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Joe
Hilton's Monthly Picks
for January 2009
by Joe Hilton of the Free Library of Philadelphia
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Busy Buzzing Bumblebees and other Tongue Twisters Easy to read but hard to say 46 tongue twisters that will make you laugh. Tom Knott knits knitted knotted knots. Can you say that three times as fast as you can? Grades 1-3Â
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Loosetooth What do you do with a loose tooth that won’t come out? Do you chew on it, pull it, push it or wiggle it. Everyone in your family tries telling what to do. Grades 1-2
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The Underneath Down in the bayou, Ranger an old bloodhound lives chained-up underneath the porch. He is so lonely he offers to share his space with a homeless cat that will soon have kittens. This blended family must fight for their survival. Grades 4–8
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The Princess and the Peabodys When a magic spell goes wrong Princess Eglantine from the middle-ages travels through time and ends up in California at eighth-grader Casey Peabody’s house. Now Casey has to deal with junior high and a real live princess. Grades 5-8
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Comets, Stars, the Moon and Mars: space poems and paintings
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Donavan's Double Trouble Donavan is in the fourth grade and he has two major problems. He is failing in math and is extremely uncomfortable being around his favorite uncle who has just return from the war with major injuries. What will his friends think when they see Uncle Vic? Grades 4-6
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Holmes was one of the best amateur detectives in history. Â Join in his adventures as he uses his fantastic power of deduction to solve twelve major crimes with the help of his partner and friend Doctor Watson. Grades 6-8
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Something to Blog About Fifteen-year-old Libby Fawcett uses an online blog as her personal journal. She has it password-protected to keep her personal entries safe, but when it is hacked her private thoughts are posted for the whole entire school to read. Grades 7-9 |
