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Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus

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Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus

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Author: Barbara Park

This book about a young girl starting kindergarten is a great example to show young children how not to act when starting school, and would also be perfect to use for a grammar lesson where the children would be able to listen and pick out grammatical mistakes that they hear.  In this story Junie B. is not excited about having to ride the bus, so she decides to hide in her teacher's classroom closet and roam through the school after the school day ends. Eventually her mother and teacher come back to the school to find her and they explain to her that she will enjoy riding on the bus once she has a friend to sit with. They find Junie a friend and from then on she enjoys riding the bus!

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Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus

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There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Books

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There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Books

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Author: Lucille Colandro

This book is about an old woman who swallows multiple school supplies, but the author tells the story so that many of the words rhyme. This story would be perfect for children who are learning about rhyming words or are just learning how to read because many of the lines repeat throughout the book, so they will be able to repeat the lines multiple times allowing them to better recognize the words.  She swallows items like: rulers, pencils, books, and even a book bag! At the end of the story, she spits out the book bag and it is filled with everything she swallowed, so she ready for the day!

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There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Books

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Author: Maurice Sendak
Awards: Caldecott Medal

This book is about a young boy, who misbehaves, so his mother sends him to his room without supper. When he gets into his room, it turns into a forest where he hops into a boat and sails to “where the wild things are.” While there the wild things name him king, but he misses home, so he sails back where his mother has his dinner waiting for him. This book is perfect for teaching children just how powerful their imagination really is and shows a great example of how we learn from out mistakes.

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Author: Eric Carle

This book starts off with a tiny egg laying on a leaf that hatches and out comes a baby caterpillar. The baby caterpillar is very hungry and eats a bunch of different fruit, then it eats a lot of junk food and feels very sick, so the next morning it eats a leaf and feels better. The caterpillar builds itself a cocoon to stay in for a few weeks, then it turns into a beautiful butterfly! This book allows children to count along with how many of each item the caterpillar eats. It also has a positive message about eating healthy. This message is conveyed when the caterpillar eats all of the junk food and then “had a stomachache.” However, once he ate “one nice green leaf”…”he felt much better.” This book is also perfect for teaching young children about the life cycle of the butterfly.

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Author: Laura Numeroff
This story is about what happens “if you give a moose a muffin.”  If you give him a muffin, then he will want some jam, then some more muffins, so you will have to go to the store, and he’ll need a sweater, so he will make one and some puppets out of socks. Then he wanted to put on a puppet show, so he makes the set and puts on the show. Then he cleans up the mess with a sheet and takes the sheet out back to dry, where he sees blackberry bushes and wants some jam for more muffins. This book is perfect for teaching children about helping others!

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Author: Chris Van Allsburg
Awards: Caldecott Medal

This story is about a young boy who is laying in bed when a train shows up in his front yard the night of Christmas Eve. It takes him on a magical journey  to the north pole, where he meets Santa Claus. Santa asked him what he wanted for Christmas, and he told him that all he wanted was “one silver bell from Santa’s sleigh.” Later that Christmas morning he opened up a gift from “Mr.C”, which contained his bell that he had left in the seat of Santa’s sleigh. The bell however, was very special and only worked for those who believe. This is a great Christmas story that teaches children the power of believing!

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Author: Eileen Christelow

This story is about five little monkeys who are going through their nightly bedtime routine of bathing and brushing their teeth. Once their mother puts them to bed, they all start jumping on the bed and fall off one at a time. Each time one falls off “mama calls the doctor,” who tells them “no more monkeys jumping on the bed.” The monkeys do not listen though and once all five of them have fallen off and have been put back into bed, the mama monkey starts jumping on her bed, because she can finally go to sleep. This book is a fun read for children, because of the rhythm that it has. You can almost sing it and it is perfect for younger children, because it is repetitive so they can sing along with it too and predict what the book will say. This makes it perfect for word recognition, because the kids can anticipate what the next line will be.

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Author: Shel Silverstein

This book is about a young boy, who finds a tree that loves him. She watches him grow and gives him whatever she can as he does. When he’s little she gives him her leaves to make crowns, when he’s a teen and wants money, she gives him her apples to sell. When he’s a man, she gives him her branches to build a home. When he’s an older man she gives him her trunk to build a boat. Lastly, when he is very old he comes back, the tree which is now a stump, is sad that she has nothing left to give, so instead she offers herself as a seat, so that they can spend time together. This story is perfect for teaching children about caring and giving to others.

