Never trust a wild boar! Boris, Morris, Horace, and Doris, the wild boars, are rude and disgusting. They'll soak in your toilet, clip their toenails in your bed, and make truly awful smells. What if just this one time, they promise to be good? Should you trust them?

Awards won: 2005 BCCB Blue Ribbon Picture Book Award

Reviewed by: emc

Date read: 7/16/2010

ISBN-10: 0805074880

ISBN-13: 9780805074888

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Three animals find a crown in the forest on a rock labeled, 'For the Mightiest.' Soon, the elephant, bear, and lion are arguing about who deserves the crown. They decide that whichever one of them can frighten a little old woman the most will win the crown. One by one, they jump out to scare her, and soon they are fighting over which animal was most terrifying. Suddenly, a giant appears, and he takes the crown and seizes the animals. Will someone come along to save the animals? Who could be mightier than the giant?

Reviewed by: emc

Date read: 6/4/2010

ISBN-10: 0399235868

ISBN-13: 9780399235863

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Milo is a magician, but not a very good magician. The theater manager gives him one more chance, but if he doesn't 'pull a rabbit out of his hat by tomorrow,' he will be fired. So Milo goes looking for a rabbit. What he finds is a bear who would love to help him with his hat trick. Milo's problems seem to be solved until his hat gets mixed up with another on the subway. Will Milo save his magic show? Will the bear find his way through the city? Read Milo's Hat Trick to find out.

Reviewed by: sc

Date read: 4/28/2009

ISBN-10: 0786809027

ISBN-13: 9780786809028

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This first-grader avoids books whenever possible. She doesn't understand her school librarian, who loves books so much that she dresses in costumes to read them. Then, to the girl's horror, she is asked to share a book she loves with her class for Book Week. She asks her mom if they can leave town, but her mom says, 'There's a librarian in every town.' Will she find a book she can tolerate? Could a book ever be gross enough for her to love?

Reviewed by: emc

Date read: 7/30/2010

ISBN-10: 0375946829

ISBN-13: 9780375946820

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What are the students in Room 207 going to do? Their sweet and loving teacher, Miss Nelson is missing and was replaced with the terrible and mean substitute teacher, Miss Viola Swamp. Miss Swamp always wears an ugly black dress, yells at them, raps on the desk with her ruler, and loads them down with homework. Even though they had misbehaved badly for Miss Nelson: throwing spitballs, squirming in their desks, being rude during storytime, and flying paper airplanes, the students of Room 207 would do anything to get her back. What would it take to get Miss Nelson to return?

Similar authors: James Marshall; Frank Asch; Christine M. Schneider; Harriet Ziefert; Peggy Parish

Similar books: Miss Nelson is Back by Harry Allard; Miss Nelson Has a Field Day by Harry Allard; George and Martha: One Fine Day by James Marshall; Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish; Picky Mrs. Pickle by Christine M. Schneider

Reviewed by: mb

Date read: 7/1/2011

ISBN-10: 0395252962

ISBN-13: 9780395252963

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