Kate DiCamillo

Children's Book, eAudiobook, eBook

Series

Mercy Watson volume 1

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After Mercy the pig snuggles to sleep with the Watsons, all three awaken with the bed teetering on the edge of a big hole in the floor.

2) The tale of Despereaux: being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread

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Book Club Kit, Children's Book, eBook

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The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin.

3) The magician's elephant

Author

Candlewick on BrillianceAudio

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Children's Audiobook, Children's Book, eBook

Description

When ten-year-old orphan Peter Augustus Duchene encounters a fortune teller in the marketplace one day and she tells him that his sister, who is presumed dead, is in fact alive, he embarks on a remarkable series of adventures as he desperately tries to find her.

4) Mercy Watson thinks like a pig

Author

Children's Book, eAudiobook, eBook

Series

Mercy Watson volume 5

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Description

After Mercy Watson follows the delightful scent and delicious taste of the pansies her thoughtful neighbors plant to beautify their yard, Animal Control Officer Francine Poulet is called out to handle the case, which brings unexpected results.

5) Raymie Nightingale

Author

Children's Audiobook, Children's Book, eBook

Series

Three rancheros volume 1

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Description

After her father leaves home with a dental hygienist, Raymie is determined to win the Little Miss Central Florida Tire competition in the hopes that her father will see her picture in the paper and (maybe) come home.

6) Because of Winn-Dixie

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Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie.

7) Flora & Ulysses: the illumated adventures

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8) Mercy Watson goes for a ride

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Series

Mercy Watson volume 2

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Mr. Watson's usual Saturday drive in his Cadillac with his favorite pig, Mercy, turns into an adventure when an unexpected passenger shows up in the back seat and Mercy finds herself behind the wheel.

9) Mercy Watson fights crime

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Series

Mercy Watson volume 3

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Description

Mercy the pig's love of buttered toast leads to the capture of a small thief who would rather be a cowboy.

10) Mercy Watson, princess in disguise

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Series

Mercy Watson volume 6

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Description

Persuaded by the word "treating" to dress up as a princess for Halloween, Mercy the pig's trick-or-treat outing has some very unexpected results.

11) Ferris

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NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover

Appears on list

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"It's the summer before fifth grade, and for Ferris Wilkey, it is a summer of sheer pandemonium: Her little sister, Pinky, has vowed to become an outlaw. Uncle Ted has left Aunt Shirley and, to Ferris's mother's chagrin, is holed up in the Wilkey basement to paint a history of the world. And Charisse, Ferris's grandmother, has started seeing a ghost at the threshold of her room, which seems like an alarming omen given that she is also feeling unwell....

12) The puppets of Spelhorst

Author

Series

Norendy tales volume 1
A Norendy tale volume 1

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"Shut up in a trunk by a taciturn old sea captain with a secret, five friends--a king, a wolf, a girl, a boy, and an owl--bicker, boast, and comfort one another in the dark. Individually, they dream of song and light, freedom and flight, purpose and glory, but they all agree they are part of a larger story, bound each to each by chance, bonded by the heart's mysteries. When at last their shared fate arrives, landing them on a mantel in a blue room...

13) Beverly, right here

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Series

Three rancheros volume 3

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Revisiting once again the world of Raymie Nightingale, two-time Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo turns her focus to the tough-talking, inescapably tenderhearted Beverly.
Beverly put her foot down on the gas. They went faster still.
This was what Beverly wanted — what she always wanted. To get away. To get away as fast as she could. To stay away.
Beverly Tapinski has run away from home plenty of times, but

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14) Francine Poulet meets the ghost raccoon

Author

Series

Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 2

15) Leroy Ninker saddles up

Author

Series

Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 1

16) Something wonky this way comes

Author

Series

Mercy Watson volume 6

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Description

Mr. and Mrs. Waterso and the pig Mercy are off to the drive-in, unfortunately so are a gaggle of familiar characters, which leads to movies, mayhem, and Mercy!

17) Louisiana's way home

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Series

Three rancheros volume 2

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Description

From two-time Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo comes a story of discovering who you are — and deciding who you want to be.
When Louisiana Elefante's granny wakes her up in the middle of the night to tell her that the day of reckoning has arrived and they have to leave home immediately, Louisiana isn't overly worried. After all, Granny has many middle-of-the-night ideas. But this time, things are different. This time, Granny intends

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18) Les aventures de Flora et Ulysse

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19) The Beatryce prophecy

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Children's Book, eAudiobook

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When a mysterious child appears at the monastery of the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing, Brother Edik nurses her back to health, but when he uncovers her dangerous secret, she is sent away into the world with a goat and a boy.

20) Good Rosie!

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Children's Audiobook, Children's Book

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