Akron Public Library

Description

A family befriends a stray dog, names him Willy, and decides to keep him.

2) The stray dog: from a true story by Reiko Sassa

Author

Pub. Date

2001.

Description

A family befriends a stray dog, names him Willy, and decides to keep him.

3) A tree is nice

Author

Udry, Janice May

Series

Lakeshore theme packet

Appears on list

Caldecott

Description

Briefly describes the value of a tree.

4) El perro vagabundo

Author

Pub. Date

[2003]

Description

A family befriends a stray dog, names him Willy, and decides to keep him.

5) Nate the Great and the phony clue

Author

Series

Nate the Great volume 4
A Break of Day book

Description

When he finds a torn piece of paper with only part of a word on it, boy detective Nate sets out to find the missing pieces.

6) Nate the Great and the fishy prize

Author

Series

Nate the Great volume 8
A Break-of-day book

Description

Though it means Nate can't get his dog ready for the smartest pet contest, he agrees to search for the missing prize for the contest.

7) Nate the Great

Author

Series

Nate the Great volume 1
A Break-of-day book

Formats

Book, Playaway

Description

Nate the Great, a junior detective, is determined to solve the mystery of the missing picture of his friend.

8) Nate the Great stalks stupidweed

Author

Series

Nate the Great volume 9
A Break-of-day book

Description

Nate the Great searches for a missing weed after it disappears from a pot on Oliver's porch.

9) Nate the Great and the Boring Beach Bag

Author

"What's in the Bag?" - Storytime Online

Series

Nate the Great volume 10

Appears on list

Description

Nate the Great finds mystery at the beach when Oliver's beach bag vanishes.

10) Many moons

Author

Thurber, James

Series

HBJ contemporary classic

Appears on list

Caldecott

Description

Though many try, only the court jester is able to fulfill Princess Lenore's wish for the moon.

11) Nate the Great goes undercover

Author

Series

Nate the Great volume 2
A Yearling book
Break-of-day book

Description

Nate the Great takes on his first night case and tries to solve the mystery of the garbage snatcher.

12) Nate the Great and the Halloween hunt

Author

Series

Nate the Great volume 12
Young Yearling book
A Break-of-day book

Description

Book, Realia - Game, Kit, etc.

Nate and his dog Sludge try to solve a case on Halloween night and find themselves locked in a haunted house.

13) No more monsters for me!

Author

Parish, Peggy

Series

I can read book

Formats

Description

Minneapolis Simpkin is not allowed to have a pet, so she finds the most unusual replacement.

14) Nate the Great and the mushy valentine

Author

Series

Nate the Great volume 16

Description

Nate the Great investigates two cases that may be connected, involving a missing valentine and a valentine that came from nowhere.

15) Nate the Great and the crunchy Christmas

Author

Series

Nate the Great volume 18

Description

Even a deep snow the week before Christmas can't keep Nate the Great and his dog Sludge from finding the special card sent to Annie's dog Fang by his mother.

16) The Goose That Almost Got Cooked

Author

Pub. Date

1997

Description