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Starred Review. Grade 1-4A magical fox learns an important lesson in this original trickster tale. Disguised as a monk, he offers Basho, Japan's most revered poet, three gold coins if he agrees to give all of the cherries from his tree to the neighboring foxes. When the coins turn into river stones, the mischievous cre...
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Kindergarten-Grade 3—It's the first day of spring and Jazmin, dressed in red and twirling her baton, is all set to lead the neighborhood parade. She flings the door open and encounters a big problem: the weather. Wind and thunder are followed by rain: "Slap! Rain poured down in buckets." Thus begins Jazmin's tale...
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Grade 47Though most girls love horses, Sophie has had only negative experiences with them. Mom had purchased a pony several years ago for Sophie's older sister to ride, but Really turned out to be a mean-spirited biter. Sweetheart, a trick-playing Arabian, and Fancy Free, a huge and intimidating Western Buckskin, were ...
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Nancy Elizabeth Wallace uses cut paper, scissors, and a glue stick to prepare her three-dimensional colorful artwork. Nancy is the author of a number of picture books, including Seeds! Seeds! Seeds!, Recycle Every Day!, Pumpkin Day!, The Valentine Express, and Alphabet House. She lives in Branford, Connecticut with her...
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The second installment in the Companions Quartet moves along at a brisk pace. Connie, a rare and powerful Universal companion, is taken away to live in isolation with a great-aunt who is adamantly opposed to the Society for the Protection of Mythical Creatures. Meantime, the evil Kullervo manipulates Connies friend Col...
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PreSchool-Grade 2While a family of Big People enjoys a Hanukkah celebration with candle lighting and presents, a friendly mouse family shares in the fun by exploring the little girl's first gift, a dollhouse. On each subsequent night, something new is added to the little house by its owner, whose smiling, moon-shaped f...
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Kindergarten-Grade 3Princess Peepers has always been secure in who she is, and is especially fond of her collection of fabulous eyeglasses. That is until she enters the Royal Academy for Perfect Princesses. The other royals make fun of her specs, causing her to pack them all away so she can be like everyone else. This ...
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Grade 2–5—This book intends to show children what yoga can help them to accomplish emotionally. The introduction gives simple and clear explanations of the practice, dealing with feelings, affirmations, and breathing. Eighteen spreads follow, each with a full-page color photograph of a child in a posture, a...
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Grade 1-4A girl visits the North Wind to rebuke him for keeping the rain clouds away and for blowing away the last bit of cornmeal. Old Windy, blustery and only slightly chastened, provides her with a magical, food-producing handkerchief, but a wicked innkeeper whom she encounters on her route home steals it from her. ...
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PreSchool-Grade 3A lively teacher and her energetic students step out of the classroom and into the jungle for an adventure. A twist on the traditional "Going on a Bear Hunt" and similar to David Axtell's We're Going on a Lion Hunt (Holt, 2000), Cuyler's rollicking adaptation stands on it own. On their quest for a lion...
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Grade 5–8—On the island of Tatenland, in 1787, all of the men have mysteriously been turned to stone, and male babies are taken to the statue garden when they are born to meet their fate. When Lucy's brother is born, she is determined to save him, and after meeting with a local wise woman, she sets out for ...
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Grade 13This popular folk song, which is also the anthem of the United Farm Workers of America, celebrates the arrival of spring and the connectedness of humankind. Diaz's joyful pictures bring the words to life. Rendered in acrylic, colored pencil, and pencil, the vibrant, fanciful artwork features flying and floating...
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Grade 2–4—Nine-year-old Emma lives with her four siblings, her parents, and, most importantly, her nanny, Annie. Her life begins to change when Bo, Annie's boyfriend, begins to spend time with Annie on the weekends and evenings, and Emma doesn't like sharing her nanny. Then Emma's best friend, Luisa, become...
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London and Rodanas trace a season in a cygnets life, from the baby swans first look at its looming parents after the eggshell has cracked open in the spring through its first migration in winter. While this book about North American trumpeter swans is packed with facts, they are never overwhelming, because of the tight...
