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16,300	0	PreS-K-The award-winning illustrator brings his flair for vibrant, large-scale figures to this introduction to various farm animals. "Furry ones,/feathered ones, woolly ones too/Some things they do/Just might surprise you!" Even older children may not know that turkeys purr and dairy cows drink a bathtub's worth of wat...	[ 996, 1851, 2163, 9821, 16273, 16288, 16371, 16395, 16405, 23712, 27006, 31906, 51483, 62318 ]	Validation
16,301	7	Grade 4 UpWhen Redwall Abbey is attacked by Cluny the rat's army, Matthias the mouse follows the example of Martin the Warrior and becomes a hero. Fans of the novel will want to see if villains like Cluny the Scourge and Asmodeus Poisonteeth live up to their imaginations, while new readers will enjoy visiting Redwall f...	[ 4259, 4330, 5946, 6084, 6620, 11395, 12403, 13471, 14610, 15847, 16177, 16210, 17736, 17856, 23998, 25659, 34994, 37898, 42182, 45637, 52239, 52251, 57361, 59897, 65030, 65096, 66663, 68125, 68171, 73075, 73123 ]	Train
16,302	5	Starred Review. Grade 1-6Goha, a folk character from the Middle East, is, by turns, a fool, a wise man, and a trickster in these 15 stories. Readers may find some tales familiar from other cultures, such as when Goha gets confused about whether he has 11 or 12 donkeys (depending on whether he is counting while astride ...	[ 64838, 64983 ]	Train
16,303	13	PreS-Gr 2Paris's Seine is the backdrop for a street performer and his talented dogs. Victor is a terrier who does backflips within the bicycle basket. Hugo, a hound, balances on a stack of gaily decorated boxes. The Maestro presides at the accordion, but when the animals and musician sound out their names, the instrume...	[ 5978, 16092, 16272, 16312 ]	Train
16,304	0	K-Gr. 2. Although some purists may balk at the reinterpretation, this Nativity story offers a fresh take on the traditional Christian account: a comet approaches Earth as the time of Jesus' birth draws near, becoming the signal in the sky seen by the three wise men. Evocative illustrations elevate the occasionally awkw...	[ 8900, 9238, 9655, 23657, 36166, 46013 ]	Validation
16,305	15	T. A. Barron lives in Colorado.William Low lives in New York.; Title: The Day the Stones Walked	[ 55303 ]	Train
16,306	2	Satomi Ichikawa, creator of the Nora books, lives in Paris, France.; Title: You Are My Miracle	[ 674, 2405, 8743, 9200, 9443, 9545, 10064, 10070, 14412, 16094, 16413, 16495, 21290, 21500, 27026, 33680, 39707, 40587, 42907, 46013, 51787, 54190, 55024, 55262, 55435, 56313, 56377, 63066, 69380, 69442 ]	Test
16,307	2	PreSchool-Grade 2 Rosenthal enumerates ways in which a child's happiness can be squelched by a rotten day. The array of mishaps includes sibling and friendship problems, disappointing birthdays, itchy clothing, misplaced belongings, and self-doubt. Each unwelcome incident warrants a special designation. There's a Keep ...	[ 490, 563, 829, 888, 1636, 2253, 2255, 2257, 2422, 2440, 2658, 2681, 2909, 3660, 4037, 4149, 5643, 6671, 6976, 10300, 10793, 11622, 12285, 13368, 14016, 14550, 16320, 16342, 16344, 21109, 22341, 22348, 22725, 24005, 24247, 24710, 29290, 29314,...	Train
16,308	0	Grade 2-4In this engaging entry in the series, Tomie is now in second grade, and the book's pivotal event is the bombing of Pearl Harbor. His parents help him to cope with the uncertainty by answering questions and remaining strong as a unified family. This sensitive account provides a child's-eye view of America in Wo...	[ 5969, 5991, 6236, 6339, 6755, 7782, 15929, 16068, 16323, 16341, 16422, 16470, 16567, 26031, 29003, 39032, 39052 ]	Validation
16,309	7	Ricky Gervais is the star of the popular UK sitcom The Office. Gervais started his career in music and radio, eventually moving into comedy on The 11 Oclock Show. When that show finished in October of 2002, Ricky began working with a friend on an office-based "mock"-umentary, which became the Golden Globe-winning sitco...	[ 32948 ]	Test
16,310	1	Kindergarten-Grade 3In this humorous introduction to the concept of division, 2 bugs gather 13 beans and try to devise a way to share them evenly. Flora and Ralph think of several scenarios but in the end they still have "bean thirteen" left over. Even inviting their friends for dinner doesn't resolve the problem. Whet...	[ 492, 1362, 4844, 4868, 4871, 4872, 4876, 4879, 6560, 11254, 12426, 13272, 17072, 17157, 17406, 17996, 21372, 23887, 23919, 24710, 26880, 26908, 27352, 32115, 32570, 33211, 35857, 35868, 35913, 35974, 36996, 37261, 38100, 39104, 39109, 39470, 43...	Train
16,311	2	PreSchool-Grade 1Froggie stands in for the quintessential overexcited child in this companion to Too Many Frogs! (Philomel, 2005). He loves sleeping in his own special hut by the pond, but on his grandfather's birthday, he eagerly wakes up and heads for the celebration. He quickly makes a costume, a stage, and programs...	[ 16237 ]	Train
16,312	2	Gr 1-4-Blake presents a story of canine friendship on the Junior Iditarod Trail. Painter and Ugly are sled dogs living with their boy, Jake, on the Yukon River. They are an inseparable pair, playing together, eating out of the same bowl, and insisting on sleeping next to one another. They are also the fastest of the lo...	[ 5978, 14474, 14625, 15292, 16092, 16112, 16272, 16303, 18032, 26520, 41454, 54109, 60728, 61178 ]	Train
16,313	2	Grade 24Ginger is an eccentric pianist with plenty of money, fame, and accomplished young students to whom she listens raptly each day. She also has a closet full of flashy clothes ("'You are what you wear,' she always says") and plenty of makeup that she applies liberally. As if that's not enough to make her a bit unu...	[ 5366, 5997, 6068, 6101, 6126, 6308, 6327, 6362, 6378, 6805, 11944, 15741, 15749, 15790, 15809, 15944, 15974, 16042, 16062, 16069, 16183, 16259, 16273, 16278, 16299, 16317, 16322, 16330, 16344, 16356, 16396, 16424, 16425, 16468, 16475, 16529, 16...	Validation
16,314	18	Starred Review. Putting his powers of visual explanation to the test, Talbott (United Tweets of America) presents a staggering amount of information about the Hudson River without ever overwhelming or confusing readers. A series of watercolor spreads, unified by the image of the river flowing across each one, traces th...	[ 5431, 6327, 10118, 16214, 16453, 16465, 17740, 36133, 47868, 59893 ]	Train
16,315	2	Henriettas older sisters love to tease, but they reach new heights when they inform Henrietta that shes a chicken: Mom got you from Barneys farm.Arguments about having no feathers dont hold sway. But soonHenrietta thinksshe may, indeed, be a chicken especially after she finds an egg in her bed. So she heads over to Bar...	[ 11254, 16202, 16370, 16454, 31964, 39279, 49608, 50576 ]	Train
16,316	0	Using parallel narratives, Yolen recounts the tale of a Russian-Jewish family preparing to emigrate to America, and the story of French artist Frederic Auguste Bartholdis creation of the Statue of Liberty. Mama, Papa, and their four children dream of a life far away from the pogroms. They travel by train and boat to Ne...	[ 1664, 2729, 4383, 4599, 6362, 11397, 13705, 15289, 16061, 16344, 16347, 17700, 17884, 18520, 19173, 20709, 21220, 21249, 21408, 22984, 25368, 26720, 28384, 32436, 33656, 47704, 51073, 51247, 51954, 52649, 52930, 61259, 62422, 63252, 68210, 75267 ...	Train
16,317	2	Grade 24Polacco has created another picture book filled with warmth and love. A student teacher, Danielle, rescues a kitten, and when she gets a teaching job that takes her to Port Townsend, WA, and a house on a bay, they settle in. Then Autumn is wounded and lost in a thunderstorm, and despite Danielle's class's effor...	[ 4000, 6068, 6101, 6126, 6308, 6327, 6362, 6378, 6805, 10139, 10762, 13953, 15477, 15741, 15749, 15790, 15809, 15912, 15967, 15974, 16042, 16061, 16062, 16069, 16183, 16259, 16278, 16299, 16313, 16322, 16330, 16356, 16396, 16405, 16425, 16468, 1...	Train
16,318	20	Grade 3 UpSpirin has applied his unique artistic vision to the venerated Old Testament psalm. He isolates harmonious images from his elegant portrait of an ornately robed and turbaned dignitary, which appears at the back of the book, to illuminate each line. The harp-playing man occupies a gold and ivory temple surroun...	[ 5427, 8901, 16110, 16150, 16194, 16212, 17296, 25753, 26733, 27531, 27534, 31776, 31824, 31864, 31936, 36838, 36879, 37279 ]	Train
16,319	11	Grade 2-8Detailed pen and ink and watercolors illustrate this wordless travelogue. Anno's aerial tour of Spanish landscapes and townscapes is timeless: along with sightings of 20th-century architectural and artistic icons (Sagrada Familia, Guernica, etc.) there are also scenes of 15th-century ships at sea, olive harves...	[ 5420, 7035, 7174, 11254, 12093, 19538, 23005, 23220, 26031, 27619, 28998, 30668, 32951, 33443, 35084, 36133, 37075, 38253, 38695, 41947, 43996, 46626, 48408, 52847, 59677, 59749, 62415, 69953, 71637, 73190, 73362, 73368, 75155, 75544 ]	Train
