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12,400 | 1 | Wizzil the horrible hag is bored stiff until her parrot not-so-sweetly suggests that she amuse herself by making somebody suffer, specifically the Frimps. Taking the bird's advice, she transmogrifies into a common housefly and zizzes over to Frimp Farm. Old DeWitt Frimp, who deplores flies, is armed with a flyswatter a... | [
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12,401 | 11 | Kindergarten-Grade 2The endearing heroine of My Name Is Yoon (Farrar, 2003) is learning about Santa Claus and the North Pole at school. She is captivated, but her parents insist that we are not a Christmas family. We are a Korean family. However, after Yoon points out that they are both American and Korean, her parents... | [
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12,402 | 0 | Cameron has written another top-notch entry in the Julian and Huey series, this time from the brothers' pup's perspective. School Library Journal, Starred ReviewReaders will enjoy this pet story told from the pet's viewpoint. BooklistDog fanswill delight in Spunky's tail-wagging tale-telling, which could introduce a ne... | [
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12,403 | 7 | *Starred Review* Commemorating its fiftieth anniversary, LEngles classic couldnt have scored a better talent to adapt its story into comics form. Larson produces high-quality coming-of-age stories featuring female protagonists, with the most recent (Mercury, 2010) even including a fantasy element to highlight the tales... | [
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12,404 | 13 | PreS-Gr 1-The plot is a bit slim in this story about a family of performing giraffes. It opens with an introduction to the Chandeliers, outlining who they are and what they're known for, not unlike the brief descriptions of actors found in theater programs. Readers are then abruptly dropped into the story of their perf... | [
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12,405 | 11 | Frank (Erin's Voyage) spins a mesmerizing epic poem about the discovery of King Tutankhamen's tomb, weaving all of its accompanying drama and suspense into a tapestry of measured quatrains ("Three thousand years of darkness yawned/ behind that tiny flickering light--/ and Carter, staring with pupils wide,/ stood stunne... | [
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12,406 | 15 | *Starred Review* Kenyan activist Wangari Maathai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 for her environmental and human rights achievements. Founder of the Green Belt Movement, she has encouraged people to repair their economy, land, and health with simple, environmentally friendly acts, such as planting more trees.... | [
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12,407 | 2 | In this when-in-Rome story, a stray dog alters his canine ways to appease half-a-dozen grouchy cats. Widget, a scruffy Westie, wanders into a farmhouse where he finds "six cats, six warm beds, and six bowls of hot food." The well-fed cats glare at him. "I wish you could stay," says the grandmotherly caretaker, Mrs. Dig... | [
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12,408 | 2 | Gr 2-4-This picture book is a fictional account based on events in the life of eccentric inventor Lodner Phillips as told from the perspective of his daughter, Virena. Papa theorizes and tinkers but never succeeds. Finally, while the family is dropping lines from a pier into Lake Michigan, his daughter asks, "have you ... | [
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12,409 | 7 | Lucas has a trick of moving his frames, allowing his pen-and watercolor artwork to dance outside the borders, and with all manner of stars, mementos, and symbols whirling through the pages, theres plenty to look at. A visual treat. BooklistSweetly surreal. Kirkus ReviewsLucas (Halibut Jackson) writes and paints with qu... | [
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12,410 | 2 | When Ava and her sister, Arlie, enter a poetry contest to win a pet, Ava imagines that the prize will be a dog, and she even chooses its name: Lucille. They do win the prize, but Lucille turns out to be a parakeet. Ava doesnt hide her keen disappointment, but she gradually warms up to the companionable little bird. Whe... | [
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12,411 | 2 | Starred Review. Grade 6-9Horvath spins another delightfully offbeat yarn, complete with her signature cast of eccentric characters, wacky situations, poignant moments, and snappy dialogue. Twelve-year-old Henry's mother decides on a whim to be a missionary in Africa and drags his father along, leaving Henry in the care... | [
