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Ages 8-12 • Intermediate Independent Reads<br />
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126<br />
D IS FOR DAHL ❖<br />
A Gloriumptious A-Z Guide to the<br />
World of Roald Dahl<br />
Compiled by Wendy Cooling<br />
Illustrated by Quentin Blake<br />
A fun and fascinating A-Z guide to<br />
author Roald Dahl. “Entertaining,<br />
insightful, and of particular interest to<br />
Dahl’s fans…this is a standout tribute to<br />
a beloved children’s author.”<br />
—School Library Journal<br />
Rec: BL, PW, SLJ<br />
5 1/2 x 7 160 pp. 2007<br />
978-0-14-240934-3 $5.99<br />
DAHL, FELICITY &<br />
JOSIE FISON<br />
ROALD DAHL’S EVEN MORE<br />
REVOLTING RECIPES<br />
Illustrated by Quentin Blake<br />
“Sure to stir the stomach, Roald Dahl’s<br />
Even More Revolting Recipes, with<br />
excerpts from Roald Dahl’s oeuvre, an<br />
introduction by Felicity Dahl and recipes<br />
by Lori-Ann Newman, features foods<br />
from the author’s best-loved books.”<br />
—Publishers Weekly<br />
Rec: BL, PW, SLJ<br />
7 1/2 x 9 3/4 64 pp. 2003<br />
978-0-14-250165-8 $7.99<br />
ROALD DAHL’S<br />
REVOLTING RECIPES<br />
Illustrated by Quentin Blake<br />
Photographs by Jan Baldwin<br />
Now there’s a practical guide to making<br />
such mouthwatering and deliciously<br />
disgusting foods as Lickable Wallpaper,<br />
Stink Bugs’ Eggs, and Eatable Pillows<br />
and other delicacies found in Charlie<br />
and the Chocolate Factory, James and the<br />
Giant Peach, and Dahl’s other books.<br />
“Deliciously playful…Dahl, one suspects,<br />
would have been tickled.”<br />
—Publishers Weekly<br />
Rec: BL, C, PW, SLJ, TE<br />
7 1/4 x 9 5/8 64 pp. 1997<br />
978-0-14-037820-7 $8.99<br />
See index for more titles by Roald Dahl.<br />
Celeb Celebra rate te Roald Dahl Day,<br />
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www.roalddahl.com<br />
DELANEY, MICHAEL<br />
BIRDBRAIN AMOS<br />
“Amos, a hippopotamus, advertises for<br />
a bird to get the bugs off his back, but<br />
forgets to mention that it has to be a<br />
tick bird. After interviews with several<br />
inappropriate candidates, including a<br />
vulture, he hires just the right one. Then,<br />
in Amelia Bedelia fashion, the hippo has<br />
trouble communicating with his new<br />
employee…A story that deserves a place<br />
in libraries looking for more humorous<br />
fiction.” —School Library Journal<br />
Rec: BLH, C, H, K, PW, SLJ<br />
5 1/8 x 7 3/4 160 pp. 2004<br />
978-0-14-240031-9 $5.99<br />
DENZEL, JUSTIN<br />
BOY OF THE PAINTED CAVE<br />
“Set in the Cro-Magnon era, this story<br />
of Tao, who longs to be a cave artist, features<br />
a boy whose lameness is viewed as a<br />
curse, making it impossible for him to be<br />
one of the Chosen Ones....Denzel carefully<br />
sets his stage, combining a strong<br />
plot with a wealth of well-researched<br />
details.” —Booklist<br />
Rec: BL, CR, CS, E, K, PW, SLJ<br />
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 160 pp. 1996<br />
978-0-698-11377-0 $5.99<br />
DOYLE, EUGENIE<br />
STRAY VOLTAGE<br />
“Doyle has written a sparely eloquent,<br />
deeply moving family story that is enriched<br />
by its wonderfully realized rural<br />
setting. Her characters are complex and<br />
not always sympathetic, but their lives are<br />
as authentic—and ruggedly beautiful—as<br />
the countryside in which they live.”<br />
—Booklist<br />
Rec: BLH, KH, PW, SLJ<br />
4 1/4 x 6 3/4 144 pp. 2004<br />
978-0-14-240153-8 $5.99<br />
DRAPER, SHARON<br />
AND SAMPSON DAVIS,<br />
GEORGE JENKINS &<br />
RAMECK HUNT<br />
WE BEAT THE STREET<br />
How a Friendship Pact Led to Success<br />
“ ‘What started out as three boys skipping<br />
class turned out to be the most<br />
significant experience of our lives,’ says<br />
George Jenkins, who, together with<br />
Sampson Davis and Rameck Hunt, made<br />
a teenage pact to leave their impoverished<br />
New Jersey neighborhood, attend<br />
medical school, and become doctors.<br />
Author Sharon Draper helped shape<br />
chapters, written in the third person, describing<br />
each doctor’s challenging childhood<br />
experiences, including a parent’s<br />
drug addiction, forays into crime, and<br />
succeeding in an environment that made<br />
‘failing equal to being cool.’” —Booklist<br />
Rec: BL, PW, SLJ, V<br />
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 208 pp. 2006<br />
978-0-14-240627-4 $6.99<br />
EDMONDS, WALTER D.<br />
THE MATCHLOCK GUN<br />
Illustrated by Paul Lantz<br />
Winner of the Newbery Medal, this stirring<br />
tale of a small boy, his mother and<br />
younger sister, and an antique matchlock<br />
gun, is based on a true story. In 1756,<br />
Edmond’s father Teunis is summoned by<br />
the military to help prevent marauding<br />
French soldiers and Indians from raiding<br />
homes in Guilderland. But the Indians<br />
get through, and Edmond is called upon<br />
to play his own courageous part in saving<br />
his family.<br />
Rec: B, BLH, E, LJH, TE, WH<br />
Newbery Medal<br />
5 x 7 3/4 80 pp. 1998<br />
978-0-698-11680-1 $6.99
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