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Title: Ms. Bixby’s Last Day Author: John David Anderson Publisher: Walden Pond Press ISBN:  9780062338174 Audience: Ages 8-12 Summary:  In the taxonomy of teachers devised by the sixth-grade protagonists of this novel, Ms. Bixby is one of the rare “Good Ones,” the kind that make

Title: I’m New Here Author: Anne Sibley O’Brien Illustrator: Anne Sibley O’Brien Publisher:  Charlesbridge ISBN:  9781580896122 Audience:  K-Gr. 2 Summary:  Three children from other cultures struggle and succeed in adapting to their new elementary school in America. Literary

Title: My Two Blankets Author:  Irena Kobald Illustrator: Freya Blackwood Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN:  9780544432284 Audience:  Ages 4-10 Summary:  A young Sudanese immigrant wraps herself in the imaginary blanket of her old culture when her new country seems

Title: My Three Best Friends and Me, Zulay Author:  Cari Best Illustrator: Vanessa Brantley-Newton Publisher:  Farrar Straus Giroux ISBN:  9780374388195 Audience:  4-8 years Summary:  Zulay is a typical first grader, and she tells of a typical day in her happy classroom: her

Title: Each Kindness Author:Jacqueline Woodson Illustrator: E.B. Lewis Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books; First Edition (October 2, 2012) ISBN:: 978-0399246524 Audience: 5 – 8 years, Kindergarten – 3 Summary: Maya is the new girl in Chloe’s class and she wants to make

Title:  Hank Finds an Egg Author/Illustrator:  Rebecca Dudley Publisher:  Peter Pauper Press Publication Date:  June 1, 2013 ISBN:  9781441311580 Audience:  Ages 4-8 Summary:  Hank, a small teddy bear, finds an egg on the ground in the forest.  He picks it up carefully and

Title:  Grumpy  Cat Author :  Britta Teckentrup Illustrator:  Britta Teckentrup Publisher:  Sterling Publishing Co., Inc; 2008 ISBN:  13-978-1-905417-69-8 Audience:  Ages 3 – 6 Summary:  This wonderfully simple story is one of Grumpy Cat, who is a loner, always in a bad

Name of Book:  Why Christmas Trees Aren’t Perfect Author:  Richard H. Schneider Illustrator:  Elizabeth J. Miles Publisher:  Abingdon Press ISBN:  9780687453634 Audience:  Ages 5+ Summary:  Long, long ago in a land far away, lived a perfect little tree named Small Pine.  Small

Name of Book: The Grimm Legacy Author: Polly Shulman Illustrator: None Publisher: Puffin Books, 2011 (Reprint edition) ISBN: 9780142419045 Audience: ages 10+ Summary:  Elizabeth Rew’s life has all the elements of a good fairy tale.  Her mother has died; her father has remarried

Title: Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like Author: Jay Willliams Illustrator: Mercer Meyer Publisher: Four Winds Press ISBN: 0590077511 Audience: Ages 4-8 years Summary: Young Han, gate-sweeper for the city of Wu, lived in a humble hut by the city gate and received a bowl of