4 BOOKS FRee! - Junior Library Guild
4 BOOKS FRee! - Junior Library Guild
4 BOOKS FRee! - Junior Library Guild
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eleMenTaRY TITles<br />
Santa Duck<br />
written and illustrated by David Milgrim<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, SLJH, WC<br />
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It’s Christmas Eve, and Nicholas Duck doesn’t<br />
understand why everyone’s chasing him down to<br />
recite their (long! very long!) Christmas wish lists.<br />
Could it have anything to do with the “genuine,<br />
official Santa hat” which mysteriously appeared on<br />
his doorstep that morning? Just in case, Nicholas<br />
takes off his new hat, but animals still call him “Santa<br />
Duck.” Finally, Nicholas makes a run for it—and<br />
runs right into Santa. Full-color art, in digital ink and<br />
digital oil pastel.<br />
Isbn: 9780399250187 • Dewey: e • 8" x 10" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 2.3 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 1.7 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD470l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Putnam’s: $16.99 • JlG Month: DeC 2008<br />
Satchel Paige: Don’t Look Back u<br />
by David A. Adler • illustrated by Terry Widener<br />
SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BLH, HG, K, PW<br />
Satchel Paige may have been the best pitcher ever,<br />
but he didn’t get a chance to show it in the Major<br />
Leagues until he was forty-two years old. Paige was<br />
African American and, like so many others, was<br />
denied the chance to compete on the game’s biggest<br />
stage. He became a legend in the Negro Leagues, and<br />
when he finally made it to the “big show,” he proved<br />
that he could still get batters out. Career highlights.<br />
Full-color art.<br />
Isbn: 9780152055851 • Dewey: 796.357 • 9" x 11" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 4.7 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 5.1 • sRC Points: 3 • lexile: aD840l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Harcourt: $16.00 • JlG Month: Jan 2007<br />
*NEW* Saxby Smart, Private Detective:<br />
The Curse of the Ancient Mask and Other Case Files<br />
by Simon Cheshire • illustrated by R. W. Alley<br />
ME GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, K, PW, SLJ<br />
When things go wrong, kids have someone to call on:<br />
Saxby Doyle Christie Chandler Ellin Allan Smart.<br />
Kids just call him Saxby, and they call him whenever<br />
there’s a mystery to solve. Working from his Crime<br />
Headquarters, the shed in his backyard, he tracks<br />
down clues, puzzles out problems, and figures out<br />
just what went wrong. Saxby invites the reader to<br />
help solve three mysteries in this first book of a<br />
new series. Line drawings.<br />
Isbn: 9781596434745 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 7 5/8" • 176 pp<br />
aR level: 5 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 7 • lexile: 730l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Roaring brook: $13.95 • JlG Month: JUl 2009<br />
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*NEW* Scaredy-Cat Catcher: Gym Shorts<br />
by Betty Hicks • illustrated by Adam McCauley<br />
SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: SLJ<br />
Rocky loves to play baseball. He’s the best catcher in<br />
his league—or at least he was, until an out-of-control<br />
runner broke his arm. Now his arm is healed, but he<br />
has a new problem. Every time a baserunner heads<br />
toward home, instead of tagging the runner out,<br />
Rocky jerks his arm out of the way. His friends tell<br />
him he just needs practice, but in the meantime, his<br />
team is losing games. Rocky doesn’t want to quit, but<br />
he wonders if that’s the only way to save his team.<br />
Black-and-white illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781596432468 • Dewey: f • 5 7/8" x 7 1/4" • 64 pp<br />
aR level: 2.8 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 2.3 • sRC Points: 4 • lexile: 380l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Roaring brook: $16.95 • JlG Month: JUn 2009<br />
*NEW* Scaredy Squirrel at Night<br />
written and illustrated by Mélanie Watt<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, PW<br />
Scaredy Squirrel never sleeps. Even though it makes<br />
him forgetful and moody, Scaredy Squirrel would<br />
rather be tired than risk having a nightmare about<br />
ghosts—or vampire bats—or unicorns! So when<br />
Scaredy’s horoscope says that all his dreams are<br />
about to come true at midnight, he decides to draw<br />
up a battle plan. Will a spotlight, cupcakes, and a<br />
fire extinguisher be enough to keep his nightmares<br />
at bay? Full-color art, digitally rendered in Adobe<br />
Photoshop.<br />
Isbn: 9781554532889 • Dewey: e • 8" x 8" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 3.6 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 1.4 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD430l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Kids Can: $16.95 • JlG Month: MaY 2009<br />
Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach<br />
written and illustrated by Mélanie Watt<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, SLJ<br />
“Scaredy Squirrel never goes to the beach. He’d<br />
rather vacation at home alone where it’s safe than risk<br />
being surrounded by the wrong crowd.” But, when<br />
Scaredy builds a fake, private beach, he realizes that<br />
he needs a seashell from a real beach if he wants to<br />
hear the ocean’s soothing sounds. So, armed with<br />
protective beachgear—an eye patch to fool pirates,<br />
a french fry to distract seagulls, and a helmet for<br />
falling coconuts—Scaredy sets off to find the perfect<br />
seashell. Full-color art.<br />
Isbn: 9781554532254 • Dewey: e • 8" x 8" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 3.6 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 3.3 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD580l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Kids Can: $15.95 • JlG Month: JUn 2008<br />
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