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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (P.S.)
by Betty Smith Powells.com Staff Pick I read this when I was around 11 years old, and it made a huge impression on me. Set in a time when Brooklyn might not have been the chic neighborhood it is now, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is about an inner-city girl seeing hope in her hard world...
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The Rules of Survival
by Nancy Werlin Powells.com Staff Pick Matt and his sisters live in fear of their mother. Once you meet her in the pages of this book, you will too. The only comfort in this gut-wrenching thriller is that you know, from page one, that Matt will survive. What you don't know is how he'll...
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Go, Dog. Go! (Bright & Early Board Books)
by P D Eastman Powells.com Staff Pick As a child, I loved this book so much I had it memorized and could recite each page perfectly. My mother was able to convince her friends I was a genius who could read at only 18 months. The truth, of course, is that Go Dog, Go is just an excellent...
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Kids on Strike!
by Susan Campbell Bartoletti Powells.com Staff Pick Bartoletti's triumph! A must read! Now hear this! Newspaper kids on strike? When its youngest citizens spoke up, New York City experienced one of its finest hours. Recommended by Mary Z., Powells.com...
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Little Hoot
by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Jen Corace Powells.com Staff Pick In a sea of stories designed for slumber, Little Hoot's take on the tribulations of bedtime makes it unique Little Hoot wants nothing more than to go to bed at a reasonable hour, but his parents insist that he must stay up late if he wants to...
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Ida B: And Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World
by Katherine Hannigan Powells.com Staff Pick If you liked Clementine, by Sara Pennypacker, then Ida B is for you! Ida B is a quirky gal with a perfect life: she's homeschooled by her kind, attentive parents and lives in the country, where she has a very special relationship with the trees and the...
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The Last Polar Bears
by Harry Horse Powells.com Staff Pick Dear Child, In this book, Grandfather sets off to the North Pole on an exciting quest to find the last polar bears. He is joined by his dog Roo, who is very opinionated and not much help. Together they encounter harsh weather, near starvation, mean...
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Dirty Wow Wow and Other Love Stories: A Tribute to the Threadbare Companions of Childhood
by Cheryl Katz Powells.com Staff Pick I had a blue mouse named Mousie (that was her everyday name; her full name had to do with being the Queen of Blueberry Land, but the specifics are lost to me now). Mousie developed a discolored tummy from my childhood nosebleeds, and a squashed...
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Fox at School: Level 3 (Puffin Easy-To-Read)
by Edward Marshall Powells.com Staff Pick When you read this book, be ready to laugh out loud. In three simple but hilarious stories, Fox tries to get a part in the school play, faces his fears on the playground, and takes charge of his classroom. Once you've read the whole book you'll agree:...
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Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai (Frances Foster Books)
by Claire Nivola Powells.com Staff Pick A beautiful picture book about how Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai teaches the people of Kenya to care for their land by planting trees. Printed on recycled paper with breathtaking watercolor illustrations, this is a perfect gift for any eco...
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Varmints
by Helen Ward Powells.com Staff Pick This darkly beautiful book tells the story of one creature's rebellion against a dull and mechanized world. In a world where thoughtless beings have destroyed all traces of wilderness, the varmint hero, along with a few others, struggles to find a...
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Pobby and Dingan (00 Edition)
by Ben Rice Powells.com Staff Pick Pobby and Dingan are Ashmol's sister Kellyanne's imaginary friends until one day, they disappear. Ashmol, who not-so-secretly thinks his sister is a fruit loop, copes with Kellyanne's very real grief the one way he knows how: by organizing a...
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Side by Side: New Poems Inspired by Art from Around the World
by Jan Greenberg Powells.com Staff Pick This beautiful book combines poetry and art from around the world for a truly magnificent experience. Side by Side treats the reader to a wide variety of cultures and languages each poem is printed in both its author's language and in an...
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Five Minutes' Peace
by Jill Murphy Powells.com Staff Pick Mrs. Large loves her three little elephants, as any mother elephant would. But this morning all she wants is five minutes alone in the bath with a soothing cup of tea. With equal sympathy for the patient parent and the well-intentioned child, Jill...
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Deconstructing Penguins: Parents, Kids, and the Bond of Reading
by Lawrence Goldston and Nancy Goldstone Powells.com Staff Pick The Goldstones, who have been running parent-child book groups for six years, deliver a fabulous and entertaining book on how to read children's books with children, using examples from a range of reading levels (from second grade, like Charlotte's...
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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
by Joanne Greenberg Powells.com Staff Pick This is one of the few books I have read more than twice. If you walk through this world with any mental illness, including clinical depression, you will probably see yourself in this 15-year-old's struggle. Recommended by Mary Z., Powells.com...
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The Red Tree
by Shaun Tan Powells.com Staff Pick "Sometimes the day begins with nothing to look forward to..." starts Shaun Tan's initially somber tale of one girl's journey through darkness toward hope. Exceptionally powerful illustrations are supplemented by poetic, sparse text in this phenomenal...
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Wake
by Lisa McMann Powells.com Staff Pick Your dreams are one of the most intimate expressions of your mind. How would you cope if, every time you closed your eyes, you absorbed everyone else's dreams and had none of your own? How would that change your relationship with your friends, your...
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My Dad's a Birdman
by David Almond and Polly Dunbar Powells.com Staff Pick David Almond struck a chord that resonated throughout the Kids' Team with My Dad's a Birdman, a novel that is whimsically illustrated and darkly comic in a very British way. The story of Lizzie and her dad bonding over the Great Human Bird Competition...
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Generation MySpace: Helping Your Teen Survive Online Adolescence
by Candice M. Kelsey Powells.com Staff Pick You don't have to fill your head with alarmist stories; this book will guide you through a balanced look at your teen's online reality. When you're done reading, go back to having dinner with your teen and telling them every day that you love them...
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