Best of
Juvenile

1977

Disney's Winnie the Pooh


Walt Disney Company - 1977
    A brightly illustrated treasury of poems and nursery rhymes, presented by Pooh and his pals from the Hundred Acre Wood, Disney Winnie the Pooh música en casa lets children hum along to the adventures of Tigger, Eeyore, Piglet, and the silly old bear himself. Each disk includes a tune from a Pooh movie as well as favorite nursery songs. The back cover provides handy storage for the disks and music player.

This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall!


Gordon Korman - 1977
    So the Headmaster, aka "The Fish" decides it would be best to separate them. Bruno must now room with ghoulish Elmer Dimsdale, plus his plants, goldfish, and ants. And Boots is stuck with nerdy, preppy, paranoid George Wexford-Smyth III.Of course, this means war. Because Bruno and Boots are determined to get their old room back, no matter what it takes. And the skunk is only the beginning....

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes


Eleanor Coerr - 1977
    And then the dizzy spells start. Soon gravely ill with leukemia, the "atom bomb disease," Sadako faces her future with spirit and bravery. Recalling a Japanese legend, Sadako sets to work folding paper cranes. For the legend holds that if a sick person folds one thousand cranes, the gods will grant her wish and make her healthy again. Based on a true story, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes celebrates the extraordinary courage that made one young woman a heroine in Japan.

The Tailypo


Joanna C. Galdone - 1977
    Kids and adults will delight in this bone-chilling, classic tale.  In this spooky, horror-filled picture book, a strange varmint haunts the woodsman who lopped off his tail and had it for dinner.

Snoozers: 7 Short Short Bedtime Stories for Lively Little Kids


Sandra Boynton - 1977
    Guided by the colorful picture tabs, children can find whichever story they want to hear. And the next one. And then this one. Okay, now this one. And now this one. Ooo, and this. Oh, please, just ONEmore?

Doodlebug


Irene Brady - 1977
    A young girl finds that the injured, disheveled pony she buys out of pity at an auction is really the black stallion of her dreams.

A Very Young Rider


Jill Krementz - 1977
    A ten-year-old girl relates her experiences as she and her pony train and prepare for riding competitions.

Who's in Rabbit's House?: A Masai Tale


Verna Aardema - 1977
    Then, as the play begins, the perspective shifts and reader becomes the real audience to this unique performance.

Dracula


Ian Thorne - 1977
    Also presents a synopsis of the 1931 film starring Bela Lugosi.

Self-Protection Guidebook for Girls and Women (Fred Neff's Self-Defense Library)


Fred Neff - 1977
    This book focuses on the growing need for self-protection by modern women, answers common questions on self-protection, points ways to avoid potentially dangerous situations and shows how to deal with an attack when it cannot be avoided. Techniques used in the course are drawn from a variety of sources including ju-jutsu, judo, karate, kempo, kung-fu, ninjutsu and western self-protection techniques. The course describes a variety of common attack situations and offers practical self-defense techniques that are effective in each situation. Readers will learn combinations of fighting techniques that include blocks, punches and kicks that are useful defenses against a variety of attacks. The book teaches ways of escaping from and defending against common attacks whether occurring at home, in a public place, or on the street.

The Hundredth Dove and Other Tales


Jane Yolen - 1977
    

Viking Raiders


Anne Civardi - 1977
    Lively text and cartoon-style artwork bring the characters to life and show what it was really like to live in these harsh times. A brand new edition of the original and informative Usborne Time Traveller series.

A Furl of Fairy Wind: Four Stories


Mollie Hunter - 1977
    Four tales in which people encounter fairies and brownies for the first time.

The Secret in Miranda's Closet


Sheila Greenwald - 1977
    Miranda finds Dinah, an antique doll, and hides the doll in her closet. The special world Miranda creates for Dinah changes her entire life and makes her more self-assured. Revealing the secret of the doll may help her mother out of big trouble!

The Day of the Diprotodon


Olaf Ruhen - 1977
    

Harriet and the Runaway Book: The Story of Harriet Beecher Stowe and Uncle Tom's Cabin


Johanna Johnson - 1977
    A biography of the woman who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, stressing the experiences and impressions which caused her to write the famous book denouncing slavery.

The Snopp on the Sidewalk


Jack Prelutsky - 1977
    "Marvelously funny poems guaranteed to tickle a giggle out of readers....Barton's lovable toothsome beasties are exactly right."--School Library Journal.

Olga Makes a Friend


Michael Bond - 1977
    

Ivan and the Star of David


Myrna Grant - 1977
    Ivan and his family use all their ingenuity and courage to help a Jewish girl leave Russia.

Dean's A Book of Fairy Tales


Janet Grahame-Johnstone - 1977
    

The First Civilizations


Anne Millard - 1977
    A brilliant overview of world history from prehistoric times to the early 20th century

Scrub Fire


Anne De Roo - 1977
    Fourteen-year-old Michelle and her younger brothers, separated from their aunt and uncle during a scrub fire on a camping trip in New Zealand, must use all their resources to find their way back to civilization.

Whistle for the Crossing


Marguerite de Angeli - 1977
    A young boy travels with his father, a railroad engineer, on the first train between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

The Witch's Pig: A Cornish Folktale


Mary Calhoun - 1977
    An adaptation of a Cornish folktale that tells of the misfortunes that befall a man who tries to outwit a woman thought to be a witch.

Mister Peale's Mammoth


Samuel Epstein - 1977
    Illustrated by Martim Avillez.

The Wind Thief


Judi Barrett - 1977
    The wind wants his own special hat, so he arranges it with a puff.