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16,000 | 11 | The haunting immediacy of this moving tale may derive from its roots in Uchida's ( A Jar of Dreams ; The Best Bad Thing ) own childhood experiences--the author was interned in camps for Japanese Americans during WW II. Originally published as a short story, the book opens as Emi, her mother and sister prepare to leave ... | [
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16,001 | 13 | Kindergarten-Grade 3-- A wonderful blending of elements into a cohesive, thoroughly entertaining work that subtly introduces young readers to the world of music. While practicing, Berlioz the Bear detects a strange buzzing noise coming from his double bass. On the way to the concert with the rest of the bear band, he i... | [
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16,002 | 13 | Kindergarten-Grade 3?In this sequel to Lili at Ballet (Putnam, 1993), Lili is performing in The Nutcracker for the first time. Her moments on stage as a guest in the party scene quickly pass by, and she and her friends take their bows. Backstage, she encounters the dancers who will appear in Act II and takes flowers to... | [
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16,003 | 11 | Soto (Too Many Tamales) commands a poet's gift for defining characters quickly, densely and, in this case, with hilariously choice words. Paired with Guevara's (The Boardwalk Princess) wickedly funny, urban paints, Soto's story of Chato, a cool, "low-riding cat" of East Los Angeles, is a scream. Chato and his friend No... | [
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16,004 | 7 | Living alone in the forest, Baba Yaga watches longingly as the babushkas of the village care for their grandchildren. Snatching an outfit off a clothesline, the wizened, long-eared creature disguises herself as one of the village grandmothers and goes in search of a child to love. She finds the cherubic Victor, whose m... | [
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16,005 | 13 | In the same format as his Great Painters , Ventura here traces the history of Western music through short biographies of its most illustrious composers. Running chronologically from Gregory the Great in the sixth century to George Gershwin, Duke Ellington and, interestingly, the Beatles in the 20th, Ventura's portraits... | [
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16,006 | 2 | Through limpid watercolors and tender prose, Arnosky (Every Autumn Comes the Bear; Otters Under Water) magnifies a routine moment in nature until it assumes exceptional proportions. A mother mallard leads her dozen ducklings "around the shoreline weeds, through a driftwood maze" to a sandbar, where the whole family wil... | [
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16,007 | 5 | Kindergarten-Grade 3AA retelling of a traditional Jataka tale from India. A gray parrot witnesses the start of a forest fire. She knows she can fly away to safety, but when she sees the devastation and other forest dwellers trapped by the fire, she tries to save them. She calls on the other animals to help, but they te... | [
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16,008 | 0 | Those wanting to know why the cow jumped over the moon will find some tweakingly twisted answers in this nonsensical story. "Two cool, too cool" cows from the Huckabuck farm are looking for fresh grass, and they jump to the moon to find it. The moon is cool, too-with cows aplenty beating bongo drums and doing the bunny... | [
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16,009 | 13 | Borrowing classical stage traditions for its themes and characterizations, this original tale speaks of unrequited love and romantic transformations. The voiceless Gemino, a Pagliacci-style clown, has only a jewel for a heart. He plays his violin for his beloved ballerina, Pavelle, whose appreciation for him seems to e... | [
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16,010 | 16 | PreSchool-This uninspired offering retains the interactive element of the earlier Spot books, but with a variation on the theme. Pictures appear in the text, and readers must lift the flap to see the word. The book is suitable for sharing one-on-one, but children ready to read independently will find that the flaps slo... | [
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16,011 | 0 | Colorful idiom characterizes this witty Western adventure, narrated by an amiable but bumbling sheriff. When "the ittiest, bittiest orphan, little Sweetness" runs away from the local orphanage and its cruel headmistress, the sheriff follows her into the desert. "I was gonna bring that orphan back if it harelipped the g... | [
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16,012 | 13 | Like its subject, this imaginative study of the "Raphael of Flowers" operates within a small but inspired range. Her orderly yet lush watercolor scenes of the French artist's life (1759-1840) handsomely complement the personality of the hero, who managed a long and brilliant career as a botanical painter despite numero... | [
