SUMMER READING
2012
Lowell
Public Schools and Pollard Memorial Library
We encourage our
elementary school students to read for enjoyment this summer. Our hope is that children will engage in
self-selected reading that captures their interests, enhances their
imagination, and generates their enthusiasm for reading.
While we have made
specific suggestions, we encourage children to add to their own list of
favorites and explore additional titles by favorite authors.
List compiled by Lowell Public Schools and Pollard
Memorial Library.
Recommended Books for Children in Grades K-4 |
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Anderson, Peggy
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Chuck’s Truck
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Armstrong, Jennifer
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Once Upon a Banana
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Arnold, Katya
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Elephants Can Paint Too
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Bachelet, Giles
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My Cat, the Silliest Cat in the World
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Beaumont, Karen
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I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More
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Bemelmans, Ludwig
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Madeline & other titles
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Bently, Peter
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King Jack and the Dragon
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Bradley, Kimberly
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Ballerino Nate
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Brett, Jan
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Annie and the Wild Animals & other titles
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Brown, Margaret Wise
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Goodnight Moon & other titles
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Brown, Monica
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Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match
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Brown, Peter
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Children Make Terrible Pets
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Bunting, Eve
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I Like the Way You Are and other Titles
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Burkert, Rand
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Mouse and Lion
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Burton, Virginia Lee
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The Little House ; Mike
Mulligan and his Steam Shovel
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Cannon, Janell
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Stellaluna
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Carle, Eric
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The Grouchy Ladybug & other titles
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Chodos-Irvine, Margaret
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Ella Sarah Gets Dressed |
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Coffelt, Nancy
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Fred Stays with Me! |
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Crews, Nina
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Neighborhood Mother Goose
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Cunnane, Kelly
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Chirchir is Singing
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DePaola, Tomie
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Fin M’Coul, The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush and other
titles
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Dunrea, Olivier
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Gossie and Gertie
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Ehlert, Lois
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Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf & other titles
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Elya, Susan Middleton
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Bebe Goes Shopping & Bebe Goes to the Beach
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Ernst, Lisa Campbell
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Little Red Riding Hood: a newfangled prairie tale
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Fox, Mem
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Koala Lou & other titles
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Falconer, Ian
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“Olivia” books
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Fleming, Candace
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Buster Goes to Cowboy Camp & other titles
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Fleming, Denise
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Alphabet Under Construction
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Freeman, Don
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Corduroy & other titles
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Gravett, Emily
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Orange Pear Apple Bear
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Guy, Ginger Foglesong
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Siesta!
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Henkes, Kevin
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Chrysanthemum & other titles
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Hoberman, Mary Ann
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You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You
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Hoff, Syd
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Stanley & other titles
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Hopkins, Lee Bennett
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Side by Side =
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Hopkinson, Deborah
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Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt
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Hurst, Carol Otis
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Rocks in His Head
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Jenkins, Steve
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What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? |
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Keats, Ezra Jack
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A Letter to Amy & other titles
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Khan, Ruhksana
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Big Red Lollipop
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Knudsen, Michelle
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Library Lion
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Lin, Grace
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Ling and Ting
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Lionni, Leo
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Swimmy & other titles
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Little, Jean
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Emma’s Yucky Brother
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Look, Lenore
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Henry’s First Moon Birthday
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McCloskey, Robert
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Blueberries for Sal; Time of Wonder and other titles
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McKissack, Patricia C.
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Goin’ Someplace Special
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McMullan, Kate
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I Stink!
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McPhail, David
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First Flight; Pig, Pig Grows Up & other titles
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Medina, Meg
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Tia Isa Wants a Car
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Newbery, Linda
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Posy
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Perkins, Lynne Rae
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Pictures from Our Vacation
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Polacco, Patricia
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The Bee Tree & other titles
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Prelutsky, Jack
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Read-aloud Rhymes for the Very Young & other titles
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Raczka, Bob
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Guyku
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Raschka, Chris
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A Ball for Daisy
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Rathman, Peggy
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Officer Buckle and Gloria
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Rey, H.A.& Margret
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Curious George & other titles
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Ringgold, Faith
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Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky
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Rohmann, Eric
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My Friend Rabbit
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Ryan, Pam Munoz
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Mice and Beans
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Rylant, Cynthia
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The Relatives Came
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Savage, Stephen
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Where’s Walrus?