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When Buddy the bear shows an interest in rocks, Mama takes him on the Rock Trail at the Nature Center, where he learns about types of rocks, how they are formed, and the causes of erosion. Along the way, he plays with a floating rock and makes up several rock-related riddles. The child-friendly text offers plenty of in...
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Kindergarten-Grade 3In ancient Mexico, a fisherman catches a green sea turtle in his net. The turtle is one of the seven sons of Opochtli, god of the sea, and will grant the fisherman a wish in exchange for his freedom. The fisherman's wife is dissatisfied with her husband's wish for a good catch and sends him back to ...
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Kindergarten-Grade 2—Imagine a world without numbers. Madly trying to replace them, but to no avail, two-dimensional, wide-eyed, nattily dressed animals cavort on brightly colored pages, conversing in rhyme about how pervasive and needed numbers are. Adding, subtracting, scoring games-neither winners nor losers c...
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Kindergarten-Grade 2As in Karate Hour (2004) and Building with Dad (2006, both Marshall Cavendish), the minutia of a specific period in time is brought to eye-popping life. Nevius's rhyming text chronicles a baseball practice session. The warm-up and drills are overpowered by Thomson's unbelievably photorealistic illus...
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Kindergarten-Grade 3A rhyming story based on "The City Mouse and the Country Mouse." Mitzi is a city witch who returns home one night to an unexpected visitor, her country cousin, Muffletump, whom she has never met. Muffletump finds the city too noisy, crowded, and polluted, so she casts a few spells to make things mor...
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Pre-Grade 1In this cumulative picture book, Elephant wants to swim in the pond, so he chases Hippo away. Hippo forces Lion to move so that he can get by, and Lion chases Leopard out of his favorite spot. Leopard forces Monkey out of the tree, and he runs to Mama, who advises him to stand up for himself. With her help, ...
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"Ross's angular black-and-white drawings complement the sometimes wacky plotlines. These short, off-the-wall stories will appeal to both transitional and reluctant readers." --School Library Journal, December 2008Terence Blacker, a British citizen, started writing full-time in 1983, and has since had a distingu...
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Starred Review. PreSchool-Grade 2Bandit the cat is annoyed to discover that his bed, toys, and tuna are missing. He is doubly annoyed when he is placed in his carrier and put in the car. He thinks he is going to the vet. Then, because the journey is taking too long, he thinks he is going on vacation. When he arrives at...
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Kindergarten-Grade 2This book introduces colors and days of the week. Each day a boy and girl do something different, such as play football or enjoy popsicles, resulting in differently colored bath water at night. These kids play their hearts out, as evidenced by the illustrations, and are shown primarily in interactiv...
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PreSchool-Grade 4–This holiday favorite is brought to life through Spirin's gorgeous illustrations. The last pages include the score as well as a note about the song's historical origins. Oval paintings act as windows containing the art, while text on the opposite page is framed by an ornamental garland from a pe...
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PreSchool-Grade 1Hubbell offers another enjoyable vehicle romp in the vein of Airplanes (2008), Trains (2005), and Cars (2006, all Marshall Cavendish). Here she looks at all manner of floating transportation, from dinghies to aircraft carriers and everything in between. The rhyme and rhythm flow well, making this fun t...
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Demi was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and now lives in Yarrow Point, Washington. Demi is the author and illustrator of more than one hundred children's books, including picture-book biographies. Her work has received numerous awards and accolades.; Title: Tutankhamun
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Grade 46It comes as a shock to 11-year-old Elijah to find his Aunt Serena and Aunt Agnes descend upon his family since his mother had never told her husband or son that she had siblings. Fifteen years earlier, the women had quarreled, were under a curse, and had broken a magic cauldron. And now the aunts have come beca...
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PreSchool-Grade 1—Accompanied by his mom and dad, a little boy takes his first airplane trip. After packing and then driving to the airport, the family picks up boarding passes, goes through security, finds their gate, and walks the Jetway. Once aboard the aircraft, the child snuggles into his seat. Following the...
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"...points in a new direction going beyond cookies and other treats to teach children to cook main courses and side dishes." ----The New York Times"The joy of food is in its diversity. In The 2nd International Cookbook for Kids, Chef Matthew Locricchio continues his exploration of the world's great cuisines, guiding us...
