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Kids Dish Cookbooks
Posted on July 17, 2009 by Victoria in Nonfiction, world culturesrecipes by Nick Fauchald, illustrated by Ronnie Rooney Roly-Poly Ravioli and Other Italian Dishes and Funky Chicken Enchiladas and Other Mexican Dishes are two of the Kids Dish series by Nick Fauchald. The series introduces kids to simple recipes, cooking tools, terms and processes. The ingredients aren’t hard to find or expensive, and the [...]
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The Tree
Posted on July 15, 2009 by Children's Department Staff in Historical Fiction, Picture BooksBy Karen Gray Ruelle There is a giant elm in the middle of Madison Square Park in New York City. In its more than 250 year life-span, this tree has seen a lot of change. The land was first set aside as a public space in 1686, and in the years since, it has been [...]
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A Lithgow Palooza
Posted on July 14, 2009 by Molly in Nonfictionby John Lithgow Looking for creative ideas for a rainy day? John Lithgow, one of my favorite actors and childrens’ book author, has compiled 101 activities for kids of all ages that range from art to acting to dance to food to birthdays to vacations and more. This book is a great resource for [...]
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Interworld
Posted on July 14, 2009 by Rachel in Fantasy, My Favorite, Science Fictionby Neil Gaiman & Michael Reaves Joey Harker discovers that he, along with the other versions of himself in an infinite number of possible universes, is a Walker: he can travel between these different worlds. Joey signs up to fight against the opposing but equally evil magic and science conglomerates who seek to use the [...]
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Tuck Everlasting
Posted on July 12, 2009 by Children's Department Staff in ClassicsBy Natalie Babbitt Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live forever? Well, the Tuck family never wondered until they realized, forever was their only option. Young Winnie Foster stumbles across the “youngest” boy of the Tuck family and embarks on the journey of hearing their story and all the mishaps that [...]
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Little Prince: the Story of a Shetland pony
Posted on July 9, 2009 by Victoria in animalsby Annie Wedekind This is the first book in the Breyer Horse Collection horse series. Each book tells the story of a particular horse breed. Shetland pony Phin comes from a long line of working ponies, and seems doomed to live out his life on the carnival route. But his fortunes change when a [...]
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A Curse Dark As Gold
Posted on July 9, 2009 by Victoria in fairy tales and folklore, Kansas, My Favorite, other award winners, Young Adult/Teenby Elizabeth C. Bunce A Curse Dark As Gold is shelved in the YA fiction collection, but it’s also appropriate for older elementary students and adults. This debut novel by a Lenexa author made the 2009 Kansas Notable Books list. Kansas Notable Books are outstanding works by Kansans or about Kansas in fiction, nonfiction, adult [...]
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Read-alouds for the whole family
Posted on July 8, 2009 by Jennifer in Book Lists, Classics, Family Read-AloudDo you like to read novels or chapter books aloud to your kids? Here are some fun read-alouds I like to recommend, and I hope people will add more titles to the comments for this one! Poppy by Avi Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum The Penderwicks [...]
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The Tail of Emily Windsnap
Posted on July 7, 2009 by Jennifer in Adventure, Fantasy, My Favoriteby Liz Kessler I stumbled across the sequel to this book, Emily Windsnap and the Monster from the Deep, in the library’s audiobooks and listened to it in my car. It was so much fun, I had to check out the first one, too. When Emily finally talks her mother into letting her take [...]
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Arrow to the Sun
Posted on July 3, 2009 by Children's Department Staff in Caldecott, Picture Booksby Gerald McDermott Arrow to the Sun is a picture book about a young boy who searches for his father. Before he can claim his heritage he has to prove his worthiness by passing the test of four ceremonial chambers. With vibrant colors and extremely eye catching geometric forms, McDermott captures the style of Pueblo [...]
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