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Grades K-3
You and Me and Home Sweet Home
By: George Ella Lyon
Illustrated by: Stephanie Anderson
This edition: Hardcover, 48 pages
Publication date: October 20, 2009
Ages: 4 - 8
The whole community comes together to help Sharonda and Mama build their house!
Truckery Rhymes
(Part of Jon Scieszka's Trucktown)
By: Jon Scieszka
This edition: Hardcover, 64 pages
Publication date: August 25, 2009
Ages: 3 - 8
For generations these classic, high-octane rhymes, songs, and tales have been passed down from truck to truck. Lucky for us, the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature has collected them all into one really...
A Whiff of Pine, a Hint of Skunk
A Forest of Poems
By: Deborah Ruddell
Illustrated by: Joan Rankin
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: March 10, 2009
Ages: 4 - 8
In a watery mirror the rugged raccoon admires his face by the light of the moon: the mysterious mask, the whiskers beneath, the sliver of cricket still stuck in his teeth. Take a lighthearted romp through four seasons in the...
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Grades 4-6
Extra Credit
By: Andrew Clements
Illustrated by: Mark Elliott
This edition: Hardcover, 192 pages
Publication date: June 23, 2009
Ages: 8 - 12
It isn’t that Abby Carson can’t do her schoolwork. She just doesn’t like doing it. And in February a warning letter arrives at her home. Abby will have to repeat sixth grade—unless she meets some...
Anything But Typical
By: Nora Raleigh Baskin
This edition: Hardcover, 208 pages
Publication date: March 24, 2009
Ages: 10 - 14
Jason Blake is an autistic 12-year-old living in a neurotypical world. Most days it's just a matter of time before something goes wrong. But Jason finds a glimmer of understanding when he comes across PhoenixBird, who posts...
Young Adult
Leviathan
By: Scott Westerfeld
Illustrated by: Keith Thompson
This edition: Hardcover, 448 pages
Publication date: October 6, 2009
Ages: above 12
It is the cusp of World War I, and all the European powers are arming up. The Austro-Hungarians and Germans have their Clankers, steam-driven iron machines loaded with guns and ammunition. The British Darwinists employ...
The Monstrumologist
(Part of Monstrumologist, The)
By: Rick Yancey
This edition: Hardcover, 448 pages
Publication date: September 22, 2009
Ages: above 14
These are the secrets I have kept. This is the trust I never betrayed. But he is dead now and has been for nearly ninety years, the one who gave me his trust, the one for whom I kept these secrets. The one who saved me . . ....
