age ~66
from Port Royal, VA
Having a pen pal is excitingOne September evening, Gregory ties an index card with his name and address on it to the string of a silver helium balloon and lets it go from his window, into the city sky. Three weeks later, an envelope arrives in the mail. A farmer named Pete has found his balloon! Gre...
Author
Susan Bonners
Binding
Paperback
Pages
80
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN #
0374466475
EAN Code
9780374466473
ISBN #
1
A successful letter-writing campaign, with just a touch of deception.When Edwina's great-grandaunt and namesake decides to move to a nursing home, Edwina is recruited by her mom to help clean out her aunt's attic. There she discovers a cache of letters from Aunt Edwina, who had been an activist, to ...
Author
Susan Bonners
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
144
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN #
0374319685
EAN Code
9780374319687
ISBN #
10
Adjusting to the new neighborhood thanks to the sound of musicIt's hard enough moving to a new place, and for Annie there are plenty of extra burdens. Her mother seems sad and worried all the time, having a baby brother makes getting settled in even harder, a box of her prized horse figurines has be...
Author
Susan Bonners
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
96
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN #
8
An old secret is revealed and an unusual friendship forged. Jerry has an easy time coming up with a topic for an oral report on local history -- his subject will be his favorite cousin, Charles. Jerry remembered hearing a story many years ago: Charles used his rock-climbing skills to rescue a five-y...
Author
Susan Bonners
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
160
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN #
0374300186
EAN Code
9780374300180
ISBN #
6
Why do cats rub up against furniture? Why do they like to hide in bags? What makes them purr? These are just some of the questions answered in this fascinating and informative picture book on feline behavior. Through the inventive narrative, young readers examine the instincts of the common house ca...
Author
Susan Bonners
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
32
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
ISBN #
0805043772
EAN Code
9780805043778
ISBN #
5
Gregory, a shy fourth grader who lives in the city, begins a pen-pal frienship when he sends off a message attached to a balloon. Clarence “Pete” Mayfield, a farmer, finds the balloon and responds with a letter and an unidentified gift. Gregory figures out what it is and writes a letter back to Pete...
Author
Susan Bonners
Binding
Paperback
Pages
72
Publisher
Ediciones Castillo
ISBN #
9702009723
EAN Code
9789702009726
ISBN #
4
An introduction to the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of the Adelie penguins of Antarctica.
Author
Susan Bonners
Binding
Paperback
Publisher
Yearling
ISBN #
0440401518
EAN Code
9780440401513
ISBN #
9
A yawn is passed from a baby to an enormous number of people, one by one, until it comes back to the baby.
Author
Susan Bonners
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
32
Publisher
Lothrop Lee & Shepard
ISBN #
0688077110
EAN Code
9780688077112
ISBN #
7