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Title of Book: A Story for Hippo Author: Simon Puttock Illustrator: Alison Bartlett Publisher: Scholastic Press (September 1, 2001) ISBN:  978-0439262194 Audience: Ages 4 – 9 Summary of Book: This book is a story of two friends, Hippo and Monkey.  Hippo and Monkey share in

Title:  Old Pig Author:  Margaret Wild Illustrator:  Ron Brooks Publisher:   Allen & Unwin (February 23, 2010) ISBN:  978-1741757064 Audience:  Ages 4 – 8 Summary:  Old Pig is a book on how to help cope with a loss of a loved one.  In the story there are two pigs, Old

Title of Book:  A Ball for Daisy Author/Illustrator:  Chris Raschka Publisher:  Schwartz and Wade Books ISBN:  978-0-375-85861-1 Audience:  Ages 3 and up Summary:  This is a story told all in pictures about a dog and the ball she loves.  This story, told solely in pictures, uses

Title of Book:  Tear Soup Author:  Pat Schwiebert and Chuck DeKlyen Illustrator:  Taylor Bills Publisher:   Grief Watch (June 1, 2005) ISBN:  978-0961519766 Audience: 10 and up Summary of Book:  Tear Soup is about a woman, Grandy, who has suffered a loss in her life.  To help

Title:  Inside Out and Back Again Author: Thanhha Lai Publisher:  HarperCollins, 2011 ISBN:  9780061962783 Audience:  Ages 8 and up Summary: Ten-year-old Ha, her mother and three older brothers flee Saigon as it is falling to the Communists in 1975.  Ha leaves behind her papaya

Name of Book:  City Dog, Country Frog Author:  Mo Willems Illustrator:  Jon J. Muth Publisher:  Hyperion Books for Children ISBN:  9781423103004 Audience:  Age 3 and up Summary:  It is a beautiful spring day when City Dog first visits the country.  By the time the reader sees him

Title:  A Monster Calls Author: Patrick Ness Illustrator:  Jim Kay Publisher:  Candlewick, 2011 ISBN:  9780763655594 Audience:  Ages 12 and up Summary:  Conor O’Malley’s mother is dying of cancer.  The treatments aren’t working but the adults around Conor-his mother, his

Name of book:  Letting Swift River Go Author:  Jane Yolen Publisher:  Little Brown ISBN: 978-0316968607 Audience:  Ages 4-8 Summary:  Sally Jane tells the story of the demise of her beloved town along the Swift River in Massachusetts. The town will be flooded along with the rest

Name of Book:  Mockingjay Author:  Suzanne Collins Book Design:  Elizabeth Parisi Publisher:  Scholastic Press Audience:  Ages 12 and up Summary:  The third in a trilogy of science fiction stories, Mockingjay is written for adolescent youth and older due to graphic and violent

Title: The Memory Box Author: Mary Bahr Illustrator: David Cunningham Publisher: Albert Whitman & Co. ISBN: 0-8075-5053-1 Audience:  Written for ages 6-9.  However, this review suggests the book’s applicability to both young and mature audiences. Summary: This is a