Some Favorites of 2007

Looking for a good recent read? Check out the books I'm presenting to other librarians at the Michigan Library Association's annual conference next week:

Picture Books:

Pssst! by Adam Rex (Hilarious!)

How to Bake an American Pie by Karma Wilson, illustrated by Raul Colon (Patriotic!)

Dog and Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (Cute!)

Chapter Books:

Clementine's Letter by Sarah Pennypacker, illustrated by Marla Frazee

(I love Clementine!)

How to Steal A Dog by Barbara O'Connor (Sensitive)

I Am Not Joey Pigza by Jack Gantos (Yay! Joey's back!)

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (Caldecott Winner!)

Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller by Sarah Miller (Local author!)

Night of the Howling Dogs by Graham Salisbury (Exciting!)

The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex (Funny!)

All of these books were Mitten contenders. Check them out at Baldwin!

Two Great Reviews: Check Them Out!

Do you love the High School Musical Movies? If you do, then you'll love the Stories From East High: Battle of the Bands. I read this book and it was great! I think you're gonna love it!The story is based on High School Musical and High School Musical 2. This story is about East High's very first battle of the bands. Anyone can enter: groups, duets, or solos. Sharpay formed a girl group with drama club friends Alicia and Charlotte, and Taylor McKessie from the chemistry lab. Troy has formed a guy group with his basketball buddies, Chad, Zeke, and Jason. While all this is happening, Gabriella and Ryan are left in the shadows. While everyone is making music, Gabriella signed up to tutor another student and Ryan signed up to be tutored by antother student. Then they find out that Gabriella is tutoring Ryan! Then, Ms. Darbus talked Gabriella into doing a solo for the battle of the bands. So she starts working on her song with Kelsi.Then Sharpay screams at Ryan and accidentally loses her voice.Will Sharpay's voice come back in time for her to win, or will she just have to give up this award?Read:High School Musical: Stories From East High: #1 Battle of the Bands.


The Tale of Despereaux By: Kate DiCamillo. The Tale of Despereaux is a wonderful story filled with love, danger, mice, and rats. There are four different parts to this story. Part 1:Part one is about Despereaux Tilling, a small mouse with large ears and who was born with his eyes open and not like other mice. Despereaux gets in trouble and is sent to the dungeon.Part 2:Part two is about Chiaroscuro, a rat who is not like other rats who live in the dungeon- he loves light. One day, he goes upstairs to the light and falls into the queen's soup and the queen. . . You'll have to read the book to find out that part.Part 3:Part three is about Miggery Sow, a girl who's pa sold her to another man for a handful of cigarettes, a red tablecloth, and a hen. Then, later, she is taken to the castle.Part 4:Part four is about Miggery and she becomes a part of a rat's evil plan. Except Miggery doesn't know that the plan is evil. There is much, much more to the story, but if you want to find out more, check out the book about a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread.

Miss Laurie's note: The Tale of Despereaux will be receiving the big-screen treatment soon; look for it in theaters. But remember: the book is almost always better!

Two Picture-Book Favorites

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
This book was funny! I liked when she swallowed the horse!

Elevator Magic
The best part of this book was when the boy went to the store and there was a rock and roll band there!

Hannah's Reads

I read a book called "The Year with Miss Agnes." It was about a teacher in Alaska who came from England. The teacher's name is Miss Agnes. She was very friendly to the girl in the story and her sister, who was deaf. The book took place a long time ago. It's a really sweet book and good for schools. Schools should be doing the same things she has done in Alaska.

I also read another book called "All of A Kind Family" by Sydney Taylor. It's a really good book because there are 6 sisters and they live in New York in 1900.

More Anonymous Picks

FACE ON THE MILK CARTON
it's a good book about a normal girl who finds out she was kidnapped. It's like a mystery and i like it because it keeps you at the edge of your seat

BABY MOUSEthey are a funny comics about a normal baby mouse wanting to do stuff

What Angela Likes

GARDEN OF EVE
this book is like a mystery but isn't, it takes place in bomont with every tree and plant dead. there's a magical seed that was from the garden of eden. this seed led to another world,it was a different bomont, every tree geen and alive plants everywhere. this book is very exciting! angela

SIX-GRADE GLOMMORS, NORKS, AND ME
this book is about a girl in sixth grade. she thinks stuff has been not going well, but soon she realizes she's happy right were she is. angela

Chase's Favorites

"Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Creatures" by John Malam and Steve Parker
I like this book because it tells facts about dinosaurs. For example, T-rex has two claws on each hand. Oviraptor stole eggs and ate them! Brachiosaurus knocked down trees to eat them. Liopleurodon was the biggest dinosaur ever! If you want to know about dinosaurs, read this book.

