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2008

MOXY MAXWELL DOES NOT LOVE STUART LITTLE

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Gifford
Author's First Name: 
Peggy
Illustrator's First Name: 
Valorie
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Fisher
Publisher: 
Schwartz & Wade
Publication Date: 
2007

Hour by hour, minute by minute, excuse by excuse, Moxy has not done her summer reading and it's the last day of vacation. Short chapters, wacky “photographs” taken by her brother, and a cheeky heroine add zippy appeal to this beginning chapter book.

SKY SWEEPER

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Gershator
Author's First Name: 
Phyllis
Illustrator's First Name: 
Holly
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Meade
Publisher: 
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication Date: 
2007

Takeboki, the “Flower Keeper” for the temple gardens, spends his life quietly sweeping up leaves and blossoms, to create beauty and order. Collage illustrations made from Japanese papers complement this Buddhist-inspired original fable.

DODSWORTH IN NEW YORK

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Egan
Author's First Name: 
Tim
Publisher: 
Houghton Mifflin
Publication Date: 
2007

Before Dodsworth departs on vacation, his customary breakfast at Hodges’ Café turns out to be a bad mistake. From the moment Hodges’ crazy duck hears his plans, Dodsworth is doomed. Deadpan writing and flat cartoon illustrations coalesce into a perfect comedy.

NO TALKING

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Clements
Author's First Name: 
Andrew
Publisher: 
Simon & Schuster
Publication Date: 
2007

After two students squabble, fifth grade girls and boys at Laketon Elementary vie to see who can say the fewest words for two days, a contest causing consternation among both teachers and families.

JABBERWOCKY: THE CLASSIC POEM FROM LEWIS CARROLL'S THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, AND WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Carroll
Author's First Name: 
Lewis
Illustrator's First Name: 
Christopher
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Myers
Publisher: 
Jump at the Sun
Publication Date: 
2007

This familiar poem is reset on a city basketball court where the Jabberwock is a gigantic player, and the ball goes "snicker-snack" as it drains the basket. Intense fiery colors, black silhouettes, and a bold typeface add excitement and drama.

THE RULES OF SURVIVAL [AUDIOBOOK]

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Werlin
Author's First Name: 
Nancy
Second Author's First Name: 
Daniel
Second Author's Last Name: 
Passer (narrator)
Publisher: 
Listening Library
Publication Date: 
2007

In sometimes horrifying detail, 17-year-old Matthew writes a letter to his younger sister explaining their traumatic childhood with an erratic, even dangerous, mother. Passer's flat tone and matter-of-fact delivery speak volumes about damaged emotions and equally damaged lives.

EMMA-JEAN LAZARUS FELL OUT OF A TREE [AUDIOBOOK]

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Tarshis
Author's First Name: 
Lauren
Publisher: 
Listening Library
Publication Date: 
2007

Excessively logical and detached about people, 12-year-old Emma-Jean tries to use her analytical mind to solve interpersonal problems among her classmates—with surprising results. Gummer’s reading captures Emma-Jean's bewildered attitude toward illogical behavior, and her youthful voice creates a winsome portrait of an unusual girl on the brink of adolescence.

ALADDIN AND THE ENCHANTED LAMP [AUDIOBOOK]

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Pullman
Author's First Name: 
Philip
Second Author's First Name: 
James
Second Author's Last Name: 
Goode (narrator)
Publisher: 
Recorded Books
Publication Date: 
2007

James Goode superbly voices a fresh and humorous retelling of an old classic that wafts us back to its original locale, China. When Aladdin uses the lamp to win Princess Badr-al-Budur as his bride, he must deal with the angry Moor who comes after it. A perfect audio for family listening.

CLEMENTINE [AUDIOBOOK]

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Pennypacker
Author's First Name: 
Sara
Second Author's First Name: 
Jessica
Second Author's Last Name: 
Almasy (narrator)
Publisher: 
Recorded Books
Publication Date: 
2007

Okay fine, I love Clementine, which means I may not be totally the best unbiased person to talk about this audio which is a big adult way of saying "don't take my word for it." Anyway, Jessica Almasy has the P-E-R-F-E-C-T perfect voice and you will think so too, because it's pretty spectacularful. Especially the ceiling snakes.

THE HIGHER POWER OF LUCKY [AUDIOBOOK]

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Patron
Author's First Name: 
Susan
Second Author's First Name: 
Cassandra
Second Author's Last Name: 
Campbell (narrator)
Publisher: 
Listening Library
Publication Date: 
2007

From bisou to la vache, Campbell breathes life and individuality into the quirky cast of characters who inhabit Hard Pan, California. Brigitte is charming and oh-so-French, Miles's peskiness is simultaneously irritating and heartbreaking, and Lucky's voice veers from wonder to anger to fear and back again in the space of a paragraph.

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