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36,900 | 0 | PreSchool-Grade 2-Short rhyming lines tell of a family of raccoons making a nocturnal raid on suburban garbage cans. They accidentally roll one into a stream and when they fish it out, it is filled with trout. Shaw's lively lines, all written from the animals' point of view, add to the humor of the simple story. Such p... | [
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36,901 | 2 | Grade 4-8-In 34 compelling poems, readers are drawn into the thoughts and feelings of a 13-year-old African American as he tries to understand and cope with a parent's departure from the family. The first 12 poems describe the contentment C. J. feels about being a part of a close-knit family. With the 13th poem, "The W... | [
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36,902 | 11 | Kindergarten-Grade 4-This picture book opens with a simple but colorful map of Mesoamerica and a brief foreword by the author describing her stay at a village in Belize. In the pages that follow, readers are offered snapshots of Maya villagers throughout the course of a day. Each spread features two photos: a small pic... | [
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36,903 | 2 | PreSchool-Grade 2-A nameless boy in hard hat and overalls shows just how he will use his huge yellow digger to do all his necessary work, scooping, pushing, and digging. His baby sibling, he tells readers, is too little to participate in all of these tasks, but "As soon as my brother gets bigger, I will teach him." Ful... | [
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36,904 | 18 | Starred Review. Kindergarten-Grade 3Recounting stories told by J. W. Williams, a friend of her mother's, Barbour captures the essence of a black Louisiana farmer's life in the early 20th century. In this first-person narrative, Mr. Williams describes his childhood, depicting an austere daily routine of hard work punctu... | [
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36,905 | 2 | Armed with his blanket (Mooey), his toy rabbit (Mop), a stool, and various odds and ends he picks up along the way, elephant toddler Humphrey sets out to find a perfect place in his house to play. He tries the bathroom, his mother's room, and a closet, but nothing is quite right. Finally, stranded in his mother's high ... | [
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36,906 | 15 | PreSchool-Grade 2A rainstorm disrupts a group of children. Some scatter, some stay and play. It's fun until the lightning and thunder begin. Then the remaining kids make a run for dad's car. The rest of the storm is waited out at home. The text is written in rhythmic two-line rhymes: "See the breeze/toss the trees./Pli... | [
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36,907 | 13 | Susan Striker is the author of the best-selling Anti-Coloring Book series and Young at Art. In 1984, she founded Young at Art, a private art school in Manhattan, which offered classes to young children. Ms. Striker teaches elementary school art in Greenwich, Connecticut; Title: The Second Anti-Coloring Book: Creative A... | [
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36,908 | 11 | Grade 14Each evening, the birds on the island of Luzon gather in an abandoned hut on Mount Pinatubo, and their "good-night songs" waft down to Maynilad and let the villagers know that it is time to prepare for bed. One night, however, Tuko, an arrogant gecko, barges into the hut with his "ear-splitting," "TUK-O! TUKO!"... | [
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36,909 | 0 | For the younger set, Little Raccoon by Lilian Moore, illus. by Doug Cushman, unites three previously published nature adventures (Little Raccoon and the Thing in the Pool; Little Raccoon and the Outside World; and Little Raccoon and No Trouble at All). Humorous b&w vignettes appear throughout the beginning chapter ... | [] | Test |
36,910 | 1 | Nifty beaded and appliqud illustrations distinguish Sklansky's (the ZOOMfun series) collection of 26 canine poems. Playful pups and precocious mutts (and frisky felines who make frequent cameos), rendered entirely in colorful, shiny beadwork, cavort across canvas spreads, highlighting different doggy endeavors. One dog... | [
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36,911 | 16 | PreSchool-KVarious construction vehicles at work, from dump trucks and earthmovers to bulldozers and payloaders, are introduced in this countdown from 10 to 1. The action ends with a group of smiling children playing in "one gigantic sandbox with room to drive them all." The sometimes alliterative, rhyming text and the... | [
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36,912 | 1 | Comparing dinosaurs with familiar items to give a sense of their real size, these oil paintings line up the armored Ankylosaurus with the military tank it resembles and set the petite Compsognathus side-by-side with a mother duck. Ages Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.; Title: Gigantic! | [
