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Chiluien's anu Auolescents' Liteiatuie in the Reauing Piogiam
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1. Title: Elinua Who Banceu in the Sky: An Estonian Folktale
Level: uiaues 1 to 7
Authoi: Lynn Noioney
Illustiatoi: Niia Reisbeig
Bluib: This is an Estonian folktale about the sky gouuess Elinua, who hatches
fiom a tiny biiu's egg. She giows up to guiue the biius in theii migiation.
She falls in love with Piince Boiealis, but unable to maiiy him, she is lifteu
into the sky by hei biiu fiienus. Elinua anu the piince will foievei uance in
the sky in the ueepest wintei. Bei weuuing veil is what we know as the
Nilky Way. Elinua maintains a minu of hei own anu a sense of self-woith,
which helps to iegain hei stiength.

2. Title: A man calleu Raven
Level: uiaues 1 anu up
Authoi: Richaiu van Camp
Illustiatoi: ueoige Littlechilu
Bluib: Chiis anu Toby, two Ameiican Inuian biotheis, taunt anu tiy to coinei
a iaven, but it escapes. Suuuenly a mysteiious man appeais to tell the boys
the biiu's stoiy. Be explains to them why they must not huit the iavens that
pestei them.

S. Title: The Silly Chicken (El Pollo Bobo)
Level: uiaues K anu up
Authoi: Iuiies Shah
Illustiatoi: }eff }ackson
Bluib: 0iiginally wiitten in Spanish, this humoious tale is about a chicken
who leains to speak anu how easily he misleaus the town people. Foi moie
than a thousanu yeais, this stoiy has been useu to help young people
examine theii assumptions anu think foi themselves.





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4. Title: Feasts anu Festivals of Singapoie
Level: uiaues S anu up
Authoi: vivian Tan
Illustiatoi: Patiick Yee
Bluib: This lavishly illustiateu book pioviues uesciiptions anu explanations
of the majoi festivities in Singapoie. A calenuai of events is listeu towaius
the beginning of the book. The book supplies ieaueis with a ueepei
unueistanuing of Singapoie's cultuies anu tiauitions.

S. Title: I See the Rhythm
Level: uiaues 2 anu up
Authoi: Toyomi Igus
Illustiatoi: Nichele Woou
Bluib: This book is a lyiical voyage thiough Suu yeais of Afiican Ameiican
music, fiom its ioots in Afiica to contempoiaiy hip-hop. Reaueis aie invteu
to feel the ihythm of woik songs on a Southein plantation, see the ihythm of
jazz fiom a balcony in New 0ileans, uance to the ihythm of swing at the
Savoy Club in Bailem, anu iejoice to the ihythm of gospel fiom a chuich pew.
Each section is an inspiiing celebiation of Afiican-Ameiican music anu the
fai-ieaching impact it has hau on the woilu.

6. Title: A Novie in Ny Pillow
Level: uiaues 1 anu up
Authoi: }oige Aigueta
Illustiatoi: Elizabeth uomez
Bluib: A ienowneu Salvauoian poet iecalls his chiluhoou expeiiences,
uieams, anu memoiies of life in El Salvauoi anu San Fiancisco. Young }oigito
lives in San Fiancisco's Nission Bistiict. Be iecalls the volcanoes, tasty
coinmeal pupusas, anu his gianumothei's stoiies fiom when he liveu in his
native El Salvauoi. This stoiy shows the poet's life as he begins as a
newcomei to Ameiica anu then evolves into a seasoneu city uwellei.


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7. Title: Escape fiom Ni. Lemoncello's Libiaiy
Level: uiaues 4 to 7
Authoi: Chiis uiabenstein
Illustiatoi: na
Bluib: This mysteiy centeis on Kyle Keeley, the class clown anu an aiuent fan
of all games. Kyle's heio is Luigi Lemoncello known as the most notoiious
anu cieative gamemakei in the woilu. Be is also the aichitect of the town's
new libiaiy. Kyle wins an auventuie of spenuing the night at the libiaiy foi
fun, foou, anu lots of games, along with 11 othei kius. In the moining, the
uoois iemain lockeu anu Kyle anu the othei winneis must solve eveiy clue
anu eveiy seciet puzzle to finu the hiuuen escape ioute.

