Margeaux Lucas

Dinosaurs dance out of the book that a boy is reading and head for mischief.

A boy with an amazing sense of smell becomes the "Family Nose" when his parents and siblings all come down with colds and cannot smell disgusting and dangerous odors around the house. Includes facts and activities related to the sense of smell.

Polly misses her father, a soldier fighting in France during World War I, and at home everything is rationed; Polly wants to do her part to help, so she and her friends organize a parade to collect peach pits which are used in the manufacture of gas masks.

The dancing dinosaurs come out of their book and have fun cavorting on the beach.

Illustrations and short rhymes for each letter of the alphabet introduce customs of Passover as a family shares their Seder and recalls the history of the rites.

Introduces the life and career of actress Betty White, from her girlhood in California and her service driving a truck during World War II to her live appearances in the early years of television, her roles on games shows and situation comedies, and her interest in animal welfare.

"This true story of the first woman ever ordained as a rabbi -- in Germany in 1935 -- will inspire children to pursue their dreams and to persist in the face of challenges. Written by Rabbi Sandy Sasso, the first Reconstructionist woman rabbi in the United States, the book also features an Afterword with historical context about the Nazi Germany setting and about the female ordinations in the various Jewish movements."--Provided by publisher.

A girl travels on a train with her father to go visit her grandmother.

In the Lower East Side of Manhattan during the early 1900s, third-grader Rachel's mother boldly starts her own dressmaking business and Rachel discovers the perfect way to set herself apart from tagalong little sister Hannah on Rosh Hashanah.