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The animals in this book really, really want you to open the front cover. Why? It seems that the last reader got all the way to the last page and closed the book! How dare they! Open this book, and enjoy lots of laughs as the animals beg and plead for you not to close the book again. Recommended for reading alouds to kids ages 4 and up,…
Have you ever wondered what happens to koalas that are sick and injured? Grab this book and take a tour inside a hospital in Australia that is dedicated to taking care of these cute and cuddly creatures. Filled with adorable photographs and interesting koala information (did you know that koalas have human-like fingerprints?), this book is recommended for readers ages 7 and up….
1963 was not only the year of President Kennedy’s assassination, but for 13-year-old Arthur Owens, it was the year his dad died. Arthur throws a brick at the neighborhood’s “junk man” in a fit of rage after seeing him wearing his father’s old hat. A judge sentences him to 120 hours of community service, helping the mysterious junk man with a very special project that reveals a lot more about this man who picks through the neighborhood trash than Arthur realized….
Eighth-grader Apple moved to the U.S. from the Philippines with her mother shortly after her father passed away. They didn’t take many reminders with them, except her father’s worn-out cassette of her favorite band of all time, the Beatles. As she and her middle school friends get older and boys enter the scene, Apple doesn’t seem to fit in the way she used to,…
Steven’s parents just had a baby, but the baby has problems and nobody is sure if he will ever be “normal.” Steven has had to address anxiety and depression in the past, working with a therapist to learn techniques to manage his symptoms when they become too overwhelming. At night, he has strange and scary dreams that feed his anxiety,…