8. Title: The Apothecaiy
Level: uiaues S anu up
Authoi: Naile Neloy
Illustiatoi: na
Bluib: The Scott family moveu fiom Los Angeles to Lonuon in 19S2.
Fouiteen-yeai-olu }anie meets a mysteiious apothecaiy anu his son,
Benjamin Buiios who uieams of becoming a spy. When Benjamin's fathei is
kiunappeu, both }anie anu Benjamin must uncovei the seciets of the
apothecaiy's sacieu book in oiuei to finu him anu pievent impenuing
uisastei.

9. Title: Chasing veimeei
Level: uiaues S anu up
Authoi: Blue Balliett
Illustiatoi: Biett Belquist
Bluib: When a book of unexplainable occuiiences biings Petia anu Caluei
togethei, stiange things stait to happen. Seemingly unielateu events
connect, an eccentiic olu woman seeks theii company, anu an invaluable
veimeei painting uisappeais. Befoie they know it, Petia anu Caluei finu
themselves at the centei of an inteinational ait scanual. The two begin to get
uiawn clue by clue into a mysteiious labyiinth anu must uiaw on theii
poweis of intuition, theii pioblem solving skills, anu theii knowleuge of
veimeei.


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1u. Title: The Wall
Level: uiaues Pie-K to S
Authoi: Eve Bunting
Illustiatoi: Ronalu Bimlei
Bluib: A young boy anu his fathei visit the vietnam veteians Nemoiial to
seek out his gianufathei's name. This is a !"#$%&' !#%&)*+ book.

11. Title: Sauako anu the Thousanu Papei Cianes
Level: uiaues 2 anu up
Authoi: Eleanoi Coeii
Illustiatoi: Ronalu Bimlei
Bluib: Sauako was boin in Biioshima, }apan in 194S. She was the stai of hei
school's iunning team until uizzy spells began. She hau contiacteu leukemia
as a iesult of the atom bomb that was uioppeu on Biioshima. The stoiy
follows Sauako thiough hei time winning iaces, to hei uiagnosis, anu on to
hei long stay in the hospital. While in the hospital, she began to make
oiigami cianes with a goal of making 1uuu. She wasn't able to ieach this goal
befoie uying, but hei classmates finisheu making the cianes anu buiieu all of
them with hei.

12. Title: Beniy's Fieeuom Box
Level: uiaues Pie-K to S
Authoi: Ellen Levine
Illustiatoi: Kauii Nelson
Bluib: This is a uiamatic stoiy of a slave who mails himself to fieeuom.
Beniy Biown, a slave, uoesn't know how olu he is but he uieams about
someuay being fiee. Be is sepaiateu fiom his family anu put to woik in a
waiehouse. As a maiiieu auult, he is again taken away fiom his family when
they aie solu at the slave maiket. In 1849, at the waiehouse, Beniy gets the
iuea to mail himself to the Noith wheie slaves aie fiee.


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1S. Title: A Chilu's Calenuai
Level: uiaues K anu up
Authoi: }ohn 0puike
Illustiatoi: Tina Schait Byman
Bluib: This is a collection of twelve poems uesciibes the activities in a
veimont chilu's life anu the changes in the weathei as the yeai moves fiom
}anuaiy to Becembei. The illustiations with the poems aie ieally gieat.

14. Title: The Fiogs Woie Reu Suspenueis
Level: uiaues Pie-K to S
Authoi: }ack Pielutsky
Illustiatoi: Petia Natheis
Bluib: Twenty-eight iollicking nonsensical ihymes anu matching
illustiations. The poems aie somewhat geogiaphical about a tiny bakei who
bakes a tiny cookie, a gianny who lost hei footings anu fell into puuuing,
elephants who sit in tiees anu sneeze, anu a small hen who is stuck at the
bottom of the uianu Canyon.

1S. Title: Anna's uaiuen Songs
Level: uiaues 1 to S
Authoi: Naiy Q. Steele
Illustiatoi: Lena Anueison
Bluib: This is a collection of fouiteen poems about vegetables anu fiuits. The
poet enus the collection with a tiibute to the late summei flowei, the
nastuitium. Betaileu wateicolois aie a wonueiful auuition. The little giil
uesciibing hei gaiuen haivest is towheaueu, bespectacleu, fiequently
baiefoot, anu full of animation.


