PERSEVERANCE – to keep at itISBN: 0688087426

The Trek by Ann JonasThe city streets become a jungle, then a desert, as a child forges her way to school, observing and avoiding all the wild animals posing as trees, chimneys, fences, and even fruit.

ISBN: 0688147321Chrysanthemum by

Kevin Henkes

Chrysanthemum loves her name, until she starts going to school and the other children make fun of it.

ISBN: 0688040683Hot-Air Henry by Mary

Calhoun

A sassy Siamese cat stows away on a hot air balloon and ends up taking a fur-raising flight across the mountains.

ISBN: 0803710402Amazing Grace by Mary

Hoffman

Grace loves stories, and with a boundless imagination she acts them all out. One day, her teacher asks who would like to play the lead in the play Peter Pan. Grace eagerly raises her hand, but Raj tells her she isn't a boy, and Natalie tells her she can't because she is black. Nana sets Grace straight: she can do anything she sets her mind to!

ISBN: 0671664905A Weed Is a Flower: The

Life of George Washington Carver by

Aliki

Brief text and pictures present the life of the man, born a slave, who became a scientist and devoted his entire life to helping the South improve its agriculture.

ISBN: 0874996171Wiley and the Hairy

Man: Adapted from an American Folk Tale by

Molly Garrett Bang

With his mother's help, Wiley outwits the hairy creature that dominates the swamp near his home by the Tombigbee River.

ISBN: 0785747087Mary of Mile 18 by Ann

Blades

Mary's father tells her she cannot keep a part-wolf puppy since the only animals kept by farming families in their remote part of northern British Columbia are those that work or provide food.

ISBN: 0395259398Mike Mulligan and His

Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton

Although steam shovels are being replaced by more modern machines, Mike Mulligan refuses to consign his beloved Mary Anne to the junk heap. Desperate for work, Mike promises to dig the cellar of Popperville's new town hall in just one day--or go without pay.

ISBN: 0380709163Ramona and Her Father

by Beverly Cleary

The family routine is upset during Ramona's year in second grade when her father unexpectedly loses his job.

ISBN: 0064400581Julie of the Wolves by

Jean Craighead George

While running away from home and an unwanted marriage, a thirteen-year-old Eskimo girl becomes lost on the North Slope of Alaska and is befriended by a wolf pack.

ISBN: 0688131034At the Crossroads by

Rachel Isadora

South African children gather to welcome home their fathers who have been away for several months working in the mines.

ISBN: 0394890523John Henry: An

American Legend by Ezra Jack Keats

Describes the life of the legendary steel-driving man who was born and who died with a hammer in his hand.

ISBN: 0440439884Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott

O'Dell

Records the courage and self-reliance of an Indian girl who lived alone for eighteen years on an isolated island off the California coast.

ISBN: 0448400715The Little Engine That

Although he is not very big, the Little Blue Engine agrees to try to pull a stranded train full of toys over the mountain.

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Could by Watty PiperISBN: 0374409277

Brave Irene by William Steig

Plucky Irene, a dressmaker's daughter, braves a fierce snowstorm to deliver a new gown to the duchess in time for the ball.

ISBN: 0060581808Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls

Wilder

Laura Ingalls's story begins in 1871 in a little log cabin on the edge of the Big Woods of Wisconsin. Four-year-old Laura lives in the little house with her Pa, her Ma, her sisters Mary and Carrie, and their trusty dog, Jack.

ISBN: 0394800168Green Eggs and Ham

by Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss turns 50 simple words into magic in this time-honored classic. Sam-I-am won't give up! He keeps trying to get the grumpy grown-up in the story to taste green eggs and ham. No matter how Sam-I-am presents the green eggs and ham (in a box, with a fox, in the rain, on a train), the curmudgeon refuses to try them. Finally, Sam-I-am's pesky persistence pays off.

ISBN: 014050172XCrow Boy by Taro

Yashima

A lonely boy in a village school in Japan learned all the calls of the crows as he left his home at dawn and arrived home at sunset on schooldays. A Caldecott honor book.

ISBN: 088776326XI Want a Dog by Dayal

Kaur Kaur Khalsa

When her parents refuse to get her a dog, May creates an imaginary dog out of a roller skate.

ISBN: 0064440524Wagon Wheels by Barbara Brenner

Shortly after the Civil War a black family travels to Kansas to take advantage of the free land offered through the Homestead Act.

ISBN: 0395185572The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes by

Marjorie Flack

The country bunny attains the exalted position of Easter Bunny in spite of her responsibilities as the mother of twenty-one children.

ISBN: 0064432106The Carrot Seed by

Ruth Krauss

A small boy plants a carrot seed, only to be told by his family members that it won't grow. The little boy ignores the family, continues to tend his seed, and is rewarded one day with a HUGE carrot. This story about belief in oneself has been enjoyed by children for more than two decades.

ISBN: 0152046992The Secret School by

Avi

In 1925, fourteen-year-old Ida Bidson secretly takes over as the teacher when the one-room schoolhouse in her remote Colorado area closes unexpectedly.

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ISBN: 0316075515Fairway Phenom by

Matt Christopher

Malik overcomes obstacles to learn to play golf.

ISBN: 0688109918Galimoto by Karen Lynn

Williams

Kondi is determined to make a galimoto -- a toy vehicle made of wires. His brother laughs at the idea, but all day Kondi goes about gathering up the wire he needs. By nightfall, his wonderful galimoto is ready for the village children to play with in the light of the moon.

ISBN: 0439098262Mouse and His Child by

Russell Hoban

Two discarded toy mice survive perilous adventures in a hostile world before finding security and happiness with old friends and new.

ISBN: 0439856302The Young Man and the

Sea by Rodman Philbrick

After his mother's death, twelve-year-old Skiff Beaman decides that it is up to him to earn money to take care of himself and his father, so he undertakes a dangerous trip alone out on the ocean off the coast of Maine to try to catch a huge bluefin tuna.

ISBN: 0316112690D.W. Flips! by Marc

Brown

D.W., a young aardvark, discovers that lots of practice eventually helps her master the new routine in her gymnastics class.

ISBN: 0760766924Sophie's Castle by Heather F. Levine

One day at the beach, Sophie builds a fabulous sand castle, complete with lofty towers and a surrounding moat. But when ocean tides wash closer and closer, she must suddenly face the loss of her castle. With help from a new playmate, Sophie finds the courage to start over again in this charming poem about friendship and faith in tomorrow.

ISBN: 0689871813Timothy Cox Will Not Change His Socks by

Robert Kinerk

What ever has gotten into him! One morning he decides to accomplish the impossible -- to go an entire month without changing his socks. Ever. No matter what. Phew! Despite the pleading of his parents, the urging of the school principal, and a visit by the Board of Health, Timothy sticks to his word. After all, a boy must keep his promises. Just ask Timothy -- he'll tell you. And now his town will never be the same again. With wit and whimsy, Robert Kinerk tells a story of a boy who follows through on what he says he'll do.

ISBN: 0763618578Max by Bob Graham

Max, the young son of superheroes, is a late bloomer when it comes to flying, until he is inspired by the plight of a falling baby bird.

ISBN: 8484880346Bravo, Tanya by

Patricia Lee Gauch

Tanya loves to dance but has trouble integrating her steps with the clapping and counting of her ballet teacher, until she tries moving to the music and the sounds inside her head.

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ISBN: 0735819262Leonardo's Dream by

Hans de Beer

Every day Leonardo would smile confidently at his little wings and encourage them to grow. He'd stand on one leg at the top of the cliff, letting the wind brush through his feathers and imagine that he was flying over the ocean. The other penguins laughed at Leonardo. Whoever heard of a flying penguin? But Leonardo was no discouraged. Day after day, he practiced flying.

ISBN: 0007141211What Friends Do Best by Jonathan Emmett

An encouraging story about sharing, friendship, and perseverance, by the author of Dinosaurs After Dark.

ISBN: 0152049037Gordimer Byrd's

Reminder by Robert Weinstock

Frustrated by his failed attempts to find magic objects, a bird creates an object of his own.

ISBN: 0374306575Being Teddy Roosevelt

by Claudia Mills

Riley O’Rourke is writing his report on President Teddy Roosevelt in preparation for the fourth-grade biography tea, but he has a far more important goal: to get a saxophone so he can take instrumental music. His mother can’t afford to rent him a sax, and he’s sure he’ll never save up enough money to buy one. But as Riley learns more about Roosevelt’s “bully” spirit, he realizes that there just might be a way to solve his problem after all.

ISBN: 0805067124The Boll Weevil Ball by

Kelly Murphy

When a very, very small beetle decides to attend a ball, he won't let anything stop him -- not even the danger of being squished on the dance floor.

ISBN: 0670035491Belinda the Ballerina by

Amy Young

When Belinda auditions for the Spring Ballet Recital and the judges tell her she can not be a ballerina because her feet are too big, she tries to forget about dancing.

ISBN: 0689800762Virgie Goes To School

With Us Boys by Elizabeth Fitzgerald

Howard

Virgie is an adamant young girl who is insistent about one thing -- she wants an education. But in the days of Reconstruction, only boys went to school. This doesn't discourage Virgie, and she keeps nagging her brothers. But her brothers are sure she won't be able to make the seven-mile walk to school or that she'll cry over having to spend a whole week away from Mama. Finally, they argue that girls don't even need school. But Virgie thinks girls should learn to read and write too.

ISBN: 912965940XJulia Wants a Pet by

Barbro Lindgren

For as long as Julia can remember, she has wanted a pet. She takes the baby carriage out every day to look for one. Crows are too fast and flies are too small. A horse would be perfect, but a hedgehog or a frog would be fine, too. One day, on a fruitless search, Julia spots a small boy - and gets an unusual inspiration . . .

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ISBN: 0689858906Alex and the

Wednesday Chess Club by Janet S. Wong

Alex quits playing chess after losing a game to Uncle Hooya; but when other activities fail to satisfy him, he gives his favorite game another try by joining the chess club.

ISBN: 1550748815The Best Figure Skater

in the Whole Wide World

by Linda Bailey

That's all Lizzy wants to be—the best. Dreams are one thing, but Lizzy finds that becoming a champion is another. She tries as hard as she can, but so do all the others, and when the cast for the Winter Carnival performance of Snow White is announced, Lizzy is only one of the trees.

ISBN: 0718829719Bravo, Persevere! by

Robert Spencer

Persevere is a lonely little biplane. He used to carry passengers, but now they all travel on the bigger planes. But when a rescue flight must be flown to a remote mountain airstrip the huge jets are too big and clumsy for the job. Can Persevere fulfil the mission?

ISBN: 1584301007Butterflies for Kiri by

Cathryn Falwell

Kiri is delighted with a birthday gift she receives: colorful origami papers and a special book of instructions. But when she can't seem to properly make a purple butterfly, she begins to feel frustrated. Things get worse when she thinks she's ruined one of the paintings she's working on. Then she remembers the origami papers.