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16,013 | 1 | Text: Spanish (translation) Original Language: EnglishEric Carle is acclaimed and beloved as the creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children. His best-known work, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has eaten its way into the hearts of literally millions of children all o... | [
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16,014 | 5 | The Doctor Bird is a rainbow-winged, streamer-tailed hummingbird that lives only in JamaicaAand is that West Indian island's beloved national bird. Here, in a trio of wordy folktales, a top-hatted Doctor Bird uses magical powers plus his own wisdom to teach other creatures important lessons. Working in her characterist... | [
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16,015 | 2 | Next to Gallagher's (The Selfish Giant) luminous paintings of a quaint, storybook China, this lengthy story seems contrived; the late Conrad's (The Tub People) text has an unfinished quality. She weaves in elements from the traditional legend surrounding the blue willow plate (which is of English design, not Chinese), ... | [
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16,016 | 13 | The prolific Heller's latest effort should tickle the fancy-and the palettes-of paint manufacturers everywhere. (And, oh yes, youngsters will be delighted, too.) This paean to pigment seems even more vibrant than Heller's earlier tomes. She leaves no color-producing instrument unexplored ("From pencils and markers and ... | [
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16,017 | 13 | Grade 1-3?Marie van Goethem was a "rat" girl in the chorus of the ballet of the Paris Opera when she was immortalized by Edgar Degas in a sculpture entitled "The Little Dancer." In this fictionalized account, Marie is shown as a shy, plain girl who models for the painter and sculptor to provide money for her struggling... | [
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16,018 | 11 | First-time author Casler combines what is essentially a New Age parable with the Native American rite of the spirit quest, producing a strange hybrid with no strong roots. Three boys climb a mountain to seek dreams of power to guide them in their lives. One boy dreams of a bear, the second of an eagle, and the third on... | [
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16,019 | 2 | PreS-Gr 1-When an eight-year-old boy helps his uncle at his job as a plasterer, he takes a fancy to his workman's apron with a pocket. As a result of his fascination, his aunt makes him an apron of his own and he spends a few days as his Uncle Adam's assistant. The text is brief and simple but clearly conveys the warmt... | [
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16,020 | 1 | Barbara Helen Berger lives on Bainbridge Island, Washington.; Title: Thunder Bunny | [
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16,021 | 2 | PreS. Christopher must always do as his mother requests, as she is much bigger than he. But when she insists he take a bath, he tells her to "go away" on his small toy boat. When she points out that she is too big to get in the boat, he sees this as an opportunity to take control and wills her to "be small." The bathtu... | [
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16,022 | 11 | PreSchool-Grade 2-"Come look inside my patch and see/A world of life from A to Z." Sloat's rhymed text follows Patty from seedtime through harvest as she grows and sells pumpkins on her farm. The larger illustrations at the top of each page introduce readers to the work and care required to produce a crop. A bird, inse... | [
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16,023 | 2 | Marvin Higgins, the classroom bully from Kline's Mary Marony books, gets his own series now, beginning with this agreeable novel. Here, sharp-tongued Marvin learns that "mean words" really can hurt when he overhears his teacher talking about a bad-tempered hockey player whose last name is Marvin and thinks she is refer... | [
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16,024 | 5 | Grade 6-9. In this sequel to The Lost Years of Merlin (Philomel, 1996), 13-year-old Merlin faces down the powers of darkness on the island of Fincayra and masters the traditional Seven Songs of Wisdom. In one month's time, he must discover the soul of each song and journey to the Otherworld to obtain a magical elixir t... | [
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16,025 | 15 | Grade 4-7. Dramatic full-color photos of lightning, tornadoes, and hurricanes are a vivid testimony to the dedicated efforts of Warren Faidley, storm chaser and photographer. Kramer's readable, exciting text allows readers to ride with Faidley in his specially equipped vehicle, Shadow Chaser, as he races to intercept l... | [] | Train |
