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Title 365 Penguins

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Author

Number Lang IL

Fromental, Jean-Luc 114196 EN LG

A. Lincoln and Me

Borden, Louise

42833 EN LG

Aani and the Tree Huggers

Atkins, Jeannine

21536 EN LG

Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek: A Tall, Thin Tale (Introducing His Forgotten Frontier Friend)

Hopkinson, Deborah 124994 EN LG

Ace Lacewing, Bug Detective: The Biedrzycki, David Big Swat

137548 EN LG

Ad?le & Simon

McClintock, Barbara 109410 EN LG

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3.1 0.5 F

921 N N - - - When a box containing a penguin arrives anonymously on New Year's Day, a family of four is puzzled. As they continue to receive one penguin each day, their problems, food budget, and storage issues are multiplied. The coauthor is Jo?lle Jolivet.

3.5 0.5 F

780 N N -

- N Skinny as a beanpole and tall for his age, an awkward boy learns that Abraham Lincoln was called names, too, because of his physical appearance. As the boy studies the life of Lincoln, his mind is opened to the great possibilities of his own future.

3.3 0.5 F

1024 N N -

- N Based on true events in India in the 1970s, young Aani and the other women in her village defend their forest from developers by wrapping their arms around the trees, making it impossible to cut them down.

3.1 0.5 F

1316 N N N -

- In Knob Creek, Kentucky, in 1816, seven-year-old Abe Lincoln falls into a creek and is rescued by his best friend, Austin Gollaher.

3.4 0.5 F

2353 N N - - - Springtime in Motham City means baseball, but the player who could lead the Stinkbugs to a rare winning season loses confidence when his special bat is stolen. Ace Lacewing is hired to find it before the team misses the playoffs.

3.0 0.5 F

834 N N - - - When Ad?le walks her little brother, Simon, home from school, he loses one more thing at every stop: his drawing of a cat at the grocer's shop, his books at the park, his crayons at the art museum, and more.

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Title

Author

Adelita: A Mexican Cinderella Story De Paola, Tomie

Quiz Number Lang IL

59601 EN LG

The Adventures of Taxi Dog

Barracca, Debra

Agapanthus Hum and the Eyeglasses

Ain't Nobody a Stranger to Me

Cowley, Joy Grifalconi, Ann

9562 EN LG 28478 EN LG 114242 EN LG

Akiak: A Tale from the Iditarod

Blake, Robert J.

Albert

Napoli, Donna Jo

Alberto the Dancing Alligator

Waring, Richard

27701 EN LG 47314 EN LG 61733 EN LG

Alec's Primer

Walter, Mildred Pitts 126615 EN LG

Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse Lionni, Leo

17503 EN LG

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3.3 0.5 F

1822 N N -

- N After the death of her mother and father, Adelita is badly mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters until she finds her own true love at a grand fiesta.

3.0 0.5 F

509 N N - - - A stray dog in New York city is adopted by a taxi driver with whom he therafter rides and shares adventures each day.

3.5 0.5 F

1499 N N - - - Agapanthus struggles to do handstands and other acrobatic tricks while wearing her eyeglasses.

3.2 0.5 F

906 N N - - - A grandfather tells his granddaughter about his journey on the Underground Railroad and teaches her to be nice to everyone she meets.

3.3 0.5 F

1199 N N -

- N Akiak the sled dog refuses to give up after being injured during the Iditarod sled dog race.

3.2 0.5 F

1316 N N -

- N When Albert is at his window, two cardinals come to build a nest in his hand, an event that changes his life.

3.6 0.5 F

601 N N - - - While dancing in the bathroom one day, Tina and Alberto slip on a bar of soap, and WHOOSH...Alberto is accidentally, well, flushed. The entire city is in a panic, fearing that a thousand alligators are on the loose in the sewer system.

3.4 0.5 F

1554 N N - - - This book is based on the childhood of Alec Turner, who escaped from slavery by joining the Union Army during the Civil War and later became a landowner in Vermont.

3.0 0.5 F

742 N N -

- N Alexander the mouse makes friends with Willy, a toy mouse, and wants to be just like him until he discovers that Willy is to be thrown away.

