Leroy Ninker Saddles Up (Tales from Deckawoo Drive #1) by Kate DiCamillo, Chris Van Dusen

Title: Leroy Ninker Saddles Up

Author: Kate DiCamillo

Illustrator: Chris Van Dusen

Published: Aug. 26, 2014

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Pages: 96

Genre: Children 1st on up/Fiction

Review: Amazon, Amazon.uk 

Yippie-i-oh! Saddle up for the first in a spin-off series starring favorite characters from Kate DiCamillo’s New York Times best-selling Mercy Watson books. Leroy Ninker has a hat, a lasso, and boots. What he doesn’t have is a horse—until he meets Maybelline, that is, and then it’s love at first sight. Maybelline loves spaghetti and sweet nothings, and she loves Leroy, too. But when Leroy forgets the third and final rule of caring for Maybelline, disaster ensues. Can Leroy wrestle fate to the ground, rescue the horse of his heart, and lasso loneliness for good? Join Leroy, Maybelline, and a cast of familiar characters—Stella, Frank, Mrs. Watson, and everyone’s favorite porcine wonder, Mercy—for some hilarious and heartfelt horsing around on Deckawoo Drive.

I Don't Want To Go To Bed: Tony Ross

Title: I Don't Want To Go To Bed

Author: Tony Ross

Published: Jan. 2, 2014

Publisher: Andersen Digital

Pages: 32

Genre: Children

Never mind another glass of water, never mind about spiders and monsters, it's time to go to bed!

Jumanji (Jumanji #1) by Chris Van Allsburg

Title: Jumanji

Author: Chris Van Allsburg

Published: Anniversary edition Nov. 6, 2018

Publisher: HMH Books for young readers

Pages: 32

Genre: Children ages 6 on up

Review: library book

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Left on their own for an afternoon, two bored and restless children find more excitement than they bargained for in a mysterious and mystical jungle-adventure board game. "Mr. Van Allsburg's illustrations have a beautiful simplicity of de-sign, balance, texture, and a subtle intelligence beyond the call of illustration." -- New York Times Book Review

Old Yeller by Fred Gipson

Title: Old Yeller

Author: Fred Gipson

Published: 1956

Publisher: Harper Collins

Pages: 196

Genre: Kids grade 5th on up

Review: library book

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At first, Travis couldn't stand the sight of Old Yeller.
The stray dog was ugly, and a thieving rascal, too. But he sure was clever, and a smart dog could be a big help on the wild Texas frontier, especially with Papa away on a long cattle drive up to Abilene.
Strong and courageous, Old Yeller proved that he could protect Travis's family from any sort of danger. But can Travis do the same for Old Yeller?