16,026 | 11 | Like most Lakota Sioux boys, Slow yearns for the special vision or manly deed that will inspire his permanent, adult name. Encouraged by splendid stories of his father's bravery, wisdom and leadership, Slow focuses his energy on becoming a warrior. Friends gradually begin to associate his name with careful deliberation... | [
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16,027 | 2 | PreSchool-K-The action begins promptly on the title page as a boy prepares to pounce on his father, who sits quietly reading the newspaper. What follows is an affectionate, rough-and-tumble exchange between the two as they engage in physical play. The little boy pretends to be a bear and his father becomes "a Big Hairy... | [
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16,028 | 13 | Kindergarten-Grade 3. When Tanya and her mother arrive early at the theater for a performance of Coppelia, the girl follows an elderly woman down a hallway and discovers a dressing room with a green wardrobe full of wonderful costumes. Tanya and the woman dress up and dance parts from Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and t... | [
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16,029 | 5 | Petach practices nontraditional casting and extravagant punning in this fractured fairy tale, in which Goldilocks falls down the rabbit hole. Relatively straightforward narrative counterpoints voice-bubble dialogue from Goldy and the hares ("Hey, we're rabbits, not hares!" objects Papa; "I know, dear," replies his wife... | [
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16,030 | 2 | PreSchool-Grade 4?The spareness of the arctic landscape lends itself to a picture book elegant in painting and poem. Yolen's confident hand with verbal rhythms has never been more evident. The author moves naturally from rhyming couplets to internal rhymes, letting the changing beats of the lines evoke "A ton of unpred... | [
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16,031 | 2 | DePaola executes a clever concept with his trademark charm and humor, offering a prequel to the series that began in 1976 with the Caldecott Honor book Strega Nona. Here the author/artist tells how his charismatic character came to become a strega (witch) with a "magic touch." The "biography" begins on a dark and storm... | [
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16,032 | 13 | Kindergarten-Grade 3. Isadora's winsome ballerina has returned?this time backstage. Lili arrives at the theater prior to a performance of Sleeping Beauty, and while searching for her grandfather, a French-horn player in the orchestra, she explores the rehearsal area; stage loft; costume, wig, prop, and make-up rooms; c... | [
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16,033 | 5 | Blond, blue-eyed Treva (The Trouble with Trolls, 1992) teaches a pair of greedy little trolls how to celebrate Christmas: following them in order to find the gifts and ornaments they've snitched from her house, she helps them decorate their home, shows them how to share, and offers them a gift--a gesture they make in r... | [
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16,034 | 16 | A minor addition to Carle's lengthy list of child-captivating titles, this lean tale introduces a cloud that changes itself into a handful of shapes. Calling upon memories of objects it has seen, Little Cloud becomes a plane, a shark, trees, a rabbit and a clown before rejoining its peers. At this point they do what cl... | [
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16,035 | 2 | Barron's (The Lost Years of Merlin) debut picture book, which the flap copy describes as autobiographical, offers a humanist response to death and grieving. On the day that Grandpa dies, a boy listens as his sister, brother and parents share memories of this generous, dynamic man. But he can't bring himself to join in,... | [
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16,036 | 2 | In this lighthearted cumulative romp, three young siblings pack a bag with sweaters, socks, mittens and earmuffs and search out alternative dwellings. They enjoy living in a tree, until they tumble out; on a raft in a pond, until it sinks; and in a sand castle by the sea, until the tide comes in. With each move, the ch... | [
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16,037 | 13 | PreSchool-Grade 2-A young ballerina, first introduced in Dance, Tanya (Philomel, 1989), gracefully leaps her way through this well-designed book. When her teacher instructs her to pose like a flamingo, Tanya imitates the animal by standing on one foot and bending her other leg. Pull the tab below the picture and vertic... | [