"Amazing 3-D Bugs" by Keith Faulkner
The "Amazing 3-D Bugs" book is the best. I learned lots of stuff. The Goliath beetle is the biggest beetle alive. The black widow is the deadliest spider ever! The army ant will eat anything in its path. The termite is the master builder in the bug world. The scarab beetle is like a living jewel.This book has a lot of interesing facts. That's why I like it. You will too.

A Charlie Brown fan!

Charlie Brown's Yearbook, by Charles M. Schulz
If you like Charlie Brown stories, then you'll love this book. It is called Charlie Brown's Yearbook. It includes several Charlie Brown stories like It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown and more.It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown is about Charlie and Lucy and other friends going Trick-or-Treating on Halloween. Meanwhile, Linus and Sally are sitting in the pumpkin patch waiting for the Great Pumpkin to come.He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown is about Charlie Brown sending his dog, Snoopy, off to dog school. Charlie Brown calls his friend to ask if Snoopy can stay the night. But Snoopy ends up staying for a couple of days because he doesn't want to go to dog school.If you want to find out what the other stories are, or if you want to find out more about the stories, then check out Charlie Brown's Yearbook, by: Charles M. Schulz.

A Fun Summer Read

Summer Camp Secrets: Pranked
By: MadisonKelly age 12 arrived at Camp Pine Heaven with her parents early that morning. She got taken to her group by cabin 1As' counselor. She meets a sweet and quiet girl named Melissa. Then at lunch time, she arrived. Reb Carillson-Known as an Evil Twin. Reb's partner Jennifer, was always on her side, but the Evil Twins hated Melissa. Kelly starts hanging out and going to activities with the Evil Twins and became the Terrible Triplets. The girls started pulling pranks on Melissa, like short sheeting her and taking her towel and robe when she was in the outdoor shower! But soon Melissa loses her special bracelet and blames the Terrible Triplets. Did they take it? And now Reb won't talk to Kelly? What's going to happen next?

Donovan's Diaries

Diary of a Spider by Doreen Cronin

I like it, because it's a diary of a bug, from the bug's point of view. They have a few things that humans do, like go to school. It's not just for boys and not just for girls, it's for both. Parents would like it also, because it's silly.

Diary of a Fly by Doreen Cronin

I like this book, because it's silly and it's my type. There's lots of dialogue. It's another bug's point of view. This one is good, and parents will like it, because there are problems in it that parents are dealing with.by Donovan C. age 8

Liam Likes...

Peedie by Olivier Dunrea
He's very funny and he forgets things. He lost his cap one day and he forgot to circle the egg. The cap was on the egg, and that's my story.by Liam C. aged almost 4!

Jacob Flaherty's Favorites

Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons
This book is about everything about dragons. It shows maps on a few other pages and one big one which shows where dragons were. They found dragons in Canada, Mexico, South America, Europe, three in Asia, Africa, Australia and one in the water. The book showed scales. More scales. More scales. The bones, the mustles, and the body parts (fangs, teeth, scales, horns, large bat-like wings, etc.). Some can fly and some can not fly.It talks about how it grows into a dragon. It starts as an egg. It takes 36 months for a dragon to grow. They show dragon dust. It's really pretty. On the other side, the dust is pretty because they show it on the other side too.The book is pretty inside it and outside it.

Curious George by H.A. Rey
Curious George lives in Africa. He was a good, little monkey and he was always very, very, extremely curious. The yellow man saw him and George came off a tree. George put the man's hat on but couldn't see, then the man took off the hat. George was popped into a bag. George was caught.This is very interesting. Why is George smoking? His clothes were a little too big for him when he went to bed. George rowed on a boat to a dock and then got on a big ship.George went out on the front of the boat. He saw seagulls flying and wondered if he could fly like a bird. He tried and first he flied then he fell in the water. When he was back safe, he climbed up a house and saw some people with balloons. George tried to get a red one for himself except that he got all the balloons and flew away. They had to run far! George saw everybody and they looked like dolls and toy houses. Soon the wind stopped. He landed on a traffic light. The yellow man yelled "George!". The man paid for all of the balloons. He went to the zoo where George could live and all the animals had a balloon.

