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Infants & Preschool

I Can Eat a Rainbow by Annabel Karmel.
This board book is an exuberant appeal to eat colorful fruits and vegetables: "Eating a variety of different colors helps us get all the nutrients we need."

Amelia Bedelia’s First Day of School by Herman Parish.
Readers will giggle over Amelia's mishaps when she takes all of the teacher’s instructions literally, such as, “Glue yourself to your seat."

Boo to You! by Lois Elhert.
The mice are having a harvest party in the garden and everyone is invited, except for the scary cat.

Can You Make a Scary Face? by Jan Thomas.
A bug leads the reader in a fun game of follow-the-leader, until something scary shows up.

Horace And Morris Say Cheese (Which Makes Dolores Sneeze!) by James Howe.
When Dolores eats cheese, she sneezes and breaks out in itchy spots—a  very bad allergy for a mouse who loves cheese. With the Everything Cheese Festival coming to town, what will Dolores do?

Lousy Rotten Stinkin’ Grapes by Marge Palatini.
"I am the fox," proclaims Fox repeatedly. "Sly. Clever. Smart." Well, no, not so much—as he amply demonstrates in this brisk retelling of Aesop's "Fox and the Grapes."

Ages 6 to 9

Elephants Cannot Dance! by Mo Willems.
Elephant and Piggie do many things together --play outside, go to parties, throw a ball, even surprise each other, but apparently they will not be dancing together anytime soon, since Elephants Cannot Dance!

To the Rescue by Mercer Mayer.
After his father gets stuck in the basement, Little Critter needs to remember what his teacher, Miss Kitty, taught him to do when there is an emergency.

Young Cam Jansen and the 100th Day of School Mystery by David Adler.
Cam Jansen and her best friend Eric are looking forward to the class's 100th day of school party, but then the pizza disappears, leaving Cam and her photographic memory to find the missing pizza.

Keena Ford and the Field Trip Mix-up by Melissa Thomson.
During a field trip to the Capitol, Tiffany pulls Keena's scarf off, revealing an embarrassing hair cut accident. Representative Thomas shows Keena that he has a toupee so she'll know she's not the only one with hair trouble.

Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Practicing the Piano: (But She Does Love Being in
Recitals)
by Peggy Gifford.
Prime procrastinator and drama queen Moxy Maxwell is about to take the stage, making her Piano Debut at the Palace Theater, playing "Heart and Soul" with her little sister, Patsy.

Ages 10 to 14

Extra Credit by Andrew Clements.
A forced pen-pal exchange turns into an opportunity for real communication between Illinois sixth-grader Abby Carson and Sadeed Bayat, the best English-language student in his Afghan village.

Faith, Hope and Ivy June by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.
Seventh graders Ivy June and Catherine are part of a student exchange program. Their worlds couldn’t be more different-- Ivy June lives with her grandparents in their mountain home without indoor plumbing or a telephone, while Catherine lives in a big house in Lexington and has her own cell phone. But they discover that their problems are very much alike.

Killer Pizza by Greg Taylor.
Pizza making and zombie hunting--you wouldn’t think the two would go together, but when Toby gets his first summer job he learns that the pizza chain is a front for a secret underground organization dedicated to battling monsters.

Big Snacks, Little Meals by Rose Dunnington.
An easy-to-use, attractive cookbook which contains nearly fifty recipes for snacks and small meals, including dips, finger foods, trail and party mixes, soups, tacos, omelets, and other sweet and savory selections.

Rapacia: The Second Circle of Heck by Dale Basye.
Marlo has been transferred to Rapacia, a sprawling, shimmery Mall filled with tantalizing goodies that no one is allowed to touch. Meanwhile Milton, who escaped from Heck at the end of the last book, is trying to find a way to save his sister. Another funny, pun-filled adventure in Heck.

 
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