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Bramble and Maggie

Author: 
Jessie Haas
Illustrator: 
Alison Friend
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Reading Level: Grades 2 - 3

Bramble is a horse at a riding school, but she finds going around in circles all the time boring so she starts to act up. Finally the owner of the school decides to sell Bramble, but a horse as clever as Bramble isn't going to accept just ANY new owner.

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Bigger Than a Bread Box

Author: 
Laurel Snyder
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Reading Level: Grades 4 - 6

Rebecca's life is turned upside down when her mother, without warning, takes Rebecca and her little brother away from their father and home and moves them in with their grandmother. Upset when she learns that this is not a short trip, but a permanent relocation Rebecca goes to the attic to sulk and finds a magic bread box. If she wishes for something that is real AND which will fit inside the bread box, the box will give it to her. But magic, no matter how harmless it seems at the time, always comes with a price.

Zombie Mommy: A Pals in Peril Tale

Author: 
M.T. Anderson
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Reading Level: Grades 3 - 6

When Lily's mother realizes that the mothers in novels for children her daughter's age all die horrible deaths she becomes obsessed with avoiding that fate, especially since Lily has now been a main character in four Pals in Peril novels.  Unfortunately in her desperate attempt to avoid anything that might endager her life, she throws herself quite literally right into the arms of zombies, ghosts and vampires.  Can the Pals rescue her before it is too late and she becomes just another fictional mother statistic?

Z is for Moose

Author: 
Kelly Bingham
Illustrator: 
Paul O. Zelinsky
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Reading Level: Ages 3 - 6

Moose literally cannot wait for M to come up in this alphabet book so that he can have his turn to shine.  Moose should meet Mo Willems' Pigeon.

Oh No, George!

Author: 
Chris Haughton
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Reading Level: Ages 2 - 8

George really wants to be a good dog when he is left home alone, but some things, like a cake and a cat are just too tempting.

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Eye-Popping 3-D Bugs: Phantogram Bugs You Can Practically Touch!

Author: 
Barry and Betsy Rothstein
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Reading Level: Ages 4 - 10

This 3-D insect book will either make you want to reach out and touch the bugs or run away screaming!

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Question Boy Meets Little Miss Know-It-All

Author: 
Peter Catalanotto
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Reading Level: Ages 3 - 8

Young superhero, Question Boy, asks non-stop questions to poor unsuspecting everyday superheroes like Garbage Man until he meets Little Miss Know-It-All in the park. Has he finally met his match?

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Stuck

Author: 
Oliver Jeffers
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Reading Level: Ages 3 and up

Floyd's kite gets stuck in a tree and he does everything he can think of to get it out. Unfortunately, what he can't do is think of an intelligent solution in this ridiculously absurd story that will appeal to the truly silly child in your life (or in you).

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Shaggy Dogs, Waggy Dogs

Author: 
Patricia Hubbell
Illustrator: 
Donald Wu
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Reading Level: Ages 2 - 6

This charmingly illustrated rhyming book celebrates dogs of all types, sizes and behaviors.

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Youth Services Department in the News

Two Youth Services Programs were recently featured in the online version of the Highland Park News.  Click on the links to see the articles about Miss Deena's Baby Booktime and our New Year's Eve Bash.

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