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16,038 | 2 | Gr. 3^-5. Seven-year-old Evangeline Blake and her father eke out a spare existence in the log cabin built by Papa at the edge of the forest. Their only companions are two mules Papa borrows from a neighbor for plowing and a stray dog that comes and goes. When a flash flood threatens their home, and Papa is accidentally... | [
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16,039 | 0 | Ages 3^-7. Originally published in 1973, this autobiographical picture book was one of the first to introduce very young children to the concept of death. Given its graceful treatment of a difficult subject, it has been a parental staple ever since, and a new generations of readers will be glad to discover this timeles... | [
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16,040 | 4 | Ages 3^-6. "Are they beasts or great machines that feast to keep our city clean?" Well, actually, as Kirk envisions them, they're a little bit of both: energetically anthropomorphized trash trucks with massive jaws and jagged teeth, all the better the garbage to eat. Oops! Sorry--Kirk's singsong, rhyming text is infect... | [
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16,041 | 14 | Grade 1-4. Using the words of "Silent Night" as chapter headings, Moses tells the story of a family celebrating the Christmas Eve arrival of a baby girl. The day is filled with urgency and excitement, as Grandma arrives on the train, the hired hand rushes for Doc Herrick, and the family members trim the tree as they wa... | [
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16,042 | 2 | PreSchool-Grade 4?A cautionary tale that will appeal to anyone who believes in the power and magic of books. When the town of Triple Creek first built a huge TV tower, Aunt Chip took to her bed, promising, "there will be consequences." Now, 50 years later, the townspeople are so obsessed with their televisions that the... | [
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16,043 | 21 | Isadora (Lili at Ballet) opens the window on another discipline with this engaging and informative book. Eight-year-old Sophie has set her sights on becoming a professional ice skater, devoting five mornings and three afternoons a week to lessons at the rink, and now she prepares for a competition. The story line grace... | [
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16,044 | 2 | Boyd's image-laden narrative makes a passionate appeal to "Daddy" to "be there" to share the small and significant incidents in a child's life and-more incisively-to right the wrongs, some of which have been created by Daddy himself. The words of the book's title introduce-and end-just about every page of this belabore... | [
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16,045 | 2 | Reaching deep into the treasured memories of his own childhood, dePaola pulls out a plum. Little Tommy eagerly anticipates the arrival of a new sibling, and prays nightly for "a baby sister with a red ribbon in her hair." Household preparations proceed on course until a slight detour knocks Tommy for a loop-the arrival... | [
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16,046 | 2 | "In a book economical in text and simple in illustrations, the many amusing, small details, as well as the tranquil tome of the story, make this an outstanding picture book." --The Horn Book, starred review“The amiable cartoon characters, vibrant palette, and affectionate tone of the author’s art recall Tha... | [
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16,047 | 16 | In this well-conceived, deceptively simple book about the stages of a child's development, Kirk (Breakfast at the Liberty Diner) conveys a boy's pride at growing bigger. The first two spreads, highlighted in glowing red-gold hues, show tiny snapshot-sized drawings of the child in the womb ("Once I was very small. I was... | [
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16,048 | 16 | This board book combines simple counting with Carle's unusual illustrations of animals. Early learners will find the whimsical pictures appealing as they learn the beginning rudiments of numbers and counting. -- Midwest Book ReviewEric Carle is acclaimed and beloved as the creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovat... | [
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16,049 | 16 | Eric Hill (www.funwithspot.com) left school when he was 15 and took up cartooning while working as a messenger at an art studio.He createdWhere's Spot?as a bedtime story for his two-year old son. It was published four years later, and the rest is history. Eric Hill passed away in July 2014.; Title: Spot's Favorite Colo... | [
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16,050 | 2 | Fans of Polacco's (Thundercake; Pink and Say) work know well her talent for weaving her colorful family history throughout her picture books. Here Polacco shares her childhood triumph over dyslexia and discovery of reading in an inspiring if slightly formulaic story. Young Trisha is eager to taste the "sweetness of kno... | [
