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Back to School, Mallory
Laurie B. Friedman (2004), 175 pages
Illustrated by Tamara Schmitz
Audience: 2nd Grade - 4th Grade
Mallory is happy enough at her new house on Wish Pond Road. She has a wish pond on her street and a new friend right next door, but she's not prepared for the start of third grade. Then, she finds out her mom will be the new music teacher! How can she survive as the new kid when she has to have her mom at school with her? In this installment of the Mallory books (following Mallory on the Move, about Mallory's move to the new town), we get to know Mallory further as she deals with her mom's new job, a classmate who steals her ideas, and a neighbor who might not be the friend she thought he was.
Reviewed by: emc
Date read: 1/25/2010
ISBN-10: 1575056585
ISBN-13: 9781575056586
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Baseball Ballerina
Kathryn Cristaldi (1992), 48 pages
Illustrated by Abby Carter
Audience: Preschool - 2nd Grade
What happens when you love playing baseball, but your mom forces you to put pink bows in your hair, wear pink slippers, and take ballet classes? Will she 'strike out' with her baseball team if they ever find out? Find out how 'Baseball Ballerina' learns to use her baseball skills off the field!
Similar books: Baseball Ballerina Strikes Out by Kathryn Cristaldi;
Princess Lulu Goes to Camp by Kathryn Cristaldi
Princess Lulu Goes to Camp by Kathryn Cristaldi
Reviewed by: mb
Date read: 7/13/2009
ISBN-10: 0679917349
ISBN-13: 9780679917342
Bathwater Gang
Jerry Spinelli (2005), 64 pages
Illustrated by Meredith Johnson
Audience: 2nd Grade - 3rd Grade
Bertie's all-girl gang becomes involved in a harmless, but heartfelt, war with an all-boy gang, until her grandmother steps in with the perfect solution.
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 3/27/2009
ISBN-10: 0316014427
ISBN-13: 9780316014427
Beauty and the Beast
Nancy Willard (1992), 67 pages
Illustrated by Barry Moser
Audience: 3rd Grade - 6th Grade
A luscious retelling of the classic tale, set the early 1900s. Beauty lives with her father and two older sisters, Vanessa and Mona, in New York City. Their father is a rich merchant, until his ships are lost at sea and they must sell everything. They move upstate to a tumble-down farmhouse. 'Pretty girls are a dime a dozen. Beauty is much rarer than you might suppose.' A delightful read rich in detail and full of magic.
Similar books: Beauty, a Retelling by Robin McKinley
Reviewed by: donna
Date read: 8/16/2010
ISBN-10: 0152060529
ISBN-13: 9780152060527
Anya lives in fear that her classmates will discover she's wearing a wig. A few months ago, her hair started falling out. She found out she has a medical condition that makes her lose her hair, and it might never grow back. Now, Anya has to wear a wig. She thinks no one has noticed yet, but the truth is that the bossiest girl in class, Stef, has noticed, and Stef is pushing her friends to tug Anya's wig to see if it's real. Stef's friend, Keely, has always felt like the underdog in her group of friends, but when she believes Stef is behind the dramatic unveiling of Anya's bald head in gym class, Keely can't follow along any longer. Will Keely find a way to stand up to Stef without losing all her friends? Can Anya come to terms with the fact that she may never have hair again?
Reviewed by: emc
Date read: 1/15/2010
ISBN-10: 0689832982
ISBN-13: 9780689832987
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