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PANTONE COLORS By Pantone (Abrams Appleseed) This is a good book to
inttroduce the shade variations ass associated with one color. Each col color presented has 20 varia- tio
tions.
ANIMALS SHOULD DEFINITELY NOT WEAR CLOTHING Written by Judi Barrett, illustrated by Ron Barrett (Little Simon)
Adapted from their picture
book, this board book is equally charming and funny for young children.
PETER IS JUST A BABY Written and illustrated by Marisabina Russo (Eerdmans) According to his older sister, Peter hardly does
anything. Unlike him, she knows how to dance and skip, eatt properly with utensils, and
and speak some French she lea
limitations of a baby.
learned from her grandmother. A c
A charming book for helping an
For Readers (Kindergarten to 2nd Grade)
OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW: A FIRST BOOK OF NATURE Written by Nicola Davies, illustrated by Mark Hearld (Candlewick Press) This big book of poetry is filled with amazing illustra- tions. A combination of paints, prints, and collages presents images of nature across four seasons.
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THE PIRATES NEXT DOOR Wr
uddle (Templar Books) fam
Written and illustrated by Jonny Du
After the Jolley-Rogers
family moved in next door to Matilda, in the seaside town of Du
ull-at-Sea, life was never the
same. Matilda finally had someone to play with, but the rest of the townsfolk saw things differently and the com- plaints kept mounting. The booty left behind softened their attitudes in the end.
an older sibling understand the lim
For Readers (3rd to 6th Grade) LEO GEO AND HIS MIRACULOUS JOURNEY THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE EARTH Written and illustrated by Jon Chad (Roaring Book Press) This unique long thin book reads from top to bot-
tom. The illustrations and speech bubbles flow the length of the book downward to the center of the earth. Much information and earth-related vocabulary are worked into this creative science fantasy.
the other is useless the other is useless.
CHOPSTICKS Written by Amy Krouse Rosen- thal, illustrated by Scott Magoon (Hyperion) As you will discover in this
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comical book, chopsticks have a variety of uses, but one without
WOMEN EXPLORERS Written by Julia Cummins, illustrated by Cheryl Harness (Dial)
History books have not be
been fair when it comes to ack
acknowledging the many con- trib
tributions women have made to our world. This book features ten the
en amazing women who were the first to accomplish some am
mens still on displal y at th M Chicago.
till di
cannibals to providing speci- the Museum of Natural History in
TITANIC: UNSINKABLE Written by Gordon Korman (Scholastic) This page-turning book
(first in a trilogy) involves an unlikely circle of friends: a stow- away, an under-age employee, a suffragette’s daughter, and a royal heiress. Their bond involves a mur- derer out to kill one or all of them.
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