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News from the Children's Room May 2015
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ATTENTION ALL SUPER READERS: The Greenwood County Library is preparing for a great 2015 Summer Reading Program!
Join us for a summer all about the superheroes we see throughout history, in our communities, and in our favorite books. Stay tuned for more program and registration information as it comes in.
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Wolfie the bunny
by Ame Dyckman
When her hapless bunny family adopts a wolf cub, little Dot tries to convince her smitten parents that Wolfie might eat them all up. By the author of Boy + Bot. 25,000 first printing.
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Vincent and the night
by Adele Enersen
Having decided he does not want to go to sleep, Vincent unravels the blanket of night and transforms it into a cat, a lullaby, and even an elephant before finally giving in and closing his eyes
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Big tractor
by Nathan Clement
A dynamic picture book story features images of a big tractor during different seasons on a busy farm, showing its use in planting, cultivating, harvesting and other important tasks.
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A monster moved in!
by Timothy Knapman
On a rainy day, Ben is bored and decides to build a fort and is surprised when a monster joins him
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An awesome book of love!
by Dallas Clayton
A follow-up to An Awesome Book! combines engaging illustrations and snappy rhymes that invite youngsters to consider the endless number of loving relationships, from the love shared by spouses to the bond between parents and children.
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Me, too!
by Annika Dunklee
Annie and Lillemor share everything in common but when a new girl moves to their neighborhood Annie becomes worried that she may lose her best friend
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Bad magic
by Pseudonymous Bosch
Believing that magic is fake and cheesy, young Clay is shocked when he is wrongly blamed for vandalism when words from his journal magically appear on a wall at school, an occurrence that causes Clay to be sent to a camp for troubled kids on a remote volcanic island where he encounters more magic than he ever thought possible.
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The Georges and the Jewels
by Jane Smiley
Seventh-grader Abby Lovitt grows up on her family's California horse ranch in the 1960s, learning to train the horses her father sells and trying to reconcile her strict religious upbringing with her own ideas about life
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EllRay Jakes the dragon slayer!
by Sally Warner
EllRay Jakes may be the smallest kid in his class at Oak Glen Primary School, but he's also his sister Alfie's big brother, so when it looks like Alfie is being bossed around by a dragon-like girl at her school, EllRay helps his sister with her bully problem while facing a bully of his own at school.
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Mystery on Museum Mile : Mystery on Museum Mile
by Marcia Wells
Sixth grader Edmund Xavier Lonnrot, codename "Eddie Red," has a photographic memory and a talent for drawing anything he sees, so when the NYPD is stumped by a mastermind art thief, Eddie becomes their secret weapon to solve the case.
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Pack of dorks
by Beth Vrabel
Propelled from coolest to lamest after trying to kiss Tom Lemmings, Lucy tries to navigate the social hierarchy of fourth grade
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The year we sailed the sun
by Theresa Nelson
In St. Louis, Missouri, in 1911, orphaned 11-year-old Julia Delaney rails against countless disappointments and the nun's strict rules at the House of Mercy, especially after her sister Mary turns 14 and must leave, but she and her best friend get tangled up with a gangster and a decade-old mystery. Simultaneous eBook.
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