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16,051 | 11 | A witch, sea serpent, giant, fairies and wild beasts are among the staples in Talbott's (We're Back: A Dinosaur's Story; Amazon Diary) bubbly story, set on the coast of Ireland. Trouble begins when the king's soldiers lay claim to a stallion belonging to the local witch and her neighbors do nothing to help. With the wi... | [
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16,052 | 11 | In this bittersweet story developed from a Chinook legend, an Indian boy wanders off from his parents as they are camped along a riverbank--"The whole tribe began searching. But there were no traces of the boy." The lad dwells among seals for a time; indeed he becomes one of them, for "he wouldn't talk, but only grunte... | [
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16,053 | 1 | PreS. Mother Moon's little one has been cast adrift and finds himself alone at sea until a raucous lot of otters comes to the rescue and a happy return ensues. A starlit, "sweet dreams" selection. Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.The title may give the impression that this is a counting book; instead, Berg... | [
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16,054 | 1 | PreS-Gr 2-The creators of Cowboy Bunnies (Putnam, 1997) present another bunny endeavor of enormous proportions. "Astro bunnies/See a star/Think they'd like to/Go that far," and off they go, propelled by a jaunty, rhyming verse that has the same rhythm as "Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star." In this bunny world, a crew of st... | [
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16,055 | 18 | Employing an intriguing blend of biography, comparative literature and good old-fashioned yarn-spinning, Moses (Silent Night; The Legend of Sleepy Hollow) explores the life and times of Johnny Appleseed, the great tree hugger and tree planter from American folklore. Appleseed, who began life as John Chapman, born in Ma... | [
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16,056 | 7 | Prospero-like in their artistry, Spirin's dazzling watercolors dominate this retelling of Shakespeare's final play. Shaped like altar panels fit for a Renaissance church or palace, the illustrations are romantic, regal and magical, richly interpreting the play's themes of betrayal, revenge and all-conquering love. A wi... | [
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16,057 | 11 | A companion to Strega Nona: Her Story, dePaola's breezy bio of Strega Nona's bumbling sidekick, Big Anthony, can be thoroughly enjoyed by readers whether they are new to the series or longtime fans. The tale opens with the christening of the newborn Anthony, identifiable even in infancy by his wild shock of yellow hair... | [
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16,058 | 0 | Plying the same peppy format that powered their Gold Fever, Kay and Schindler once again head West: "Mother, Father,/ Baby John,/ Bouncing, jouncing,/ Moving on." The volume explores life on a wagon train headed for California through the eyes of one family. Kay packs a motherlode of information into brisk quatrains, w... | [
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16,059 | 2 | Set during Prohibition, Ritter's debut novel features a rural Kentucky dialect and a sympathetic hero "stuck smack between two worlds." Luke Bledsoe's conflicts with his father, a volatile fundamentalist preacher, take on a new dimension when the seventh-grade southpaw discovers his pitching power. Classmates who have ... | [
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16,060 | 13 | Kindergarten-Grade 3Another lovely story about the young ballet student that will appeal to children who feel left out or unable to accomplish as much as their peers. In Tanyas sixth picture-book appearance, she is selected to dance the title role in The Ugly Duckling ballet at her school recital. As the children rehea... | [
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16,061 | 0 | Woodson (If You Come Softly; I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This) lays out her resonant story like a poem, its central metaphor a fence that divides blacks from whites. Lewis's (My Rows and Piles of Coins) evocative watercolors lay bare the personalities and emotions of her two young heroines, one African-American and one ... | [
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16,062 | 0 | Grade 4 Up-This picture book set during the Civil War is a departure for Polacco in terms of content and audience. It is certainly the deepest and most serious book she has done. Sheldon Curtis, 15, a white boy, lies badly wounded in a field in Georgia when Pinkus Aylee, an African American Union soldier about Sheldon'... | [