16,320	0	Amy Krouse Rosenthal's other books include New York Times bestsellers Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons and Duck! Rabbit! (Time Magazine's #1 Children's Book of 2009). She lives in Chicago, Illinois. Delphine Durand has illustrated Putnam's Chicken of the Family (which was a CCBC Choice and Bulletin Blue Ribbon). She liv...	[ 1880, 2253, 2255, 2257, 2422, 2440, 2658, 2681, 4149, 5507, 7705, 14550, 14654, 16307, 20963, 22341, 22348, 25967, 38371, 38523, 38535, 45278, 45368, 52479, 65593, 74704 ]	Train
16,321	2	PreS-Gr 2Nick is afraid of many things: giant bugs, the dark, manhole covers, and what lies beneath them. He longs to be brave like his dad. "His dad was not afraid of anything." Fortunately, Nick has a plastic dinosaur talisman that makes him fearless. When the dinosaur is safely in his pocket or tucked inside his soc...	[ 3651, 3796, 4123, 4158, 4204, 4213, 6051, 6559, 10641, 10841, 10842, 10855, 10882, 11192, 11286, 11396, 11397, 14099, 14891, 15760, 15811, 15819, 15882, 15897, 16407, 16476, 16602, 17394, 20810, 22666, 22815, 23969, 25669, 29290, 31427, 32912, ...	Train
16,322	2	"I was born in Lansing, Michigan in 1944. Soon after my birth I lived in Williamston, Michigan and then moved onto my grandparents farm in Union City, Michigan."I lived on the farm with my mom and Grandparents until 1949. That is when my Babushka (my grandmother) died and we prepared to move away from Michigan. I must ...	[ 1427, 4006, 6068, 6101, 6126, 6308, 6327, 6362, 6378, 6805, 7423, 9563, 9581, 15414, 15600, 15741, 15749, 15790, 15809, 15967, 15974, 16042, 16061, 16062, 16183, 16278, 16284, 16299, 16313, 16317, 16330, 16344, 16347, 16356, 16396, 16425, 16468...	Validation
16,323	2	PreSIn this sweet tribute, dePaola has created a visual story of the important role these celestial beings play in our everyday lives. Beginning with the wake up angel and concluding with the goodnight angel, a host of heavenly friends accompanies a variety of children to school, to the playground, and to a tea party. ...	[ 5991, 6099, 6236, 6643, 6649, 6796, 7782, 11356, 15750, 15926, 15929, 16308, 16435, 16470, 16567, 18732, 18834, 19017, 23220, 24071, 26031, 28565, 29016, 36070, 36091, 38013, 38580, 39032, 39052, 39085, 39596, 65859, 69688, 70258 ]	Train
16,324	0	With this endearing if uneven parody of "Five Little Ducklings," Horowitz (The Ugly Pumpkin) initiates youngsters into the joys of Yiddishjust in time for Passover. After explaining what gefilte fish is (though non-Jewish readers may not be helped much by a definition that compares them to "matzo balls made out of fish...	[ 644, 4363, 6071, 6292, 6407, 6509, 10081, 14131, 16347, 16415, 18723, 19226, 22797, 23270, 31578, 31707, 37636, 38301, 38964, 43446, 44521, 52667, 53572, 53692, 53757, 57645, 62095, 62098, 62206, 62699, 66061, 67514, 69507, 69508 ]	Train
16,325	18	Grade 3-6Hoping to make a difference and help to bring calm in a troubled world, Gilley wrote to the United Nations to discuss an idea for a day when the entire globe would observe peace. In order to make it work, he decided a specific date was needed. As well as making it a day for global cease-fire and nonviolence, i...	[ 21040, 27578, 28292, 36633, 39301, 49469, 62738 ]	Train
16,326	12	Eric 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 over the world and has been translated into more than 2...	[ 674, 8598, 8666, 9793, 9809, 11904, 14695, 16046, 16048, 16129, 16294, 16350, 16355, 16361, 16388, 16400, 16402, 16434, 18329, 18672, 19604, 23822, 25625, 25962, 25966, 25968, 26159, 27779, 27954, 30943, 30965, 30976, 30983, 31019, 33228, 36444, ...	Train
16,327	2	Grade 1–3—Imitation can indeed be sincere flattery, as Rex proves in his slightly eerie reworking of Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd's classic bedtime tale. The young bunny has been replaced by a little monster, but he still wears striped pajamas as he lies in his bed and says good night to his surroun...	[ 400, 667, 1294, 2736, 2897, 3321, 3336, 3347, 3900, 4250, 6292, 6530, 6735, 7455, 9454, 10041, 10078, 10130, 10641, 11362, 11622, 13272, 13367, 13536, 13548, 16522, 16975, 17105, 17236, 18401, 18431, 18738, 19597, 21109, 21682, 21706, 22077, ...	Train
16,328	2	Maryann Cusimano Love (www.maryannlove.com) is a world-renownedlecturer who has delivered addresses at the Vatican and the United Nations on the topic of peace and religion in modern culture.Satomi Ichikawa is the internationally known illustrator of the Tanya books, and You Are My . . . series, and has over twenty of ...	[ 3954, 4628, 6901, 9724, 9727, 9731, 9732, 9758, 9850, 10031, 10587, 10921, 10924, 12690, 12820, 12867, 14695, 15166, 16094, 16264, 16495, 16538, 17602, 18773, 21002, 21633, 22544, 23078, 23258, 23313, 23355, 23944, 27006, 27779, 28224, 28226, 2...	Train
16,329	15	After16-year-old Ellies aging hippie parents are arrested for growing pot in their Portland, Oregon, neighborhood, the FBI makes a deal: her parents will go free if she agrees to infiltrate the local activist group, Mother Earth Defenders (MEDs), who may be planning not only ecoterrorism to protest corporate greed and ...	[ 37307 ]	Train
16,330	13	Grade 1-4 When Trisha's family moves from Union City to Battle Creek, her older brother makes her life miserable. He embarrasses her at school with rude, gross behavior at every turn, and they fight over which is better, ice hockey or ballet. At last she triple dares him in front of his friends to perform in her ballet...	[ 4625, 4671, 5350, 5494, 6068, 6126, 6308, 6362, 6378, 6805, 7405, 10506, 11254, 11661, 14018, 15393, 15415, 15741, 15749, 15790, 15809, 15974, 16042, 16062, 16183, 16278, 16299, 16313, 16317, 16322, 16344, 16356, 16529, 16542, 16550, 16909, 180...	Train
16,331	7	PreSchool-Grade 3Hedgie the hedgehog is back. Aspiring to become an astronaut, he works as a member of the cleanup crew for the Star Lab run by the Professor (a dog), who is the smartest scientist on Earth and in charge of Outer Space. On the tiny planet of Mikkop, an erupting crater called the Big Sparkler, a popular ...	[ 4568, 5977, 5997, 6852, 7692, 13868, 15755, 15823, 15849, 15873, 15965, 15969, 15986, 16001, 16067, 16093, 16122, 16124, 16146, 16187, 16224, 16254, 16293, 16420, 16424, 16446, 16449, 16501, 16536, 16546, 16561, 16578, 20738, 20753, 26512, 38301,...	Test
16,332	0	Feldman (Animals Don't Wear Pajamas) uses just three or four rhyming words to tell each of the 13 (very) short stories starring the titular hero and heroine. In "Bike/Spike/Hike," Billy is stuck pushing his bicycle up a hill after hitting a tack-like object. "Flame/Blame/Shame/Tame" finds Milly teaching a naughty drago...	[ 4541, 4772, 15414, 15915, 49088, 59461, 63501, 64820 ]	Validation
16,333	11	Starred Review. Grade 25Gather all of your chuckle-bellied trivia snatchers for a rollicking romp through the states. Talbott has created wisecrack-filled cartoons featuring birds in competition for the "United Tweets of America Pageant." Each avian contestant has one page to flaunt its stuff and introduce its stateunl...	[ 15848, 16314, 16453, 23786, 36883, 45708, 48215, 53334, 62003, 71791 ]	Validation
16,334	2	PreS-Gr 2Bella, an endearing girl with a big imagination and lots of personality, is nervous about moving to a new home. Fortunately, her trusted stuffed elephant, Stella, who looms large and lifelike in the child's mind, remains at her side through the upcoming uncertainties. Everything at the new house is different. ...	[ 1823, 10541, 15173, 15591, 15837, 16153, 16233, 16915, 17464, 21706, 24809, 32983, 41036, 47879, 55911, 59486 ]	Train
16,335	2	New York Times bestselling author and Edgar Award winner, Peter Abrahams: "A funny, exciting, original, and heartwarming novel that even readers who aren't Red Sox fans will love."Kirkus Reviews: "There's always enchantment at Fenway Park, but there's more than magic afoot, or afloat, in Ritter's life-affirming and tea...	[ 1987, 3363, 6000, 6418, 6915, 13602, 13872, 14666, 16773, 43369, 51147, 63348 ]	Train
16,336	2	Kindergarten-Grade 3Grandpa Max says that kindergartener Ollie looks just like his brother Winthrop did in 1924 when he was the shortest kid in his class. Then, it is revealed that Ollie strongly resembles his brother Angelo because both have hair that sticks straight up. Charming illustrations highlight the similar tr...	[ 10443, 16537, 16563, 20733, 21372, 32724, 36509, 70513 ]	Train
16,337	1	Gorbachev's terrifically detailed illustrations, in watercolor and pen-and-ink, greatly enhance the simple, straightforward story. -- KirkusValeri Gorbachev lives in Brooklyn, New York.Valeri Gorbachev lives in Brooklyn, New York.; Title: Christopher Counting	[ 16222, 16372, 68384 ]	Train
