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Joe
Hilton's Monthly Picks
for January 2007
By Joe Hilton of the Free Library of Philadelphia
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Harry
the Poisonous Centipede goes to Sea By Lynne Reid Banks (Series) Harry and George are giant tropical centipedes who come out of their tunnels when it gets dark outside. One night when they climb into a fruit crate looking for food they end up in another city far from home and in big trouble. Grades 3-5 |
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Two
Hot Dogs with Everything By Paul Haven Eleven-year-old Danny loves a team that has won only one championship in over 100 years. When his team starts to win, is it because Danny eats two hot dogs with everything before each game and follows other superstitions? Grades 5-7 |
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Phineas
L. MacGuire Erupts! By Frances O'Roark Dowell Since MacGuire's best friend just moved away, he sits at the table for people who don't have anyone else to sit with. For the science fair project he now has to partner with Mac R. the new kid from Seattle who is disliked by his classmates. Grades 3-5 |
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The
Palace of Laughter By John Berkeley Miles has escaped from an orphanage where laughter is forbidden, he now lives in a barrel. When he sneaks into the strange Circus Oscuro he meets a tiny girl with wings held by the circus against her will. They both must travel to the Palace of Laughter to free their friends Grades 5-8 |
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The
Cricket in Times Square By George Seldon (Classic) Chester the cricket is a country cricket from Connecticut who falls into a picnic basket and ends up spending the whole summer in New York City. As he learning his way around the city he makes new friends. Grades 3-5 |