Drew Flaherty's Favorites

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

This book is about one grinch and a bunch of Whos. The grinch pretended he was santa and stole everything from the Whos. He stole it because he didn't like Christmas. He thought the Whos would be sad the next day because they didn't have any presents.He went to give a Who a glass of water and the other Whos were sleeping. The grinch was gonna dump the presents down on the ground off a big hill. Then he heard singing. Then the dog with the horns on his head pushed the grinch down the hill on his sled. The grinch stood on the bags blowing a big horn.At the end of the story, the grinch carved the roast beast with himself and the Whos. Even the Whos and the grinch ate it.



Dragonology: the Complete Book of Dragons

My favorite part is the book has actual dragon skin and the dragon dust. You can touch the dragon skin but not the dust.This book is about many dragons. My favorite dragon is the Chinese Lung. The Japanese dragon has four toes. The Chinese dragon has five toes.

Maggie Recommends:

Minnie and Moo and the Case of the Missing Jelly Donut. Maggie really liked the book and thought it was the funniest mystery on earth. It was funny when Minnie and Moo dressed up like chickens. Maggie thinks all kids should read this book.

Mrs. Piggle Wiggle because she has all these crazy cures. Maggie's favorite is Mrs. Piggle Wiggles "Not Pick up Toys Cure". Maggie thinks kids all around the world should read it.


Miss Laurie's note: I love the Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle books too! Check out all of them by Betty MacDonald.

A Lemony Snicket favorite

A Series of Unfortunate Events #1: The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket is about 3 children whose parents die one day in a fire. And that's where the whole series starts. Their first guardian is really a villain who forces them to do nasty things and tries to get ahold of their fortune. And all the other details, well you have to read the book to find out.

Funny Book

The Diary of a Wimpy Kid is about Greg Heffley's journal. He is in middle school. The things he writes are hilarious. If you want a good laugh read this book.

Junie B. Jones: Good and Bad

Junie B. Jones Has a Monster Under Her Bed is an awesome fast going book. It is not hard to read and it is very funny. It is fun to read.

Junie B. Jones: One Man Band
I thought the book was slow going. Really nothing happened. It wasn't as good as Junie B. Jones Has a Monster Under Her Bed.

Anthony's Funny Faves

Anthony Cervera likes:

Edgar and Ellen series by Charles Ogden
about a brother and sister named Edgar and Ellen. It was a very funny book and I liked it a lot.

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
The book was about a boy named Peter and he was very annoyed by his little brother. I liked it a lot.

What Matt Likes

Travel Team By Mike Lupica
I love this book because i am a big sports fan and I like basketball. It is all about a boy who doesn't make his travel team becase of his height.

Tom Needham's biography Albert Pujols : MVP On and Off the Field
I liked this book because he helps so many people and gives away thousands of dollars. He is religous and wants to help people who are in need.

Carson's Dahl Favorites

Matilda by Roald Dahl
I read this book and it was amazing! Her parents were so cruel to her, but she had 3 friends--Lavender, Hortense, and Miss Honey, her teacher. It was very good at the end. She got to live with Miss Honey. The end.(by Carson Peasely)

James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl.
In this book James lived with his 2 horrid aunts. They were very mean to him. But one day a giant peach grew and when James went inside he met grasshopper, spider, silkworm, glowworm, earthworm, lady bug and centipede. And they lived with James in the peach.(by Carson Peasely)

Jacob Recommends...

jacob flaherty - Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons.

This book is about everything about dragons. It shows maps on a few other pages and one big one which shows where dragons were. They found dragons in Canada, Mexico, South America, Europe, three in Asia, Africa, Australia and one in the water. The book showed scales. More scales. More scales. The bones, the mustles, and the body parts (fangs, teeth, scales, horns, large bat-like wings, etc.). Some can fly and some can not fly.It talks about how it grows into a dragon. It starts as an egg. It takes 36 months for a dragon to grow. They show dragon dust. It's really pretty. On the other side, the dust is pretty because they show it on the other side too.The book is pretty inside it and outside it.