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36,913 | 2 | PreSchool-Grade 2-A tidy Edwardian house becomes a disaster as a mouse, dog, cat, and two children create an ever-escalating mess throughout the day while Nanny snoozes. The awakening of the nanny and arrival of the father precipitate a frenetic clean-up just in time for mother's return for a spaghetti supper cooked by... | [
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36,914 | 0 | Gr 3-6-Byars and her daughters set up this collection of eight stories as though a contest for the "My Hero" award were underway and they were serving as judges. A cross-section of citizens enter, each relating a story of one canine's valiant behavior, from rescuing a baby to restoring joy to a lonely person's life to ... | [
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36,915 | 2 | Grade 3-5Mr. Magro asks his students to write about a big emergency, for "fun and extra credit," and the 12 stories that follow are the result of that assignment. (All but one receives extra credit.) The situations described are as varied as the personalities that emerge as the children read their stories aloud. Some t... | [
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36,916 | 15 | Cataloguing the world of heavy equipment, this vibrant square volume explores the unique capabilities of 11 vehicles, from construction trucks to rescue helicopters. On each spread, Mayo (Wiggle Waggle Fun) offers plenty of colorful adjectives and terse verbs: "Bulldozers are good at push, push, pushing, over rough, bu... | [
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36,917 | 2 | When young Oscar, a rabbit, moves to a new house, his quickness to judge others makes establishing friendships in his neighborhood difficult. Lewis, a native of Wales, knows exactly how a child especially an insecure one can be brutally honest in sizing up peers: Ernie, who likes to play with junk, "didn't smell very g... | [
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36,918 | 0 | "With words that roll off the tongue, pictures of charming woodland inhabitants and a dash of science, this book will have readers raring to go on a snow quest of their own," said PW in a starred review. Ages 4-7. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.With words that roll off the tongue, pictures of charming... | [
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36,919 | 16 | Teachers will smile with delight when they see this wonderful book, and students are sure to utter the familiar request, 'Have you got another one like this one?' School Library Journal, starred reviewCarle's characteristically inventive, jewel-toned artwork forms a seamless succession of images that fairly leap off th... | [
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36,920 | 17 | Grade 1-4Opening with the artist's dramatic birth during a fire in a small Russian village, Markel describes Chagall's childhood and early career. The village, his extended family, and deep Jewish roots are all emphasized, elements that are central to understanding his art. The author explains how Chagall saw the world... | [
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36,921 | 0 | Oh, give her a home where the buffalo roam... In this playful ode to the Wild West, a small girl would gladly exchange her big city life for big sky country. Her three-piece-suited daddy seems bemused by her longings, patiently trying to reclaim his converted hat and the white shag rug (with a suspicious chaps-shaped h... | [
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36,922 | 0 | "Sloat sets the cumulative chestnut about the voracious old lady in the Pacific Northwest and endows her with an endless appetite for aquatic wildlife," wrote PW. "Ebullient paintings capture both the lyricism and cheery humor of the rhyme." Ages 3-7. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.Teri Sloat is the a... | [
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36,923 | 2 | PreSchool-Grade 2Canines Cubby and Spike take a break from writing and illustrating to attend the grand opening of Ice Cream Island. When they see that no dogs are allowed on the ferry, they rent a boat. Spike says he knows how to sail, but when a storm comes up suddenly, Cubby is the one who takes command. Although th... | [
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36,924 | 11 | PreSchool-Grade 4On a dazzling autumn day, Xiao Ming's mother takes him and his friends to visit a farm. There, the child shows his friends the beauty and fun of writing Chinese characters by drawing them in the dirt for the things they see. The story unfolds while gracefully showing the relationships between actual ob... | [
