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B HUGHES	My Great-Aunt Arizona by Gloria Houston An Appalachian girl, Arizona Houston Hughes, grows up to become a teacher who influences generations of school children.
B LOWRY	Looking Back by Lois Lowry Using family photographs and quotes from her books, the author provides glimpses into her life.
B WILDER	Pioneer Girl: The Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder by William Anderson Recounts the life story of the author of the "Little House" books, from her childhood in Wisconsin to her old age at Rocky Ridge Farm.
CB ROBINSON	Teammates written by Peter Golenbock Describes the racial prejudice experienced by Jackie Robinson when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers to become the first African-American player in Major League baseball and depicts the acceptance and support he received from his white teammate Pee Wee Reese.
E ABERCROMBIE	Charlie Anderson by Barbara Abercrombie A cat comes out of the night to steal the hearts of two sisters who look forward to his sleeping on their beds, until one day Charlie doesn't come home and they learn a surprising secret about him.
E ALIKI	The Two of Them by Aliki Describes the relationship of a grandfather and his granddaughter from her birth to his death.
E ALTMAN	Amelia’s Road by Linda Altman Tired of moving around so much, Amelia, the daughter of migrant farm workers, dreams of a stable home.
E BAYLOR	The Table Where Rich People Sit by Byrd Baylor A girl discovers that her impoverished family is rich in things that matter in life, especially being outdoors and experiencing nature.
E BERGER	Grandfather Twilight by Barbara Berger At the day's end, Grandfather Twilight walks in the forest to perform his evening task, bringing the miracle of night to the world.
E BERGER	A Lot of Otters by Barbara Berger As a lot of otters wrestle, roll, and cavort on the water, they make such a commotion of light that Mother Moon finds her lost child.
E BRINCKLOE	Fireflies! by Julie Brinckloe A young boy is proud of having caught a jar full of fireflies, which seems to him like owning a piece of moonlight, but as the light begins to dim he realizes he must set the insects free or they will die.
E BRISSON	The Summer My Father Was Ten by Pat Brisson A father tells his daughter the story of how he damaged a neighbor's tomato garden when he was a boy and what he did to make amends.
E BUNTING	Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting A homeless boy who lives in an airport with his father, moving from terminal to terminal and trying not to be noticed, is given hope when he sees a trapped bird find its freedom.
E BURLEIGH	Home Run by Robert Burleigh A poetic account of the legendary Babe Ruth as he prepares to make a home run.
E CLEMENT	Grandpa’s Teeth by Rod Clement Soon after Grandpa's teeth disappear from a glass of water near his bed, Inspector Rate has the whole town under investigation.
E COFFELT	Dogs in Space by Nancy Coffelt Dogs in space visit each of the planets in the solar system, finding no one at home anywhere, and return to Earth.
E CONDRA	See the Ocean by Estelle Condra Driving through mountain fog to the beach, two young brothers compete to see who will catch the first glimpse of the ocean, but it is their blind sister Nellie who senses it first.
E CRONIN	Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin When Farmer Brown's cows find a typewriter in the barn they start making demands, and go on strike when the farmer refuses to give them what they want.
E DEEDY	Agatha’s Feather Bed by Carmen Deedy When Agatha buys a new feather bed and six angry naked geese show up to get their feathers back, the incident reminds her to think about where things come from.
E DEPAOLA	Now One Foot, Now the Other by Tomie dePaola When his grandfather suffers a stroke, Bobby teaches him to walk, just as his grandfather had once taught him.
E FEIFFER	Bark, George by Jules Feiffer George the puppy's mother is in for a big surprise when she takes him to the veterinarian to find out why he does not bark.
E FOX	Koala Lou by Mem Fox A young koala, longing to hear her mother speak lovingly to her as she did before other children came along, plans to win her distracted parent's attention.
E FOX	Tough Boris by Mem Fox Although he is a very tough pirate, Boris von der Borch cries when his parrot dies.
E GREENFIELD	Grandpa’s Face by Eloise Greenfield Seeing her beloved grandfather making a mean face while he rehearses for one of his plays, Tamika becomes afraid that someday she will lose his love and he will make that mean face at her.
