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Books Too Good to Miss

Truckery Rhymesby Jon Scieszka, David Shannon, Loren Long, and David

Gordon (2009)

Listen to the Wind by Greg Mortenson and Susan L. Roth (2009)

Lousy, Rotten, Stinkin Grapesby Margie Palatini  and Barry Moser (2009)

http://www.amazon.com/Rotten-Stinkin-Grapes-Margie-Palatini/dp/0689802463/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262728177&sr=1-2

AlphaOops!: The Day Z Went Firstby Alethea Kontis and Bob Kolar (2006)

Duck! Rabbit! By Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenfeld (2009)

Movie: http://www.amazon.com/Duck-Rabbit-Amy-Krouse-Rosenthal/dp/0811868656/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263229076&sr=8-1

Rhyming Dust Bunnies by Jan Thomas (2009)

Movie: Will Griffith http://winmedia.ecu.edu/coe/c&i/griffith/joyful_reading/joyful_reading.wmv

 The Curious Garden

by Peter Brown (2009)

I Need My Monster by Amanda Noll and Howard McWilliam (2009)

Animals Up Close: Zoom in on the World’s Most Incredible Creatures

by Igor Siwanowicz (2009)

Dinotruxby Chris Gall (2009)

Young Adult/Adolescent Books

The Book Thiefby Markus Zusak (2009)

Sisters Grimm Seriesby Michael Buckley and Peter Ferguson (2007)

NERDS: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society (Book One)

by Michael Buckley

The Hunger Gamesby Suzanne Collins (2008)

Faith, Hope, and Ivy Juneby Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Adult

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris (2001)

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (2006)

Proust and the Squid by Maryanne Wolf (2007)

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Trivia

Which state was home to the first public library? Answer: Hawaii Who wrote the Chronicles of Narnia series? Answer: C.S. Lewis Name a character that A. A. Milne created. Answer: Winnie the Pooh Who wrote the BFG? Answer: Ronald Dahl Can you name 4 Kevin Henkes characters? Answer: Chrysanthemum, Lilly, Julius, Chester, Owen, Sheila Rae, Wemberly and Wendell Who is the creator of the Charlie and Lola books? Answer: Lauren Child

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