Jackson Jones and Mission Greentop

Jackson Jones and Mission Greentop
Author: Mary Quattlebaum
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781417713028

For use in schools and libraries only. The community garden created in Jackson Jones And The Puddle Of Thorns is threatened by big city developers.

Jackson Jones and Mission Greentop

Jackson Jones and Mission Greentop
Author: Mary Quattlebaum
Publisher: Yearling
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2009-02-19
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0307533034

Basketball-loving Jackson Jones never wanted any part of Rooter’s, the community garden where his mother got him his very own plot for his 10th birthday. But he made the best of it, even planting a thorny rosebush. Now, after months of watering, weeding, and waiting, red roses have finally bloomed. So when Jackson learns that big city developers want to bulldoze Rooter’s, he can’t believe it. The garden means something to him, and he likes hanging out with the neighbors who tend their own plots. But what can Jackson do? With unasked-for help from well-meaning friends—and going to great lengths to avoid a fearsome bully who loves to taunt him—Jackson sets out to save Rooter’s. But coming up with a winning strategy isn’t so easy.

Jackson Jones and the Curse of the Outlaw Rose

Jackson Jones and the Curse of the Outlaw Rose
Author: Mary Quattlebaum
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2009-03-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0307496279

Jackson Jones can't get away from roses. First his mother got him a plot at Rooter's, a community garden, where Jackson planted a rosebush of thorns and no blooms. Now Mr. K., a fellow gardener, enlists Jackson's help to rustle up some hardier, prettier, sweeter-smelling old-time roses. The kind that grow in cemeteries! But no sooner do Jackson and his good friend, Reuben, take the rose cutting home than Reuben's gloom-and-doom talk of curses seems real. Broken bones. Poison ivy. Stinging bees. Jackson doesn't want to believe that anyone who comes in contact with the cemetery roses or cut twig suffers any of these consequences. But could it be that by taking the cutting, Jackson places his friends, Rooter's, and even himself--gulp!--under the curse of the outlaw rose?

Jackson Jones and the Puddle of Thorns

Jackson Jones and the Puddle of Thorns
Author: Mary Quattlebaum
Publisher: Yearling
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2009-07-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0307421473

Nothing but a big mess of trouble and weeds.. That's what Jackson Jones thinks of the garden plot his mother gives him for his tenth birthday. What happened to the basketball he's hoped and prayed for all year? When Jackson comes up with a moneymaking scheme for the garden, it doesn't seem so bad after all. He even cuts his friends in on the action. But before long, Jackson finds out that friends and business don't always mix. When the neighborhood bully calls him "Bouquet Jones," Jackson is ready to give up. Maybe gardens don't belong in cities after all.... Winner of the first annual Marguerite de Angeli Prize.

The Hungry Ghost of Rue Orleans

The Hungry Ghost of Rue Orleans
Author: Mary Quattlebaum
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2011
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0375862072

Fred the ghost is perfectly happy haunting his ramshackle New Orleans house until Pierre and his daughter Marie move in and turn the house into a restaurant.

Winter Friends

Winter Friends
Author: Mary Quattlebaum
Publisher: Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9780385746267

Celebrate the good times in winter through these delightful poems.

Girls Rule!

Girls Rule!
Author: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Publisher: Yearling
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2008-12-18
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0307528375

SUMMER IS AROUND the corner, and the rivalry between the Malloys and the Hatfords is heating up! The kids have two weeks to earn money for a fundraising contest sponsored by the local hospital. Those who collect $20 or more for the new children’s wing can choose to be in the annual Strawberry Festival Parade or get all the strawberry treats they can eat. There’s only one place Caroline Malloy—wants to be: smack dab in the middle of the glamourous Strawberry Queen’s float. But how will she earn the money in such a short time? Do the Hatford brothers have moneymaking secrets that they’re not telling the girls?

Goodbye, Vietnam

Goodbye, Vietnam
Author: Gloria Whelan
Publisher: Yearling
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2010-11-24
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0307770184

"When Mai's family discovers that Vietnam government soldiers will soon apprehend her father and grandmother, the family slips away in the night. They trudge through the swamps of the Mekong Delta toward the sea. The gut-wrenching trip to Hong Kong is just another step toward a new life, which the family eventually finds. Whelan's characters are distinctive, and her story is riveting, haunting, and memorable, reflecting the human virtues of determination, hope, love, and courage in the face of the most devastating of circumstances and injustices."--Booklist.

The Big Book of Children's Reading Lists

The Big Book of Children's Reading Lists
Author: Nancy J. Keane
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2006-04-30
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0897899881

Use these 100 handy reproducible book lists to instantly create hand-outs for teachers and parents (as well as for older readers), to add to your newsletter, or to post on your Web site or bulletin board. Based on the most common needs of educators and librarians who work with young readers, these lists focus on new titles, as well as classics that are still in print and readily available for purchase. Fiction and nonfiction titles for ages 5-14 are covered. Bibliographic information and a brief description are given for each title. A dozen bookmarks are also included. This is a great time-saving tool and a good source for finding extended reading lists and read-alikes! Looking for folktales from China for elementary children? An informational children's book for a middle school science class? A list of books on the topic of compassion? A sampling of ABC books? These lists and more can be found in Nancy Keane's treasury of great reading lists for children. This versatile guide provides reproducible book lists based on the most common needs of educators and librarians who work with young readers. There are lists for standard curriculum areas (e.g., math, social studies, science), other areas of study such as character education and values, genres (e.g., pop-up, memoirs, ABC books), themes (e.g., animals, food, sports), and read-alikes (on bookmarks). You'll find 100 reproducible lists of fiction and nonfiction books for ages 5-14 (elementary/middle) that you can use to create hand-outs for teachers and parents (as well as for older readers), put in your newsletter, or post on your Web site or bulletin board. Focus is on new titles and classics that are still in print and readily available for purchase. On each list, titles are grouped according to grade level. Room to customize with your library logo or clipart is provided on each reproducible sheet. Bibliographic information and a brief description are given for each title. A dozen bookmarks are also included. This is a great time-saving tool and a good source for finding extended reading lists and read-alikes! Grades K-8.