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36,925 | 13 | Kindergarten-Grade 3In the style of "There Was an Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly," Sloat reflects upon the Stone Age paintings discovered by a young girl, in 1879, on the ceiling of the Altamira Cave in northern Spain. They seem to represent the creation of the world, and he tries to re-create the child's thoughts as sh... | [
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36,926 | 11 | PreSchool-Grade 3-Narcissistic Mrs. Chicken, not satisfied with the small reflection she can see in a puddle, makes her way to the river where a hungry predator lies in wait. Seeing Crocodile instead of herself in the water, she is amazed by what she thinks is her new appearance and turns this way and that while the wi... | [
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36,927 | 1 | PreSchool-Grade 2-The alarm rings at Fire Station Number Eight and the Firebears throw on their heavy coats, hats, and boots and race through town with their siren wailing. No job is too big or too small for these amazing bears. First they retrieve a cat stranded high in a tree, then put out a fire in a store, and fina... | [
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36,928 | 1 | Lady Winter (A perfect world would be cold and white every day of the year) knits a magical white blanket to ensure that Sister Spring will never awaken from her seasonal slumber. A troubled Robin calls on his woodland friends to help wake Sister Spring, but Bear, Caterpillar, Maple Tree, Ladybug, and Skunk all fail. R... | [
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36,929 | 13 | Kindergarten-Grade 5From trash to treasure, this is the story of how visionary 20th-century artist Grandma (Tressa) Prisbrey built Bottle Village in Simi Valley, CA. Ostensibly begun to house her extensive pencil collection, the village grew to include a chapel, a pyramid of headlights, and a round house (with a round ... | [
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36,930 | 2 | PreSchool-Grade 3-This is an endearing picture-book introduction to one year in a young cub's life, and a calming reminder of the constancy of parental love. Little Bear can't quite get the hang of what his mother is trying to teach him. Although he hasn't grasped fishing, munching on grass, and root digging, she gentl... | [
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36,931 | 2 | Grade 3-4-In Cincinnati, Xiao ("Little") Jimmy is lucky to have his father's mother living next door. However, his aunt Helen lives in San Francisco and wants her mother to come live with her. Helen is a doctor, and as Ni Ni's health deteriorates, this begins to seem like a good idea to the adults. As she is about to l... | [
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36,932 | 11 | PreSchool-Grade 1In this colorful picture book, a young girl prepares for and celebrates the Chinese New Year with her extended family, describing how she makes an altar to honor her ancestors, gets a haircut, feasts with her relatives, and attends a Chinatown parade. The tale radiates warmth and quietly builds up to t... | [
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36,933 | 1 | PreSchool-KFive ducks spend the day frolicking in the snow, then return home to cocoa and sleep. Their activities are described in clever, rhyming verses with one or two sentences per page that subtly present simple math concepts: Five ducks tramp. Ten boots stamp. Their antics often divide them into smaller groups. Th... | [
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36,934 | 18 | Grade 1-4Using the concept of building a house or an office building, Shea introduces the size and scale of creating such a large object. Readers meet Edouard de Laboulaye, the law professor who first had the idea of building a monument representing freedom that would be a gift to the people of the United States from t... | [
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36,935 | 15 | Grade 1-3-The ocean is a playground, a traffic jam, a secret hideout, and more in the 10 rhymed scenarios in this underwater tour. Each quatrain is set in white type on one page of a photographic spread. "The ocean is-/A STAGE" where "These dolphins dance and leap above/Their watery arena,/Performing like a graceful pa... | [
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36,936 | 1 | Grade 2-4Featuring a flamingo colony in Inagua National Park in the Bahamas, Guiberson's brightly colored watercolor/gouache illustrations are a perfect complement for her informative, conversational text. From egg to chick to final mating maturity, the life cycle of a flamingo is followed; readers see the young bird's... | [