16,338	2	Poor Drool (formally known as Drew) has been orphaned—which is her dramatic way of saying that she's having her first sleepover at Grandma's. Of course, her situation is hardly Dickensian: Grandma, who has a wedding-cake beehive that would give Marge Simpson a run for her hairdressing money, is an ace chef and kn...	[ 28103 ]	Validation
16,339	16	Starred Review. Stein's (Cowboy Ned and Andy) pen-and-ink illustrations conjure a place readers will wish they could visit, a tiny island that pokes up out of a bay. Drawn in mossy greens and golds, the island is home to a very young bearso young that when the leaves start falling in the autumn, he's a little shocked: ...	[ 2213, 2468, 3544, 4020, 4315, 4587, 5936, 6931, 7302, 7455, 7799, 8681, 8745, 9785, 10337, 10935, 12292, 15764, 15766, 16146, 16441, 19601, 21026, 21257, 21392, 24245, 26655, 27674, 28147, 28375, 31382, 31457, 31644, 31691, 31869, 32772, 34061,...	Train
16,340	11	Starred Review Ive had enough, says Cosmos the wooden toy plane. Hes tired of the toy box and longs to be Somewhereperhaps the white-domed building visible from his window. SoCosmos and Woggy, a black-and-white stuffed dog, set off, flying above Parisian streets toward the (never fully identified) Panthon. The initia...	[ 16120, 16155, 16513 ]	Train
16,341	18	Grade 24This seventh installment in dePaola's autobiography covers New Year's Day through April 20, 1942. The war creates a backdrop that seems at first more interesting than ominous. Tomie overhears talk of rationing and hoarding, peeks out from behind blackout curtains, and notes that, due to the war, Fleer bubblegum...	[ 5959, 5969, 5991, 6283, 6339, 6755, 6796, 7782, 16068, 16308, 16422, 26031, 29003, 39032, 55433 ]	Validation
16,342	12	Grade 1-3Truss's picture-book version of her adult bestseller tackles the topic of commas and what can go wrong when they are misused. The title is derived from an old joke in which a panda misunderstands correct panda behavior after reading a poorly punctuated wildlife guide. Versions of two identically worded sentenc...	[ 2743, 4623, 5449, 5479, 6064, 6175, 11661, 13180, 14079, 15364, 16061, 16202, 16391, 16414, 16454, 22348, 27246, 27667, 28999, 29014, 29017, 31429, 31656, 31723, 32641, 36133, 38908, 38933, 39235, 39483, 41551, 45572, 46243, 46706, 46763, 46828, ...	Train
16,343	15	Grade 2-6What would it be like to travel to Mars, explore the red planet, and return to Earth? O'Brien has created a realistic account of such a journey with informative text and polished digital art that sparks the imagination. Adults take a backseat in this adventure, as the narrator speaks directly to readers about ...	[ 1501, 4238, 4324, 4355, 4818, 5352, 6723, 7111, 7485, 9615, 9880, 11434, 12306, 12408, 13378, 13868, 15565, 15801, 16602, 16678, 20738, 22532, 23142, 26512, 30443, 31017, 31059, 33806, 33980, 35390, 36020, 41412, 45197, 46667, 47868, 48183, 496...	Train
16,344	2	EMPATHY; PERSPECTIVE-TAKING; RESPECT FOR OTHERS* "This quiet, intense picture book is about the small actions that can haunt. . . . Woodson's spare, eloquent free verse and Lewis' beautiful, spacious watercolor paintings tell a story for young kids that will touch all ages." — Booklist, starred review&q...	[ 4250, 5366, 5978, 6551, 6837, 6894, 6905, 6945, 6962, 6981, 8900, 10377, 12631, 15396, 15600, 16061, 16162, 16172, 16347, 16558, 17137, 17700, 19538, 21106, 21109, 22970, 23699, 24710, 25152, 27752, 28381, 31398, 31765, 32752, 33656, 38306, 412...	Train
16,345	2	Eric 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 over the world and has been translated into more than 2...	[ 16129, 16280, 18642, 50270, 58172 ]	Validation
16,346	2	Nathan Hale is the creator of The Devil You Know and illustrator of the upcoming graphic novel Rapunzels Revenge by Newbery Honor winner Shannon Hale (no relation) and her husband, Dean. Nathan lives with his wife and children in Provo, Utah.; Title: Yellowbelly and Plum Go to School	[ 48680, 48684 ]	Train
16,347	2	*National Book Award winner and national treasure Jacqueline Woodson teams up with two-time Pura Belpr Award recipient Rafael Lpez to deliver an empowering message to any child who has ever felt too different. . . . Woodson and Lpez offer a needed message of comfort to preschool and early elementary students. Woodson's...	[ 3793, 4149, 4250, 4324, 4363, 4377, 4383, 6905, 11397, 11415, 11546, 16061, 16344, 19538, 21096, 21109, 21372, 21546, 23956, 29290, 29295, 29314, 32071, 33656, 33863, 33960, 33981, 44489, 45112, 45114, 45116, 45727, 45844, 45979, 45991, 45993, ...	Test
16,348	11	PreSchool-Grade 2The Mermaid Parade, a summer solstice ritual to open the beach season at Coney Island, started in 1983 as the revival of an older festival. Greenberg paints detailedand accuratelayouts of the neighborhood, complete with shops, arcades, the F train to Coney Island, Astroland, and diverse people decked o...	[ 29295, 33863 ]	Train
16,349	2	Grade 7 UpAlicia's best friend, Bobby, has gone to New York to scout out colleges, and she realizes that sooner or later she is going to have to tell him that she wants more than just friendship. As she faces the possibility that he is leaving her behind, and is still dealing with her blindness, a new problem crops up....	[ 2699, 14425, 21637, 27903, 45642 ]	Validation
16,350	16	Eric 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 over the world and has been translated into more than 2...	[ 9679, 9803, 9834, 9913, 11904, 14695, 15843, 15879, 16048, 16129, 16138, 16326, 16355, 16361, 16388, 16400, 16402, 16434, 18329, 18671, 18672, 23816, 25307, 25962, 25963, 25966, 25968, 25971, 26159, 27779, 38301, 38411, 38603, 46530, 48383, 51910...	Train
16,351	11	PreSchool-KA young girl laments that her wiggly tooth will not fall out soon enough to enable her to collect tooth fairy money to buy a birthday gift for Pap. The rhyming story includes a mix of Spanish words within the English-language context"I needed that tooth out/today, not maana./But yanking? Too painful./I tried...	[ 7493, 7595, 16131, 16151, 16156, 16244, 16399, 16407, 62570, 72274 ]	Train
16,352	2	"Before you were mine . . . " wonders a little boy, "[d]id you live in a warm house with warm smells and a rug that was only yours? [Or were] you kept on a chain, with a dusty bowl and lonely sounds all around?" Never varying from this direct address, the little boy speculates about the life his dog may have led before...	[ 416, 809, 2209, 2461, 4392, 10278, 10337, 10375, 10443, 10774, 12843, 13133, 13866, 14060, 15888, 16726, 19696, 21596, 23823, 23881, 24282, 24747, 24946, 25186, 25274, 26956, 27068, 31765, 32311, 32778, 33425, 33892, 33960, 35833, 37148, 39841, ...	Train
16,353	2	Kindergarten-Grade 3Amanda is afraid of the dark, so her father takes her outside one night to look up at the stars. Still, her room is dark and scary, so Daddy brings home paper and paint to make stars that glow in the dark and pastes them on her ceiling. When he goes away, he tells her that he will be able to see the...	[ 45673, 54098, 63295, 74403 ]	Validation
16,354	7	Michael Carroll lives in Ireland.; Title: Quantum Prophecy: the Reckoning: Book Three	[ 6358, 6383, 6521, 16378 ]	Test
16,355	16	Eric 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 over the world and has been translated into more than 2...	[ 8219, 8264, 9679, 9752, 9758, 9774, 9806, 9809, 9834, 9869, 10300, 13617, 16048, 16129, 16326, 16350, 16388, 16400, 16402, 16434, 18672, 18773, 19687, 25962, 25966, 26159, 27779, 30883, 32828, 38301, 40653, 45329, 45337, 48383, 55348, 55451, 56...	Train
16,356	2	PreSchool-Grade 4–A story that can be enjoyed as a read-aloud or by independent readers. It touches upon the troubles of a family, newly relocated to a town that has a special shopkeeper who stocks anything a person could ever need or want. Hensley's is more than a normal general store, and its optimistic and res...	[ 5863, 6064, 6068, 6101, 6126, 6308, 6327, 6362, 6378, 6805, 13690, 14328, 15741, 15749, 15790, 15809, 15912, 16042, 16062, 16069, 16157, 16259, 16278, 16284, 16299, 16313, 16317, 16322, 16330, 16344, 16396, 16405, 16425, 16468, 16475, 16529, 16...	Train
16,357	13	"This ode to all the 'mid-kids' demands to be read aloud accompanied by plenty of foot tapping and grooving." --Kirkus"This book is a winner." --School Library Journal"Catrow's irreverent day-glo caricatures are in tune with Crow's catchy song of woe." --Horn BookKristyn Crow lives in Layton, Utah. David Catrow lives i...	[ 2240, 16287, 35726 ]	Test
16,358	7	Grade 5-8Brandon Lake resolves various crimes around London in 1936, even though people never see him. Actually, he doesn't really existhe is four young people, led by 14-year-old Art. They call themselves theCannoniers, with several comparisons to the Baker Street Irregulars. A parallel story line follows a modern-day...	[ 16281, 16382 ]	Train
