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THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
DiCamillo
Author's First Name: 
Kate
Illustrator's First Name: 
Bagram
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Ibatoulline
Publisher: 
Candlewick
Publication Date: 
2006

As a china rabbit with a proud, cold heart travels throughout the world, the many people he meets teach him how to love.

MERCY WATSON GOES FOR A RIDE

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
DiCamillo
Author's First Name: 
Kate
Illustrator's First Name: 
Chris
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Van Dusen
Publisher: 
Candlewick
Publication Date: 
2006

Mercy Watson, the porcine wonder, takes the family Cadillac for a spin, and after a wild police chase, only a heap of hot-buttered toast can soothe her jangled nerves.

ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
DeFelice
Author's First Name: 
Cynthia
Illustrator's First Name: 
Andrea
Illustrator's Last Name: 
U'Ren
Publisher: 
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication Date: 
2006

An elderly couple unearths a pot that magically doubles whatever falls into it. All goes well until the old woman herself tumbles into the pot.

HEY THERE, STINK BUG!

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Bulion
Author's First Name: 
Leslie
Illustrator's First Name: 
Leslie
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Evans
Publisher: 
Charlesbridge
Publication Date: 
2006

Decorative block prints showcase insects that flit and fly in this collection of buggy poems that also includes brief factual information about each entry.

HOW I LEARNED GEOGRAPHY

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Shulevitz
Author's First Name: 
Uri
Publisher: 
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication Date: 
2008

One memorable day, after the author's family fled from Moscow to Kazakhstan, his father brought home a map instead of food.  This vibrant autogiographical picture book shows how that impractical act fed another kind of hunger.

PALE MALE: CITIZEN HAWK OF NEW YORK CITY

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Schulman
Author's First Name: 
Janet
Illustrator's First Name: 
Meilo
Illustrator's Last Name: 
So
Publisher: 
Knopf
Publication Date: 
2008

Graceful watercolor paintings and a compelling tale of city dwelling red-tailed hawks on an apartment house window ledge will engage readers' sympathies and underline the necessity of protecting habitats, even in the heart of a city.

SILENT MUSIC: A STORY OF BAGHDAD

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Rumford
Author's First Name: 
James
Publisher: 
Neal Porter
Publication Date: 
2008

Ali, a contemporary boy in Baghdad, loves calligraphy and, just as his hero, Yakut, did in the 13th century, finds creating beauty to be a refuge from the trials of war.  Stylized collage illustrations evoke the elegance of Arabic art.

WABI SABI

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Reibstein
Author's First Name: 
Mark
Illustrator's First Name: 
Ed
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Young
Publisher: 
Little, Brown
Publication Date: 
2008

Sophisticated ideas underlie this story of a Japanese cat searching for the meaning of her name.  Young's design helps readers see in unusual ways, from the scattering of haikus over the vertically oriented text to collages which make the ordinary beautiful.

LADY LIBERTY: A BIOGRAPHY

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Rappaport
Author's First Name: 
Doreen
Illustrator's First Name: 
Matt
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Tavares
Publisher: 
Candlewick
Publication Date: 
2008

Unusual perspectives, both in illustrations and in multiple points of view, provide a kaleidoscopic survey of those who planned, financed, and built the Statue of Liberty, including a child who donated chicken-raising profits.

ABE’S HONEST WORDS

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Rappaport
Author's First Name: 
Doreen
Illustrator's First Name: 
Kadir
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Nelson
Publisher: 
Hyperion
Publication Date: 
2008

Multiple layers convey Lincoln's impact through quotes, free verse accounts of his life, a chronology, and a list of websites.  Report-writers and curious readers alike will learn much about our sixteenth President's brilliant visionary leadership.

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