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Title

Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday

Author Viorst, Judith

Aliens for Breakfast

Etra, Jonathan

Quiz Number Lang IL

7301 EN LG

402 EN LG

All Families Are Special

Simon, Norma

75090 EN LG

All Is Well: The Miracle of Christmas in July

Peretti, Frank

78830 EN LG

The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas McKissack, Patricia 117897 EN LG

Doll

C.

Alphabet Mystery

Wood, Audrey

70132 EN LG

Alvin Ho: Allergic to Camping,

Look, Lenore

Hiking, and Other Natural Disasters

131197 EN LG

Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, Look, Lenore and Other Scary Things

123779 EN LG

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3.4 0.5 F

922 N N N - N Alexander has problems holding on to his money. A charming book that demonstrates how easy it is to spend and how difficult it is to save.

3.2 1.0 F

6830 N N -

- N Finding an intergalactic special agent in his cereal box, Richard joins it in a fight to save Earth from the Dranes, one of whom is masquerading as a student in his class.

3.2 0.5 F

1193 N N - - - Students in Mrs. Mack's class describe their families--big or small, living together or apart, with two moms or none--and learn why every family is special and important.

3.1 0.5 F

2384 N N - - - Hoping to earn money so that he and his mother will not have to move, Daniel goes around the neighborhood trying to sell a box of Christmas ornaments, including one with a special message.

3.3 0.5 F

1470 N N - - - During the Depression, three young sisters get one baby doll for Christmas and must find a way to share.

3.1 0.5 F

639 N N -

- N All the little letters from Charley's Alphabet are worried when they discover that Little x has run away. Where could he have gone, and why would he leave his friends behind?

3.7 3.0 F 18424 N N - - - When Alvin's father takes him camping to instill a love of nature like that of their hometown hero, Henry David Thoreau, Alvin makes a new friend and learns that he can be brave despite his fear of everything. Book #2

3.8 3.0 F 18673 N N - - - A young boy in Concord, Massachusetts, who loves superheroes and comes from a long line of brave Chinese farmer-warriors, wants to make friends, but first he must overcome his fear of everything. Book #1

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Title Always and Forever The Always Prayer Shawl

The Amazing Bone

Amazing Grace

Author Durant, Alan

Quiz Number Lang IL

77074 EN LG

Oberman, Sheldon

14501 EN MG

Steig, William

6204 EN LG

Hoffman, Mary

5452 EN LG

Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem

Angelou, Maya

Amazon River Rescue

Lumry, Amanda

125577 EN LG 103938 EN LG

Amber on the Mountain

Johnston, Tony

12472 EN LG

Amorak

Jessell, Tim

71381 EN LG

Amy's Light

Nutt, Robert

144006 EN LG

Ananse's Feast: An Ashanti Tale Mollel, Tololwa M.

40184 EN LG

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3.2 0.5 F

678 N N -

- N A family of forest animals learns to cope with the death of a loved one.

3.0 0.5 F

897 N N -

- N A prayer shawl is handed down from grandfather to grandson in this story of Jewish tradition and the passage of generations.

3.9 0.5 F

1665 N N N - N Pearl, a pig, is saved from a band of highwaymen by a small bone, who can talk in any language and imitate any sound.

3.5 0.5 F

689 N N N -

- Although a classmate says that she cannot play Peter Pan in the school play because she is black, Grace discovers that she can do anything she sets her mind to do.

3.2 0.5 F

474 N N - - - In this simple story, a family joins with their community, rich and poor, black and white, Muslim and Jew, to celebrate the holidays.

3.5 0.5 F

1634 N N - - - Nine-year-old Riley visits a rain forest in Brazil near the Amazon River while his scientist uncle is on assignment there. The coauthor is Laura Hurwitz.

3.0 0.5 F

1165 N N -

- N With the help of a girl from the city, a country girl learns how to read and write.

3.8 0.5 F

524 N N - - - In this retelling of an Inuit creation myth, Grandfather explains why the caribou and the wolf are brothers.

3.6 0.5 F

365 N N - - - A young girl discovers a light in nature that helps her overcome her fear of the dark.

3.9 0.5 F

1007 N N - - - Unwilling to share his feast, Ananse the spider tricks Akye the turtle so that he can eat all the food himself, but Akye finds a way to get even.