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Author: Kate Dicamillo
Award: John Newbery Medal & Dorothy Canfield Fisher Book Award

This story is about a little mouse, who enjoys listening to music, reading fairy tales, and loves the princess named “Pea.” Despereaux’s family does not approve of his interests however, especially when he breaks their rules and speaks to the princes. He is sent to the castles dungeon, where he has to watch out for the mean rats, but he is rescued by the castle’s dungeon keeper. Despereaux has to rescue the princess when she is kidnapped by the mean rat “Rascuro,” and he and the princess become best friends.This story is perfect if you are teaching about fairy tales. It has a princess, a hero, a bad guy, and a happy ending. It also offers a powerful message about going after what you want and achieving your dreams.

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Author: Eve Bunting

This story is about a little boy who plants some sunflowers seeds with his father. Once they have grown he and his friends play in the tall flowers and camp out under the stars, laying underneath the sunflowers. One day the boy notices that one of the flowers have fallen, then the next day many more. He and his friends gather as many of the seeds up as the can, so they can plant more next year. This book takes children through the whole life cycle of plants. They get to see them planted, grow, and reach their tallest growing point, then wither away and die.

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Author: Patricia Polacco
This book is about a young girl who struggles to read. Trisha would love to be able to read and tries her hardest, but the letters and words just get all jumbled up. She is made fun of by her class mates for not being able to read, and considers herself to be “dumb.” However, she gets a teachers who realizes that she is not dumb at all, but has a learning disability. Mr.Falker helps Trisha to overcome her challenges and learn to read. This book is perfect for children who have learning disabilities and those who do not have learning disabilities. This is because it teaches the children with learning disabilities that they are not a “dumb bell” like Trisha was told by the other kids. She just has to learn things a different way and it may take a little longer. It is also a good read for kids without a learning disability, because it teaches them that you shouldn’t make fun of someone when they struggle, because they may not be able to help it.

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Author: Jan Brett

This story is about a young boy named Nicki, who wanted his grandmother to knit him a pair of white mittens. However, his grandmother told him that she did not want to knit him a white pair, because he would lose it and it would blend in with the snow. Nicki did lose one of his mittens and it was found by multiple animals who hid inside of it until it became so full that all of the animals burst out of it and the mitten flew into the air and Nicki caught it just in time before his grandmother found out he had lost it. This book is perfect for teaching children about being responsible, because Nicki was very lucky and found what he lost, but we won't always get that lucky.

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Author: Mo Willems
Award: Goodreads Choice Award

This story is about a pigeon who does not want to take a bath and hasn’t taken one in a long time. Everyone keeps telling him that he needs to take a bath, but he won’t listen and tells them “maybe you need to take a bath.” Even when the flies start to follow him, he still doesn’t think that he needs one. He finally caves and puts water in the tub, but he complains and complains about the water, but when he finally gets in he realizes how much fun taking a bath is, and he doesn’t ever want to get out.

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Author: Mo Willems
This story is about a little pig and elephant who decided that they are “ready to play outside,” and they talk about all the different things they can do outside, but then it starts to rain. They are so upset, but then they see someone playing in the rain and they decided that they will play in the rain too, but then it stops. Piggie is so upset, because he had started to like the rain, so his friend Gerald the elephant made it rain for him by blowing water out of his trunk. This story is great for teaching children how to make the best out of a bad situation.

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Does It Always Rain in the Rain forest? 

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Does It Always Rain in the Rain forest? 

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Author: Melvin & Gilda

This book is perfect for a lesson on rain forests! answers questions that kids might have about the rain forest. It starts out by detailing what exactly a rain forest is and where you can find them.Then it explains the amount of rainfall that rain forests usually get and talks about the temperature. It them moves on to discuss the plant and animal life in the rain forest. Lastly it talks about the people who live in the rain forest and what their life's are like.

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Author: Kristin Petrice

This book is perfect for a lesson on striped dolphins. It starts by giving a basic description and facts about striped dolphins. You learn what they look like and how big they get. It then describes where these dolphins live and what their habitat is like. You then learn about the senses that these dolphins have and how they defend themselves. Lastly you are told about what they eat, how they give birth, and how they behave.

