The Kids Corner Bookmobile
Joe
Hilton's Monthly Picks
for December 2008
by Joe Hilton of the Free Library of Philadelphia
Stan the Hot Dog Man Stan used to work at a bakery but now he a new job selling hot dogs. Stan makes a lot of new friends because he sells the best hot dogs all year around. Grades 1-3 |
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Emma’s Magic Winter Emma likes to read but is way too shy to read aloud in class. With help from her new next door neighbor Sally and a pair of special winter boots anything can happen. Grades 1-3 |
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Time Twister Journal Of A Cardboard Genius #3 Alex creates the world's first cardboard-box spaceship then runs into several problems. In order to fix those problems he decides to create a time machine and now he is in real trouble that could threaten the destruction of the cosmos. Grades 3-5 |
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Otherwise Known As Sheila The Great Shelia Tubman knows that the only way she can overcome her fears to first admit that she has a few. Sheila is secretly afraid of bees, dogs, spiders, water, dark places, and strange noises. How will she survive? Grades3-5 |
Running the Dogs 10 years-old Talmidge Cotton is waiting for his father to return home for the winter holidays to ask for one thing. He wants to run his three hunting dogs in the woods at night all by himself. When his dogs disappear into the woods during a snowstorm who will find them? Grades 4-6 |
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George's Secret Key To The Universe George’s parents grow their own food and hope that he will become an organic farmer when he gets older. There is no junk food, television, or computers in his house. But his new neighbor’s father is a scientist with a talking supercomputer that can help them travel into space. Grades 4-7 |
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The Game After her parents disappeared Hayley was forced to live with her grandparents in London. After getting in trouble she is sent to Ireland to live with her aunts and cousins. There they play a game that takes you to another different dimension the mythosphere. Grades 5–8 |
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The Year Of The Rat After her best friend moves to California, Grace the daughter of Taiwanese parents has to make changes. She must adjust to a new teacher and make new friends. She also is working on becoming a writer and illustrator. Grades 4-5 |









