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Name of Book:  One City, Two Brothers Author:  Chris Smith Publisher:  Barefoot Books; ISBN: 978-1846860423 Audience:  Ages 6-adult Summary: Two brothers farm together. Years go by and the elder brother marries while the other does not. When hard times come, the elder brother

Name of book: “ Superior Pet” from The Rainbow People Author: Laurence Yep Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 978-0064404419 Audience: Grades 3-8 Summary: A family falls on hard times and sells all of its possessions except one silver spoon. They are sure that the spoon will someday

Name of Book: The Clown of God Author: Tomie dePaola Illustrator: Tomie dePaola Publisher:  Voyager Books (Harcourt Brace & Co) Intended Audience:  Ages 4-8 (I have used this book with a group of adults, all of whom were retired.) Summary:  Tomie dePaola retells an old tale

Name of Book:  Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock Author: retold by Eric A. Kimmel Illustrator: Janet Stevens Publisher: Holliday House, New York Audience:  Ages 5-8 Summary:  Anansi is a master trickster.   Although Eric Kimmel does not identify the source of this story, such

Name of Book: Greedy Zebra Author: Mwenye Hadithi Illustrator: Adrienne Kennaway Publisher:  Hodder & Stoughton ISBN: 978-0340409121 Audience: Ages 3-8 Summary: Once, all the world’s animals were a dull gray color.  Then a cave was discovered with colorful cloths of