ISBN: 0066239362Francine's Day by Anna

Alter

Francine the fox does not want to go to school, but she has a good day anyway.

ISBN: 0817013970I Have a Dream, Too!, Vol. 2 by Jean Alicia

Alicia Elster

As he reads about Mary McLeod Bethune, a boy learns to hold onto his dream of going to college and works to make it happen, despite the teasing of his friends.

ISBN: 0439568692Just for You!: My

Shoelaces Are Hard to Tie by Karla Roberson

A young girl gets help from her big brother while learning to tie her shoelaces.

ISBN: 1584301694The Legend of Freedom

Hill by Linda Jacobs Altman

During the California Gold Rush Rosabel, an African American, and Sophie, a Jew, team up and search for gold to buy Rosabel's mother her freedom from a slave catcher.

ISBN: 0689862342Lettice, the Flying Rabbit by Mandy

Stanley

Lettice Rabbit wishes she could fly, and her dream comes true when she encounters a pink toy airplane.

ISBN: 076362070XLittle One Step by

Simon James

As three duckling brothers cross forest and field to return to their mother, the older ones encourage the youngest by teaching him a game that earns him the name of Little One Step.

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ISBN: 157537014XThe Little Red Train by

Carl Sommer

When the three big trains refuse to go up the mountain in the deep snow, the Little Red Train finds brave helpers and goes on a rescue mission to take food to the stranded villagers.

ISBN: 039923604XLuke Goes to Batby Rachel Isadora

Whenever the Dodgers play in Brooklyn, Luke goes up to his roof where he can see the lights of Ebbets Field and imagine each play in the game. Someday he wants to hit a homerun like his hero, Jackie Robinson. But the kids on Bedford Avenue won't let him play. "You're just a squirt," they tell him. When he finally does get to play stickball with the others, he does so badly that he thinks they'll never let him play again.

ISBN: 1589250370Oops-A-Daisy! by Claire

Freedman

As little Daisy Rabbit struggles to learn how to hop, her mother points out other baby animals having trouble with their lessons until Daisy realizes that everyone needs practice when trying something new.

ISBN: 1577684478Princess Fidgety Feet

by Pat Posner

Princess Bridget cannot seem to keep still, especially on Thursdays when she plays secret soccer games with her friend Ryan, but when her parents hire a strict etiquette teacher, the princess is afraid she will never play soccer again.

ISBN: 088899544XSecret of the Snow Leopard by Tenzing

Norbu Lama

Tsering, the boy hero of Himalaya, returns in this touching story of courage and persistence. On a trip with his new stepfather, Tsering is warned not to approach the mountain pass where his father was killed. But as the child and grandchild of two hotheaded men, and driven by anger at his father's untimely death, Tsering decides to follow his instincts and goes off in the night to climb.

PRIDE – satisfaction from doing your personal bestISBN: 1558580093 A beautiful fish swims proudly through the sea. Its shiny

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The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister

scales are the envy of all. When he realizes how lonely he is, he decides to share some of his precious scales.

ISBN: 0618344209Emperor's New Clothes

by Hans Christian Andersen

Two rascally weavers convince the emperor they are making him beautiful new clothes, visible only to those fit for their posts, but when he wears them during a royal procession, a child recognizes that the emperor has nothing on.

ISBN: 0395272696Ella by Bill Peet

Ella the elephant thinks of herself as a famous circus star, but gets a lesson in humility when a mean farmer puts her to work.

ISBN: 080753028XGrandmama's Pride by

Becky Birtha

Before young Sarah Marie learns to read the notorious "whites only" signs, she is told that picnic lunches for trips south to visit Grandmama are better than lunch counter meals, that seats in the back of the bus are roomier, and that water coolers are off-limits because of germs.

ISBN: 0060287616I'm Gonna Like Me:

Letting Off a Little Self-Esteem by Jamie Lee

Curtis

A young girl learns to like herself every single day, no matter what.

ISBN: 0891079319You Are Special by Max

Lucado

Punchinello's opinion of himself changes after talking to his creator.

ISBN: 0152020136I Like Myself! by Karen

Beaumont

Loaded with wacky scenes of a small, smiley-faced girl with big self-esteem, this open-hearted picture book celebrates liking yourself: "Inside, outside, upside down, from head to toe and all around, I like it all! It all is me! And me is all I want to be."

ISBN: 0399234160Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell

Even when the class bully at her new school makes fun of her, Molly remembers what her grandmother told her and she feels good about herself.

ISBN: 0763618985The Tiger Rising by

Kate DiCamillo

An emotionally rich and poignant tale of one boy's struggle to find himself in a confusing and harsh world.

ISBN: 0399231668Thank You, Mr. Falker

by Patricia Polacco

Young Tricia wants desperately to read but when she starts school she finds that the words "wiggle" on the page. Teased by her classmates, she retreats into dreams and drawings.

ISBN: 031601012XLucky Baseball Bat by

Matt Christopher

Marty loses his lucky baseball bat, and his confidence along with it, and wonders if he will recover both in time to help the Tigers win the championship.

ISBN: 0970380909Leo the Lightning Bug

by Eric Drachman

Leo's a lovable little lightning bug, but he has a big problem: no light! This leads to teasing by the other bugs and an unhappy Leo. But with determination, motherly support, and a little luck, Leo eventually lights up the night.

PROBLEM SOLVING – to create solutions in difficult situations and everyday problemsISBN: 0316236640

Ruby and the Sniffs by Michael Emberley

Ruby the mouse investigates the possibility of burglars in the upstairs apartment, but finds some generous but overwhelming new neighbors instead.

ISBN: 0395401461 The kids in Room 207 take advantage of their teacher's

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Miss Nelson Is Missing! by Harry G. Allard

good nature until she disappears and they are faced with a vile substitute.

ISBN: 0395205034Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard

Waber

A little boy is excited at the prospect of spending the night at his friend's house but worries how he'll get along without his teddy bear.

ISBN: 0374418101Doctor De Soto by William

Steig

Dr. De Soto, a mouse dentist, copes with the toothaches of various animals except those with a taste for mice, until the day a fox comes to him in great pain.

ISBN: 0689715846When Bluebell Sang by

Lisa Campbell Ernst

A singing cow's talent brings her stardom, but she soon longs to be back at the farm--if she can get away from her greedy manager.

ISBN: 0316058432Mr. Popper's Penguins by

Richard Atwater

The unexpected delivery of a large crate containing an Antarctic penguin changes the life and fortunes of Mr. Popper, a house painter obsessed by dreams of the Polar regions.

ISBN: 1845071646Anancy and Mr Dry-Bone

by Fiona French

Rich Mr Dry-Bone lives in a big house on top of a hill. Poor Anancy lives in a small house at the foot of the hill. They both want to marry Miss Louise, but she will only marry the man who can make her laugh.

ISBN: 0698113810Grandpa'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.

ISBN: 006444001XA Bargain for Frances by

Russell Hoban

Frances's friend Thelma tricks Frances into buying her plastic tea set, instead of the pretty china one that Frances has been saving for - and no backsies. Frances comes up with a clever scheme to hold her end of the bargain and still get the tea set she wants.

ISBN: 0688132839Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni

To keep from being eaten, an inchworm measures a robin's tail, a flamingo's neck, a toucan's beak, a heron's legs, and a nightingale's song.

ISBN: 0064402371Journey to Jo'burg: A South African Story by Beverley

Naidoo

Separated from their mother by the harsh social and economic conditions prevalent among blacks in South Africa, thirteen-year-old Naledi and her younger brother make a journey of over 300 kilometers to find her in Johannesburg.

ISBN: 0689710682Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien

Having no one to help her with her problems, a widowed mouse visits the rats whose former imprisonment in a laboratory made them wise and long lived.

ISBN: 0374400164Abel's Island by William

Steig

Accustomed to a life of leisure, gentlemanly Abel must be resourceful to survive after he finds himself stranded on a remote island.

ISBN: 0140558640Rumpelstiltskin by Paul O.

Zelinsky

A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.

ISBN: 0553157248Encyclopedia Brown: Boy

Detective by Donald J. Sobol

Whenever ten-year-old Leroy (nicknamed "Encyclopedia") Brown's father, Chief of Police of Idaville, had a difficult case, Encyclopedia always managed to solve it at the dinner table. So, he decided to open his own detective agency.

ISBN: 0152164413Riddle of Penncroft Farm

by Dorothea Jensen

Lars Olafson's move to a farm near Valley Forge brings him friendship with the ghost of an eighteenth-century ancestor who recounts his adventures during the American Revolution.

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ISBN: 0689853548From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by

E. L. Konigsburg

Having run away with her younger brother to live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, twelve-year-old Claudia strives to keep things in order in their new home and to become a changed person and a heroine to herself.

ISBN: 0020446500Z for Zachariah by Robert

C. O'Brien

Seemingly the only person left alive after a nuclear war, a sixteen-year-old girl is relieved to see a man arrive into her valley until she realizes that he is a tyrant and she must somehow escape.

ISBN: 0140506330Peter and the Wolf by

Sergey Prokofiev

A retelling of the orchestral fairy tale in which Peter ignores his grandfather's warnings and proceeds to capture a wolf.

ISBN: 0374361606Puss in Boots by Charles

Perrault

A retelling of the French fairy tale in which a clever cat wins his master a fortune and the hand of a princess.

ISBN: 0899190359The Three Billy Goats Gruff

by Paul Galdone

Three clever billy goats outwit a big ugly troll that lives under the bridge they must cross on their way up the mountain.

ISBN: 0060540958Julie of the Wolves by Jean

Craighead George

While running away from home and an unwanted marriage, a thirteen-year-old Eskimo girl becomes lost on the North Slope of Alaska and is befriended by a wolf pack.

ISBN: 0689711034Stone Soup by Marcia

Brown

When three hungry soldiers come to a town where all the food has been hidden, they set out to make soup of water and stones, and all the town enjoys a feast.

ISBN: 015201702XMoon Rope/Un lazo a la

luna by Lois Ehlert

An adaptation (told in both English and Spanish) of the Peruvian folktale in which Fox and Mole try to climb to the moon on a rope woven of grass.

ISBN: 0439372976Chasing Vermeer by Blue

Balliett

When a book of unexplainable occurrences brings Petra Andalee & Calder Pillay together, strange things start to happen: seemingly unrelated events connect, an eccentric old woman seeks their company and an invaluable Vermeer painting disappears. Before they know it, the two find themselves at the center of an international art scandal.

ISBN: 0142403520The World According to Humphrey by Betty G.

Birney

Humphrey is a hamster who learns to read, write, and even shoot rubber bands (only in self-defense, of course). Humphrey has friends, adventures, and a cage with a lock - that doesn't lock. His life would be perfect, if only the teacher, Mrs. Brisbane, wasn't out to get him!

