Wanda's Roses
Wanda mistakes a thornbush for a rosebush in the empty lot. She clears away the trash around it and cares for it every day, even though no roses bloom.
FIC
year: 2000
copies: 18
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 740
Laura & Mr. Edwards
When Laura and her family move from Wisconsin to Kansas, they make friends with a helpful neighbor who comes to their aid later when they settle in the Dakota Territory.
FIC
year: 1999
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 620
Hammer Soup
Self-sufficient Kate unexpectedly develops a relationship with her new impractical neighbor.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Boys Rock!
The feud between the Hatford brothers and the neighboring Malloy sisters continues over the summer when they reluctantly join forces to publish a newspaper.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 800
The Girls' Revenge
As Christmas approaches, Caroline Malloy continues the feud between her sisters and the Hatford brothers by making Wally Hatford be her partner for a special project at school.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 22
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 810
subjects: brothers and sisters, practical jokes, christmas, siblings, malloy girls (fictitious characters), hatford boys (fictitious characters), brothers, sisters, large type books, large print books, neighbors [X], family life, christmas stories
Mr. Putter & Tabby Make A Wish
Mr. Putter thinks he is too old to celebrate his birthday, but when he remembers some of his past birthdays, he changes his mind.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 46
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 570
subjects: putter, mr. (fictitious character), tabby (fictitious character : rylant), birthdays, old age, neighbors [X]
Zelda And Ivy One Christmas
After making a special Christmas gift for their elderly neighbor, two sisters find just what they wanted under their tree.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 45
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 380
Mr. Putter & Tabby Run The Race
Mr. Putter is convinced to run in a senior marathon with his neighbor, Mrs.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 47
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 620
A Season Of Gifts
Relates the surprising gifts bestowed on twelve-year-old Bob Barnhart and his family, who have recently moved to a small Illinois town in 1958, by their larger-than-life neighbor, Mrs.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 75
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 690
subjects: neighbors [X], moving, household, humorous stories, illinois, moving, children's audiobooks, humorous stories, church buildings, elderly women, nineteen fifties, older women, children of clergy
Closed For The Season
When thirteen-year-old Logan and his family move into a run-down old house in rural Virginia, he discovers that a woman was murdered there and becomes involved with his neighbor Arthur in a dangerous investigation to try to uncover the killer.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 78
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
subjects: murder, neighbors [X], friendship, virginia, mystery and detective stories, teenage boys, homicide
Zuzu's Wishing Cake
When Zuzu smiles at the new boy next door and he does not smile back, she makes him a series of gifts that she thinks he needs.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 210
Cuckoo Feathers
When two pigeons that Sarah wants as pets move from her Chicago apartment's window ledge to the building next door, Sarah tries to figure out how to get them to come back.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 620
Vampire Island
The Livingstone kids are fruit bat hybrids who have left Old World dangers and immortality behind for a "normal" life in New York City, but normal doesn't necessarily mean easy, especially with lingering vampire traits complicating things.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 800
subjects: vampires, siblings, neighbors [X], school stories, environmental protection, new york (n.y.), brothers and sisters, schools
Jake
Ten-year-old Jake forms an unexpected bond with his estranged grandfather after his mother's injury puts the pair together in time for the Christmas holiday.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 22
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 620
subjects: grandfathers, neighbors [X], hospitals, accidents, single-parent families, baltimore (md.), medical fiction, medical novels
Ivy + Bean
Ivy and Bean decide to write a newspaper in order to buy some special cheese, but their sweep through the neighborhood leads to interesting stories and even more interesting reactions after their neighbors read it.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 108
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 500
subjects: ivy (fictional character : barrows), bean (fictional character : barrows), best friends, neighbors [X], newspapers, ivy (fictitious character : barrows), bean (fictitious character : barrows), money-making projects for children, friendship, moneymaking projects, bean (fictitious character from barrows), ivy (fictitious character from barrows)