Dandi Daley Mackall
Author
Language
English
Description
"Everyone knows that war romances never last . . . After a whirlwind romance and wedding, Helen Eberhart Daley, an army nurse, and Lieutenant Frank Daley, M.D., are sent to the front lines of Europe with only letters to connect them for months at a time. Surrounded by danger and desperately wounded patients, they soon find that only the war seems real--and their marriage more and more like a distant dream. If they make it through the war, will their...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Description
Thirteen-year-old Tree Taylor has two goals for the summer of '63:
1. Experience her first real kiss. A kiss delivered by a boy. A boy who is not related to her. A kiss worth writing about.
2. Become a famous writer. (Or, at least, write an investigative article that will land her the freshman spot on the Blue and Gold staff.)
So when a gunshot is fired right across the street, Tree knows this is the big...
1. Experience her first real kiss. A kiss delivered by a boy. A boy who is not related to her. A kiss worth writing about.
2. Become a famous writer. (Or, at least, write an investigative article that will land her the freshman spot on the Blue and Gold staff.)
So when a gunshot is fired right across the street, Tree knows this is the big...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tressa is worried that the robins nesting on her grandmother's window ledge will not survive a pre-Easter cold snap, but her grandmother urges her to trust that God is caring for them, as a robin once cared for His son, Jesus
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
During the Great Depression, Jack helps his mother make cookies for the needy at their church, learns the story of how the first Christmas cookies were used to spread the gospel to people who could not read, then finds a way to bring that story to life
5) First day
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The first day of school starts out filled with doubt, but after facing fear of the big kids, reciting the alphabet with ease, and learning about recess, a child can't help but look forward to day two
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Snuggle up with little ones this Christmas season and read about the origin of St. Nicholas, the story of a man who spent his life secretly helping the poor all over the world, giving gifts on Christmas Eve to remind people of the greatest gift of all, Jesus Christ.
This captivating picture book about thefaith-based origin of St. Nicholas is illustrated by?New York Times bestselling illustrator Richard Cowdrey and written
...Author
Publisher
Dutton Childrens Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Rhyming text reveals many sounds heard on the night of Jesus' birth, such as the flapping of Joseph's sandals as he walks into Bethlehem, the lowing of a cow in the stable, and the flutter of angels' wings as they proclaim the news
Author
Language
English
Description
In Homesick Horse, Winnie's Aunt Betty comes to stay, bringing her barn sour horse. Buck is too anxious to spend much time outside the barn, always running for home at the first chance. Winnie takes on the challenge of helping Buck acclimate to being outdoors. But Winnie herself is anxious about leaving home to go to Tamson's sleepover, while Aunt Betty misses her home in California. Winnie and Aunt Betty both learn that they are at home with Jesus,...
10) Just Jazz
Author
Series
Blog on volume 3
Language
English
Description
Being an artist means everything to Jazz Fletcher. And her work on the Website is stirring up rave reviews. But if she doesn't come up with a commercially successful masterpiece, her parents will make her drop her 'hobby' for a real job. Will her entry in an art contest be good enough to win-and prove her worth?
11) Tiny Baby Jesus
Author
Language
English
Description
Tiny feet of Jesus, kicking up a storm.
Angels circling round his bed keep him safe and warm.
Now those feet are bigger, walking on the sea, Leaving us his footstep, saying, "Come and follow me!"
Celebrate the gift of Jesus from head to tiny toes. Discover the wonder of hands that develop into those of a carpenter and swaddled shoulders that grow to carry the weight of all mankind. Share in the humble birth of tiny baby Jesus while remembering...
12) Love, Annie
Author
Series
Blog on volume 2
Language
English
Description
Annie Lind was born to be "Professor Love," her Website column for the lovelorn. She knows how to handle guys! When her dream date asks her out she just knows she's in love-and neglects her friends and commitments. Will she discover what real love is before it's too late?
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Now younger readers can saddle up and join Winnie and her family at the Willis Wyoming Ranch! Winnie is the star of the bestselling Winnie the Horse Gentler series that sold more than half a million copies and taught kids around the world about faith, kindness, and horse training. Winnie could ride horses before she could walk, but training them is another story. In this new series, eight-year-old Winnie learns the fine art of horse gentling from...
14) Dark Horse
Author
Series
Starlight animal rescue volume 4
Language
English
Description
Starlight tosses her head, and I know instantly by the tightening I feel in her back that something's wrong. . . . Nothing unusual I can make out. . . . Then I smell it. Smoke.Meet 18-year-old Hank. He's Catman's cousin and the all-American, popular, good guy at Starlight Animal Rescue. But a tragic fire has Hank questioning everything-including his ability to rescue anything, even himself. With a burned, wild horse and a lost cat at stake, Winnie...
15) Mad Dog
Author
Series
Starlight animal rescue volume 2
Language
English
Description
A new series by Dandi Daley Mackall, author of the best-selling Winnie the Horse Gentler series! If the world had any idea how mad I, Wesley "Mad Dog" Williams, am at it, the sun would be too scared to show its ugly face around here. Meet 14-year-old Wes Williams, aka Mad Dog. He's from Chicago and looking to return-just as soon as his mother gets out of rehab. In the meantime, he's stuck at Starlight Animal Rescue, where his only friend is his dog,...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Now younger readers can saddle up and join Winnie and her family at the Willis Wyoming Ranch! Winnie is the star of the bestselling Winnie the Horse Gentler series that sold more than half a million copies and taught kids around the world about faith, kindness, and horse training. Winnie could ride horses before she could walk, but training them is another story. In this new series, eight-year-old Winnie learns the fine art of horse gentling from...
17) One Small Donkey
Author
Language
English
Description
This heartwarming Christmas book from Dandi Daley Mackall shares the nativity story from the experience of a tiny donkey who shows that God has big plans for little ones when he carries Mary to Bethlehem where she gives birth to Jesus.
Though the donkey wasn't the biggest, fastest, or strongest of all the animals, he had an important job. In One Small Donkey, 4 to 8-year-olds will
• take part in the nativity story from a fresh perspective
• learn...
18) Unhappy Appy
Author
Series
Winnie the horse gentler volume 5
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Winnie Willis has a way with horses. Along with her dad and sister, Lizzy, Winnie is learning how to live without her mom-who was also a natural horse gentler. As Winnie teaches her horses about unconditional love and blind trust, God shows Winnie that he can be trusted as well. Readers will be hooked on the series' vivid characters, whose quirky personalities fill Winnie's life with friendship and adventure.In Unhappy Appy, Winnie...
19) Friendly Foal
Author
Series
Winnie the horse gentler volume 7
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Winnie Willis has a way with horses. Along with her dad and sister, Winnie is learning how to live without her mom, who was also a natural horse gentler. As Winnie teaches her horses about uncondi-tional love and trust, God shows Winnie that he can be trusted as well. Readers will be hooked on the series' vivid characters, whose quirky personalities fill Winnie's life with friendship and adventure.#7: Friendly Foal-A newborn filly...
Author
Series
Blog on volume 5
Language
English
Description
Gracie's always been good at handling everything herself, but pressures at school and personal disappointments prove almost more than she can bear in this fifth book in the Blog On series. Will she learn to share her burdens with God and with her friends before she cracks?