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Sattler, Jennifer Gordon. SYLVIE
Sattler, Jennifer Gordon. SYLVIENew York : Random House, 2009IL K-3, RL 2.2ISBN 0375957081Do you know why flamingos are pink? Well, the color comes from the pink shrimp they eat so much of. When Sylvie hears that, she decides to try some other foods to see if she can become a different color than all the other flamingos. She starts with some palm leaves and it works! She turns green. What about some purple grapes? Or some yummy chocolate? How will this day turn out?
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Today's Book 01/28/2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Today's Book 01/27/2011
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Reich, Susanna. PAINTING THE WILD FRONTIER : THE ART AND ADVENTURES OF GEORGE CATLIN
Reich, Susanna. PAINTING THE WILD FRONTIER : THE ART AND ADVENTURES OF GEORGE CATLIN
New York : Clarion Books, 2008
IL 5-8, RL 5.2
ISBN 0618714707
George Catlin was a painter who traveled around the west during the 1800s and painted portraits of Native Americans. As a white man, his prospective on Indian culture was biased by his own culture. He tried to capture the Indian ceremonies and cultural events. In spite of his own prejudices, his painting remains a collection of the finest paintings of a vanishing Indian life.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Today's Book 01/24/2011
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Paul, Ann Whitford. WORD BUILDER
Paul, Ann Whitford. WORD BUILDERNew York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2009IL K-3, RL 1.6ISBN 1416939814Have you ever thought about how powerful the alphabet is? This book shows how using letters, you can build words. Using words, you can build sentences. And more. Using a construction crew, we watch the building taking place.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Today's Book 01/20/2011
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Patterson, James. THE GIFTBoston : Little, Brown, 2010IL 5-8, RL 5.9ISBN 0316036250In the second book of the Witch and Wizard series, we find the Allgood siblings as the established leaders of the Resistance. The community is mainly teens who are fighting The One Who Is The One and the New Order. Whit and Wisty are learning to control their powers and are trying to find their parents. When they are captured again, an unexpected person comes to their rescue.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Today's Book 01/19/2011
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Palatini, Margie. LOUSY ROTTEN STINKIN' GRAPES
Palatini, Margie. LOUSY ROTTEN STINKIN' GRAPESNew York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2009IL K-3, RL 1.9ISBN 0689802463Ooooh. Look at those luscious grapes just hanging there waiting to be plucked and eaten. But Fox can't reach them. It is driving him crazy. Some of the other animals offer suggestions to help Fox but he just ignores them. He finally gets so frustrated that he says “They’re probably sour anyway!” What will the other animals do?
Monday, January 17, 2011
Today's Book 01/18/2011
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Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux. WHO WILL I BE, LORD?
Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux. WHO WILL I BE, LORD?New York : Random House, 2009IL K-3, RL 3.1ISBN 0375843426Do people say you are just like your mother? Or that you have your father's sense of humor? Or that you remind them of your older sibling? While listening to stories about family members, a young African American girl begins to wonder who she will be like. In her case, the family members who came before have paved the way for her to have a better future.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Today's Book 01/17/2011
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Molski, Carol. SWIMMING SALGrand Rapids, MI : Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2009IL K-3, RL 2.4ISBN 0802853277Every dog at Hilltop Farm was a winner. Except Sal. She feels like a loser. She is a Portuguese water dog and wants to win at something. So what does she do? She decides that she wants be become the "Swimmingest Dog in the World". She does everything she can think of to practice. She swims in the creek. She swims in the bathtub. She even tries to join the swim team at the YMCA but that doesn't go well. Will she win the contest?
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Today's Book 01/16/2011
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McGowan, Michael. SUNDAY IS FOR GOD
McGowan, Michael. SUNDAY IS FOR GODNew York : Schwartz & Wade, 2010IL K-3, RL 3.5ISBN 0375841881Weekdays are for school. Saturday is for fun. But Sunday is for God. That's what Mama always says. And today is Sunday. I start the day getting all dressed up in my Sunday clothes and off the church we go. Do you want to come along?