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Author: John F. Prevost

This book is great for kids to use if they have a project on humpback whales. First you learn about families of humpback whales and what they look like. You then learn about where these whales live and what their habitat is like. It then talks about their senses, defenses, and what they eat. Lastly this book discusses the babies of humpback whales and basic facts.

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Author: David Jefferis

This book is great for kids who are interested in air sports and would be a great book for them to do a research project on! First you start off by learning what air sports really are. Then it takes you through all of the different types of air sports that you can do and gives information about each one like: hang-gliding, skydiving, doing flips in air planes, racing in air planes, parasailing, etc. Each different type of air sport is explained and information about how to do it is given. Lastly you are given information facts about air sports and learn about the air science.

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Author: Tomie DePaola
Award: Caldecott Medal

In this story there is an old woman who was a witch. “She could cure headaches,” make love potions, and “get rid of warts.” She wanted someone to help her out around her house, because she was getting so old. She hired “Big Anthony,” but he was told not to touch the pasta pot. One night he watched her singing to the pasta pot, which then made pasta. Anthony told everyone in town about the magic pasta pot, but no one believed him. When Strega Nona left, Anthony disobeyed her rules and touched the pasta pot. He made pasta for all of the people in town, but he didn’t do the spell right and the pot kept making pasta. When Strega Nona came home she saved the town from the pasta, and made Anthony eat all of the pasta. This story was very cute, and connects with children, because it is a great example for them about touching something that they are not supposed to touch.

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Author: Leo Lionni

This story is about “Pezzettino,” who is looking for “whose little piece” he is. However, he doesn’t belong to anyone he asks. He got on a boat and sailed to an island to see if he belonged to anyone there, but when he started climbing he fell and broke into a bunch of tiny pieces. He then realized that “everyone is made of little pieces,” so he put himself back together and got on a boat and sailed home happy that he wasn’t anyone’s little piece. This story is great for teaching children that the best thing you can be is yourself.

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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

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Author: Bill Martin, Jr.

This story asks many different animals what they see, starting with the brown bear. The animals see other animals like the blue horse, the purple cat, the green frog, etc. Then the story goes to a mother, who sees her children, who see all of the animals and their mother looking at them. This book is perfect for teaching young children colors. It connects with children, because throughout the book the animals are asked “what do you see?” I think that this phrase alone encourages children to be observant of the world around and ask themselves what do they see when they look around?

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Author: Tom Jackson

This book starts out by talking about how fish are like little machines, because they have specific functions and their body parts work together like the parts of a machine. Then it describes various types of sea creatures like: the hammerhead and whale shark, blow fish, octopus, jellyfish, etc. and their functions in the ocean. At the end there is a short quiz for the kids to take to see what they learned, which would be great for teachers to use if you are learning about ocean creatures.

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Author: Jean Marzollo

This story is great for teaching young children about how they grow. The story starts out with an infant and shows some of the things that he can do at that time, them moves from child to child increasing in age and showing everything they are capable of doing. It then ends with an activity for kids, which would be a good assignment for them to do. It allows them to answer questions about themselves and draw pictures of what they looked like when they were babies, then what they look like now.

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Author: Mary Elting

This story starts off by talking about when dinosaurs were around, and the differences between the plant eating and meat eating dinosaurs. Then it discusses some of the different types of dinosaur fossils that have been found. After it gives examples of types of dinosaurs like the Procompsognathus, Tyrannosaurus, etc., and gives descriptions and facts about each one. This book is perfect for a project on dinosaurs!

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...If You Lived At The Time of The Civil War

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...If You Lived At The Time of The Civil War

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Author: Kay Moore

This book is perfect for a lesson on the Civil War, where the children explain what their life would be like if they lived during the Civil War. This story starts off by giving information about the Civil War, like where it was fought, when it was, who was involved, and why it started. Then it talks about the Union and the Confederacy. It then talks about the home life's of those who were in the North and South, and what your life would have been like during that time.

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This story gives a fact about 22 different wild animals. It would be great to use for your class if you are learning about animals. Each child could read a fact their assigned animal and act it out or explain to their classmates. This book goes through all of the different animals and gives facts about each one, like why tigers have stripes, why giraffes have such long necks, or why rhinos have such thick skin, etc.