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12,412 | 5 | Elegant full-page oil paintings, in the style of Fisher's Kinderdike, provide a dramatic backdrop for a retelling of the famous but underexplored legend about a 14th-century Swiss marksman. When Herr Gessler, the cruel governor of Altdorf, decrees that residents must kneel before his hat, elevated on a pole in the town... | [
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12,413 | 2 | Gr 710Situated sometime between the events in Jack's Black Book (1997) and Hole in My Life (2002, both Farrar), Gantos's latest offering is a fictionalized look at a critical juncture in his own adolescence. Shortly after moving to a new town, 14-year-old Jack meets Gary Pagoda, a way-too-cool-for-school delinquent who... | [
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12,414 | 2 | K-Gr 3Best friends Maya, Nancy, Chyng, and Zulay laugh and sing and help one another with homework. When their first-grade teacher, Ms. Seeger, surprises them with an announcement about an upcoming field day, excitement fills the air. The 22 students each announces the events they want to compete in, and Zulay surprise... | [
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12,415 | 2 | Max's Dragon may well intrigue a child just beginning to glimpse the possibility that words, like toys, if put together just so, can ignite a thrilling magic of their own. The New York Times Book ReviewAnother winner from the pair that introduced Max in Max's Words. Amusing wordplay and impish illustrations play off ea... | [
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12,416 | 2 | Delivers a story that sparkles. . . . Readers will come to realize that everyone has something worth paying attention to, if you dig deep enough. Christian Science MonitorAnother satisfying novel with a southern setting . . .The plainspoken text is clean, direct, and honest in its portrayal of pain and hope. BooklistO'... | [
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12,417 | 2 | After a long, hard day of school, Jacob loves to watch his favorite cooking show with Chef Monty. Even better than watching, though, is trying out recipes himself, and on the night of his parents anniversary, before his family leaves for a restaurant dinner, Jacob makes his first pie. Following all of Chef Montys rules... | [
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12,418 | 2 | In 'Max's Castle,' by Kate Banks, the letters are simply letters, yet become ingenious tools for sparking a child's imagination.As with previous collaborations between Banks and the bold illustrator Boris Kulikov ('Max's Words', 'Max's Dragon'), words become magical amulets that transmogrify the world around Max. The N... | [
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12,419 | 2 | Kindergarten-Grade 3In Marveltown, the style and aesthetics of the 1950s meet awe-inspiring inventions for a retro look at the future. In this city created by inventors, "man-made wonders" are everywhere: a giant disk of farmland can be flipped over in December to reveal a playground and rotated again come spring, ther... | [
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12,420 | 11 | PreS-Gr 3This addition to the children's saga finds Adle and Simon touring China with their uncle. Told through postcards written by Adle, this adventure is a true delight. With stops in Hong Kong, Tongli, and Shanghai (to name a few locales), this is a beautifully blended masterpiece of art and history. As with the ot... | [
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12,421 | 2 | Being an only child has its pros and cons, but for Rosemary, the latter outweigh the former. Always being the center of some adult's attention ("I am the honey in their hive") wears thin. The answer seems to be for her parents to have another child, but they aren't interested in that solution. Then Rosemary comes up wi... | [
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12,422 | 2 | PreSchool-Grade 2-Sara, her Russian grandmother, and their friends, first introduced in Three Cheers for Catherine the Great (DK, 1999), are back. On a "hotter than a hot potato" summer day, the neighbors decide to head to the beach. Crowding into Mr. Minsky's old car with eager anticipation, the group finds that getti... | [
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12,423 | 2 | PreSchool-Grade 2Readers can almost hear the happy sound of Mama's bangle bracelets jingling as she pumps her fist with joy when she finds out that she has secured a new joband with it, a new place to live. However, young Jamela isn't happy at the prospect of leaving all of the things she loves best: her squeaky front ... | [
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12,424 | 2 | Kindergarten-Grade 3—Set in the early 20th century, this tale about the circus has multiple layers. Benny and Sam are ecstatic when the circus train comes to Willow Grove, arriving at the rail yard where fancy wagons, wooden planks, and giant rolls of canvas are unloaded. As the tents are set up, a roustabout spo... | [
