Kids Staff Picks (August 2024)Like this list

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• Between Two Brothers

  Allen, Crystal,

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  Middle schooler Ice loves taking pictures, caring for animals, and, above all, he loves his older brother Seth. They’re not just brothers, they’re best friends to the end. But as Seth gets ready to leave for college, Ice starts feeling like his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Book That Almost Rhymed

  Abed, Omar,

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  “The other day, I wrote this book. You won’t believe how long it took. It rhymed, and I was super proud. It sounded great when read out loud. But then my sister came along, and now the story sounds all wro-” a brother and sister wrestle over rhyme…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Club Microbe

  Gravel, Elise,

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  Did you know that our bodies are covered with so many microbes that if we collected and weighed them all together, they would be as heavy as a brick? That’s right, from outer space to your very own belly button the world we live in is filled with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Cookie Crumbles

  Badua, Tracy,

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  Laila and Lucy have been best friends since kindergarten. Laila is the culinary artist, Lucy is the student journalist, and the two are inseparable. Cut to the summer after eighth grade when new zoning laws mean the girls will be attending different…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Emergency Quarters

  Matias, Carlos,

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  Once upon a time, there was a common device called a pay phone. For the price of a quarter, you could call a local number and talk for a set amount of time. Your favorite grownup probably used a pay phone once or twice to call home and ask their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The First State of Being

  Kelly, Erin Entrada,

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  What if a time traveler showed up at your front door? Fox Run Apartment Complex, Red Knot, Delaware: August 1999. Michael Rosario is twelve years old, too old to need a babysitter, but if a girl as cool (and cute) as Gibby was your babysitter, you…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Great Lakes

  Our Freshwater Treasure

  Rosenstock, Barb,

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  Meet the five Great Lakes: Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario. Do you know how they were formed? Do you know how far they travel? Why do they need our protection? And what, exactly, makes them so special? Learn about the history and science of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Love a Kitten

  Meadows, Michelle,

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  When a little girl finds a mother cat and kittens living under her porch, she wants to help – but how? Luckily, Grandpa knows just what to do. Together, they care for the mother cat and kittens while finding them new homes. But maybe they can keep…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Was

  the Stories of Animal Skulls

  Hocker, Katherine,

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  “A skull speaks in arches and ridges and caverns of bone. It speaks in teeth and cracks, and holes into, and holes through. It says: I was.” This informational picture book pairs the image of a skull with clues about who it once belonged to. Turn…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Little Shrew

  Miyakoshi, Akiko, 1982-

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  Three short stories paint a picture of a year in the life of one little shrew. "Little Shrew’s Day” follows Little Shrew through an almost-average Thursday, from sunup to sundown. “Little Shrew’s Dream” finds a garage sale bargain opening up a new…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Daddy Is a Cowboy

  Seales, Stephanie,

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  A little girl and her father wake before sunrise. Abuela hands them a paper sack filled with apple slices to take out to the barn. The sky is still midnight black when they say good morning to their horses and saddle up to ride through town. As the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Touch the Sky

  Lucianovic, Stephanie V. W.,

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  Vern loves the swings at the park. He visits them “practically every day.” Vern knows how to dangle across the swings on his belly. Vern knows how to twist the chain and spin around really, really fast. But there’s one thing Vern doesn’t know how to…Read moreRead more of this annotation