Matilda's Cat

Matilda's Cat
Author: Emily Gravett
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2014-03-18
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1442475285

This delightful picture book with Emily Gravett’s signature twist ending sweetly depicts the relationship between a child and her beloved pet. Matilda is desperate to figure out what her cat will enjoy. She tries everything she can think of: climbing trees, playing with wool, even tea parties and dress-up games, but as Matilda gets more and more creative in her entertainment attempts, her cat moves from unimpressed to terrified. Will Matilda ever figure out what her cat likes? In the style of Dogs and Monkey and Me, this young picture book from Emily Gravett is an insightful, fond, and funny look at the relationship between a little girl and her cat that’s sure to strike a chord with anyone who’s ever loved a pet.

Matilda's Humdinger

Matilda's Humdinger
Author: Lynn Downey
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2006
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

Although Matilda the cat is the worst waitress at Burt's Diner because her mind is usually somewhere else--dueling pirates, lassoing bad guys, or wrestling twisters with one hand tied behind her back--no one cares since she is also the best storyteller.

Matilda's Secret

Matilda's Secret
Author: Sandra Goldbacher
Publisher:
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2011
Genre: Historical fiction
ISBN: 9780956720009

Clementine Harper is 12 and learning to tap dance at Madame Pearl's Stage School in Finchley when war breaks out. As the air raids start to hit London, she and her two younger brothers, Ronnie and Ernie, are evacuated. Arriving in a tiny Devon village, they're sent to live with an eccentric widow who lives in a drafty mansion in the middle of wintry woods. Clementine is thrilled to meet another fi sh out of water - Giesele, a sophisticated Jewish girl, who has escaped from Nazi Germany and they become soul mates immediately. Giesele's parents are still in hiding in Berlin and her sister Klara has gone missing. If only they could help somehow. The girls are enlisted by the local Girl Guides who, they soon fi nd out, are training to do SO much more than bake cakes and tie knots. They're asked to help put on a Christmas show for the American soldiers at the military base nearby. But the show is a cover for a very secret mission, and the girls' lives are soon fi lled with mystery and adventure.

Bear & Hare Snow!

Bear & Hare Snow!
Author: Emily Gravett
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2015-11-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1481445146

Friends Bear and Hare go out and play in the snow.

The Twits

The Twits
Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2007-08-16
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1101653019

From the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG! Mr. and Mrs. Twit are the smelliest, nastiest, ugliest people in the world. They hate everything—except playing mean jokes on each other, catching innocent birds to put in their Bird Pies, and making their caged monkeys, the Muggle-Wumps, stand on their heads all day. But the Muggle-Wumps have had enough. They don't just want out, they want revenge.

Matilda

Matilda
Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2020-10-13
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0593203372

Now a musical on broadway and streaming on Netflix! Matilda is a sweet, exceptional young girl, but her parents think she's just a nuisance. She expects school to be different but there she has to face Miss Trunchbull, a menacing, kid-hating headmistress. When Matilda is attacked by the Trunchbull she suddenly discovers she has a remarkable power with which to fight back. It'll take a superhuman genius to give Miss Trunchbull what she deserves and Matilda may be just the one to do it! Here is Roald Dahl's original novel of a little girl with extraordinary powers. This much-loved story has recently been made into a wonderful new musical, adapted by Dennis Kelly with music and lyrics by Tim Minchin.

The Geranium on the Windowsill Just Died But Teacher You Went Right on

The Geranium on the Windowsill Just Died But Teacher You Went Right on
Author: Albert Cullum
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 1998
Genre:
ISBN: 9782843740190

A masterpiece that is not likely to be forgotten by its readers - a brilliant devastating child's eyes portrait of the ordinary day in the ordinary school. Bringing together 28 illus. and their individual styles. Albert Cullum uses his experience as a teacher to create a picture book that highlights the gulf between adult and child. Each illus. depicts a familiar scene from the classroom with the text echoing the child's thoughts. At times amusing, always evocative, this book is sure to remind every reader of his or her childhood. 5 yrs+

No One Likes a Fart

No One Likes a Fart
Author: Zoë Foster Blake
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 21
Release: 2020-01-14
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1524791903

Fart is desperate to make friends and have fun. But no one likes a fart -- not even a fart with a heart. With plenty of laughs and even more heart, this delightful picture book shows that even the smelliest among us can find a friend in this world. It's hard out there for a fart. Too smelly. Too embarassing. Too gross. Striking the perfect balance of gross-out humor, wit, and heart, this beautifully illustrated picture book delivers a message of accepting yourself and finding a friend who loves you just the way you are.

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize)

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize)
Author: Paul Zindel
Publisher: Graymalkin Media
Total Pages: 46
Release: 2012-10-01
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1935169696

Paul Zindel's compelling and inspirational Pulitzer Prize-winning play that was made into a motion picture directed by Paul Newman starring Joanne Woodward. The old, converted vegetable shop where Tillie lives is more like a madhouse than a home. Tillie's mother, Beatrice, is bitter and cruel, yet desperate for her daughters' love. Her sister, Ruth, suffers epileptic fits and sneaks cigarettes every chance she gets. In the midst of chaos, Tillie struggles to keep her focus and dreams alive. Tillie — keeper of rabbits, dreamer of atoms, true believer in life, hope, and the effect of gamma rays on man-in-the-moon marigolds.