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36,937 | 0 | PreSchool-Grade 2From skeletons to vampires, the creepy icons of Halloween are presented in this collection of short, engaging poems. Forms of poetry are varied; some selections are very short, others longer, most rhyming, and some draped across spreads. "What Should I Be?" sets the stage as the narrator must decide on... | [
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36,938 | 2 | PreSchool-Grade 1This reassuring tale features the characters from Shall I Knit You a Hat? (Holt, 2004). Almost five, Little Rabbit decides that he is all done with crying. He wants to have a grown-up birthday party, with guests who have also outgrown crying. As he extends his invitations, he is surprised to learn that... | [
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36,939 | 2 | In the 8" x 8" Humphrey's Christmas by Sally Hunter, elephant siblings Humphrey and Lottie (Humphrey's Corner and Humphrey's Bedtime) enjoy seasonal delights, cozily depicted in hand-lettered text and small-scale vignettes. Ages 2-5.Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.; Title: Humphrey's Christmas | [
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36,940 | 13 | Grade 1–4—Toe-tapping, claw-snapping, and bebopping replace the usual huffing and puffing in this jazzed-up version of the traditional folktale. Porcine siblings Ella, Satch, and Mo have formed a trio that is all the rage with their animal audiences. Their successful musical future is in jeopardy, however, ... | [
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36,941 | 2 | "Poetry is the home for all my yearnings each poem a separate room where wandering words find a cool bed, a bowl of soup..."Using her own adolescent-appealing poems, Kathi Appelt has created a poetry guide that teens can turn to when they are having trouble corralling those "wandering words." In "Part I: Homeroom: The ... | [
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36,942 | 2 | Grade 5-8–Fletcher reminisces about growing up in Marshfield, VT, recalling boyhood friendships, sibling attachments, and romps through the woods. We found all kinds of mushrooms. Some were edible, others were poisonous toadstools. Mom said to think of them as strangers–some are good, some are bad, and sinc... | [
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36,943 | 11 | Grade 3-5 - Colorful photographs detail the lives of five youngsters from around the world: their homes, families, lifestyles, traditions, and typical foods. Each section also explores a special day in one child's life and the role of food in it: a wedding in South Africa, a fiesta in Mexico, a day out with Dad in Thai... | [
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36,944 | 1 | PreSchool-Grade 1-After stubbing his toe on a pebble, a young centipede goes shoe shopping. Because he believes that shoes with laces are more "grown-up," his mother purchases 50 pairs to protect her son's feckless feet. He quickly discovers that there are 58 extra shoes, and his grandfather explains that most centiped... | [
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36,945 | 4 | PreSchool-Grade 1No matter how many truck books you have, certain youngsters will always clamor for more. This one offers a fun twist. Trucks of all shapes and sizes are introduced by three members of a family who, readers discover in the end, are building a new house. The text is spare, but reads aloud well, and the b... | [
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36,946 | 0 | Grade 1-3Byars continues the gentle fantasy begun in Little Horse (Holt, 2002). The diminutive animal has begun to make himself comfortable in his new home among humans, but he still dreams of his old life in the Valley of Little Horses. A frightening thunderstorm wreaks havoc on the farm and frees him from his tiny st... | [
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36,947 | 2 | PreSchool-Grade 2–In the fifth book about Vera, the child's beloved tricycle is stolen and her parents fix up her older sister's first bicycle for her. She learns to ride the two-wheeler without training wheels, calling out to her mother and father when she needs to stop. After a dare from a boy at the playground... | [
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36,948 | 14 | PreSchool-Grade 2-A round-faced, happy little girl tells about her family's Kwanzaa celebration. The simple text and colorful folkloric illustrations with vivid patterns make this a good book to share with young children. Adults will appreciate the brief note about the holiday and the phonetic spelling of the Swahili w... | [
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36,949 | 2 | Starred Review. Grade 5 Up -Scientifically speaking, a "guinea pig" is a person who volunteers to serve as a subject in a scientific study. An easy and interesting read, this book describes 18th-century Italian scientist Lazzaro Spallanzani and his research on himself to explore digestion by swallowing food encapsulate... | [