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Title Anatole

And Tango Makes Three

Author Titus, Eve

Quiz Number Lang IL 111585 EN LG

Richardson, Justin

87170 EN LG

Andy and the Lion

Daugherty, James

28782 EN LG

Angel Pig & the Hidden Christmas Waldron, Jan L.

Angelina Ballerina's Invitation to the Ballet/Angelina's Invitation to the Ballet

Holabird, Katharine

19202 EN LG 72737 EN LG

Angelina, Star of the Show

Holabird, Katharine

88702 EN LG

Animal Crackers Fly the Coop

O'Malley, Kevin

136097 EN LG

The Animal Hedge

Fleischman, Paul

72201 EN LG

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3.9 0.5 F

1168 N N - - - A French mouse decides to earn an honest living by tasting the cheese in a cheese factory and leaving notes about its quality.

3.5 0.5 F

815 N N - - - At New York City's Central Park Zoo, two male penguins are trying to start a family by taking turns sitting on an egg that Mr. Gramzay gave them. The coauthor is Peter Parnell.

3.6 0.5 F

561 N N - - - In this retelling of Androcles and the Lion, Andy meets lion on the way to school and wins his friendship for life by removing a thorn from his paw.

3.9 0.5 F

710 N N - - - A group of pigs discovers the meaning of Christmas.

3.6 0.5 F

646 N N - - - Angelina is disappointed when none of her friends can accompany her to the Royal Ballet's presentation of CINDERMOUSE, but then a letter she receives changes everything.

3.9 0.5 F

737 N N - - - Angelina, headed to the Mouseland Dance Festival aboard her grandparents' canal boat, is so obsessed with practicing her dance moves and so neglectful of her duties that the trip turns into a near disaster.

3.2 0.5 F

957 N N - - - In this humorous take-off of THE BREMEN TOWN MUSICIANS, four animals that aspire to make it big as comedians leave their owners and seek their fortunes.

3.5 0.5 F

1286 N N - - - After being forced to sell the animals he loves, a farmer cuts his hedge to look like them and teaches his sons about following their hearts.

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Title Anna Maria's Gift

Author Shefelman, Janice

Quiz Number Lang IL 136955 EN LG

Anna's Table

Bunting, Eve

70390 EN LG

The Ant and the Grasshopper

Poole, Amy Lowry

42035 EN LG

Antarctic Antics: A Book of Penguin Sierra, Judy Poems

Apple Pie 4th of July

Wong, Janet S.

50480 EN LG 57715 EN LG

The Apple Pie That Papa Baked Thompson, Lauren 118656 EN LG

Archie and the Pirates

Rosenthal, Marc

133991 EN LG

Arizona Charlie and the Klondike Lawson, Julie Kid

Arnie the Doughnut

Keller, Laurie

The Art Lesson

De Paola, Tomie

67721 EN LG 68979 EN LG 47730 EN LG

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3.6 1.0 F

9733 N N - - - In 1715 Italy, 8-year-old Anna Maria arrives at an orphanage with little but the special violin her father made for her. When her teacher favors her over another student, the beloved instrument is tossed out a window and Anna Maria longs to get it back.

3.3 0.5 F

562 N N - - - Anna describes the collection of natural things she keeps on the table in her bedroom.

3.6 0.5 F

398 N N - - - This book retells the fable about a colony of industrious ants, which busily prepares for the approaching winter, while a grasshopper makes no plans for the cold weather to come.

3.6 0.5 F

1168 N N - - - This book is a collection of poems celebrating the habits and habitat of emperor penguins.

3.0 0.5 F

357 N N - - - A Chinese American child fears that the food her parents are preparing to sell on the Fourth of July will not be eaten.

3.7 0.5 F

374 N N - - - A father makes his daughter an apple pie and all the farm animals want a taste.

3.3 0.5 F

722 N N - - - When Archie the monkey finds himself on a strange island, he makes a multitude of new friends who help him defend their home from intruding pirates.

3.3 0.5 F

1227 N N - - - In Dawson City in 1899, a boy longs to be a Wild West star just like Arizona Charlie.

3.3 0.5 F

2374 N N -

- N The talking doughnut Arnie convinces Mr. Bing that not all doughnuts are meant to be eaten.

3.6 0.5 F

1019 N N -

- N Tommy wants to be an artist and can't wait to take art lessons in school.

