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Name of Book: Snook Alone Author: Marilyn Nelson Publisher: Candlewick ISBN: 978-0763626679 Audience: Ages 4-8 Summary: A small dog, Snook, lives on and island with Abba Jacob, a monk. Abba prays, gardens, and tends his hermitage while Snook follows along. They are best of

Name of Book:  Oggie Cooder Author: Sarah Weeks Publisher: Scholastic ISBN: 9780439927949 Audience: Ages 8 – 12 Summary: Oggie Cooder is the class weirdo. Donnica Perfecto is his chief nemesis. She wants to win a talent show audition and thinks Oggie’s carving of

Name of the book:  The Summer Before Boys Author: Nora Raleigh Baskin Publisher: Simon & Schuster ISBN: 978-1416986737 Audience: Grades 6-8 Summary: Julia is staying with her friend Eliza while her father works and her mother is stationed in Iraq. Her summer is going as she

Name of Book:   Two Bobbies:  A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship and Survival Authors:  Kirby Larson and Mary Nethery Illustrator:  Jean Cassels Publisher :  Walker & Company Audience :  Ages 4-8 Summary:   Bobbi, a dog, and Bob Cat are the best of friends.  When

Name of Book: The Bracelet Author:  Yoshiko Uchida Publisher:  Puffin ISBN: 978-0698113909 Audience:  Ages 4-9 Summary:   During World War II, Second grader Emi is one of thousands told they must give up everything and move to an internment camp. Why? Because their relatives came

Name of Book:  Welcome Home, Mouse Author/Illustrator:  Elisa Kleven Publisher: Tricycle Press ISBN:  978-1582462776 Audience: Ages 2-5 Summary: Stanley loves to help, but sometimes he gets so excited he makes mistakes. While running an errand for his mom he bounces his ball

Name of Book: A Sick Day for Amos McGee Author: Philip C. Stead Illustrator: Erin E.Stead Publisher: Roaring Brook Press ISBN: 978-1-59643-402-8 Audience: Ages 3-8 Summary: Amos, an elderly zookeeper, always makes time in his busy day to visit his friends. He plays chess with the

Name of Book: Four Feet, Two Sandals Author: Karen Lynn Williams & Khadra Mohammed Illustrator: Doug Chayka Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers ISBN: 978-0-8028-5296-0 Audience: 4 – 8 years old Summary: Two girls meet in a refugee camp in Pakistan along the

This is the second in a series of posts that offer lesson plans for literature circles in the church.  Donna Fair uses Same Kind of Different as Me as the focus for a six-week intergenerational and family unit that can be used in a variety of settings.  Click on the link below to

Name of Book: Tacky the Penguin Author: Helen Lester Illustrator: Lynn Munsinger Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company ISBN: 0395562333 Audience: Ages 3 -7 Summary: Tacky the penguin is not your typical penguin. He wears loud Hawaiian shirts, sings off key, trips over his own feet,