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36,950 | 13 | Susan Striker is the author of the best-selling Anti-Coloring Book series. In 1984, she founded Young at Art, a private art school in Manhattan. Ms. Striker teaches elementary school art in Greenwich, Connecticut.; Title: The Third Anti-Coloring Book: Creative Activities for Ages 6 and Up | [
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36,951 | 2 | Grade 1-3The tough but dedicated Miss Birmbaum from Attack of the 50-Foot Teacher (2000) and The Incredible Shrinking Teacher (2002, both Holt) is back. When school is canceled for a snow day, the kids go out to play, but Miss Birmbaum skis to school determined to hold class anyway and finds the building locked. Meanwh... | [
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36,952 | 0 | The Prydain Companion:"Devotees of Lloyd Alexanders Prydain Chronicles (both young and adult readers) will find this fascinating book a treasure." BooklistBooks from the Prydain Chronicles:"An exalting experience for the fortunate children whose imaginations are ready for great fantasy." The Horn Book on The Black Caul... | [] | Validation |
36,953 | 0 | Kindergarten-Grade 2A different version of this poem initially appeared in Lee Bennett Hopkins's Spectacular Science (S & S, 1999). Dotlich begins and ends with the line, What is science?/So many things. In between, she enumerates some of the areas of studyastronomy, geology, paleontology, oceanography, botany, met... | [
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36,954 | 2 | PreSchool-Grade 2With a new sister at home, Vera finds there is no peace. She can't sleep, there's no place quiet enough to read or draw. She declares, "That baby fills up the whole house." Luckily Grandpa is there to pay attention to her needs. Together they till a plot of land, gather tall sticks that they form into ... | [
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36,955 | 13 | PreSchool-Grade 5-A beautifully produced abridgment of Go in and out the Window (Holt, 1987), which included 61 selections. These 40 songs appeared in that collection with the exact musical annotation and, at times, matched with the same paintings. As in Go in, there is commentary on the art chosen to illustrate each p... | [
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36,956 | 2 | Grade 1–4—Lisa's class is studying probability. For homework, she must make predictions about what will, might, and can't happen over the weekend. She must also think of different events with varying chances of happening. Penny, her Boston terrier, helps Lisa visualize the situations needed for the assignme... | [
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36,957 | 15 | Kindergarten-Grade 3This celebration of words describes summertime fun. Each spread contains a pair of rhyming analogies, such as "Sea is to salty as candy is to sweet./Hat is to head as sandals are to feet." Although some of the word choices seem forced to fit the rhyme scheme, many of the comparisons are clever, such... | [
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36,958 | 0 | First there was The Fall of Fergal, then Heir of Mystery, both deemed Unlikely Exploits by British author Philip Ardagh, creator of the Eddie Dickens trilogy. In the third (and last) installment, readers, especially those new to the series, will be catapulted into chaos in Chapter One as four motley characters escape u... | [
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36,959 | 1 | PreSchool-Grade 3-Cynthia thinks about nothing but ponies. Every year for her birthday and for Christmas, she asks for one and every year she receives something else. But this year, she is quite sure things will be different. She is surprised and disappointed when she opens the gift from her parents and discovers a gol... | [
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36,960 | 2 | PreSchool-Grade 2A neighborhood that will ring true for many readers is introduced in this picture book. "This is el barrio!/My home in the city/with its rain-washed murals/and sparkling graffiti." The speaker goes on to list all the things that make the community what it is: Cinco de Mayo and Day of the Dead, quinceae... | [
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36,961 | 2 | Starred Review. PreSchool-KThe four bossy, selfish, stinky boars are back, cooking up a Massive Pudding to satisfy their enormous hunger. Doris finds a recipe in the book she is eating and the others gleefully help her make it. When they stir it up and it doesn't look big enough to satisfy, they improvise, throwing in ... | [
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36,962 | 2 | Kindergarten-Grade 3Benny the polar bear has a bakery. Once a week he puts up a sign that says, "Free Broken Cookies Day" and the "children"a squirrel, a hedgehog, and a birdlove to stop for a treat. One day a bowler-wearing "skinny brown dog" with white markings enters the shop. Benny immediately tells him that "dogs ... | [