ISBN: 0307119386All by Myself by Mercer

Mayer

In this simple, sweet, and very human picture book, Mercer Mayer's popular Little Critter shows us all the things he can do by himself, from tying his shoes (almost) to pouring his own juice (and only spilling a little).

ISBN: 0399240160Who Moved My Cheese?

for Kids by Spencer Johnson

This picture book adaptation of the popular bestselling adult title allows young readers to follow the story of four little characters, who make their way through a maze looking for the "Magical Cheese" that makes them happy.

ISBN: 0064400212Wheel on the School by

Why did the storks no longer come to the little Dutch fishing village of Shora to nest? It was Lina, one of the

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Meindert DeJong six schoolchildren, who first asked the question, and she set the others to wondering. And sometimes when you begin to wonder, you begin to make things happen.

ISBN: 1582461597My Secret Bully by Trudy

Ludwig

A girl confides to her mother that her best friend is treating her badly, and together they figure out what to do about it. Includes a note to parents and teachers, as well as related resources.

ISBN: 0670060194Earl the Squirrel by Don

Freeman

Earl the Squirrel doesn't think of himself as spoiled, but his mother does. She decides it's high time Earl learns to find acorns for himself. There's only one problem -- he doesn't know where to look.

ISBN: 1884734243I'm Lost by Elizabeth Crary

Presents a situation where a child is lost at the zoo and encourages critical thinking on the part of the reader to resolve the problem.

ISBN: 0448421518Nina, Nina and the Copycat Ballerina by Jane O'Connor

There's another Nina in Nina's ballet class--and this new Nina doesn't just have the same name. She also has the same leotard, the same dance bag...Nina 2 is a copycat! What is Nina 1 going to do?

ISBN: 1584858745What Would You Do? by

Patti Kelley Criswell

Your two best friends don't like each other. You caught a classmate cheating. A pimple is taking over your nose. When life throws you a curve ball, what do you do?

ISBN: 0439269970Becoming Naomi Leon by

Pam Munoz Ryan

When Naomi's absent mother resurfaces to claim her, Naomi runs away to Mexico with her great-grandmother and younger brother in search of her father.

ISBN: 0380709163Ramona and Her Father by

Beverly Cleary

The family routine is upset during Ramona's year in second grade when her father unexpectedly loses his job.

ISBN: 0064408337Joey Pigza Swallowed the

Key by Jack Gantos

To the constant disappointment of his mother and his teachers, Joey has trouble paying attention or controlling his mood swings when his prescription medications wear off and he starts getting worked up and acting wired.

ISBN: 0064402010The Great Gilly Hopkins by

Katherine Paterson

An eleven-year-old foster child tries to cope with her longings and fears as she schemes against everyone who tries to be friendly.

ISBN: 0152056572Each Little Bird That Sings

by Deborah Wiles

Comfort Snowberger is well acquainted with death since her family runs the funeral parlor in their small southern town, but even so the ten-year-old is unprepared for the series of heart-wrenching events that begins on the first day of Easter vacation with the sudden death of her beloved great-uncle Edisto.

ISBN: 0395664152Fly 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.

ISBN: 0689716699Earrings! by Judith Viorst

A young girl uses various arguments to convince her parents to let her have her ears pierced.

ISBN: 0397317123Mrs Piggle-Wiggle by Betty

Bard MacDonald

The incomparable Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle loves children good or bad and never scolds but has positive cures for Answer-Backers, Never-Want-to-Go-to-Bedders, and other boys and girls with strange habits.

ISBN: 0394817133 Swimmy is a happy black fish who lives in a school of 10

Swimmy by Leo Lionni red fish until a big tuna eats all of his brothers and sisters. Lonely and sad, Swimmy searches the sea and finally finds another school of red fish.

ISBN: 0152053808Gleam and Glow by Eve

Bunting

After his home is destroyed by war, eight-year-old Viktor finds hope in the survival of two very special fish.

ISBN: 0394898613New Coat for Anna by

Harriet Ziefert

Even though there is no money, Anna's mother finds a way to make Anna a badly needed winter coat.

ISBN: 0060782307Words of Stone by Kevin

Henkes

Busy trying to deal with his many fears and his troubled feelings for his dead mother, ten-year-old Blaze has his life changed when he meets the boisterous and irresistible Joselle.

ISBN: 0395629853Too Much Noise by Ann

McGovern

Peter thinks his house is noisy until the village wise man teaches him a lesson in perspective.

RESOURCEFUL – the ability to respond to challenges and opportunities

ISBN: 0060080957It's Hard to Be Five:

Learning How to Work My Control Panel by Jamie

Lee Curtis

Five-year-olds will certainly cheer the voice that this duo lends them, while kids younger or older than five can reflect on how that age is an important door to identity and independence.

ISBN: 0440419468Holes by Louis Sachar

Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnats. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys' detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the warden makes the boys "build character" by spending all day, every day, digging holes: five feet wide and five feet deep.

ISBN: 0439241022How Do Dinosaurs Eat

Their Food? by Jane Yolen

How does a dinosaur eat all his food? Does he burp, does he belch, or make noises quite rude? Does he pick at his cereal, throw down his cup, hoping to make someone else pick it up? Just like kids, dinosaurs have a difficult time learning to behave at the table. However, with a little help from Mom and Dad, these young dinosaurs eat all before them with smiles and goodwill.

ISBN: 0525672001Encyclopedia Brown: Boy

Detective by Donald J. Sobol

Whenever ten-year-old Leroy (nicknamed "Encyclopedia") Brown's father, Chief of Police of Idaville, had a difficult case, Encyclopedia always managed to solve it at the dinner table. So, he decided to open his own detective agency.

ISBN: 0060097914Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown

It's been almost four decades since a bulletin board first flattened little Stanley Lambchop and transformed him into a two-dimensional reader favorite. (Well, not exactly two-dimensional: He is half an inch thick!) Now Stanley pops again into sight, introducing a new generation of beginning readers to the hilarious adventures of a paper-thin hero.

ISBN: 0618164413 The adventures of the ingenious little monkey who left the 11

The Complete Adventures of Curious George by

Margret Rey

jungle to live with the man in the yellow hat.

ISBN: 0140309276Homer Price by Robert

McCloskey

Six episodes in the life of Homer Price including one in which he and his pet skunk capture four bandits and another about a donut machine on the rampage.

ISBN: 0688220150Ramona the Brave by

Beverly Cleary

Six-year-old Ramona tries to cope with an unsympathetic first-grade teacher.

RESPONSIBILITY – to respond when appropriate; to be accountable for your actions

ISBN: 0899197965Three Little Kittens by

Paul Galdone

Three little kittens lose, find, soil, and wash their mittens.

ISBN: 0805049002Empty Pot by Demi

When Ping admits that he is the only child in China unable to grow a flower from the seeds distributed by the Emperor, he is rewarded for his honesty.

ISBN: 0823406539Little Red Riding Hood by

Trina Schart Hyman

A little girl meets a hungry wolf in the forest on her way to visit her grandmother.

ISBN: 0140549056Why Mosquitoes Buzz in

People's Ears: A West African Tale by Verna

Aardema

Mosquito tells iguana such a preposterous tall tale that iguana puts sticks in his ears so he won't have to hear her nonsense. This causes a chain of events that upsets all the animals. When lion calls a council to solve the problem, the animals realize mosquito is at fault. To this day, mosquitoes whine in people's ears to ask if everyone is still angry.

ISBN: 0440466334On My Honor by Marion

Dane Bauer

When his best friend drowns while they are both swimming in a treacherous river that they had promised never to go near, Joel is devastated and terrified at having to tell both sets of parents the terrible consequences of their disobedience.

ISBN: 0142404411The Summer of the

Swans by Betsy Byars

A teen-age girl gains new insight into herself and her family when her mentally handicapped brother gets lost.

ISBN: 0689715404The Courage of Sarah

Noble by Alice Dalgliesh

An eight-year-old girl finds courage to go alone with her father to build a new home in the Connecticut wilderness, and to stay with the Indians when her father goes back to bring the rest of the family.

ISBN: 0140556834Night on a Neighborhood

Street by Eloise Greenfield

A collection of poems exploring the sounds, sights, and emotions enlivening a black neighborhood during the course of one evening.

ISBN: 014034537XPigs Might Fly by Dick

King-Smith

Having been coached in swimming by a duck and an otter, a runt piglet with deformed front feet becomes a hero when their farm is flooded.

ISBN: 0064440427The Drinking Gourd: A

Story of the Underground Railroad by F. N. Monjo

Upon being sent home for disrupting church services, Tommy Fuller is surprised to find a family of runaway slaves hiding in his barn. Unbeknownst to Tommy, his father's house is a stop on the Underground Railroad. Tommy and his father set off for the next safe haven with

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the former slave family hidden in a wagon of hay. But as Tommy's father leaves to find a hidden boat, a search party approaches the wagon.

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ISBN: 0688073352Sam Who Never Forgets

by Eve Rice

Sam the zookeeper never forgets to feed the animals.

ISBN: 0394823370Lorax by Dr. Seuss

The Once-ler describes the results of the local pollution problem.

ISBN: 0380712369Strider

by Beverly Cleary

In a series of diary entries, Leigh tells how he comes to terms with his parents' divorce, acquires joint custody of an abandoned dog, and joins the track team at school.

ISBN: 0679853065A Day No Pigs Would Dieby Robert Newton Peck

To a thirteen-year-old Vermont farm boy whose father slaughters pigs for a living, maturity comes early as he learns "doing what's got to be done," especially regarding his pet pig who cannot produce a litter.

ISBN: 1416903410Runner by Cynthia Voigt

As a dedicated runner, a teenage boy has always managed to distance himself from other people until the experience of coaching one of his teammates on the track team gradually helps him see the value of giving and receiving.

ISBN: 0823407543Airmail to the Moon by

Tom Birdseye

When the tooth that she was saving for the tooth fairy disappears, Ora Mae sets out to find the thief and send him "airmail to the moon!"

ISBN: 0698113993Berlioz the Bear by Jan

Brett

Berlioz the bear and his fellow musicians are due to play for the town ball when the mule pulling their bandwagon refuses to move. A strange buzzing in Berlioz's double bass turns into a surprise that saves the day.

ISBN: 0142401048Now 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.

ISBN: 091629126XWilfrid Gordon McDonald

Partridge by Mem Fox

Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge is a small boy who lives next to a home for old people, all of whom are his friends. His favorite is Nancy Alison Delacourt Cooper, because she has four names too. Wilfred is worried when he hears his parents mention that Miss Nancy has lost her memory. He asks the old people what a memory is, and all of their answers inspire him to fill a basket with objects. When this small boy presents the basket to Miss Nancy, each object sparks a special memory from her childhood.

