pigeons

In 1918, caring for her family's homing pigeons while her father is away fighting in World War I, twelve-year-old Pam comes to suspect that a mysterious stranger in her small North Carolina town is a German spy.

"Telling a story about pigeons should be simple. But what's a narrator to do when the number of feathered friends is constantly changing? Can our intrepid storyteller use math facts to keep up with the unstable quantities...or is this pigeon-centric tale doomed?"--Provided by publisher.

A pigeon tries fighting the urge to yawn while coming up with many reasons why it should be allowed to stay up late.

Combines photographs and facts about pigeons with a fiction story in which cadet Pidge Pigeon's skills are tested when Commander Cooper entrusts him with the job of delivering invitations to the graduation ceremony. Includes a speed reading segment, a quiz, and a glossary.

Ten-year-old Teddy Mars seeks to stand apart from his six siblings, none of whom could be called "normal," by earning a listing in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Presents a collection of poems with accompanying illustrations about the sights and sounds of a busy city.

While restoring the front of a church, an old master plasterer rescues an injured pigeon and nurses it back to health.

Rebecca Rubin, the daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants living in New York in 1914, does not know what to do when her teacher assigns the class to make Christmas decorations which she is sure will upset her family, but she gets some good advice from an unexpected place.

When a bus driver takes a break from his route, a very unlikely volunteer springs up to take his place.

The pigeon is dirty and needs a bath, but he won't go willingly.