Christine Davenier
Author
Series
Piper Reed volume 6
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Description
Ten-year-old Piper moves yet again when her father, who is a Chief Petty Officer in the Navy, gets assigned to Norfolk, Virginia, and although the move takes a bit of adjustment, she soon makes friends with the girl next door and catches up with old friends too.
Author
Series
Piper Reed volume 4
Description
Fifth-grader Piper and her sisters are thrilled about their first-ever camping trip until they learn it will be at Halloween, but other Navy families join them, including an annoying new member of the Gypsy Club.
Author
Series
Piper Reed volume 5
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2011
Description
After bidding goodbye to her friends Michael and Nicole, who are moving away, Piper and her sisters spend winter break with their two sets of grandparents in Piney Woods, Louisiana, where Piper learns that the best adventures are the unexpected ones.
Author
Series
Very fairy princess volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2010.
Description
Despite her scabby knees and dirty fingernails, Geraldine knows that she is a princess inside and shows it through her behavior at home and in school.
Author
Series
Iris and Walter volume 1
Description
When Iris moves to the country, she misses the city where she formerly lived; but with the help of a new friend named Walter, she learns to adjust to her new home.
Author
Series
Piper Reed volume 1
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
2007
Description
Piper is sad about leaving her home and friends behind when her father, a Navy aircraft mechanic, is transferred yet again, but with help from her often-annoying sisters and a surprise from their parents, she finds happiness in their new home in Pensacola, Florida.
Author
Series
Piper Reed volume 2
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
2008
Description
While her father, a Navy Chief, is on ship duty for six months, nine-year-old Piper stays busy with new neighbors, Christmas at a spaceship beach house, a trip to New Orleans, and especially the upcoming Gypsy Club pet show.
Author
Series
Piper Reed volume 3
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
2009
Description
When she discovers the price of the coveted clubhouse, ten-year-old Piper and her fellow Gypsy Club members try to earn the money by creating a birthday-party-planning business.
Author
Series
Iris and Walter volume 7
Publisher
Harcourt
Description
Iris's baby sister Rose breaks a necklace and then is discovered playing with Walter's missing harmonica.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2005
Description
When Sally Jean outgrows her beloved bicycle, Flash, she experiments with various ideas for acquiring a new, bigger one. I can pop a wheelie, I can touch the sky. I can pedal backwards, I can really fly! Sally Jean was born to ride. And her bicycle, Flash, is just about her best friend. But one day something terrible - and wonderful - happens. Sally Jean grows. Suddenly she finds herself too big for Flash. What's a Bicycle Queen to do? Finally, by...
Author
Series
Iris and Walter volume 4
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2002
Description
Iris's first sleepover at her friend Walter's house ends early when Iris gets homesick and wants to go home.
Author
Series
Very fairy princess volume 4
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
c2013
Description
After spending weeks making valentines for all of her family and friends, self-proclaimed fairy princess Gerry takes the wrong folder to school and must find another way to tell her classmates how they sparkle.
Author
Series
Very fairy princess volume 5
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
Gerry, a most enthusiastic singer, is certain her music teacher will choose her to perform the solo at the Winter Wonderland Festival, and when someone else is chosen it takes a snowfall to bring Gerry's sparkle back.
Author
Series
Very fairy princess volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
Even though Gerry is cast as the court jester instead of the crystal princess in her ballet class's spring performance, she eventually regains her sparkle and once again feels like a fairy princess.
19) I love the rain!
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
Instead of grumbling about the rain, two little girls enjoy how it makes shiny black streets, forms fun puddles, and sounds like tap dancers on the roof of their bus.