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Get Ready For Second Grade, Amber Brown
by Paula Danziger (Easy Reader) (Audio Book)
Amber Brown is worried about Ms. Light, her new second-grade teacher. Will her new teacher give hours of homework? What if she's a creature from some foreign planet?
Grades 1-3

Amelia Bedelia's Masterpiece
by Herman Parish (Easy Reader)
When Amelia Bedelia the housekeeper decides to look around the art museum things become very interesting. When she volunteers at the museum that means trouble for everyone she meets.
Grades 1-3

Gathering of Days, A: a New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32: a novel
by Joan Blos (Classic)
Catherine Hall lives on a small New Hampshire farm with her father and younger sister. She begins a remarkable daily journal writing down the events in her life.
Grades 4-7

Spelldown
by Karon Luddy
Local spelling champion thirteen-year-old Karlene Bridges lives in Red Clover, South Carolina.  She must win the Shirley County Spelling Bee to earn a chance to complete in the National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.
Grades 4-7

Julie Tells Her Story
by Megan McDonald
For her school project nine-year-old Julie interviews her own family. Will she tell the truth or leave out some very important details?
Grades 4-6

Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars:The Fall of the Amazing Zalindas
by Tracy Mack and Michael Citrin Seeries
When a family of circus ropewalkers fall to their deaths while performing in front of a large audience, Sherlock Holmes is asked to investigate the case. A gang of homeless kids the Baker Street Irregulars help him solve the case.
Grades 4-7

How To Steal a Dog
by Barbara O'Connor
Georgina, her younger brother and mother are homeless and living in an old car after being evicted from their apartment. Desperate to help her mom out, Georgina decides to steal a dog for the reward money.
Grades 4-6

The Siren Song
by Anne Ursu (Series)
Thirteen-year-old Charlotte and her cousin Zee battle powerful Greek gods, immortals and sea monsters from the Underworld that are trying to destroy them. This is second book in the trilogy.
Grades 6-9

In celebration of the 2008 Read Across America, happening this week across our country - consider revisiting some classic books by Dr. Seuss, such as:

The Butter Battle Book
Green Eggs and Ham (Audio Book)
The Sneetches and Other Stories
There's a Wocket in My Pocket
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories

Recommend books by Dr Seuss Ages 4-8