ISBN: 0899192254Henny Penny by Paul

Galdone

A cumulative tale about Henny Penny and her barnyard friends who were literally outfoxed on their journey to tell the king the sky was falling.

ISBN: 0689500211The Maggie B. by Irene

Haas

A little girl's wish to sail for a day on a boat named for her "with someone nice for company" comes true.

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ISBN: 0486407888Black Beauty by Anna

Sewell

Whether he's working as a carriage horse on a grand country estate, or being ridden through the night on a lifesaving mission, Black Beauty's loyalty and sweet nature never fail. First published in 1877, Black Beauty has captured the hearts of readers for more than a century.

ISBN: 0064403904Our Sixth-Grade Sugar Babies by Eve Bunting

Vicki and her best friend fear that their sixth grade project, carrying around five-pound bags of sugar to learn about parental responsibility, will make them look ridiculous in the eyes of the seventh grade boy they both love.

ISBN: 039922419XLittle Toot by Hardie

Gramatky

Little Toot the tugboat conquers his fear of rough seas when he single-handedly rescues an ocean liner during a storm.

ISBN: 0060512628My Friend Flicka by Mary

O'Hara

Through his intense devotion to the colt Flicka, a young boy, living on a Wyoming ranch, begins to learn about responsibility and gain a better understanding of his brusque father.

ISBN: 0064401324Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner

Little Willie hopes to pay the back taxes on his grandfather's farm with the purse from a dog sled race he enters.

ISBN: 038070921XHenry and the Paper

Routeby Beverly Cleary

Henry, the quintessential all-American boy, is seized with the urge to do something really important, and becoming a paper boy seems like just the thing. But, as usual, Henry's plans go awry, and he must get help from an unlikely source to make his paper route a success.

ISBN: 0440479002The Sign of the Beaver

by Elizabeth George Speare

Left alone to guard the family's wilderness home in eighteenth-century Maine, a boy is hard-pressed to survive until local Indians teach him their skills.

ISBN: 0380600129The Indian in the

Cupboardby Lynne Reid Banks

A nine-year-old boy receives a plastic Indian, a cupboard, and a little key for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life in the cupboard and befriends him.

ISBN: 0807525375Jason Takes

Responsibilityby Virginia Kroll

Jason is asked to mail invitations to his grandmother's birthday party but on his way to the post office, he loses one down the drain grate. When Grandma's best friend does not show up on the day of the party, Jason realizes what happened and runs to Mrs. Wang's and asks her to come.

ISBN: 0689710550Fireflies

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.

ISBN: 0679887431Berenstain Bears and the

Blame Game by Stan Berenstain

Members of the Bear family try to solve their problems without playing the blame game of arguing over who is responsible for every disaster.

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ISBN: 0152046992The Secret School by Avi

In 1925, fourteen-year-old Ida Bidson secretly takes over as the teacher when the one-room schoolhouse in her remote Colorado area closes unexpectedly.

ISBN: 0060583444The Berenstain Bears'

New Pup by Stan Berenstain

Mama, Sister, and Brother are excited about the puppy they bring home from Farmer Ben's farm, even though she takes a lot of care.

ISBN: 0316105341Arthur's Computer

Disaster by Marc Brown

Arthur disobeys his mother by playing his favorite game on her computer, which leads to a lesson in taking responsibility for one's actions.

ISBN: 1404800301Do I Have To?: Kids Talk about Responsibility by

Nancy Loewen

Uses an advice-column format to define responsibility as a character value and demonstrate how it can be used in daily situations.

ISBN: 1404810528Being Responsible: A

Book about Responsibility by Mary

Small

This book addresses the very important characteristic of being responsible. The word responsibility, which might be a little hard for younger readers to understand, is clearly defined and illustrated by using common, everyday examples.

ISBN: 1589527380Taking Care of Mango by

Cindy Leaney

When their neighbor goes on a trip, Makayla and Emily care for her cat.

ISBN: 0316738212All Keyed Up by Matt

Christopher

Stookie Norris asks Jerry Dinh to take care of his gerbils while on vacation. But then something terrible happens. Will Stookie forgive Jerry?

ISBN: 0761452869Emma Dilemma and the New Nanny by Patricia

Hermes

With a name like Emma Dilemma, how can the main character not get into trouble? Eight-year-old Emma is more mischievous than devious, but she constantly causes problems in her family of seven.

ISBN: 1577658302I Am Responsible by

Mary Elizabeth Salzmann

Defines responsibility as doing what you are supposed to do and provides some examples, such as taking care of yourself, taking care of other people, and following the rules.

ISBN: 0870334468It's up to You, Griffin! by

Susan T. Pickford

Delighted when Mother Nature asks him to help her by announcing the arrival of spring, Griffin the groundhog overcomes his fears and accepts this great responsibility.

ISBN: 1869720016Milly, Molly and Taffy

Bogle by Gill Pittar

A riveting story of adventure and responsibility, with a humorous little twist in the tail.

ISBN: 0735810095Rainbow Fish and The Big

Blue Whale by Marcus Pfister

When a big blue whale comes to live near their reef, there is a misunderstanding between him and Rainbow Fish and his friends that leaves everyone very unhappy and hungry.

ISBN: 0802788319Anna the Bookbinder

by Andrea Cheng

Anna loves to sit in the corner of her father's workshop watching his skillful hands as they lovingly repair books. She understands what other people do not: Though the new large binderies that are stealing her father's business can bind books faster, their work will not endure as long.

ISBN: 1885904134Butch and the Rooster by

Judy Hess

A wise dog teaches a rooster to appreciate his job on a farm.

ISBN: 0618133372The Firekeeper's Son by

In eighteenth-century Korea, after Sang-hee's father injures his ankle, Sang-hee attempts to take over the task

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Linda Sue Park of lighting the evening fire which signals to the palace that all is well.

ISBN: 1932065903Have You Fed the Cat? by

Michele Coxon

When Sam the cat becomes too big to fit through the cat flap, the Robinson family realizes that even though they have been feeding him, they have neglected him in other ways.

ISBN: 0764135864It's Hard Being a Kid by Jennifer Moore-Malinos

Sometimes, it's hard being a kid. There always seems to be things we have to do, whether we feel like it or not. There are rules we have to follow, and there are grown-ups telling us what we can and cannot do. Often, it seems like being a kid is a lot harder than being a grown-up. But when you stop and think about it, you begin to see that being a kid really isn't so bad.

ISBN: 1575055988It's Not My Fault! by

Nancy Carlson

When he is called to the principal's office, George hurries to explain that other people were to blame for the many things that went wrong during the day, from his late arrival to the escape of some mice.

ISBN: 0060782455Jigsaw Pony by Jessie

Haas

One day their father brings them Jigsaw, a Shetland pony who needs a new family. Jigsaw is the perfect pony. He can do anything -- even fit himself into Dad's station wagon for the ride home. But with Jigsaw comes trouble. The more Fran and Kiera like something, the harder it is for them to share. And they love Jigsaw. Worse, Jigsaw won't gallop far and he won't leap more than a couple of jumps. Is something wrong with the way the twins ride? Or is something wrong with Jigsaw?

ISBN: 0618133267The Saturday Escape by

Daniel J. Mahoney

Three friends feel guilty about going to story hour at the library instead of doing what their parents told them to do.

ISBN: 1889166235Sika and the Raven by Carl A. Hammerschlag

In this Native American legend, a young girl asks Grandfather Turtle for a baby of her own, and is told she must pass the test of keeping Raven caged for a year.

ISBN: 0826339212Teddy's Cattle Drive: A Story from History by

Marc Simmons

Eleven-year-old Teddy is participating in his first cattle drive, but when his father leaves him in the hands of the trail boss, Teddy must prove himself in order to win respect and to earn his spurs. Based on the memoirs of cowpuncher E.C. Abbott.

ISBN: 0152058613Beverly Billingsly Takes a Bow by Alexander Stadler

When her teacher announces auditions for an upcoming musical, Beverly is tickled pink. But when the big day rolls around, she winds up with a case of stage fright and ends up cast in two tiny roles with only one speaking line. Disappointed at first, Beverly soon throws herself into the play by learning all the lines, helping build the set, and making cupcakes for intermission.

SENSE OF HUMOR – to laugh and be playful without harming others

ISBN: 0688109950Ming Lo Moves the Mountain by Arnold

Lobel

A wise man tells Ming Lo how to move the mountain away from his house.

ISBN: 0688143881 Lilly is convinced that the arrival of her new baby brother is

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Julius, the Baby of the World by Kevin Henkes

the worst thing that has happened in their house, until Cousin Garland comes to visit

ISBN: 0142300098Rose for Pinkerton by

Steven Kellogg

Pinkerton's family decides he needs a friend, but is a cat named Rose really suitable?

ISBN: 0152026320Napping House by

Audrey Wood

It's a rainy night, and granny is snoring on her bed. A sleepy boy plops on top of her, then a dog crawls up and dozes off on top of him. Next, a cat leaps up and settles for a snooze, and a teeny mouse jumps to the tippy top of the slumbering pile. All sleep happily, until a wakeful flea bites the mouse...ouch!!!

ISBN: 0140546235Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash by Trinka

Hakes Noble

A little girl tells her mother about her boring class field trip to the farm. Indeed, it seems boring until Jimmy pulls out his pet boa constrictor to meet all the animals. A kid's free-for-all ensues--eggs are thrown, pigs brought on to the bus, a cow cries, and the boa eats the laundry off the line--making this far from a typical class field trip.

ISBN: 0380754843Wayside School Is

Falling Down by Louis Sachar

More humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, where students learn to tango, face the cafeteria's dreaded Mushroom Surprise, and study a hobo during show and tell. Sequel to "Sideways Stories from Wayside School."

ISBN: 0380698714Sideways Stories from

Wayside School by Louis Sachar

Humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story.

ISBN: 0440408520Anastasia Krupnik by

Lois Lowry

Anastasia's tenth year has some good things like falling in love and really getting to know her grandmother and some bad things like finding out about an impending baby brother.

ISBN: 0395602882But Names Will Never Hurt Me by Bernard

Waber

How Alison Wonderland got her name and how she learned to live with it.

ISBN: 0671666894CDB! by William Steig

Letters and numbers are used to create the sounds of words and simple sentences 4 u 2 figure out with the aid of illustrations.

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ISBN: 0374312338CDC? by William Steig

Letters, numbers, and symbols are used to create the sounds of words and simple sentences which U R expected to figure out with the aid of illustrations.

ISBN: 0590418211Class Clown by Johanna

Hurwitz

Lucas Cott, the most obstreperous boy in the third grade, finds it very hard to turn over a new leaf when he decides to become the perfect student.