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Author: Aliki

This story is about John Chapman. When he came to America to walked all over exploring. One day he ate an apple and burried the seeds. He got an idea to burry the seeds everywhere he went, so that apple trees would grow everywhere. He gave seeds to everyone he came across and helped some plant them, so people began to call him "Johnny Appleseed." One winter there was a large snow storm and Johnny was so worried about his trees. He was walking around looking at them and got very sick, so the Indians took him in and gave him medicine to make him feel better. Once he was well again he continued to travel and plant more seeds.

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Author: Dennis Fradin

This book is a perfect read for kids when talking about the flag or on a holiday celebrating those who have fought for our country. The story starts out by talking about what the flag represents now and years ago. Then it explains why the flag was created and what the stripes and stars represent. The story then moves on to explain the importance of "The Star Spangled Banner" and pledge.

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Author: Stephen Krensky

This book is perfect to read when learning about Christopher Columbus. It starts out by explaining when the three ships set sail and from where they set sail. It asks questions that the sailors may have had. Then the book explains who Christopher Columbus was and what his goal was. Then it talks about when Columbus found land and traded with the Indians and sailed back to Spain.

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Author: David F. Marx

This book is great to use if you are teaching about "Mexico." The books takes you through various things about Mexico. First it starts off by explaining where Mexico is and gives information about the people who live there. It talks about physical features of Mexico like the mountains, the beaches, the deserts and tropics. Then it moves on to explain the foods that are grown in Mexico, and how farming is a common job there. It explains other common jobs like mining or weaving. Lastly, it gives examples of things that tourists can do when they visit Mexico.

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Author: Carol Greene

The book starts out by explaining why people celebrate holidays. It gives examples and explains days that are special historical holidays. Then talks about people who are celebrated on holidays and different times of the years that holidays are celebrated in. This book is great for when your class is talking about how not everyone in the world celebrates the same holidays and the differences in how we celebrate them.

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Author: Nico Medina

This is great if you are teaching about the Great Barrier Reef. It starts off by explaining where the Great Barrier Reef is and who found it. It then moves on to explain what it looks like and who were the first people to explore it. It then gives explanations about the coral and sea creatures that live there. Lastly, it ends by explaining how we can help save the reef.

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Author: Judy Delton

The Pee Wee Scouts are super excited for Halloween! They spend their time doing good deeds, so their teacher Mrs. Peters planned a fun day of celebrating to reward them. Although Molly was so upset when she found out that the party was going to be at the nursing home, where her mean old grandfather lived. The next day Mrs.Peters took the kids to the nursing home and they all realized that the old people there weren't so scary, but Molly didn't get to see her grandfather then. Later all of the kids started to design their costumes, but they were having a hard time. Then they started off their celebration by going to the pumpkin farm to pick out pumpkins to carve. Molly carved hers to look just like her grumpy grandpa. Then it was time for the party. The nursing home was decorated so spooky looking and all of the older people were dressed scary, but Molly still didn't see her grandfather. After bobbing apples Molly saw a clown coming near her that didn't look scary at all, and it turned out to be her grandfather. He apologized for being so grumpy the last time they saw each other, and the two enjoyed the rest of the party together! This book is a great read for Halloween time!

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Author: Gertrude Warner

This story is about four children who no one has ever seen before and has no idea whose kids they are. The children's parents are dead and they do not want to stay with their grandfather, so they decided to run away. The children stood outside of a bakery, looking at all of the goodies inside and convince the the baker's wife to give them a place to stay. However, they run away again when they hear the baker's wife's terrible plan for them. One night during a storm, Jessie, finds an old boxcar for them to stay in. Dr.Moore, who Henry begins to work for, discovers where the children have been living. However, he doesn't tell anyone what he has discovered, but does help them when Violet becomes seriously ill. During the time that they live with Dr.Moore, their grandfather figures out where they are and goes to find them, but he doesn't tell them who he is until the kids trust him. Then the children move in with their grandfather and no longer have to keep running away.

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This story is about bus number five. The all love riding the bus to school, because all of the kids are nice and get along well. However, the kids things start to disappear randomly. They all check the lost and found, but have no luck.  Although one of the main characters brother has one of the missing items, the flashlight. The kids on the bus start to believe that he is the one who has been stealing everyone's stuff. The main character Natalie, sets up an invention to keep her brother out her room, so he would stop taking her stuff, but it didn't work. Then the next day the kids get on the bus and the driver has something to show them when it is time to leave. It turns out that he was the one keeping their stuff, because they weren't being responsible and taking care of their stuff even when he reminded them, so he made all of their stuff into a sculpture. He then explains to them that he wasn't playing finders keepers, but was setting up a lost and found for them on the bus.

