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Title: Last Stop on Market Street Author:  Matt De La Peña Illustrator: Christian Robinson Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons ISBN:  97809399257742 Audience:  3-5 years Summary: CJ is getting tired of spending every Sunday afternoon helping at a soup kitchen with his nana.  Where CJ

Title:   Anna Was Here Author:  Jane Kurtz Publisher:  Greenwillow Books, 2013 ISBN:  978-0060564933 Audience: Ages 8 – 12 Summary: Anna and her baby sitter/Sunday school teacher, Jericho, began the Safety Club after a series of forest fires swept across Colorado becau

Title: Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret. Author: Judy Blume Publisher: Dell Yearling Book Publication Date: 1970 ISBN: 0-440-40419-3 Audience: Grades 3-7 Summary: Margaret Simon has moved from New York City to Farbrook, New Jersey, anxious about a new home and a new school.

Title: The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas Author: David Almond Publisher: Candlewick Publication Date: August 2013 ISBN: 978-0763661694 Audience: Grades 5-8 Summary: Stanley Potts’s uncle and guardian, Ernie, is obsessed with canning fish, but when Uncle Ernie’s obsession takes

Title of Book: Happy Author: Mies Van Hout Illustrator: Mies Van Hout Publisher: Lemniscaat USA ISBN: 9781935954149 Audience: Ages 2 and up Summary: Happy is a picture book that illustrates various emotions.  The story takes you through various emotions such as happy, sad,

Title:  Hush Harbor:  Praying in Secret Author: Freddi Williams Evans Illustrator: Erin Bennett Banks Publisher: Carolrhoda Books ISBN: 9780822579056 Audience: Grades 2-4 (grades 4-5 in my opinion) Summary: Before the war between the states slaves were generally forbidden to

Title:  Joseph Had a Little Overcoat Author: Simms Taback Illustrator: Simms Taback Publisher: Viking ISBN: 0670878553 Audience: ages 3 and up Summary: Joseph had a little overcoat that was worn and full of holes so he made it into a jacket.  As the jacket continues to wear out

Title: Brother Sun, Sister Moon Author: Katherine Paterson Illustrator:  Pamela Dalton Publisher:  Chronicle Books ISBN:  9780811877343 Audience:  Ages 4 and up Summary: “The Canticle of the Creatures” or “The Canticle of the Sun” (13th Century) is one of the most familiar songs