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10 best books like The Silent One (Joy Cowley): We are in a Book!, Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!, So Much to Tell You, The Day the Crayons Quit, The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma, The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey, How to Catch a Star, There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom, The Way Back Home, Four: A Divergent Story Collection

We are in a Book!
AuthorMo Willems
ISBN1423133080
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...
Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!
AuthorMo Willems
ISBN0786837462
PreSchool-Grade 2-The star of Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (Hyperion, 2003) returns in another irresistible tale. Hurrying away to brush his teeth, the pajama-clad bus driver implores readers not to let his feathered friend stay up late. Youngsters are thrust into the role of caregiver as the...
So Much to Tell You
AuthorJohn Marsden
Scarred, literally, by her past, Marina has withdrawn into silence. Then, at her new boarding school, she is set the task of writing a diary by her English teacher, and finds a way of expressing her thoughts and feelings and of exploring the traumatic events that have caused her distress. Through Marina's...
The Day the Crayons Quit
AuthorDrew Daywalt
ISBN0399255370
Poor Duncan just wants to color. But when he opens his box of crayons, he finds only letters, all saying the same thing: We quit!

Beige is tired of playing second fiddle to Brown. Blue needs a break from coloring all that water, while Pink just wants to be used. Green has no complaints, but Orange...
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma
AuthorTrenton Lee Stewart
ISBN0307582396
IF YOU FAIL,
ALL IS
LOST.

Join the Mysterious Benedict Society as Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance embark on a daring new adventure that threatens to force them apart from their families, friends, and even each other. When an unexplained blackout engulfs Stonetown, the foursome...
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey
AuthorTrenton Lee Stewart
ISBN0316057800
The fearsome foursome is back in the second installment of the New York Times bestselling series praised by Rick Riordan!
The Mysterious Benedict Society is up against a new mission, significantly closer to home. After reuniting for a celebratory scavenger hunt, Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance...
How to Catch a Star
AuthorOliver Jeffers
ISBN0007228074
Once there was a boy, and that boy loved stars very much. So much so that he decided to catch one of his very own. But how? Waiting for them to grow tired from being up in the sky all night doesn't work. Climbing to the top of the tallest tree? No, not tall enough. The boy has a rocket ship . . . but it is made of paper...
There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom
AuthorLouis Sachar
ISBN0590590898
Bradley Chalkers is the oldest kid in the fifth grade. He tells enormous lies. He picks fights with girls. No one likes him-except Carla, the new school counselor. She thinks Bradley is sensitive and generous, and knows that Bradley could change, if only he weren't afraid to try. But when you feel like...
The Way Back Home
AuthorOliver Jeffers
ISBN0399250743
From the illustrator of the #1 smash hit The Day the Crayons Quit comes an imaginative tale of friendship in a world where what makes us different isn't nearly as important as what makes us the same.

When a boy discovers a single-propeller airplane in his closet, he does what any young adventurer...
Four: A Divergent Story Collection
AuthorVeronica Roth
ISBN0062285688
Two years before Beatrice Prior made her choice, the sixteen-year-old son of Abnegation’s faction leader did the same. Tobias’s transfer to Dauntless is a chance to begin again. Here, he will not be called the name his parents gave him. Here, he will not let fear turn him into a cowering child.

Newly...
Posted
AuthorJohn David Anderson
ISBN0062338226
In middle school, words aren’t just words. They can be weapons. They can be gifts. The right words can win you friends or make you enemies. They can come back to haunt you. Sometimes they can change things forever.

When cell phones are banned at Branton Middle School, Frost and his friends Deedee,...
Wolves
AuthorEmily Gravett
ISBN1416914919
Unfortunately, I had a very strong negative reaction to this book. I wanted to like it for being interesting and engaging and... fun. I think it is supposed to be fun. We are supposed to chuckle and appreciate. Instead, I was saddened and angered.

Here is the story of a cute little rabbit who decides...
How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
AuthorMatthew Inman
ISBN1449410243
If your cat is kneading you, that's not a sign of affection. Your cat is actually checking your internal organs for weakness. If your cat brings you a dead animal, this isn't a gift. It's a warning. How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You is an offering of cat comics, facts, and instructional guides...
The Hueys in the New Sweater
AuthorOliver Jeffers
ISBN0399257675
A brand-new series and cast of characters from the mind of Oliver Jeffers

The Hueys are small and mischievous, unique compared to the world's other creatures--but hardly unique to one another. You see, each Huey looks the same, thinks the same, and does the same exact things. So you can imagine...
Oxford Dictionary of English
AuthorAngus Stevenson
Citation by: M. Powell

Citation:

Reference Type: Dictionary

Call Number: 423

Cost: $46.63

Professional Review: Orme, M. (2011). Concise Oxford English Dictionary. Library Journal, 136(20), 148.

Content Scope: 3,00 new words added. Also...
The Incredible Book Eating Boy
AuthorOliver Jeffers
ISBN0399247491
Like many children, Henry loves books. But Henry doesn't like to read books, he likes to eat them. Big books, picture books, reference books . . . if it has pages, Henry chews them up and swallows (but red ones are his favorite). And the more he eats, the smarter he gets--he's on his way to being the smartest...
The Dark Blue 100-Ride Bus Ticket
AuthorMargaret Mahy
ISBN1869508165
Feeling suddenly adventurous, Jessica and Carlo take their seats . . . and nothing turns out the way you would expect.

When Carlo and his mother, Jessica, accept a free bus ticket from a strange old woman in the supermarket, they are really only being polite. Secretly they think she must be slightly...
If My Dogs Were a Pair of Middle-Aged Men
AuthorMatthew Inman
ISBN1449433529
From the Eisner Award-winning creator of The Oatmeal and #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You comes this charmingly absurd gift book about man’s best friend.

In If My Dogs Were a Pair of Middle-Aged Men, Matthew Inman imagines, to hilarious...
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