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My Two Border Towns

Written by David Bowles and Illustrated by Erika Meza

Early one Saturday morning, a boy prepares for a trip to The Other Side/El Otro Lado. It's close-...

Pre-K - 3rd
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Have You Filled a Bucket Today?: A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids

Written by Carol McCloud and Illustrated by David Messing

While using a simple metaphor of a bucket and a dipper, author Carol McCloud illustrates that when...

Pre-K - 3rd
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When the Shadbush Blooms

Written by Carla Messinger and Susan Katz and Illustrated by David Kanietakeron Fadden

My grandparents’ grandparents walked beside the same stream where I walk with my brother, and we can...

Pre-K - 2nd
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Slider

Written by Pete Hautman

David can eat an entire sixteen-inch pepperoni pizza in four minutes and thirty-six seconds. Not bad...

5th - 9th
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Wed Wabbit

Your name is Fidge and you’re nearly eleven. You’ve been hurled into a strange world.

You have...

3rd - 7th
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The Tale of Angelino Brown

Written by David Almond

Do you believe in angels? Bert and Betty Brown do, because Bert discovered one in his shirt pocket...

3rd - 7th
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Ada Twist, Scientist

Written by Andrea Beaty and Illustrated by David Roberts

This is a story about the power of curiosity in the hands of a child who is on a mission to use...

K - 2nd
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One Cool Friend

Written by Toni Buzzeo and Illustrated by David Small
On a momentous visit to the aquarium, Elliot discovers his dream pet: a penguin. It's just proper...
K - 3rd
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The Puppy Place: Lucky

Written by Ellen Miles
Charles and David find a stray, injured mixed-breed puppy, win his trust, and get him to the vet. He...
2nd - 3rd
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Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets

Written by David Pilkey
The second book in the Captain Underpants series, this story is about how George Beard and Harold...
2nd - 5th
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Vanishing of Billy Buckle

Written by Gardner and Sally and Illustrated by Roberts
The famous fairy detective agency, Wings & Co., has a big problem. Well, quite a few of them...
2nd - 5th
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The Parakeet Named Dreidel: A Picture Book

Written by Isaac Bashevis Singer and Illustrated by Suzanne Raphael Berkson

When young David and Mama and Papa are celebrating Hanukkah one frosty winter evening in Brooklyn...

K - 3rd
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Losers Take All: A Novel

Written by David Klass
At Jack Logan's sports-crazy New Jersey high school, the new rule is that all kids must play on a...
7th - 9th
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The Art of Being Normal

Written by Lisa Williamson
David Piper has always been an outsider. Only his two best friends know the real truth: David wants...
9th - 12th
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Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space

Written by David Pilkey
When George and Harold's latest prank causes the school's cranky cafeteria ladies to quit, Mr. Krupp...
3rd - 7th
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A Bad Case of Stripes

Written by David Shannon
Camilla Cream is very worried about what the other kids at school think about her. Even though she...
Pre-K - 3rd
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Black and White

Written and Illustrated by David Macaulay
This playful collection of four seemingly separate stories, all told simultaneously, will keep the...
Pre-K - 3rd
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Golem

Written and Illustrated by David Wisniewski
This retelling of the traditional Jewish story of the supernatural Golem uses striking cut-out...
5th - 7th
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Smoky Night

Written by Eve Bunting and Illustrated by David Diaz
This book describes in an eloquent and matter-of-fact manner what was happening during the 1992 Los...
1st - 4th
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So You Want to Be President?

Written by Judith St. George and Illustrated by David Small
In amusing and caricature-like illustrations, this book sketches the perks and annoyances of being...
2nd - 5th
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Elmer

Written and Illustrated by David McKee
Elmer is not like other elephants. Instead of being gray, he is checkered with all the colors of the...
Pre-K - 3rd
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Interrupting Chicken

Written and Illustrated by David Ezra Stein
Papa is frustrated with little red chicken because she always interrupts her bedtime story. No...
Pre-K - 3rd
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Fractions In Disguise

Written by Edward Einhorn and Illustrated by David Clark
Mr. Factor loves fractions! When a prized fraction up for auction goes missing, it is up to Mr...
2nd - 5th
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Iggy Peck, Architect

Written by Andrea Beatty and Illustrated by David Roberts

Iggy Peck loves to build things and solve problems, sometimes out of the strangest materials. His...

K - 4th

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