As we read books throughout the year, we will update this page. Looking for nonfiction and kids picks (the books kids pick for themselves)? They’re labeled. We read a lot more than we review. To see our profiles click “our book talk.” Last but not least, you’ll find borrowing and purchase options (and in some case preview options) to maximize your options to learn more.
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- Audio Books & Nontraditional Reading
- Bilingual Books
- Picture Books (all ages)
- Easy Readers and Illustrated Chapters (Developing, Emergent & Transitional Readers)
- Middle Grade Books (Fiction/Nonfiction)
- Young Adult (Fiction/Nonfiction)
Click here to see the 2009 list and/or the 2010 list
Audio Books & Nontraditional Reading
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Dragon, dragon, and other tales; Gardner, John (Open Road Publishing 2010) our book talk
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kid pick The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Graphic Revolve (Graphic Novels)); L. L. Owens (Stone Arch Books 2006)
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Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne, adapted by Lewis Helfand (Campfire / Steerforth Press, 2011)
Bilingual Books
¡Bedtime Monster / A Dormir, Pequeño Monstruo! by Heather Ayris Burnell; illustraetd by Bonnie Adamson (Raven Tree Press, 2010) our book talk
Grandma’s Pear Tree / El Peral de Abuela_____
Mr. Biggs in the city: El Sr. Grande en la ciudad_____
A Sweater for Duncan/Un suéter para Duncan; Margaret Gay Malone (Raven Tree Press 2010) our book talk
Picture Books (Fiction & Nonfiction)
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Animal Tails_____
Animals Go (Touch, Look, and Learn!); (Tiger Tales 2010) our book talk_____
Animals Talk (Touch, Look, and Learn!); (Tiger Tales 2010) our book talk_____
The Art collector_____
The baby goes beep; Rebecca O’Connell ; illustrated by Ken Wilson-Max. (Albert Whitman 2010) our book talk_____
Baby Santa by M. Maitland deLand; illustrated by Phil Wilson (Greenleaf Book Group, 2010)
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Beethoven for Kids: His Life and Music with 21 Activities; Helen Bauer (Chicago Review Press 2011) our book talk_____
The Best Pet Ever by Victoria Roberts; illustrated by Deboarh Allwright (Tiger Tales, 2010) our book talk
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Bethany Hamilton: Follow Your Dreams! (Defining Moments); Michael Sandler (Bearport Publishing 2006) our book talk_____
Brain: A 21st Century Look at a 400-Million-Year-Old Organ; Rob DeSalle (Bunker Hill Publishing 2010) our book talk_____
The busy tree_____
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Charting the world: geography and maps from cave paintings to GPS with 21 activities; Richard Panchyk (Chicago Review Press 2011) our book talk_____
Chasing tornadoes; Laurie Lindop (Twenty-First Century Books 2003)_____
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Counting with Bella and Finny by Bonnie A. Wayne (Bonnie A. Wayne, 2004)
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Cows Can’t Jump; Dave Reisman (Jumping Cow Press 2008)_____
The Cycling Wangdoos_____
kid pick; nonfiction Daddy Longleg Spiders (The Library of Spiders); Jake Miller (PowerKids Press 2004) our book talk_____
Dear Baby, It’s a Colorful World; (Dear Baby Books 2010) our book talk_____
Dear Polar Bear by Barry Ablett (Fernleigh Books, 2007) ~ our book talk
Dinomummy_____
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Elizabeth I, the People’s Queen: Her Life and Times, 21 Activities (For Kids series); Kerrie Logan Hollihan (Chicago Review Press 2011) our book talk_____
The Faerie’s Gift; Tanya Robyn Batt (Barefoot Books 2003)_____
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Ferret fun; Karen Rostoker-Gruber (Marshall Cavendish Children’s 2011)_____
Fraidy Cat; Melinda Chambers (Headline Kids 2010)_____
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Grandma Wants to Eat My Baby Sister; Jackie Jafarian Broad (Three Puppies Press 2010)_____
Grandma’s Lost Her Head by Naty Osa, illustrated by Javier Dura (Stinky Press Publishing, 2010) Our Book Talk
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Hop! plop!_____
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How the Weather Works_____
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If i could keep you little; (Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 2011)_____
It’s So Amazing!: A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families; Robie H. Harris (Candlewick 2004)_____
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A long piece of string; William Wondriska. (Chronicle Books 2010) our book talk_____
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The Megasaurus_____
Magic Words: Discovering the Adventure of Reading ; (Lightning Bug Learning Press 2010) our book talk_____
Merrilee Mannerly and Her Magnificent Manners by Mary Cashman and Cynthia Whipple
Pink and Brown Publshing, 2010
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Mimi loves to mimic_____
Mimi says no_____
Mother’s Day surprise_____
My Mom has X-Ray Vision_____
My Pup_____
National Geographic Kids Ultimate Weird but True; National Geographic (National Geographic 2011)_____
Nibbles: a green tale_____
Nic Bishop marsupials.; Nic Bishop (Scholastic 2009)_____
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Nur Jahan of India: The Thinking Girl’s Treasury of Real Princesses; Shirin Yim Bridges (Goosebottom Books 2010) our book talk______
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O Christmas tree: its history and holiday traditions; Jacqueline Farmer (Charlesbridge 2010) our book talk_____
Once upon a baby brother_____
One Rainy Day_____
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Opposites with Bella and Finny by Bonnie A. Wayne (Bonnie A. Wayne, 2004) our book talk
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Peeper Has a Fever (Dr. Hippo Story)_____
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Princess Peepers Picks a Pet_____
Raggin’, jazzin’, rockin': American musical instrument makers; Susan VanHecke (Boyds Mills Press 2011) our book talk_____
Rain Forest (Kingfisher Voyages); (Kingfisher 2006)_____
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Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! Strikingly True: Annual Series #8; Geoff Tibballs (Ripley PUblishing 2011)_____
Seeds of change: planting a path to peace; Jen Cullerton Johnson (Lee & Low Books 2010) our book talk_____
Shapes with Bella and Finny by Bonnie A. Wayne (Bonnie A. Wayne, 2004)
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Sherlock McBiskit Shares His Secrets to Good Character and Respect by Pauline Reading (McBiskit Publishing, 2008)
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Silk and Venom: Searching for a Dangerous Spider; Kathryn Lasky (Candlewick Press 2011) our book talk_____
Stinkykids and the Runaway Scissors_____
Ten Unusual Features of Lulu McDunn written and illustrated by Kelly Pulley (Frog Legs, Inc., 2010) our book talk
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kid pick; nonfiction Ticks: Digging for Blood (Bloodsuckers); Barbara A. Somervill (PowerKids Press 2007) our book talk_____
Tornado! (Disaster); Cynthia Pratt Nicolson (Tandem Library 2003)____
Waiting for Baby: My New Baby Series; Child’s Play International Ltd (Child’s Play International 2010) our book talk_____
A walk in London_____
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kid pick Where the sidewalk ends: the poems & drawings of Shel Silverstein.; Shel Silverstein (HarperCollins 2004)
You can count on monsters: the first 100 numbers and their characters; Richard Evan Schwartz (A.K. Peters 2010)_____
Your Fantastic, Elastic Brain: Stretch It, Shape It; JoAnn Deak, Ph.D. (Little Pickle Press 2010) our book talk_____
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