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36,963 | 11 | Grade 1-4Montes smoothly incorporates Spanish terms into a rhythmic poem describing a moonlit Halloween night. Los esqueletos rattle bones and clatter in a dance, los fantasmas drag their chains and shriek their pains, and los muertos emerge from their graves to join other creatures at a haunted casa for music and danc... | [
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36,964 | 0 | Grade 7 UpBefore Romeo fell in love with Juliet, he was enamored of Rosaline, Juliet's 16-year-old cousin, who vowed never to marry. Then his cousin Benvolio rescues her from being trampled in a Capulet-Montague rumble. Rosaline and Benvolioboth skeptical of lovefall for one another. The Capulets and Montagues continue... | [
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36,965 | 13 | Susan Striker is the author of the best-selling Anti-Coloring Book series. In 1984, she founded Young at Art, a private art school in Manhattan. Striker teaches elementary school art in Greenwich, Connecticut; Title: The Fourth Anti-Coloring Book: Creative Activities for Ages 6 and Up | [
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36,966 | 13 | Grade 1-5-Starting with two circles, one red and one green, symmetrically arranged against a field of white, Gonyea shows how changes in size, shape, and color alter perception. In 10 brief chapters, he covers concepts such as the difference between straight and diagonal lines, the usefulness of using a 1:3:9 design ra... | [
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36,967 | 2 | PreSchool-Grade 2Misery Moo has a dour disposition. A little lamb tries valiantly to raise the cow's spirits by throwing her a birthday party and reminding her that "Winter means Christmas," without success: "The lights were too bright....Santa Claus was too jolly." Finally, the lamb gives up and leaves the cow to her ... | [
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36,968 | 1 | Grade 35A look at saber-toothed cats, with an emphasis on Smilodon, which perished in the thousands in the La Brea Tar Pits, leaving their blackened bones to be discovered 10,000 years later. O'Brien traces the feline family back to early Proailurus (30 to 20 million years ago), mentions a number of species, and includ... | [
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36,969 | 13 | Grade 15This lively volume is just as successful as the author's A Book about Design: Complicated Doesn't Make It Good (Holt, 2005). Once again, Gonyea presents a deceptively simple introduction that effectively combines concise text and dramatic visuals to illuminate some of the basic principles of graphic design. Cat... | [
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36,970 | 2 | Grade 1-3–In this addition to the series, Vera enters a new school after a family move. From drawing the wrong kind of picture in art class, to being either ignored or teased by her classmates, to being bitten all over by red ants, the girls first day is disastrous. In the end, however, she makes a new friend. Th... | [
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36,971 | 15 | Grade 4-6Pascoe employs a light tone to describe 11 pranks and frauds perpetrated in the 19th and 20th centuries. Most of the stories will be familiar to fans of historical oddities. The Fejee Mermaid, the Cardiff Giant, the Piltdown Man, fairy photographs, Bigfoot, and crop circles have been the subjects of similar wo... | [
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36,972 | 2 | PreSchool-Grade 1This calming story begins in a child's room: the lighthouse night-light is on, the cat is settling in, the goldfish is getting sleepy, and as the youngster drifts into dreamland, she sails a toy boat through the night. Soft pastel illustrations, dominated by twilight blues and greens, match the dreamy ... | [
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36,973 | 0 | Grade 5-7Sadie's father is a terrific mechanic and a creative carpenter who can do just about anything except make a living in Dust Bowl Missouri. Resentful about leaving her home, her friend Wilma, and the beautiful table he made that eventually was to have been hers, the 12-year-old is further angered when strangers ... | [
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36,974 | 2 | Grade 5-8Since his father's death seven years ago, Grady, now 12, has followed his footloose, attractive mom, Lila, from one shaky living situation to another, staying put only until her optimism turns to anger over some affront. Feeling her work at the Sunward Path commune is underappreciated, she and Grady are headin... | [
