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Jerdine Nolen
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What Can You Do With a Statue?
(1991) with Sally Schaedler, Illustrator
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Harvey Potter's Balloon Farm (1994) with Mark Buehner, Illustrator
Harvey Potter was a very strange fellow indeed. He was a farmer, but he
didn't farm like my daddy did. He farmed a genuine, U.S. Government
Inspected Balloon Farm.
So begins this enchanting original tall tale. Set in the
rural south and populated with a truly unforgettable cast of
characters—including, if you look very carefully, a rabbit, a
Tyrannosaurus rex, a cat, a chicken, a cow, and a pig hidden in each
remarkable
illustration — this is a book that is filled with
wonderful impossibilities and magical imagination. Told in the great
tradition of summer nights and front porch yarns, Harvey Potter's Balloon
Farm will lift your spirit right off the ground, just as it does Harvey
Potter. Ages 4 - 8
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Julia's List (1997)
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Raising Dragons (1998) with Elise Primavera
It just goes to show you how an innocent Sunday-before-supper walk can
lead to just about anything. Who could have known that it would lead to a
pulsing egg, a baby dragon, and the best friend a girl could ever wish
for. Raised with love and care day by day, the dragon grows big, bigger,
and still bigger until...
Jerdine Nolen has created a raucous adventure about
forever love, loyalty, and the joys of the unexpected. And Elise
Primavera's whimsical pastels render a world where dream and reality meet
with heart and wild imagination. There's every chance that after reading
Raising Dragons, you'll want to go searching for a dragon's egg of your
very own! You never know. Ages 4 - 8
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In My Momma's Kitchen (1999) with Colin Bootman, Illustrator
From the Saturdays when the aunts gather to make the biggest pot of soup
in town to gathering round Gran Lee's stove on a cold winter after- noon,
all kinds of fun and warm memories are cooked up in Momma's kitchen.
Award-winning author Jerdine Nolen invites young readers to share in the
joy of this most heartwarming of places.
With glowing illustrations by Colin Bootman, In My Momma's
Kitchen is a joyous celebration of African American families—and — and
mommas — everywhere.
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Big Jabe (2000) with Kadir Nelson, Illustrator
A LONG, LONG TIME AGO, when young Addy was a house slave on Simon Plenty's
plantation, she had to clean out the Big House, but what she loved to
clean out was the river. And when she went fishing, she came home with
enough catfish, bass, and brim for everyone.
So Addy was mighty vexed when one day in early spring,
when the fish should have been biting like crazy, she didn't get a single
nibble.
She was even more puzzled when a wicker basket came
bobbing down the river, and in it was a little boy just smilin' up at her.
She scooped him up and set him on the ground, where he cupped his hands
around his mouth and called, "Fish, fish, where is you, fish? Jump to the
wagon like Miss Addy wish!"
Suddenly the earth began to tremble, the river began to
roil, and the air was filled with fish—jumping, hopping, flying right into
Addy's wagon—and Addy knew for a fact that life on the Plenty Plantation
was about to change!
In this original tall tale, Jerdine Nolen has created a
John Henry-sized hero with the strength of fifty men, a heart as big as
all outdoors, arid a mysterious gift at spiriting slaves away to freedom.
Ages 4 - 8.
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Hewitt Anderson's Great Big Life (2001) with Kadir Nelson, Illustrator
When tiny Hewitt is born into a family of giants, everyone learns that
sometimes small is best of all.
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Max and Jax in Second Grade (2002) with Karen Lee Schmidt, Illustrator
Introducing Max and Jax—they're twins. And though they love each other and
share many things together, Max and Jax would rather keep other things
private.
It's the end of second grade, and twins Max and Jax are
starting the summer right. Jax is having a slumber party with all of her
friends. Max and Dad are going on a fishing trip. They will fish all
weekend and sleep under the stars.
No one could ever like fishing as much as Max.So, why is
it that Jax always catches more fish? Max thinks she's lucky. Jax knows
better... but will she tell her brother her secret? Join the fun—right
from the start— in the first of many Max and Jax adventures.
Ages 4 - 8
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Plantzilla (2002) with David Catrow, Illustrator
When you give a living thing love, you just never know where it will
lead....
Mortimer Henryson has always had a special place in his
heart for Plantzilla, his third grade's class plant. But when he offers to
take Plantzilla for the summer, young Mortimer is in for more than he
bargained for.
All Plantzilla needs is a little water, food., love, and
lots of sunlight. Mortimer's kindness comes back to him— beyond his and
his family's wildest imagining.
Open your heart to Jerdine Nolen's story of caring and
friendship, brought to vivid life by David Catrow's hilarious
illustrations, and you may decide to adopt a plant of your very own today.
Ages 4 - 8.
Invisible Boy (2003)
Irene's Wish (2003) with Martin Matje, Illustrator
A little girl's wish to spend more time with her father comes true when he
swallows some seeds and turns into a tree. -
Lauren McGill's Pickle Museum (2003) with Debbie Tilley, Illustrator
Meet Lauren McGill. She's unlike any girl her age—a master at hopscotch, a
pro at double Dutch jump rope, and counting the minutes until her next
sleepover.
But there's one thing that makes Lauren special: She is
absolutely crazy about pickles. Dill. Kosher. Gherkins. All kinds of
pickles. Pickles are her very own.
Then, after a class trip
to the pickle factory, Lauren's entire class—even the
boys—starts to share her love for pickles. Lauren is lost and forlorn—she
doesn't feel special anymore. That is, until she learns how to share.
Jerdine Nolen's exuberant story of serendipity and
discovery, combined with Debbie Tilley's charming artwork, creates an
inspired book about the joy of giving. Ages 4 - 8
Thunder Rose (2003) with Kadir
Nelson, Illustrator -- A Coretta Scott King
Illustrator Honors Book
Audio
One hopelessly stormy night, an especially hopeful child was born. She
came to be known as Thunder Rose.
Right from the start, Rose decided she would do more than
just grow up to be good and strong, thank you very kindly!
And, indeed, she does. Rose grows up to soothe the rankest
of beasts and subdue the wiliest of outlaws. With her trusty steer, Tater,
at her side, there seems to be no mountain too high and no desert too dry
for Rose.
But when a whirling storm on a riotous rampage threatens,
has Rose finally met her match? Don't be too sure. Wrought from the
thunderous voice of Jerdine Nolen, and forged under the smoldering touch
of Kadir Nelson, Thunder Rose is a heroine with more mettle than we've
ever seen before. Ages 4 - 8 -
Plantzilla Goes to Camp (2006) with David Catrow, Illustrator
Mortimer Henryson is thrilled when he is finally accepted by Camp
Wannaleaveee, his father's childhood sleepaway camp. Until he reads the
camp rule: NO PETS OF ANY KIND ARE ALLOWED!
It breaks Mortimer's heart to leave his beloved Plantzilla
behind. And then at camp, Mortimer discovers that the horrible,
much-feared bully Bulford Whipland is his roommate. Does Plantzilla have a
plan to watch over his friend and save the day?
Friendship and true devotion conquer all in this
charmingly madcap picture book by best-loved team of Jerdine Nolen and
David Catrow. Everyone should have a friend like Plantzilla --why not
adopt a plant of your own? Ages 4 - 8
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