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Author: Barbara Park

Junie B. wakes up and is super excited that it was field day! When she got to school, Junie and her friends danced around until their teacher told them to stop. All of the kids in the class picked a piece of paper and Junie got the one that said "captain." When field day starts the kids from room eight keep winning all of the games and the kids from room nine are so upset. However, when it is time for the last competition, the kids from Junie's class are all so scared that William will blow the classes chance for winning, but William shocks them all. They give William the cape and let celebrate him for his victory at the class party.

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Author: James Patterson

The main character of this story, Jimmy, wants to start a business. He has a plan to start company publishing stories, but he wants it to be ran by himself and other kids. He keeps a notebook filled with different stories and drawing that he has written and created. Jimmy talks with his classmates, who agree to help out, but they can't get any adults on board with their plan except for one. Once the Yingerlingers are on board, they help Jimmy achieve his goal of starting his own company.

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The Tapper Twins Go To War (With Each Other)

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The Tapper Twins Go To War (With Each Other)

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Author: Geoff Rodkey

This story would be perfect as an example for a story that your own class could write about their sibling rivalry. This story about the the Tapper twins, Claudia and Reese, takes sibling rivalry to a whole new level. In this story Reese spreads the rumor that Claudia is the one who farted in the cafeteria and calls her "princess farts a lot." Everyone in the sixth grade hears and Claudia is so embarrassed that everyone thinks that she did it, so she decides to get revenge on him. She makes several attempts to get back at him, but nothing fazes him. She then comes up with a plan that she knows is full proof! She decides to destroy what he has built in his Minecraft game. In the end they both realize that being mean to each other didn't get them anywhere and they stop the fighting.

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Author: Jeff Kinney

This story is about Greg Heffley and the summer road trip that his mother has decided that his family will go on. She decides that the family will go on a vacation just like the one in the magazine she has been reading. However, things do not go exactly as plans. They miss important stops on their trip, get stuck staying at a dirty hotel with a weird family, having a pet baby pig that keeps making things even more difficult, etc. Then to make it worse the sun roof on the car breaks and the car floods along with everyone in it when it rains. However, Greg's mom is still determined to have a great vacation, but without following the magazine. They continue on and end up ruining a funeral procession and getting the van filled with seagulls. They have a small accident, so while the car is being fixed they head to an amusement park and get their clothes stolen from the weird family that they had met earlier in the story. They finally decide to head home and things continue to get worse. This story is perfect for a back to school assignment. You can read it with the class, then have them write their own story about a crazy summer adventure that they went on.

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Dork Diaries Tales From A Not-So-Glam TV Star

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Dork Diaries Tales From A Not-So-Glam TV Star

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Author: Rachel Renee Russell

The seventh book of the series is about Nikki and her band again. There is a producer who wants the girls to record a song for him. However, the tickets to the concert where the girls are supposed to meet with producer, are stolen. Once they finally get to meet him, he tells them that he wants to create a TV show about Nikki, but Nikki doesn't know if she can handle being followed around by a camera crew 24/7. She gives it a shot and the story takes you through all of the silly middle school drama that she goes through.

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In this book the main character Rick, is shot and placed in the hospital. When he wakes he is in the hospital and it is filled with zombies. He leaves the hospital and heads to his home to try to find his family, but no one is there. He sets out to find them and has to fight off the zombies along the way. He meets a guy named Glen who helps him escape from the zombies in the city and takes him back to his group, where Rick finds his wife and son. They have to fight off zombies every time they turn around. They risk their live's going on hunts for food, weapons, and other supplies. Not only does Rick have to deal with the zombies, but his wife is having an affair with his best friend and he has no idea. They all think that they are safe when they end up on a farm, but they soon realize that even that can't last forever and they are forced to run again when that too is over run by zombies.

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Author: Jeff Kinney
In this story the main character, Greg, is forced to disconnect from technology by his mom and is stressing out because his grandfather is moving in with them. He is also forced to volunteer at the park. While there the trouble maker of the town finds him while he is taking a break. Billy the troublemaker has taken cookies and when Greg's parents find him by tracking him, he is in major trouble. Later Greg messes up the piping in his house and his grandfather takes him to the store to get paint to cover up the ceiling stain, but on the way the car breaks down and his grandfather leaves him there to go get gas. When Greg sees the troublemakers walking down the street, he ducks down, but when he sits up he accidentally grabs the shift and the car rolls into a ditch. He then gets stuck spending his weekend on a farm and living like they did years ago.