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36,975 | 1 | PreSchool-Grade 1—The animal friends from Hondo & Fabian (Holt, 2002) return for another adventure. This time, readers follow Fabian the cat out the window while Hondo the dog stays home with the baby. Illustrated with pencil on watercolor paper artwork, McCarty's second installment is characterized by the sa... | [
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36,976 | 13 | Susan Striker is the author of the best-selling Anti-Coloring Book series. In 1984, she founded Young at Art, a private art school in Manhattan. Ms. Striker teaches elementary school art in Greenwich, Connecticut.; Title: The Sixth Anti-Coloring Book: Creative Activities for Ages 6 and Up (Anti-Coloring Books) | [
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36,977 | 2 | Grade 9 Up It is August, 1970, and 17-year-old Jean attends Camp Courage, labeled Crip Camp by her new friend and cabinmate, Sara. Because she has cerebral palsy, Jean depends on others for many things, but she has always felt part of the normal world. This view changes as she sees herself through Sara's eyes. Sara, an... | [
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36,978 | 16 | Starred Review. PreSchool-Grade 1A cow wakes up to find that she has lost her moo and is clucking instead. She visits various creatures throughout the countryside, clucking at them and getting answers in their natural sounds. 'Cluck, cluck,' said Cow. 'Meow,' said Cat. 'It is not you who has my moo,' said Cow. And on s... | [
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36,979 | 0 | Grade 2-4The author and illustrator of Lunch Box Mail and Other Poems (Holt, 2001) turns her artistic and wordplay talents to a celebration of a year's worth of holidaysfrom the familiar, like Easter, Passover, and April Fool's Day, to those less well-known to some children, such as Ramadan. There's even one about the ... | [
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36,980 | 12 | Grade 46Children in search of a unique answer to the question, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" will appreciate this book. Unusual occupations such as lobsterman, chocolatier, kite designer, and pet photographer are described. Each spread introduces someone in the trade (most are Caucasian), includes "on the ... | [
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36,981 | 2 | PreSchool-KThis is a sweet romp of a rhyme about a "pink-as-a-piggly" baby who is growing up in the blink of an eye. There is so much to recommend here: the delicious verse and its galloping pace; the illustrations, on the vibrant spreads, that look like snapshots, coaxing little ones to remember that they are the cent... | [
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36,982 | 2 | PreSchool-Grade 2This fabulous story explains the origins of the Sandman. Tor is a tiny fellow who finds a dragon's scale. Taking it home to his workshop, he studies it and then starts to sharpen it. The dust that gathers makes him fall asleep. Once awake, it's a small leap for him to imagine how helpful this dust will... | [
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36,983 | 2 | Still hoping to find the Lost Dutchmans Mine, brothers Henry, Simon, and Jack rejoin their friend Delilah in researching local history and visiting a ghost town. Though encumbered by the cast on her broken leg (a grim reminder of their first search for the treasure), Delilah insists on accompanying the boys up the moun... | [
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36,984 | 1 | APRIL PULLEY SAYRE is the award-winning author of more than fifty natural history books for young readers. She and her husband live in South Bend, Indiana.STEVE JENKINS has illustrated many books, including the Caldecott Honor winner What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? He lives in Boulder, Colorado, with his wife and... | [
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36,985 | 2 | Grade 13Full-page, full-color illustrations demonstrate the plight of many animals throughout the world brought about by climate changes. From polar bears unable to reach hunting grounds, to the Alaska caribou and the South African long-nosed fly, each of a dozen animals is shown as affected by changes in habitat, food... | [
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36,986 | 2 | Grade 4-6–Young Fergal McNally died in The Fall of Fergal (Holt, 2004), and in this sequel, his preserved brain has been stolen and it's up to his siblings to get it back. Unfortunately, this is no easy task as it's being held by the terrifying Mr. Maggs in a dilapidated mansion located in the heart of Fishbone F... | [
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36,987 | 4 | PreSchool-KThis picture book compares and contrasts the utilitarian street sweeper with a grader, snowplow, bulldozer, and other trucks. While it may not be the largest, most powerful, or fastest machine, it performs an important job. Bright, simple cartoon illustrations of squirrels, cats, dogs, and other animals driv... | [