16,359	2	Eric Hill (19272014) started his artistic career as an art studio messenger and from there went on to become a cartoonist and eventually an art director at a leading advertising agency. In 1978, Eric made up a story about a small puppy to read to his son at bedtime, and Spot was born. The success of his first bestselli...	[ 1415, 5483, 5539, 5581, 5806, 5807, 5809, 5817, 5818, 5824, 5840, 5957, 5975, 6044, 6754, 6761, 8170, 8278, 14557, 14695, 14995, 15217, 16049, 16228, 16241, 16294, 16298, 16326, 16360, 16373, 16416, 16479, 16515, 16566, 18593, 19038, 25962, 2...	Validation
16,360	2	Eric Hill lives in California.; Title: Spot Loves His Grandpa	[ 5806, 5807, 5817, 5818, 6044, 8170, 16228, 16241, 16294, 16298, 16359, 16416, 16483, 16515, 28268, 29267 ]	Test
16,361	1	Eric 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 over the world and has been translated into more than 2...	[ 884, 1378, 8598, 10025, 10038, 13339, 14103, 14671, 14695, 15843, 16046, 16129, 16224, 16250, 16326, 16350, 16402, 16434, 18672, 19255, 20746, 21634, 23943, 26159, 27545, 27594, 27779, 28927, 29222, 30627, 37051, 48383, 51910, 54566, 56517, 56519...	Validation
16,362	2	Kindergarten-Grade 3Milo just doesn't get what's so special about moms. As far as he can see, all they do is nag you to eat your broccoli and send you up to bed when you tint your little sister purple. So who needs them? Well, as it turns out, Martians do (they grow motherless from the ground like potatoes) and one nig...	[ 1007, 6137, 6751, 7127, 7237, 7556, 10125, 10528, 10571, 10578, 10580, 11660, 12143, 14695, 15414, 16438, 16445, 16628, 19538, 24710, 25008, 28890, 32988, 33101, 36342, 37524, 39446, 45570, 51247, 55036, 55430, 65014, 68605, 70679, 74498 ]	Test
16,363	2	Kindergarten-Grade 2When the unnamed protagonist refuses to wear clothes because he doesn't like them, his parents spend the rest of the story trying to convince him why he needs them. Unpleasant but hilarious scenarios ensue describing what would happen if he went nudeno pockets for stuff, freezing in winter, the pain...	[ 51740, 62241 ]	Train
16,364	2	PreSchool-Grade 2For two gigantic monster pals, playtime is calamitous in scale. When they "wake up," one bursts out of a volcano, while the other shoots up from beneath the ocean. When they "feast," they toss airplanes, ships, and mountains into their enormous mouths. When they "party" with other friends, their exuber...	[ 7559, 10935, 15780, 16560, 16577, 33865, 34970 ]	Train
16,365	2	PreSchool-KJackson loves his soft, worn, fuzzy blanket and takes it everywhere he goes. His parents think it's time to wash it and put it away, but the child won't hear of it. Then he finds a tiny white kitten in the snow. He wraps it up in his blanket and takes it home. Jackson bathes and feeds the kitten and makes a ...	[ 51103 ]	Validation
16,366	1	Grade 3-5British comedian Gervais uses a field-guide approach in this second book about the bumpy, lumpy fanciful creatures first described in Flanimals (Putnam, 2005). Four short chapters discuss The Flanimal Kingdom, Flanimal Evolution, Flanatomy, and Flanimal Behavior. A longer chapter, Spotter's Guide, identifies 1...	[ 16309, 32948 ]	Train
16,367	7	Grade 5–8—This book is just as delightful as Samuel Blink and the Forbidden Forest (Putnam, 2007). It continues the story of Samuel and Martha, along with their Norwegian aunt and uncle and the trolls who live in the neighboring forest. The siblings are starting school, which is not an easy thing when you o...	[ 6354, 51641, 58059, 71124 ]	Train
16,368	1	PreSchool-Grade 1—Sally the duck has ordered some purple socks. When they arrive, they are much too small, but a note states that the garments will grow to the size ordered. After "some airing," the socks fit perfectly, but then they keep expanding. As they get bigger, she uses them for a hat-and-scarf set, then ...	[ 2970, 13887, 21090, 21935, 25071, 42231, 59562 ]	Train
16,369	5	DePaola (the 26 Fairmount Avenue series) has frequently mined his childhood to create memorable tales; here he taps into his 35-year-plus residency in northern New Hampshire. Organized by seasons, these homespun vignettes are flavored with a North Country accent, but they feature dePaola's characteristically folksy pic...	[ 5991, 6765, 15854, 16567, 29016, 39596, 55535 ]	Validation
16,370	2	Olivier Dunrea (www.olivierdunrea.com) is the author of many bestselling books for children, including the Gossie & Friends series, Old Bear and His Cub, Bear Noel, Hanne's Quest and It's Snowing! He lives in Narrowsburg, New York.; Title: A Christmas Tree for Pyn	[ 1661, 1746, 4600, 5494, 10064, 10125, 13448, 14018, 14412, 14540, 15735, 15774, 15794, 15798, 16202, 16299, 16315, 16454, 21051, 21290, 21500, 27026, 27622, 31964, 33977, 39131, 45333, 49608, 50576, 52560, 62293, 63252 ]	Train
16,371	2	PreS-Gr 2This gorgeous picture book provides a look at animals that are active during the day (diurnal), those who come out at night (nocturnal), and a few that appear at sunrise or twilight (crepuscular). Minor relies on simple, lyrical text ("Speedy gray squirrel scurries all day in search of acorns to store for wint...	[ 1116, 2201, 2843, 3347, 3866, 4769, 4770, 4788, 5560, 6151, 6931, 7455, 10799, 14059, 15915, 16147, 17495, 18401, 19427, 19601, 21794, 25603, 37085, 37096, 37807, 39113, 39338, 41057, 48012, 51695, 51707, 55266, 56457, 64958, 65102, 65171, 7076...	Train
16,372	1	PreSchool-Grade 2—All of the friendly animals in town want to know why Turtle is in such a hurry. "I am off to see something red, red, red," he replies. Each of his neighbors asks if it is something they have, but it is not Mrs. Raccoon's roses, Rabbit's produce, Goat's red socks, Fox's roof (which he is painting...	[ 13406, 16179, 16222, 47280 ]	Validation
16,373	2	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 created Where's Spot? as a bedtime story for his two-year old son. It was published four years later, and the rest is history.; Title: Spot's Easter Surprise	[ 2722, 3306, 3340, 3977, 5806, 5807, 5809, 5817, 5818, 5824, 5957, 6761, 8170, 8235, 8257, 8719, 9206, 9811, 11974, 12742, 12953, 13140, 13402, 14135, 14557, 15181, 16049, 16228, 16241, 16294, 16298, 16359, 16416, 18390, 19604, 19605, 19681, 2...	Validation
16,374	2	PreSchool-Grade 2This eye-catching picture book is all Dolly: big, bright, and shiny on the outside, sweet as Southern tea on the inside. Through straightforward (and only slightly forced) rhyme, readers are introduced to the idea that colors make up the world around them and can be used to describe their emotional lan...	[ 759, 4157, 5752, 6735, 10300, 14695, 15745, 15753, 15771, 15866, 16147, 16573, 19118, 19181, 19439, 19646, 24132, 24710, 25603, 28790, 36524, 36531, 45493, 48616, 52747 ]	Train
16,375	2	PreS-Gr 2Sam is a curious boy, whose mother has tucked him in for the night, yet he can't help but wonder about how and where other people and creatures sleep. As he yells for his mother to ask more questions, his toy monkeys come to life and cause a ruckus. Sam tries his best to quiet his mind and go to sleep, even do...	[ 6228, 6407, 13611, 14695, 15782, 15851, 16321, 19598, 19601, 23956, 33211, 33832, 33950, 36547, 36596, 36610, 36614, 38587, 41043, 45429, 49267, 49836, 52504, 52570, 54225, 59750 ]	Train
16,376	5	Grade 6 UpSet between Barron's "Lost Years of Merlin" and "Great Tree of Avalon" series, this book focuses on Basil, a unique lizard that sets out to understand his identity and his destiny. While small, Basil has a magical ability to create smells, and he uses his talent and his wits to escape a number of foes. After ...	[ 6495, 6504, 6508, 6517, 6522, 6528, 6531, 6552, 6572, 6595, 16114, 16404, 18232 ]	Train
16,377	2	Eric 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 over the world and has been translated into more than 2...	[ 16361, 18672, 26594, 38566, 48383, 58247, 58495 ]	Train
16,378	7	Grade 69It has been 10 years since all the adult superhumans have been stripped of their powers, but their children have inherited superpowers too, and it's their turn to fight the supervillains. Danny is still reeling from the loss of his arm and his superpowers and the reality that for years, a misguided shape-shifti...	[ 6358, 15777, 16354 ]	Test
16,379	2	DePaola's timeless Tuscan heroine trades in her magic spells in a pop-up book that will be best appreciated by kids who already know Strega Nona, Big Anthony and the rest. There's little storytelling: the initial spread has a small autobiographical inset by Strega Nona (complete with pop-ups) and a text box in Strega N...	[ 6649, 6765, 6796, 10298, 11289, 15854, 16493, 21006, 26031, 27391, 27401, 28001, 28052, 28053, 28056, 28997, 29210, 29220, 29265, 32336, 32521, 32539, 32609, 33291, 33386, 33768, 47434, 47556, 47565, 47960, 47995, 52747, 55425, 67857 ]	Validation