ISBN: 0374444730Go Hang a Salami! I'm a Lasagna Hog!: And Other Palindromes by

Jon Agee

A collection of palindromes, sentences that read the same forward and backward.

ISBN: 0380709597Ramona the Brave by

Beverly Cleary

Six-year-old Ramona tries to cope with an unsympathetic first-grade teacher.

ISBN: 0142406821Pistachio Prescription

by Paula Danziger

Cassie Stephens is dealing with a lot. She’s got asthma. World War III is waged daily in her home, beginning at the breakfast table and ending with slammed doors at night. She’s running for freshperson class president. The pressure is mounting, and there’s only one thing that can make Cassie feel better. Pistachio nuts.

ISBN: 0142302309Fudge-a-Mania by Judy

Blume

Peter Hatcher describes his family's Maine vacation highlighted by the antics of his younger brother Fudge and the presence of his sworn enemy Sheila Tubman and her family.

ISBN: 0679892613Soup by Robert Newton

Peck

The adventures and misadventures of two boys growing up in a small Vermont town.

ISBN: 0395353785Harvey's Horrible

Snake Disaster by Eth Clifford

When ten-year-old Harvey is visited by his cousin Nora, trouble is bound to ensue, and this year's episode with snakes is no exception.

ISBN: 0805072659The Cow Who Clucked

by Denise Fleming

Cow has lost her moo—can she find it again? Having lost her moo, Cow is stuck clucking. The only thing to do is go out and find that moo! Join Cow and her friends as they conduct their vocal barnyard search. Cow tramps through a wheat field and on into the starry night until she is too tired to look any farther. But in the end, Cow and her moo are reunited, and all is well.

ISBN: 0810949253The Useful Moose: A Truthful, Moose-Full

Taleby Fiona Robinson

Exciting newcomer Fiona Robinson brings a terrific sense of humor and great imagination to this perfect story-hour book, with lots of funny visual jokes.

ISBN: 1402721102I’m Going to Read Pizza

and Other Stinky Poems

by Amanda Haley

What stinky fun: these entertaining verses talk about smelly stuff, like onions and skunks--and good things, such as pizza and peanut butter too. From "Whoever Sau-sage a Thing?" to "Fresh Fish," it's pure aromatic amusement sure to appeal to any kid's sense of humor.

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ISBN: 0670060828Belinda and the Glass Slipper by Amy Young

The celebrated Belinda is starring in Cinderella with the Metropolitan Ballet. But moments before showtime, her jealous rival, Miss Lola Mudge, locks Belinda in a closet in an attempt to steal the show! With the help of the Fairy Godmother, Belinda escapes, determined to recapture her role from the spotlight thief.

ISBN: 0966649028Fooling the Tooth Fairy

by Martin Nelson Burton

Little Marty hatches a plot to trick the Tooth Fairy with a paper tooth. But when the clever fairy finds out what he's done, watch out! He's about to learn that she has a strong sense of justice-and an even stronger sense of humor!

ISBN: 0060781742Grandpa's Little One by

Billy Crystal

Drawn from his own experience, Grandpa's Little One tells the story of the first year in his grandbaby's life. It's a year filled with tender memories of every first-time event: first smile, first swim, first giggle and laugh, first piece of cake. Seen from a grandfather's point of view, each reverberates with love, tenderness, and a sense of humor.

ISBN: 0316013579New Socks by Bob Shea

Something new can change the way you look; it can change the way you feel; and, in the case of new socks, it can change the way you walk—especially if you're a chicken. With a quirky sense of humor, retro style, and hip attitude, Bob Shea captures the excitement one irresistible chick experiences when he puts on a brand new pair of socks.

ISBN: 0930753054Stupid Stories: Nonstop Nonsense for Children of All Ages by Robert J.

Leonard

This book appeals to the child's sense of the ridiculous as well as his sense of humor and stimulates his imagination.

ISBN: 0399224173Tom by Tomie de Paola

Aside from having the same name, Tommy and his grandfather Tom share a sense of humor.

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18th Emergency, 6A Day No Pigs Would Die, 48A Weed Is a Flower The Life of George Washington Carver, 35Abel's Island, 43Absent Author, 14Adventures of Pinocchio, 28Afternoon of the Elves, 4Airmail to the Moon, 48Albert, 18, 33Alex and the Wednesday Chess Club, 39Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, 20Alexander Graham Bell, 15, 18Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich, Last Sunday, 32All by Myself, 44All for the Best, 33All Keyed Up, 50Amazing Grace, 17, 35Amelia Bedelia, 6America's Top 10 Curiosities, 15Among the Dolls, 3Anancy and Mr Dry-Bone, 42Anastasia Krupnik, 52Angelina and Henry, 13Angus and the Cat, 14Angus and the Ducks, 14Anna the Bookbinder, 50Ant and the Elephant, 9Art Lesson, 32Arthur and the Big Blow-Up, 9Arthur's Computer Disaster, 50Arthur's Loose Tooth, 12At the Crossroads, 35Babushka's Doll, 32Baby Sister for Frances, 20Bargain for Frances, 42Bear and Roly-Poly, 34Bears' House, 3Bears on Hemlock Mountain, 12, 25Because of Winn-Dixie, 24Becoming Naomi Leon, 44Being Responsible A Book about Responsibility, 50Being Teddy Roosevelt, 38Belinda and the Glass Slipper, 54Belinda the Ballerina, 38Berenstain Bears and the Blame Game, 49Berenstain Bears' New Pup, 50Berenstain Bears Play T-Ball, 32Berlioz the Bear, 48Bermuda Triangle, 15Best Figure Skater in the Whole Wide World, 39Best Friends, 22Beverly Billingsly Takes a Bow, 51Bicycle for Rosaura, 32Big Bad Wolf and Me, 12

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Big Pumpkin, 9Biggest Bear, 16Black Beauty, 49Blueberries for Sal, 14Boll Weevil Ball, 38Boy of Steel A Baseball Dream Come True, 11Boy, a Dog, and a Frog, 27Brave Bear, 13Brave Charlotte, 12Brave Irene, 12, 18, 36Brave Mary, 13Bravest Cat! The True Story of Scarlett, 5Bravo, Persevere, 39Bravo, Tanya, 37Bremen Town Musicians, 8Bridge to Terabithia, 22But Names Will Never Hurt Me, 52Butch and the Rooster, 51Butterflies for Kiri, 33, 39Caddie Woodlawn, 25Call It Courage, 11, 17Care Bears The Day Nobody Shared, 5Caring, 5Carlos and the Cornfield, 33Carrot Seed, 36Casey Back at the Bat, 30Cat Ate My Gymsuit, 28Cats In Krasinski Square, 12CDB!, 52CDC?, 53Ceci Ann's Day of Why, 16Cello of Mr. O, 13Chair for My Mother, 2Changes, Changes, 8Charlotte's Web, 23Chasing Vermeer, 43Cherry Tree Egg, 30, 33Chester's Way, 22Chicken Bedtime Is Really Early, 26Chocolate Fever, 34Chrysanthemum, 24, 35Clara Barton Spirit of the American Red Cross, 5Class Clown, 53Cliff-Hanger, 5Common Sense and Fowls, 7Complete Adventures of Curious George, 46Cooperation, 9Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes, 36Courage, 11, 12Courage of Sarah Noble, 11, 47Cow Who Clucked, 53Cowardly Clyde, 13Crazy Lady, 23Crow Boy, 17, 36Curious Adventures of Jimmy McGee, 16

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Curious George, 4, 14Curious George Goes to the Hospital, 4D.W. Flips, 37Davy in the Middle, 30Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash, 52Day's Work, 19Didn't Didn't Do It, 30Do I Have To? Kids Talk about Responsibility, 50Do Not Open, 17Doctor De Soto by, 4, 42Don't Be so Nosy, Posy, 16Down Cut Shin Creek, 26Dragonwings, 17Dream Tree, 32Drinking Gourd A Story of the Underground Railroad, 47Each Little Bird That Sings, 45Earl the Squirrel, 44Earrings!, 45Eating up Gladys, 10El Chino, 17Elephant's Child, 14Eleventh Hour A Curious Mystery, 16Ella, 41Elves and the Shoemaker, 26Emma Dilemma and the New Nanny, 50Emperor's New Clothes, 28, 41Empty Pot, 47Encyclopedia Brown Boy Detective, 43, 46Everything on a Waffle, 4Fairway Phenom, 37Family of Earth, 10Fireflies, 49Firekeeper's Son, 51First Flight, 18Flat Stanley, 46Flossie and the Fox, 25Flunking of Joshua T. Bates, 9Fly Away Home, 45Fooling the Tooth Fairy, 54Francine's Day, 39Freckle Juice, 6Friendship, 23, 24Friendship According to Humphrey, 24Frog and Toad Together, 22From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, 43Fudge-a-Mania, 53Galimoto, 37George and Martha, 23Get Organized without Losing It, 31Gift of Nothing, 24Gleam and Glow, 45Go Hang a Salami I'm a Lasagna Hog! And Other Palindromes, 53Gone Is Gone: Or the Story of a Man Who Wanted to Do Housework, 6Goodness Gracious, Gulliver Mulligan, 13

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Gordimer Byrd's Reminder, 38Grandmama's Pride, 41Grandpa's Face, 42Grandpa's Little One, 54Granny Torrelli Makes Soup, 27Great Brain, 18Great Gilly Hopkins, 45Great Potato Plan, 31Green Eggs and Ham, 36Gruffalo's Child, 15Happy Birthday, Moon, 20Harriet Tubman A Woman of Courage, 11Harry and the Terrible Whatzit, 12Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, 24Harvey's Horrible Snake Disaster, 53Have You Fed the Cat?, 51Henny Penny, 48Henry and Mudge, 23, 31Henry and the Paper Route, 49Henry Reed's Baby-Sitting Service, 25Henry's Wrong Turn, 29Herman the Helper, 9Holes, 46Homer Price, 46Honest-to-Goodness Truth, 29Hope, 34Horton Hatches the Egg, 26Hot-Air Henry, 35How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food, 46How My Parents Learned to Eat, 17How to Behave and Why, 29Humphrey The Lost Whale, 4Hundred Dresses, 24I Am Responsible. 50I Have a Dream, Too!, Vol. 2, 39I Like Myself!, 41I Want a Dog, 36I Want to Be an Astronaut, 25I Wish I Were a Butterfly, 22I’m Going to Read Pizza and Other Stinky Poems, 53If I Were in Charge of the World and Other Worries, 22If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, 31I'm Gonna Like Me, 29, 41I'm Lost, 44Imagine a Night, 15Imogene's Antlers, 20In the Face of Danger, 5Inch by Inch, 42Indian in the Cupboard, 3, 49Ira Sleeps Over, 42Island of the Blue Dolphins, 18, 36It Could Always Be Worse, 6It's Disgusting and We Ate It! True Food Facts from Around the World and Throughout History, 15

