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Country Kid, City Kid
Julie Cummins, illustrated by Ted Rand
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Ben and Jody may be miles apart, but they are two of a kind. Ben is a country kid. He lives on a quiet farm, where he wakes to the peaceful sounds of cows...
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Moon Plane
Peter McCarty; illustrations by Peter McCarty
Henry Holt and Co.
Can airplanes fly to the moon? This one can! Above the clouds an airplane flies into the sky. On the ground a small boy...
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Chill Wind
Janet McDonald
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A tough and funny project girl manages to make that chill wind blow away The good life, according to Aisha Ingram, is easy. It's hanging with friends,...
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I Want to be a Cowgirl
Jeanne Willis; Illustrated by Tony Ross
Henry Holt and Co.
Meet a city girl with a big Wild West dream. "I don't want to be a good girl- Good girls have no fun. I can't play quiet games indoors, I love the rain...
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Gorrión del metro
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Leyla Torres; Illustrated by the author
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An English-speaking girl, a Spanish-speaking man, and a Polish-speaking woman might not be able to converse, but when a sparrow trapped in their subway car...
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Madlenka's Dog
Peter Sís; Illustrated by the author
Frances Foster Books
"Inspiring memories in the old and imagination in the young, the dog is a noble beast indeed, and Madlenka's Dog's resonant intergenerational connections make...
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Jazzy Miz Mozetta
Brenda C. Roberts; Pictures by Frank Morrison
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"Okay, young cats, let the beat hit your feet." One fine evening, Miz Mozetta puts on her firecracker-red dress and heads outside to enjoy the moonlight....
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Through the Gates and Beyond
By Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan
Roaring Brook Press
CHRISTO AND JEANNE-CLAUDE UNWRAPPED In 1981 two artists -- Christo and Jeanne-Claude -- proposed an installation in New York’s Central Park that would span...
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Twists and Turns
Janet McDonald
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The Washington sisters make good in the ’hood It may have taken them an extra year or two to do it, but the Washington sisters finally graduated high...
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Nicholas Dane
Melvin Burgess
Henry Holt and Co.
When fourteen-year-old Nicholas Dane’s mother dies, social services sends him to a home for boys where intimidation and violence keep order. After a number of...
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Through Time: New York City
Through Time
By Richard Platt,
Kingfisher
This series offers a unique journey through different periods in history. Detailed artworks tell the story of a specific location as it changes with time. As...
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Madlenka
Peter Sís; Illustrated by the author
Square Fish
"'In the universe, on a planet, one a continent, in a country, in a city, on a block, in a house, in a window, in the rain, a little girl named Madlenka finds...
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The Subway Sparrow
Leyla Torres; Illustrated by the author
Square Fish
An English-speaking girl, a Spanish-speaking man, and a Polish-speaking woman might not be able to converse, but when a sparrow trapped in their subway car...
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Uptown
Bryan Collier
Henry Holt and Co.
Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator Bryan Collier discovers the vibrant world of Harlem, New York, as seen through the eyes of a little boy "Uptown...
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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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Sally Jean, the Bicycle Queen
Cari Best; Pictures by Christine Davenier
Melanie Kroupa Books
I can pop a wheelie, I can touch the sky, I can pedal backwards, I can really fly! Sally Jean was born to ride. And her bicycle, Flash, is just about her...
Amelia Bloomer Project/Feminist Task Force
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Seven Stories
Ed Briant, illustrated by the author
Roaring Brook Press
In this unusual picture book, designed to resemble the seven-story apartment building in which it is set, a little girl's sleep is disrupted by her very rowdy...
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Guttersnipe
Jane Cutler, Pictures by Emily Arnold McCully
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Early in the twentieth century, ten-year-old Ben and his family live in the poorest part of their city with other Jewish immigrants. There is never enough...
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Earthquake
Milly Lee; Pictures by Yangsook Choi
Sunburst Paperbacks
This morning the earth shook and threw us from our beds. We were not hurt, just stunned. Drawers spilled, dishes crashed, pots and pans clanged as they...
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The House of Joyful Living
Roni Schotter; Pictures by Terry Widener
Melanie Kroupa Books
High on the roof of an apartment building is a garden where neighbors come to laugh, to dance, and to share – stories of helping others, breakfasts of challah...
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The Brothers Story
Katherine Sturtevant
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Teenage twins Kit and Christy have grown up amid grinding poverty in their Essex village. As Christy has been “simple” from birth, Kit is literally his...
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Hank Finds Inspiration
Written and illustrated by Craig Frazier
A Neal Porter Book
WHAT IS INSPIRATION? AND WHERE IS IT HIDING? Stanley is in desperate need of some inspiration. And what better place to find it than the big city? It doesn’t...
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Standing Against the Wind
Traci L. Jones
Square Fish
Patrice dreams of a first-class education, but right now she’s just got to survive the walk to school. Standing Against the Wind is the 2007 winner of the...
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How Ya Like Me Now
Brendan Halpin
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Since his dad died, Eddie’s mom has spent all her time getting high on OxyContin, leaving Eddie to take care of himself. When Eddie’s mom goes into rehab and...
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