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Kindergarten-Grade 4This delightful cumulative story is based on the English folktale "The Apple Dumpling." Granny Smith has everything she needs to make apple pie except for apples, so she picks a basket full of plums from her tree and sets off to see if she can trade them for the missing ingredient. One woman takes t...
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Holmes and Cannell, the team behind My Travels with Clara, again turn to the exhibit of exotic animals in centuries past in a delightful outing with Harris (Pop- Up Aesop). Narrator Atir describes the gift of the giraffe Belle by the pasha of Egypt to Charles X of France in 1827 and details Belles long journey to the F...
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Grade 13Joha's wishes go awry, thanks to improper use of a magic stick he accidentally finds while walking to Baghdad. Kimmel recasts a Jewish tale from Yemen, borrowing story elements from widespread Middle Eastern folklore featuring the foolish wise man, aka Nasreddin Hodja. Kimmel's introductory note doesn't explain...
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"Munro moves from architecture to paleontology for her latest Inside-Outside album ...young dinophiles will relish the cleanly drawn details. ... Pre-readers in particular will be drawn to this prehistoric primer." --Kirkus, August 2009"Eye-catching illustrations and minimal text make this a good choice for...
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Kindergarten-Grade 1Everyone is preparing for Eva's quinceaera (15th birthday) party. No one is paying attention to little sister Lola. In her boredom, she lets the dog out of the laundry room. Gobi quickly runs off with Eva's white sash and it's up to Lola to get it back. When she saves the day, everyone finally notic...
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PreSchool-KA child and her father are searching for their cat. They look in garbage cans, empty boxes, and all sorts of places where she might hide. They crawl into bushes and abandoned buildings. They see many felines, but not theirs. Some are sleeping, some are chasing mice, and one is batting at moths. Finally Luna,...
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PreSchool-Grade 2Tinka, a golden retriever, is "a joy dog,/a boy's dog,/a chews-a-brand-new-toy dog." She loves her boy and doesn't like being left at home when he boards a bus on a fall morning. When Mom isn't looking, the "spring-and-sprint-and-streak dog" races to school, runs through the halls causing mayhem, and e...
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Author Beatrice Schenk de Regniers (August 16, 1914March 1, 2000) was an American children's picture book author.Illustrator Margot Ladd Tomes (10 August 1917 - 25 June 1991) was an artist and children's book illustrator. In 1977 Jack and the Wonder Beans, which she illustrated was cited by The New York Times as one of...
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Author Phyllis Reynolds Naylor has written more than 120 books that are beloved by children. Her novel Shiloh won the Newbery Award and was voted by children as their favorite book in more than 20 states. It was followed by Shiloh Season and Saving Shiloh. She is also the author of The Great Chicken Debacle. Ms. Naylor...
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Author Lucy Nolan is the author of several highly acclaimed picture books, including A Fairy in a Dairy, The Lizard Man of Crabtree County, and Jack Quack. Down Girl and Sit was inspired by her two setters, Nutmeg and Becky. Ms. Nolan lives in Columbia, South Carolina.Illustrator Mike Reed has worked as a film animator...
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Author Patricia Hubbell is the author of ten books of poetry for children, including Boo! Halloween Poems and Limericks as well as Trucks: Whizz! Zoom! Rumble! Her poems appear in numerous anthologies. She lives in Easton, Connecticut.Megan Halsey and Sean Addy live in Pennsylvania. Ms. Halsey also illustrated Trains: ...
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Author Patricia Hermes has lots of ideas for Emmas dilemmas after raising five children of her own. She lives in Fairfield, Connecticut, and is a frequent speaker at schools and conferences around the country.Illustrator Abby Carter has drawn all of her life. When she was eleven, she and her grandmother had a card busi...
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Author Phyllis Reynolds Naylor has written more than 120 books that are beloved by children. Her novel Shiloh won the Newbery Award and was voted by children as their favorite book in more than 20 states. It was followed by Shiloh Season and Saving Shiloh. She is also the author of The Great Chicken Debacle. Ms. Naylor...
