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A Tale of Two Seders

When her parents get divorced, a little girl is worried about many things, including how she will celebrate the Jewish holidays in two different households. The holiday of Passover gives her… Read More →

  • ATOS: 3.8
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2010
Cover: Benno and the Night of Broken Glass
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Benno and the Night of Broken Glass

Benno was the neighborhood's favorite cat. During the week, he napped in a sunny corner of Mitzi Stein's dress shop and begged scrapped from Moshe the butcher. But one night in Berlin, the… Read More →

  • ATOS: 4.7
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2010

Dino-Baseball

From the Series Dino-Sports

When the plant-eating Green Sox face the meat-eating Rib-Eye Reds, baseball will never be the same. Tied zip to zip, the game is a pitchers' duel until the Green Sox's hothead manager goes… Read More →

  • Lexile: 470
  • ATOS: 2.1
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2010

The Punctuation Station

All aboard! Join a family of giraffes on their journey to Punctuation Station. As the train chugs along, you’ll learn the ins and outs of using periods, commas, apostrophes, question marks,… Read More →

  • Lexile: 690
  • Dewey: 428.2
  • Copyright: 2010
Cover: Bedtime Without Arthur
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Bedtime Without Arthur

Bella has a bear named Arthur. Like other bears, he's soft and cuddly. Unlike other bears, Arthur knows karate and works tirelessly all night to protect Bella from monsters, dragons, slugs,… Read More →

  • Lexile: 530
  • ATOS: 2.6
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2009

Elmer and Rose

From the Series Elmer

Elmer, the patchwork elephant, has been a favorite of children around the world since the first book debuted in 1989. Join Elmer and his friend Rose in a new story about what it really means… Read More →

  • Lexile: 540
  • ATOS: 2.8
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2005
Cover: Looking Like Me
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Looking Like Me

When you look in a mirror, who do you see? A boy? A girl? A son? A daughter? A runner? A dancer? Whoever and whatever you see―just put out your fist and give yourself an "I am" BAM! This… Read More →

  • ATOS: 2.6
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2009
Cover: Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal
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Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal

Coretta Scott King Author Award Read about the fascinating life of Bass Reeves, who escaped slavery to become the first African American Deputy US Marshal west of the Mississippi. Sitting… Read More →

  • Lexile: 860
  • ATOS: 5.2
  • Dewey: 363.28'2092
  • Copyright: 2009

Dino-Soccer

From the Series Dino-Sports

When veggie-nibbling Grazers and meat-munching Biters take to the soccer field, it's a showdown of prehistoric proportions. Diplodocus shows an herbivore's soft touch and strikes first for… Read More →

  • Lexile: 450
  • ATOS: 2.0
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2009
Cover: How the Guinea Fowl Got Her Spots: A Swahili Tale of Friendship
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How the Guinea Fowl Got Her Spots: A Swahili Tale of Friendship

The Guinea Fowl and Cow are best friends. Both of them keep an eye out for Lion. When Lion threatens, each must intervene to save the other. Beautiful watercolors transform this tale into a… Read More →

  • Lexile: 730
  • ATOS: 3.6
  • Dewey: 398.24'528618'096
  • Copyright: 1990

Not Enough Beds!: A Christmas Alphabet Book

When Zachary's relatives show up for the family Christmas, there aren't enough beds to hold them all. So they end up sleeping in the craziest places--like the bathtub and the porch swing--and Read More →

  • Lexile: 760
  • ATOS: 2.5
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 1999
Cover: The Steel Pan Man of Harlem
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The Steel Pan Man of Harlem

Once upon a time in the city of Harlem, there was a terrible problem. Rats had taken over the city. They were everywhere―subways, restaurants, even people’s homes! The mayor didn’t know what… Read More →

  • ATOS: 3.6
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2009

Why the Crab Has No Head

Nzambi Mpungu, creator of the earth and sky, has spent a long hard day making the Elephant. By nightfall, Nzambi still hasn't finished her next creation, the Crab, and she tells the little… Read More →

  • Lexile: 690
  • ATOS: 3.8
  • Dewey: 398.2
  • Copyright: 1987

Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns About Mud and Rainbows

From the Series Howard B. Wigglebottom

LISTEN BETTER. It’s never a child’s fault if parents fight, separate or divorce. When you can’t fix something, you can change the way you think and feel about it. Award-winning…educator… Read More →

  • Lexile: 550
  • ATOS: 2.5
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2009

Jackson and Bud's Bumpy Ride: America's First Cross-Country Automobile Trip

Dr. Horatio Jackson wasn’t necessarily a betting man. But in 1903, he overheard a stranger saying that it was just not possible to drive across the United States in one of those unreliable,… Read More →

  • Lexile: 810
  • ATOS: 3.9
  • Dewey: 917.3
  • Copyright: 2009

Monkey with a Tool Belt and the Noisy Problem

From the Series Monkey with a Tool Belt

Inspiration for the Netflix series Chico Bon Bon! Chico Bon Bon has a problem . . . a noisy problem. He wants to fix it. BUT HE CAN'T FIND IT! What's a monkey to do? Use his tools, of course. Read More →

  • Lexile: 580
  • ATOS: 3.1
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2009
Cover: Engineer Ari and the Rosh Hashanah Ride
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Engineer Ari and the Rosh Hashanah Ride

A Rosh Hashanah story based on the first historic train ride from Jaffa to Jerusalem in 1892, shortening the journey between the two cities from 3 days to 3 hours. Engineer Ari's train is… Read More →

  • ATOS: 3.7
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2008

Goodnight Sh'ma

From the Series Very First Board Books

I say the Sh'ma and I feel God's light / Shining on me all through the night. A Jewish child gets ready for bed and says the traditional "Sh'ma" prayer in this beautiful board book with… Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2008

Hush Harbor: Praying in Secret

In the early nineteenth century, enslaved Africans are not allowed to gather together in groups. For Simmy and his family, that means they must worship in secret. If they are caught, the… Read More →

  • Lexile: 600
  • ATOS: 4.7
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2008

Used Any Numbers Lately?

Have you used any numbers this week? You might be trying to remember when you last did a math problem—but think again! Have you made a phone call? Have you written someone’s address? Have you Read More →

  • Dewey: 513
  • Copyright: 2008

Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns About Bullies

From the Series Howard B. Wigglebottom

Bullying starts in kindergarten and gets intense in middle school. Empower K-2 students with the right thing to do before bad habits form. PARENTS CAN HELP by giving the same answers as the… Read More →

  • Lexile: 580
  • ATOS: 3.4
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2008

Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns to Listen

From the Series Howard B. Wigglebottom

Want to listen better? It will help you stay safe, in less trouble and learn more. Listening and paying attention are different and mean more than do as we are told. Award-winning…educator… Read More →

  • Lexile: 460
  • ATOS: 2.2
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2006

Howard B. Wigglebottom Listens to His Heart

From the Series Howard B. Wigglebottom

Want to listen better? There’s nothing wrong with you…be true to yourself…you’re good enough just as you are…follow your heart…do your best…have fun…do things you love to do no matter what… Read More →

  • Lexile: 460
  • ATOS: 2.8
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2008

I Am a Dancer

Poet Pat Lowery Collins shows children that their everyday motions—catching a ball, reaching up to a shelf, or shuffling through the rain—can contain all of the elements of a dance. Mark… Read More →

  • Lexile: 550
  • Dewey: 792.62
  • Copyright: 2008