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Picture Books
A Pig Parade Is a Terrible Idea
By: Michael Ian Black
Illustrated by: Kevin Hawkes
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: September 7, 2010
Ages: 4 - 8
Could anything possibly be more fun than a pig parade!? You wouldn't think so. But you'd be wrong. A pig parade is a terrible idea. Pigs hate to march, refuse to wear the uniforms, don't care about floats, and insist on...
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Pop!
The Invention of Bubble Gum
By: Meghan McCarthy
Illustrated by: Meghan McCarthy
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: May 4, 2010
Ages: 4 - 8
Gum. It’s been around for centuries—from the ancient Greeks to the American Indians, everyone’s chewed it. But the best kind of gum—bubble gum!—wasn’t invented until 1928, when an...
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Grades 4-6
Dream of Night
By: Heather Henson
This edition: Hardcover, 224 pages
Publication date: May 4, 2010
Ages: 8 - 12
Untamable. Damaged. Angry. Once full of promise and life, now a fiery knot of resentment and detachment. This is the story of Dream of Night, an injured and abused racehorse. It’s also the story of Shiloh, a sarcastic...
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The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity
(Part of Brixton Brothers)
By: Mac Barnett
Illustrated by: Adam Rex
This edition: Hardcover, 192 pages
Publication date: October 6, 2009
Ages: 8 - 12
Steve Brixton always wanted to be a detective... until he found out he already WAS one. It all starts here: The thrilling story of Steve Bixton's first case. Our hero has a national treasure to recover, a criminal mastermind...
Grades 6-9
Out of My Mind
By: Sharon M. Draper
This edition: Hardcover, 304 pages
Publication date: March 9, 2010
Ages: above 10
Eleven-year-old Melody has a photographic memory. Her head is like a video camera that is always recording. Always. And there's no delete button. She's the smartest kid in her whole school—but no one knows it. Most...
High School
The Rock and the River
By: Kekla Magoon
This edition: Hardcover, 304 pages
Publication date: January 6, 2009
Ages: 9 - 14
The Time: 1968 The Place: Chicago For thirteen-year-old Sam it's not easy being the son of known civil rights activist Roland Childs. Especially when his older (and best friend), Stick, begins to drift away from him for no...
