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Written by: Bob Dylan
Illustrated by: David Walker
Published: May 10, 2016
Target ages:4 to 8
Read on: 9/25/17
(new book)
This is the book adaptation of one of the songs of Bob Dylan.  It is a story about a big dog and his puppy son . The dad tells how his son makes his everyday life better. It is a story of love between a father and his son. It is a nice book  to teach kids how the little things in life make a difference, because you share your life with someone special.

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children's / teenage fiction: family & home stories

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children's / teenage fiction: general fiction

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children's / teenage fiction: nature & animal stories

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children's / teenage personal & social issues: family issues

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juvenile fiction / family / general (see also headings under social themes)

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juvenile fiction / performing arts / music

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WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Iconic singer-songwriter Bob Dylan and illustrator David Walker team up to present this charming, cozy, and touching interpretation of "If Not for You."If not for you... I'd be sad and blue. If not for you... I just wouldn't ...

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A butterfly Fable
Written by: Peter Elwell
Published: April 2009
Target ages:
Read on: 9/25/17
This is a story of perseverance against the odds. It is the story of a little caterpillar named Oscar lived on a leaf of a flower, that was on a flowerpot. One day, a butterfly named Bob asked him if Oscar knew the way to Mexico. The butterfly told Oscar that one day he was going to be a butterfly like him.Oscar loved the butterfly's wings and told his friends. His friends said that butterflies were nutty. Then Oscar met Edna the bookworm and she shoe him a new place. The place was a library. They found all kinds of books, these books said that caterpillars grew wings and became butterflies. Oscar study maps and saw that Mexico was far away. Edna helped him learn Spanish.  Oscar took along nap and the one day he woke up and had wings. He also learned that he was a moth. He was disappointed of not been a butterfly. He also decided to go to Mexico anyway. Later, he send a postcard to his friends from Mexico. Oscar .Love to teach kids a story like this so they understand how they can get things done if they persevere.

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social themes - self-esteem & self-reliance

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juvenile fiction / social themes / self-esteem & self-reliance

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social issues - self-esteem & self-reliance

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A fresh, funny story about a feisty caterpillar who breaks through his limitations -- and realizes his fondest dream, by a New York Times bestselling author.When Oscar the caterpillar discovers that he will one day become a butterfly, he's overjoyed. And his friend Edna the bookworm encourages hi...

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Written and illustrated by: Elizabeth Shoonmaker
Published: January, 2011
Target ages: 4 to 8
Read on : 9/25/17

This is a story of acceptance. Eula is a square cat  that lived  in a round cat world. Nothing fit her  and she was unhappy as a square cat. She was so unhappy that she lost her purr. Her friends  Patsy and Maude try to help Eula  look round but that didn't work.  Her friends decided that they were going to be square cats by using square boxes . Eula and her friends have fun as square cats and Eula was able to purr again. This story is awesome for teaching kid about differences and how to deal with our differences.

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social themes - self-esteem & self-reliance

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children's / teenage fiction & true stories

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children's / teenage fiction: nature & animal stories

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children's / teenage personal & social issues: self-awareness & self-esteem

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children's / teenage personal & social issues: sexuality & relationships

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juvenile fiction / social themes / friendship

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juvenile fiction / social themes / self-esteem & self-reliance

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juvenile fiction/social themes - friendship

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Eula is the only square cat in town. Everything that normal cats do is hard for her -- she can't get her square paw into mouseholes, she can't wear her favorite circle skirt, and all of her friends are round! Eula is sad until her two best friends show her just how well a square cat can fit into ...

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Written by: Adam Rubin
Illustrated by: Daniel Salmieri
Published: June 14, 2012
Target ages: 5 to 8
Read on : 8/27/2017

This is a funny story about a boy that  loves dragons. He learned that  dragons love all kinds of tacos., but hate spicy salsa. The reason they hate spicy salsa is because it makes dragon's ears smoke and snort sparks, and gives them tummy troubles. Dragons also love parties. The boy decides to invite some dragons to a taco party. Everyone was having a good time, until some of the dragons ate tacos with spicy salsa and they destroyed the house by burning it. The dragons felt bad and decided to be good friends with the boy and help him built a new house as long as they will get tacos.

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Written and Illustrated by: Audrey Wood and Don Wood
Published: May 4, 2009
Target ages: 4 to 7
Read on: 08/27/2017

it is a bedtime story about a house where everyone is sleeping. The main characters are: a snoring granny, a dreaming child, a dozing dog,  snoozing cat. .Also there are  a slumbering mouse, and a wakeful flea. The story develops easily  with each character getting to granny's bed.  It gets funny when the flea wakes the mouse, and everyone starts waking up one by one.

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Written and illustrated by: James Rumford
Published: April 27, 2010
Target ages: 4 to 8
Read on : 8/27/2017

It is a fable where the two main characters, Tiger and Turtle, had a feud with one another. The feud started when a flower fells between them, and each of them claims it. They lost the flower and as a result of loosing the flower they were mean to one another until they fell into a bed of flowers similar to the one they have been fighting about.. They saw that they did not have to fight over the flower anymore.They realized that they should be friends rather than enemies.The story teaches students how to resolve conflicts.

