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Parents' Choice Honor Books

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Rice Is Life

Rita Golden Gelman; Illustrated by Yangsook Choi Henry Holt and Co.

In Bali, as in many parts of the world, rice is more than just a staple food-rice is life! In Bali, life revolves around the planting and harvesting of...

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The Beastly Feast

Bruce Goldstone with pictures by Blair Lent Henry Holt and Co.

The beasts are having a feast. Animals from everywhere are bringing their favorite foods to a picnic. Young readers will love identifying each creature and...

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Toad Is the Uncle of Heaven

A Vietnamese Folktale

Jeanne M. Lee; Illustrated by the Author Henry Holt and Co.

Toad Is the Uncle of HeavenA Vietnamese Folk TaleAn NCSS-CBC Notable Book in the Field of Social Studies

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Good Knight

Linda Rymill; Illustrated by G. Brian Karas Henry Holt and Co.

"A sneakily lulling poem for endlessly imaginative and energetic children who protest bedtime.... The child’s adventures--as a firefighter, admiral, and...

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Lily

Abigail Thomas; Illustrated by William Low Henry Holt and Co.

"Thomas and Low’s tender story of Lily, a dog who apprehensively moves from a Boston apartment to a house in Vermont, reveals the ripening of their...

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The Robber and Me

Josef Holub; Translated By Elizabeth D. Crawford Henry Holt and Co.

* "Boniface, an orphan, is sent to live with his uncle, the mayor of a small German village. On the way, he is left to fend for himself in the middle of the...

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Some from the Moon, Some from the Sun

Poems and Songs for Everyone

Margot Zemach; Illustrated by the author Farrar, Straus and Giroux

A charming book of children's rhymes by the Caldecott Medalist. I'm the king of the castle, Get down, you dirty rascal! There she goes, There she...

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Hokusai

The Man Who Painted a Mountain

Deborah Kogan Ray; Illustrated by the Author Frances Foster Books

A tribute to an artist unafraid to break with tradition. In her own glowing paintings and lucid text, Deborah Kogan Ray tells the fascinating life story of...

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Jack on the Tracks

Four Seasons of Fifth Grade

Jack Henry #2

Jack Gantos Square Fish

From the Newbery Medal–winning author of Dead End in Norvelt, nine semi-autobiographical stories that will make you laugh so hard it hurts...

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The Shape Game

Anthony Browne; Pictures by the author Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Art makes a difference! The same family that had such an enlightening experience in Anthony Browne's Zoo is now going to an art museum, Mom's choice for her...

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Monsoon

Uma Krishnaswami; Pictures by Jamel Akib Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Get out your umbrellas! Children play, birds call, and grownups go about their business during the hot days of summer in northern India. But in the bustle...

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Beegu

Alexis Deacon; Pictures by the author Farrar, Straus and Giroux

The story of an alienated alien Beegu’s spacecraft is stranded on Earth. Now she is lost and wandering. Waiting for a rescue signal from her mother,...

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Rotten Ralph Helps Out

A Rotten Ralph Rotten Reader

Rotten Ralph Rotten Readers #1

Jack Gantos; Pictures by Nicole Rubel Square Fish

"Rotten Ralph is one cat who can make reading fun for kids. And he does!" --Marc Brown Sarah needs a topic for her school project on ancient Egypt. Her...

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What's So Bad About Being an Only Child?

Cari Best; Pictures by Sophie Blackall Melanie Kroupa Books

Rosemary knows what it’s like to be an only child: there are grownups everywhere! Brothers and sisters are what she wants. Even when they argue, it’s like...

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The Diary of a Killer Cat

Anne Fine; Pictures by Steve Cox Farrar, Straus and Giroux

The hilarious confessions of a ferocious feline Poor Ellie is horrified when her cat, Tuffy, drags a dead bird into the house. Then a mouse. Before long,...

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Greetings from Nowhere

Barbara O'Connor Frances Foster Books

Aggie isn’t expecting visitors at the Sleepy Time Motel in the Great Smoky Mountains. Since her husband died, she is all alone with her cat, Ugly, and keeping...

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How I Learned Geography

Uri Shulevitz Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Having fled from war in their troubled homeland, a boy and his family are living in poverty in a strange country. Food is scarce, so when the boy’s father...

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Rip Van Winkle's Return

Eric A. Kimmel; Pictures by Leonard Everett Fisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Rip Van Winkle is an idler who would rather starve for a penny than work for a pound, and his wife is constantly nagging him. In search of peace, Rip heads off...

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Animal Poems

Valerie Worth; Pictures by Steve Jenkins Farrar, Straus and Giroux

“Ms. Worth brilliantly employs all aspects of the poet’s craft.” – The New York Times Book Review Each of the exquisite twenty-three poems in this...

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Stormy's Hat

Just Right for a Railroad Man

Eric A. Kimmel; Pictures by Andrea U'Ren Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Stormy Kromer is an engineer who loves driving trains. But he has one problem: he can’t find the right hat for a railroad man. He tries a derby, a cowboy hat,...

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Sky Sweeper

Phillis Gershator; Pictures by Holly Meade Melanie Kroupa Books

Young Takeboki needs a job and the monks in the temple need a flower keeper – so Takeboki sets to work, sweeping up flowers and leaves and creating swirling...

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Skunkdog

Emily Jenkins; Pictures by Pierre Pratt Frances Foster Books

Dumpling is a dog of enormous enthusiasm, excellent obedience skills – and no sense of smell. She doesn’t care about flowers, garbage, or any of the other...

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Collected Poems for Children

Ted Hughes; Pictures by Raymond Briggs Farrar, Straus and Giroux

This collection brings together the more than 250 children’s poems Ted Hughes wrote throughout his career. They are arranged by volume, beginning with those...

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Make Lemonade

Virginia Euwer Wolff Square Fish

An award-winning novel about growing up and making choices Viginia Euwer Wolff’s groundbreaking novel, written in free verse, tells the story of...

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