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16,063 | 13 | Using a two-story structure as his prototype, DuQuette (Hotel Animal) surveys the components of a generic house. He begins with the facade, then isolates its structural details in watercolor and pencil against white negative space, with accompanying rhyming couplets. For example, the text on a spread showing a flat pla... | [
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16,064 | 2 | PreSchool-Grade 1Not so much bilingual as Spanglish, My Little Car is nevertheless an enjoyable foray into Mexican-American culture. The text is primarily in English, with Spanish words sprinkled throughout. The glossary at the beginning of the book features the 16 Spanish words or phrases used in the story. Teresa thi... | [
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16,065 | 0 | The skilled author-illustrator team that introduced readers to 1930s Harlem in Tree of Hope here explores another dramatic chapter in African-American history: the 1964 Mississippi Summer Project. In the summer of 1964, Jolie's family plays host to Annie, a 19-year-old white woman who has volunteered to teach Freedom S... | [
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16,066 | 0 | Grade 2-4?Another winner from Kline. Mary Maroney is a second grader who stutters at times. Her class has just finished reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Mrs. Bird is re-creating the golden-ticket portion of the story. The five children who find tickets in their chocolate bars will be treated to a pizza pa... | [
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16,067 | 1 | Brett (The Mitten; Armadillo Rodeo), a Massachusetts resident, stays close to home with this latest book, setting it on Nantucket. Capturing the island's rustic charm, her characteristically bustling, elaborately bordered art showcases weathered shingle buildings, a gray-blue sea and shell-sprinkled beaches. Comet, the... | [
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16,068 | 2 | Kicking off a series by the same name, dePaola's effervescent chapter book recounts some memorable moments from the author's early years, surrounded by loving family members and friends. Fans will recognize a few of the cast members from the author's various autobiographical picture books. Organized as an engaging past... | [
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16,069 | 0 | PreSchool-Grade 2. It all starts so innocently?a young boy drops his book while observing a bee in a lovely outdoor restaurant, "Enzo's." From there, this cumulative tale takes off on a hilarious roller-coaster ride of mishaps. The rhyming text gains momentum as a waiter trips over the book, tips his tray, and spills a... | [
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16,070 | 2 | Wyatt doesn't ask for much. He just wants to play with the big kids sometimes, help his sister wash the car, adopt a puppy. But no matter what he says to his friends and family, the response is always the same: "Quiet, Wyatt!" Sick and tired of being dismissed, Wyatt rebels. From now on, he is not going to say another ... | [
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16,071 | 13 | Some false notes won't keep most kids from enjoying Isadora's (Ben's Trumpet) tribute to the jazz that filled the streets of 1930s Harlem. Rather uninspired rhymed couplets make up the text: "Bring on that beat,/ Wake up the street./ Saxophone jive,/ keep us alive." Yet the visuals succeed in bringing the era to life. ... | [
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16,072 | 1 | Little Jane Allison, William Everett (Bill) Crocodile's cousin, has disappeared from the banks of the Nile in dePaola's third, likable, loony adventure starring crackerjack sleuth Bill and his best pal (and trusty toothbrush), Pete the plover. An eyewitness reports that the diminutive crocodile has been loaded onto a s... | [
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16,073 | 0 | Grade 4-6?A biography of Sacagawea from the time she was captured by the Minnetaree through 1806, when Lewis and Clark left for home. St. George draws heavily from the journals of Lewis, Clark, and various members of their Corps of Discovery, thus giving readers a good overview of their historic journey as well. As she... | [
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16,074 | 11 | Kindergarten-Grade 4?A poetic narrative that invites readers into Arizona's Sonora Desert through a collaboration of art and words, and gives a comfortable armchair tour of a beautiful, rugged, surprisingly varied place. Regan's artwork starts and ends with a panoramic scene, and in between it brings children in for cl... | [
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16,075 | 6 | Kindergarten-Grade 2-While the grown-ups are immersed in pie eating and other outdoor carnival festivities, their babies crawl away. The only one to observe this phenomenon is a toddler in a fireman's hat who follows them and saves them from such disasters as bat caves, cliff-hanging, and hunger, along the way shouting... | [