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Title

Author

Arthur and Guen: An Original Tale Koons, Jon of Young Camelot

Quiz Number Lang IL 122632 EN LG

Arthur's Pen Pal Artie and Julie

Hoban, Lillian

29967 EN LG

Chen, Chih-Yuan

135160 EN LG

As the Crow Flies At Grandpa's Sugar Bush

Winthrop, Elizabeth 57400 EN LG

Carney, Margaret

25869 EN LG

At the Beach: Postcards from Crabby Spit

Atlantic

Harvey, Roland Karas, G. Brian

106200 EN LG 58823 EN LG

Aunt Isabel Makes Trouble

Duke, Kate

15300 EN LG

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3.9 0.5 F

2003 N N - - - Arthur and Princess Guenevere meet when they are young, and with the help of a magical sword that appears from the middle of a lake, they fend off the advances of a band of thieves who mean to kill them.

3.1 0.5 F

1612 N N -

- N Arthur views his little sister in a different light after receiving a revealing letter from his pen pal.

3.2 0.5 F

1036 N N - - - A ferocious lion goes out to hunt rabbits in the grasslands, but when he encounters one, the two animals unexpectedly become friends and enjoy the day playing together.

3.4 0.5 F

1364 N N - - - A second-grader describes how he feels when his father comes all the way from Delaware to Arizona to spend a week with him.

3.7 0.5 F

648 N N - - - In the frosty sugar bush, a young boy and his Grandpa share the work of tapping the trees and collecting and boiling the sap. When it is finally ready, they share the sweet goodness of their syrup on a stack of pancakes. The coauthor is Janet Wilson.

3.9 0.5 F

1332 N N - - - Henry, Penny, and Frankie send postcards to their grandmother while they are on vacation at Crabby Spit.

3.3 0.5 F

370 N N - - - Explore what the Atlantic Ocean is, how far it stretches, how the moon affects it, and other characteristics as described by the ocean itself.

3.2 0.5 F

1497 N N - - - Aunt Isabel tells Penelope the story of Lady Nell, star of the East Woods nutball team, who pitched ninety-mile-an -hour cherry drops at thieves.

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Title Aunt Minnie McGranahan

Auntee Edna Axle Annie

Author

Prigger, Mary Skillings

Quiz Number Lang IL

46083 EN LG

Smothers, Ethel Footman

Pulver, Robin

53930 EN LG 34605 EN LG

The Baabaasheep Quartet Babar's Museum of Art

Watts, Leslie Elizabeth

106085 EN LG

Brunhoff, Laurent de 74019 EN LG

Babar's World Tour The Babe and I

Brunhoff, Laurent de 103227 EN LG

Adler, David A.

29938 EN LG

Babies Don't Eat Pizza: The Big Kids' Book About Baby Brothers and Baby Sisters

Danzig, Dianne

127952 EN LG

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3.3 0.5 F

833 N N - - - The townspeople in St. Clere, Kansas, are sure it will never work out when the neat and orderly spinster, Minnie, takes her nine orphaned nieces and nephews into her home in 1920.

3.2 0.5 F

1685 N N - - - Although at first Tokee is unhappy having to spend the day with Auntee Edna, she soon discovers her aunt is full of good ideas for fun.

3.6 0.5 F

1248 N N -

- N The schools in Burskyville never close for snow, because Axle Annie is always able to make it up the steepest hill in town, until Shifty Rhodes and Hale Snow set out to stop her.

3.3 0.5 F

803 N N - - - One day, four sheep decide to leave the farm and venture to the big city, but in spite of their efforts, they cannot seem to fit in until they enter a singing contest.

3.4 0.5 F

1009 N N - - - Babar and Celeste convert Celesteville's old railroad station into an art museum containing famous masterworks featuring elephants.

3.5 0.5 F

1083 N N - - - Babar and his family take a trip around the world.

3.2 0.5 F

1664 N N -

- N While helping his family make ends meet by selling newspapers during the Great Depression , a boy meets Babe Ruth.

3.4 0.5 F

1727 N N - - - From delivery to nursing, diaper duty to bath time, this book walks siblings and their parents through basics of bringing a new baby home. Also included is a note to parents with tips on how to prepare the older child for the new baby and what to expect.

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