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Adler, David A.
CAM JANSEN SERIES
A fifth-grader with a photographic memory and her friend Eric help solve the mystery of the stolen diamonds. (#1, Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds) |
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Banks, Lynn Reid
THE INDIAN IN THE CUPBOARD
A nine-year-old boy receives a plastic Indian, a cupboard, and a little key for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life in the cupboard and befriends him. |
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Blume, Judy
FRECKLE JUICE
Andrew wants freckles so badly that he buys Sharon's freckle recipe for fifty cents. |
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Brown, Jeff
FLAT STANLEY
After a bulletin board falls on Stanley while he is sleeping, he finds that being flat has its advantages. |
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Byars, Betsy
THE SOS FILE
The students in Mr. Magro's class submit stories for the SOS file about their biggest emergencies, and then they read them aloud for extra credit. |
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Cleary, Beverly
ELLEN TEBBITS
The part of third grade Ellen Tebbits likes most is having Austine Allen for her best friend. |
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Dahl, Roald
THE BFG
Kidsnatched from her orphange by a BFG (Big Friendly Giant), who spends his life blowing happy dreams to children, Sophie concocts with him a plan to save the world from nine other man-gobbling cannybull giants. |
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Danziger, Paula
AMBER BROWN SERIES
The year she is in the third grade is a sad time for Amber because her best friend Justin is getting ready to move to a distant state. (Amber Brown Is Not A Crayon) |
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Le Guin, Ursula K.
CATWINGS
Four young cats with wings leave the city slums in search of a safe place to live, finally meeting two children with kind hands. |
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MacDonald, Betty
MRS. PIGGLE WIGGLE
From her upside-down house, the eccentric Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle issues to parents her marvelous cures for such common children's diseases as Won't-Put-Away-Toys-itis, Answerbackism, and Fighter-Quarrelitis. |
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McDonald, Megan
JUDY MOODY
Third grader Judy Moody is in a first day of school bad mood until she gets an assignment to create a collage all about herself and begins creating her masterpiece, the Me collage. |
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McKenna, Colleen
DOGGONE--THIRD GRADE!
Third-grader Gordie is not only having problems with his best friend, he also has to teach his not-so-smart dog some tricks for the upcoming school talent show. |
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Mills, Claudia
7 X 9 = TROUBLE!
Third-grader Wilson struggles with his times-tables in order to beat the class deadline. |
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Pennypacker, Sara
CLEMENTINE
While sorting through difficulties in her friendship with her neighbor Margaret, 8-year-old Clementine gains unique hairstyles while also helping her father banish pigeons from the front of their apartment building. |
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Rockwell, Thomas
HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS
Two boys set out to prove that worms can make a delicious meal. |
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Sachar, Louis
MARVIN REDPOST SERIES
Red-haired Marvin is convinced that the reason he looks different from the rest of his family is that he is really the lost prince of Shampoon. (#1, Kidnapped at Birth) |
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Smith, Robert Kimmel
CHOCOLATE FEVER
From eating too much chocolate, Henry breaks out in brown bumps that help him foil some hijackers and teach him a valuable lesson about self-indulgence. |
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Sobol, Donald J.
ENCYCLOPEDIA BROWN SERIES
The solutions to ten mysteries solved by Leroy "Encyclopedia" Brown are given in a separate section challenging the reader to match wits with the ten-year-old mastermind of Idaville's war on crime. |
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Warner, Sally
ONLY EMMA
Third-grader Emma's peaceful life as an only child is disrupted when she has to temporarily share her tidy bedroom with four-year-old Anthony Scarpetto, a bona fide "pain in the patootie." |
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Wilder, Laura Ingalls
LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS
A year in the life of two young girls growing up on the Wisconsin frontier, as they help their mother with the daily chores, enjoy their father's stories and singing, and share special occasions when they get together with relatives or neighbors. |
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Youth Services Librarians, 2009 |