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Books We Read – November

2010 December 2

This was my month for cleaning up the WfR (waiting for review) pile … including getting some 2009  Children’s and Young Adults Literary Awards (aka Cybils) up on the website. We still got in plenty of “fresh” reading, including more easy readers and early chapter books for THIS year’s Cybils. They’re marked with a *C*.

Received:   44 (26 Cybils nominees) ….. New Reads:  56  ….. New Reviews: 32

Please use these category headings to “jump” to your favorite children’s and young adult book categories. We hope this makes the monthly list (and our annual list pages) more enjoyable for you … not to mention a little more manageable to browse.

If you’ve read any of these books, we’d love to link to them so readers can learn more about them! Just click “Our Book Talk” to add your link to our website review (via Mr. Linky) or just paste the URL into a comment and I’ll do the rest.

Favorite Re-Reads (Kid Picks)

None this month … the kids were into new books.

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Audio Books & Nontraditional Reading

Dinosaurs on the Move by Cathy Diez-Luckie (Figures in Motion, 2010) our book talk

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Bilingual Books (All Audience)

I See the Sun in China (I See the Sun Series) by Dedie King; illustrated by Judith Inglese (Satya House Publications, 2010) our book talk

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Picture Books (All Audiences)

ABC is for Circus (Chunky)
ABC is for Circus (Chunky); Patrick Hruby (AMMO Books 2010) our book talk
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Airplane Flight! A Lift-the-Flap Adventure by Susanna Leonard Hill, illustrated by Ana Martin Larranaga
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Alfie the apostrophe
Alfie the apostrophe; by Moira Rose Donohue (A. Whitman 2006) our book talk
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Can
Can’t sleep without sheep; Susanna Leonard Hill (Walker & Co. 2010) our book talk
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Fancy Nancy and the Fabulous Fashion Boutique
kid pick Fancy Nancy and the Fabulous Fashion Boutique; Jane O’Connor (Harper 2010) our book talk
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Freight Train Trip! A Lift-the-Flap Adventure by Susanna Leonard Hill, illustrated by Ana Martin Larranaga
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Home
Home; Alex T. Smith (Tiger Tales 2010) our book talk
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The house that Mack built
The house that Mack built; Susanna Leonard Hill (Little Simon 2002) our book talk
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Not yet, Rose
Not yet, Rose; Susanna Leonard Hill (Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2008)
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Ripley
kid pick Ripley’s believe it or not!: enter if you dare; [text, Geoff Tibballs]. (Ripley Pub. 2010)
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Taxi!  (Book & Matchbox Car)
Taxi! (Book & Matchbox Car); Susanna Leonard Hill (Little Simon 2005)
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Punxsutawney Phyllis
Punxsutawney Phyllis; Susanna Leonard Hill (Holiday House 2005) our book talk
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Thanksgiving rules
Thanksgiving rules; Laurie B. Friedman (Carolrhoda Books 2009) our book talk
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The twelve days of Christmas in Virginia
The twelve days of Christmas in Virginia; by Sue Corbett (Sterling Pub. Co. 2009) our book talk
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Easy Readers (for new and developing readers)

Aggie the brave
*C* Aggie the brave; Lori Ries (Charlesbridge 2010) our book talk
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Ants!
*C* Ants!; Melissa Stewart (National Geographic 2010) our book talk
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Bats
*C* Bats; Elizabeth Carney (National Geographic Children’s Books 2010) our book talk
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Benny and Penny and the toy breaker
*C* Benny and Penny and the toy breaker: a Toon Book; Hayes, Geoffrey. (Raw Junior 2010) our book talk
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*C* Ben’s Birthdays by Elizabeth Hawkins; Illustrated by Paul Cemmick (Tamarind Books, 2010)
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Can I play, too?
*C* Can I Play, Too?; by Mo Willems (Hyperion Books for Children 2010)
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*C* Find the Cat: A Pet Club Story (Stone Arch Readers) by Gwendolyn Hooks (Stone Arch Books, 2010)
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Fly Guy meets Fly Girl
*C* Fly Guy meets Fly Girl; by Tedd Arnold (Cartwheel Books 2010)
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Great Migrations: Elephants
*C* Great Migrations: Elephants; Laura E. Marshak (National Geographic Children’s Books 2010) our book talk also here
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*C* Little Lizard’s First Day (Stone Arch Readers) by Mindy Crow (Stone Arch Books, 2010)
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Rick & Rack and the great outdoors
*C* Rick & Rack and the great outdoors; Ethan Long (Blue Apple Books 2010) our book talk
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Early and Illustrated Chapter Books