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12,425 | 2 | PreSchool-Grade 1A wispy-haired young girl dressed in a blue coat, orange-and-red striped stockings, and a beret takes charge of a lost baby bear. With the staunch, internalized voice of a mother, the heroine calms him ("Hush-a-bit, Little Bear. So we can think"), asks questions, and looks for his mama. They come upon ... | [
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12,426 | 2 | Starred Review. PreSchool-Grade 2Maxs two older brothers are serious collectors: Benjamin saves stamps and Karl keeps coins. The youngest boy decides to accumulate words. He carefully selects them from newspapers and magazines, cutting out and sorting them by category: colors, foods, small ones, big ones. He copies ent... | [
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12,427 | 2 | PreSchool-Grade 2With a zest for worm farming, young Winnie cares for her red wiggler companions. Hoping to submit them as an entry in the county fair competition, she asks her neighbors for advice, but they are all preoccupied with their own ambitious offerings. In a quiet twist, Winnie's worms serve a greater purpose... | [
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12,428 | 2 | Grade 24What a boy imagines while drawing is chronicled through a dialogue with an owl, a pig, and a crocodile, eraser creatures that live atop his colored pencils. The owl is good with words and backward letters. The pig erases everything except animals drawn larger than him. The crocodile is in charge of numbers. Whe... | [
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12,429 | 2 | Starred Review. PreSchool-Grade 1Born on a spring day, a baby fox is taught the necessary survival skills by his patient parents. The kit is eager to explore the world on his own and asks from time to time, "Am I ready?" "No, fox, no," is the reply. In the fall, a more competent creature doesn't ask, but states, "Now I... | [
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12,430 | 0 | Condense The Incredible Journey to its purest essence then add the most exquisite, vividly painted illustrations, and there you have The Cat Who Walked Across France.A cat lives contentedly for many years in a seaside village, until his old mistress dies and he is shipped off to another town far away. Lonely and ignore... | [
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12,431 | 2 | Grade 4-7-Readers of the "Jack Henry" series have followed Jack's adventures from fifth to eighth grade as his nomadic family moved from place to place. Now, in a prequel about his fourth-grade year, Gantos's alter ego arrives on a naval base in Cape Hatteras, NC. Jack is quick to acclimate to their new home, a camoufl... | [
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12,432 | 0 | Kindergarten-Grade 2 The Zabajaba Jungle is a dangerous place filled with assorted menacing flora and fauna. Leonard, a solid fellow who looks like he might be Brave Irene's older brother, is fighting his way through this jungle for an unknown reason. He walks through the inside of a petrified monster, gets rescued fro... | [
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12,433 | 2 | PreS-Gr 1The girls from The Twins' Blanket (Farrar, 2011) are back and have something new to sharea baby sister! At first the twins aren't so thrilled about the baby taking up all their mother's time, but soon they realize that if they lend a hand, Mom will have more time to spend with them. They become so involved tha... | [
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12,434 | 2 | Gr 1-3Once Beatrice figures out how to spell, she doesn't want to stop. With the support of her grandma, she spells everywhere and anywhere. Around town she spends her time correcting the myriad spelling errors she finds. At school she tries to start a spelling club, but her friends aren't interested. A disheartened Be... | [
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12,435 | 1 | Old Monsieur Gator is very slow. He moves "slower than saw grass grows" and "slower than a snail with sore feet." He can no longer catch any of his tasty fellow bayou creatures to eat, "And--oh ho!--them critters sure know it." The possum, skunk, and otter taunt him, wiggling and sashaying just out of his reach. Finall... | [
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12,436 | 2 | With a broad emotional range in both writing and illustrations, this is a cut above most early chapter books. BooklistThe large type and occasional pen-and-ink illustrations make this a great choice for reluctant readers. The unique cast of characters, including a very outspoken classmate named Lilly, creates many of t... | [