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It's Hard Being a Kid, 51It's Hard to Be Five, 19, 46It's Not My Fault!, 51It's up to You, Griffin!, 50Jack and the Beanstalk, 19Jack Takes the Cake, Vol. 2, 7Jackson's Plan, 31Jason Takes Responsibility, 49Jelly Belly, 6Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life, 19Jigsaw Pony, 51Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key, 45John Henry An American Legend, 36Journey to Jo'burg A South African Story, 42Julia Wants a Pet, 38Julie of the Wolves, 35, 43Julius, the Baby of the World, 52Just A Minute, 34Just for You! My Shoelaces Are Hard to Tie, 39Kid in the Red Jacket, 23Lance Armstrong, 19Last Summer with Maizon, 20Learning about Courage, 12Learning about Integrity from the Life of Eleanor Roosevelt, 29Legend of Freedom Hill, 39Lemonade Trick, 28Leo the Late Bloomer, 32Leo the Lightning Bug, 41Leonardo's Dream, 38Let's Be Enemies, 23Lettice, the Flying Rabbit, 39Lion and the Mouse, 17Little Blue and Little Yellow, 24Little Book of Big Questions, 30Little Engine That Could, 36Little House in the Big Woods, 36Little House on the Prairie, 9Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything, 11Little One Step, 39Little Quack, 11Little Red Hen, 6, 8, 26Little Red Riding Hood, 47Little Red Train, 40Little Toot, 26, 49Lorax, 48Love You Forever, 3Lucky Baseball Bat, 41Lucy Rose, 31Lucy's Secret, 33Luke Goes to Bat, 40Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, 26Madeline, 4Maggie B, 48Maggie's Door, 12

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Magic of Patience, 33Maniac Magee, 26Martha Speaks by, 17Martin Luther King, Jr, 29Mary of Mile 18, 35Max, 37Maze, 5Mercy Watson Fights Crime, 27Midnight Fox, 3Mighty Maddie, 31Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, 35Mike Mulligan and More, 20Million Dollar Kick, 12Milly, Molly and Taffy Bogle, 50Ming Lo Moves the Mountain, 52Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, 24Miss Bindergarten Plans A Circus with Kindergarten, 31Miss Malarkey Leaves No Reader Behind, 26Miss Nelson Is Missing, 42Miss Rumphius, 2Mohandas Gandhi, 29Molly's Pilgrim, 28Moon Rope/Un lazo a la luna, 43Moonbear's Shadow, 2Moose on the Loose by, 16Moose, of Course, 33Morgan Mine, 32Mouse and His Child, 37Mr. Gumpy's Motor, 8Mr. Popper's Penguins, 42Mrs Piggle-Wiggle, 45Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, 23, 42Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters, 4Muffin Dragon, 9My Friend Flicka, 49My Secret Bully, 44Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs, 3Napping House, 52New Coat for Anna, 8, 18, 45New Socks, 54Nick Joins In, 22Night on a Neighborhood Street, 47Nim and the War Effort, 18Nina, Nina and the Copycat Ballerina, 44No More Vegetables!, 10Nobody's Perfect, 7Nonsense and Common Sense A Child's Book of Victorian Verse, 7Not Another Tea Party, 9Not Just Anybody's Family, 8Not My Dog, 20Not yet, Yvette, 34Nothing but the Truth A Documentary Novel, 28Now One Foot, Now the Other, 3, 48Number the Stars, 11, 24

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Oh, Yuck! The Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty, 14Old Woman and the Eagle, 20Ollie, 24On My Honor, 47On the Frontier with Mr. Audubon, 17One Smart Cookie, 7Oops-A-Daisy, 40Our Sixth-Grade Sugar Babies, 49Out of the Ballpark, 18Owen & Mzee, 24Owl, the Aat and the Roar, 10Pamela Camel, 13Patchwork Quilt, 8Patience, 33Patient Rosie, 34Pay It Forward, 27Pee Wee & Plush, 32Perfect Clubhouse, 10Perfect Prudence, 20Persnickity, 20Pet Show, 33Peter and the Wolf, 43Peterkin Papers, 6Petunia, 6Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe, 9Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln, 19Pictures of Hollis Woods, 4Piggy Monday A Tale about Manners, 10Piggybook, 20Pigs Might Fly, 47Pinballs, 4Pinduli, 7Pistachio Prescription, 28, 53Planet of Junior Brown, 25Princess Fidgety Feet, 40Puss in Boots, 43Rabbit Hill, 23Rainbow Fish, 41Rainbow Fish and The Big Blue Whale, 50Ramona and Her Father, 35, 44Ramona the Brave, 46, 53Recess Queen, 11Rechenka's Eggs, 2Red Pony, 19Relatives Came, 2Respect and Take Care of Things, 5Riddle of Penncroft Farm, 43Righting Wrongs, 29Rolling Harvey Down the Hill, 22Rose for Pinkerton, 52Round Trip, 14Ruby and the Sniffs, 42Ruby Holler, 21Rumpelstiltskin, 43

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Runaway Bunny, 2Runner, 48Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, 3Salt in His Shoes, 19Sam Who Never Forgets, 48Sam, Bangs & Moonshine, 28Sarah, Plain and Tall, 2Saturday Escape, 51Saturdays, 6Secret of the Snow Leopard, 40Secret School, 36, 50Share and Take Turns, 9Sheila Rae, the Brave, 11Shimmy the Youngest, 34Sideways Stories from Wayside School, 52Sign of the Beaver, 17, 23, 49Sika and the Raven, 34, 51Sink or Swim, 21Skippyjon Jones, 31Sneetches & Other Stories, 22Snoop, 16Snow Treasure, 11So You Want to Be an Inventor?, 15Song and Dance Man, 2Sopa de Calabaza, 10Sophie's Castle, 37Soup, 53Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon, 41Stone Fox, 3, 49Stone Soup, 9, 43Strider, 48Stupid Stories Nonstop Nonsense for Children of All Ages, 54Summer of the Swans, 32, 47Summer Vacation Patience, 32Swimmy, 8, 45Tacky the Penguin, 25Take Care, Good Knight, 5Taking Care of Mango, 50Taste of Blackberries, 23Team That Couldn't Lose, 19Teddy's Cattle Drive A Story from History, 51Thank You, Mr. Falker, 41Three Billy Goats Gruff, 43Three Little Kittens, 47Three Little Pigs, 25Through Grandpa's Eyes, 22Thunder Cake, 6Tico and the Golden Wings, 8, 14Tiger Rising, 41Time for the Fair, 34Timothy Cox Will Not Change His Socks, 37Tom, 18, 48, 54Too Much Noise, 45Toothpaste Millionaire, 25

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Tracks in the Snow, 15Trek, 35Trouble with Tuck, 3Try and Stick with It, 20Try Your Best, 18Tuck Everlasting, 3Two Bad Ants, 14Two of Them, 2Unstoppable Me! 10 Ways to Soar Through Life, 7Up, 15Upchuck And The Rotten Willy, 27Useful Moose A Truthful, Moose-Full Tale, 53Velveteen Rabbit, 22Very Busy Spider, 17Virgie Goes To School With Us Boys, 38Wagon Wheels, 25, 36Wayside School Is Falling Down, 52We Are Best Friends, 22Wednesday Surprise, 8Wemberly Worried, 5What Friends Do Best, 38What Happened to Patrick's Dinosaurs?, 31What Shall We Do, Blue Kangaroo?, 13What the No-Good Baby Is Good For, 30What Would You Do?, 44What's the Matter with Herbie Jones?, 23Wheel on the School, 8, 44When Bluebell Sang, 42When I Care about Others, 5When Will I Read?, 32Where the Lilies Bloom, 18Where the Red Fern Grows, 3Who Moved My Cheese? for Kids, 44Who Was Albert Einstein?, 18Who Was Benjamin Franklin?, 27Who Was Thomas Alva Edison, 18Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, 47Wildest Brother, 12Wiley and the Hairy Man Adapted from an American Folk Tale, 35Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, 2, 48Wishes, Kisses, and Pigs, 30Wolf's Chicken Stew, 2Woman Who Outshone the Sun/La mujer que brillaba aun mas que el sol, 4Wonderful Happens, 15Words of Stone, 45Working Together, 10World According to Humphrey, 44Would It Be Right? Learning about Good Judgment, 7You Are Special, 41Young Landlords, 25Young Man and the Sea, 37Z for Zachariah, 43

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Author List

31

Ackerman, KarenSong and Dance Man, 2

Adler, David APicture Book of Abraham Lincoln, 19

Agee, JonGo Hang a Salami I'm a Lasagna Hog! And Other Palindromes, 53

AlikiA Weed Is a Flower The Life of George Washington Carver, 35Two of Them, 2We Are Best Friends, 22

Allard, Harry GMiss Nelson Is Missing, 42

Alter, AnnaFrancine's Day, 39

Altman, Linda JacobsLegend of Freedom Hill, 39

Anderson, Hans ChristianEmperor's New Clothes, 28, 41

Appelt, KathiDown Cut Shin Creek, 26

Ardema, VernaWhy Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, 47

Asch, FrankHappy Birthday, Moon, 20Moonbear's Shadow, 2

Atwater, RichardMr. Popper's Penguins, 42

AviNothing but the Truth A Documentary Novel, 28Secret School, 36, 50

Babbitt, NatalieTuck Everlasting, 3

Bailey, LindaBest Figure Skater in the Whole Wide World, 39

Balliett, BlueChasing Vermeer, 43

Bang, Molly GarrettWiley and the Hairy Man Adapted from an American Folk Tale, 35

Banks, Lynn ReidIndian in the Cupboard, 3, 49

Barbot, DanielBicycle for Rosaura, 32

Barton, ByronI Want to Be an Astronaut, 25

Baruffi, AndreaHenry's Wrong Turn, 29

Base, GraemeEleventh Hour A Curious Mystery, 16

Bates, CynthiaCourage, 12

Baur, Marion DaneOn My Honor, 47

Beaumont, KarenI Like Myself!, 41

Becker, BonnyJust A Minute, 34

Bemelmans, LudwigMadeline, 4

Berenstain, Stan and JanBerenstain Bears and the Blame Game, 49

Berenstain Bears' New Pup, 50Berenstain Bears Play T-Ball, 32

Birchall, MarkCherry Tree Egg, 30, 33

Birdseye, TomAirmail to the Moon, 48

Birney, Betty GFriendship According to Humphrey, 24World According to Humphrey, 44

