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Joe
Hilton's Monthly Picks
for June 2004
By Joe Hilton of the Free Library of Philadelphia
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Lassie Come Home By Eric Knight One of the best loved dog stories - Lassie is a prize collie that travels a thousand miles trying to return home during the Great Depression to the boy who loves her. |
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Pippi Longstocking By Astrid Lindgren Follow the wild adventures of Pippi a nine years old girl who lives by herself with her horse and pet monkey at the edge of a small village. With no adults around she gets to make her own rules. |
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Where the Sidewalk Ends By Shel Silverstein One of the funniest books yet, filled with amusing, delightful and ridiculous poems on the thoughts and worries of kids far and wide. This volume has more than 130 entertaining laugh-out-loud poems to be shared with your family and friends. |
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The House of Dies Drear By Virginia Hamilton A former Underground Railroad station in Ohio becomes for young Thomas his new home that is filled with mystery, drama and history. |
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Harriet The Spy By Louise Fitzhugh Eleven-year-old Harriet wants to be a well-known author so she keeps a top secret note pad. Every day she writes about her parents, classmates and her neighbors. Find out what happens when her schoolmates find and read her notebook. |
