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Title: Brothers of the Knight
Author: Allen, Debbie
Summary: In this contemporary retelling of the fairy tale Twelve Dancing Princesses, an African-American reverend in Harlem endeavors to discover why the shoes of his twelve sons are worn to pieces every morning.


Title: Dancing in the Wings.
Author: Allen, Debbie
Summary: Sassy tries out for a summer dance festival in Washington, D.C., despite the other girls' taunts that she is much too tall.


Title: Secret of the Lost Kingdom
Author: Bolton, Michael
Summary: While on a field trip to a grand castle, two classmates meet a mysterious old man who tells them about the treachery and glory surrounding the castle's original inhabitants.


Title: The Jolly Mon
Author: Buffett, Jimmy
Summary: Relates the adventures of a fisherman who finds a magic guitar floating in the Caribbean Sea. Includes the music for the song Jolly Mon Sing.


Title: America: A Patriotic Primer
Author: Cheney, Lynne V.
Summary: Each letter of the alphabet is represented by important people, ideas, and events in the history of the United States.


Title: The Best Way to Play
Author: Cosby, Bill
Summary: Little Bill and his friends, avid fans of the television show Space Explorers, clamor to get the video game version, but they find that they have more fun using their imagination while playing outside.


Title: The Brand New Kid
Author: Couric, Katie
Summary: Lazlo, who has just moved to the United States from Hungary, is ostracized at school until two girls have the courage to befriend him.


Title: The Blue Spruce
Author: Cuomo, Mario Matthew
Summary: When a storm knocks down the blue spruce tree in a boy's yard, he and his father work with all their might to right the tree again.


Title: I’m Gonna Like Me: letting off a little self-esteem
Author: Curtis, Jamie Lee
Summary: A young girl learns to like herself every single day, no matter what.


Title: Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born
Author: Curtis, Jamie Lee
Summary: A young girl asks her parents to tell her again the cherished family story of her birth and adoption.


Title: Today I Feel Silly and Other Moods That Make My Day
Author: Curtis, Jamie Lee
Summary: A child's emotions range from silliness to anger to excitement, coloring and changing each day.


Title: When I Was Little
Author: Curtis, Jamie Lee
Summary: A four-year-old describes how she has changed since she was a baby.


Title: Where Do Balloons Go?
Author: Curtis, Jamie Lee
Summary: A child wonders about what happens to a balloon that is let go, as a parent would wonder about what might happen to a child once he leaves home.


Title: Charlie the Caterpillar.
Author: DeLuise, Dom.
Summary: A caterpillar is rejected by various groups of animals, until he achieves his beautiful wings and is able to befriend a similarly unhappy caterpillar.


Title: King Bob’s New Clothes.
Author: DeLuise, Dom.
Summary: A humorous variation on the fairy tale classic has vain King Bob duped by two con artists into wearing expensive invisible robes and includes a selection of recipes fit for a king.


Title: Dumpy and the Big Storm
Author: Edwards, Julie
Summary: A big storm is forecast for Apple Harbor, and Dumpy and his friends are pressed into service to help those in need.


Title: Little Bo: The Story of Bonnie Boadicea.
Author: Edwards, Julie
Summary: After being separated from her brothers and sisters, a very small cat named Bo falls in with a sailor and becomes a ship's cat, having various adventures at sea.


Title: A Chocolate Moose for Dinner
Author: Gwynne, Fred
Summary: A little girl pictures the things her parents talk about, such as a chocolate moose, a gorilla war, and shoe trees.


Title: Easy To See Why
Author: Gwynne, Fred
Summary: As she walks to the dog show with her beloved mutt, a little girl meets several dogs and their look-alike owners.


Title: The King Who Rained
Author: Gwynne, Fred
Summary: Confused by the different meanings of words that sound alike, a little girl imagines such unusual sights as a king who rained and the foot prince in the snow.


Title: A Little Pigeon Toad.
Author: Gwynne, Fred
Summary: Humorous text and illustrations introduce a variety of homonyms and figures of speech.


Title: Please Baby, Please.
Author: Lee, Spike.
Summary: A toddler's antics keep his mother busy as she tries to feed him, watch him on the playground, give him a bath, and put him to bed.


Title: Marsupial Sue
Author: Lithgow, John
Summary: Sue, a kangaroo, and some of her Australian animal friends put on a play called The Runaway Pancake.


Title: Remarkable Farkle McBride
Author: Lithgow, John
Summary: The musical prodigy Farkle McBride tries a number of instruments before discovering that conducting the orchestra makes him happy.


Title: Deaf Child Crossing
Author: Matlin, Marlee
Summary: Despite the fact that Megan is deaf and Cindy can hear, the two girls become friends when Cindy moves into Megan's neighborhood, but when they go away to camp, their friendship is put to the test.


Title: Coat of Many Colors
Author: Parton, Dolly
Summary: A poor girl delights in her coat of many colors, made by her mother from rags, because despite the ridicule of the other children she knows the coat was made with love.


Title: Growing Up Is Hard.
Author: Schlessinger, Laura
Summary: When a young boy has a day where nothing goes right, his father helps him deal with his feelings and see that things change as he grows up.


Title: Why Do You Love Me?
Author: Schlessinger, Laura
Summary: A young boy asks his mother why she loves him and learns that her love is unconditional.


Title: Abiyoyo
Author: Seeger, Pete
Summary: Banished from the town for making mischief, a little boy and his father are welcomed back when they find a way to make the dreaded giant Abiyoyo disappear.


Title: Judge Judy Sheindlin’s Win Or Lose By How You Choose!
Author: Sheindlin, Judy
Summary: Multiple-choice questions about the right thing to do in different situations.


Title: Judge Judy Sheindlin’s You Can’t Judge a Book By It’s Cover: Cool Rules For School.
Author: Sheindlin, Judy
Summary: Judge Judy presents kids with questions about real-life dilemmas and asks them to select the right response from a list of choices.


Title: What’s Heaven?
Author: Shriver, Maria
Summary: After her great-grandmother's death, a young girl learns about heaven by asking her mother all kinds of questions.


Title: What’s Wrong With Timmy?
Author: Shriver, Maria
Summary: Making friends with a mentally retarded boy helps Kate learn that the two of them have a lot in common.


Title: Amy, The Dancing Bear.
Author: Simon, Carly
Summary: Mother Bear tries to persuade her young daughter Amy to stop dancing and go to bed with unexpected results


Title: The Boy of the Bells
Author: Simon, Carly
Summary: A young boy, with a little advice from Santa Claus, performs a miracle on Christmas Day, restoring joy to his little sister's heart.


Title: Midnight Farm.
Author: Simon, Carly
Summary: Two brothers join a fantastical nighttime musical celebration by the plants and animals on their farm on Martha's Vineyard.


Title: The Nighttime Chauffeur.
Author: Simon, Carly
Summary: Jasper's seventh-birthday wish for a night of driving a horse-and-carriage around New York's Central Park is fulfilled in the form of a wooden rocking horse named Glory.


Title: Just the Two of Us
Author: Smith, Will
Summary: Celebrates the dignity, integrity, and honor of being a father.


Title: Budgie, the Little Helicopter
Author: York, Sarah Mountbatten-Windsor, Duchess of
Summary: A little helicopter exhibits his bravery