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Tiny Little Fly

Author: 
Michael Rosen
Illustrator: 
Kevin Waldron
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Reading Level: Ages 3+

Tiny Little Fly lands on everyone he meets but no one wants him there at all! Everyone swats at Tiny Little Fly and tries to capture him, but he is too fast for them!

Little readers will enjoy the fly's-eye-view of each animal he bothers, and guessing what the animal will be!

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My Boyfriend is a Monster #1: I Love Him to Pieces: or My Date is Dead Weight: or He Only Loves Me For My Brains

Author: 
Evonne Tsang
Illustrator: 
Janina Gorrissen
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Reading Level: Grades 6+

Athletic baseball star Dicey Bell and quiet, nerdy Jack Chen are assigned to a school project together - care for an egg as if it were a real baby. Over the course of the project, the two bond over the egg, finding that they have much more in common than they initially thought. At the conclusion of the project, Jack musters up the nerve to ask Dicey out on a date.

A typical, perky-yet-enjoyable realistic high school romance, right?

Winnie the Witch

Author: 
Valerie Thomas
Illustrator: 
Korky Paul
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Reading Level: Ages 4-8

Winnie the witch has a problem. She lives in a biiiiiiiiig black house with black everything. The floors are black, the walls are black, the furniture is black, even her bathtub is black. Winnie loves the color black.

Like most witches, Winnie also has a black cat. His name is Wilbur. Winnie loves her cat Wilbur. There's just one problem...

When Wilbur is awake, she can see him just fine. When Wilbur is asleep and his eyes are closed, Winnie cannot... and she is always tripping over him.

Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie

Author: 
Julie Sternberg
Illustrator: 
Matthew Cordell
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Reading Level: Grades 1-3

When Eleanor's babysitter Bibi moves far away, Eleanor is devastated. Life without her favorite person is hard. Everything Eleanor used to like to do is now unpleasant and sad because it reminds her of Bibi. It's awful - way worse than pickle juice on a cookie. Things get even worse when Eleanor's parents hire a NEW babysitter.

Square Cat

Author: 
Elizabeth Schoonmaker
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Reading Level: Ages 3-7

Eulah is a square cat who wishes more than anything in the world that she was round like her friends. Then she would be able to have the same kind of fun that the other cats do. Poor Eulah.

Then her friends show her the things that are wonderful about a square cat -- all the great things she can do!

It is good to have friends who care.

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Okay For Now

Author: 
Gary D. Schmidt
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Reading Level: Grades 6+

Doug Swieteck and his lousy older brother just moved to a brand-new town that will be probably just as lousy as the old one - and with less baseball. And, just like in his old town, everyone who's anyone (teachers, the police, his dad, Lil Spicer down the street) thinks that Doug's just a skinny good-for-nothing kid who won't ever amount to anything except for trouble.

Where's Walrus

Author: 
Stephen Savage
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Reading Level: Ages 4-8

Take a jaunt through famous scenes as you search for a goofy walrus. Great for kids & parents alike.

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Ferret Fun

Author: 
Karen Rostoker-Gruber
Illustrator: 
Paul Ratz de Tagyos
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Reading Level: Ages 4-8

What do two ferrets named Fudge and Einstein do when they meet a cat who thinks that they would be a perfect snack?

Convince him otherwise, that's what!

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Unlocked

Author: 
Ryan G. Van Cleave
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Reading Level: Grades 7+

When you're the janitor's kid, you don't have many friends. You don't have any friends. Andy is no different, but when he hears a rumor that the school outcast, Blake, has a gun in his locker, he decides to make friends with Blake. When the boys do become friends, Andy must choose between protecting his only friend and protecting a school full of kids who could care less about him?

You're Finally Here!

Author: 
Melanie Watt
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Reading Level: Ages 4-8

Rabbit is SO SO SO happy to see you he can barely stand it. But he isn't excited for long - soon he is demanding to know where on earth you were and WHY you weren't with him?? A delicious follow-up to the Scaredy Squirrel series.

 

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