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Manushkin, Fran. NO MORE TEASING
Manushkin, Fran. NO MORE TEASINGNew York : Picture Window Books, 2010IL K-3, RL 1.9ISBN 1404854924Have you ever had a bully in your class who makes fun of everything you do? In Miss Winkles’ class, Roddy laughs when Katie falls in the mud and scrapes her knee. He calls her “goopy face” when she gets tomato sauce on her nose and cheeks. Katie Woo figures out how to stop Roddy’s bullying by discovering something amazing at school. After you read and find out what makes Katie happy, you might want to check the “Having Fun with Katie Woo” section and create your own craft with a friend. (Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Awards, 2011-2012)
Sunday, August 07, 2011
Today's Podcast 08/07/2011
Saturday, August 06, 2011
Today's Podcast 08/06/2011
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Lewis, J. Patrick. SPOT THE PLOT : A RIDDLE BOOK OF BOOK RIDDLES
Lewis, J. Patrick. SPOT THE PLOT : A RIDDLE BOOK OF BOOK RIDDLESNew York : Chronicle Books, 2009IL K-3, RL 2.5ISBN 0811846687Do you like a good riddle? Do storybooks give you a thrill? Are you one of those people who can’t resist a fun challenge? Then Spot the Plot is the book for you! Each page holds a brightly colored clue-filled illustration and a rhyming riddle poem about an unnamed story. Be a story sleuth and help our two young detectives figure out which tale it could be. Just when you think you know them all, the author throws in a few tricky ones. So be on the alert. But don’t fret. If you’re really stuck, the answers are provided at the end (no peeking!) (Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Awards, 2011-2012)
Friday, August 05, 2011
Today's Podcast 08/05/2011
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Howe, James. HORACE AND MORRIS SAY CHEESE (WHICH MAKES DOLORES SNEEZE!)
Howe, James. HORACE AND MORRIS SAY CHEESE (WHICH MAKES DOLORES SNEEZE!)New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2009IL K-3, RL 2.4ISBN 0689839405These mice pals are busy creating scrapbooks about their favorite food, cheese, and looking forward to the Everything Cheese festival when tragedy strikes! A sneezy Dolores all covered in itchy bumps after eating cheese presents a problem. The doc says no cheese, but it seems like the whole world is talking about it, eating it, AND flaunting it. Dolores is miserable until she figures out a solution that works for her. She starts with an experiment and – well, see for yourself how it ends. (Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Awards, 2011-2012)
Thursday, August 04, 2011
Today's Podcast 08/04/2011
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Grimes, Nikki. MAKE WAY FOR DYAMONDE DANIEL
Grimes, Nikki. MAKE WAY FOR DYAMONDE DANIELNew York : Putnam's, 2009IL K-3, RL 3.6ISBN 0399251758Dyamonde Daniel is irrepressible! – feisty! – determined! When she and her mom move to a new section of New York City, Dyamonde is determined to find a new best friend. She misses her old neighborhood and all her friends, especially Alisha, but she is determined to find that new best friend. No one could be less likely choice than the new boy, Free. He is rude and mean to everyone. After he scares another third grader, Dyamonde finally confronts him. What will happen? Will Free change his ways? Will Dyamonde find a new best friend? Could it be one of the three Ts – Tanya, Tylisha and Tameeka or could it be Free? (Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Awards, 2011-2012)
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
Today's Podcast 08/02/2011
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Fucile, Tony. LET'S DO NOTHING
Fucile, Tony. LET'S DO NOTHINGSomerville, MA : Candlewick Press, 2009IL K-3, RL 1.9ISBN 0763634409“What do you want to do?” “I don’t know. What do you want to do?” Two friends, Frankie and Sal have done it all: played every board game, baked oodles of cookies, read every comic book, invented every sport. But hey, there’s one thing they haven’t tried. Ten seconds of doing nothing. Nothing. No talking. No moving. Ever tried it? Think Frankie and Sal can pull it off? It might be harder than you think. (Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Awards, 2011-2012)
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Today's Podcast 07/31/2011
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Chin. Jason. REDWOODSNew York : Flash Point, 2009IL K-3, RL 5.3ISBN 1596434309If you can’t visit the redwood forest in California any time soon, reading this carefully researched book is the next best thing. In a mixture of fact and fantasy, a boy riding the subway finds a book about redwoods. Did you know that redwoods can “make their own rain” or that these trees can live more than 2,000 years and get more than 200 feet tall? As the boy reads and learns about the “oldest trees in the world,” he finds himself magically transported to a redwood forest. Read this book and join him as he explores the forest, shoots arrows, and climbs hundreds of feet in the air. (Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Awards, 2011-2012)
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Today's Podcast 07/30/2011
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Pennypacker, Sara. THE MOUNT RUSHMORE CALAMITY
Pennypacker, Sara. THE MOUNT RUSHMORE CALAMITYNew York : Harper, 2009IL K-3, RL 3.5ISBN 0061429910Flattened by a bulletin during the night not long ago, Stanley Lambchop and his younger brother Arthur and their mom and dad get ready for a family vacation. They’re heading to South Dakota to see Mount Rushmore. The two brothers have one Wild West adventure after another as they meet Calamity Jasper, the park ranger’s daughter. They join her in a search for gold in an abandoned mine when a cave-in traps Calamity Jasper. Will Stanley be able to put his flatness to good use and save her? Do they find any gold? Read this book to go on a trip out West with Flat Stanley and his family to find out. (Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Awards, 2011-2012)