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The popular cumulative nonsense rhyme, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, is the inspiration for this fun parody. The digital artwork adds to the wild uproar with kinetic scenes of pop-eyed monsters that bump and squash each other and squawk through the jungle before an old monkey swallows them whole and mixes ...
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Kindergarten-Grade 2Tilly, a goose, bathes in apple juice, wears a pancake as a hat, and likes to tickle frogs. But her ways raise the ire of the other farm animals, who demand that she cease all silliness: "No more naps in Scarecrow pants!," etc. Once she stops, however, they realize that the farm is not as much fun a...
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Kindergarten-Grade 1Wallace follows the same formula of combining factual information with kid-friendly artwork and upbeat dialogue that she used in Rocks! Rocks! Rocks! (2009) and Shells! Shells! Shells! (2007, both Marshall Cavendish), but without the same success. In this selection, Minna and her friends visit a spa...
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Grade 25Move over, Captain Underpants, and make room for Benny. From his first adventure making friends with Bigfoot on his way to a fishing hole by providing the creature with a pair of clean underwear to protect his bottom from splinters; to fighting mummies, pirates, and booger monsters; and finding buried treasure ...
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Kindergarten-Grade 2Burleigh tackles a tough subject in this story of a boy whose dog dies of old age. Death comes with no trauma, just a slow decline as Sheepie runs out of energy and stamina. Owen eventually finds him lying motionless under a tree and realizes that he has lost his friend. The tearful child and his fa...
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Terence Blacker, a British citizen, started writing full-time in 1983, and has since had a distinguished career authoring both adult and childrens books. His Ms. Wiz series includes more than 20 titles, and it has received many glowing reviews championing its zany humor and irresistibly witty characters. Mr. Blacker li...
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Kindergarten-Grade 2Weatherford makes the Bo Obama story fresh by keeping the focus on the First Family. Children see how Malia and Sasha worked hard to earn their pup by graciously tolerating the rigors of campaigning. They read about the various steps of the selection process, including the allergy dilemma. The media...
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Author Lola M. Schaefer has written books on many subjects for all different ages, including Mittens (My First I Can Read Book), An Island Grows, and Arrowhawk. She enjoys visiting schools and sharing her enthusiasm for writing and reading. She lives in the mountains of north Georgia with her husband Ted.Illustrator Ke...
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Grade 36This volume is similar to Olander's A Field Guide to Monsters (Marshall Cavendish, 2007)a facsimile of a stained, doodle-filled scrapbook, full of sketches, text, and clippings by the author, a "senior monstrologist and alienologist." Extraterrestrials described herein include Cloudians, which, as their name su...
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Starred Review. Kindergarten-Grade 2Nabeel's dilemma with his new pants is a familiar sort of predicament borne by simple, good-hearted folks in many strains of folklore. He's a shoemaker whose business has gone well on the eve of Eid, the holiday culminating Ramadan. Purchasing gifts for his family, he also buys new p...
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SUSAN STEVENS CRUMMEL had some firsthand experience before writing Ten-Gallon Bart. As a high school teacher in Texas, one of her extra-curricular duties was sponsoring the rodeo club. Little did she know shed have to ride a steer in the sponsors rodeo. "As I clung to the beasts gigantic horns, I decided that the follo...
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PreSA boy and his dad are driving along a highway when their car sputters to a halt. A gorilla wearing blue mechanics overalls comes by with a tow truck and hauls them to a garage run by gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans. Gorilla Garage serves a simian clientele that includes a tuxedoed movie star named Kong. The b...
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Kindergarten-Grade 1On a rainy day, 12 children sit in a circle in their classroom to make up a story. Jimmy begins by telling how a tyrannosaurus crashed through the window of his house while he was eating breakfast Saturday morning. On successive spreads, each child adds to the story with a sentence or two that sends...
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Kindergarten-Grade 2Mrs. Millie is back and sillier than ever. In this adventure she takes her class to the "pumpkin pets" (patch). They go on a dragon (wagon) ride; see a "harecrow" (scarecrow); pick "round, orange pumas"(pumpkins), drink "hot apple spider" (cider); and mulch (much) more. Cox's wordplay is sure to amu...