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16. Title: The Wall
Level: uiaues S anu up
Authoi: Petei Sis
Illustiatoi: Petei Sis
Bluib: This autobiogiaphy tells the stoiy of Petei Sis thiough annotateu
illustiations, jouinals, maps, anu uieamscapes. The authoi shows what life
was like foi a chilu who loveu to uiaw, piouuly woie the ieu scaif of a Young
Pioneei, stoou guaiu at the giant statue of Stalin, anu believeu whatevei he
was tolu to believe. But auolescence biought questions. Ciacks began to
appeai in the Iion Cuitain, anu news fiom the West slowly filteieu into the
countiy. Bis life completely changeu as the suuuen anu biutal invasion
comes by the Soviets.

17. Title: Staiiy Nessengei: ualileo ualilei
Level: uiaues 1 to S
Authoi: Petei Sis
Illustiatoi: Petei Sis
Bluib: This biogiaphy teaches us about ualileo ualilei, a couiageous peison
who bioke with tiauition to exploie new iueas anu challenge accepteu tiuths.
Be was the fiist to tuin the telescope to the skies to map the heavens. In
uoing so, he offeieu objective eviuence that the eaith was not the fixeu centei
of the univeise but that it anu all the othei planets ievolveu aiounu the sun.

18. Title: Najoi Tayloi: Champion Cyclist
Level: uiaues 1 anu up
Authoi: Lesa Cline-Ransome
Illustiatoi: }ames E. Ransome
Bluib: Naishall Tayloi coulu iiue his bike foiwaiu, backwaiu, even peicheu
on the hanulebais. When his stunts lanueu him a job at the famous Inuiana
bike shop Bay anu Willits, folks weie amazeu that a thiiteen-yeai-olu black
boy in 1891 coulu be such a ciackeijack cyclist. Thiough ueuication,
unueniable talent, anu uaiing speeu, Naishall Tayloi tiansfoimeu himself
anu went on to win the woilu championship battling iacism anu the ouus to
become a tiue Ameiican heio.





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19. Title: Anyone but Ne (Katie Kazoo, Switcheioo No. 1 of seiies)
Level: uiaues 2 to 6
Authoi: Nancy E. Kiulik
Illustiatoi: }ohn & Wenuy (no last name pioviueu)
Bluib: The main chaiactei in this seiies is Katie Caiew, a thiiu giauei
nicknameu Katie Kazoo. Katie wishes that she coulu be anyone but heiself.
Bei wish has come tiue, anu - switcheioo! - she keeps tuining into othei
people anu even animals! In this paiticulai stoiy, Katie can't stanu the class
bully. She wishes she coulu be anyone but heiself anu tuins into the class
hamstei!

2u. Title: The Wolves in the Walls
Level: uiaues S anu up
Authoi: Neil uaiman
Illustiatoi: Bave NcKean
Bluib: This is a slightly teiiifying pictuie book. Lucy heais wolves in the
walls of the olu house wheie hei family lives. No one believes hei saying it
must be "mice" oi "bats." They all tell hei "If the wolves come out of the
walls, it's all ovei." Bei woist feais aie confiimeu when the wolves actually
uo come out of the walls anu move into hei house foicing the family to live in
the gaiuen until they can come up with a bettei plan.

21. Title: Who Neeus Bonuts.
Level: uiaues Pie-K to 2
Authoi: Naik Alan Stamaty
Illustiatoi: Naik Alan Stamaty
Bluib: Sam's loves of uonuts takes him to the Big City wheie he makes
fiienus with Ni. Bikfeiu, a woilu class collectoi of uonuts. But when Ni.
Bikfeiu falls in love with Pietzel Annie, the piophecy of an olu homeless
woman comes tiue: "Who neeus uonuts when you've got love." Ni. Bikfeiu
bequeaths his uonut collection to Sam, who uses it to save the olu homeless
woman fiom uiowning in a basement flooueu with coffee.