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She Persisted Around the World: 13 Women Who Changed History

She Persisted Around the World: 13 Women Who Changed History

Chelsea Clinton
Illustrator:  Alexandra Boiger 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Penguin Books, 2018   ISBN: 978-0525516996
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Wishtree

Wishtree

Katharine Applegate
Fiction
For ages 9 and up
Feiwel & Friends, 2017   ISBN: 978-1250043221
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Moo Baa La La La!

Moo Baa La La La!

Sandra Boynton
Board Book
For ages 1 to 3
Little Simon, 1982   ISBN: 978-0671449018
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This Is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from around the World

This Is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from around the World

Matt Lamothe
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Chronicle Books LLC, 2017   ISBN: 978-1452150185
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The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Audio

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Audio

C. S. Lewis
Fiction
For ages 9 to 12
Unabridged audiobook (CD)
Performed/read by: A full cast of talented actors
Tyndale Entertainment, 2015   ISBN: 978-1624053658
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Over and Under the Pond

Over and Under the Pond

Kate Messner
Illustrator:  Christopher Silas Neal 
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Chronicle Books, 2017   ISBN: 978-1452145426
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Love Is

Love Is

Diane Adams
Illustrator:  Claire Keane 
Picture Book
For ages 4 to 6
Chronicle Books LLC, 2017   ISBN: 978-1452139975
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Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear

Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear

Lindsay Mattick
Illustrator:  Sophie Blackall 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2015   ISBN: 978-0316324908
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Love That Dog

Love That Dog

Sharon Creech
Poetry
For ages 8 to 12
HarperCollins, 2001   ISBN: 978-0060292874
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Falling Up Special

Falling Up Special

Shel Silverstein
Poetry
For ages 6 to 8
HarperCollins, 2015   ISBN: 978-0062321336
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Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever

Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever

Richard Scarry
Picture Book  Series
For ages 4 to 7
Random House, 1999   ISBN: 978-0307155108
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Go, Dog. Go!

Go, Dog. Go!

P.D. Eastman
Board Book
Foe ages 2 to 4
Random House Books for Young Readers, 2015   ISBN: 978-0553521092
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The Right Word: Roget and his Thesaurus

The Right Word: Roget and his Thesaurus

Jen Bryant
Illustrator:   Melissa Sweet 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Eerdmans, 2014   ISBN: 978-0802853851
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Inheritance Book One: Eragon

Inheritance Book One: Eragon

Christopher Paolini
Fiction
For ages 12 and up
Random House, 2003   ISBN: 978-0375826689
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Maisy's Amazing Big Book of Learning

Maisy's Amazing Big Book of Learning

Lucy Cousins
Novelty Book  Series
For ages 3 to 5
Candlewick Press, 2011   ISBN: 978-0763654818
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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (Classic Board Books

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (Classic Board Books

Judith Viorst
Board Book
For ages 4 to 7
Simon and Schuster, 2012   ISBN: 978-1442498167
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If

If

Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator:  Giovanni Manna 
Poetry Picture Book
For ages 8 and up
Creative Editions, 2014   ISBN: 978-1568462592
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Journey

Journey

Aaron Becker
Wordless Picture Book
For ages 6 and up
Candlewick Press, 2013   ISBN: 978-0763660536
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Poems to Learn by Heart

Poems to Learn by Heart

Caroline Kennedy
Illustrator:   Jon J. Muth 
Poetry Picture Book
For ages 8 and up
Hyperion Books, 2013   ISBN: 978-1423108054
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Duck & Goose, Goose Needs a Hug

Duck & Goose, Goose Needs a Hug

Tad Hills
Board book  Series
For infants to age 4
Random House, 2012   ISBN: 978-0307982933
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: A pop-up adaptation

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: A pop-up adaptation

Lewis Carroll , Adapted by Robert Sabuda
Paper Engineer: Robert Sabuda
Novelty Book
For ages 7 and up
Simon and Schuster, 2003   ISBN: 978-0689847431
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An Egg is Quiet

An Egg is Quiet

Dianna Hutts Aston
Illustrator:  Sylvia Long 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 10
Chronicle Books, 2006   ISBN: 978-0811844284
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Starry Messenger

Starry Messenger

Peter Sis
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 7 to 10
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1996   ISBN: 978-0374371913
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The Giant Jam Sandwich

The Giant Jam Sandwich

John Vernon Lord, Janet Burroway
Illustrator:  John Vernon Lord 
Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Houghton Mifflin, 1987   ISBN: 978-0395442371
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Pippi Longstocking

Pippi Longstocking

Astrid Lindgren
Illustrator:  Michael Chesworth 
Fiction
For ages 8 to 12
Penguin, 2005   ISBN: 978-0142402498
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A tree grows in Brooklyn

A tree grows in Brooklyn

Betty Smith
Fiction
For ages 14 and up
HarperCollins, 2011   ISBN: 978-0060736262
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The Borrowers

The Borrowers

Mary Norton
Illustrator:  Beth Krush , Joe Krush 
Fiction  Series
For ages 8 to 12
Harcourt Children's Books, 2003   ISBN: 978-0152047375
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The Owl and the Pussycat

The Owl and the Pussycat

Edward Lear
Illustrator:  Stephane Jorisch 
Poetry Picture Book
For ages 8 and up
Kids Can Press, 2007   ISBN: 978-1553378280
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The Amulet of Samarkand (The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book 1)

The Amulet of Samarkand (The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book 1)

Jonathan Stroud
Fiction  Series
For ages 12 and up
Disney-Hyperion, 2003   ISBN: 978-0786818594
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The Hobbit

The Hobbit

J.R.R. Tolkien
Fiction
For ages 10 and up
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012   ISBN: 978-0547928227
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