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36,988 | 13 | A good introduction to both music history and creative writing. School Library JournalIt's a laudable idea to enrich understanding of a composition so ubiquitous it's become synonymous with hold music, and Costanza's velvety pastel pictures, with their doll-like characterizations, dreamy settings, and palette of Veneti... | [
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36,989 | 2 | Kindergarten-Grade 2—Cuyler's third "Good/Bad" title involves a field trip to the nation's capital. The young protagonist is trouble from the moment he boards the yellow DC Duck bus, through his whirlwind tour of monuments and the zoo, to his final splash into the Tidal Basin. Each brush with bad luck, however, i... | [
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36,990 | 13 | Grade 1-4OKeeffes visual voice was unique and bold for a woman born in 1887. Rodrguez gently tells this inspirational artists story, not with hard facts on a rigid time line, but with quiet simplicity. The book begins with her childhood in Wisconsin and art school, then moves on to the canyons of the city and finally o... | [
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36,991 | 15 | PreSchool-Grade 1A young Asian girl muses about an early spring rain and how various animals and things are affected, playing a guessing game with readers and expressing her own delight in puddle jumping. Told in lilting rhyme"Raindrops falling/Down in spring./Hit the awning,/ping-ping-ping!"it's a perfect read-aloud f... | [
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36,992 | 0 | Grade 1-3The Wright brothers need little introduction, but Wee, the head of a mouse household, may need a little elucidation. He lives with his wife and children in the Wright brothers' bicycle shop in Dayton, OH, in 1903. He publishes a newspaper for the neighborhood mice, not unlike Orville and Wilbur, who for a time... | [
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36,993 | 2 | PETER CATALANOTTO is the author/illustrator of many books for children. He lives with his family in Pennsylvania.PAMELA SCHEMBRI is a librarian in upstate New York. The Veterans Day Visitor is her first series for young readers.Chapter One Emily never jumped in leaves. They were dirty. They might be wet. Bugs crawled i... | [
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36,994 | 1 | PreSchool-K--A young elephant and his fun-loving family are back in another endearing story. It's Humphrey's birthday and he is excited about his upcoming party. He is thrilled with his presents from his family, especially a blue-and-yellow superhero suit with a red cape. He puts on the costume and greets his party gue... | [
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36,995 | 2 | PreSchool-KIn this rhythmic counting book, a sleeping child's teddy bear falls out of bed and can't climb back up. Three mice invite him to play, racing four cars, counting five stars, sipping tea with six dolls, and so on. Finally, the toys work together to help the stuffed toy build a 10-brick staircase up to the top... | [
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36,996 | 2 | Kindergarten-Grade 3The nighttime magic of a wishing star provides the framework for a realistic story about fractions. When four children receive only a fraction of their wishes, they discover a pattern. Petey, who is four, gets one-fourth of a dollar, while two-year-old Joey gets half a cookie; eight-year-old twins S... | [
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36,997 | 2 | *Starred Review* With an artful sweep, a young girl in cornrows celebrates the color black in its many variations. The opening double-page spread takes readers right into the sky as the girl flies over houses through an inky night dotted with golden stars: Black is big. But its tiny as well, like the sparkle in her fat... | [
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36,998 | 2 | There are few things more rewarding for a child than receiving undivided attention from a parent. Every Friday is a fun and heartwarming celebration of precisely that brand of togetherness, where a father and son's weekly ritual of walking to the local diner for breakfast unfolds in bright, bold swaths of color. On the... | [
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36,999 | 16 | PreSchool-KIn this cheery book, a jolly, rotund baker begins his work at 5:00 A.M., taking "great care/to make one cream clair" and concludes by 7:00 A.M. when "he knows just what it takes/to make twelve small cupcakes." He can then open his doors to greet a baker's dozen of eager customers. The star here is the oil pa... | [
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