STARTED & FINISHED:

Shulevitz, Uri. (2006). So sleepy story. New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux.

[.]


Emberley, Ed. (1975). The wizard of Op. Boston: Little Brown & Co.

[.]

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STARTED & FINISHED:

Shulevitz, Uri. (1978). The treasure. New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux.

[.]


Reichert, Amy. (2005). While mama had a quick little chat. New York: Richard Jackson/Atheneum.

[.]


Rex, Adam. (2006). Tree-ring circus. Orlando, FL: Harcourt, Inc.

[.]

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STARTED & FINISHED:

Stevenson, James. (2002). The castaway. New York: Greenwillow/HarperCollins.

[Eh. Just kind of nonsensical.]


Piatti, Celestino. (1967). The happy owls. New York: Atheneum.

[The illustrations for this one are just stunning. So cool. Thick black outlined blocks of color.]

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STARTED & FINISHED:

Shulevitz, Uri. (1974). Dawn New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

[I'm beginning to believe that this man cannot do any wrong. Just a poetic sense of language, and a distinctive, graphic visual style.]


Waber, Bernard. (1971). Nobody is perfick. [Boston]: Houghton Mifflin.

[Cute stuff. Several little vignettes highlighted by simple line drawing illustrations. FUNNY. Brian says he knows it from childhood.]

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STARTED & FINISHED:

Perry, Sarah. (1995). If... Venice, CA: Children's Library Press.

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Slobodkina, Esphyr. (1967). Circus caps for sale. New York: HarperCollins.

[.]


Shulevitz, Uri. (1998). Snow. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux.

[I LOVE this book. Just fantastic! The same guy wrote one of my other favorite kids books, "One Monday Morning". This is going to be my Christmas book purchase this year.]

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FINISHED:

Wilkinson, Carole. (2005, 2007). Garden of the purple dragon. New York : Hyperion.

[Good stuff. Really enjoyable...]

STARTED:

Spinelli, Jerry. (2007). Love, Stargirl. New York : Alfred A. Knopf.

[Reading so that I can review it for ACL...]

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STARTED & FINISHED:

Butler, Ellis Parker. (1906). Pigs is pigs. New York : A. L. Burt Company.

[Watched the Disney cartoon version of this from 1954 and just HAD to read the source material. Dubbed as "A story about guinea pigs, bureaucracy and multiplication". Perfect description. If you're interested in reading the whole short story yourself, click on the reference above or
HERE.]

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FINISHED:

Konigsburg, E.L. (2007). The mysterious edge of the heroic world. New York : Simon & Schuster.

[Bold and controversial...]

STARTED:

Wilkinson, Carole. (2005, 2007). Garden of the purple dragon. New York : Hyperion.

[Reading so that I can review it for ACL...]


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FINISHED:

Orr, Wendy. (1999). Nim's island. New York : Dell Yearling.

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STARTED:

Konigsburg, E.L. (2007). The mysterious edge of the heroic world. New York : Simon & Schuster.

[One of my favorite children's authors and her new book. One of my goals has been to read her entire collection of titles. She's a two-time Newbery winner and this one is already causing a buzz...]

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FINALLY FINISHED:

Buckley, Michael. (2005). The sisters Grimm: The fairy tale detectives. New York : Amulet Books.

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STARTED:

Orr, Wendy. (1999). Nim's island. New York : Dell Yearling.

[Went to a wedding a few weekends back for two people who are currently working for CafeFX in Santa Maria. One of the guests also worked there and was talking about this film...]

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