Corduroy by Don Freeman  (jp+ Fre)  -- Story about a teddy bear who lives in a department store. Day after day, he waits for someone to come along and take him home. Finally his dreams come true.

What’s in Fox’s Sack? by Paul Galdone  (J 398.2 Gal)  -- One day Fox found a bumble bee, so he put him in his sack. Saying he was going to visit a friend, Fox leaves the sack with different women telling them not to peek in his sack. The story turns into a great adventure.

Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me  by Eric Carle  (Jp+ Car) -- Monica’s father fulfils her request for the moon by taking it down after it is small enough to carry, but it continues to change in size.  It’s a magical and delightful picture book to be re-read many times, and to be treasured for its beauty and its positive message of love and inspiration.

Hooway for Wodney Wat  by Helen Lester  (jp+ Les) -- All his classmates make fun of Rodney because he can’t pronounce his name. But it’s Rodney’s speech impediment that drives away the class bully.

Mr. Putter and Tabby Walk the Dog  by Cynthia Rylant  (j+ Ryl) -- When their neighbor Mrs. Teaberry hurts her foot, Mr. Putter and his cat Tabby agree to take the dog for a walk not knowing what they are in for.

I Met a Man  by John Ciardi  (J 811 Cia) -- A book of poems that are full of surprises, of riddles and puns, of twists of humor and subtleties that belie their essential simplicity.

Two of Everything by Lily Toy Hong  (J 398.2 Hon) -- A poor old Chinese farmer finds a magic brass pot that doubles or duplicates whatever is placed inside it, but his efforts to make himself wealthy lead to unexpected complications.

Daphne’s Book by Mary Downing Hahn  (J Hah) -- As author Jessica and artist Daphne collaborate on a picture book for a seventh grade English class contest, Jessica becomes aware of the conditions in Daphne’s home life that seem to threaten her health and safety.

Shoeshine Girl  by Clyde Robert Bulla  (J Bul) -- Determined to earn some money,  ten-year-old Sarah Ida gets a job at a shoeshine stand and learns a great many things besides shining shoes.

Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix   (J Had) -- In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived twelve years in isolation and fear on his family’s farm, until another “third” convinces him that the government is wrong.

Strays Like Us  by Richard Peck  (J Pec) -- When her drug-addict mother can no longer care for her, twelve-year-old Molly comes to stay with her great-aunt, and slowly begins to realize that others in the small town also feel as though they don’t belong.

The Library Card by Jerry Spinelli  (J Spi) -- The lives of four young people in different circumstances are changed by their encounters with books.

Brian’s Return  by Gary Paulsen  (J  Pau) -- After having survived alone in the wilderness, Brian finds that he can no longer live in the city, but must return to the place where he really belongs.

Guts  by Gary Paulsen  (J Pau) -- The author relates incidents in his life and how they inspired part of his books about the character, Brian Robeson.
 

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