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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: A Mother for Choco Author: Keiko Kasza Illustrator: Keiko Kasza Publisher: G. P. Putnam’s Sons ISBN: 0399218416 Audience: Ages 3-6 Summary: Choco is a little bird who lives all alone and who sets off one day to find his mother.  Though bits of him match other mothers in

Title of Book:  Wonder Author:  R. J. Palacio Publisher and Publication date:  Alfred A. Knopf, 2012 ISBN number:  978-0-375-86902-0 Audience: Ages 8 and up Summary:  August Pullman is born with a severe facial deformity and is sheltered from the world and home schooled by his