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Kindergarten-Grade 2Mrs. Millie loves to play with words. On a field trip to Philadelphia, she amuses her students by substituting words with similar sounds to get new meanings. For instance, the kids are asked to wear their name "badgers" rather than badges. One field trip rule is to hold "hens" with your buddy. She t...
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K-Gr 2–Effie wants to go to the state fair. "She dreamed of being beautiful, of billowing blue ribbons and big, bodacious barns." Her friend Petunia Pig helps her prepare for the big day. Effie is told she needs to get in shape, curl her hair, change her spots, paint her hooves, glue on a fake tail, and change he...
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Grade 2–4—For the first six years of her life, Oprah Winfrey lived with her strict but caring grandmother on a humble farm in Mississippi. Even as a small child, she performed in public by reciting and reading Bible verses in church. This picture book only deals with that part of the celebrity's life, showi...
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Grade 24Emma cannot stand the thought of spending the entire summer away from her beloved ferret. Even though she knows she's breaking her mother's rules, she smuggles Marmaduke on the family trip to Maine. Once there, she learns that he isn't her biggest issue. A new neighbor wants to cut down her favorite tree so he'...
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Gr 4-6These 44 poems cover all things creepy in a variety of ways. Some of them are unsettling, such as The Corner, in which a mysterious no-shape sits in the corner of the room, A No-Shape./A hint of eyes,/A dark you cannot see out of. Others are funny, like Ghost Fish, which tells of the ghost of a dead pet goldfish ...
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Kindergarten-Grade 2An unnamed boy is forced to consider the consequences of his actions in this cautionary tale about making responsible choices. The narrator commits a series of seemingly minor offenses, such as feeding popcorn to the bears in the zoo, throwing an empty soda can out the car window, sneaking a lick of...
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Kindergarten-Grade 2When birds decide to build their nest at Perch Elementary, the principal calls the school janitor. Basil gets tired trying to shoo them away and falls asleep on the playground. When he wakes, the birds have built a nest on his bald head. It is a work of art, and Basil enjoys and protects it. Little ...
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In his adaptation of the Goldilocks story, Spirin's (The Lord Is My Shepherd) lush colored pencil and watercolor spreads are as elaborate as the text is simple. Against white backdrops, Goldilocks and the bears are drawn in great realistic detail, along with judicious use of ornate setting details and delicate page orn...
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Starred Review. Grade 59In this appealing and accessible fictional scrapbook, 14-year-old Louise relates the experience of being separated from her best friend, Dottie, whose Japanese-American family has been relocated to an internment camp following the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Through Louise's journal entries, Dottie...
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PreS-Gr 1Emma has been dancing with her grandpa since she was a baby. They make clickety-clack, tip-tapping noises with their feet wherever they go and use hats and canes in their impromptu performances. The role of teacher switches to Emma, though, after her sixth birthday, as it has become difficult for Pop to rememb...
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K-Gr 1Tired Fred won't go to bed without his teddy bear, and that's a problem for his whole family. His wife and son join him in searching for the missing companion, but it is not until the man slips on a dirty sock the dog is chewing that Bear appears. The canine is rewarded with a big steak, Principal Fred goes to be...
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Grade 23Down Girl and Sit, two dogs, visit a dude ranch with their owners. Since the story is narrated by Down Girl, readers learn little about what the humans do on their vacation, but they will happily follow as the city pups meet Git Along, the ranch dog, and go on a series of adventures. They meet barking squirrels...
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PreSchool-Grade 2In rhyming couplets, an old oak introduces children to the wildlife that lives and feeds in and around it ("I'm a tree, a busy tree.../come and see"). In its branches and on its trunk are ants, a spider on a web, a downy woodpecker, an owl, squirrels, baby robins in a nest, a moth's cocooneven children...
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PreSchool-Grade 1Come May, Mother's Day picture books are always in demand, but this bland offering is not likely to attract a following. Violet, a spotted snake, is shown frolicking with her woodland friendsrabbits, bats, chipmunks, squirrels, and other critters that would more probably be considered prey more than pa...