Jacob Flaherty - Curious George by H.A. Rey

Curious George lives in Africa. He was a good, little monkey and he was always very, very, extremely curious. The yellow man saw him and George came off a tree. George put the man's hat on but couldn't see, then the man took off the hat. George was popped into a bag. George was caught.This is very interesting. Why is George smoking? His clothes were a little too big for him when he went to bed. George rowed on a boat to a dock and then got on a big ship.George went out on the front of the boat. He saw seagulls flying and wondered if he could fly like a bird. He tried and first he flied then he fell in the water. When he was back safe, he climbed up a house and saw some people with balloons. George tried to get a red one for himself except that he got all the balloons and flew away. They had to run far! George saw everybody and they looked like dolls and toy houses. Soon the wind stopped. He landed on a traffic light. The yellow man yelled "George!". The man paid for all of the balloons. He went to the zoo where George could live and all the animals had a balloon.

Drew's Favorites

drew flaherty likes how the grinch stole christmas!This book is about one grinch and a bunch of Whos. The grinch pretended he was santa and stole everything from the Whos. He stole it because he didn't like Christmas. He thought the Whos would be sad the next day because they didn't have any presents.He went to give a Who a glass of water and the other Whos were sleeping. The grinch was gonna dump the presents down on the ground off a big hill. Then he heard singing. Then the dog with the horns on his head pushed the grinch down the hill on his sled. The grinch stood on the bags blowing a big horn.At the end of the story, the grinch carved the roast beast with himself and the Whos. Even the Whos and the grinch ate it.

Drew Flaherty likes Dragonology: the Complete Book of Dragons. My favorite part is the book has actual dragon skin and the dragon dust. You can touch the dragon skin but not the dust.This book is about many dragons. My favorite dragon is the Chinese Lung. The Japanese dragon has four toes. The Chinese dragon has five toes.

A Mother's Pick

Loved the biography Laura Ingalls Wilder by Alexandra Wallner. I read it to my 3 year old and read it with my 8 year old. I remember reading the Little House in the Big Woods series and loving it. And now this book gives a great summary of Ms Wilder's long and meaningful life. Definitely a must read if you like her stories. Jennifer

Nina's Favorites

Nina liked "My Friend is Sad" by Mo Willems.She liked that the pig found out that when a friend is sad you should just ask the friend "whats the matter?'.

Nina thinks that "Grizzwold" by Syd Hoff is fun. Grizzwold finally found the perfect home.

Some Fun Picture Books

katy the kitten was a good book. it was about a kitten who was playing with a bunny and she got lost and her mom found her because of the bell around her neck. I really enjoyed this book. the end

Are you my mother was a great book to read. The mother bird went to get worms and the the baby bird hatched. She went out looking for her mother asking lots of animals if they are her mother. At the end she finds her real bird mommy. the end.

Tyler Likes Mysteries!

Tyler Likes The Hardy Boys Books:The Hardy Boys #11 Abracadeath - I like this book because I like mystery books. Also it looks like a comic book but is a book.

Crime Files: Body of Evidence is a good book! Crime Files: Body of Evidence is a good mystery because it gives you facts in a mystery that is about 4 minutes long and give you a solution.

Xander likes Wimpy Kid and Mysteries

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by: Greg Heffley's Journal was a weird book because Greg never gets what he wants, he never wins. The story was very funny. I recommend others read it. Xander

I liked the mystery The Empty Envelope (an A to Z Mysteries). Many people get arrested and they always solve crimes. The characters included Josh and the story is very interesting. Xander

Some Great Beginning Readers

Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
I like how the words sounded alike. And I like how Sam I am was trying to get him to eat the green eggs and ham in the "box" with a fox. I loved it because at the end he did like green eggs and ham.

Put Me in the Zoo by Robert Lopshire. I liked the book because the animal with all the spots wanted to be in the zoo, but the zookeeper did not want him in the zoo. And I liked how his spots went everywhere and they changed colors. He also juggled his spots.

Winn-Dixie

Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo. I liked the Winn-Dixie because when Opal and Dixie went to Gretude's Pet Shop, Otis played the guitar and all the animals in the shop listened and were calm. I loved this book.

Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair by Patricia Polacco. I like the book because it was about the importance of reading. Aunt Chip was the librarian and she wanted all the kids to read instead of watching T.V. It was a good book.

Isabella, the Harry Potter fan!

Isabella Levitt says...Harry Potter and the Sorcer's Stone is one of the best books ever.

Isbaella Levitt says...Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a very good book.

City of Ember and Inskpell

I like the book "The City of Ember" by Jeanne Duprau because it is very interesting how the author made the characters very primitive.

Miss Laurie adds: Watch for the movie, coming soon!

