May 02, 2012
Nothing is better than snuggling with my daughters and a good book (post baths) prior to bedtime. Our weekly pilgrimage to the neighborhood libraries provides great options for them to read on their own and for us to read fun stories together.
This month, the Hawaii State Public Library has selected some really great recommendations for keiki preschool to eighth grade. Be sure to check them out.
Preschool
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Monkey Truck
by Michael Slack
The monkey-shaped truck travels through the jungle helping animals. It has flexible arms and the cab is in the shape of a monkey head, with changing expressions for each situation.
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Kindergarten
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I Want My Hat Back
by Jon Klassen
Bear lost his hat and asks various creatures if they saw it. Snake goes off track, Rabbit denies having seen it. Armadillo asks, “What is a hat?” Bear is so sad until he’s asked, “What does your hat look like?” He describes it then realizes he saw it.
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First to Second Grade
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Children Make Terrible Pets
by Peter Brown
Lucy, a brown bear in a pink skirt and hair bow, meets the cutest little boy. She begs her mother to keep him as her pet but is told, “Children make terrible pets.” Enjoy their adventures and find out what decisions they make together.
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Third to Fourth Grade
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E-mergency
by Tom Lichtenheld
Letters of the alphabet live together but one morning, E goes too fast, falls, and hurts one of her parts. O is picked to pitch in, but she still isn’t getting better. Letters suddenly turn on the narrator, demand he stop using E.
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Fifth to Sixth Grade
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You Will Call Me Drog
by Sue Cowing
11-year-old Parker didn’t know what he was in for when he put a bald, green-faced puppet on his hand. Then it spoke to him. He can’t get it off, no matter how hard he tries, and the talking puppet gets him in trouble with a trip to the counselor’s office then a psychologist’s. If he can’t figure out how to get rid of it, military school may be next.
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Seventh to Eighth Grade
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Legend
by Marie Lu
An adventure-filled dystopian teen fiction set in the future amid the ruins of Los Angeles in the Republic of America. The Republic is at war with the Colonies that are east of a no-man’s land stretching from the Dakotas to West Texas.
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Adults
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Imagine: How Creativity Works
by Jonah Lehrer
Our most important mental talent may be the ability “to imagine what has never existed.” Rather than an “aha” moment, the author has found hard work precedes revelation, and risk-taking—overcoming the fear of failure—is also key in creative success. Combines scientific research with examples.
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