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12,437 | 0 | Starred Review. Grade 38This posthumously published collection of 23 poems is masterfully illustrated with colorful cut-paper collages. Worth's artistry lies in painting nuanced word pictures in a few spare lines of free verse. Her poems are often exquisite, always thoughtful, and apt to leave readers with an entirely ... | [
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12,438 | 0 | Grade 4-7A worthy sequel to Weasel (S & S, 1990), DeFelices beloved tale of Ohios frontier in the 1840s. As that story ends, Nathan Fowler has experienced evil incarnate in the form of Weasel, a mercenary trained to hate the areas Shawnee. Nathans father nearly died by Weasels treachery, but Ezra Ketcham, a white n... | [
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12,439 | 5 | *Starred Review* When hardworking Nelly May takes a position as live-in housekeeper and cook for Lord Ignasius Pinkwinkle, she agrees to use his special names for the house and everything in it. She must call him Most Excellent of All Masters. His bed is his restful slumberific. His dog is his fur-faced fluffenbarker. ... | [
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12,440 | 0 | Singers retelling from the Old Testament gives a new dimension to the story of the Flood. Children will enjoy hearing the different animals praise their own special qualities so that each will be assured a place on Noahs Ark. Of course, all are taken on board, but because the dove is the only one that did not boast, No... | [
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12,441 | 13 | An authors note reveals that this picture book is based on personal experience, as Beans parents built their own house when he was a young child. Here we follow a mother, father, two children (and, eventually, a new baby) over the course of a year and a halfthrough a harsh winter and plenty of lumber pickupsall the way... | [
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12,442 | 4 | This Train, This Plane and This Boat author-illustrator Paul Collicut continues to explore transportation and opposites with This Car. "This car is short. This car is long. This car is old. This car is new," reads the straightforward text; dramatic full-color illustrations show an array of automobiles. Endpapers showca... | [
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12,443 | 16 | Bob has a problem. Living as he does among the chickens, all he can do is cluck. But henrietta the cat sets him straight. 'Bob . . . You need to stop clucking and learn how to crow . . . That's what roosters do.' This advice sends him on a search among the animals of field and forest for one who will teach him to crow ... | [
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12,444 | 0 | A satisfying, well-aged slice of American lore. Publishers WeeklyA little-known piece of American history is at the center of this humorous story. When the people of Cheshire, MA, hear that President Jefferson is eating cheddar made in Norton, CT, instead of their own, they decide to do something about it. Against all ... | [
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12,445 | 18 | A solid introduction to Americas most famous lexicographer. School Library Journal, starred reviewA visually fantastical portrait of Noah Webster. Publishers WeeklyAn engaging, diverting read. The Bulletin of the Center for Children's BooksA fascinating look at the determination and vision that led one man to create an... | [
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12,446 | 2 | With simple, distilled details, [Wong] creates full, lovable characters in Minn and Jake- tough, precocious oddballs who find a strong sense of themselves in each other's differences...appealing, whimsical sketches. BooklistCt's b&w illustrations achieve unusual dimension. Incorporating what seem to be collage elem... | [
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12,447 | 1 | In a text as imaginative and skillful as his extraordinary color illustrations, Steig tells the comic, touching story of Caleb and his wife. Publishers WeeklySteig is a superb artist with the literary ingenuity to produce durable, energetic stories. The Horn BookWilliam Steig (1907-2003) was a cartoonist, illustrator a... | [
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12,448 | 18 | ...will assist readers in developing a broader context in which to place Winnemucca's personal struggle. BCCBAn essential purchase, providing a new perspective on westward expansion and insight into the life of an inspiring but little-known civil rights crusader. School Library Journal, starredPowerful language and bla... | [