I like the book Inkspell by Cornelia Funke because the author made the story very magical.

Gretchen's Picks

FLOTSAM by David Wiesner is one of my favorite books! There are no words to read you just use your imagination to go along with the pictures. Gretchen Wilber

The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner is a great beginning chapter book. You'll love the characters and if you like Mysteries this series is for you. Gretchen Wilber

Miranda Recommends...

A while ago I read a book called 20,000 leagues under the sea. It was about a submarine called the Nautalis that travels in almost all the oceans and seas in the world. They even go to the south pole where no one has ever been before. (This happened a long time ago.) I think it was a great book. Miranda

The day before yesterday I read a book called Harry The Poisonous Centipede Goes To The Sea. It is about three poisonous centipedes that travel from a tropical island to a city. (I can't tell you which because we don't want collecters going there to capture them for their collections.) For a while people thought that that particular kind of giant centipede was extinct. It is a great book. Miranda 7

Madison's Pick

I recomend... The Ghost,the White House,and Me. KayKay Granger's life changes when her mom runs for president and wins the election! Her dad tells her that Abraham Lincoln's ghost haunts the White House. KayKay and her little sis Ally try to uncover the mystery. KayKay discovers that she should leave the case alone. She pulls a prank, makes a new friend, and has fun. By:Madson Drake

Chance is a A Captain Underpants Fan

"Captain Underpantsand the attack of theTalking toilets!"Suggested by Chance Stephenson Written by Dav Pilkey
Read this fun filled Fight, Wedgie power vs. Potty power included!
Flip-o-ramas, Comics, Toilets, This book has it All!
Guaranteed to make you laugh until soda Comes out your nose!
It’s so funny you won’t want to put it down. I read it in one day.

Somebody likes...

Shoo, Fly Guy! by Tedd Arnold. This book was very funny and good. A easy reading book for beginning reader.

Mark likes George and Harold

George and Harold are so naughty...just like me! They always seem to cause the main problem. By the end of the book, they found a way to fix it. That is definitely one of the reasons this book is so hilarious.

By Mark

One from Madison

"Who is Pippi Longstocking?" Well, Pippi Longstocking is a young orphan girl who thinks her mother is an angel and her father is "King of the Natives." She meets two very well mannered chidren named Tommy and Annika who live next store to "Villa Villekulla", which by the way is Pippi's house. Pippi has extrordanary adventures. She turns into a thing finder, is an acrobat, and goes on an expedition.

Pippi Longstocking is by Astrid Lindgren.

Do you like sports? Anonymous does!

A summer favorite will probably be Heat by Mike Lupica. Everyone loves baseball, right? Well, Michael Arroyo especially does! He is the best pitcher on the team. But the problem is, someone doesn't like that he can do what he does best. Pitch. So he accuses him of being older than he should be. When he is taken off the team, he needs to find his birth certificate. But it's back in Cuba. With the help of his favorite baseball player, a mysterious girl, and hope, he could make it back to baseball. Or end up watching on the sidelines.

A Historical Fiction Favorite

I recommend reading Hang A Thousand Trees With Ribbons by Ann Rinaldi. It is a book about Phillis Wheatley. She was a slave at first, but her family who bought her was nice. When their son, Nathaniel, teaches her to read and write, she starts to write poems. Through the tough times of losing her mom and not seeing a friend, to the good times of having a book and getting married, she had courage.

Brady recommends...

Take Me Out to the Ballgame. There was a boy who played baseball. He played with his brother in baseball. One day he hit a home run into a swimming pool. This book is a great story showing how if someone practices hard then they can make it to the Major Leagues.

The Rat on the Boat. This book is about a rat that did not like boat class, but his Dad sent him there. There was a hard part that he had to do which is to fix the mast. You will have to read this great book to find out what happens.

Haley: An American Chillers Fan

Dangerous Dolls of Delaware by Jonathan Rand. I like this book because it is very scary and it is a very good book for anyone that likes scary stuff. In these books, they always have a good ending. By: Haley

Florida Fog Phantoms by Jonathan Rand. I like this book because every where in the story there is always something scary. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes to scare people.

A Captain Underpants Fan

Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants by Dav Pilkey.

I am a fourth grader. The book was hilarious. The world was getting dominated by these awful names. The principal of Jerome Horwitz Elementry School was actually Captain Underpants. You Will Have To Read The Book So You Can Find Out What Happened Next!