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Today's Book 01/14/2011
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Malone, Margaret Gay. A SWEATER FOR DUNCAN
Malone, Margaret Gay. A SWEATER FOR DUNCANRaven Tree Press, 2010IL K-3, RL 2.5ISBN 1936299046Duncan is a baby penguin who is so embarrassed by what is happening to his fuzzy fur that he doesn't want to be seen. He always loved his fuzzy gray coat but now it is falling off. Each day more of the coat falls off and he is getting worried that he will be bald. He begs his mother to make him a sweater so no one can see what is happening to him. Will it work?
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Today's Book 01/13/2011
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Lionni, Leo. LITTLE BLUE AND LITTLE YELLOW
Lionni, Leo. LITTLE BLUE AND LITTLE YELLOWNew York : Knopf, 2009IL K-3, RL 1.7ISBN 0375860134Little Blue and Little Yellow are best friends. They go to school together and play with the other colors together. But one day they hug. And do you know what happens when blue and yellow get together? You get green. So now the friends are both green and they have a great day playing and chasing the other colors. But when they get tired and go home, their parents don't recognize them. And they don't believe that they are the same little colors.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Today's Book 01/12/2011
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Katz, Alan. GOING GOING GONE! : AND OTHER SILLY DILLY SPORTS SONGS
Katz, Alan. GOING GOING GONE! : AND OTHER SILLY DILLY SPORTS SONGSNew York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2009IL K-3, RL 1.9ISBN 1416906967Alan Katz is back with another collection of silly songs that are sung to the tune of well-known songs. Try this one to the tune of "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean"My father says we're going cycling.My mother says we're going far.A family trip, whole day of bike-ing.Why bother, when we have a car?PedalingPedaling,Way out of town past the seashore,and more!Pedaling.Pedaling.My brain and my rear will be sore!
Monday, January 10, 2011
Today's Book 01/11/2011
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Kadono, Eiko. GRANDPA'S SOUPGrand Rapids, MI : Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2009IL K-3, RL 3.3ISBN 0802853471Grandpa is so sad. Grandma has passed away and now Grandpa is lonely and sad. He decides to cook her special soup to make him happier. But he doesn't know the recipe. So every day, he tries a new recipe and shares it with others starting with the mice. Will he ever get the recipe right? And find happiness again?
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Heuvel, Eric. A FAMILY SECRETNew York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2009IL 5-8, RL 4.7ISBN 0374422656During World War II in Holland, there were ordinary people who became heroes. As his grandmother tells of her teen years in Holland, Jeroen learns that someone in his family may be one of them. Grandmother's father was a policeman who went along with the Dutch Nazi Party so he could get a promotion. But her mother was strongly opposed to what was going on in their country. Her bother is also pro-Nazi and can't wait to join the army. But her other brother was secretly working with the resistence. When it becomes clear that Grandmother's best friend is to go to the concentration camp, she begs her father to help her friend. But her father refuses. After the war, he is executed as a collaborator. But his story has not been told.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Today's Book 01/09/2011
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Grey, Mini. EGG DROPNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009IL K-3, RL 1.8ISBN 0375942602Mother hen tells us the story of a little egg who was in too much of a hurry to grow up. You see, the little egg wanted to fly. He dreams of flying and doesn't think he needs to wait until he hatches and grows up. He climbs 583 steps to the top of a tower and ...
Friday, January 7, 2011
Today's Book 01/08/2011
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Draper, Sharon M. JUST ANOTHER HERO
Draper, Sharon M. JUST ANOTHER HERONew York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2009IL YAISBN 1416907009Senior year. The kids have made it this far. Draper brings back characters from her earlier books and ties up the trilogy that includes The Battle of Jericho and November Blues. In this book, Arielle and Kofi are trying to get through senior year. Arielle struggles with an abusive home life that threatens to leave her homeless. Kofi is looking forward to attending MIT in the fall but his addiction to oxycontin threatens all that. Add to that a rash of burglaries in the school and Eddie who is a dangerous kid just released from juvie. This urban fiction is sure to keep you interested.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Today's Book 01/07/2011
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Cronin, Doreen. BOUNCENew York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2007IL K-3, RL 1.8ISBN 141691627XBounce. Just the word makes me smile. How many of you like to bounce? It's so much fun. This new book celebrates all the fun -- and not so much fun -- that bouncing brings. "A bounce can turn into a jump, a bump into a fall. / But it's better to have bounced and bumped ... than never to have bounced at all!"
