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Everybody Was a Baby Once and other Poems By: Ahlberg Allan
This book contains 20 or so poems about babies being babies by: screaming, cying, playing, or smiling. Anyone who has a baby or has been a baby can relate to these silly poems. It is leveled at about second grade or 2.4 (Titlewave). It has been reviewed by: Booklist, Hornbook, and Library Media. -
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Dead End in Norvelt By: Jack Gantos
Set in post WWII era, Jack finds himself learning to write obituaries for his small town, rather than play baseball after he is grounded for cutting down the cornfield. Interestingly enough the number of deaths this summer was on the rise and Jack got some first hand experience at writing his obituaries, but was it by chance or was there "foul play?"
Suggested for grades 6-8. Reviewed by Horn Book and School Library Journal. -
I Want My Hat Back By: Elizebeth Bird
The bear discovers that he has lost his hat and sets out to the forrest to ask his animal friends if they have seen his red hat. None of them claim to have seen it, even the culprit who seems to be wearing it. This picture book is intended for young readers in grades 3-6. It has been reviewed by: Horn Books and School Library Journal. -
Do Cows Meow? By: Salina Yoon
This lift the flap book is great for little readers as it engages their tactile need to touch the book, it has simple rhyming words using common farm animals and their repective sounds. This is an early reader PreSchool book about a level 0.9 (Titlewave) Reviewed by Booklist, Horn Book, and School Library Journal. -
Infinity Ring: A Mutiny in Time By: James Dashner
When two friends discover the key to time travel, the infinity ring, they discover through the help of historians that history has gone all wrong and it is up to them to travel back in time and fix the mishaps to restore American history to it's proper course. This book is leveled for elementary readers in grades 3-6, reading level 5.7 (Titlewave). It has been reviewed by: Booklist, Library Media Connection, and School Library Journal. -
The Fault in Our Stars By: John Green
This book is about dealing with the uncertainty and reality of having cancer as a child. Hazel's world is brightened as she meets Augustus Waters in support group, eventually falling in love and experiencing a sense of normalcy in her teenage life, until the certainty of terminal illness becomes a reality. Becuase of it's mature content and explicit nature, this book is for high school and adult audiences. Reviewed by: Booklist starred, Library Media Connection and School Library Journal. -
One for the Murphy's By: Lynda Hunt
One for the Murphy's is about a girl named Carley who finds herself in a welcoming, almost too nice foster home, where she learns the meaning of love and a sense of belonging. This book is leveled for adolescent readers ages 9-12 (Titlewave). This book was reviewed by: Booklist, Hornbook, and School Library Journal. -
Clean Hands Dirty Hands By: Jo Cleveland
This is a sing and read book to the tune of Row Row Row Your Boat. It teaches kids about hand washing and good hygene.
For beginning readers, Preschool-3rd grade leved at 0.7 (Titlewave). Reviewed by: Booklist. -
Hold Fast By: Blue Balliett
A families life, living in a one room apartment in Chicago awaiting the American Dream, takes a drastic turn to living in a shelter and relying on social services for support after the father disappears mysteriously. This book is leveled for students in grades 6-9. It is reviewed by Library School Journal. -
Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Summer Vacation By: Tommy Greenwald
Charlie Joe Jackson is off to summer camp, but it's not a camp for slackers...it's camp Ritubukkee. His attemps to set his fellow campers adrift of thier studies backfires. This book is intended for students in grades 4-7. It is reviewed by School Library Journal.
