When Jessie Came Across the Sea

When Jessie Came Across the Sea
Author: Amy Hest
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2003-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780763612740

A thirteen-year-old Jewish orphan reluctantly leaves her grandmother and immigrates to New York City, where she works for three years sewing lace and earning money to bring Grandmother to the United States, too. Reprint.

The Boy Who Fell Off the Mayflower, or John Howland's Good Fortune

The Boy Who Fell Off the Mayflower, or John Howland's Good Fortune
Author: P.J. Lynch
Publisher: Candlewick
Total Pages: 65
Release: 2015-09-22
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0763665843

In the first book he has both written and illustrated, master artist P.J. Lynch brings a Mayflower voyager’s story to vivid life. At a young age, John Howland learned what it meant to take advantage of an opportunity. Leaving the docks of London on the Mayflower as an indentured servant to Pilgrim John Carver, John Howland little knew that he was embarking on the adventure of a lifetime. By his great good fortune, John survived falling overboard on the crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, and he earned his keep ashore by helping to scout a safe harbor and landing site for his bedraggled and ill shipmates. Would his luck continue to hold amid the dangers and adversity of the Pilgrims’ lives in New England? John Howland’s tale is masterfully told in his own voice, bringing an immediacy and young perspective to the oft-told Pilgrims’ story. P.J. Lynch captures this pivotal moment in American history in precise and exquisite detail, from the light on the froth of a breaking wave to the questioning voice of a teen in a new world.

Kiss Good Night

Kiss Good Night
Author: Amy Hest
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2018-01-23
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1536202134

"An enchanting little story, with homey illustrations that add to its appeal." — School Library Journal(starred review) Features an audio read-along! Outside, the wind blows and the rain comes down. Inside, it is Sam’s bedtime. Mrs. Bear reads him a story, tucks him in, and brings him warm milk. "Are you ready now, Sam?" she asks. "I’m waiting," he says. What else does Sam need before going to sleep? Could Mrs. Bear have forgotten a kiss?

The Haunted Lake

The Haunted Lake
Author: P. J. Lynch
Publisher: Candlewick
Total Pages: 49
Release: 2020-09-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1536200131

In famed author-illustrator P.J. Lynch’s gorgeous tale, he creates two worlds—underwater and above—to tell an epic and haunting love story. Jacob and his father are the only people who fish Lake Spetzia, which was formed when the river was dammed and their town was flooded. The villagers say the lake is haunted, but Jacob and his father don’t want to leave, because Jacob’s mother is buried in the cemetery below the water. As Jacob grows up, a village girl named Ellen falls in love with him, and he with her. But before they are married, Jacob disappears—lured underwater by the ghosts who inhabit the sunken village. Years go by, with Jacob held captive by the watery spirits and Ellen never giving up hope that she will find him, until a fateful night when Jacob sees the light of Ellen’s boat floating above. Can he break free and reach the surface? Masterful illustrations alive with achingly expressive characters and eerie underwater light bring readers into acclaimed creator P.J. Lynch’s rich world of love, loss, and hope.

Journey to Ellis Island

Journey to Ellis Island
Author: Carol Bierman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010-08
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781897330548

This dramatic true story--told by the daughter of Russian immigrant Jehuda Weinstein--reveals the joys, fears, and eventual triumph of a family who realizes its dream. Full color.

An Ellis Island Christmas

An Ellis Island Christmas
Author: Maxinne Rhea Leighton
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 19
Release: 2018-10-16
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0593114728

A moving story about one family's daring journey from Poland to America and their hope for a better future in their new home. Krysia does not want to leave her home and her friend, Michi, but there are soldiers with guns on the streets and her mother says that they must go. Krysia, her two brothers, and her mother pack their favorite belongings and begin the long, harrowing journey to America. Krysia is scared but she finds courage when she thinks of her father waiting for her in America with the promise of a better tomorrow. Inspired by Maxinne Rhea Leighton's father's journey from Poland to America, this is a powerful reminder of the beacon of hope and opportunity that Ellis Island symbolized and the importance of family at Christmastime.

Melisande

Melisande
Author: Edith Nesbit
Publisher:
Total Pages: 37
Release: 1991-01
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9780744514858

From the moment the Bad Fairy Malevola utters a curse that makes Princess Melisande bald, hair - either too little or too much - becomes the bane of the poor girl's existence. Only Prince Florizel, it seems, can untangle her fate.

A Boy Named FDR

A Boy Named FDR
Author: Kathleen Krull
Publisher: Dragonfly Books
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2016-01-12
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1101932511

Franklin D. Roosevelt was born into one of the wealthiest families in America, yet this ultimate rich kid grew up to do more for ordinary Americans than any other president. This appealing picture book biography shows how, from childhood on, FDR was compassionate, cheerful, determined, and enormously likable. Though he had private tutors as a young boy and later attended an elite boys' school, he played pranks and had down-to-earth fun just like any boy today. Kathleen Krull's animated picture book biography focuses on FDR's childhood years through his entry as a young man into politics and his battle with polio. A summary of his achievements as president and a chronology of his life are included. The well-researched text and the evocative illustrations by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher provide an inspiring introduction to one of our greatest presidents.

The Dog Who Lost His Bark

The Dog Who Lost His Bark
Author: Eoin Colfer
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 141
Release: 2019-09-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1536204730

A warm, uplifting story about a boy, his dog, and the healing power of music marks a first-time collaboration between two former Irish Children’s Laureates, Eoin Colfer and P.J. Lynch. Patrick has been desperate for a dog of his own for as long as he can remember, and this summer, with his father away, he longs for a canine friend more than ever. Meanwhile, in his short doggy life, Oz has suffered at the hands of bad people. Somewhere out there, he believes, is an awesome boy — his boy. And maybe, when they find each other, Oz will learn to bark again. Illustrated in light charcoal by two-time Kate Greenaway Medalist P.J. Lynch, this heartwarming story by Eoin Colfer, internationally best-selling author of the Artemis Fowl series, is certain to enchant.

Coming to America

Coming to America
Author: Betsy Maestro
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 60
Release: 1996
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780590441513

Explores the evolving history of immigration to the United States, a long saga about people coming first in search of food and then, later in a quest for religious and political freedom, safety, and prosperity.