Mr. Putter & Tabby Pick the Pears

Author	Mo Willems
ISBN	1423133080

Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can.

Gerald and Piggie are best friends.

In We Are in a Book! Gerald and Piggie discover the joy of being read. But what will happen when the book ends?

Using vocabulary perfect for beginning readers (and...

Author	Mo Willems
ISBN	1423119908

Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can.

Gerald and Piggie are best friends.

In I Am Going!, Piggie ruins a perfectly good day by telling Gerald she is going. If Piggie goes, who will Gerald skip with, play Ping-Pong with, and wear silly hats with?

Willems's...

Author	Laura Krauss Melmed
ISBN	0688151132

A happy couple find themselves becoming old (though they look like all of the middle-aged parents at our daughters' elementary school), and their hearts hold one regret: they never had children.

One enchanted, moon-lit evening, they wake to find twelve perfect toe-sized babies among the...

Author	Peter Spier
ISBN	0440412854

4.5 STARS

A wordless picture book that details the preparations for, celebration of, and results of Christmas. Love the details, and so much of this book is very warm and happy. I saw many of our Christmas traditions reflected in these illustrations. I must say the ending felt a little bittersweet,...

Author	Ursula K. Le Guin
ISBN	0439551897

Catwings is a heartwarming coming-of-age, but contemporary issues and symbolism simmer beneath the surface for those willing to paw their way to greater meaning. In just forty-eight pages, Le Guin's memorable tale of four winged-kittens explores marginalized communities, race, and compassion.
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Author	Andrea Beaty
ISBN	1419708457

Rosie may seem quiet during the day, but at night she's a brilliant inventor of gizmos and gadgets who dreams of becoming a great engineer. When her great-great-aunt Rose (Rosie the Riveter) comes for a visit and mentions her one unfinished goal--to fly--Rosie sets to work building a contraption to...

Author	Arree Chung
ISBN	0805099115

Ninja! by Arree Chung is hilarious and sweet. Yes, sweet! Ninjas can be sweet! :D

Our story unfolds in pages divided into action packed sequences. Pages that have almost a comic book feel to them. Big, clear images come together frame by frame showing just how dangerous the path to the cookie...

Author

Margaret McNamara

With Sylva and the Fairy Ball, Margaret McNamara launches the Fairy Bell Sisters, an enchanting new chapter-book series. The books feature Tinker Bell’s little sisters and are a must-read for lovers of the Rainbow Fairies and Disney Fairies stories.

Clara Bell, Golden Bell, Rosy Bell,...

Author	Lynley Dodd
ISBN	1582461481

From the creator of Hairy Maclary comes a new series starring a rascally cat named Slinky Malinki. “What was he up to? At night, to be brief, Slinky Malinki turned into a THIEF.” But by morning, Slinky comes to realize that crime doesn’t pay.This story spins off a character first introduced in HAIRY...

Author	Christopher Ford
ISBN	0399254277

Greek tragedy has never been so funny

Zozimos' journey to the kingdom of Sticatha has been anything but smooth. He's survived enslavement, battled golems and a ravenous Cyclops, and generally served as plaything to gods and goddesses looking for a good laugh. All for the sake of reclaiming...

Author	Natalie Babbitt
ISBN	0374417083

There are more ways than one to view the Devil and his works. In this collection of ten original stories, Natalie Babbitt offers us a middle-aged Old Scratch with a tender ego, proud of Hell and anxious for his reputation; a plotter at once pompous and naive who has a way of losing as often as he wins. Nothing...

Author	Kate DiCamillo
ISBN	0763630144

When the Watsons decide to zip their porcine wonder into a formfitting princess dress for Halloween — complete with tiara — they are certain that Mercy will be beautiful beyond compare. Mercy is equally certain she likes the sound of trick-or-TREATING and can picture those piles of buttered toast...

Author	Kate DiCamillo
ISBN	0763625906

The beguiling porcine wonder turns bucking bronco to snare a robber in this hilarious new addition to the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling series.

Leroy Ninker is a small man with a big dream: he wants to be a cowboy, but for now he's just a thief. In fact, Leroy is robbing the Watsons' kitchen right this...

Author	Davis Worth Miller
ISBN	1598898884

While a nice little interpretation of a classic, this graphic novel strips Jules Vernes' tale down to a bare minimum. I read this book to review it for my school district, and approved it for library collections, but wasn't all that impressed. The art is suberb and it is very accessible to both reluctant...

Author	Arthur Scholey
ISBN	0763616192

This holiday Baboushka tale blends the Nativity with the tradition of Christmas gift giving.

Everyone in the village is bubbling with excitement about the new star in the sky—everyone except old Baboushka, who is busy sweeping, scouring, and polishing her house. Then three strangers...

Author	Silvia Borando
ISBN	0763681067

Black Cat—black from the tips of his ears to the tip of his tail—only ever goes out in the day. But White Cat—white from her whiskers to her four furry paws—only ever goes out at night. He picks daisies, while she gazes at the stars. When they both feel the urge to explore a world beyond their own,...

Author	Cross
ISBN	1473636876

How can I not give it 5 stars!
Charles Cross did a great job compiling Cobain's life, and the book should be treated a culmination of all the biographies that have been attempted on Kurt Cobain.

It's so fascinating seeing this tragic rockstar unravel in this book, seeing the human in him so...

Author	Heather Buchanan
ISBN	1851528725

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