16,380	8	As she has with previous books, The Princess and the Pea and The Twelve Dancing Princesses (both, 2007), Isadora takes stories from the Brothers Grimm and adapts them for agenerically African setting.The fishermanfrees a flounder and gets a wish. Then his wife makes himcontinually upthe ante: her new hut must becomea c...	[ 865, 1434, 4363, 4671, 5449, 5554, 6062, 6445, 6743, 7075, 7308, 10269, 10572, 10882, 11231, 11546, 11671, 11685, 13512, 15290, 15866, 16147, 16347, 16387, 16409, 16411, 16527, 16537, 16563, 23038, 23104, 24278, 25267, 26938, 27655, 28611, 2929...	Train
16,381	2	Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen lives in South Orange, New Jersey.David Clark lives in Luray, Virginia.; Title: The Mine-O-Saur	[ 1678, 4601, 6062, 10106, 15177, 15381, 15800, 16952, 22022, 25603, 25643, 26386, 29666, 31862, 32772, 34254, 36485, 38306, 43469, 43598, 46243, 49080, 51296, 51707, 52747, 61664, 61667, 73906, 74037, 74251, 74407, 74671, 75586 ]	Test
16,382	7	Grade 5-8In this third adventure, a group of English teens known as the Cannoniers is investigating the death of a local drunk. What they discover is an underground attempt at creating mutant soldiers, led by the evil Miss Gibson and her sidekick, Lawson. These ghost soldiers are actually humans whom Gibson has injecte...	[ 16281, 16358 ]	Validation
16,383	2	Gr 13Apartheid has ended in South Africa, but a young boy learns that change takes time in this story of friendship and of a nation healing. Hector plays soccer with his sister in the barren field in his township in Johannesburg. What he really wants is to play with the white boys on the lush green field he sees when h...	[ 2721, 2729, 4363, 4383, 4407, 6743, 6876, 10146, 10890, 11041, 11546, 11659, 12036, 12397, 14022, 15842, 16061, 16347, 16384, 16533, 19137, 19538, 19610, 21541, 21637, 21778, 22084, 25152, 26807, 27240, 28409, 28457, 29010, 32304, 32735, 32820, ...	Train
16,384	0	"Great as a read-alone as well as for telling aloud, this story serves to rescue two worthy men from historical obscurity. Students would benefit from knowing about them and their "Hallelujah Flight." (starred review)In 1932, James Banning was the first African American to complete a transcontinental flight. Told from ...	[ 4324, 4383, 6876, 10106, 11356, 12129, 15600, 16344, 16347, 16383, 16533, 17137, 22988, 28205, 28409, 28611, 33009, 33520, 33656, 36233, 44708, 44848, 52455, 54725, 62709, 65860 ]	Train
16,385	0	Grade 5-8–Having escaped from the Flying Dutchman and its odious Captain Vanderdecken, Ben and his dog, Ned, are cursed to wander the Earth for eternity, never growing older. In this third account of their adventures, the castaways are again shipwrecked and separated. Ben is captured by the slave trader Al Misura...	[ 18231 ]	Validation
16,386	0	Loren Long grew up in Lexington, Kentucky. He pursued graduate-level studies at the American Academy of Art in Chicago after graduating with a BA in Graphic Design/Art Studio from the University of Kentucky. After graduation Long worked as an illustrator for a greeting card company in Cincinnati before beginning his ca...	[ 18501, 18951 ]	Validation
16,387	2	Continuing Isadoras series of European fairy talesplaced inAfrican settings, this picture book retells Andersens The Ugly Duckling, simplifying the story for a younger audience. Scorned by the animals on the farm (depicted as African wildlife), the ugly duckling runs away and almost freezes when snow and ice cover the ...	[ 5446, 6445, 10269, 11546, 15866, 16347, 16380, 16409, 16411, 16417, 16537, 16563, 26800, 26807, 52721, 61915, 65860 ]	Train
16,388	16	Eric 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 over the world and has been translated into more than 2...	[ 493, 2285, 6194, 9803, 9809, 12329, 12711, 14557, 15843, 16046, 16048, 16129, 16138, 16326, 16350, 16355, 16400, 16402, 16434, 18329, 18671, 18672, 19427, 19681, 19687, 23816, 23822, 25962, 25963, 25964, 25966, 25967, 25968, 25969, 25971, 26159, ...	Train
16,389	2	Lisa Broadie Cook is a teacher and the author of Martin MacGregor's Snowman. She lives in Boone, Iowa. Jack E. Davis is the illustrator of many books for children, including New York Times bestseller Marsupial Sue and We're All in the Same Boat. He lives in Port Townsend, Washington.; Title: Peanut Butter and Homework ...	[ 10106, 13263, 22984, 24710, 31862, 46243, 58229, 68210 ]	Train
16,390	11	There is nothing remarkable about Josh Millers life on his familys chicken farm. He collects eggs, tends chard, and fans the flames of a crush on neighbor girl Annalee. Indeed, the only extraordinary part of his rural existence is his geriatric, beer-obsessed, talking pet chicken, Semolina. She's not always a blemish, ...	[ 2699, 12217 ]	Validation
16,391	12	Bringing her proper-punctuation campaign to children for the second time, Truss follows up her best-selling 2006 picture book, Eats, Shoots, and Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Matter! (which shares its title with Truss' bestseller for adults) with this companion about apostrophes. Mishaps related to the flying comma (fa...	[ 726, 1679, 5479, 7237, 7302, 8516, 11661, 13180, 15915, 16061, 16202, 16342, 16347, 16414, 21033, 22348, 24247, 27246, 28999, 29014, 29017, 31429, 31656, 31723, 36739, 38306, 38523, 38908, 38933, 38970, 39235, 39483, 45572, 46693, 46698, 46706, ...	Train
16,392	15	Starred Review. An earthquake, a fire, a tidal wave and selfless heroism, all packed into 32 pages, guarantee that this story will hold the attention of even the most restless listeners. Four hundred villagers are saved from death when Ojiisan, a wealthy old rice farmer on the mountainside, feels tremors, sees the ocea...	[ 528, 1997, 2263, 12196, 12661, 12789, 13079, 16347, 25825, 49589, 60335 ]	Train
16,393	2	Grade 37Charley is a master cook, a comic-book maniac, and a basically friendless nine-year-old. When his father sends him an early birthday gift and inquires how he is going to celebrate his big day, Charley is inspired to throw a party. The ensuing story chronicles his attempt to determine a theme, bake a cake, and m...	[ 6435 ]	Test
16,394	2	Starred Review. Grade 6-8Owen is the fattestand smartestseventh grader in his New York City school. When he's not ducking the school bully or trying to survive the world's most sadistic P.E. teacher, he invents things. Currently Owen has two projectsa TV that will show events in the past and a trap to catch the thief w...	[ 4121, 5086, 5274, 5994, 6051, 6120, 6191, 6485, 6536, 6584, 6631, 6661, 6680, 6829, 11041, 11312, 12010, 12205, 12837, 13036, 13585, 18526, 18993, 21391, 21778, 22696, 45589, 55053, 55120, 68679 ]	Train
16,395	11	K-Gr 2-Starting in a patch filled with large but ordinary pumpkins, this book quickly takes a turn for the fantastical as Minor imaginatively answers the title question. With each page, the pumpkins grow bigger, becoming gigantic jack-o'-lanterns. Ranging from comically spooky to downright scary, they loom over America...	[ 2604, 2802, 3244, 3347, 4000, 4105, 4315, 6292, 6735, 7455, 8681, 13272, 16371, 21257, 23790, 28914, 31457, 31487, 36545, 37807, 39131, 39325, 45491, 46383, 48173, 49573, 54480, 54814, 56142, 56698, 56992, 61238, 61295, 68467 ]	Test
16,396	0	Starred Review. Grade 46Fleshing out historical events with invented but credible details, Polacco retraces the 1840s flight of the Crosswhite family from slavery to freedom and the dramatic standoff between the residents (black and white both) of the Michigan town where they settled and a band of "paddy rollers" sent ...	[ 3995, 4671, 5967, 6068, 6101, 6126, 6308, 6327, 6362, 6378, 6805, 6981, 7111, 10343, 13361, 15364, 15600, 15741, 15749, 15790, 15809, 15967, 16042, 16061, 16062, 16069, 16162, 16183, 16259, 16278, 16299, 16313, 16317, 16322, 16330, 16344, 16356...	Train
16,397	13	The title says it all in this anthology of inspirational letters written by 23 contemporary childrens-book illustrators to future artists. A multicultural group with amazingly diverse artistic styles, the featured illustrators are some of the best-known and celebrated in the genre, including Mitsumasa Anno, Quentin Bla...	[ 3205, 3913, 5162, 5413, 5932, 6760, 7296, 8002, 8561, 8645, 10134, 10537, 10570, 10882, 11556, 12479, 12510, 14058, 16048, 17740, 18449, 18460, 18475, 18524, 18532, 20523, 20789, 21498, 21546, 23353, 25780, 29058, 29098, 29290, 30989, 32304, 32...	Train
16,398	2	Elizabeth Winthrop lives in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and New York City.Tomie dePaola lives in New London, New Hampshire.; Title: Maggie and the Monster	[ 24280, 26710 ]	Train
16,399	2	PreS-Gr 2All throughout the rainforest, adult and baby animals and birds are having similar conversations. The parents try to encourage their children to eat fruit or blossoms and the youngsters refusethey just can't stand one more mouthful of their usual fare. After a lot of complaining, the families meet to join forc...	[ 7493, 7595, 16131, 16143, 16151, 16156, 16244, 16351, 16407, 16412, 16430, 37284, 38410, 39501, 56681, 62570, 62852, 72274 ]	Train

