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Amber on the Mountain

Written by Tony Johnston, illustrated by Robert Duncan

Recommended Ages: 6 7 8

Amber's mountain is beautiful, but it is a lonely place-until the day Anna arrives, bringing both her friendship and the will to teach Amber how to read. Suddenly Amber's world is filled with a new magic-and new challenges. But when Anna returns to the city, Amber must continue learning on her own. It is then that she realizes that "you can do almost anything you fix your mind on."

Review by: Patty McDonald

Barnyard Song

Written by Rhonda Gowler Greene, illustrated by Robert Bender

Recommended Ages: 3 4 5 6 7 8

A bad case of the flu turns the farm animals�� harmonies into a cacaphony of wheezes and sneezes. A playful reading with a square dance cadence and deeply saturated, warm, fuzzy colors.

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Edward and the Pirates

Written by David McPhail, illustrated by David McPhail

Recommended Ages: 3 4 5 6 7 8

Edward reads everything he can. But his favorites are adventure stories-and sometimes they seem real! One night, when Edward falls asleep while reading-he suddenly awakes to find himself surrounded by fierce pirates from the story. What will he do?

Review by: Patty McDonald

I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl

Written by Joyce Hansen, illustrated by Joyce Hansen

Recommended Ages: 8 9 10 11 12

During the time of the civil war, Patsy is determined to teach other newly freed slaves how to read and write.

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Library Lil

Written by Suzanne Williams, illustrated by Steven Kellog

Recommended Ages: 6 7 8 9

Dynamic Lil turns the television watching people of Chesterville into readers when a storm blows out their power for two weeks.

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More Than Anything Else

Written by Marie Bradby, illustrated by Chris K. Soentpiet

Recommended Ages: Booker T. Washington is 9 years old, living in Malden, West Virginia and he desperately wants to learn to read. But it is 1865, few people are able to read. Who has had the chance to learn with so much work to do? Even Booker toils from dawn to dusk. Will Booker find the chance to learn to read? Who can he get to help him learn his letters?

4 5 6 7 8

Review by: Patty McDonald

My Dog May Be A Genius

Written by Jack Prelutsky, illustrated by James Stevenson

Recommended Ages: Grades 1-5

"Boys Are Big Experts"

"Boy are big experts
at looking for trouble,
they climb over fences,
they tunnel through rubble.
Boys take the time
when they're called to the table,
boys love to eat
like they lived in a stable.

Boys tend to throw things
and get into tussels,
making nasty noises,
and showing off their muscles,
lots of stuff leading
to bruises and bleeding--
why don't they stop for a while...
and start READING!"

Review by: Melissa Brandt

Nightjohn

Written by Gary Paulsen, illustrated by Gary Paulsen

Recommended Ages: 8 9 10 11

Knowing that the penalty for reading is dismemberment, Night John still returned to slavery to teach others how to read. 12 year old Sarny is willing to take the risk and learn.

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Phantom Toll Booth

Written by Norton Jester, illustrated by Jules Feiffer

Recommended Ages: 8 9 10 11

A journey through a land where learning the importance of words and numbers provides a cure for Milo's boredom.

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Pigs in the Mud in the Middle of the Rud

Written by Lynn Plourde, illustrated by John Schoenherr

Recommended Ages: 3 4 5 6 7

When a family's Model T Ford is blocked by critters in the rain-soaked road, only Grandma can clear the way. A tongue-twisting text and scenes filled with gooey mud make for laugh-out-loud reading.

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Pink and Say

Written by Patricia Polacco, illustrated by Patricia Polacco

Recommended Ages: 5 6 7 8

It is a wonderful and poignant true story of friendship, overcoming adversity, and teaching the lesson that once you can read, no one can ever own you.

Review by: Taryn Estebez

Richard Wright and the Library Card

Written by William Miller, illustrated by Gregory Christie

Recommended Ages: 6 7 8 9

A recount of the passionate desire Richard had and the desperate means he took to freely use the library during the 1920's in the segregated south.

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Sounder

Written by William H. Armstrong, illustrated by James Barkley

Recommended Ages: 9 10 11

Angry and humiliated when his father is jailed for stealing food for his family, a young black boy grows in courage and understanding by learning to read and write with the help of the devoted dog, Sounder.

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Stella Louella's Runaway Book

Written by Lisa Campbell Ernst, illustrated by Lisa Campbell Ernst

Recommended Ages: 5 6 7 8

Stella Louella has lost her library book, and the thought of disappointing the librarian is more than she can bear! "Where did you last have it?" her father asks, and the chase is on. We follow a whole cast of characters on the trail of the missing book. Can you guess what book it is that they all love?

Review by: Patty McDonald

Thank You Mr. Falker

Written by Patricia Polacco, illustrated by Patricia Polacco

Recommended Ages: 6 7 8 9

Little Trisha is overjoyed at the thought of starting school and learning how to read. But right from the start, when she tries to read, all the letters and numbers just get jumbled up. And her classmates make matters worse by calling her "dummy" and "toad." Then, in fifth grade, a new teacher comes. Will he help Trisha learn to read?

Review by: Patty McDonald