One illustrated by Harry Bliss, our Summer Reading Artist

Mrs. Watson Wants Your Teeth. This is a good book because it has cool surprises on the pictures.

Percy Jackson rules!

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan is THE BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ!!! It is my fav because of all the Greek mythology in it. I think everyone would like it.

Toad Rage!

Toad Rage by Morris Gleitzman is a sweet book. It has a lot of fun suprises. You will love to read this anywhere you go.

Poppy by Avi

Poppy is a very intresting charecter from the book POPPY. She's brave but at the same time scared, she's adventurous throughout the whole book and i just think she's the most interesting charecter I have ever known from a book.

A Football Favorite

My name is Nicholas and I read The Greatest Game Ever Played. It is about a boy named Sam who takes his dad to the greatest game ever played. If you like football you will like this book.

Harry Potter Fans

My name is Nicholas and I read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. It is about a boy named Harry who goes to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy. It is very exciting.

My name is Riley and I read Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. I thought it was very exciting.

Spiderwick Chronicles!

Book: Spiderwick Chronicles - The Field Guide.

It is very good. I liked reading it because it takes me to a new world. I love all the characters in it. It is so fun reading it. And I wish I could be in the book doing all these cool things with them. When I look at the pictures they are very good. Because when I look at the pictures, the people kind of look real. I like that Simon keeps all these cool pets. But my favorite are Jeffrey and Lemondrop. They are the mice. I like the Bogart. I like when Jared reads the book about the faries and the brownies and the troll. It is so fun. I like when they made a new house for Bogart. I liked when Jared and Simon went into the dumb waiter. The end.

Reviewed by Hannah, going in to 2nd Grade this fall.

Nolan Likes...

Nolan, 1st grader

One book I like is Curious George and the Firehouse Dog. It is about a monkey named George who gets in trouble at the firehouse station. I like this book because I like Curious George and it has good pictures.

One book I like is Finding the Titanic. It is about a boat that sinks and some explorers go in a submarine and try to find it. I like this book because it's interesting.

Jackie, Fourth-Grader, Recommends:

Mallory vs. Max by Laurie Friedman

Mallory Mcdonald is an 8 year old girl who has just found out that her 10 year old brother Max was getting a dog she is very uhhappy about this because they already have a cat but after they get the dog and the dog has gone missing she finds a way to like it. I like this book because it is exciting and a funny. jackie fourth grade

Babymouse: Queen of the World By Jenifer L. Holm
Babymouse is a mouse that is different from all the over mice she has curly whiskers and everybody else had straight whiskers.She is always trying to be like Felicia Furrypaws but when she was invited to Felicias party and she goes and does not have fun she decides to leave and go join her real friends.I like Babymouse because it is funny,silly and exciting. Jackie fourth grade

One of Miss Laurie's Favorite Summer Reads

I loved Diane Stanley's The Mysterious Case of the Allbright Academy. Fran and her siblings are given scholarships to the Allbright Academy, a "practically perfect" private school. But maybe things aren't perfect after all...can Fran and her new friends solve the mystery? If you liked The Mysterious Benedict Society, I think you'll like this one.

Katie S.'s Favorites

diary of a worm. great book.

go dogs go. it is one of my favorite books.

More Anonymous Recommendations

My favorite book is Griffen's castle and it's where a lot of griffen's castle and she needs to save her great great grandmother; you should check this book out! My second favorite favorite book is Fairy Quest for the Egg. It's where lots of fairies are going to save their queen so check this book out!

Two Favorites

Two books I liked were Nicki and Thanks to Nicki. They are about a girl who is afraid to say no. One morning her mom asks her if she could train and take care of a leader dog because her Mom is having a baby and can't. Nicki can' t say no. In the end Nicki learns how to say no. When it was time to give the dog away Nicki was sad. Those are two books I liked.

Amira, 5th grader, recommends:

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
I love this book! J.K. Rowling, the author, did a wonderful job of writing it. It is about a wizard and his problems and friends at a wizard school called Hogwarts. Then Harry and his friends find out about a special stone and try to save it. This is an excellent book and you should read it.

The Cupid Chronicles
This book is about a girl and her mother who is a retired wedding planner. Their town, Cape Cod, has a library, and the girl is traving to save it from closing along with dealing with her social life. The sequel to this book, The Wedding Planner's Daughter, is a great book as well.

