerator of Mr. and Mrs. Peabody. Maybelle knows it's best to stay hidden away, but she simply adores food. Just once she would love to taste something yummy before it hits the floor! When the Peabodys invite a Very Important Guest for dinner, Maybelle can't resist. She takes a teeny taste—and splashes into the biggest adventure of her life!

Shampoodle

Shampoodle
Author: Joan Holub
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2011-05-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0307771539

It's picture day at the dog park. But before the first photo can be taken, an exuberant pack of pups needs a bit of grooming. So they’re off to Shampoodle, the local pet salon, where the eager dogs simply cannot sit still. And when some curious cats stop by, things go from messy to mayhem. Shampoodle is perfect for animal lovers and children who are just starting to read on their own, taking their cues from lively art and bubbly, rhymed text. Step 2 Readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories. For children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help.

Pajama Party

Pajama Party
Author: Joan Holub
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2012-04-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1101646306

Everyone is excited to stay up all night at the pajama party. But after pizza, movies, dancing, and ghost stories, it's hard to stay awake!

Are We Still Friends?

Are We Still Friends?
Author: Ruth Horowitz
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2017-02-28
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545646006

Beatrice and Abel are the finest of friends. Beatrice raises bees. Abel grows apples. In summer, they gather sticky, sweet honey together, and in fall, they harvest ripe, red fruit. They make a perfect pair in every season, and so do the bees and the trees.Until one spring morning, Abel startles a bee--ZING!--and gets stung. "WHEE HEE HEE!" he cries. But Beatrice hears only the silly sounds and laughs. OUCH! Is their friendship strong and steady enough to weather the stinging words and messy quarrel that stem from misunderstanding?Friendship and nature form the perfect pair in this warm and winsome celebration of teamwork, ecology, and the art of saying "I'm sorry."

Runaway Signs

Runaway Signs
Author: Joan Holub
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2020-06-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0399172254

When the road signs take a vacation, chaos and hilarity ensue--and they quickly learn how important they are. School is ending for the summer, and the stick figures on the school crossing sign are jealous of all the vacation plans they hear the students making. The stick figures work hard--maybe they deserve a vacation, too! So they abandon their signpost and set off on an adventure, inviting along all the other underappreciated road signs they meet on the way. It's all fun and games for a while, especially when they stumble upon a fantastic amusement park. But the people they've left behind are feeling their absence, and soon there are traffic tangles and lost pedestrians everywhere. The signs are more important than they realized, and now it's time for them to save the day!

Mommy's Lap

Mommy's Lap
Author: Ruth Horowitz
Publisher: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books
Total Pages: 32
Release: 1993
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN:

To Sophie's distress, her quiet times on Mommy's lap are disrupted by the new baby growing inside Mommy, but once the baby arrives there is room for Sophie on Mommy's lap again.