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Author: Elizabeth Rudnick
This story is perfect for a lesson on fairy tales! In this book the main character Bell lives in a small town where she is misunderstood. One day her father goes into the forest and finds an enchanted castle. He takes a rose from a bush and is locked away for stealing by a terrible beast who rules the castle. Bell sets off to find him and trades her freedom for her fathers. Over the coarse of the time that she stays in the castle Bell falls in love with the beast and they live happily ever after.

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Author: Liz Braswell

In this story, Bell's mother is the one who cursed the beast. Bell has no memory of her mother and when her father is captured, she trades her own freedom for his. She then realizes that the castle is enchanted and makes it her goal to help break the curse. In the process she not only falls in love with the beast, but breaks the curse and finds her long lost mother.

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Author: Jordan Sonnenblick

This is a great story for teaching about overcoming obstacles. In this story the main character Maverick, does his best to overcome the many obstacles in his life. He treasures a fake sheriffs badge that his father gave him before he died during battle in Afghanistan. Then Maverick must deal with his mother who is an alcoholic and her many different boyfriends who are abusive. Maverick's family really struggles and cannot always afford food or new clothes for him. To make matters worse he is bullied in school and there is no one who wants to be his friend. This story takes you through his struggles and it is hard not to feel for this character.

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Author: Kat Yeh

This story is about a young girl who is starting the seventh grade and is moving to whole new school. Bea loves to write poetry and gets inspiration from those around her. However, her best friend has been avoiding her. She helps one of her new friends, who reminds her of one of her poems break into a labyrinth, because he loves them and is caught in a sticky situation. Then she has to decide who's really her friend.

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Author: Jennifer Donnelly

This story is about Bell and the beast, but in this story two enchantresses, one of whom cursed the beast, are trying to win a bet. The good enchantress has bet that Bell and the beast will fall in love, however the other enchantress tries to do everything she can to prevent that. The evil enchantress places a book in the library that can take Bell anywhere she wants to go. Her goal is to trap Bell in the book forever, but thanks to the beast, Bell is able to escape from the book before it closes forever.

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Author: Carl Hiaasen
Award: John Newbery Medal

This story is about the new kid, Roy. While being bullied his face is smashed up against a window, where he sees a barefoot kid running. Later on he sees the barefoot kid again and chases him onto the golf course where he is hit on the head by a ball. In the mean time a construction site is being vandalized, so the police have officer Delinko stay there and monitor the area. Eventually Roy is able to catch up with the barefoot kid and finds out that the reason he and his sister are vandalizing the place is to project the owls which are burrowing there. When construction is set to begin they have a peaceful protest to stop the destruction of the owls home.

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A Series of Unfortunate Events The Bad Beginning

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A Series of Unfortunate Events The Bad Beginning

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Author: Lemony Snicket

This story is about three children whose parents pass away in a fire and are supposed to inherit a fortune once the oldest daughter turns 18. However, their evil distant relative has plans to steal their fortune and treats them like servants. They are sent to many different relatives, but each one mysteriously dies. The children are captured and Count Olaf reveals his plans to marry Violet in order to steal the fortune. He puts on a show where Violet will be a bride and sign a marriage certificate, but she foils his plan when she signs with the hand that she doesn't write with after he reveals his evil scheme to the crowd. However, his evil minions turn out the lights and Count Olaf escapes.

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Author: W. Bruce Cameron

The narrator of this story is a dog who grows up in the wild. Then is captured by some humans and is placed in a pen with other dogs. However, animal control takes the dogs because there are too many of them and they are not living in suitable conditions. Once the dog is taken away animal control puts him down. He comes back as another dog and runs away from the breeder. He is found by a man who leaves him in a vehicle in the heat. A woman breaks into the truck and rescues him. She gives him to her son. Then the dog is stolen by a mean kid in the neighborhood, but escapes from him as well. Ethan, his owner gets into an argument with the mean kid and Todd burns Ethan's house down. The dog grows old and is put down again. This cycle continues two more times before he finds his original owner and stays with him until he passes.