E GRINDLEY	Why is the Sky Blue? by Sally Grindley Although he wants to learn all that wise old Donkey knows, Rabbit cannot sit still to listen to the answers to his questions, but in the end he teaches Donkey some new things.
E HOFFMAN	Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman Although a classmate says that she cannot play Peter Pan in the school play because she is African-American, Grace discovers that she can do anything she sets her mind to do.
E HOWARD	When I’m Sleepy by Jane Howard A child speculates about sleeping next to various animals in various places other than one's own, and most desirable, warm bed.
E KILBORNE	Peach & Blue by Sarah Kilborne A frog helps a peach see the world and the peach shows the frog sights he has never seen before.
E KRAUS	Where Are You Going, Little Mouse? by Robert Kraus A little mouse runs away from home to find a "nicer" family, but when darkness comes, he misses them and realizes how much he loves them.
E KRAUS	Whose Mouse Are You? by Robert Kraus A lonely little mouse has to be resourceful in order to bring his family back together.
E LIONNI	The Alphabet Tree by Leo Lionni A strong wind blows most of the letters off the alphabet tree and those that remain hide among the branches. Then a bug and a caterpillar come along and teach them how to arrange themselves into words and sentences to form a special message.
E LIONNI	A color of His Own by Leo Lionni A little chameleon is distressed that he doesn't have his own color like other animals.
E LIONNI	Frederick and His Friends by Leo Lionni Presents four stories featuring a field mouse, a house mouse, a minnow, and a fish who learn the value of friendship, imagination, and cheerfulness in hard times.
E LOBEL	Mouse Soup by Arnold Lobel A mouse convinces a weasel he needs the ingredients from several stories to make a tasty mouse soup.
E LOBEL	Mouse Tales by Arnold Lobel After the seven mouse boys are tucked into bed, they ask Papa to tell them a story. He tells seven stories, one mouse tale for each mouse boy.
E MAYER	Just Me and My Dad by Mercer Mayer A father and son enjoy a camping trip.
E MILES	Annie and the Old One by Miska Miles A Navajo girl unravels a day's weaving on a rug whose completion, she believes, will mean the death of her grandmother.
E MILES	The Rag Coat by Lauren Mills Minna proudly wears her new coat made of clothing scraps to school, where the other children laugh at her until she tells them the stories behind the scraps.
E MOCHIZUKI	Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki A Japanese American boy learns to play baseball when he and his family are forced to live in an internment camp during World War II, and his ability to play helps him after the war is over.
E MUNSCH	The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch Princess, Elizabeth, robbed of her beautiful clothes and her fiancé by a fierce dragon, dons a paper bag and marches off to rescue her prince, only to realize he is not worthy of her efforts.
E OPPENHEIM	Yanni Rubbish by Shulamith Oppenheim A young boy is taunted by other kids because of his job collecting garbage in a small Greek village.
E PARK	The Royal Bee by Frances Park A poor boy from Korea is determined to win a spelling bee, even though poverty keeps him from formally attending school.
E PENN	The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn When Chester the raccoon is reluctant to go to kindergarten for the first time, his mother teaches him a secret way to carry her love with him.
E RAPPAPORT	Dirt on Their Skirts: The Story of the Young Women Who Won the World Championship by Doreen Rappaport Margaret experiences the excitement of watching the 1946 championship game of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League as it goes into extra innings.
E ROOT	Kiss the Cow by Phyllis Root Annalisa, the most curious and stubborn of Mama May's children, disobeys her mother and upsets the family cow by refusing to kiss the animal in return for the milk it gives.
E ROSEN	Little Rabbit Foo Foo by Michael Rosen Naughty Rabbit Foo Foo, who mistreats the other forest inhabitants, receives his just desserts from the Good Fairy.
E RYLANT	An Angel for Solomon Singer by Cynthia Rylant A lonely New York City resident finds companionship and good cheer at the Westway Cafe where dreams come true.
E RYLANT	Night in the Country by Cynthia Rylant Text and illustrations describe the sights and sounds of nighttime in the country.
E RYLANT	The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant The relatives come to visit from Virginia and everyone has a wonderful time.