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Kindergarten-Grade 3—Bart, the former canine sheriff of Dog City, is off on another adventure. In town, it was "scorching hot,/blistering hot,/tongue hanging-out hot…" so Bart decides to hitch a stagecoach and head north to Alaska. Things are not what he imagined them to be, with bears, moose that make him...
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K-Gr 2When Miss Summer introduces her kindergarten class to a spotted guinea pig named Cookie, all that Eliza can focus on is the creature's sharp teeth. The teacher decides that each student can take a turn being the "Kindergarten Cookie Keeper," which entails her care and feeding. Everyone is eager for a turn, except...
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Author Barbara Diamond Goldin has written many distinguished books on Jewish themes, including The Worlds Brithday: A Rosh Hashana Story, A Mountain of Blintzes, and The Passover Journey: A Seder Companion. In 1997, she received the Sydney Taylor Body-of-Work Award from the Association of Jewish Libraries. A former pre...
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PreSchool-Grade 1—When Mama and Papa say, "Climb in your beds, time to rest your sleepy heads," seven rambunctious rabbits have other ideas in mind. The first little bunny "thumps a big drum,/hums and drums with a rum, pum, pum./Humming, drumming, will he stop?" Bryant's winsome watercolors showcase the busy acti...
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Author Judy Cox teaches kindergarten in a small town in Oregon. Like Mrs. Millie, she likes to tease her kindergators. She has written a number of picture books, including Mrs. Millie Goes to Philly! , Pick a Pumpkin, Mrs. Millie!, and The Mystery of the Burmese Bandicoot. She lives in Ontario, Oregon.Illustrator Omar ...
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Gr 1-3This companion book to Obama: Only in America (Marshall Cavendish, 2010) focuses on Michelle Obama's childhood and schooling as she grew up in Chicago, got an ivy-league education, and married Barack Obama. Readers will learn more about her home life and parents than about her role as a mom, despite the subtitle ...
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Author Carole Boston Weatherford lives in High Point, North Carolina.; Title: The Sound that Jazz Makes
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Author Phyllis Reynolds Naylor has written more 125 books for children. Her novel Shiloh won the John Newbery Medal. She followed it with Shiloh Season and Saving Shiloh and is also the author of The Great Chicken Debacle. She lives in Bethesda, Maryland, with her husband, Rex. They have two grown sons and three grandc...
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Demi was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and now lives in Yarrow Point, Washington. Demi is the author and illustrator of more than one hundred childrens books, including picture-book biographies. Her work has received numerous awards and accolades.; Title: Genghis Khan (Illustrated Biography)
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PreSchool-Grade 1A dawdling kitten and her patient mother take part in a daily ritual that will be familiar to parents and children: "Kitty Cat, Kitty Cat, are you waking up?/Not yet Mother, I'm a sleepy buttercup." The two continue their back-and-forth exchange as Kitty Cat dilly-dallies and Mother urges her through e...
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PreS-Gr 2Sneezy the Snowman is cold. In an effort to warm up, he drinks hot cocoa and subsequently melts. Now a puddle in the surrounding snow, he asks three children (and two playful cardinals) to rebuild him. Once complete, Sneezy is again too cold, so one of the little girls gives him a hat. Unfortunately, it is not...
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PreS-Gr 2–Kimmel has adapted a traditional story into a more palatable tale for young children. In this version, a chick is born with "one leg, one eye, one wing, with half a comb and half a beak," but does not let his appearance slow him down. He is determined to see the king in Madrid and sets off "hop-step, ho...
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Author Patricia Hubbell is the author of ten books of poetry for children, including Boo! Halloween Poems and Limericks as well as Trucks: Whizz! Zoom! Rumble! Her poems appear in numerous anthologies. She lives in Easton, Connecticut.Illustrator Viviana Garofoli was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she now lives...
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Starred Review. PreSchool-Grade 2The defensive, domesticated tan-and-white cat is back in this sequel to Bandit (2008). He has a new roommate, a little gray kitten, and he is not happy. Mitzy drinks and eats from his bowls, uses his litter box, and, worse of all, plays with Fuzzy Mouse. He swipes at Mitzy's face and is...
