Young Sam Gribley gets to the end of the block and keeps going--all the way to the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York. There he sets up house in a huge hollowed-out tree, with a falcon and a weasel for companions and his wits as his tool for survival. In a spellbinding, touching, funny account, Sam learns to live off the land, and grows up a little in the process. Blizzards, hunters, loneliness, and fear all battle to drive Sam back to city life. But his desire for freedom, independence, and adventure is stronger. No reader will be immune to the compulsion to go right out and start whittling fishhooks and befriending raccoons. Jean Craighead George, author of more than 80 children's books, including the Newbery Medal-winning Julie of the Wolves, created another prizewinner with My Side of the Mountain--a Newbery Honor Book, an ALA Notable Book, and a Hans Christian Andersen Award Honor Book. Astonishingly, she wrote its sequel, On the Far Side of the Mountain, 30 years later, and a decade after that penned the final book in the trilogy, Frightful's Mountain, told from the falcon's point of view. George has no doubt shaped generations of young readers with her outdoor adventures of the mind and spirit. (Ages 9 to 12) --Emilie Coulter

    All clues seem to point toward a secret message which could bring the boys' new friend Skeets Fenton into his proper inheritance, and unmask the villains as well!

    Mary Jane had been sheltered from white antagonisms, and is now suddenly thrust into a world of snobbery, prejudice and suspicion. At first she bitterly resents the role of ambassador, but slowly becomes less defensive and forms a sound relationship with her classmates based on genuine compatability. While the fictional aspects of the story are little more than adequate, the real value for the high school reader is the clear, undeviating challenge to prejudice, the expose of some of its evils in their active and virulent forms, and a removal of the issue from the academic to the recognizable level

    In response to this wonderful interest of girls in one of the noblest of all professions, it was decided to have Cherry herself share with her fans as many of the facts and techniques of nursing as girls can use without formal training.Here, in the warm and freindly manner familiar to all her readers, Cherry explains authentic methods of first aid that can save a life. She tells how you can make your own first-aid kit and how to use it. She explains, with the help of clear pictures, how you can make bandages and apply them, what to do in emergencies, how to avoid accidents and illnesses and how to treat hundreds of mior injuries and ailments.At some time or another illness comes to every family. The girl who has learned the professional techniques of caring for patients which Cherry clearly explains here can be a wonderful help to her family and share with the doctor that great sense of pride in usefulness that caring for others gives.And Cherry has not forgotten that most teen-agers serve at one time or another as baby sitters. With the information Cherry gives, you can feel confident to meet the many situations that may arise when you are alone with a young child.Many girls want to make a career in the exciting and rewarding field of nursing. For them, Cherry gives full information on how to become a nurse and what a nurse's life is like.

    A story of the rebuilding of lives as well as homes in bombed Tokyo, after World War II was over, told through the tale of small Tomi and the Tamaki family.

    After a big storm, Pat discovers a hidden inner chamber inside a local cave, where he finds the tomb of a Viking warrior, but when he returns the next day the Viking and his treasure have mysteriously disappeared.

    How she coped with the situation, became the custodian of an historic building, overcame the wariness of the villagers, participated in the Welsh national life, and found friendship and romance in the colorful, picturesque community, make for another fine teenage story.

    Here are poems which will become your favorites and will always be a part of you. Some are verses meant to delight you, as they delighted Louis Untermeyer when he was young (and delight him still). You will laugh at many of these poems and learn from others. Some will be exciting new experiences and others will give you new ways of seeing old familiar things. All are meant to be enjoyed. MORE POEMS in illustraed with drawings in color by Joan Walsh Anglund.