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ONCE UPON A FAIRY
TALE:
Benefits Starbright
Foundation
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RANDAL REESE-RAT By Tor Seidler (Ages 9-12)  In
A Rat's Tale, Montague Mad-Rat saved the day for the wharf rats of New
York City and won the affection of the lovely Isabel Moberly-Rat, she-rat
of his dreams. All ratdom hailed Montague as a hero-except for the rat
whose story is at the center of this captivating sequel. A rodent of impeccable
breeding and exquisite personal hygiene, Randal Reese-Rat is mad with jealousy,
believing Montague has stolen his former bride-to-be. His jealousy is no
secret on his wharf, and when an unthinkable crime is perpetrated against
Izzy and Monty on their wedding night, Randal is the prime suspect.
—Farrar, Strauss and Giroux READ MORE HERE |
AND HIS EDUCATED RODENTS by Terry Pratchett (Ages 12 Up)  The
Amazing Maurice runs the perfect Pied Piper scam. The streetwise alley
cat knows the value of cold, hard cash and can talk his way into and out
of anything. But when Maurice and his cohorts decide to con the town of
Bad Blintz, it will take more than fast talking to survive the danger that
awaits. For this is the town where food is scarce and rats are hated, where
cellars are lined with deadly traps, and where a terrifying evil lurks
beneath the hunger-stricken streets....
—Harper Collins READ MORE HERE |
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THE GREAT MYSTERY:
Original 19th century and early 20th century sepia tone illustrations accompany these tales and enhance the reader’s appreciation of the complex and rich cultures that Philip surveys. Philip deals with each area with sensitivity to tribal names and customs, resisting attempts to make broad generalizations and categorization that often occurs with broad based works. He also includes a bibliography in the back, demonstrating the thoughtful research he invested. |
Wakan Tanka,
the Lakota word for the Great Mystery, is the spiritual element that created
and sustains the world. It is an elusive element, not easily explained
or categorized. Such ambiguity is present in so much of the myths and culture
of the Native Americans, an aspect Philip emphasizes in this book. Surveying
the tribes by various regions, Philips gives a general overview of the
basic points that represent the myths and sacred elements of life in these
areas. In each region he relates a sampling of tales and myths that shaped
the culture, and the geographical and social elements that in turn, sometimes
shaped the myths.
He tells us of the Iroquois creation myth in the Northeast that gave America its name of Turtle Island. For the South, he recounts the Cherokee myth of the Daughter of the Sun a tale that describes the simple human qualities of jealousy, anger and grief. Philip explains how these emotions teach as well as entertain. Philip also discusses the trickster tales of the Southwest and the Plains that provided lessons to the gullible as well as teaching them to not to take life too seriously. |
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HOORAY FOR YOU! by Marianne Richmond Hooray For You!
is a celebration of "you-ness"— the grand sum of body, mind and heart that
makes every person truly unique!
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THE LITTLE PIGS By David Wiesner READ MORE HERE |
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By Jack Prelutsky Illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky 
Ages 6 and Up |
Spend an entirely "awful" day with Awful Ogre. Here are 18 "awfully" hyterical poems from waking to bedtime. (And wait until you see Awful Ogre's "Ogress Divine") | |||
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By Tim Wynne-Jones
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Two years after
his father's mysterious disappearance, Jim Hawkins is coping -- barely.
Underneath, he's frozen in uncertainty and grief. What did happen to his
father? Is he dead or just gone? Then Jim meets Ruth Rose. Moody, provocative,
she's the bad-girl stepdaughter of Father Fisher, Jim's father's childhood
friend and the town pastor, and she shocks Jim out of his stupor when she
tells him her stepfather is a murderer. "Don't you want to know who he
murdered?" she asks.
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SOME FROM THE SUN
All Ages |
This is Margot
Zemach's last book. It is a collection of well known and timeless verses
such as "This little pig went to market," and "Bingo," to lesser known
...
"Six little mice
sat down to spin;
The book ends
with a selection of previously unpublished material taken from the Zemach
family archives— samples of Zemach's childhood artwork, family photographs,
and autobiographical writings and sketches.
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by Bruce Whatley
WAIT! NO PAINT!
is clever, witty, and a must read! |
"Once upon a
time there were three little pigs. They lived together in an old house
on top of a tall hill... along with seventy-three other little pigs." The
litltle pigs desperately wanted to build their own homes.
The first pig
built his house of straw; the second of sticks; and the third of bricks.
Sounds like the
story of the Three Little Pigs? Almost. This book has a Voice that interrupts
from nowhere until the pigs realize it is the ILLUSTATOR. The illustrator
has some bad news. He ran out of red paint and the plot turns into a Vaudvillian
type skit. |
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Ages 8-11
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If a crayon could
talk,
what would it say? If a mosquito wrote a poem, would it rhyme? Would a pile of dirty laundry know that it smells? "Dirty Laundry Pile" is a collection of poems written in the voice of animals or objects just wanting to be heard! |
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Ages 7-10
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18 Tales for You to Judge George Shannon John O'Brien (Illustrator) |
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Ages 3-6 This is a great read-aloud book. Click here for more of Mary Ann Hoberman's books. |
Mary Ann Hoberman Meilo So (Illustrator) Simon meets a
dog, a cat, and a horse. Can he growl like the dog or stretch like the
cat or jump like the horse? You bet he can! "It's simple, said Simon."
But, when Simon meets a cunning AND
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Ages 5-9 More of Steig's Books |
Quentin Blake, Illustrator “Wizzil, [a witch] is bored stiff. So with a little coaxing from Beatrice, her parrot, she turns herself into a common housefly and heads on over to Frimp Farm to stir up some trouble. Little does she know, DeWitt Frimp hates all breeds of fly, especially Musca domestica, and Wizzil narrowly escapes his swatter. Wasting no time at all, she cooks up a nasty plan to teach DeWitt a lesson -but in the end, Wizzil finds something much sweeter than revenge ... “ |
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Yay, You!:
Moving Out, Moving Up, Moving on All Ages Change, Transition, Graduation |
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Portrait of an angst-ridden adolescent. Young Adult Read More Here |
"You don't know me. Just for example, you think I'm upstairs in my room doing my homework. Wrong. I'm not in my room. I'm not doing my homework. And even if I were up in my room I wouldn't be doing my homework, so you'd still be wrong. And it's really not my room. It's your room because it's in your house. I just happen to live there right now." | |||
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WHY BUTTERFLIES
GO BY ON SILENT WINGS By Marguerite W. Davol Robert Roth (Illustrator)
When the world
was young, it was very noisy. In a place between The Mountains of the Mist
and the Singular Sea, all the animals were loud and rude. But the loudest
of all were the butterflies. They had something nasty to say about everyone
and couldn't agree on anything. These drab colored butterflies would fly
from flower to flower making shrill sounds that smothered the air.
One day a thunderstorm
with fierce winds and driving rains made the earth tremble. The butterflies
clung together in a Bingalou tree powerless against the raging storm. A
violent bolt of lightening split the tree in half tossing the butterflies
into the mud.
"Every creature
in the land had been stunned into silence!" READ
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BLIZZARD: The
Storm That Changed America
By Jim Murphy March 12, 1888, from Virginia to Maine, snow began to fall for three days and nights bringing an entire region of the United States to its knees. Trains were trapped, workers were trapped, telephone and telegraph lines were dead and cities were frozen still. Read More Here |
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