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Today's Book 01/06/2011
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Castrovilla, Selene. UPON SECRECY
Castrovilla, Selene. UPON SECRECYHonesdale, PA : Calkins Creek, 2009IL 3-6, RL 4.9ISBN 1590785738Have you heard of spies? What do they do? Did you know that during the American Revolution, there were spies that helped George Washington and his troops? This is the story of the Culver Spy Ring who were very successful in getting good intelligence to George Washington. And in getting false information to the British.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Today's Book 01/05/2011
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Cabral, Olga. THE SEVEN SNEEZES
Cabral, Olga. THE SEVEN SNEEZESNew York : Golden Book, 2009IL K-3, RL 3.9ISBN 0375835946What kind of sneezer are you? Do you blow the walls down when you sneeze? Or do you make little cat sounds? Or somewhere in between. Well, one things for certain. When you sneeze you don't turn the world crazy like the rag man does. When he sneezes, everything goes topsy turvy. Dogs start to meow. Chickens lose their feathers. Shoes land on the wrong feet. Can you imagine? Can the rag man put everything back together again?
Monday, January 3, 2011
Today's Book 01/04/2011
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Bredeson, Carmen. BOMB-FACTORY BEETLES AND OTHER WEIRD INSECTS
Bredeson, Carmen. BOMB-FACTORY BEETLES AND OTHER WEIRD INSECTSBerkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Elementary, 2010IL K-3, RL 3.1ISBN 0766031233If you like weird bugs, give this book a try. Check out the army ants that link their arms together to form bridges over water. Or the bug that just eats poop. Or the mantis that looks like a beautiful orchid. Or even the beetle that has a bomb factory in it's rear!
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Today's Book 01/03/2011
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Bozarth, Jan. BIRDIE'S BOOKNew York : Random House, 2009IL 3-6, RL 4.6ISBN 0375951814When 12-year-old Birdie learns that her family will be moving from California to New York, she decides that she needs to find a way to meet her grandmother who she has never met. What she finds is a warm, interesting woman who shares her love of nature. She also finds a book in her mother's old bedroom. The Book of Dreams is Birdie's way into the fairy world. She learns that she comes from a long line of fairy godmothers which is what her mother did not want her to know. But now she can travel to Aventurine and meet the other fairies.
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Binding, Tim. SYLVIE AND THE SONGMAN
Binding, Tim. SYLVIE AND THE SONGMANNew York : David Fickling, 2009IL 3-6, RL 5.2ISBN 0385751575Sylvie's dad is a composer who writes magical music. When he goes missing, Sylvie and her friend George set out to find him. What they find is that there are many strange happenings. The animals have lost their voices. Even Sylvie's dog Mr. Jackson has lost his voice. Dad has been captured by the Songman who is on a mission to collect all the songs in the world. And he has sent Woodpecker Man to attack Sylvie and George.
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Alter, Anna. DISAPPEARING DESMOND
Alter, Anna. DISAPPEARING DESMONDNew York : Knopf, 2010IL K-3, RL 2.6ISBN 0375866841Have you ever felt invisible? Even though you are in plain sight, it seems as if no one even notices you. Well, Desmond is used to that feeling. He is very shy and doesn't want people to notice him. He likes to blend in to the background. He is so used to being ignored that he is totally surprised when a new girl in the class sees him and wants to be friends.
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Agee, Jon. ORANGUTAN TONGS : POEMS TO TANGLE YOUR TONGUE
Agee, Jon. ORANGUTAN TONGS : POEMS TO TANGLE YOUR TONGUENew York : Disney/Hyperion Books. 2009IL 3-6, RL 3.4ISBN 1423103157So you think you can read this poetry? Might not be as easy and you think. These poems are actually tongue twisters that may just trip you up. "A dodo'll dawdle, a dodo'll diddle,/A dodo'll doodle a doodle or two./A dodo'll yodel, a dodo'll coo./But that's about all that a dodo'll do." This is a celebration of words and funny to boot. Enjoy!
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