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Written  and illustrated by: Virginia Lee Burton
Published: April 26, 1978.
Caldecott Medal  Award
Target ages: 4 to 7
Read on: 8/26/2017

The story is about a little house in the country The author uses rhymes and simple sentence structure to engage the young readers in the story. The little house watched the countryside change withe seasons and new roads. The house was curious about the city. The little house like older people watched the landscape change with cars, trains, new buildings and smoke. Pollution took over the city and the little house was forgotten, until one day when the great-great granddaughter of the original owner came over and decided to move the little house to the countryside again. the little house was happy again.

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Written by: Anne Rockwell
Illustrated by: Lizzy Rockwell
Published: January 10, 2017
(New book)
Target ages:4 to 8
Read on 8/26/2017
(new book)
This book is targeted for beginning readers that are able to follow a story and require minimum intervention. It is part of a series about first experiences.The little boy and his family visit a Zoo. He was scared at first, but then he got excited about the animals. They had a picnic at the Zoo and got balloons with animal pictures( a polar bear for his sister and a parrot for him) to remember the day,  It is a good book for readers to transition into the next reading level.

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Written by: Catherine Hapka
Illustrated by: Anne Kennedy
Published: July 23, 2013
Target ages: 4 to 8
Read on  8/26/2017

The story is about three little girls , Jill, Meg and Annie that love horses and are best friends. They go to a fair to watch Jill's mom ponies competition at the fair. They met a boy named Ben at the fair. The boy bragged about his horse winning a blue ribbon. The girls had fun at the fair and help Jill's mom prepared the horses for the driving competition and their horse won the blue ribbon. I would use the book for readers that are starting to read by themselves with a little help. The story is easy to follow, which helps the reader sequence the events and have better reading comprehension

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Written by: Margaret Hillert
Illustrated by:David Schimmell
Published: August 15, 2011
Target ages: 6 and up
Read on 8/26/2017

The story is about Dragon and his classmates visit to a firehouse with their teacher. They learn about the equipment needed put out a fire and about fire safety .
This book introduces new vocabulary . Also, the beginning reader gets to practice phonics and phonemic awareness:/o/ sound. The student can retell the story due to the simple sequence of the story; which helps with reading comprehension.

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Written by: Alma Flor Ada
Illustrated by G. Brian Karas
Published on March 1, 2008
Target ages 4 to 7
Read on 8/26/2017.

This is a book for beginning readers. This is also a bilingual book(Spanish/English). The story is about a boy named Daniel and his pet, a hen named Jen/Pelusa . He loved his pet and took good care of her until one day, when he could not find her. Jen was at the chicken coop and had some eggs beneath her. Later, the eggs became new chicks. Daniel was happy, because now he had new pets.This book uses rhymes and simple words in English and Spanish. It could be used with ESL students to teach them English vocabulary and better reading comprehension. Also it could be used  to teach Spanish to English speakers.

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Written by Anica Mrose Rissi
illustrated by Zachariah Ohora
Published on June 20, 2017
(New Book)
Target ages: 4 to 7
Read on 8/26/2017.

The teacher, Mr. Stricter, decides to keep a "tadpole" as a pet, Bruno. No one seems to realize this is a hippo! And as it starts growing, it starts wreaking havoc in the classroom--but the teacher refuses to acknowledge. Finally, all the children gather together at recess and find a "sneezy" way to get Mr. Stricter to release Bruno into the wild. Great pictures. A lot of the jokes are not in the text at all. It  teaches students about what is the right thing to do and to understand that  sometimes you can't have what you want because it really doesn't fit in your life, and many times is causing more harm than good.

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Written by Kelly DiPucchio
pictures by Christian Robinson
Published on June 3, 2014
Target ages: 4 to 8
Read on 8/26/2017.

Good story! It is the story of Gaston the French bulldog and his family. His mom, Mrs. Poodle, is very proper and teaches Gaston and his sisters (poodles) to behave properly. During springtime, Mrs. Poodle takes her puppies to the park. There they meet another family, Mrs. Bulldog and her pups: three bulldogs and poodle Antoinette. The moms realize that they have a pup that belongs to each other and decide to switch them. Through the night, the moms, Antoinette and Gaston realize they don't belong with their birth families, and prefer to return to their adopted families. Later, Gaston and Antoinette grow up,  fall in love and have their own mixed family.The story is very relatable and can be use to talk about different types of families and also about fitting in.

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Written by and pictures by Mo Willems
Published on 4/01/2003
Winner of the Caldecott Honor.
Target ages: 2 to 6
Read on 8/26/2017.

Cute story about a bus driver leaving the reader in charge of watching his bus and asking that the reader not let the insistent pigeon drive it. The pigeon's demands get more outrageous as the tale goes on, but the readers must stand their ground and not be fooled. Requires a bit of dramatization for full impact. Great for teaching responsibility and how to stand your ground when asked to do bad things.

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Written and illustrated by:: Michael Slack
Published on April 25, 2017
(New Book)
Target ages: 4 to 8
Read on 8/26/2017.

Great story! A package comes for Clem the bird, in an Shorty the dinosaur cannot hold back from opening it. Hilarity ensues as Shorty imagines what is in the box and proceeds to use the box as various toys, eventually opening it. He then feels guilty for opening Clem's package. When Clem comes in, he seems to be angry but in reality the box was Shorty's birthday present all along. Great for teaching respect of other's belongings, friendship and self-control.

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Written by John Seven
illustrated by Jana Christy
Published on January 1, 2013
Target ages: 3 to 5
Read on 8/26/2017

It is a simple book that talks about the different activities people do each month of the year. The illustrations show a boy and a girl, and their pets,  performing these activities. It could be used to teach about the seasons and about the months of the year.