Bitha, BeckyGrandmama's Pride, 41

Blades, AnnMary of Mile 18, 35

Bloom, SuzannePiggy Monday A Tale about Manners, 10

Blume, JudyFreckle Juice, 6Fudge-a-Mania, 53

Brallier, Jess MWho Was Albert Einstein?, 18

Brenner, BarbaraOn the Frontier with Mr. Audubon, 17Wagon Wheels, 25, 36

Brett, JanBerlioz the Bear, 48

Brimner, Larry DaneBrave Mary, 13Pet Show, 33

Brink, Carol RyrieCaddie Woodlawn, 25

Brinckloe, JulieFireflies, 49

Broach, EliseWhat the No-Good Baby Is Good For, 30

Brown, JeffFlat Stanley, 46

Brown, MarcArthur's Computer Disaster, 50D.W. Flips, 37

Brown, MarciaStone Soup, 9, 43

Brown, Margaret WiseRunaway Bunny, 2

Browne, AnthonyPiggybook, 20

Browne, Susan ChalkerGoodness Gracious, Gulliver Mulligan, 13

Bunting, EveFly Away Home, 45

Gleam and Glow, 45Our Sixth-Grade Sugar Babies, 49Wednesday Surprise, 8

Burningham, JohnMr. Gumpy's Motor, 8

Burton, Martin NelsonFooling the Tooth Fairy, 54

Burton, Virginia LeeMike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, 35Mike Mulligan and More, 20Not Just Anybody's Family, 8

Byars, Betsy18th Emergency, 6Midnight Fox, 3Pinballs, 4Summer of the Swans, 32, 47

Calhoun, MaryHot-Air Henry, 35

Cannon, JanellPinduli, 7

Carle, EricVery Busy Spider, 17

Carlson, NancyIt's Not My Fault!, 51

Carrick, CarolWhat Happened to Patrick's Dinosaurs?, 31

Cheng, AndreaAnna the Bookbinder, 50

Christopher, MattAll Keyed Up, 50Lucky Baseball Bat, 41Fairway Phenom, 37Team That Couldn't Lose, 19

Clark, Emma ChichesterWhat Shall We Do, Blue Kangaroo?, 13

Cleary, BeverlyHenry and the Paper Route, 49Ramona and Her Father, 35, 44Ramona the Brave, 46, 53Strider, 48

Cleaver, BillWhere the Lilies Bloom, 18

Coerr, EleanorSadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, 3

Cohen, BarbaraMolly's Pilgrim, 28

Cohen, MiriamWhen Will I Read?, 32

Collodi, CarloAdventures of Pinocchio, 28

Conly, Jane LeslieCrazy Lady, 23

Cooney, BarbaraMiss Rumphius, 2

Cooper, Helen

Sopa de Calabaza, 10Corbett, Scott

Lemonade Trick, 28Cosgrove, Stephen

Dream Tree, 32Morgan Mine, 32Muffin Dragon, 9Persnickity, 20

Coxon, MicheleHave You Fed the Cat?, 51

Crary, ElizabethI'm Lost, 44

Creech, SharonGranny Torrelli Makes Soup, 27Ruby Holler, 21

Criswell, Patti KelleyWhat Would You Do?, 44

Crystal, BillyGrandpa's Little One, 54

Curtis, Jamie LeeI'm Gonna Like Me, 29, 41It's Hard to Be Five, 19, 46

Cutler, JaneCello of Mr. O, 13Common Sense and Fowls, 7

Dalgliesh, AliceBears on Hemlock Mountain, 12, 25Courage of Sarah Noble, 11, 47

Danziger, PaulaCat Ate My Gymsuit, 28Pistachio Prescription, 28, 53

DeBeer, HansLeonardo's Dream, 38

DeJong, MeindertWheel on the School, 8, 44

DemiEmpty Pot, 47

DePaola, TomieArt Lesson, 32Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs, 3Now One Foot, Now the Other, 3, 48Tom, 54

Dharma PublishingMagic of Patience, 33

DiCamillo, KateBecause of Winn-Dixie, 24Mercy Watson Fights Crime, 27Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, 24Tiger Rising, 41

Dk PublishingMartin Luther King, Jr, 29

Doeden, MattLance Armstrong, 19

Donaldson, JulieGruffalo's Child, 15

Donkin, AndrewBermuda Triangle, 15

Dower, LauraSink or Swim, 21

Drachman, EricLeo the Lightning Bug, 41

Driscoll, LauraBravest Cat! The True Story of Scarlett, 5

Dunrea, OlivierOllie, 24

Duvoisin, RogerPetunia, 6

Dyer, Wayne WUnstoppable Me! 10 Ways to Soar Through Life, 7

Editors of Time for KidsHarriet Tubman A Woman of Courage, 11

Ehlert, LoisMoon Rope/Un lazo a la luna, 43

Elias, Miriam LShimmy the Youngest, 34

Ellwood, NancyLearning about Integrity from the Life of Eleanor Roosevelt, 29

Elster, Jean Alicia I Have a Dream, Too!, Vol. 2, 39

Emberley, MichaelRuby and the Sniffs, 42

Emmett, JonathanWhat Friends Do Best, 38

Enright, ElizabethSaturdays, 6

Ernst, Lisa CampbellWhen Bluebell Sang, 42

Estes, EleanorCurious Adventures of Jimmy McGee, 16Hundred Dresses, 24

Eth, CliffordHarvey's Horrible Snake Disaster, 53

Finchler, JudyMiss Malarkey Leaves No Reader Behind, 26

Fitzgerald, John DGreat Brain, 18

Flack, MarjorieAngus and the Cat, 14Angus and the Ducks, 14Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes, 36

Fleming, DeniseCow Who Clucked, 53

Flournoy, ValeriePatchwork Quilt, 8

Fox, MemWilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, 2, 48

Fraden, Dennis BrindellWho Was Benjamin Franklin?, 27

Freeman, Don

Earl the Squirrel, 44Freedman, Claire

Oops-A-Daisy, 40French, Fiona

Anancy and Mr Dry-Bone, 42French, Jackie

Little Book of Big Questions, 30Friedman, Ina R

How My Parents Learned to Eat, 17Frith, Margaret

Who Was Thomas Alva Edison, 18Fox, Janet S

Get Organized without Losing It, 31Funke, Cornelia

Wildest Brother, 12Gackenbach, Dick

Harry and the Terrible Whatzit, 12Ga’g, Wanda

Gone Is Gone: Or the Story of a Man Who Wanted to Do Housework, 6Galdone, Paul

Henny Penny, 48Three Billy Goats Gruff, 43Three Little Kittens, 47

Gantos, JackJoey Pigza Swallowed the Key, 45

Gardiner, John ReynoldsStone Fox, 3, 49

Gauch, Patricia LeeBravo, Tanya, 37

George, Jean CraigheadJulie of the Wolves, 35, 43

Giff, Patricia ReillyMaggie's Door, 12Pictures of Hollis Woods, 4

Gonsalves, RobImagine a Night, 15

Graham, BobMax, 37

Gramatky, HardieLittle Toot, 26, 49

Grant, NicolaDon't Be so Nosy, Posy, 16

Grassman, JohnNonsense and Common Sense A Child's Book of Victorian Verse, 7

Greene, BettePhilip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe, 9

Greenfield, EloiseGrandpa's Face, 42Night on a Neighborhood Street, 47

Gross, Ruth BelovBremen Town Musicians, 8

Gutman, DanCasey Back at the Bat, 30Million Dollar Kick, 12

Haas, IreneMaggie B, 48

Haas, JessieJigsaw Pony, 51

Hale, Lucretia PPeterkin Papers, 6

Haley, AmandaI’m Going to Read Pizza and Other Stinky Poems, 53

Hamaguchi, CarlaWould It Be Right? Learning about Good Judgment, 7

Hamilton, VirginiaPlanet of Junior Brown, 25

Hammerschlag, Carl ASika and the Raven, 34, 51

Harris, PeterPerfect Prudence, 20

Hassett, AnnMoose on the Loose by, 16

Hatkoff, IsabellaOwen & Mzee, 24

Hearne, BetsyWishes, Kisses, and Pigs, 30

Henkes, KevinChester's Way, 22Chrysanthemum, 24, 35Julius, the Baby of the World, 52Sheila Rae, the Brave, 11Wemberly Worried, 5Words of Stone, 45

Herman, GailLion and the Mouse, 17

Hermes, PatriciaEmma Dilemma and the New Nanny, 50

Hess, JudyButch and the Rooster, 51

Hesse, KarenCats In Krasinski Square, 12

Himler, RonaldDay's Work, 19Snoop, 16

Hoban, LillianArthur's Loose Tooth, 12

Hoban, RussellBaby Sister for Frances, 20Bargain for Frances, 42Mouse and His Child, 37

Hobbs, WillMaze, 5

Hoffman, MaryAmazing Grace, 17, 35

Holabird, KatharineAngelina and Henry, 13

Horvath, PollyEverything on a Waffle, 4

Howard, Elizabeth Fitzgerald

Virgie Goes To School With Us Boys, 38Howe, James

I Wish I Were a Butterfly, 22Hurwitz, Johanna

Class Clown, 53Pee Wee & Plush, 32

Hutchins, PatChanges, Changes, 8

Hyde, Catherine RyanPay It Forward, 27

Hyman, Trina SchartLittle Red Riding Hood, 47

Isadora, RachelAt the Crossroads, 35Luke Goes to Bat, 40

James, SimonLittle One Step, 39

Jensen, DorotheaRiddle of Penncroft Farm, 43

Johnson, SpencerWho Moved My Cheese? for Kids, 44

Jonas, AnnRound Trip, 14Trek, 35

Jordan, DelorisSalt in His Shoes, 19

Kasza, KeikoWolf's Chicken Stew, 2

Keats, Ezra JackJohn Henry An American Legend, 36

Kellogg, StevenBest Friends, 22Rose for Pinkerton, 52

Kelly, KatyLucy Rose, 31

Ketteman, HelenNot yet, Yvette, 34

Khalsa, Dayal KaurI Want a Dog, 36

Kinerk, RobertTimothy Cox Will Not Change His Socks, 37

King-Smith, DickPigs Might Fly, 47

Kipling, RudyardElephant's Child, 14

Kline, SuzyWhat's the Matter with Herbie Jones?, 23

Konigsburg, E. L.From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, 43

Kosek, Jane KLearning about Courage, 12

Kraus, RobertHerman the Helper, 9Leo the Late Bloomer, 32

Krauss, RuthCarrot Seed, 36

Krensky, StephenArthur and the Big Blow-Up, 9

Kroll, VirginiaJason Takes Responsibility, 49

Lakin, PatriciaClara Barton Spirit of the American Red Cross, 5

Lama, Tenzing NorbuSecret of the Snow Leopard, 40

LaMarche, JimElves and the Shoemaker, 26Up, 15

Lasker, JoeNick Joins In, 22

Lawson, RobertRabbit Hill, 23

Leaf, MunroHow to Behave and Why, 29

Leaney, CindySummer Vacation Patience, 32Taking Care of Mango, 50

Lee, MillyNim and the War Effort, 18

Leonard, Robert JStupid Stories Nonstop Nonsense for Children of All Ages, 54

Lester, HelenTacky the Penguin, 25

Levert, MireilleLucy's Secret, 33

Levine, Heather FSophie's Castle, 37

Linch, TanyaOwl, the Aat and the Roar, 10

Lindgren, BarbroJulia Wants a Pet, 38

Lionni, LeoInch by Inch, 42Little Blue and Little Yellow, 24Swimmy, 8, 45Tico and the Golden Wings, 8, 14

