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Let My People Go!

The Passover story is enlivened in this creative rendition of the Ten Plagues. Everyone can take part as Moses implores Pharaoh to "Let My People Go!" This light-hearted rhyming tale can be… Read More →

  • ATOS: 2.6
  • Dewey: 222'.1209505
  • Copyright: 2008

Monkey with a Tool Belt

From the Series Monkey with a Tool Belt

Inspiration for the Netflix series Chico Bon Bon! Whether you need a beebersaw or a chisel, Chico Bon Bon's your monkey. He can build or fix just about anything—from a dock for the ducks to… Read More →

  • Lexile: 570
  • ATOS: 3.0
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2008
Cover: Sammy Spider's First Shavuot
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Sammy Spider's First Shavuot

"What's a recipe?" Sammy Spider asks his mother as he watches Mrs. Shapiro make blintzes for Shavuot. As Sammy follows the holiday preparations, young readers will learn how the Torah, which… Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2008

The Vowel Family: A Tale of Lost Letters

Meet an unusual family with some very special children: Alan, Ellen, Iris, Otto, and Ursula. Sometimes they're visited by their very special aunt, Cyndy. As each child is born, the family… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2008

Allen Jay y el Ferrocarril Subterráneo (Allen Jay and the Underground Railroad)

From the Series Yo solo: Historia (On My Own History)

Allen Jay's family farm is a stop on the Underground Railroad. Allen's parents give food and shelter to slaves escaping from the South. One day in 1842, Allen's father asks him to help a… Read More →

  • ATOS: 3.5
  • Dewey: 973.7'115
  • Copyright: 2008

Caminando bajo la nieve (The Snow Walker)

From the Series Yo solo: Historia (On My Own History)

One morning in March 1888, twelve-year-old Milton Daub awoke to find the world buried in snow. The blizzard was like nothing Milton and his neighbors in the Bronx had ever seen. No one dared… Read More →

  • ATOS: 3.7
  • Dewey: 974.7'04
  • Copyright: 2008

Christmas Is Coming

Waiting for Christmas sure can be hard! But Anna helps out her new baby brother by telling him all of the signs that Christmas is coming—like making frost on a window, decorating with lights, Read More →

  • Lexile: 610
  • ATOS: 3.6
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2007

Dino-Hockey

From the Series Dino-Sports

In a hockey match unrivaled in prehistory, the Meat-Eaters take on the Veggiesaurs. Fans go wild in the stands as T. Rex and Triceratops face off, and the game is off to a rip-roaring start.… Read More →

  • Lexile: 480
  • ATOS: 2.0
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2007

La niña que ponchó a Babe Ruth (The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth)

From the Series Yo solo: Historia (On My Own History)

Jackie Mitchell has always wanted to be a great pitcher, and she finally has the chance to become one! In her first minor league game, she is up against two of the greatest home-run hitters… Read More →

  • ATOS: 3.9
  • Dewey: 796.3570922
  • Copyright: 2008
Cover: Nature's Paintbox: A Seasonal Gallery of Art and Verse
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Nature's Paintbox: A Seasonal Gallery of Art and Verse

How would you capture winter’s crispness, spring’s softness, summer’s freshness, and autumn’s richness? In this inspiring title, poet Patricia Thomas imagines each season rendered in a… Read More →

  • ATOS: 5.0
  • Dewey: 811'.54
  • Copyright: 2007

¡Sonríe! (Smile a Lot!)

When facing down a bully, a trip to the dentist, or your mom's prune oatmeal, there's only one thing you can do--Smile a lot! And you'll pull through! In this appealing new offering from… Read More →

  • ATOS: 3.2
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2008

¿QUÉ hacen los maestros (What DO Teachers Do): [después de que TE VAS de la escuela]? ([after YOU Leave School]?)

This humorous picture book answers the question all kids want to know--what do teachers do when the bell rings at three? Once the students go home, teachers finally have the run of the… Read More →

  • ATOS: 3.1
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2008
Cover: Coriander the Contrary Hen
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Coriander the Contrary Hen

Coriander is a contrary, stubborn hen, with a mind of her own. When she decides to plant herself in the middle of the road causing a chaotic traffic jam of cars, trucks, and buses, Farmer… Read More →

  • ATOS: 2.9
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2007
Cover: Guess What Is Growing Inside This Egg
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Guess What Is Growing Inside This Egg

Crack, crack...animal babies are hatched all over the place. Can you figure out who's who? Watercolor and collage illustrations depict close-up scenes of an egg or eggs about to hatch. The… Read More →

  • Lexile: 630
  • ATOS: 4.0
  • Dewey: 591.4'68
  • Copyright: 2007

Loudmouth George Earns His Allowance

From the Series Nancy Carlson Picture Books

It's summer vacation, and Loudmouth George is too busy having fun to do his chores. Now the house is a mess and his mom won't let him go to the movies with Harriet. So George comes up with a… Read More →

  • ATOS: 3.1
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2007

Sammy Spider's First Haggadah

Sammy leads young children through the steps of the Passover seder, telling the story of the Exodus, asking and answering the Four Questions, and sampling the traditional foods. Includes… Read More →

  • Dewey: 296.4'5371
  • Copyright: 2007
Cover: Taj Mahal
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Taj Mahal

The Taj Mahal is undoubtedly one of the most spectacular buildings of the world, renowned for its architectual magnificence and aesthetic beauty. It is a rare book that can do justice to such Read More →

  • ATOS: 6.1
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2007
Cover: Tennis, Anyone?
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Tennis, Anyone?

What kind of birthday present is a TENNIS RACKET? For the boy who tells this winning story, it seems awfully boring at first. It doesn't beep or buzz or do anything cool. And who plays… Read More →

  • ATOS: 1.8
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2007
Cover: Wolf's Coming!
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Wolf's Coming!

As a distant howl echoes through the forest, animals quickly stop what they're doing and run for home. Look out—Wolf's coming! As the shadowy figure gets closer and closer and the day draws… Read More →

  • Lexile: 390
  • ATOS: 1.2
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2007

Botones para el general Washington (Buttons for General Washington)

From the Series Yo solo: Historia (On My Own History)

Fourteen-year-old John Darragh was a spy. But British-occupied Philadelphia in 1777 was not a safe place for an American spy. If he were captured, John knew he would be hanged. In this… Read More →

  • ATOS: 3.3
  • Copyright: 2007

Dinosaur on Shabbat

An eager and excited dinosaur causes chaos when he arrives to help a boy and his family celebrate Shabbat. Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2006

La Dama de Cobre (The Copper Lady)

From the Series Yo solo: Historia (On My Own History)

The boat creaked and moaned as the storm's waves smashed into the ship. Down in the hold, Andre‚ sat between crates that held the great copper lady, the Statue of Liberty. They were on their… Read More →

  • ATOS: 4.2
  • Copyright: 2007

Louanne Pig in Witch Lady, 2nd Edition

From the Series Nancy Carlson Picture Books

Louanne trips and sprains her ankle as she and her friends cut through the yard of the spooky house on the top of the hill. Suddenly the witch lady appears and yells, "Scat!" Harriet, George, Read More →

  • Lexile: 470
  • ATOS: 2.6
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2006

Nathan of Yesteryear and Michael of Today

Michael is Nathan's great, great grandson. Michael's family has lived in the same town, and in the same house, for several generations. This book takes a look at what day-to-day life was like Read More →

  • ATOS: 4.9
  • Dewey: 303.4'00973
  • Copyright: 2007