E SAY	Emma’s Rug by Allen Say A young artist finds that her creativity comes from within when the rug that she had always relied upon for inspiration is destroyed.
E SAY	Stranger in the Mirror by Allen Say When a young Asian-American boy who spends all of his time skateboarding wakes up one morning with the face of an old man, he has trouble convincing people that he is still himself.
E SCIESZKA	Baloney (Henry P) by Jon Scieszka A transmission received from outer space in a combination of different Earth languages tells of an alien schoolboy's fantastic excuse for being late to school again.
E SHAW	It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles Shaw Illustrations show that a cloud may look like spilt milk, an ice cream cone, a tree, a mitten, a rabbit, or many other objects.
E SHIELDS	Food Fight! by Carol Shields Late at night, after everyone in the house has gone to bed, all the food in the refrigerator, cupboards, and cabinets emerge from the shelves and have their own party.
E STEVENS	And the Dish Ran Away With the Spoon by Janet Stevens When Dish and Spoon run away, their nursery rhyme friends Cat, Cow, and Dog set out to rescue them in time for the next evening's reading of their rhyme.
E VAN ALLSBURG	The Stranger by Chris Van Allsburg The enigmatic origins of the stranger Farmer Bailey hits with his truck and brings home to recuperate seem to have a mysterious relation to the changing season.
E WELLS	Hazel’s Amazing Mother by Rosemary Wells When Hazel and her beloved doll Eleanor are set upon by bullies, Hazel's mother comes to the rescue in a surprising way.
E WELLS	Timothy Goes to School by Rosemary Wells Timothy learns about being accepted and making friends during the first week of his first year at school.
E WILLEMS	Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems A pigeon that longs to drive a bus sees a chance to make its dream come true when the bus driver takes a short break.
E WARD	Cookie’s Week by Cindy Ward Cookie the cat gets into a different kind of mischief every day of the week.
E WOOD	Heckedy Peg by Audrey Wood A mother saves her seven children from Heckedy Peg, a witch who has changed them into different kinds of food.
E WYETH	Something Beautiful by Sharon Wyeth When she goes looking for "something beautiful" in her city neighborhood, a young girl finds beauty in many different forms.
E YOLEN	Sleeping Ugly by Jane Yolen Princess Miserella, a beautiful but mean-spirited girl, Plain Jane, and a fairy all fall victim to a sleeping spell, and when Prince Jojo comes along, a youngest son with no money or property, he makes a surprising but wise choice of who to kiss first.
E ZOLOTOW	If You Listen by Charlotte Zolotow A mother reassures her little girl there is a way to know that someone far away loves you.
F CHRISTOPHER	Center Court Sting by Matt Christopher Daren's tendency to blame everyone but himself when anything goes wrong causes problems with his best friend, with a young neighbor who idolizes him, and with one of his basketball teammates.
F DADEY	Pirates Don’t Wear Pink Sunglasses by Debbie Dadey The Bailey School kids decide to find out if the boat instructor at Camp Lone Wolf is really a pirate searching for buried treasure.
F DADEY	Santa Claus Doesn’t Mop Floors by Debbie Dadey The kids at Bailey school wonder if Mr. Jolly, the new janitor, could be Santa Claus because he keeps the building as cold as the North Pole and the school building magically clean.
F DANZIGER	P.S .Longer Letter Later by Paula Danziger Twelve-year-old best friends Elizabeth and Tara-Starr continue their friendship through letter-writing after Tara-Starr's family moves to another state.
F DEFELICE	Weasel by Cynthia DeFelice Alone in the frontier wilderness in the winter of 1839 while his father is recovering from an injury, eleven-year-old Nathan runs afoul of the renegade killer known as Weasel and makes a surprising discovery about the concept of revenge.
F FLETCHER	Fig Pudding by Ralph Fletcher Cliff describes the excitement, conflict, and sudden tragedy experienced by his large and boisterous family during his eleventh year.
F FLETCHER	Flying Solo by Ralph Fletcher Rachel, having chosen to be mute following the sudden death of a classmate, shares responsibility with the other sixth-graders who decide not to report that the substitute teacher failed to show up.
