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Poems to Dream Together/poemas Para Sonar Juntos: Poemas Para Sonar Juntos
Francisco X. Alarcon, Paula Barragan
Lee & Low Books, 2005
A bilingual collection of poetry by acclaimed Chicano poet Francisco X. Alarcón celebrating family, community, nature, and the positive power of dreams to shape our future.
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The Trouble Begins 5 reviews
Linda Himelblau
Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2005
GREAT BOOK! I enjoyed learning about an immigrant child's struggles to fit into the American life!
+ Richie's Picks: THE TROUBLE BEGINS
+ A different sort of immigrant story
+ The Trouble Begins
+ A funny, realistic, and colorful story
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The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (Penderwicks ... 87 reviews
Jeanne Birdsall
Yearling, 2007
My kids love this book - maybe even as much as I do!
+ A Wonderful Read Aloud
+ Truly excellent!
+ Terrific for anyone!
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Whittington 12 reviews
Alan Armstrong
Yearling, 2006
Feels like home
+ Whittington
+ an okay book
I enjoyed this story. I grew up with the pleasure of a family life of barnyard friends and I later learned to appreciate history. This story is the marriage of these two passions. I felt transplanted to a simplier time and found escape and pleasure in the book myself. I am not sure the age ...
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Whales on Stilts: M. T. Anderson's Thrilling Tales3 reviews
M. T. Anderson
Harcourt Paperbacks, 2006
Great for all ages
+ SAmSciFi
+ Brilliant satire of "Nancy Drew", "Tom Swift", and other children's series
My kids and I listened to this book on CD while on a trip. I had to talk my 16-year-old son into it, as he was convinced he would not like it. We all loved it. The reader was great, but the book itself was brilliant. Great pace, great characters, smart humor. You won't be disappointed.
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Genius: A Photobiography of Albert Einstein (Photobiographies)1 review
Marfe Ferguson Delano
National Geographic Children's Books, 2005
Genius: A photobiography of Albert Einstein
I ordered this book for my mentally challenged son, hoping it would be simple enough for him to grasp, and it fulfilled my hopes very well. It's simple, yet comprehensive, and the photographs are superb.
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Rosa9 reviews
Nikki Giovanni
Square Fish, 2007
Great Book
+ Mulitcultural Literature
+ Rosa
+ Rosa
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Show Way (Newbery Honor Book)19 reviews
Jacqueline Woodson
Putnam Juvenile, 2005
A Distinctive Voice; A Superb Book
+ Beautiful Book
+ A Find for Teachers
+ Show Way shows the way
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Goha The Wise Fool1 review
Denys Johnson-Davies
Philomel, 2005
4 1/2 Unusual Illustrations Highlight Middle Eastern Folk Tales about Goha
According to the book's flyleaf, Goha is a traditional Middle Eastern folk figure, "whose tales have been passed by word of mouth through the streets of the smallest villages...for centuries and centuries, beloved for their wit and wisdom." Each of the 15 brief stories (translated by the renowned ...
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The Journey That Saved Curious George: The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H.A. Rey11 reviews
Louise Borden
Houghton Mifflin, 2005
The timely WWII rescue that saved Curious George for posterity
+ Very interesting!
+ A must-have for any curious monkey
+ The true story of FIFI
+ The Journey That Saved Curious George
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Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan (Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Books)5 reviews
Mary Williams
Lee & Low Books, 2005
Terrific Book on a Tough Subject
+ a challenge to us all
+ Inspiring to young Americans
+ Tough Book For Kids And Their Parents To Read
+ The last thing to fly out of Pandora's box
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Precious and the Boo Hag (Anne Schwartz Books)6 reviews
Patricia C. McKissack, Onawumi Jean Moss
Atheneum/Anne Schwartz Books, 2005
Knock knock.
+ This is a wonderful story!
+ Fabulous Read Aloud!
+ Precious and the Boo Hag
+ What a Fun Book - a review of "Precious & the Boo Hag"
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Martin Bridge: Ready for Takeoff! (Martin Bridge)1 review
Jessica Kerrin
Kids Can Press, Ltd., 2005
Terrific book for my 8 year old son
This book was nominated for best children's book in 2007 for Pennsylvania school libraries.
My son and I really enjoyed this book together. My son related to this book in a meaningful way. The writing style kept his attention and connected with his 8 year old boy mentality. The "lessons" ...
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Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates3 reviews
Jonah Winter
Atheneum/Anne Schwartz Books, 2005
Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates and PR
+ Great Book!
+ what you did not know
A well-written, almost poetically spare introduction to the life of Roberto Clemente. Starts with his life of poverty in Puerto Rico to his climb to the top of the major leagues. Ends with Mr. Clemente's untimely death in an airplane crash when he was transporting relief supplies to earthquake ...
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Encyclopedia Prehistorica Dinosaurs: The Definitive Pop-Up148 reviews
Candlewick, 2005
Adopted Japanese grandson
+ Great Book
+ Just what every pre-historic buff loves!
+ Pop ups are cool
+ Great Product
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The Prairie Builders: Reconstructing America's Lost Grasslands (Scientists in the Field Series)2 reviews
Sneed B. Collard III
Houghton Mifflin, 2005
Introducing Children to Saving the Prairies
+ Bringing back butterflies and bison
"The book has received excellent reviews and was chosen by Science Books and Films as an outstanding science book for 2005. Prior to the first part of the twentieth century, bison and elk roamed among the tallgrass prairie that covered America's heartland. The prairie was replaced by farmland as ...
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The Game of Silence8 reviews
Louise Erdrich
HarperTrophy, 2006
The rest is silence
+ Another Erdrich Novel for Young Adults
+ More Please!
+ Newbery? This one merits your attention.
+ A REMINDER OF THE BEAUTY AND BOUNTY OF NATURE
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Toulouse-Lautrec : The Moulin Rouge and the City of Light2 reviews
Robert Burleigh, 2005
Colorful and highly informative
+ Deserving of ongoing recommendation for any elementary-level library strong in art book holdings
This large and colorful book is a combination biography of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) and a look at the entertainment world of fin-de-siècle Paris. Yep, this book has everything from Lautrec paintings to photographs to pictures of posters, and accompanying it all is a clearly written and ...
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A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms (Ala Notable Children's Books. Middle Readers)7 reviews
Candlewick, 2005
Quite a kick
+ Entranced my fourth grader
+ Wonderful introduction to poetry
+ Fun Book!
+ Excellent for teaching poetry
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Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems (Caldecott Honor Book, BCCB Blue Ribbon Nonfiction Book Award)7 reviews
Joyce Sidman
Houghton Mifflin, 2005
Superlative book should stave off "nature-deficit disorder". . .
+ beautiful
+ This is a beautiful book in word and illustration
+ My baby loves to hear these poems
+ Listen for me on a spring night...and I'll sing you to sleep
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