L. Frank Baum
Fiction  Series
For ages 8 to 12
Dover Publications, 1960   ISBN: 978-0486206912
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

J. K. Rowling
Illustrator:  Mary GrandPre 
Fiction  Series
For ages 12 and up
Scholastic Press, 1998   ISBN: 978-0590353403
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Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

T.S. Eliot
Illustrator:  Axel Scheffler 
Poetry Picture Book
For ages 7 and up
Harcourt Children's Books, 2009   ISBN: 978-0547248271
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Paddington

Paddington

Michael Bond
Illustrator:  R. W. Alley 
Picture Book  Series
For ages 4 to 7
HarperCollins, 2007   ISBN: 978-0061170744
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Redwall

Redwall

Brian Jacques
Fiction  Series
For ages 12 and up
Penguin, 2002   ISBN: 978-0142302378
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Little Women

Little Women

Louisa May Alcott
Fiction  Series
For ages 14 and up
Penguin, 2004   ISBN: 978-0451529305
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The Search for WondLa

The Search for WondLa

Tony DiTerlizzi
Fiction  Series
For ages 10 and up
Simon and Schuster, 2010   ISBN: 978-1416983101
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Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type

Doreen Cronin
Illustrator:   Betsy Lewin 
Board Book
For ages 3 to 5
Simon and Schuster, 2010   ISBN: 978-1442408890
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Madam President: The Extraordinary, True (and Evolving) Story of Women in Politi

Madam President: The Extraordinary, True (and Evolving) Story of Women in Politi

Catherine Thimmesh
Illustrator:  Douglas B. Jones 
Nonfiction
For ages 12 and up
Houghton Mifflin, 2004   ISBN: 978-0618971435
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The Story of Ferdinand

The Story of Ferdinand

Munro Leaf
Illustrator:  Robert Lawson 
Picture Book
For ages 4 to 6
Penguin, 1977   ISBN: 0140502343
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Make Way for Ducklings

Make Way for Ducklings

Robert McCloskey
Picture Book
For ages 4 to 6
Puffin, 1999   ISBN: 0140564349
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Little House in the Big Woods

Little House in the Big Woods

Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator:   Garth Williams 
Nonfiction  Series
For ages 8 and up
HarperCollins, 1971   ISBN: 978-0064400015
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Winnie the Pooh

Winnie the Pooh

A. A. Milne
Illustrator:  Ernest H. Shepard 
Fiction
For ages 5 and up
Penguin, 2005   ISBN: 978-0142404676
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Madeline

Madeline

Ludwig Bemelmans
Picture Book  Series
For ages 3 to 7
Penguin, 1996   ISBN: 978-0140557619
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The Story of Babar

The Story of Babar

Jean de Brunhoff
Picture Book  Series
For ages 4 to 6
Random House, 1961   ISBN: 978-0394805757
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The Absolutely Essential Eloise

The Absolutely Essential Eloise

Kay Thompson
Illustrator:   Hilary Knight 
Picture Book  Series
For ages 5 and up
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 1993   ISBN: 978-0689827037
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Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging

Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging

Louise Rennison
Fiction  Series
For ages 14 and up
HarperCollins, 2000   ISBN: 978-0060288143
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Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables

Lucy Maud Montgomery
Fiction  Series
Ages 10 and up
Random House, 1982   ISBN: 978-0553213133
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Horton Hears a Who Pop-up

Horton Hears a Who Pop-up

Dr. Seuss
Paper Engineer: David Carter
Novelty Book
For ages 4 and up
Robin Corey Books, 2008   ISBN: 978-0375841941
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Tom's Midnight Garden

Tom's Midnight Garden

Philippa Pearce
Fiction
For ages 10 and up
Unabridged audiobook (Cassette)
Performed/read by: Jan Francis
Chivers Audio Books, 1990   ISBN: 0745185665
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Blizzard! The Storm that Changed America

Blizzard! The Storm that Changed America

Jim Murphy
Nonfiction
For ages 12 and up
Scholastic Press, 1988   ISBN: 978-0590673099
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The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

Kate DiCamillo
Illustrator:   Bagram Ibatoulline 
For ages 9 to 12
Candlewick Press, 2006   ISBN: 978-0763625894
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The Dot

The Dot

Peter H. Reynolds
Picture Book  Series
For ages 5 and up
Candlewick Press, 2003   ISBN: 978-0763619619
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Leonardo Beautiful Dreamer

Leonardo Beautiful Dreamer

Robert Byrd
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 8 and up
Dutton’s Children’s Books, 2003   ISBN: 978-0525470335
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The Invention of Hugo Cabret

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Brian Selznick
Fiction
For ages 8 to 12
Scholastic, 2007   ISBN: 978-0439813785
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Tom's Midnight Garden

Tom's Midnight Garden

Philippa Pearce
Fiction
For ages 8 to 12
Harpercollins, 2018   ISBN: 978-0062696588
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The Book Thief

The Book Thief

Markus Zusak
Fiction
For ages 14 and up
Random House, 2007   ISBN: 0375842209
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Olivia

Olivia

Ian Falconer
Picture Book  Series
For ages 3 to 7
Simon and Schuster, 2000   ISBN: 0689829531
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The wind in the willows

The wind in the willows

Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator:  Inga Moore 
Fiction
For ages 8 and up
Candlewick Press, 2009   ISBN: 0763642118
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Fireman Small to the Rescue

Fireman Small to the Rescue

Wong Herbert Yee
Board Book
For infants to children age 4
Houghton Mifflin, 1998   ISBN: 978-0395881224
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James and the Giant Peach

James and the Giant Peach

Roald Dahl
Illustrator:   Quentin Blake 
Fiction
For ages 5 to 8
Penguin, 2001   ISBN: 978-0141304670
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