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1. The Magician's Elephant (Hardcover)
    Author: Kate Dicamillo
    Illustrator: Yoko Tanaka
    Publisher: Candlewick
Ages 9-12 10/9/2009
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Nancy said: When I was reading this book, I thought it would make a great play. When I finished, I read the back jacketflap and the illustrator said something similar. This is a wonderful book for boys or girls...more
tags: I read , Inspired me , I recommend
4,264 Reviews  
2. The Graveyard Book (Hardcover)
    Author: Neil Gaiman
    Illustrator: Dave McKean
    Publisher: HarperCollins
Ages 9-12 10/3/2009
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Nancy said: Newbery Winner 2009. I intensely disliked the first 1/2 of this book. It moved too slow. There seemed like there were too many characters. The imagery was good however. The second 1/2 moved much q...more
tags: I read
42,226 Reviews  
3. #01 the Case of the Stinky Socks (Milo and Jazz Mysteries) (Paperback)
    Author: Lewis B. Montgomery
    Illustrator: Amy Wummer
    Publisher: Kane Press
Ages 4-8 9/23/2009
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Nancy said: Kids who like Cam Jensen or Encyclopedia Brown would like these little mysteries. There are great activities in the back of the book that would enhance a book club discussion. I would suggest this t...more
tags: I read , Inspired me
20 Reviews  
4. Life-Size Zoo: From Tiny Rodents to Gigantic Elephants, An Actual Size A...
    Publisher: Seven Footer Press
Ages 4-8 9/22/2009
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Nancy said: Parents Choice Award - Gold - 2009. A great book for booktalking to elementary aged students. Pictures are wonderful life size of animal heads with colorful illustrations as well. Interesting tid-bi...more
tags: I read , Inspired me , I recommend
106 Reviews  
5. SkippyJon Jones (Hardcover)
    Author: Judy Schachner
    Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
Ages 4-8 9/9/2009
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Nancy said: The text and pictures are delightful. Adults would appreciate the humor too. I would suggest this book to an early elementary age child. The basic premise is one of an adventurous cat trying to do ...more
tags: I read , I recommend
1,937 Reviews  
6. Mercy Watson: Something Wonky This Way Comes (Hardcover)
    Author: Kate Dicamillo
    Illustrator: Chris Van Dusen
    Publisher: Candlewick
Ages 4-8 8/25/2009
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Nancy said: Laugh out loud funny. Parents will enjoy the humor alongwith the children. Now you will want to eat toast and hot buttered popcorn! Leaves me wishing I had seen the movie they were talking about in...more
tags: I read , Inspired me , I recommend
78 Reviews  
7. Slither and Crawl: Eye to Eye with Reptiles (Hardcover)
    Author: Jim Arnosky
    Publisher: Sterling
Ages 4-8 8/25/2009
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Nancy said: On the front of the book "Features Giant fold-out pages of Life-size reptiles." Not all fold-outs picture the whole reptile, i.e. the head might be life-sized. The illustrations are nice. I would su...more
tags: I read
10 Reviews  
8. Mouse Guard: Winter 1152 (Hardcover)
    Author: David Petersen
    Publisher: ARCHAIA STUDIOS PRESS
Ages 9-12 8/25/2009
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Nancy said: Graphic Novel. The art work is wonderful. However, I had some trouble figuring out what was happening in some of the pictures. I also had some trouble following the story. This is book 2 of the ser...more
tags: I read
501 Reviews  
9. Night Catch (Hardcover)
    Author: Brenda Ehrmantraut
    Illustrator: Vicki Wehrman
    Publisher: Bubble Gum Pr
Ages 4-8 8/18/2009
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Nancy said: A wonderfully comforting book for a young child whose father is far away in military service. What I like best about this book is that it takes the reader's mind off the military service and focuses ...more
tags: Inspired me , I read , I recommend
89 Reviews  
10. Hurt Go Happy (Mass Market Paperback)
    Author: Ginny Rorby
    Publisher: Starscape
Ages 9-12 8/18/2009
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Nancy said: Schneider Family Book Award 2008. Joey is a 13 year old girl who is deaf. The mystery as to how she became deaf is not revealed until the end of the book. This factor is driving the dysfunction bet...more
tags: I'm reading , I read , Inspired me , I recommend
434 Reviews  
11. Waiting for Normal (Hardcover)
    Author: Leslie Connor
    Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Ages 9-12 8/4/2009
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Nancy said: Schneider Family Book Award 2009 winner for middle grades ages 9-13. Our main character is Addison, a girl in 6th grade. Her mother and step-father have divorced. She has two little sisters from th...more
