The Kids Corner Bookmobile
Joe Hilton's Monthly Picks
for January 2010
by Joe Hilton
of the Free Library of
Philadelphia
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Duck & Company Rat and Duck are long time partners who own and operate a bookstore and each of their book buyers come in with very interesting and funny requests each day. Grades 2-3
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Pip Squeak Company coming and Pip cleans his house from top to bottom, but his guest Max is a little messy, untidy and good at making things look awful. Grades 1-3
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Toby Alone Toby and all members of his species are very, very small and live inside an oak tree. He soon discovers that his home and living environment is in danger because it is not being taken care of properly. Grades 5-8
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Ingo After their father mysteriously disappears at sea Sapphy and her brother, Conor search for their family's connection with the magical undersea kingdom Ingo where legendary Mer people live. Grades 5-8
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Night of the Spadefoot Toads When his family moves from Tucson, Arizona to Massachusetts, fifth-grader Ben has a hard time leaving the desert he loves. Ben struggles to adjust to his new home and environment. Grades 4-6
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The Séance Thirteen-year-old Scooter King’s mother is a spiritual medium who conducts seances. Set in 1926 Scooter helps solve a murder mystery with magician Harry Houdini who goes after fake fortunetelling mediums. Grades 4-6
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Simon Bloom, The Gravity Keeper 11-year-old Simon Bloom discovers a book that teaches him how to control gravity. With all the secret scientific formulas explained in detail the book must not fall into the wrong hands. Grades 5-8
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Magyk Young Jenna learns that she's a hidden Princess who needs protection after evil forces try to assassinate her. The chase is on after she flees to the Marram Marshes along with some family members, the ExtraOrdinary Wizard, and a young army guard known only as Boy 412. Grades 5-8
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