F HADDIX	Because of Anya by Margaret Haddix While ten-year-old Anya faces the difficulties of losing her hair to alopecia, her classmate Keely learns how to stand up for what she knows is right.
F HENKES	The Birthday Room by Kevin Henkes Twelve-year-old Ben, visiting his uncle in Oregon, feels caught in the strained relationship between his mother and her brother while he also begins to accept himself as an artist.
F KEENE	The Crooked Banister by Carolyn Keene While helping the police find the owner of a mysterious house with a crooked staircase and an unpredictable robot, Nancy Drew, teen detective, also helps capture a swindler.
F KEENE	Mystery of the Glowing Eye by Carolyn Keene A fiery glowing eye in a museum, the abduction of Ned, the code name Cyclops, and a pilotless helicopter draw Nancy and her friends into a dangerous investigation.
F LE GUIN	Catwings by Ursula Le Guin Four young cats with wings leave the city slums in search of a safe place to live, finally meeting two children with kind hands.
F LOWRY	Anastasia on Her Own by Lois Lowry Her family's new organized schedule for easy housekeeping makes thirteen-year-old Anastasia confident that she can run the household while her mother is out of town, until she hits unexpected complications.
F PARK	Almost Starring Skinnybones by Barbara Park Irrepressible, twelve-year-old Alex is convinced that he will be a star and impress his schoolmates when, as the winner of a cat food essay contest, he is asked to make a commercial for national television.
F PARK	Skinnybones by Barbara Park Alex's active sense of humor helps him get along with the school braggart, make the most of his athletic talents, and simply get by in a hectic world.
F PLATT	Pirate Diary: The Journal of Jake Carpenter by Richard Platt The fictional diary of a ten-year-old boy who, in 1716 sets off from North Carolina to become a sailor, but ends up a pirate instead.
F RYLANT	The Van Gogh Cafe by Cynthia Rylant The Van Gogh Cafe, located in Flowers, Kansas, has magic in its walls, causing strange and mysterious events to occur there.
F VAN ALLSBURG	The Wretched Stone by Chris Van Allsburg A strange glowing stone picked up on a sea voyage captivates a ship's crew and has a terrible transforming effect on them.
F WILDER	By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder Ma and the girls follow Pa west by train where they make their home at a rough railroad camp and plan for their own homestead.
306.9 MELLONIE	Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children by Bryan Mellonie Briefly describes the beginning and end of life for plants, animals, insects, and people.
394.2649 ANDERSON	Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving by Laurie Anderson Relates how Sarah Hale, a magazine editor and author, persuaded President Lincoln to transform Thanksgiving Day into a national holiday.
398.2 FINCH	The Three Billy Goats Gruff retold by Mary Finch Retells the traditional tale about three billy goats who trick a troll that lives under the bridge.
398.2 LESSER	Hansel and Gretel retold by Rika Lesser A retelling of the well-known tale in which two children are left in the woods but find their way home despite an encounter with a wicked witch.
398.2 STEPTOE	The Story of Jumping Mouse retold by John Steptoe The gifts of Magic Frog and his own hopeful and unselfish spirit bring Jumping Mouse finally to the Far-Off Land where no mouse goes hungry.
398.8 HERE	Here Comes Mother Goose Presents more than sixty traditional nursery rhymes, including "Old Mother Hubbard," "I'm a Little Teapot," and "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe," accompanied by illustrations of various animals.
398.8 MY	My First Real Mother Goose Board Book Presents an illustrated collection of Mother Goose rhymes on board pages.
421 HEPWORTH	Antics! By Cathi Hepworth Alphabet entries from A to Z all have an 'ant' somewhere in the word, such as E for Enchanter, P for Pantaloons, S for Santa Claus, and Y for Your Ant Yetta.
428.1 LEEDY	There’s a Frog in My Throat!: 440 Animal Sayings a Little Bird Told Me by Loreen Leedy Presents the meanings of over four hundred common phrases with references to animals, along with vivid illustrations.
553.8 SQUIRE	Gemstones by Ann Squire An introduction to gem stones, discussing the different types of stones, where they are found, and how they are made.