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Seuss, Dr
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The Cat in the Hat & other
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Shannon, David
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Duck on a Bike
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Silverstein, Shel
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A Light in the Attic & other titles
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Sis, Peter
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Komodo! & Madlenka’s Dog
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Small, David
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Imogene's Antlers
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Stein, David Ezra
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Interrupting Chicken
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Steptoe, John
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Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters & other titles
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Van Allsburg, Chris
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Two Bad Ants & other titles
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Wells, Rosemary
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Bunny Cakes and other titles
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Young Readers Series |
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“39 Clues” series
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Adler, David
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The "Cam Jansen" books
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Arnold, Ted
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The “Fly Guy” books
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Danzinger, Paula
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The “Amber Brown” books
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Guest, Elissa
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The “Iris and Walter” books
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Hayes, Geoffrey
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The “Benny and Penny” books
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Holm, Jennifer
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The “Babymouse” and “Squish” books
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Howe, James
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The "Pinky and Rex" books
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Lobel, Arnold
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The “Frog and Toad” books
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McMullan, Kate
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The “Pearl and Wagner” books
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Mills, Claudia
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The “Gus and Grandpa” books
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Minarik, Else
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The "Little Bear" books
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Osborne, Mary Pope
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The “Magic Tree House” series
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Parish, Peggy
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The "Amelia Bedelia" books
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Roy, Ron
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The “A – Z Mysteries”
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Rylant, Cynthia
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The "Henry and Mudge" books and “High Rise Private
Eyes”
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Sharmat, Marjorie
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The "Nate the Great" books
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Sobol, Donald
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The "Encyclopedia Brown" books
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Warner, Gertrude C
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The "Boxcar Children" books
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Willems
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The “Elephant and Piggie” books
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Young Readers |
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Aliki
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Digging up Dinosaurs
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Alvarez, Julia
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How Tia Lola Came to Visit/Stay
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Atinuke
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Good Luck, Anna Hibiscus
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Amenta, Charles
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Russell’s World
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Baggott, Julianna
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Anybodies
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Barrows, Annie
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Ivy and Bean books
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Barshaw, Ruth McNally
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“Ellie McDoodle” books
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Bishop, Nic
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Nic Bishop Spiders
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Blume, Judy
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Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
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Burnett, Frances
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The Secret Garden
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Cameron, Ann
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Spunky Tells All
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Cherry, Lynne
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A River Ran Wild
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Cleary, Beverly
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Ramona the Pest & other titles
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Clements, Andrew
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The Jacket
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Cole, Joanna
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The "Magic School Bus" books
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Coren, Stanley
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Why Do Dogs Have Wet Noses?
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Creech, Sharon
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Granny Torrelli Makes Soup |
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Curlee, Lynn
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Brooklyn Bridge
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Dahl, Roald
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Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator & other titles
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Davies, Nicola
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Surprising Sharks
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DiCamillo, Kate
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Because of Winn Dixie & Bink and Gollie
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Fritz, Jean
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George Washington's Breakfast & other titles
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Gifford, Peggy
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Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little and other titles
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Giovanni, Nikki
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Rosa
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Golenbock, Peter
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Teammates
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Harvey, Jeanne Walker
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Astro, the Stellar Sea Lion
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Grimes, Nikki
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Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel & other titles |
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Hatke, Ben
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Zita the Spacegirl
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Hatkoff, Isabella
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Owen and Mzee
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Hatkoff, Julianna
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Leo, the Snow Leopard
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Henkes, Kevin
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Junonia
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Ho, Mingfong
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Brother Rabbit: a Cambodian Tale
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Janeczko, Paul B.
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The Dark Game: True Spy Stories
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Jenkins, Emily
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Toys Go Out & other titles
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Jenkins, Martin
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Can We Save Tiger
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Karas, Brian G.
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On Earth
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Klassen, Jon
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I Want My Hat Back
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Krull, Kathleen
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Wilma Unlimited
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Leedy, Loreen
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Measuring Penny
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Lewis, C.S.
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The Chronicles of Narnia
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Lin, Grace
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Year of the Dog
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Look, Lenore |
Ruby Lu, Brave and True and Alvin Ho, Allergic to Girls & other titles |
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MacLachlan, Patricia
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Baby & other titles
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Markle, Sandra
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“Outside/Inside” books**
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McCully, Emily
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The Bobbin Girl
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McCully, Emily Arnold
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The Secret Cave
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McDonald, Megan
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Stink and Judy Moody books |
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McDonough, Yona
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Hammerin’ Hank
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Mills, Claudia
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How Oliver Olson Changed the World
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Montgomery, Sy
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Kakapo Rescue
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Moss, Marissa
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Mighty Jackie
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Newquist, H.P.
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Here There Be Monsters
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O'Neill, Mary
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Hailstones and Halibut Bones
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Park, Barbara
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Junie B. Jones books
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Patterson, Francine
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KoKo’s Kitten
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Pennypacker, Sara
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“Clementine” books
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Sachar, Louis
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Marvin Redpost books and Wayside School books
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The Saving Animals
series
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Sendak, Maurice
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Where the Wild Things Are & other titles
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Shaughnessy, Dan
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Legend of the Curse of the Bambino
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Schwartz, David
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How Much is a Million
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Sturm, James
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The Adventures in Cartooning
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Van Allsburg, Chris
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The Sweetest Fig &
other titles
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Viorst, Judith
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Lulu and the Brontosaurus
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Warner, Sally
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EllRay Jakes is not a Chicken! and EllRay Jakes is a Rock
Star!
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Wiles, Deborah
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Love, Ruby Lavender
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Yoder, Eric
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65 Short Mysteries to Solve with Math!
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**Outside/Inside Titles by
Sandra Markle:
Alligators j 597.9 MAR
Bats j 599.4 MAR
Birds j 598 MAR
Sharks j 597.31 MAR
Spiders j 595.4 MAR
Rats j 599.75 MAR
Giant Squid j 594.58 MAR
Killer Bees j 595.799 MAR
Mummies j 393.3 MAR
Woolly Mammoths j 569.67 MAR
**Eyewitness Books series
