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6 to 9 Years
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Amelia
Bedelia (An I Can Read Book)
by Peggy Parish, Fritz
Siebel(Illustrator)
Amelia Bedelia is a housekeeper who takes her instructions quite
literally. Reading the list of chores that her employer has left
her, Amelia begins with "Dust the furniture." How odd,
Amelia thinks to herself. "At my house we undust the
furniture." Nonetheless, she dutifully locates the
"Dusting... Read
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| Aunt
Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky by Faith
Ringgold(Illustrator), J. Davis(Editor)
Cassie Louise Lightfoot, the resourceful heroine from Tar Beach
(Crown), flies again. As she and her brother, Be Be, fly among the
stars, they spot an old train onto which Be Be jumps. Then Harriet
Tubman arrives, taking Cassie back more than one hundred years to
guide her up the route to freedom in... Read
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Bunnicula
: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery by Deborah Howe (Contributor),
et al
This immensely popular children's story is told from the point of
view of a dog named Harold. It all starts when Harold's human
family, the Monroes, goes to see the movie Dracula, and young
Toby accidentally sits on a baby rabbit wrapped in a bundle on his
seat. How could the family help but take... Read
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| Mrs.
Katz and Tush (Reading Rainbow Book) by Patricia Polacco |
| Pinky
& Rex by James Howe, Melissa Sweet (Illustrator)
The first two titles in a series of early chapter books show the
various aspects of the true friendship between Pinky, a boy named
for his favorite color, and Rex, a girl whose name reflects her
interest in dinosaurs. The whimsical and colorful illustrations
reveal the gentle humor of the stories.... Read
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More 6
to 9 Years Books |
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9 to 12 Years
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| Ben
and Me : A New and Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin As Written
by His Good Mouse Amos by Robert Lawson (Illustrator)
In
A New and Astonishing Life Of Benjamin Franklin As Written by His
Good Mouse AMOS, young readers will discover that while the
good Mr. Franklin got considerable credit, many of his most
important contributions really originated with Amos, a
less-than-humble rodent. Oh sure, his manuscript was... Read
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| Bud,
Not Buddy (Newbery Medal Book) by Christopher Paul
Curtis.
"It's funny how ideas are, in a lot of ways they're just like
seeds. Both of them start real, real small and then... woop, zoop,
sloop... before you can say Jack Robinson, they've gone and grown a
lot bigger than you ever thought they could." So figures
scrappy 10-year-old philosopher Bud--"not... Read
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Charlotte's
Web by E. B. White, et al
An affectionate, sometimes bashful pig named Wilbur befriends a
spider named Charlotte, who lives in the rafters above his pen. A
prancing, playful bloke, Wilbur is devastated when he learns of the
destiny that befalls all those of porcine persuasion. Determined to
save her friend, Charlotte spins a... Read
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James
and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl, Lane Smith (Illustrator)
When poor James Henry Trotter loses his parents in a horrible
rhinoceros accident, he is forced to live with his two wicked aunts,
Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker. After three years he becomes "the
saddest and loneliest boy you could find." Then one day, a
wizened old man in a dark-green suit... Read
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| Matilda
(Puffin Novels) by
Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator) |
| Ramona
Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary, Alan Tiegreen
(Illustrator)
From the first day of third grade, when Ramona Quimby meets her
eventual nemesis Yard Ape, life moves on at its usual wild
pace--usual for the boisterous Ramona, that is. Soon she is
accidentally squashing a raw egg into her hair at the school
cafeteria, being forced to play Uncle Rat with her... Read
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to 12 Years Books |
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