595.715 DUSSLING	Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! by Jennifer Dussling Describes the hunting activities of various bugs, including the praying mantis, wood ant, and dragonfly.
595.78 GIBBON	Monarch Butterfly by Gail Gibbons Describes the life cycle, body parts, and behavior of the monarch butterfly. Includes instructions on how to raise a monarch.
599.773 MILTON	Wild, Wild Wolves by Joyce Milton Introduces the natural history of wolves, examining their social structure, hunting tactics, growth, and development, and explores myths and legends about them.
629.13 BORDEN	Touching the Sky: The Flying Adventures of Wilbur and Orville Wright by Louise Borden A look at how the Wright Brothers became the first celebrities of the twentieth century through their 1909 public flying exhibitions in New York City and Germany.
782.42 RAFFI	Five Little Ducks by Raffi When her five little ducks disappear one by one, Mother Duck sets out to find them.
782.4216 LANGSTAFF	Oh, A-Hunting We Will Go by John Langstaff Old and new verses for a popular folk song about hunting and capturing an animal--and then letting him go.
782.4216 LONG	Hush Little Baby by Sylvia Long In this variation on an old lullaby, a baby rabbit is promised an assortment of presents from its adoring parent.
792 HOLBROOK	Wham! It’s a Poetry Jam by Sara Holbrook A guide to performing poetry alone and in groups, including guidelines for setting up poetry-performance contests.
796.1 BROWN	Hand Rhymes by Marc Brown A collection of nursery rhymes with diagrams for accompanying finger plays.
796.357 CHERIPKO	Get Redy to Play Tee Ball by Jan Cheripko Tee ball basics and the rules of the game are presented here for young children.
808.81 MOTHER	Mother Earth, Father Sky: Poems of Our Planet by Jane Yolen An anthology of poems that describe the beauty and destruction of our natural world.
811 ADOFF	Touch the Poem by Arnold Adoff A collection of poems about the sense of touch including a baby's foot in one's palm, peach fuzz on the lip, and the forehead against a cold window.
811 BOUCHARD	If You’re Not From the Prairie…by David Bouchard A poem, accompanied by evocative landscape paintings, celebrates the natural beauty of the prairie and the joys of growing up on it.
811 GREENFIELD	For the Love of the Game: Michael Jordan and Me by Eloise Greenfield Two children discover the importance of determination and find inspiration in the life of Michael Jordan.
811 HEARD	Creatures of Earth, Sea and Sky by Georgia Heard Presents seventeen short poems about animals, birds, and other wild creatures for early readers.
811 TESTA	Becoming Joe DiMaggio by Maria Testa Joseph Paul grows up following the career of baseball great Joe DiMaggio and learning the rules of the game from his grandfather and dreaming of becoming a famous baseball player himself, and somehow healing his grandfather's broken heart.
811 WESTCOTT	The Lady With the Alligator Purse by Nadine Westcott The old jump rope/nonsense rhyme features an ailing young Tiny Tim. Includes activities.
811 WILLIAMS	Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart by Vera Williams A series of poems tells how two sisters help each other deal with life while their mother is working and their father has been sent to jail.
811 WOOD	Twenty-Four Robbers by Audrey Wood Twenty-four robbers come knocking at a woman's door asking for hot peppers, corn, and flour, and they reward her for her generosity with a pot of hot pepper stew.
818 TERBAN	The Dove Dove: Funny Homograph Riddles by Marvin Terban A collection of over seventy riddles using homographs, words that are spelled the same but differ in meaning and pronunciation.
818 TERBAN	Too Hot to Hoot: Funny Palindrome Riddles by Marvin Terban A collection of progressively harder to guess palindrome riddles.
910 DONNELLY	The Titanic Lost and Found by Judy Donnelly A simple account of the sinking of the Titanic and the discovery of its remains many years later.
932 DONNELLY	Tut’s Mummy Lost…and Found by Judy Donnelly Describes the burial of the Pharaoh Tutankhamen and the discovery of his long-lost tomb by archaeologists more than 3000 years later.
978 SULLIVAN	Lewis and Clark by George Sullivan Recounts the story of the Lewis and Clark Expedition to explore the uncharted western wilderness, placing it in its historical context.

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