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12,449 | 2 | In this graceful first novel, the funeral of one boy's grandmother excites a curiosity about death in three Japanese schoolboys . . . An offbeat and unsentimental coming-of-age story. Starred, Kirkus ReviewsAn eloquent initiation story that first touches and then pierces the heart . . . The passage of the time and the ... | [
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12,450 | 0 | A series of 12 oracular rhymes, each depicted in a full-page tableau, forms the basis of this elegant, sophisticated work. PW 's comment: "Opening this ripe melon-colored book is like peering through a door at an opulent play." All ages. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.; Title: Crows: An Old Rhyme | [
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12,451 | 0 | In this unusually graceful autobiographical novel, a Jewish girl in 1932 Germany observes disturbing changes in the adults around her as Hitler rises to power. Ages 12-up. Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.; Title: A Frost in the Night | [
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12,452 | 0 | Cole creates an unlikely duo: a giant and his troublesome toe. "His giant resembles a retired W.C. Fields," said PW. "Whimsical illustrations animate the story, which will leave readers hoping for further episodes." Ages 4-8.Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.Grade 1-3 An original, rather odd, tale of an ... | [
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12,453 | 0 | Kindergarten-Grade 3The French youngsters introduced in Adle & Simon (Farrar, 2006) return in this early-20th-century adventure with their Aunt Ccile. This book follows the same format and look as its predecessor, complete with McClintock's signature pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations, off-white paper, vintag... | [
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12,454 | 11 | In this original folktale inspired by the North American Plains people, Crow and Weasel come of age together as they make a voyage into unknown territory, made vivid in Pohrt's well-researched paintings. All ages. Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.[A] genuinely stirring adventure story . . . stunningly illu... | [
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12,455 | 2 | Kindergarten-Grade 2The child first introduced in My Name Is Yoon (2003) and Yoon and the Christmas Mitten (2006, both Farrar) returns in a story centered on her birthday. Yoon longs for a jump rope in order to join the other girls on the playground. Instead she receives a book and a precious family bracelet with her n... | [
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12,456 | 7 | "At night David can fly. In the daytime he can't. In the daytime he doesn't even remember that he can. But at night, after his mother has put him to bed, he wakes up, sometimes.... It isn't flying exactly, but floating--he floats in the air." As he hovers over his parents, he can see their dreams, round and yellow, jus... | [
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12,457 | 15 | This small square book dramatizes the astonishing journey of the Monarch butterfly, and the powerful instinct that drives it to fly as much as 3,000 miles from the U.S. to Mexico for the winter . . . Even preschoolers will feel the excitement about this most fragile of creatures that can fly so far and prove so strong.... | [
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12,458 | 0 | Touching, authentic, carefully wrought. Pointer, Kirkus ReviewsMinfong Ho is an award winning Chinese America author. She writes books for children and young adults.; Title: The Clay Marble | [
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12,459 | 2 | A boy and his grandfather go rowing just as dawn breaks over the mountains in this quietly stunning, poetic book. A Michael di Capua Book. All ages. Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.Drawn from a Chinese poem, the spare text tells of an old man and his grandson asleep by the shore of a mountain lake. With t... | [
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12,460 | 11 | Reading The Ch'i-lin Purse is like holding a wondrous jewel in the palm of your hand. Jay O'Callahan, storytellerFilled with warmth, kindness, and the true human spirit. Everyone will be touched by the characters of these stories. Voice of Youth AdvocatesA professional storyteller, Fang uses the tales she heard, read, ... | [
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12,461 | 2 | In this prequel to the Newbery Honor book The Cricket in Times Square, "the characters of these quintessential New Yorkers are as vibrant and joyful as they ever were," wrote PW. Ages 8-up.Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.; Title: Harry Kitten and Tucker Mouse (Chester Cricket and His Friends) | [