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PreS-K-The award-winning illustrator brings his flair for vibrant, large-scale figures to this introduction to various farm animals. "Furry ones,/feathered ones, woolly ones too/Some things they do/Just might surprise you!" Even older children may not know that turkeys purr and dairy cows drink a bathtub's worth of wat...

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Grade 4 UpWhen Redwall Abbey is attacked by Cluny the rat's army, Matthias the mouse follows the example of Martin the Warrior and becomes a hero. Fans of the novel will want to see if villains like Cluny the Scourge and Asmodeus Poisonteeth live up to their imaginations, while new readers will enjoy visiting Redwall f...

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Starred Review. Grade 1-6Goha, a folk character from the Middle East, is, by turns, a fool, a wise man, and a trickster in these 15 stories. Readers may find some tales familiar from other cultures, such as when Goha gets confused about whether he has 11 or 12 donkeys (depending on whether he is counting while astride ...

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PreS-Gr 2Paris's Seine is the backdrop for a street performer and his talented dogs. Victor is a terrier who does backflips within the bicycle basket. Hugo, a hound, balances on a stack of gaily decorated boxes. The Maestro presides at the accordion, but when the animals and musician sound out their names, the instrume...

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K-Gr. 2. Although some purists may balk at the reinterpretation, this Nativity story offers a fresh take on the traditional Christian account: a comet approaches Earth as the time of Jesus' birth draws near, becoming the signal in the sky seen by the three wise men. Evocative illustrations elevate the occasionally awkw...

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T. A. Barron lives in Colorado.William Low lives in New York.; Title: The Day the Stones Walked

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Satomi Ichikawa, creator of the Nora books, lives in Paris, France.; Title: You Are My Miracle

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PreSchool-Grade 2 Rosenthal enumerates ways in which a child's happiness can be squelched by a rotten day. The array of mishaps includes sibling and friendship problems, disappointing birthdays, itchy clothing, misplaced belongings, and self-doubt. Each unwelcome incident warrants a special designation. There's a Keep ...

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Grade 2-4In this engaging entry in the series, Tomie is now in second grade, and the book's pivotal event is the bombing of Pearl Harbor. His parents help him to cope with the uncertainty by answering questions and remaining strong as a unified family. This sensitive account provides a child's-eye view of America in Wo...

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Ricky Gervais is the star of the popular UK sitcom The Office. Gervais started his career in music and radio, eventually moving into comedy on The 11 Oclock Show. When that show finished in October of 2002, Ricky began working with a friend on an office-based "mock"-umentary, which became the Golden Globe-winning sitco...

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Kindergarten-Grade 3In this humorous introduction to the concept of division, 2 bugs gather 13 beans and try to devise a way to share them evenly. Flora and Ralph think of several scenarios but in the end they still have "bean thirteen" left over. Even inviting their friends for dinner doesn't resolve the problem. Whet...

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PreSchool-Grade 1Froggie stands in for the quintessential overexcited child in this companion to Too Many Frogs! (Philomel, 2005). He loves sleeping in his own special hut by the pond, but on his grandfather's birthday, he eagerly wakes up and heads for the celebration. He quickly makes a costume, a stage, and programs...

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Gr 1-4-Blake presents a story of canine friendship on the Junior Iditarod Trail. Painter and Ugly are sled dogs living with their boy, Jake, on the Yukon River. They are an inseparable pair, playing together, eating out of the same bowl, and insisting on sleeping next to one another. They are also the fastest of the lo...

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Grade 24Ginger is an eccentric pianist with plenty of money, fame, and accomplished young students to whom she listens raptly each day. She also has a closet full of flashy clothes ("'You are what you wear,' she always says") and plenty of makeup that she applies liberally. As if that's not enough to make her a bit unu...

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Starred Review. Putting his powers of visual explanation to the test, Talbott (United Tweets of America) presents a staggering amount of information about the Hudson River without ever overwhelming or confusing readers. A series of watercolor spreads, unified by the image of the river flowing across each one, traces th...

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Henriettas older sisters love to tease, but they reach new heights when they inform Henrietta that shes a chicken: Mom got you from Barneys farm.Arguments about having no feathers dont hold sway. But soonHenrietta thinksshe may, indeed, be a chicken especially after she finds an egg in her bed. So she heads over to Bar...

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Using parallel narratives, Yolen recounts the tale of a Russian-Jewish family preparing to emigrate to America, and the story of French artist Frederic Auguste Bartholdis creation of the Statue of Liberty. Mama, Papa, and their four children dream of a life far away from the pogroms. They travel by train and boat to Ne...

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Grade 24Polacco has created another picture book filled with warmth and love. A student teacher, Danielle, rescues a kitten, and when she gets a teaching job that takes her to Port Townsend, WA, and a house on a bay, they settle in. Then Autumn is wounded and lost in a thunderstorm, and despite Danielle's class's effor...

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Grade 3 UpSpirin has applied his unique artistic vision to the venerated Old Testament psalm. He isolates harmonious images from his elegant portrait of an ornately robed and turbaned dignitary, which appears at the back of the book, to illuminate each line. The harp-playing man occupies a gold and ivory temple surroun...

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Grade 2-8Detailed pen and ink and watercolors illustrate this wordless travelogue. Anno's aerial tour of Spanish landscapes and townscapes is timeless: along with sightings of 20th-century architectural and artistic icons (Sagrada Familia, Guernica, etc.) there are also scenes of 15th-century ships at sea, olive harves...

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Amy Krouse Rosenthal's other books include New York Times bestsellers Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons and Duck! Rabbit! (Time Magazine's #1 Children's Book of 2009). She lives in Chicago, Illinois. Delphine Durand has illustrated Putnam's Chicken of the Family (which was a CCBC Choice and Bulletin Blue Ribbon). She liv...

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PreS-Gr 2Nick is afraid of many things: giant bugs, the dark, manhole covers, and what lies beneath them. He longs to be brave like his dad. "His dad was not afraid of anything." Fortunately, Nick has a plastic dinosaur talisman that makes him fearless. When the dinosaur is safely in his pocket or tucked inside his soc...

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"I was born in Lansing, Michigan in 1944. Soon after my birth I lived in Williamston, Michigan and then moved onto my grandparents farm in Union City, Michigan."I lived on the farm with my mom and Grandparents until 1949. That is when my Babushka (my grandmother) died and we prepared to move away from Michigan. I must ...

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PreSIn this sweet tribute, dePaola has created a visual story of the important role these celestial beings play in our everyday lives. Beginning with the wake up angel and concluding with the goodnight angel, a host of heavenly friends accompanies a variety of children to school, to the playground, and to a tea party. ...

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With this endearing if uneven parody of "Five Little Ducklings," Horowitz (The Ugly Pumpkin) initiates youngsters into the joys of Yiddishjust in time for Passover. After explaining what gefilte fish is (though non-Jewish readers may not be helped much by a definition that compares them to "matzo balls made out of fish...

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Grade 3-6Hoping to make a difference and help to bring calm in a troubled world, Gilley wrote to the United Nations to discuss an idea for a day when the entire globe would observe peace. In order to make it work, he decided a specific date was needed. As well as making it a day for global cease-fire and nonviolence, i...

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Eric 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 over the world and has been translated into more than 2...

