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Z is for Moose
Illustrator:
Paul O. Zelinsky Age Level:
3-6 Genre:
Fiction A Home for Bird
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Fiction Bear Has a Story to Tell
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Erin Stead Age Level:
3-6 Genre:
Fiction Bird Talk: What Birds Are Saying and Why
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Nonfiction Birds of a Feather
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Francesco Pittau Age Level:
3-6 Genre:
Nonfiction Cock-a-Doodle-Doo, Creak, Pop-Pop, Moo
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Brad Sneed Age Level:
3-6 Genre:
Poetry Count Me In! A Parade of Mexican Folk Art
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The Aquilar Sisters Age Level:
3-6 Genre:
Nonfiction Extra Yarn
Illustrator:
Jon Klassen Age Level:
3-6 Genre:
Fiction, Fantasy Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs
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Fiction, Fairytales, Folk Tales, and Tall Tales I Am So Handsome
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Fiction Into the A, B, Sea
Illustrator:
Steve Jenkins Age Level:
3-6 Genre:
Nonfiction The Island
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Ronald Tolman Age Level:
3-6 Genre:
Fiction, Fantasy Lemonade in Winter
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G. Brian Karas Age Level:
3-6 Genre:
Fiction More
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Brian Lies Age Level:
3-6 Genre:
Fiction Nighttime Ninja
Illustrator:
Ed Young Age Level:
3-6 Genre:
Fiction Oh, No!
Illustrator:
Eric Rohmann Age Level:
3-6 Genre:
Fiction Olive and the Big Secret
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3-6 Genre:
Fiction Oliver
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Fiction Seahorses
Illustrator:
Chad Wallace Age Level:
3-6 Genre:
Nonfiction This Is Not My Hat
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Mystery, Fiction Zephyr Takes Flight
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3-6 Genre:
Fiction Dinosaurs Before Dark
Illustrator:
Sal Murdocca Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Fiction, Fantasy The Boy Who Cried Alien
Illustrator:
Brian Biggs Age Level:
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Fiction, Fairytales, Folk Tales, and Tall Tales, Science Fiction A Place for Bats
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Higgins Bond Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Nonfiction Halfway to Perfect
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Fiction The Hero of Little Street
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Fiction, Historical Fiction, Science Fiction The Legend of Diamond Lil: A J.J. Tully Mystery
Illustrator:
Kevin Cornell Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Fiction, Mystery Make Your Mark: The Drawing Book for Children
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Nonfiction Meat-Eating Plants: Toothless Wonders
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Nonfiction Ringtale: Miner’s Cat
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Nonfiction Snakes
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6-9 Genre:
Nonfiction The Arrow Finds Its Mark: A Book of Found Poems
Illustrator:
Antoine Guilloppe Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Poetry Hide and Seek
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6-9 Genre:
Nonfiction I Have a Dream
Illustrator:
Kadir Nelson Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Nonfiction, Biography The One and Only Ivan
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6-9 Genre:
Fiction Moby Dick: Chasing the Great White Whale
Illustrator:
Andrew Glass Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Fiction, Historical Fiction, Myths and Legends Return to the Willows
Illustrator:
Clint Young Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Fiction A Strange Place to Call Home
Illustrator:
Ed Young Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Nonfiction Starry River of the Sky
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9-12 Genre:
Fairytales, Folk Tales, and Tall Tales, Fiction Tilly’s Moonlight Garden
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6-9 Genre:
Fiction, Fantasy Penny and Her Song
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6-9 Genre:
Fiction Body Actions
Illustrator:
David A. White Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Nonfiction Laundry Day
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6-9 Genre:
Fiction, Historical Fiction Let’s Go for a Drive (An Elephant and Piggie Book)
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6-9 Genre:
Fiction Look! Another Book
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6-9 Genre:
Poetry Saving Yasha: The Incredible True Story of an Adopted Moon Bear
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6-9 Genre:
Nonfiction The Sneaky Snow Fox
Illustrator:
Diane Palmisciano Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Fiction, Mystery There’s a Fly Guy in My Soup
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6-9 Genre:
Fiction Who Has This Tail?
Illustrator:
Erik Brooks Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Nonfiction Abe Lincoln’s Dream
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6-9 Genre:
Fiction, Historical Fiction Dreaming Up: A Celebration of Building
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6-9 Genre:
Poetry Hello! Hello!
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6-9 Genre:
Fiction Jangles: A Big Fish Story
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6-9 Genre:
Fiction, Fairytales, Folk Tales, and Tall Tales Just Ducks!
Illustrator:
Salvatore Rubbino Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Fiction Land of Milk and Honey
Illustrator:
Floyd Cooper Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Nonfiction, Biography Magical Life of Mr. Renny
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Fiction, Mystery Ostrich and Lark
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Poetry Seed by Seed: The Legend and Legacy of John “Appleseed” Chapman
Illustrator:
Lynne Rae Perkins Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Nonfiction, Biography, Myths and Legends The World’s Greatest Lion
Illustrator:
Ted Lewin Age Level:
6-9 Genre:
Nonfiction Unspoken: A Story from the Underground Railroad
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6-9 Genre:
Fiction, Historical Fiction Charlotte’s Web
Illustrator:
Garth Williams Age Level:
9-12 Genre:
Fiction The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
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6-9 Genre:
Fiction, Fantasy Dumpling Days
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Fiction Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale
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Fiction, Historical Fiction Malcolm at Midnight
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6-9 Genre:
Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery