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1. A Chair For My Mother (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Rea...
    Author: Vera B. Williams
    Illustrator: Vera B. Williams
    Publisher: Rebound by Sagebrush
Ages 4-8 11/17/2009
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jacklyn said: This story follows a grandmother, mother, and her daughter as they work to earn enough money to buy a comfy chair after they lost everything in a fire. The story is told through the perspective of the...more
tags: I read , Inspired me , I recommend , tugs at your heart
365 Reviews  
2. Bird (Hardcover)
    Author: Zetta Elliott
    Illustrator: Shadra Strickland
    Publisher: Lee & Low Books
Ages 9-12 11/17/2009
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jacklyn said: This story is about a little boy nicknamed, Bird, by his father. The little boy struggles with the realities of his brother’s drug addiction and death. The bird symbolizes the desire of the young bo...more
tags: I read , I recommend , tough issues
149 Reviews  
3. Amazing Grace (Paperback)
    Author: Mary Hoffman
    Illustrator: Caroline Binch
    Publisher: Frances Lincoln Childrens Books
Ages 4-8 11/17/2009
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jacklyn said: This is the story of a little girl, Grace, who would not let other people get in her way of doing what she wanted to do. A few of her classmates told her she couldn’t be Peter Pan because she was a ...more
tags: I read , Inspired me , I recommend , empowering
311 Reviews  
4. Now One Foot, Now the Other (Hardcover)
    Author: Tomie dePaola
    Illustrator: Tomie dePaola
    Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Ages 4-8 11/17/2009
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jacklyn said: This book tells the story of how a grandpa helps his grandson learn things, and one day his grandson returns the favor. The theme is heartwarming with the family being so close, loving, and understand...more
tags: I read , Inspired me , I recommend , tugs at your heart
183 Reviews  
5. Fly Away Home (Paperback)
    Author: Eve Bunting
    Illustrator: Ronald Himler
    Publisher: Clarion Books
Ages 4-8 11/17/2009
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jacklyn said: This is the story of a father and son at a difficult time in their lives
tags: I read , I recommend , tugs at your heart
474 Reviews  
6. Coolies (Paperback)
    Author: Yin
    Illustrator: Chris K. Soentpiet
    Publisher: Puffin
Ages 4-8 11/17/2009
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jacklyn said: This story tells the journey of two brothers who immigrated to America from China. The brothers worked hard in severe conditions, under unrealistic expectations, incredible odds, and discrimination. T...more
tags: I read , I recommend
28 Reviews  
7. Muslim Child: Understanding Islam Through Stories and Poems (Hardcover)
    Author: Rukhsana Khan
    Illustrator: Patty Gallinger
    Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Ages 4-8 11/17/2009
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jacklyn said: This book is a collection of poems, stories, facts, and history of the Muslim world. This book will cure the curiosity children, or people, may have about Muslims. It has a neutral, matter of fact ton...more
tags: I read , I recommend
16 Reviews  
8. Naming Maya (Hardcover)
    Author: Uma Krishnaswami
    Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Ages 9-12 11/17/2009
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jacklyn said: Maya, a multi-ethnic girl, goes to India with her mom to sell her grandparent’s house. While she is there she meets someone who is very close to her family, and learns about things that she had no c...more
tags: I read , I recommend
14 Reviews  
9. The Yellow Star: The Legend of King Christian X of Denmark (Hardcover)
    Author: Carmen Agra Deedy
    Illustrator: Henri Sorensen
    Publisher: Peachtree Publishers
Ages 4-8 11/17/2009
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jacklyn said: This book tells the unauthenticated story of a King who somewhat submitted to Nazi authority for the sake of his people. The King chose to proudly wear the yellow star, because he could not hide who h...more
tags: I read , I recommend ,
174 Reviews  
10. Beautiful Blackbird (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner) (Hardc...
    Author: Ashley Bryan
    Illustrator: Ashley Bryan
    Publisher: Atheneum
Ages 4-8 11/17/2009
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jacklyn said: A blackbird gives other birds a little bit of his beauty. The storyline is not very clear to me, but I feel because one needs every color to make black that is why blackbird was chosen as the most bea...more
tags: I read , I recommend
72 Reviews  
11. I Love Saturdays y domingos (Paperback)
    Author: alma flor ada
    Illustrator: Elivia Savadier
    Publisher: Aladdin
Ages 4-8 11/17/2009
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jacklyn said: This book gives a look at a little girl’s English and Spanish grandparents. It depicts how each set lives and does the same things, but in a different way and in a different language. The little gir...more
tags: I read , I recommend , 4 year old loved it , bilingual
227 Reviews  
12. Harry the Dirty Dog (Hardcover)
    Author: Gene Zion
    Illustrator: Margaret Bloy Graham
    Publisher: Perfection Learning Prebound
Ages 4-8 11/17/2009
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jacklyn said: This is a collection of three stories about a dog, Harry, who always seems to get covered in something. He always manages to return to his beloved family though. The humans and animals coexist and Har...more
tags: I read , I recommend , 4 year old loved it
696 Reviews  
13. An Extraordinary Egg (Hardcover)
    Author: Leo Lionni
    Illustrator: Leo Lionni
    Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Ages 4-8 11/17/2009
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jacklyn said: A few frogs discover an egg that hatches, and meets a new friend they mistakenly call a chicken. The story portrays talking animals in their natural habitat. The characters exhibit their animal behavi...more
tags: I read , I recommend , great for pre k and k
153 Reviews  
14. The Amazing Bone (Hardcover)
    Author: William Steig
    Illustrator: William Steig
    Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Ages 4-8 11/17/2009
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jacklyn said: A little girl pig makes an interesting discovery of a talking bone. She uses it to scare away robbers and it helps out when a fox tries to eat her for supper. There are no humans in this world, just a...more
tags: I read
74 Reviews  
15. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Sou...