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Grade 1–3—Imitation can indeed be sincere flattery, as Rex proves in his slightly eerie reworking of Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd's classic bedtime tale. The young bunny has been replaced by a little monster, but he still wears striped pajamas as he lies in his bed and says good night to his surroun...

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Maryann Cusimano Love (www.maryannlove.com) is a world-renownedlecturer who has delivered addresses at the Vatican and the United Nations on the topic of peace and religion in modern culture.Satomi Ichikawa is the internationally known illustrator of the Tanya books, and You Are My . . . series, and has over twenty of ...

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After16-year-old Ellies aging hippie parents are arrested for growing pot in their Portland, Oregon, neighborhood, the FBI makes a deal: her parents will go free if she agrees to infiltrate the local activist group, Mother Earth Defenders (MEDs), who may be planning not only ecoterrorism to protest corporate greed and ...

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Grade 1-4 When Trisha's family moves from Union City to Battle Creek, her older brother makes her life miserable. He embarrasses her at school with rude, gross behavior at every turn, and they fight over which is better, ice hockey or ballet. At last she triple dares him in front of his friends to perform in her ballet...

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PreSchool-Grade 3Hedgie the hedgehog is back. Aspiring to become an astronaut, he works as a member of the cleanup crew for the Star Lab run by the Professor (a dog), who is the smartest scientist on Earth and in charge of Outer Space. On the tiny planet of Mikkop, an erupting crater called the Big Sparkler, a popular ...

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Feldman (Animals Don't Wear Pajamas) uses just three or four rhyming words to tell each of the 13 (very) short stories starring the titular hero and heroine. In "Bike/Spike/Hike," Billy is stuck pushing his bicycle up a hill after hitting a tack-like object. "Flame/Blame/Shame/Tame" finds Milly teaching a naughty drago...

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Starred Review. Grade 25Gather all of your chuckle-bellied trivia snatchers for a rollicking romp through the states. Talbott has created wisecrack-filled cartoons featuring birds in competition for the "United Tweets of America Pageant." Each avian contestant has one page to flaunt its stuff and introduce its stateunl...

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PreS-Gr 2Bella, an endearing girl with a big imagination and lots of personality, is nervous about moving to a new home. Fortunately, her trusted stuffed elephant, Stella, who looms large and lifelike in the child's mind, remains at her side through the upcoming uncertainties. Everything at the new house is different. ...

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New York Times bestselling author and Edgar Award winner, Peter Abrahams: "A funny, exciting, original, and heartwarming novel that even readers who aren't Red Sox fans will love."Kirkus Reviews: "There's always enchantment at Fenway Park, but there's more than magic afoot, or afloat, in Ritter's life-affirming and tea...

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Kindergarten-Grade 3Grandpa Max says that kindergartener Ollie looks just like his brother Winthrop did in 1924 when he was the shortest kid in his class. Then, it is revealed that Ollie strongly resembles his brother Angelo because both have hair that sticks straight up. Charming illustrations highlight the similar tr...

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Gorbachev's terrifically detailed illustrations, in watercolor and pen-and-ink, greatly enhance the simple, straightforward story. -- KirkusValeri Gorbachev lives in Brooklyn, New York.Valeri Gorbachev lives in Brooklyn, New York.; Title: Christopher Counting

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Poor Drool (formally known as Drew) has been orphaned—which is her dramatic way of saying that she's having her first sleepover at Grandma's. Of course, her situation is hardly Dickensian: Grandma, who has a wedding-cake beehive that would give Marge Simpson a run for her hairdressing money, is an ace chef and kn...

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Starred Review. Stein's (Cowboy Ned and Andy) pen-and-ink illustrations conjure a place readers will wish they could visit, a tiny island that pokes up out of a bay. Drawn in mossy greens and golds, the island is home to a very young bearso young that when the leaves start falling in the autumn, he's a little shocked: ...

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*Starred Review* Ive had enough, says Cosmos the wooden toy plane. Hes tired of the toy box and longs to be Somewhereperhaps the white-domed building visible from his window. SoCosmos and Woggy, a black-and-white stuffed dog, set off, flying above Parisian streets toward the (never fully identified) Panthon. The initia...

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Grade 24This seventh installment in dePaola's autobiography covers New Year's Day through April 20, 1942. The war creates a backdrop that seems at first more interesting than ominous. Tomie overhears talk of rationing and hoarding, peeks out from behind blackout curtains, and notes that, due to the war, Fleer bubblegum...

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Grade 1-3Truss's picture-book version of her adult bestseller tackles the topic of commas and what can go wrong when they are misused. The title is derived from an old joke in which a panda misunderstands correct panda behavior after reading a poorly punctuated wildlife guide. Versions of two identically worded sentenc...

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Grade 2-6What would it be like to travel to Mars, explore the red planet, and return to Earth? O'Brien has created a realistic account of such a journey with informative text and polished digital art that sparks the imagination. Adults take a backseat in this adventure, as the narrator speaks directly to readers about ...

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EMPATHY; PERSPECTIVE-TAKING; RESPECT FOR OTHERS* "This quiet, intense picture book is about the small actions that can haunt. . . . Woodson's spare, eloquent free verse and Lewis' beautiful, spacious watercolor paintings tell a story for young kids that will touch all ages." — Booklist, starred review&q...

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Eric 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 over the world and has been translated into more than 2...

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Nathan Hale is the creator of The Devil You Know and illustrator of the upcoming graphic novel Rapunzels Revenge by Newbery Honor winner Shannon Hale (no relation) and her husband, Dean. Nathan lives with his wife and children in Provo, Utah.; Title: Yellowbelly and Plum Go to School

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*National Book Award winner and national treasure Jacqueline Woodson teams up with two-time Pura Belpr Award recipient Rafael Lpez to deliver an empowering message to any child who has ever felt too different. . . . Woodson and Lpez offer a needed message of comfort to preschool and early elementary students. Woodson's...

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PreSchool-Grade 2The Mermaid Parade, a summer solstice ritual to open the beach season at Coney Island, started in 1983 as the revival of an older festival. Greenberg paints detailedand accuratelayouts of the neighborhood, complete with shops, arcades, the F train to Coney Island, Astroland, and diverse people decked o...

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Grade 7 UpAlicia's best friend, Bobby, has gone to New York to scout out colleges, and she realizes that sooner or later she is going to have to tell him that she wants more than just friendship. As she faces the possibility that he is leaving her behind, and is still dealing with her blindness, a new problem crops up....

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Eric 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 over the world and has been translated into more than 2...

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PreSchool-KA young girl laments that her wiggly tooth will not fall out soon enough to enable her to collect tooth fairy money to buy a birthday gift for Pap. The rhyming story includes a mix of Spanish words within the English-language context"I needed that tooth out/today, not maana./But yanking? Too painful./I tried...

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"Before you were mine . . . " wonders a little boy, "[d]id you live in a warm house with warm smells and a rug that was only yours? [Or were] you kept on a chain, with a dusty bowl and lonely sounds all around?" Never varying from this direct address, the little boy speculates about the life his dog may have led before...

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Kindergarten-Grade 3Amanda is afraid of the dark, so her father takes her outside one night to look up at the stars. Still, her room is dark and scary, so Daddy brings home paper and paint to make stars that glow in the dark and pastes them on her ceiling. When he goes away, he tells her that he will be able to see the...

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Michael Carroll lives in Ireland.; Title: Quantum Prophecy: the Reckoning: Book Three

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Eric 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 over the world and has been translated into more than 2...

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PreSchool-Grade 4–A story that can be enjoyed as a read-aloud or by independent readers. It touches upon the troubles of a family, newly relocated to a town that has a special shopkeeper who stocks anything a person could ever need or want. Hensley's is more than a normal general store, and its optimistic and res...

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"This ode to all the 'mid-kids' demands to be read aloud accompanied by plenty of foot tapping and grooving." --Kirkus"This book is a winner." --School Library Journal"Catrow's irreverent day-glo caricatures are in tune with Crow's catchy song of woe." --Horn BookKristyn Crow lives in Layton, Utah. David Catrow lives i...

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Grade 5-8Brandon Lake resolves various crimes around London in 1936, even though people never see him. Actually, he doesn't really existhe is four young people, led by 14-year-old Art. They call themselves theCannoniers, with several comparisons to the Baker Street Irregulars. A parallel story line follows a modern-day...

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Eric Hill (19272014) started his artistic career as an art studio messenger and from there went on to become a cartoonist and eventually an art director at a leading advertising agency. In 1978, Eric made up a story about a small puppy to read to his son at bedtime, and Spot was born. The success of his first bestselli...

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Eric Hill lives in California.; Title: Spot Loves His Grandpa

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Eric 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 over the world and has been translated into more than 2...

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Kindergarten-Grade 3Milo just doesn't get what's so special about moms. As far as he can see, all they do is nag you to eat your broccoli and send you up to bed when you tint your little sister purple. So who needs them? Well, as it turns out, Martians do (they grow motherless from the ground like potatoes) and one nig...

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Kindergarten-Grade 2When the unnamed protagonist refuses to wear clothes because he doesn't like them, his parents spend the rest of the story trying to convince him why he needs them. Unpleasant but hilarious scenarios ensue describing what would happen if he went nudeno pockets for stuff, freezing in winter, the pain...