Andrew, 4th Grader, Recommends:

Franny K Stein, Mad Scientist: Lunch Walks Among Us

I like this book because it is funny. It is funny because there is a pumpkin man who takes the teacher and brings her up the flag pole and Franny has to make a meat man out of the kids' lunches and the meat man has to shake the pole to make the pumpkin man drop the teacher. Franny puts the bread from the kids' lunches under the flag pole so the teacher can have a safe fall. That is why this book is funny.

Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist: The Invisible Fran

In this book the class has to show their hobbies so Franny makes a robot. She drinks a formula to make herself invisible and tells the kids to fix the robot but since she was invisible it was like they were thinking. The kids think they are mad scientists because they fixed the robot instead of Franny. Before school they accidentally make the robot stupid so it destroys part of the school. In the end they use their hobbies to destroy the robot.

Some Anonymous Reviews

The book Sarah Plain and Tall was great . I was really sad when I found out the kids' mom died.


I read The Deliverance of Bears by Elizabeth Stanley. I think it was one of the best books I've read. It's about the freedom and happinessof bears and what someone did to save a bear that was being tortured. He bought the bear with the money he earned to buy something he needed.

I read the book Hoot by Carl Hiaasen and I thought the author put so much details that you can picture being there. It never gets boring because there is always something happening. Every time I read a chapter I couldn't wait to read more. It felt like I was in the position the kids in the story were in. I never wanted to stop. Hoot is about three kids trying to save owls. Their homes are being destroyed by bulldozers to build a pancake house. The builders don't believe the kids when they say that owls live there. Will the kids stand up to the builders and save the owls? You'll have to read the book to find out.

I read Ellen Tebbits and I thought the author put you in the situation that the characters were in. It's about two best friends surviving school and friendships. I loved the words she used.

I read the book The Sight. It's very sad, exciting, scary, and surprising. It's all about wolves and what's going on in their lives. There's an evil wolf named Morgra who's trying to kill another pack of wolves. Will she kill them or won't she? Read it and find out!

Andrew Clements is my favorite author!

The book The School Story was so good . It was by the author i like most. I had even gotten the book at Baldwin for completing 24 activities in the summer reading last year.

Great for Summer Reading!

I like the book Diary of a Fly because I like the way that they try to teach each other what they do best and neither can succeed. I think it'sfunny that Spider laughs so hard that he falls out of his tree. Irecommend it to anyone who likes funny stories.

I like the book No English because I like the way Diane wanted to make up for being a tattle tale on Blanca just because she was drawing in a spelling bee. I think it would be hard to be nowhere near pepole that you understand. She was the only one in her school that was from Argentina. One day when her class was in the library Diane saw a book with Spanish and gave it to Blanca. When she opened it her eyes lit up. She thanked Diane and they became friends. When they went back to the class room it was time for a spelling bee. This time Diane drew pictures of each other. They where sent to the office and the principal asked to see their pictures and he hung them outside the office door. They were happy.

By Emma Synnestvedt

Ava Recommends...

I liked the book Brave Irene. It was about a little girl whose mom sews. she sewed a dress for the duchess. her mom got sick and she couldn't take the dress to the duchess. Irene took the dress to the duchess and there was a big snow storm. The wind said go home Irene.But she was brave and took the dress.This book was great because I liked reading about a girl like me who was brave. Ava

What Meaghan Liked

I liked the book Little Women. It is about five girls growing up while there ma works and father is at war. It is all about how they grow up and where there journeys take them. But sadly one of the girls passes away from a disease. But in the end all girls marry and I guess you could say live happily ever after. So check out Little Women today!

I liked the book Amelia's Notebook. It is about a girl who is moving from her old house and has to leave all her precious things behind (like her best friend). She also has an anoying sister named Cleo. I like it because it is not a book book it has lots of misspellings and pictures. Amelia I think has a great sense of humor. So check out Amelia's Notebook today at Baldwin!

Grace N. Recommends...

RAMONA AND BEEZUS. I like the book Ramona and Beezus Because it is about a girl named Ramona who is four years old And her sister Beezus who thinks Ramona is a pest. One day when it was Beezus's birthday and their mom had to make 2 birthday cakes because in the first oneRamona putall of the eggs in and for the second one Ramona put her doll Bedix in the cake while it was cooking.
By Grace N.

