JERRY SPINELLI

When I grow up, what shall I be? This exuberant book offers up everything from a paper plane folder to a puppy dog holder, from a silly joke teller to a snowball smoother. Newbery-Award winning author Jerry Spinelli''s simple and charming rhymes are accompanied by internationally-renowned illustrator Jimmy Liao''s vibrant and fantastical illustrations. This book is an imaginative joyride about hopes and dreams, and a reminder of all the possibilities life has to offer. So, what do you want to be? Remember--you can be anything!

A Newbery Medal winning modern classic about a racially divided small town and a boy who runs. Jeffrey Lionel "Maniac" Magee might have lived a normal life if a freak accident hadnt made him an orphan. After living with his unhappy and uptight aunt and uncle for eight years, he decides to runand not just run away, but run. This is where the myth of Maniac Magee begins, as he changes the lives of a racially divided small town with his amazing and legendary feats.

For almost as long as they can remember, Jake and Lily have shared a "special sense". But their bond seems to be weakening as, at age 11, Jake starts spending more time with new friends than with Lily; upset and rejected, Lily has no one to confide in except her grandfather. Lily tries to find out who she is without her brother, but its hard work. Her feeling of abandonment is as sharply felt as Jakes need to test his independence. Spinelli celebrates each childs individualism and growing self-awareness.

Welcome to Hokey Pokey. A place and a time, when childhood is at its best: games to play, bikes to ride, experiences to be had. There are no adults in Hokey Pokey, just kids, and the laws governing Hokey Pokey are simple and finite. But when one of the biggest kids, Jack, has his beloved bike stolenand by a girl, no lesshis entire world, and the world of Hokey Pokey, turns to chaos. Without his bike, Jack feels like everything has started to go wrong. He feels different, not like himself, and he knows something is about to change. And even more troubling he alone hears a faint train whistle. But that's impossible: every kid knows there no trains in Hokey Pokey, only tracks.Master storyteller Jerry Spinelli has written a dizzingly inventive fable of growing up and letting go, of leaving childhood and its imagination play behind for the more dazzling adventures of adolescence, and of learning to accept not only the sunny part of day, but the unwelcome arrival of night, as well.

Crash Coogan is cool. Hes the star of the school football team...and hes a bully.Penn Webb is small and weedy. Penn Webb hates violence. Hes a Peace badge-wearing vegetarian...and he wants to try out for the cheerleading team.Crash and Penn are not destined to get along. From the day Penn moves into the neighbourhood, Crash torments him mercilessly. But no humiliation seems to bring Penn down. Could it be that in some way he is actually stronger than Crash?

Leo se siente tan fascinado como intimidado por Stargirl, la nueva del instituto. Una chica especial e inmune a las duras críticas del resto y que además acostumbra a llamar la atención, algo que jamás haría él. Sin embargo, desde que Stargirl llega al instituto, Leo no puede dejar de pensar en ella.

He has no name, no home, no family and no background. He steals food, sleeps in the street and survives by not getting caught. He''s a boy who believes in bread, and mothers, and angels. He''s a boy who wants to be a Nazi some day, with tall shiny jackboots and a gleaming Eagle hat of his own. His new friend and protector Uri forces him to take the name Misha Pilsudski and to memorize a made-up story about his Gypsy background so that no one will mistake him for a Jew and kill him. Until the daythat suddenly makes him change his mind. And when the trains come to empty the Jews from the ghetto of the damned, he''s a boy who realizes it''s safest of all tobe nobody.

A charming rural romp chapter book from Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli. And dont miss the authors highly anticipated new middle grade novel, Dead Wednesday! The Pepperday family is moving to Aunt Sallys farm. Mr. Pepperday, Mrs. Pepperday, and Chuckie Pepperday are happy as hogs in slop. But Tooter Pepperday is not. Theres no cable TV, no playground, and shes gone three days without pizza! What does a girl have to do to show her family shell never get used to life on the farm?

Nine-year-old David is sad and angry - his mother has recently died in a freak accident and now he has to live with his grandmother, as his father is too busy to care for him. Then David meets thirteen-year-old Primrose, who has no dad, and a neglectful and eccentric mother. Together these two damaged children help each other to find what is missing in their lives...

From Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli comes the story of a girl searching for happiness inside the walls of a prison. And dont miss the authors highly anticipated new novel, Dead Wednesday! Cammie OReilly lives at the Hancock County Prison--not as a prisoner, shes the wardens daughter. She spends the mornings hanging out with shoplifters and reformed arsonists in the womens excercise yard, which gives Cammie a certain cache with her school friends. But even though Cammies free to leave the prison, shes still stuck. And sad, and really mad. Her mother died saving her from harm when she was just a baby. You wouldnt think you could miss something you never had, but on the eve of her thirteenth birthday, the thing Cammie most wants is a mom. A prison might not be the best place to search for a mother, but Cammie is determined and shes willing to work with what shes got."A tapestry of grief and redemption, woven by a master storyteller ....Moving and memorable." --Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

Can playing dead bring you back to life? Maybe on Dead Wednesday On this day the worlds of a shy boy and a gone girl collide, and the connection they make will change them both forever. A brilliant new novel from the Newbery Medal winner and author of the New York Times bestseller Stargirl. "Jerry Spinelli has created another middle grade masterpiece."BookPage, starred review On Dead Wednesday, every eighth grader in Amber Springs is assigned the name and identity of a teenager who died a preventable death in the past year. The kids don black shirts and for the whole day everyone in town pretends theyre invisibleas if they werent even there. The adults think it will make them contemplate their mortality. The kids know its a free pass to get away with anything. Worm Tarnauer feels invisible every day. Hes perfectly happy being the unnoticed sidekick of his friend Eddie. So hes not expecting Dead Wednesday to feel that different. But he didnt count on being assigned Becca Finch (17, car crash). And he certainly didnt count on Becca showing up to boss him around! Letting this girl into his head is about to change everything. This is the story of the unexpected, heartbreaking, hilarious, truly epic day when Worm Tarnauer discovers his own life.

Newbery medalist Jerry Spinelli has penned his early autobiography with all the warmth, humor, and drama of his best-selling fiction. And dont miss the authors highly anticipated new novel, Dead Wednesday!"A master of those embarrassing, gloppy, painful, and suddenly wonderful things that happen on the razors edge between childhood and full-fledged adolescence" --The Washington PostFrom first memories through high school, including first kiss, first punch, first trip to the principals office, and first humiliating sports experience, this is not merely an account of a highly unusual childhood. Rather, like Spinellis fiction, its appeal lies in the accessibility and universality of his life. Entertaining and fast-paced, this is a highly readable memoir-- a must-have for Spinelli fans of all ages.

This Fathers Day show dad how much you care with this gift-book celebrating the moments you share! I cant wait for my daddy to come home from work. There are so many things to do!In a loving tribute to fathers and sons, Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli and New Yorker artist Seymour Chwast join talents to celebrate the very best moment of the day: when daddy comes home.

Ever since her family moved to Aunt Sallys farm, Tooters known that farm life is definitely not for her. Theres no pizzeria for miles, her nearest neighbor is a dumb boy, and even her own pet chicken hates her! So Tooter decides to show everyone what shes made of by winning the blue ribbon at the County Fairs goat show. Now all she has to do is keep her little brother--and his paint brush--away from her prize goat!