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Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books For Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Edgar and his mother move to Dawson, a town in Yukon, Canada, for a new start, but when Edgar fears his mother's destructive behavior will force them to leave, he turns to a dog named Benjamin to help him stop the worst from happening.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Duncan, eleven, is very smart--with the rare ability to speak Cat--but his mother has always insisted he appear only average, and when a perfect test score draws attention to him, he not only discovers the wisdom of his mother's rules, he finds himself crossing the seas on a quest for his true identity.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In this version of the classic story, Ma Sally of Charleston County, South Carolina, devises a contest for her son's admirers: cook up a dish of black-eyed peas that meets her exacting standards, and the winner can marry her son. Includes recipe for Princess' black-eyed peas.
Author
Publisher
Altea
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
Español
Description
When his mother and grandmother get phone calls, Caillou feels left out.
"Mamá ha estado al teléfono toda la mañana y Caillou se siente excluido. Luego, la abuela los invita a su casa y entonces ella recibe una llamada."--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Tilbury House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"When a downcast Sergio gets home from a terrible day at school, his mom shows him a simple way to measure how bad the day really was. Sergio is amazed to discover that his day was better than he thought, and his mom explains why things often seem much worse than they really are"--Jacket.
Author
Series
Max Leroy trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Max and his mom embark on a road trip as they adjust to their new understanding of family"--
Author
Publisher
Free Spirit Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Nine-year-old Jayden loves the outdoors, but his mother is nervous about him playing in their neighborhood. With the help of his neighbor Mr. Curtis, can Jayden help Mama see that nature and beauty are all around?"--
Author
Series
Marius Grey stories volume 1
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Marius Grey has a job as a Cemetery Boy, looking after the ghosts in his family's graveyard, but he also hunts monsters and, along with his flesh-eating mermaid friend, must race against the clock to save the ghost of his dead mother.
Marius Grey hunts Monsters. He's not supposed to. He's only twelve and his job as a Cemetery Boy is to look after the ghosts in his family's graveyard. He should be tending these ghosts and-of course-going...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Billy has spent his almost-sixteen years with four cardinal points--Mother, Christ, Bible, and Home-school--but when he sets off on a wild road trip to find the father he thought was dead, he learns much about himself and life.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Little John is proud of his mother's work as a stonecutter for a cathedral called "Big John," but struggles to understand the importance of spending so much time on one stone that no one will know Momma cut. Includes a history of New York City's Cathedral of St. John the Divine.
Author
Series
Here's Hank volume 9
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
While accompanying his mother at the deli, Hank suffers a series of embarrassing accidents that cause teachers visiting the deli to go hungry, a situation that compels him to express his appreciation for his teachers' hard work.
Author
Series
TombQuest volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-olds Alex and Renata are on the run from the Order, which is on the brink of creating an army of indestructible stone warriors to carry out their evil schemes, and only the Lost Spells which his mother used to bring Alex back to life can stop them--and undoing the powerful magic that created the chaos that is now loose in Egypt might very well kill him.
96) Hungry Jim
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When Jim wakes up one Tuesday morning, he doesn't feel like eating his pancakes. In fact, Jim doesn't feel like Jim. He feels rather, well, beastly. But he is hungry. Very hungry....This clever and relatable tale of moods from Laurel Snyder and Chuck Groenink offers a lighthearted depiction of the beastliness that lives inside all of us-and the power we have to put it in its place. --from Amazon.
Series
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Licenses, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Discover all of Chilli's mum skills from playing Grannies, dancing, and taking care of Bluey and Bingo. She even makes brushing their teeth and fur fun in this adorable and hilarious book. And, most importantly, Mum teaches them that the world is a magical place. This is the perfect book to celebrate Mom on Mother's Day, or any day!
Author
Series
Baseball card adventures volume 6
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
With his ability to travel through time using baseball cards and photographs, thirteen-year-old Joe and his mother go back to 1863 to ask Abner Doubleday whether he invented baseball, but instead find themselves in the middle of the Battle of Gettysburg.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Virgil Pepper is returning to Little Lost Lake in Oregon with his older brother and sister to scatter their mother's ashes in the place she loved best, but when their van breaks down in the middle nowhere, it is up to Virgil, who shared his mother's love of science and the wild, to remember and use all the lessons she taught him to survive a forest fire started by a lightning strike.
100) Bedtime for Bo
Author
Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
It is time for bed, but Bo is not ready to stop playing, so Mommy joins in the fun with imagination and love, while still guiding Bo through his nighttime routine.
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