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Boxitects

Written and Illustrated by Kim Smith

Meg is a brilliant and creative boxitect. She loves impressing her teacher and classmates with what...

Pre-K - 3rd
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Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed

Written by Emily Pearson and Illustrated by Fumi Kosaka

Can one child's good deed change the world? It can when she’s Ordinary Mary―an ordinary girl from an...

2nd - 6th
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The Hero Next Door: A We Need Diverse Books Anthology

From We Need Diverse Books, the organization behind Flying Lessons & Other Stories, comes another...

3rd - 7th
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Kid Sheriff and the Terrible Toads

Written by Bob Shea and Illustrated by Lane Smith
Drywater Gulch has a toad problem. Not the hop-down-your-britches, croaking-all-night toad kind of...
Pre-K - 3rd
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Mr. Penguin and the Lost Treasure: Book 1

Written by Alex T. Smith (author)
Meet Mr. Penguin: adventurer (and penguin)! He has a dashing hat. He has a battered satchel. He has...
K - 3rd
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One City, Two Brothers

Written by Chris Smith and Illustrated by Aurélia Fronty
Listen to Solomon as he tells the story of two brothers who learn the true meaning of peace and...
K - 4th
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Robin Hood

Written by David Calcutt and Illustrated by Grahame Baker-Smith
The champion of the destitute and downtrodden rides again. Meet young Robin Hood before he becomes...
3rd - 6th
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Goosebumps HorrorLand: The Wizard of Ooze

Written by R.L. Stine
Marco Gonzales and his friend, Gabriella Smith, are excited when they find a special edition of The...
3rd - 7th
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There Is a Tribe of Kids

Written by Lane Smith
There Is a Tribe of Kids is a meditation on childhood and life's beginning. When a young boy embarks...
K - 3rd
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Grandpa Green

Written and Illustrated by Lane Smith
Follow Grandpa Green's great grandson as he explores his grandpa's garden, where fantastic topiary...
K - 3rd
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Coyote and the Butterflies

Written by Joe Hayes and Illustrated by Theresa Smith
After several attempts to retrieve salt from the Salt Lake for his wife's baking, a very lazy coyote...
Pre-K - 3rd
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The Birthday Present

Written by Mavis Smith
A young dog goes shopping for a present for his mother's birthday.
Pre-K - 3rd
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Chocolate Fever

Written by Robert Kimmel Smith and Illustrated by ‎Gioia Fiammenghi
Henry Green loved chocolate probably more than anybody in the world. So much so, that he made...
3rd - 7th
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The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales

Written by Jon Scieszka and Illustrated by Lane Smith
A spoof on the art of book design and the art of the fairy tale. The individual tales, such as The...
Pre-K - 3rd
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The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!

Written by Jon Scieszka and Illustrated by Lane Smith
RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 1989. This version of the three little pigs is told by Alexander T. Wolf. He goes over to the pigs' houses to borrow sugar for his grandmother’s birthday cake.
Pre-K - 3rd
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Jingle Dancer

Written by Cynthia Leitich Smith and Illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu

The cone-shaped jingles sewn to Grandma Wolfe's dress sing tink, tink, tink, tink…

Jenna loves the...

Pre-K - 3rd

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