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16,076 | 5 | What becomes a Bigfoot most? This silly twist on a favorite fairy tale clears up that question (and more) with humor and style. The Bigfoot prince is looking for a wife. But his perfect mate must meet some stringent criteria: she must be odoriferous, have lots of matted fur and be the kind of nature lover that never pi... | [
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16,077 | 13 | PreSchool-Grade 3-This book combines playful illustrations with rhymes that hop, skip, and jump. The text features short verses about different situations or emotions and the dances that could go along with them: "How can you dance when/one foot's sore?/Dance with the other foot/touching the floor." They are followed b... | [
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16,078 | 11 | PreSchool-Grade 2-It is Fledgling's fate as the oldest in the nest to be the first to fly. She is very excited but nervous as well. Will she be able to do it and lead the rest of her siblings? She takes off tentatively but danger is lurking and Fledgling must use all of her skill to avoid being attacked by a huge hawk.... | [
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16,079 | 2 | Holt (My Louisiana Sky) returns to Louisiana for this touching slice of life in a 1940 mill town. Young Jolene Jasmine Johnson can't change certain things about her world, like having to sit in the rear balcony at the movie theater, and acting polite to "Miz" Logan, the mill owner's wife for whom Jolene's mother sews d... | [
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16,080 | 0 | As they did in Shakerag, a tale of Elvis Presley's Southern childhood, Littlesugar and Cooper join forces to vividly evoke the past. This time the subject is the rebirth of African-American theater in Harlem during the Great Depression. Young Florrie has often heard the stories of how her father found joy as an actor a... | [
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16,081 | 1 | With the color-saturated oils and retro graphics that have become his trademark, Kirk (Bigger) saves his readers a primo seat on a rip-roaring school bus ride. He alternates strong rectilinear double-page compositions of the bus's exterior with cartoon panels that keep the pace brisk, as he plunges readers into the hea... | [
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16,082 | 0 | A dramatic true event turns pallid in this unconvincing first novel set at the close of WWII. Living on a Dutch farm with Mama and Papa, Henk has rejoiced with them at the defeat of the "bad soldiers"?but his whole world turns upside-down when "Mama and Papa" tell him that they are not in fact his parents. Henk's real ... | [
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16,083 | 13 | PreSchool-Grade 3-After singing the praises of an orchestra in Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin (S & S, 1995) and a band in Our Marching Band (Putnam, 2001), Moss now extols the joys of music itself. In rhyming text, he explains that music is important because it appears in all aspects of our lives, from the mundane "music ... | [
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16,084 | 2 | Grade 2-4-Fourth-grade Amber Brown is back, and she thinks that nothing in her life is fair, from her mom and aunt going to Disneyland without her to the many changes she must face within her family. Her mother and Max are planning their upcoming wedding, their new life together, and maybe even a future baby together a... | [
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16,085 | 5 | According to newcomer Wright's 1,000-pound catfish character Ernie, Mayor Annie is an "uppity frog-kissin' steamboat captain" who should stay at home and "bake some cookies." But vivacious Annie has other ideas in this lively tall tale that features a heroine who can out-sing, out-talk and out-fish slimy, handsome vill... | [
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16,086 | 4 | PreS-Gr 2-This delightful picture book begins before the title page, as a father and two children get into their car to head out to lunch. However, a run-in with a huge mud puddle necessitates a stop at the car wash. As they enter, the children imagine that they are descending into the ocean in a submarine and immediat... | [
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11589,
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16,087 | 20 | Hubbard (Hip Cat) sends a cheerily illustrated book of affirmations to loved ones in this compact picture book. Opening with a picture of a gift, the book begins, "Today is a day to celebrate you." The text then catalogues such positive qualities as "You walk with confidence"; "When others need help you take responsibi... | [