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PreSchool-Grade 2For two gigantic monster pals, playtime is calamitous in scale. When they "wake up," one bursts out of a volcano, while the other shoots up from beneath the ocean. When they "feast," they toss airplanes, ships, and mountains into their enormous mouths. When they "party" with other friends, their exuber...

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PreSchool-KJackson loves his soft, worn, fuzzy blanket and takes it everywhere he goes. His parents think it's time to wash it and put it away, but the child won't hear of it. Then he finds a tiny white kitten in the snow. He wraps it up in his blanket and takes it home. Jackson bathes and feeds the kitten and makes a ...

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Grade 3-5British comedian Gervais uses a field-guide approach in this second book about the bumpy, lumpy fanciful creatures first described in Flanimals (Putnam, 2005). Four short chapters discuss The Flanimal Kingdom, Flanimal Evolution, Flanatomy, and Flanimal Behavior. A longer chapter, Spotter's Guide, identifies 1...

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Grade 5–8—This book is just as delightful as Samuel Blink and the Forbidden Forest (Putnam, 2007). It continues the story of Samuel and Martha, along with their Norwegian aunt and uncle and the trolls who live in the neighboring forest. The siblings are starting school, which is not an easy thing when you o...

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PreSchool-Grade 1—Sally the duck has ordered some purple socks. When they arrive, they are much too small, but a note states that the garments will grow to the size ordered. After "some airing," the socks fit perfectly, but then they keep expanding. As they get bigger, she uses them for a hat-and-scarf set, then ...

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DePaola (the 26 Fairmount Avenue series) has frequently mined his childhood to create memorable tales; here he taps into his 35-year-plus residency in northern New Hampshire. Organized by seasons, these homespun vignettes are flavored with a North Country accent, but they feature dePaola's characteristically folksy pic...

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Olivier Dunrea (www.olivierdunrea.com) is the author of many bestselling books for children, including the Gossie & Friends series, Old Bear and His Cub, Bear Noel, Hanne's Quest and It's Snowing! He lives in Narrowsburg, New York.; Title: A Christmas Tree for Pyn

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PreS-Gr 2This gorgeous picture book provides a look at animals that are active during the day (diurnal), those who come out at night (nocturnal), and a few that appear at sunrise or twilight (crepuscular). Minor relies on simple, lyrical text ("Speedy gray squirrel scurries all day in search of acorns to store for wint...

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PreSchool-Grade 2—All of the friendly animals in town want to know why Turtle is in such a hurry. "I am off to see something red, red, red," he replies. Each of his neighbors asks if it is something they have, but it is not Mrs. Raccoon's roses, Rabbit's produce, Goat's red socks, Fox's roof (which he is painting...

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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 created Where's Spot? as a bedtime story for his two-year old son. It was published four years later, and the rest is history.; Title: Spot's Easter Surprise

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PreSchool-Grade 2This eye-catching picture book is all Dolly: big, bright, and shiny on the outside, sweet as Southern tea on the inside. Through straightforward (and only slightly forced) rhyme, readers are introduced to the idea that colors make up the world around them and can be used to describe their emotional lan...

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PreS-Gr 2Sam is a curious boy, whose mother has tucked him in for the night, yet he can't help but wonder about how and where other people and creatures sleep. As he yells for his mother to ask more questions, his toy monkeys come to life and cause a ruckus. Sam tries his best to quiet his mind and go to sleep, even do...

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Grade 6 UpSet between Barron's "Lost Years of Merlin" and "Great Tree of Avalon" series, this book focuses on Basil, a unique lizard that sets out to understand his identity and his destiny. While small, Basil has a magical ability to create smells, and he uses his talent and his wits to escape a number of foes. After ...

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Eric 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 over the world and has been translated into more than 2...

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Grade 69It has been 10 years since all the adult superhumans have been stripped of their powers, but their children have inherited superpowers too, and it's their turn to fight the supervillains. Danny is still reeling from the loss of his arm and his superpowers and the reality that for years, a misguided shape-shifti...

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DePaola's timeless Tuscan heroine trades in her magic spells in a pop-up book that will be best appreciated by kids who already know Strega Nona, Big Anthony and the rest. There's little storytelling: the initial spread has a small autobiographical inset by Strega Nona (complete with pop-ups) and a text box in Strega N...

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As she has with previous books, The Princess and the Pea and The Twelve Dancing Princesses (both, 2007), Isadora takes stories from the Brothers Grimm and adapts them for agenerically African setting.The fishermanfrees a flounder and gets a wish. Then his wife makes himcontinually upthe ante: her new hut must becomea c...

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Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen lives in South Orange, New Jersey.David Clark lives in Luray, Virginia.; Title: The Mine-O-Saur

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Grade 5-8In this third adventure, a group of English teens known as the Cannoniers is investigating the death of a local drunk. What they discover is an underground attempt at creating mutant soldiers, led by the evil Miss Gibson and her sidekick, Lawson. These ghost soldiers are actually humans whom Gibson has injecte...

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Gr 13Apartheid has ended in South Africa, but a young boy learns that change takes time in this story of friendship and of a nation healing. Hector plays soccer with his sister in the barren field in his township in Johannesburg. What he really wants is to play with the white boys on the lush green field he sees when h...

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"Great as a read-alone as well as for telling aloud, this story serves to rescue two worthy men from historical obscurity. Students would benefit from knowing about them and their "Hallelujah Flight." (starred review)In 1932, James Banning was the first African American to complete a transcontinental flight. Told from ...

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Grade 5-8–Having escaped from the Flying Dutchman and its odious Captain Vanderdecken, Ben and his dog, Ned, are cursed to wander the Earth for eternity, never growing older. In this third account of their adventures, the castaways are again shipwrecked and separated. Ben is captured by the slave trader Al Misura...

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Loren Long grew up in Lexington, Kentucky. He pursued graduate-level studies at the American Academy of Art in Chicago after graduating with a BA in Graphic Design/Art Studio from the University of Kentucky. After graduation Long worked as an illustrator for a greeting card company in Cincinnati before beginning his ca...

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Continuing Isadoras series of European fairy talesplaced inAfrican settings, this picture book retells Andersens The Ugly Duckling, simplifying the story for a younger audience. Scorned by the animals on the farm (depicted as African wildlife), the ugly duckling runs away and almost freezes when snow and ice cover the ...

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Eric 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 over the world and has been translated into more than 2...

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Lisa Broadie Cook is a teacher and the author of Martin MacGregor's Snowman. She lives in Boone, Iowa. Jack E. Davis is the illustrator of many books for children, including New York Times bestseller Marsupial Sue and We're All in the Same Boat. He lives in Port Townsend, Washington.; Title: Peanut Butter and Homework ...

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There is nothing remarkable about Josh Millers life on his familys chicken farm. He collects eggs, tends chard, and fans the flames of a crush on neighbor girl Annalee. Indeed, the only extraordinary part of his rural existence is his geriatric, beer-obsessed, talking pet chicken, Semolina. She's not always a blemish, ...

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Bringing her proper-punctuation campaign to children for the second time, Truss follows up her best-selling 2006 picture book, Eats, Shoots, and Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Matter! (which shares its title with Truss' bestseller for adults) with this companion about apostrophes. Mishaps related to the flying comma (fa...

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Starred Review. An earthquake, a fire, a tidal wave and selfless heroism, all packed into 32 pages, guarantee that this story will hold the attention of even the most restless listeners. Four hundred villagers are saved from death when Ojiisan, a wealthy old rice farmer on the mountainside, feels tremors, sees the ocea...

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Grade 37Charley is a master cook, a comic-book maniac, and a basically friendless nine-year-old. When his father sends him an early birthday gift and inquires how he is going to celebrate his big day, Charley is inspired to throw a party. The ensuing story chronicles his attempt to determine a theme, bake a cake, and m...

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Starred Review. Grade 6-8Owen is the fattestand smartestseventh grader in his New York City school. When he's not ducking the school bully or trying to survive the world's most sadistic P.E. teacher, he invents things. Currently Owen has two projectsa TV that will show events in the past and a trap to catch the thief w...

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K-Gr 2-Starting in a patch filled with large but ordinary pumpkins, this book quickly takes a turn for the fantastical as Minor imaginatively answers the title question. With each page, the pumpkins grow bigger, becoming gigantic jack-o'-lanterns. Ranging from comically spooky to downright scary, they loom over America...

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Starred Review. Grade 46Fleshing out historical events with invented but credible details, Polacco retraces the 1840s flight of the Crosswhite family from slavery to freedom and the dramatic standoff between the residents (black and white both) of the Michigan town where they settled and a band of "paddy rollers" sent ...

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The title says it all in this anthology of inspirational letters written by 23 contemporary childrens-book illustrators to future artists. A multicultural group with amazingly diverse artistic styles, the featured illustrators are some of the best-known and celebrated in the genre, including Mitsumasa Anno, Quentin Bla...

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Elizabeth Winthrop lives in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and New York City.Tomie dePaola lives in New London, New Hampshire.; Title: Maggie and the Monster

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PreS-Gr 2All throughout the rainforest, adult and baby animals and birds are having similar conversations. The parents try to encourage their children to eat fruit or blossoms and the youngsters refusethey just can't stand one more mouthful of their usual fare. After a lot of complaining, the families meet to join forc...

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