Friday, July 29, 2011
Today's Podcast 07/29/2011
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Blue, Rose. RON'S BIG MISSIONNew York : Dutton Children's Books, 2009IL K-3, RL 2.7ISBN 0525478493Ron is the best customer at the Lake City Public Library – almost. He can read as long as he wants to and as many books as he wants to, under one condition. He has to keep all the books in the library and is not allowed to check any of them out. He knows why, and he doesn’t think it’s fair! Ron is not allowed to check any of the books out of the library because his skin color is black, and only white people are allowed to have a library card. One day when Ron is 9 years old, he has a plan to change all that, but when his momma and the police are called, will Ron’s plan work or get him in even worse trouble? This story is based on a true event from the childhood of shuttle astronaut Ron McNair. (Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Awards, 2011-2012)
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Today's Podcast 07/28/2011
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Barton, Chris. SHARK VS. TRAIN
Barton, Chris. SHARK VS. TRAINBoston : Little, Brown, 2010IL K-3, RL 4.4ISBN 0316007625
Do you like sharks? Do you like trains? Do you like contests? If yes, then this book will surely make you smile. The imaginations of two young boys kick into overdrive when they rummage through their toy box and pull out a shark and train. Immediately, the toys transform into a ferocious looking shark and a powerful locomotive train who battle it out in some really cool contests. Who, they wonder, would be the winner roasting marshmallows, burping, high diving or on a seesaw? Readers will especially love when shark and train are thrown into truly ridiculous contests where neither could ever possibly win. Who would take the prize in a piano recital? (Neither have any hands!) The wonderfully silly pictures, dialog and crazy contests will leave you laughing out loud and ready to do battle with toys of your own. (Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Awards, 2011-2012)
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Today's Podcast 07/20/2011
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Singleton, Linda Joy. DEAD GIRL WALKING
Singleton, Linda Joy. DEAD GIRL WALKINGNew York : Flux, 2008IL YAISBN 0738714054Amber has big plans. She wants to be a talent agent after school. She reads every self help book she can find to prepare her for the life she imagines she will live. She has made friends with a new girl in school hoping this may be the opening into the world of the rich and powerful. When she overhears the girls talking about her and making fun of her, she is understandably upset and discouraged. But things start to look up again when she receives a letter in the mail saying she has won a full scholarship to a California college! Walking to her house to share her news, the unthinkable happens. She is hit by the mail truck. When she wakes up, she is surprised to see her dead grandmother. And her dead dog! She learns that she has been in a serious accident and she has to decide whether she wants to stay with her grandmother or go back into her body. As much as she wants to stay, she knows that she has to go. Unfortunately, she makes a wrong turn on the way back and ends up in someone else's body!
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Today's Podcast 07/19/2011
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Bloomfield, Kevin. MR. BIGGS IN THE CITY
Bloomfield, Kevin. MR. BIGGS IN THE CITYMcHenry, IL : Raven Tree Press, 2011IL K-3, RL 2.3ISBN 1936299267Mr. Biggs is just your average Sasquatch. He is out exploring when he spots the city. He decides to visit the city to find out what fun things are going on. He tries to ride a bicycle. He gets a haircut. He even tries ballet but nothing he does is fun. Will he ever find anything fun to do in the city?
Monday, July 18, 2011
Today's Podcast 07/18/2011
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Bertrand, Diane Gonzales. THE PARK OUR TOWN BUILT
Bertrand, Diane Gonzales. THE PARK OUR TOWN BUILTMcHenry, IL : Raven Tree Press, 2011IL K-3, RL 3.9ISBN 1936299143Do you have a nice park to play in near your home? The mayor of this city wants to create a nice park for the children. And who better to help him but the children themselves? Find out about all the things that go in to planning and building a park.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Today's Podcast 07/17/2011
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Bacigalupi, Paolo. SHIP BREAKER
In a future world, we meet Nailer. Nailer works as a ship breaker. These are teens who take recycling to the ultimate. He lives in a world where fossil fuels have been used up, the oceans have ravaged cities on the coast and the world has been divided by the haves and have notes. Many ships have been wrecked off the Gulf Coast and Nailer's crew takes on the dangerous task of climbing in to the dead ships and salvaging anything they can. From copper pipe to pools of oil, it is dangerous work and one where the smaller you are, the further you can go inside the ships. After a severe storm, Nailer and his friend find a "swank" boat that has been wrecked in the storm. Thinking that his fortune has been made, things don't go as planned when they discover a young girl alive in the wreckage.