Charlotte’s WEB. I liked the book Charlotte’sWeb because it was about Things I like. Animals and a girl who had love for animals. The book was about a girl who raised a pig. First the pig was raised in the kitchen by the stove. Then was moved out under an appletree. Fern's father made a box for him to sleep in. When Wilbur the pig was 5 week old, he was sold toFern's uncle, Mr. Zuckerman. He met a friend there in the Barn, it was a spider. Her name was Charlotte. One day the Sheep said that when the cold weather came he would be butchered. Charlotte saved his life by writing words in her web. Wilber got to go to the county fair becauseMr. Zuckerman was so proud of his pig, Wilbur. By Grace N.

Isaac N. recommends...

Lazy Jack by Vivian French. Review by Isaac N., age 6. I like Lazy Jack because it is funny and it is a silly story. It has good pictures.

Haunted Castle on Hallow's Eve by Mary Pope Osborne. Review by Isaac N., age 6. This book has good words and pictures. I like this book very much. I like this part about when they were surrounded by ravens: The raven king said “Where are the two ravens that stole my Diamond?” “What diamond,” said Annie. The raven king held a birdcage. The raven king said they looked like this one. Annie and jack said teddy well said the ravenKing. It looks like I caught a little teddy. Don’t you think he’ll be a good pet? Said the Raven King. You’d better let him go, said Jack or else. Yeah, you’d better let him go, said Annie, or else. Or Else what, said the Raven King. Jack reached for the magic twig but the Raven got it first. “Hey,” said Annie “That’s Rok.” “Give it to me,” said the Raven King. “No,” said Annie. “Don’t let him boss you around anymore.” “Give us the diamond,” said Annie

Johnny Cash Biography

“Hello, I’m Johnny Cash”. This was the way Johnny Cash introduced himself at each of his performances, and this seems like a good way to introduce the biography to you. Johnny Cash, also known as “the Man in Black”, was a famous country music singer. Originally from Arkansas, Johnny Cash suffered hardships in his childhood, and his mother’s singing was his first musical influence. Johnny was known for being a very polite and nice man. Through his singing career, Johnny Cash won 15 Grammy Awards and an MTV award! To find out more about the fascinating details of this great artist’s life, read Upclose: Johnny Cash by Anne E. Neimark.

Gabby's Choices

The Princess School-If The Shoe Fits #1 By: Gabby. I read that book and it's for someone who loves fantasy and princesses. It goes off of Snow White, Cinderella, and stuff like that. It's also a series so there's a lot of them to read. Hope to see people reading it!

I read Lion Boy and I think that if you like mysteries and fantasies then this is the book for you! It says to be continued at the end and then there's a book called Lion Boy the truth and one called Lion Boy the chase that follow the first one. I hope you read it!
Publish Reject

All About Anne by Nayri

Anne of Green Gables is a great book!!!


Anne Of Avonlea is fantastic!!! Nayri Carman, 9

Summer Reading 2008!

Come "Catch the Reading Bug" at the library! The Summer Reading Open House is on Wednesday, June 11th, from 2-5 p.m. Come to sign up for the club and for any of the grea.t programs we have to offer this summer. For more info on Summer Reading, go to http://www.baldwinlib.org/youthroom/events.html

Exclusive: Mr. Seley CD Launch at the library!

Everybody's favorite teacher and singer/songwriter/musician, Mr. Seley, will be back at Baldwin on Sunday, May 18th to launch his brand-new CD: Eat Your Books (And Read Your Vegetables)! Join us at 2 p.m. for a live performance and an opportunity to purchase the CD and get it signed. Check out http://www.mrseley.com/ for a preview.

Great Upcoming Author/Illustrator Events!

Guess who's coming to Baldwin?

For aspiring writers, illustrators, and fans of all ages!

Author Lauren Myracle Thursday, March 27th, 2:00-3:30 p.m. Books will be available for purchase, or call 248-968-1190 to reserve a copy, couresty of Book Beat Bookstore. Lauren Myracle is the author of such 'tween/teen favorites as Eleven, Twelve, The Fashion Disaster That Changed My Life, TTYL, and TTFN.

Cyd Moore, Celebrated Local Children's Book Illustrator Tuesday, April 8th, 4:15 p.m. All ages welcome; registration required. Cyd Moore illustrated the Stinky Face picture books among other favorites.

Children's Writer's Workshop Featuring Author Shutta Crum Thursday, April 17th & Thursday, April 24th at 7:00 p.m. Registration required. Shutta Crum has published several picture books and the wonderful novel Spitting Image.