Books to Read Aloud
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Because of Winn-Dixie
Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie.
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Catwings : A Catwings Tale
Four young cats with wings leave the city slums in search of a safe place to live, finally meeting two children with kind hands.
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Clementine
While sorting through difficulties in her friendship with her neighbor Margaret, eight-year-old Clementine gains several unique hairstyles while also helping her father in his efforts to banish pigeons from the front of their apartment building.
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Freckle Juice
Andrew wants freckles so badly that he buys Sharon's freckle recipe for fifty cents.
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Horten's Miraculous Mechanisms : Magic, Mystery & A Very Strange Adventure
As if being small and having S. Horten as his name isn't bad enough, now 10-year-old Stuart is forced to move far away from all his friends. But on his very first day in his new home, Stuart's swept up in an extraordinary adventure: the quest to find his great-uncle Tony--a famous magician who literally disappeared off the face of the earth--and Tony's marvelous, long-lost workshop.
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Igraine the Brave
The daughter of two magicians, twelve-year-old Igraine wants nothing more than to be a knight, and when their castle is attacked by a treacherous neighbor bent on stealing their singing magic books, Igraine has an opportunity to demonstrate her bravery.
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Jack Plank Tells Tales
When a pirate ship falls on hard times, Jack Plank is let go because he is not very good at plundering.
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Poppy
Poppy the deer mouse urges her family to move next to a field of corn big enough to feed them all forever, but Mr. Ocax, a terrifying owl, has other ideas.
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Ribsy
Separated from his owner, Henry Huggins, in a shopping center parking lot, an ordinary city dog begins a string of bewildering adventures.
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Secret Identity
Fifth-grader Nolan Byrd, tired of being called names by the class bully, has a secret identity--Shredderman! (Shredderman #1)
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The Penderwicks : A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
While vacationing with their widowed father in the Berkshire Mountains, four lovable sisters, ages four through twelve, share adventures with a local boy, much to the dismay of his snobbish mother.
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Three Tales of My Father's Dragon
A compilation of three tales which relate the fantastic adventures of Elmer Elevator and a baby flying dragon named Boris.