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Today's Podcast 07/16/2011
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Zalben, Jane Breskin. FOUR SEASONS
Zalben, Jane Breskin. FOUR SEASONSNew York : Knopf, 2011IL 5-8, RL 5.3ISBN 0375862226Anyone who has taken music lessons knows how much work is involved. As you become more serious about your music, the commitment grows. Allegra Katz is wondering if she has what it takes to be a great musician. She goes to Julliard's precollege program and a summer camp in Vermont. Does she want to keep this up? Or would life be better if she were just a normal kid with free time to do what teens do?
Friday, July 15, 2011
Today's Podcast 07/15/2011
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Wynne-Jones, Tim. BLINK & CAUTION
Wynne-Jones, Tim. BLINK & CAUTIONSomerville : Candlewick Press, 2011IL YAISBN 0763639834Two homeless teens are living the hard life. Blink is hanging around a hotel lobby ready to sneak in to grab food from the room service trays left in the hallways. He stumbles on a kidnapping in progress. Actually it's a fake kidnapping. In another part of the city, Caution has just run away from her drug dealing abusive boyfriend. The two meet and pair up to investigate the kidnapping of a businessman. They hope to be able to get lots of money as part of the scheme. But you know things almost never turn out as we plan.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Today's Podcast 07/14/2011
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Voigt, Cynthia. YOUNG FREDLENew York : Knopf, 2011IL 3-6, RL 4.7ISBN 0375864571Fredle is a young mouse who lives in the wall in a farmhouse kitchen. He is living the life. Until the owner finds him living there. She captures him and releases him outdoors. Fredle has never been outside before and doesn't know what to make of his new surroundings. He knows he doesn't like it and wants to find his way back into the warm kitchen. Now he faces raptors and raccoons and other dangers he had never known. He does make a couple of friends along the way and shows us a mouse-eye view of the world he finds himself in.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Today's Podcast 07/13/2011
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Tracy, Kristen. THE REINVENTION OF BESSICA LEFTER
Tracy, Kristen. THE REINVENTION OF BESSICA LEFTERNew York : Delacorte Press, 2011IL 5-8, RL 5.6ISBN 0385736886Haven't we all imagined thowing off our old self and emerging as a reinvented, better person? Well Bessica certainly does. She wants to leave her old self behind in elementary school and emerge as a new person to start middle school. And it is just not going to work out so well. From a disastrous trip to the hairdressers, to the loss of her best friend, middle school is not going so great for her. Bessica encounters many of the middle school cliches but we find the humor in these events. Will she be able to survive her new self?
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Today's Podcast 07/12/2011
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Snyder, Laurel. PENNY DREADFUL
Snyder, Laurel. PENNY DREADFULNew York : Random House, 2010IL 3-6, RL 5.2ISBN 0375861998Reminiscence of the Betsy Tacy stories, we meet 9 year old Penelope Grey who is living a lovely life. Her parents have money and she lives in a mansion with servants and anything she wants. When her father tells the family he has quit his job, she is in shock. Quit?? What are they going to do? Well, her mother has inherited a house in Thrush Junction, Tennessee and they are moving there. Little do they know that the house has a huge mortgage and there are borders who have been allowed to stay. What new life awaits Penny? Will it really be dreadful?
Monday, July 11, 2011
Today's Podcast 07/11/2011
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Smiley, Jane. A GOOD HORSENew York : Knopf, 2010IL 5-8, RL 4.3ISBN 0375862293This book is really aimed at the horse lover. Set in the 1960s, Abby loves horses and everything that goes along with horses. The horse she worked with in the last book has been sold and now she is working with Black George who loves to jump. Black George will probably attract offers when he wins first place in a jumping contest. The other horse Abby is working with is Jack who she may lose for another reason. There is some doubt who really owns Jack.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Today's Podcast 07/10/2011
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Shefelman, Janice Jordan. ANNA MARIA'S GIFT
Shefelman, Janice Jordan. ANNA MARIA'S GIFTNew York : Random, 2010IL 3-6, RL 3.6ISBN 0375858814Set in 18th century Venice, we meet Anna Maria, the daughter of a nenowned violin maker. A dying wish was that Anna Maria go to the Pieta Orphanage where she will be able to study violin with none other than Antonio Vivaldi. But things are not wonderful for her. A rival violinist takes Anna Maria's violin and throws it in the canal. Will she ever be able to get over the loss of her father's gift to her?
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