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LaReau, Kara. (2006). Ugly fish. Orlando, FL: Harcourt, Inc.

[LOVE the illustrations by Scott Magoon - I think he's a talent to watch out for - but the message of the book gets a little lost. Ugly Fish eats each of the fish that are put in the tank with him then gets his own by being eaten by a bigger fish that is thrown in with him. The author says this is a response to bullying, but, is the message we want to send out that bully's will get their own one day?]



Coy, John. (1996). Night driving. New York: Henry Holt & Company.

[Gorgeous illustrations by Peter McCarty - quickly becoming one of my favorites - that are like softer, more ethereal Chris Van Allsburg pictures. It's an understated, sweetly nostalgic story of a boy and his dad on a nighttime drive.]

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