tags: I read , Inspired me , I recommend
1,584 Reviews  
12. A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams (Hardcover)
    Author: Jennifer Bryant
    Illustrator: Melissa Sweet
    Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Ages 9-12 8/1/2009
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Nancy said: Caldecott Honor 2009. Very interesting story and illustrations. Some of his poetry is printed inside back cover. There are biograpical notes at the end of the book. This makes me want to read his ...more
tags: I read , Inspired me
391 Reviews  
13. How I Learned Geography (Hardcover)
    Author: Uri Shulevitz
    Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Ages 4-8 8/1/2009
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Nancy said: Caldecott Honor book 2009. Beautifully illustrated, tenderly told. From the author's experience during the Warsaw Blitz in 1939, he tells his story of how his imagination and a map helped him surviv...more
tags: Inspired me , I read
379 Reviews  
14. Whirligig (Hardcover)
    Author: Paul Fleischman
    Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Young Adults 7/30/2009
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Nancy said: A complex story but interesting. A teenage boy "chasing popularity" wants to kill himself when driving a car but accidentally kills another motorist. He faces the victim's family and lives his out t...more
tags: I read
625 Reviews  
15. Sue MacDonald Had a Book (Hardcover)
    Author: Jim Tobin
    Illustrator: Dave Coverly
    Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Ages 4-8 7/29/2009
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Nancy said: I have to read this book.
tags: Inspired me
34 Reviews  
16. The Tomorrow Code (Paperback)
    Author: Brian Falkner
    Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Ages 9-12 7/29/2009
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Nancy said: I need to read this book. It sounds exciting!
tags: Inspired me
84 Reviews  
17. Piano Starts Here: The Young Art Tatum (Hardcover)
    Author: Robert A. Parker
    Illustrator: Robert A. Parker
    Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
Ages 4-8 7/29/2009
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Nancy said: Schneider Family Book Award 2009. This book has a picture book style of presentation. I can see this book being helpful in a setting where diversity is being taught with elementary aged children. A...more
tags: I read , I recommend
54 Reviews  
18. Nibble Nibble (reillustrated) (Hardcover)
    Author: Margaret Wise Brown
    Illustrator: Wendell Minor
    Publisher: HarperCollins
Ages 4-8 7/28/2009
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Nancy said: Phonological awareness for storytime. I plan on making this interactive by asking the parents & kids to repeat the alliterative text. Actions could be added for some parts. The whole book doesn't ha...more
tags: I read , Inspired me , I recommend
43 Reviews  
19. Garmann's Summer (School & Library Binding)
    Author: Stian Hole
    Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Ages 4-8 7/28/2009
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Nancy said: This was originally published in Sweden and was translated by Don Bartlett. It is a 2009 Batchelder Honor book. I was looking for cultural differences when reading this and the one I noticed is that...more
tags: I read , Inspired me , , I recommend
128 Reviews  
20. The House in the Night (Hardcover)
    Author: Susan Marie Swanson
    Illustrator: Beth Krommes
    Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Ages 4-8 7/25/2009
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Nancy said: Beautifully predictable for young readers. Illustrations are attention grabbing for children of all ages. Caldecott winner 2008.
tags: I read , Inspired me
1,561 Reviews  
21. A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever (Hardcover)
    Author: Marla Frazee
    Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books
Ages 4-8 7/25/2009
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Nancy said: Very funny and appropriate to read to early elementary grades. They will get the humor. Caldecott honor 2008.
tags: I read , Inspired me
306 Reviews  
22. Kami and the Yaks (Hardcover)
    Author: Andrea Stenn Stryer
    Illustrator: Bert Dodson
    Publisher: Bay Otter Press
Ages 4-8 7/25/2009
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Nancy said: The author draws you into the experience of the little deaf boy whose family are sherpas. A storm is coming and the family's yaks are not coming home as usual. Kami is brave and won't give up once h...more
tags: I read , Inspired me , I recommend
58 Reviews  
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