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12,462 | 0 | Readers will gobble up Karr's hilarious novel of a boy who resolves to walk 1000 turkeys from the Show-Me state to Denver, Colorado. Simon, who's 15 and newly graduated from the thrid grade, may not be too bright, but he figures he can make his fortune by buying Mr. Buffey's brinze turkeys for a quarter apiece and sell... | [
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12,463 | 5 | A satirical look at the residents of Chelm, the legendary Yiddish town of fools. Ages 10-up. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.; Title: The Fools of Chelm and Their History | [
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12,464 | 2 | An Amish girl makes her first visit to a city . . . in another graceful and understated work by the collaborators of the Caldecott Honor book, The Gardener . . . Spills(s) over with a contagious enthusiasm. Starred, Boxed, Publishers WeeklyHusband and wife duo Sarah Stewart and David Small have worked together on sever... | [
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12,465 | 5 | An admirable collection of legends?from India to Indonesia, from ancient Greece and Rome to the Bible?explains mythical origins of various constellations; jewel-like portraits enhance the book's appeal. Ages 7-11. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.; Title: The Heavenly Zoo: Legends and Tales of the Stars (S... | [
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12,466 | 2 | Gantos draws inspiration from his own childhood diaries in the fourth collection of stories about Jack Henry. In these nine tales, his aggravations include his annoying older sister, some crazy cats, a tapeworm and a pair of escaped convicts. Ages 10-up. (Sept.)nCopyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.Jack . .... | [
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12,467 | 1 | PreS-Gr 2The circus is in town, and Emma longs to see it. "Sorry," says her dad. There are too many farm chores to be finished before winter. But does a bear on a unicycle wink at Emma as it zips by? Believe it or not, over the course of several days, more and more circus performers show up to play with Emma in the bar... | [
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12,468 | 7 | Rutkoski delivers the conclusion to this trilogy with aplomb and grace . . . The heart of this story, however, has always been Arin and Kestrels complicated love for each other, and here their once-sizzling chemistry is replaced with real affection and attempts to truly know each another, though fans can rest assured t... | [
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12,469 | 2 | fun and inventive take on the secret-blog concept Booklist OnlineMY LIFE UNDECIDED is a super-cute read. Brooklyn constantly makes the wrong decisions, but it ultimately leads her to discovering her true self. I loved the blend of technology with modern day. A fun book! Teensreadtoo.comYou'll love it if... you want a b... | [
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12,470 | 2 | Kate Banks has written a gentle book about the nature of being. Polly HorvathThis is a book to be experienced with all the senses. The ache of reckoning as Dillon's summer brings him face-to-face with the unexpected truths of his life is turned by Banks's sensitive prose into a wonder-filled, moving quest for understan... | [
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12,471 | 2 | At the end of seventh grade, Jack Henry decides to write a novel in this third collection of interlinked stories. Ages 10-up. (Sept.) r Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.These are the unsaid things that go on inside kids' brains. Rosie, age 11Twisted, revolting, and hilarious. Randy Powell, author of Is Kis... | [
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12,472 | 12 | For Jon Agee, creating palindromes is irrepressible. Associated PressA creative, comedic gem. BooklistJON AGEE has written and illustrated five previous books of wordplay, including Who Ordered the Jumbo Shrimp? and Other Oxymorons. He lives in San Francisco, California.; Title: Palindromania! (Sunburst Books) | [
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12,473 | 7 | PW dubbed this "a potent dose of comic fantasy, bubbling over with clever wordplay and slapstick incidents, and spiked with verse." Ages 10-up. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.; Title: The Night of Wishes | [
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12,474 | 11 | Beautiful, easy to read fun, with an interplay between text and pictures always sought for, seldom encountered. starred, School Library JournalThe idea of the story is so childlike, the telling of it so effortless, and the book executed with such distinction that it belongs naturally among the true picture books we see... | [
