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Joe
Hilton's Monthly Picks
for January 2006
By Joe Hilton of the Free Library of Philadelphia
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Tuck Everlasting By Natalie Babbitt When Winnie Foster discovers the secret of the Tuck family her life will never be the same again. With this new knowledge she will have to decide what to do and that where her story begins. Grades 5-8 |
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Pinocchio By Carlo Collodi Illustrated by Gris Grimly Follow the misadventures of a little wooden puppet that wants to be a real boy. When the puppet comes to life it is a dream come true for the woodcutter who made him. But he had no idea the trouble that would that would come his way. Grades 4-8 |
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Half-Magic By Edward Eager (Series) What happens when you find a magic coin that grants wishes? What do you do when the coin will only get half of each wish? Do you ask for twice as much? Grades 4-5 |
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Anastasia Krupnik By Lois Lowry (Series) Anastasia is ten and thinks she might not make it to her eleventh birthday. Her teacher is giving her a hard time. Her little brother Sam can be a pest, and her parents are acting strange while waiting for the birth of their new baby. Grades 4-6 |
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From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs.
Basil E. Frankweiler By E.L. Konigsburg Living inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art turns out to have some unexpected problems for Claudia and Jamie who try it. It's part of their scheme to escape from the suburbs. Grades 5-8 |
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All-of-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor (Series) Share the stories of a close-knit family of five girls who live with their parents at the turn of the century. Follow their adventures and learn how life was Ella, Henny, Sarah, Charlotte, and Gertie. Grades 4-6 |