    Illustrator: Timothy Basil Ering
    Publisher: Candlewick
Ages 9-12 11/17/2009
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jacklyn said: This is the story is of a little mouse that does not live by the rules of the other mice, and finds great adventure. The little mouse’s name certainly does not sound like a brave, adventure seeking ...more
tags: I read , I recommend , 4 year old loved it
13,989 Reviews  
16. Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type (Hardcover)
    Author: Doreen Cronin
    Illustrator: Betsy Lewin
    Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Ages 4-8 11/17/2009
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jacklyn said: Cows decide to type letters to their Farmer Brown demanding some electric blankets for themselves and the chickens. In response Farmer Brown types a response back to them and the cows and chickens go ...more
tags: I read , I recommend , 4 year old loved it
3,692 Reviews  
17. Armadillo Rodeo (Hardcover)
    Author: Jan Brett
    Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Ages 4-8 11/17/2009
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jacklyn said: An armadillo mistakes a little girl’s boots for an animal friend, and experiences the rodeo while following the boots around the grounds. The story falls under the category of anthropomorphic animal...more
tags: I read , I recommend
120 Reviews  
18. Verdi (Hardcover)
    Author: Janell Cannon
    Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books
Ages 4-8 11/17/2009
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jacklyn said: A young yellow snake fears his youth will fade as his skin matures from yellow to green. Verdi has different kinds of animals that can talk to each other, but they live in their natural habitat, and b...more
tags: I read , I recommend , growing up
117 Reviews  
19. Hey, Al (Hardcover)
    Author: Arthur Yorinks
    Illustrator: Richard Egielski
    Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Ages 4-8 11/17/2009
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jacklyn said: This is the story of a man and his dog who finds out the grass is not greener on the other side. They were unhappy with their life, and a mysterious bird makes them an offer they cannot refuse. Soon t...more
tags: I read , I recommend , great lesson about appreciation
639 Reviews  
20. The Polar Express (Hardcover)
    Author: Chris Van Allsburg
    Illustrator: Chris Van Allsburg
    Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Ages 4-8 11/17/2009
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jacklyn said: This seasonal book touches on the magic that can happen when you believe. A young boy takes a magical train ride to the North Pole, and has an amazing experience that he remembers for the rest of his ...more
tags: I read , I recommend , great holiday book
5,894 Reviews  
21. The Giving Tree (Hardcover)
    Author: Shel Silverstein
    Illustrator: Shel Silverstein
    Publisher: HarperCollins
Ages 4-8 11/17/2009
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jacklyn said: As a boy grows a favorite tree gives him everything she has to offer to make him happy. The themes are plentiful in this book without a lot of words. There is only one sentence per page, with the exce...more
tags: I read , I recommend
24,127 Reviews  
22. The Librarian from the Black Lagoon (Paperback)
    Author: Mike Thaler
    Illustrator: Jared D. Lee
    Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Ages 4-8 11/17/2009
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jacklyn said: This story disproves the myths surrounding a school’s library and its librarian. Its exaggerations are comical, entertaining, and imaginative. After hearing about all the dreadfully terrible things ...more
tags: I read , I recommend , very funny
166 Reviews  
23. Knights of the Kitchen Table (Puffin Books) (Paperback)
    Author: Jon Scieszka
    Illustrator: Lane Smith
    Publisher: Puffin Books
N/A 11/17/2009
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jacklyn said: Three friends enter a medieval world when one little boy opens a mysterious book on his birthday. They find themselves outwitting and outsmarting every challenge they face, but coming back home was li...more
tags: I read , Scieszka's a favorite
91 Reviews  
24. My Life with the Wave (Hardcover)
    Author: Catherine Cowan
    Illustrator: Mark Buehner
    Publisher: HarperCollins
Ages 4-8 11/17/2009
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jacklyn said: A boy falls in love with the beach and a wave runs away from the sea with him. He spends about six months with the wave and goes through some challenging times. The wave has emotions, moods, and they ...more
tags: I read
43 Reviews  
25. James and the Giant Peach (Paperback)
    Author: Roald Dahl
    Illustrator: Lane Smith
    Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper)
Ages 9-12 11/17/2009
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jacklyn said: A little boy begins an enchanting adventure when he accidentally spills some magic crystals he was supposed to drink. Through a series of peculiar events he attains what he always dreamed of and more....more
tags: I read , I recommend , funny
9,668 Reviews  
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