Lisli, Janet TaylorAfternoon of the Elves, 4

Lobel, ArnoldFrog and Toad Together, 22Ming Lo Moves the Mountain, 52

Loewen, NancyDo I Have To? Kids Talk about Responsibility, 50

Lovell, PattyStand Tall, Molly Lou Melon, 41

Lowry, LouisAnastasia Krupnik, 52Number the Stars, 11, 24

Lucado, Max

You Are Special, 41Ludwig, Trudy

My Secret Bully, 44MacDonald, Betty Bard

Mrs Piggle-Wiggle, 45MacLachlan, Patricia

Sarah, Plain and Tall, 2Through Grandpa's Eyes, 22

Mahoney, Daniel JPerfect Clubhouse, 10Saturday Escape, 51

Mallat, KathyBrave Bear, 13

Marshall, JamesGeorge and Martha, 23Three Little Pigs, 25

Martin, MarleeNobody's Perfect, 7

Martinez, Alejandro CruzWoman Who Outshone the Sun/La mujer que brillaba aun mas que el sol, 4

Masoff, JoyOh, Yuck! The Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty, 14

Mass, WendyJeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life, 19

Mayer, MercerAll by Myself, 44Boy, a Dog, and a Frog, 27

McCloskey, RobertBlueberries for Sal, 14Homer Price, 46

McDonnell, PatrickGift of Nothing, 24

McGee, MarniJack Takes the Cake, Vol. 2, 7

McGovern, AnnToo Much Noise, 45

McKissack, Patricia C.Flossie and the Fox, 25Honest-to-Goodness Truth, 29

McKissack, RobertTry Your Best, 18

McSwigan, MarieSnow Treasure, 11

Meddaugh, SusanMartha Speaks by, 17

Meiners, Cheri JRespect and Take Care of Things, 5Share and Take Turns, 9Try and Stick with It, 20

Merrill, JeanToothpaste Millionaire, 25

Mills, ClaudiaBeing Teddy Roosevelt, 38

Monjo, F. N.Drinking Gourd A Story of the Underground Railroad, 47

Moore-Malinos, JenniferIt's Hard Being a Kid, 51

Morgan, MaryPatient Rosie, 34

Morrow, BradfordDidn't Didn't Do It, 30

Munsch, Robert NLove You Forever, 3

Murphy, KellyBoll Weevil Ball, 38

Murphy, Stuart JMighty Maddie, 31

Myers, Walter DeanYoung Landlords, 25

Naido, BeverleyJourney to Jo'burg A South African Story, 42

Napoli, DonnaAlbert, 18, 33

Negron, RayBoy of Steel A Baseball Dream Come True, 11

Ness, EvalineSam, Bangs & Moonshine, 28

Nez, John AOne Smart Cookie, 7

Nixon, John LoweryIn the Face of Danger, 5

Noble, Trinka HakesDay Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash, 52

Numeroff, LauraIf You Give a Mouse a Cookie, 31

O’Brien, RobertMrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, 23, 42Z for Zachariah, 43

O’Connor, JaneNina, Nina and the Copycat Ballerina, 44

O’Dell, ScottIsland of the Blue Dolphins, 18, 36

O’Hara, MaryMy Friend Flicka, 49

Olien, RebeccaPatience, 33

O’Neill, AlexisRecess Queen, 11

Ottolenghi, CarolJack and the Beanstalk, 19

Parent, NancyCare Bears The Day Nobody Shared, 5

Park, BarbaraKid in the Red Jacket, 23

Park, Linda SueFirekeeper's Son, 51

Parrish, Peggy

Amelia Bedelia, 6Paterson, Katherine

Bridge to Terabithia, 22Great Gilly Hopkins, 45

Peck, Robert NewtonA Day No Pigs Would Die, 48Soup, 53

Peet, BillAnt and the Elephant, 9Cowardly Clyde, 13Ella, 41Pamela Camel, 13

Perl, Erica SChicken Bedtime Is Really Early, 26

Perrault, CharlesPuss in Boots, 43

Perret, DelphineBig Bad Wolf and Me, 12

Pfister, MarcusRainbow Fish, 41Rainbow Fish and The Big Blue Whale, 50

Philbrick, RodmanYoung Man and the Sea, 37

Phillips, ChristopherCeci Ann's Day of Why, 16

Pickford, Susan T.It's up to You, Griffin!, 50

Pinkney, JerryLittle Red Hen, 6, 8, 26

Piper, WattyLittle Engine That Could, 36

Pittar, GillMilly, Molly and Taffy Bogle, 50

Plourde, LynnMoose, of Course, 33

Polacco, PatriciaBabushka's Doll, 32Rechenka's Eggs, 2Thank You, Mr. Falker, 41Thunder Cake, 6

Posner, PatPrincess Fidgety Feet, 40

Prelutsky, JackRolling Harvey Down the Hill, 22

Prokofiev, SergeyPeter and the Wolf, 43

Raatma, LuciaCaring, 5

Rawls, WilsonWhere the Red Fern Grows, 3

Relf, AdamBiggest Bear, 16

Rey, H. A.Curious George, 4, 14

Rey, Margaret

Complete Adventures of Curious George, 46Curious George Goes to the Hospital, 4

Rice, EveSam Who Never Forgets, 48

Riehecky, JanetCooperation, 9

Rivera, SheliaMohandas Gandhi, 29

Roberson, KarlaJust for You! My Shoelaces Are Hard to Tie, 39

Robertson, KeithHenry Reed's Baby-Sitting Service, 25

Robinson, FionaUseful Moose A Truthful, Moose-Full Tale, 53

Rodowsky, Colby FNot My Dog, 20

Rodriguez, AlexOut of the Ballpark, 18

Rowling, J.K.Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, 24

Roy, RonAbsent Author, 14

Rubel, NicoleNo More Vegetables!, 10

Ryan, Pam MunozBecoming Naomi Leon, 44

Rylant, CynthiaHenry and Mudge, 23, 31Relatives Came, 2Wonderful Happens, 15

Sacher, LouisHoles, 46Sideways Stories from Wayside School, 52Wayside School Is Falling Down, 52

Sachs, MarilynBears' House, 3

Salzmann, Mary ElizabethI Am Responsible. 50

Say, AllenEl Chino, 17

Schachner, JudySkippyjon Jones, 31

Scheunemann, PamWorking Together, 10

Schimmel, SchimFamily of Earth, 10

Seuss, DrGreen Eggs and Ham, 36Horton Hatches the Egg, 26Lorax, 48Sneetches & Other Stories, 22

Sewell, AnnaBlack Beauty, 49

ShaggyHope, 34

Shah, IdriesOld Woman and the Eagle, 20

Shea, BobNew Socks, 54

Shea, GeorgeFirst Flight, 18

Sherrow, VictoriaAlexander Graham Bell, 18

Shreve, Susan RichardsFlunking of Joshua T. Bates, 9

Shulman, MarkNot Another Tea Party, 9

Silverman, EricaBig Pumpkin, 9

Simmons. MarcTeddy's Cattle Drive A Story from History, 51

Skurzynski, GloriaCliff-Hanger, 5

Slate, JosephMiss Bindergarten Plans A Circus with Kindergarten, 31

Sleator, WilliamAmong the Dolls, 3

Small, DavidImogene's Antlers, 20

Small, MaryBeing Responsible A Book about Responsibility, 50

Smith, Doris BuchananTaste of Blackberries, 23

Smith, Robert KimmelChocolate Fever, 34Jelly Belly, 6

Sobel, Donald J.Encyclopedia Brown Boy Detective, 43, 46

Solheim, JamesIt's Disgusting and We Ate It! True Food Facts from Around the World and Throughout History, 15

Sommer, CarlLittle Red Train, 40

Speare, Elizabeth GeorgeSign of the Beaver, 17, 23, 49

Spelman, Cornelia MaudeWhen I Care about Others, 5

Spencer, RobertBravo, Persevere, 39

Sperry, ArmstrongCall It Courage, 11, 17

Spinelli, JerryManiac Magee, 26

Stadler, AlexanderBeverly Billingsly Takes a Bow, 51

St. George, JudithSo You Want to Be an Inventor?, 15

Stanley, MandyLettice, the Flying Rabbit, 39

Steig, WilliamAbel's Island, 43Brave Irene, 12, 18, 36CDB!, 52CDC?, 53Doctor De Soto by, 4, 42

Steinbeck, JohnRed Pony, 19

Steptoe, JohnMufaro's Beautiful Daughters, 4

Stevens, Jan RomeroCarlos and the Cornfield, 33

Stohner, AnuBrave Charlotte, 12

Talley, LindaJackson's Plan, 31

Taylor, Mildred DFriendship, 23, 24

Taylor, TheodoreTrouble with Tuck, 3

Tesar, JennyAmerica's Top 10 Curiosities, 15

Thomas, Shelley MooreTake Care, Good Knight, 5

Thompson, LaurenLittle Quack, 11

Tokuda, WendyHumphrey The Lost Whale, 4

Train, MaryTime for the Fair, 34

Turkle, BrintonDo Not Open, 17

Udry, Janice MayLet's Be Enemies, 23

Van Allsburg, ChrisTwo Bad Ants, 14

Viorst, JudithAlexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, 20Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich, Last Sunday, 32Earrings!, 45If I Were in Charge of the World and Other Worries, 22

Voigt, CynthiaRunner, 48

Waber, BernardBut Names Will Never Hurt Me, 52Courage, 11Ira Sleeps Over, 42Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, 26

Wallace, BillUpchuck And The Rotten Willy, 27

Weinstock, RobertGordimer Byrd's Reminder, 38

Weninger, BrigitteDavy in the Middle, 30

White, E. B.Charlotte's Web, 23

Wieder, Joy Nelkin NGreat Potato Plan, 31

Wilder, Laura IngallsLittle House in the Big Woods, 36Little House on the Prairie, 9

Wiles, DeborahEach Little Bird That Sings, 45

Wilhelm, HansAll for the Best, 33

Williams, Karen LynnGalimoto, 37

Williams, LindaLittle Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything, 11

Williams, MargeryVelveteen Rabbit, 22

Williams, Vera BChair for My Mother, 2

Wilson, JohnRighting Wrongs, 29

Winthrop, ElizabethBear and Roly-Poly, 34

Wong, Janet S.Alex and the Wednesday Chess Club, 39

Wood, Audrey