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Infants & Preschool

Build a Burrito by Denise Vega; illustrated by David Diaz.
Learn your numbers from 1 to 10 in Spanish and English as you create, page by page, a delicious burrito.

Big, Bigger, Biggest by Sami.
A very clever concept book for the preschool set. Each spread illustrates a comparison—a skyscraper grows tall, taller, tallest—using fold-out pages.

Too Many Toys by David Shannon.
Spencer has too many toys. Finally Spencer’s mom has had enough, and after a litigious negotiation, she helps Spencer pack a box of toys to give away. At the last minute, though, Spencer reconsiders the plan in an unexpected way.

The Day Leo Said I Hate You! by Robie Harris.
Leo is sulking after some serious misbehaving, when Mommy's disciplining finally pushes him over the edge.

Kitty Cat, Kitty Cat, are You Waking Up? by Bill Martin.
A dawdling kitten and her patient mother take part in a daily ritual that will be familiar to parents and children: "Kitty Cat, Kitty Cat, are you waking up? Not yet Mother, I'm a sleepy buttercup."

Ages 6 to 9

Sugar Plum Ballerinas: Plum Fantastic by Whoopi Goldberg.
Alexandrea Petrakova Johnson's mother has been foisting her own ballet fantasies on her daughter ever since she was born, so it’s no surprise that she enrolls Alexandrea in the Nutcracker School of Ballet. But Alexandrea has dreams of her own.

Fancy Nancy Sees Stars by Jane O’Connor.
When a rainstorm prevents Nancy and her best friend, Robert, from getting to the planetarium the night of a class field trip, she has a brilliant idea for making things better.

Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of Poetry With a Beat by Nikki Giovanni.
For families to share as they get their groove on, from classic poems, to modern hip-hop and rap. Includes a CD with selections read by the authors.

Draw 50 Princesses by Lee J. Ames.
Step-by-step instructions  to draw Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and many other lovely princesses.

Ages 10 to 14

Stolen by Vivian Vande Velde.
The day the old witch’s cottage is burned by villagers, a child who doesn’t remember anything is found running for her life in the forest. A man rescues her, brings her to his home and his wife nurses her back to health. They are convinced that she is Isabelle, a little girl that the witch had stolen six years before, but the truth is much stranger.

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman.
A family is murdered in their beds, all but the toddler. Toddling through the barred fence of an ancient graveyard, the baby is discovered by Mr. and Mrs. Owens - who just happen to be dead. The graveyard denizens decide to keep the baby, name him “Nobody,” and protect him from the killer, who still seeks him.

The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J. K. Rowling.
Thanks to Hermione Granger’s new translation from the ancient runes, Muggles now are able to read these richly imaginative tales in this stunning edition with an introduction by Albus Dumbledore.

Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech.
Once again, Jack works on a poetry journal for Miss Stretchberry, now his fifth-grade teacher. Try as he might to hold them off, the lines of Miss Stretchberry’s poems open a space in his heart just big enough to allow affection for a small black kitten, dotted with white, to find its way in.

The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary by Candace Fleming.
By twining accounts of their two lives—Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln—into one fascinating whole, Fleming gives a full, birth-to-death view of the “inextricably bound” Lincolns.

One False Note by Gordon Korman.
Second in the 39 Clues series, Dan and Amy are traveling to Austria to find the next clue in Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus’ hometown.

 
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