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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Meanwhile by Jason Shiga

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Shiga introduces readers to a whole new technique of reading comics. Jimmy must decide if he wants chocolate or vanilla ice cream. That'...
Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Smile by Raina Telgemeier

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This book is sure to be a favorite at check out time for fourth through sixth graders. In this graphic novel, Raina struggles to be a normal...

The Shadows by Jacqueline West

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This is the first book in a new series called The Books of Elsewhere. When eleven-year old Olive and her distracted parents move into an old...
Thursday, May 27, 2010

Abby Cornelia's One & Only Magical Power by David Pogue

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While preparing a salad one afternoon, sixth-grader Abby Carnelia makes the astonishing discovery that when she tugs on her earlobes, she ca...
Wednesday, May 5, 2010

The Mysterious Howling by Maryrose Wood

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Fifteen-year-old Miss Penelope Lumley, a recent graduate of the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females, is hired as governess to three yo...

A Wizard from the Start: The Incredible Boyhood & Amazing Inventions of Thomas Edison by Don Brown

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Introduces young readers to the life and inventions of Thomas Edison. Recommended for grades K-3

Scones and Sensibility by Lindsay Eland

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In a small New Jersey beach town, twelve-year-old Polly Madassa, who speaks like a character in her two favorite novels, "Pride and Pre...
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I am the librarian at Brandeis Hillel Day School in Marin County California. I love recommending books to children and seeing their eyes light up when they come bounding into the library. I hope you enjoy reading the reviews of exceptional titles that have recently been published for students in Kindergarten through eighth grade.
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