Anna Hibiscus
*C* Anna Hibiscus; by Atinoke (Kane/Miller Book Publishers 2010) our book talk
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April Adventure
*C* April Adventure (Calendar Mysteries #4); by Ron Roy (Random House Children’s Books 2010)
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*C* Ben’s Birthdays by Elizabeth Hawkins (Transworld Publishers, 2010)
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Big Nate Strikes Again
Big Nate Strikes Again; by Lincoln Peirce (Harper 2010) our book talk
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The Buddy Files: The Case of the Fire Alarm
The Buddy Files: The Case of the Fire Alarm: Buddy Files Series, #4; by Dori Hillestad Butler (Albert Whitman & Company 2010) our book talk
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The Buddy files
*C* The Buddy files: the case of the lost boy; Dori Hillestad Butler (Albert Whitman & Co. 2010) our book talk
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The case of the July 4th jinx
*C* The case of the July 4th jinx; Lewis B. Montgomery (The Kane Press 2010) our book talk
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*C* Danny in a Newfangled World by D. M. Bileski; illustrated by Celia Krampien (Cumulus Press, 2010)
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*C* Don’t Break the Balance Beam (Sports Illustrated for Kids: Victory School Superstars) by Jessica Sarah Gunderson (Stone Arch Books, 2010)
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*C* The Dragon’s Teeth (Greek Beasts and Heroes) by Lucy Coats, illustrated by Anthony Lewis (Orion Children’s Books, 2010)

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Freddy! King of Flurb written and illustrated by Peter Hannon (HarperCollins, 2011) – ARC
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The great puffle switch
*C* The Great Puffle Switch; by West, Tracey (Grosset & Dunlap 2010)
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Home on the range
*C* Home on the Range (Down Girl and Sit); by Lucy A. Nolan (Marshall Cavendish 2010)
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No sword fighting in the house
No sword fighting in the house; Susanna Leonard Hill (Holiday House 2007)
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*C* No Valentines for Katie Woo (Katie Woo series) by Fran Manushkin; illustrated by Tammie Lyon (Picture Window Books, Captstone, 2010) our book talk
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The number-one kid
*C* The number-one kid; Patricia Reilly Giff (Wendy Lamb Books 2010)
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The science fair from the Black Lagoon
kid pick The science fair from the Black Lagoon; Mike Thaler (Scholastic 2004) our book talk
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SPHDZ book #1
SPHDZ book #1; by Jon Scieszka (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2010) our book talk
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Zapato Power: Freddie Ramos Springs Into Action
*C* Zapato Power: Freddie Ramos Springs Into Action; Jacqueline Jules (Albert Whitman & Company 2010)
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Zapato Power: Freddie Ramos Takes Off
*C* Zapato Power: Freddie Ramos Takes Off; Jacqueline Jules (Albert Whitman & Company 2010)
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Zig and Wikki in something ate my homework
*C* Zig and Wikki in something ate my homework; Nadja Spiegelman (Raw Junior 2010) our book talk
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Middle Grade Chapter Books (Fiction and Nonfiction)

Diary of a wimpy kid
kid pick Diary of a wimpy kid: the last straw; by Jeff Kinney. (Amulet Books 2009)
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Diary of a wimpy kid
kid pick Diary of a wimpy kid: Rodrick rules; Jeff Kinney (Amulet Books 2008)
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Toby and the secrets of the tree
Toby and the secrets of the tree; by Timothée De Fombelle (Candlewick Press 2010)
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Walls within Walls
Walls within Walls; by Maureen Sherry (Katherine Tegen Books 2010)
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Young Adult Chapter Books (Fiction and Nonfiction)

None this month.

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New & Updated Reviews of Books on Earlier Lists

Annie and Snowball and the Cozy Nest by Cynthia Rylant

Bink and Gollie by Kate DiCamillo and Allison McGhee

Katie Woo Goodbye to Goldie by Fran Manushkin

Mr. Putter and Tabby Spill the Beans by Cynthia Rylant

Shadow by Suzy Lee

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