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African American Folk Tales
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Books are Magic, really, these ARE!
Bored, Nothing to Do...Until Now!
Boys & Girls Breaking Stereotypes
Dig In! Books that Cook
Fantasy
Fractured Fairy Tales
     American Fairy Tale Variations
     Fractured Cinderella
     Fractured Mother Goose
Funny Stories
Horton's Whos, Thimbletack & Other Little People
Indiana Stories
Mysteries
Scary Stories
Science Fiction
Super Sleuths
Survival Stories
Tales, Myths & Legends
These Books Stink (in a good way!)
Top Secret! Adventures in Spying
Treasure Hunting
Wild Things! Adventures in Badness

If You Like Charlotte's Web
If You Like Contests, Competitions & Tournaments
If You Like Harry Potter
If You Like Junie B. Jones
If You Like Shrek
If You Like Spiderwick Chronicles
If You Like Superheroes

Learning to Read
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Beginning Chapter Book Stars
Beginning Chapter Books Series

Award Books

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Young Hoosier 2008-2009

Young Hoosier Picture Book Nominees 2008-2009
Young Hoosier Intermediate Nominees 2008-2009
Young Hoosier Middle Grade Nominees 2008-2009

Young Hoosier 2007-2008

Young Hooiser Picture Book Nominees 2007-2008
Young Hoosier Intermediate Nominees 2007-2008
Young Hoosier Middle Grade Nominees 2007-2008

Featured Kids' Author

Erin Hunter

http://www.warriorcats.com/warriorshell.html

Erin Hunter is at least three people, two of whom are pictured here: Victoria Holmes comes up with the storylines and makes sure the books stay consistent. Cherith Baldry (to the left) and Kate Cary (to the right), both of whom live in the UK, take turns writing the books. They have always loved cats and fantasy stories and came up with the single name, Erin Hunter, to avoid confusing their readers by having books from the same series filed in different places on the bookshelves.

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Dark River
jFIC HUN

As Holly paw, Lionpaw and Jaypaw, grandchildren of the legendary Firestar, continue their training to be warrior cats, each is haunted by a different internal struggle that could lead to trouble for all Clans.

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Staff Recommends for Kids

Sahara Special

Sahara Special
by: Esme Raji Codell
jFIC COD

Fifth grader Sahara Jones is a talented writer who is secretly working on “Her Heart-Wrenching Life Stories and Amazing Adventures”. She is also an avid reader and loves to learn new words. However, at school Sahara refuses to do her work and is labeled as “special ed” – thus her nickname “Sahara Special”. Enter Miss Pointy, a weird new teacher with copper hair and eggplant-colored lipstick who teaches unconventional subjects like Puzzling, Time Travel and World Exploring. Sahara and her quirky classmates have met their match. Let the learning begin!

Recommended by Linda Tegmeyer - East Washington Branch Library

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