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PreS-Gr 1 Macdonald asks readers to consider the ins and outs of hugging, including whom to hug (porcupines are too prickly, for instance), how, and when. The author offers good advice, such as, Never hug anyone who s angry. It can take time to get over it, so just be patient. The book could be used for preschoolers le...
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Roni Schotter is a Marshall Cavendish author.; Title: Purim Play
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Gr. PreK-1 Though Mary Had a Little Lamb was published in 1830, it seems anything but old-fashioned in this jaunty picture book. Yes, the illustrations feature a one-room schoolhouse out in the country, but the characters clothing and the many touches of fantasy and humor lift the poem out of its historical period and ...
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Two years after the United Nations declared The Year of Rumi, Demi presents this picture-book introduction to the thirteenth-century mystical poet. As in her previous illustrated biographies, Demi condenses her famous subjects life into a brief but substantive text. Here, she adds frequent excerpts from Rumis poems and...
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K-Gr 3-In a first-person narrative that incorporates some of artist Romare Bearden's phrases and ideas, and using his famous painting "Watching the Good Trains Go By" as her inspiration, Jeanne Walker Harvey gives voice to the history and experiences that inspired his famous collages. Born in North Carolina, Bearden an...
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Kindergarten-Grade 3An old woman grumbles, "Work! Work! Work! How I hate it! Hate it! Hate it!" Her complaining soon brings four fairies to her door to perform her choreswashing dishes, sweeping, making the bed, and knitting. But all of the help still can't stop her from complaining about all the noise the fairies are ...
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Ta Lupe and To Jos and their taquera in Texas are back, and this time Ta Lupe is making her famous tamales in this Three Little Pigs takeoff. The three tamales are encouraged to run for their lives by a runaway tortilla rolling by. Since the little tamales do not want to be eaten, they flee and seek safer places to liv...
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K-Gr 2This sunny picture book opens with the stirring words, My dad is a superhero. However, readers soon discover that he is not a caped crusader: he is a United States soldier in fatigues. As the proud boy explains, Dad has real-life corollaries to the traditional superhero accessories, for example, a rifle instead o...
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PreS-Gr 1This visually playful book counts dachshunds from 1 to 10 as they gather on a cushy blue chair. As the numbers rise, the pups become increasingly rambunctious, engaging with each other and the toys that have been brought to the chair. Once they total 10, all of the puppies fall asleep, but not for long. One by...
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Gr 3-5Another beautifully illustrated biography by the talented artist. Demi depicts the life of the great conqueror from his birth in 356 BCE to his death in 323 BCE. Her familiar and detailed style shows a segment from Alexander's life on every page. Using mixed media, she includes an abundance of red and gold inks t...
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One morning, hippo wakes up with a toothache and it hurts so much that he spins in a circle and crashes into a tree. Cuckoo Bird sees this extraordinary behavior and she flies off to tell Monkey. Of course, as so often happens when a story is told, things get rather exaggerated. Cuckoo Bird tells Monkey that Hippo is k...
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"This story about a trickster who is out-tricked is a good choice for reading aloud...The humor and action in the brightillustrations will appeal to young children, as will the triumph of kindness over cheating." --Booklist Online"This classic Armenian fable (Crime never pays! is the lesson at the end) is retold to the...
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Poor Bailey! He can’t find a comfortable place to snuggle. He tries to sleep in the brother’s room, the sister’s room, the baby’s room, and even in the mom and dad’s room. But everyone calls him a "bed hog," and they make him move! Finally, this pooped pooch finds the perfect place to go t...
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K-Gr 2When Frankie is born to parents who look like members of the Addams Family, his blond hair and pink cheeks make him seem like an outsider. At night schoolMiss Wart's Academy for Ghouls & Goblinsthe kids make fun of him for being different, but he assures them he can be as scary or scarier than they are. And h...
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Grade 4–6—This "biographical tribute" traces Obama from his birth on August 4, 1961, to Inauguration Day 2009. Facts about his upbringing, family, self-doubt, education, and political career are presented in a conversational style set on the page as free verse. Serious topics like racial identity, experimen...
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