36356
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16,088 | 14 | Claire Huchet Bishop (1899 1993) was a children's novelist and librarian. She was the winner of the Newbery Honor for Pancakes-Paris and All Alone, and the Josette Frank Award for Twenty and Ten. The Five Chinese Brothers won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1959.; Title: The Five Chinese Brothers | [
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16,089 | 10 | Rarely does potato poetry reach such laudable heights as in this piece of inspired lunacy from the tomfool team Toby Speed and Barry Root of Two Cool Cows. Surely these noble tubers have long deserved some sort of epic treatment (one wonders, for instance, why there's never been a "Charge of the Spud Brigade" or "The T... | [
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16,090 | 1 | Kindergarten-Grade 3 A fine collection of 13 short poems on various major events in both the Summer and Winter Olympics, illustrated with a wonderful team of elephant athletes. Basic facts about the games are included in a note at the back. The emphasis in the poems is on good sportsmanship, the value of practice and t... | [
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16,091 | 0 | In this thought-provoking prehistoric adventure tale, part of a new series, Dickinson considers evolution, revisiting themes he explored in A Bone from a Dry Sea. Separated from the elders of the Moonhawk clan after an attack by a horde of "ferocious strangers," Noli and five other children roam the land in search of n... | [] | Train |
16,092 | 0 | Kindergarten-Grade 5-Togo is a spirited puppy, determined to be a sled dog even though his owner, Leonhard Seppala, does not think he has what it takes. He's small for a Siberian husky, and much too independent. When he is only eight months old, he breaks through a fence and finds his owner's team on a supply run; it t... | [
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16,093 | 1 | Hedgie the hedgehog discovers the wisdom of the adage, "Don't go poking your nose where it doesn't belong" only after curiosity gets this prickly fellow in a pickle. When Lisa's red and white woolen stocking blows off the clothesline, Hedgie finds it and sticks his nose inside, only to discover his prickles prevent him... | [
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16,094 | 2 | Even Ichikawa's (the Tanya series) effervescent watercolors can't disguise a rhyming text that is as corny as Kansas in August. The simile-driven format is established on the very first page: "I am your parent; you are my child. I am your quiet place; you are my wild." As the sage teddy bear and the adorable child make... | [
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16,095 | 10 | reschool-Grade 1--The fun begins as soon as a boy bursts into the backyard, toy airplane in hand. Flying comes first, and then he takes some turns in his race car. An encounter with a pirate ship, a trip to the jungle, and a ride on a noble steed all follow in quick succession. Each mini adventure is fraught with dange... | [
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16,096 | 2 | Grade 1-4?An original tale about an Irish family, set in New England "some hundred years ago." Uncle Ambrose is expected at his sister's house on Christmas Eve. The musician of the family, he is the one who makes "Christmas sing" for his niece, Frances. However, Uncle Ambrose has a bad leg, and when an evening's snow t... | [
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16,097 | 2 | Camp (previously paired with Ross for The Midnight Feast) employs a comfortable storytelling style to evoke a stage of childhood familiar to parents everywhere, then adds playful dialogue asides and a dash of the fantastic. Lily nearly drives her father bonkers by forever asking "why." The duo's daily routine abounds w... | [
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16,098 | 2 | Like Where Does Joe Go? (reviewed above), this warm blend of fantasy and reality delivers a satisfying surprise ending. Ostracized at school, an overweight foster child named Welcome Comfort is befriended by the equally rotund school custodian, who heads out of town with his wife every Christmas Eve ("It's just somethi... | [
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51584,
... | Test |
16,099 | 1 | Lester (Really, Really, Really Bad Jokes) stands ceremony on its ear in this deviant abecedarian picture book, aimed at an audience who already has a firm grasp of their ABCs. As he breezes through the letters of the alphabet (well, most of them--"X and Y are not important letters. Never use them" he notes dryly), Lest... | [
1880,
5486,
8509,
20180,
21013,
23956,
44480,
45501,
45991,
52689,
53821,
56505,
56745,
61160,
65564,
68207,
75638
] | Train |
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