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The Essential Worldwide Monster Guide by Linda Ashman	Contains descriptions of monsters from various countries in the form of a travel guide for a world tour by balloon.	I Was a Third Grade Spy by Mary Jane Auch	Believe it or not-and you'd better believe it-Josh's dog, Artful, can talk. Artful's amazing ability is very useful to Josh and his pals, who want to win the school talent contest.
The World According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney	Humphrey, pet hamster at Longfellow School, learns that he has an important role to play in helping his classmates and teacher.	The Key Collection by Andrea Cheng	A ten-year-old boy in the Midwest misses his Chinese grandmother, who always lived next door until her health caused her to move.
Utterly Me, Clarice Bean Lauren Child	When someone steals the winner's trophy for the school book project, Clarice emulates her favorite book heroine, Ruby Redfort the detective.	The Report Card by Andrew Clement	Fifth grader Nora Rowley has always hidden the fact that she is a genius from everyone because she wants to be normal, but when she comes up with a plan to prove that grades are not important, things begin to get out of control.
The Dragon of Doom Bruce Coville	Edward is bored with life in the little town of Pigbone. Then Moongobble the Magician and his faithful toad, Urk, move into the cottage on the hill.	Granny Torelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech	With the help of her wise old grandmother, twelve-year-old Rosie manages to work out some problems in her relationship with her best friend, Bailey, the boy nextdoor.
The Field Guide by Tony DiTerlizzi	When the Grace children go to stay at their great-aunt Lucinda's worn Victorian house, they discover a field guide to faries and other cretures and begin to have some unusual experiences.	Hazel Nutt, Mad Scientist by David Elliott	When the mad scientist Dr. Hazel Nutt begins creating monsters again, the angry villagers of Hamburg-with-Ketchup storm her laboratory but are in for a pleasant surprise.
Snowed in With Grandmother Silk by Carol Fenner	Ruddy is disappointed when his parents go on a cruise and he must stay with his fussy grandmother for ten days, but an unexpected snowstorm reveals a surprising side of Grandmother Silk.	You Read to Me, I'll Read to you: Very Short Fairy Tales to Read Together by Mary Ann Hoberman	Presents short retellings of familiar fairy tales, each told in "two voices" and invites young children to read along with an adult.
The Nine Lives of Aristotle by Dick King-Smith	Aristotle, a little white kitten, goes to live with a witch in an old cottage, where he finds so many opportunities for risky adventures that he soon has only one life left.	A Doctor Like Papa by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock	When the influenza epidemic of 1918 comes to Vermont, eleven-year-old Margaret, who has always wanted to be a physician, finds out what doctoring is like.
There's a Frog in My Throat!: 440 Animal Sayings a Little Bird Told Me by Loreen Leedy	Presents the meanings of over 400 common phrases. It's the cat's meow! It's terrific!	Angelo by David Macaulay	While restoring the front of a church, an old master plasterer rescues an injured pigeon and nurses her back to health.
The Meanest Doll in the World by Ann M. Martin	Annabelle and tiffany, dolls who are best friends living in the Palmer house, have an adventure when they hide in Kate Palmer's backpack, are carried to school, mistakenly go to another house and try to stop Princess mimi, a doll who threatens all dollking.	Tippy Lemmey by Pat McKissack	Leandra. Paul. and Jeannie keep trying to avoid a dog names Tippy Lemmey until they discover that he is not really their enemy..
Me oh Maya! by Jon Scieszka	Joe, Fred, and Sam find themselves whisked by The Book to the main ring-ball court in Chichen Itza, Mexico in 1000A.D.	Dan's Angel: A Detective's Guide to the Language of Painting by Alexander Sturgis	Great paintings can tell stories, evoke history, and take us places we never imagined, but sometimes we need a little help unraveling it all.