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12,475 | 15 | A child listens to the sound of rain, imagines various places where the rain is falling, and anticipates the plant growth and puddle play that will follow...The pictures all emphasize the nurturing, miraculous, and temporary qualities of a rainfall. Starred, School Library JournalLilting. Publishers WeeklyUri Shulevitz... | [
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12,476 | 15 | Here is a fascinating, detailed look at the life of Charles Darwin: naturalist, geologist, and independent thinker. In his author's note, Caldecott Honor illustrator Peter Sis (Starry Messenger, Tibet: Through the Red Box) writes that Darwin always regretted not learning how to draw. However, he could and did take "den... | [
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12,477 | 2 | "This wry trio of tales features an engagingly imperfect boy and his engagingly imperfect grandfather," said PW of this first installment of a series for beginning readers. Ages 6-8. Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.This wry trio of tales features an engagingly imperfect boy and his engagingly imperfect gr... | [
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12,478 | 0 | Babbitt's incorrigible Devil has no trouble leading humans down the primrose path to perdition in this wise, elegantly told, darkly humorous collection, a sequel to The Devil's Storybook . Ages 8-12. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.; Title: The Devil's Other Storybook | [
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12,479 | 8 | A stunning version of the Grimms' classic story. All ages. Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.Burkert's tapestrylike paintings, strong yet delicately detailed, radiate a spiritual beauty that enriches the movement of the story in its medieval setting. Jarrell's style, graceful and dignified, stays close to t... | [
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12,480 | 11 | Martins' black-and-white drawings exude action and feeling, and the elements he chose to illustrate are perceptive and sensitive...A fine addition to the poetry shelves. BooklistNikki Giovanni is the author of Lincoln and Douglass,Spin a Soft Black Song, The Sun Is So Quiet, and the Caldecott Honor Book Rosa. Her autob... | [
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12,481 | 2 | A not-to-be missed borscht-and-blintzes birthday party. starred, Publishers WeeklyWhen Grandma insists that she wants "no presents" for her birthday this year, Sara, her mother, and their neighbors all seek the perfect NO PRESENT. starred, School Library JournalIn lively, lyrical prose, Best celebrates a special family... | [
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12,482 | 11 | In PW 's words, "Gerrard transports his comic and lumpish figures across the Atlantic to tell a Western tale. As usual, his humor is understated and droll. The good guys win out in this straight-faced comedy that . . . is 'enormous fun.' " Ages 4-8. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.Grade 1-4-- The Old West... | [
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12,483 | 0 | According to PW , "Zemach turns an 'old story' into a new, irresistible treat, with a brisk narrative and pictures in zesty colors in the style that has won her a Caldecott Medal. The characters are howlingly funny." Ages 3-8. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.; Title: The Little Red Hen: An Old Story | [
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12,484 | 2 | Laugh-out-loud funny . . . The author has bull's-eye accuracy in capturing the private torments of a twelve-year-old. The Buffalo NewsAs real as it gets. The Book ReportThe author of the offbeat Rotten Ralph picture books makes an auspicious foray into new ground with this semi-autobiographical, wholly engaging novel. ... | [
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12,485 | 0 | Exhausted from his crusades, our hero, Sir Cedric teh Good, decides he and his men should vacation in Jerusalem. Accompanying them is his lovely wife, Lady Matilda, and their daughter, Edwina the Fair, who is secretly known as Edwina the Pest because of her very unladylike ways. They make it as far as Palestine with na... | [
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12,486 | 2 | Jack Gantos and Nicole Rubel published their first book, Rotten Ralph, in 1976. They launched the Rotten Ralph Readers in 2001 with Rotten Ralph Helps Out.In addition to the Rotten Ralph books, Jack Gantos is the author of Hole in My Life, a memoir that won the Michael L. Printz and Robert F. Sibert Honors, Joey Pigza ... | [
