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Name of Book: First the Egg Author: Laura Vaccaro Seeger Illustrator: Laura Vaccaro Seeger Publisher: Roaring Brook Press Audience: Preschool through elementary Summary: Laura Vaccaro Seeger’s First the Egg tells the story of how things grow and change. There is also an element

Name of Book:  The Bully and Me:  Stories That Break the Cycle of Torment Author:  Helen Carmichael Porter Publisher:  Northstone (an imprint of Woodlake Books, Inc.) Audience:  Adults, teens Summary:  The Bully and Me explores the many faces of bullying from the point of view of

Name of Book:  The Chronicles of NARNIA, a Pop-up Book Author:  Text adapted from the original by C. S. Lewis Illustrator :  Matthew Armstrong (art) and Robert Sabuda (paper engineer) Publisher:   HarperCollins Audience:  Ages 6 and older Summary:   C. S. Lewis’s classic Narnia

Name of Book:  All the World Author: Liz Garton Scanlon Illustrator: Marla Frazee Publisher: Beach Lane Books, 2009 Audience: Ages 4-8 Summary: A multicultural family with young children spends a summer day interacting with each other, their community and the land on which they

Name of Book:   The Color of Me Author:  Linda L. McDunn Illustrator:  Barbara Knutson Publisher:  Liturgical Press Audience:  Ages 3-6 Summary: This version of the creation story is used to point out God’s inclusiveness.  God made all the colors of the earth, the animals and

Name of Book:   Ice Bear : In the Steps of the Polar Bear Author:  Nicola Davies Illustrator:  Gary Blythe Audience:  Children Age 5-8+ Summary:   Ice Bears is a non-fiction children’s book that tells us about the characteristics and lives of polar bears, “Nanuk”,  as seen

Name of Book:   The River and the Rain – The Lord’s Prayer Author:  Bijou Le Tord Illustrator:  Bijou Le Tord Publisher:  Doubleday Audience:  Although this book is published for “all ages” and is one of Doubleday’s Books for Young Readers, I actually would not use this book with

Name of Book:  Big Blue Whale Author:  Nicola Davies Illustrator:  Nick Maland Publisher:  Candlewick Audience:  Children Age 5-8+ Summary:   Big Blue Whale is a non-fiction children’s book that tells the reader us about the characteristics and lives of Big Blue Whales.  The

Name of the Book:  Pete’s Angel, a Story of Self-love Author:  Hunter D. Darden Illustrator:  Sally Vacca Publisher:  Sunfleur Publications, Inc. Audience:  Elementary School Children Summary:   This is a story of a little boy with no self-confidence, a character many children

Name of the Book:  I Want to Be Free Author: Joseph Slate Illustrator:  E.B. Lewis Publisher:  Putnam Juvenile Audience:  Grades 3-6 Summary: This is the story of a young man who is a slave and wants to be free more than anything in the world.  The “Big Man” overseer has placed