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Unbound by Ann E. Burg — Book Recommendation

Title: Unbound Author: Ann E. Burg Publisher: New York: Scholastic, 2016 Genre: Middle Grade historical fiction, verse novel Audience Age: 10 to 14 years Themes/topics: Slavery, escaped slaves, freedom, hidden community in Great Dismal Swamp Opening Sentences: When Mama tells me I’m goin to the Big House, she makes me promise to always be good, …

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Twinderella: a Fractioned Fairy Tale by Corey Rosen Schwartz — Book Recommendation

Title: Twinderella: A Fractioned Fairy Tale Author: Corey Rosen Schwartz Illustrator: Deborah Marcero Publisher: New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2017 Genre: Picture book, fiction, fractured fairy tale Audience Age: 3 to 8 Themes/topics: Twins, a new take on the old fairy tale of Cinderella, fractions, numbers, math Opening Sentences: Most of you have heard the story …

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Sam and Eva by Debbie Ohi — Book Recommendation

Title: Sam and Eva Author/Illustrator: Debbie Ridpath Ohi Publisher: New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2017 Genre: Picture book, fiction Audience Age: 3 to 8 years old Themes/topics: friendship, art, cooperation, teamwork Opening Sentences: Sam had just begun to draw when Eva arrived. Synopsis: I loved this book! Debbie is so good …

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The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus by Jen Bryant, ill by Melissa Sweet — Book Recommendation

Title: The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus Author: Jen Bryant Illustrator: Melissa Sweet Publisher: Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2014 Genre: Picture book, nonfiction/biography Audience Age: 5 to 10 Themes/topics: Words, lists, Peter Mark Roget’s life, thesaurus Opening Sentences (sort of): Peter snuggled deeper into Uncle’s lap as the carriage clattered through the valleys of Switzerland. …

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Quicksand Pond by Janet Taylor Lisle — Book Recommendation

Title: Quicksand Pond Author: Janet Taylor Lisle Publisher: New York: Atheneum, Simon and Schuster, 2017 Genre: Middle Grade fiction Audience Age: 9 to 12 years Themes/topics: Friendship, family dynamics, rumors, kids and older people Opening Sentences: The two boys who vanished in the pond that night were farm kids, cousins of some kind. They had …

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Please Bury Me in the Library by J. Patrick Lewis — book recommendation

First of all, I’d like to give a shout-out and a hearty thank you to Susanna Leonard Hill, who featured the Perfect Picture Book Friday post from my archives about her delightful picture book, Punxsutawney Phyllis, on Friday (appropriately enough, Groundhog Day.) Now, on to today’s P is for Please Bury Me in the Library …

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No One But You by Douglas Wood — Reprise Book Recommendation

For the next few weeks, I’ll be reprising a few posts from the archives. I hope you’ll enjoy revisiting these posts, as I have. This was originally shared as a Perfect Picture Book post on October 26, 2012. This lovely book explores the way each of us sees things differently. We are both the same …

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