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Title: Say Hello, Sophie! Author: Rosemary Wells Illustrator: Rosemary Wells Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers Publication Date: March 7, 2017 ISBN: 978-1101999257 Audience: Preschool and up.  (not very far up.) Summary: Sophie, a toddler mouse, can’t seem to say words

Title:  You Nest Here with Me Author: Jane Yolen and Heidi Stemple Illustrator:  Melissa Sweet Publisher:  Boyds Mill Press Publication Date: March 3, 2015 ISBN: 978-159078923 Audience: Ages 3 – 8 years Summary: “My little nestling, time for bed, “says the mother as she carries

Title: Heads Up: The Story of One Quarter Author: Molly Schaar Idle Illustrator: Molly Schaar Idle Publisher: Abingdon Press ISBN#:0-687-34213-9 Audience: Ages 9-12 Summary:  Agnes’s parents have lost their business and their money. Now they must be cautious about spending, so

Title: Someday Author: Alison McGhee Illustrator: Peter H. Reynolds Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers (February 27, 2007) ISBN: 9781416928119 Audience: ages 4 and up Summary: A simple yet powerful book that shares a mother’s love as she watches her child grow up and

Title: Florence Nightingale Author: Demi Illustrator: Demi Publisher:  Henry Holt and Company Publication Date: 2014 Audience: Grades 1-4 Summary: Florence Nightingale was reared with every advantage: wealth, devoted parents, a fine library and a classical education, travel, and

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: The Year of Billy Miller Author: Kevin Henkes Illustrator: Kevin Henkes Publisher: Greenwillow Books Publication Date: September, 2013 ISBN: 9780062268129 Audience: Reading level, Grades 3-6. Summary: Ms. Miller, Billy’s 2nd grade teacher, informs her class that this year,

Title: Love You When You Whine Author: Emily Jenkins Illustrator: Sergio Ruzzier Publisher:  Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN: 139780374346522 Audience: Ages 3-6 Summary:  A patient mother cat loves her child despite endless misbehavior. Literary elements at work in the story:  It