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12,487 | 2 | DeFelice delivers a fast-paced mystery with a strong sense of place. Strong characters and an effective first-person narration...create an exciting whole, sure to hook readers. BooklistDeFelice keenly evokes the feel of a Gulf fishing town...the reader's empathy will be engaged as Skeet discovers that things aren't alw... | [
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12,488 | 2 | Chester, a country cricket who misses stargazing during his stay in the city, takes a breathtaking ride with new friend Lulu Pigeon over New York. Descriptions of Central Park and Times Square are evocative . . . Full-page pen-and-ink drawings are panoramic and most vibrant when depicting the familiar Chester, Harry Ca... | [
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12,489 | 0 | Praise for Yellow & Pink:"One marvels at the expressiveness, the nearness to animation, of Steig's vibrant drawings." -The Washington Post Book World"A comic fable that has more clout than the most fervent homily." -Publishers Weekly"Illustrated with simple three-color drawings, this is a book that will delight adu... | [
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12,490 | 0 | Every bit as worth as their predecessors. The Horn BookA virtual catalog of brief meditations on little earthly wonders-from "Amoeba" to "Zinnias"-rendered in characteristically simple yet exquisitely language and though. Voice of Youth AdvocatesMs. Worth brilliantly employs all aspects of the poet's craft...Like haiku... | [
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12,491 | 13 | An excellent novel, written in the form of an autobiography, about the painter Velzquez and his Negro slave and assistant, Juan de Pareja...[who] was legally prohibited from painting because he was a slave. Bulletin of the Center for Children's BooksElizabeth Borton de Trevio (1904-2000) was the highly acclaimed author... | [
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12,492 | 1 | One summer morning when his parents aren't about, frog Gorky sets up a laboratory in the kitchen and concocts a potion...His wondrous flight is described in language that bubbles with magical phrases, and the illustrations bloom with Steig's luminous art. Starred, School Library JournalOrbiting Steig's world with Gorky... | [
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12,493 | 10 | PW's starred review praised the "dramatic flair" and "effervescent spirit" of this inventive tale about a French aviator with nine lives. Ages 3-up. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.Grade 1-3?The daring escapades of an unflappable flier who crashes into a French farmyard and charms the owners, Sophie and A... | [
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12,494 | 13 | [A] simple but pleasing story with elegantly decorative paintings. Kirkus ReviewsAn excellent read-aloud book. . .A worthy addition to the multicultural collection. BooklistJeanne M. Lee is the author and illustrator of many books, including The Song of Mu Lan and I Once Was a Monkey: Stories Buddha Told. She lives in ... | [
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12,495 | 15 | "In strikingly vivid and arresting full-color paintings, Cowcher movingly presents . . . a well-designed introduction to the fragile balance of nature," PW commented. Ages 4-8. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.; Title: Rain Forest | [
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12,496 | 0 | The engaging tale of a garbage collector who finds true love only when he stops looking for it. A Michael di Capua Book. Ages 3-up. Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.; Title: Tiffky Doofky (Sunburst Book) | [
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12,497 | 1 | As depicted by Caldecott Medalist Zemach, these amusingly rag-tag porkers make short work of a dashing, frock-coated wolf. Ages 3-up. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.PreSchool-Grade 2--The Three Little Pigs joins the gallery of newly-illustrated folk and fairy tales that have glutted the market in recent ... | [
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12,498 | 2 | An influx of circus families into a staid small town is the premise of this "rollicking ode to silliness," said PW; "Horvath remains a master of the middle-grade comedy." Ages 8-12. Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.A small, quiet town becomes divided when some circus folk set down root-and, heaven forbid, ... | [
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12,499 | 7 | Grownups will shiver with delight when they recognize this old favorite. Georgie the mild-mannered little ghost has been around for over half a century, his gentle ways happily haunting generations of children. Georgie is quite content with his quiet routine in the home of the Whittakers. Every evening he creaks a loos... | [
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