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Explosion at the Poem Factory

Written by Kyle Lukoff and Illustrated by Mark Hoffmann
RIF Summer Camp: Artistic Avenues Badge. What would happen if poems were made on an assembly line, just like toys or canned soup? When piano teacher Kilmer Watts loses his job and ends up working in a poem factory, he discovers that making real poetry is a lot more complicated than pulling levers and pushing buttons.
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I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark

Written by Debbie Levy and Illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley
This biography tells the story of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and how she used her voice to stand up for fairness and equality.
Pre-K - 3rd

The Three Little Pigs and the Somewhat Bad Wolf

Written and Illustrated by Mark Teague
Three pigs spend their money on different things: potato chips, sody-pop, and building supplies. It comes as no surprise that a wolf is able to blow down the first two pigs' houses. When the wolf can't blow down the third pig's brick house, everyone comes together and the fun begins.
Pre-K - 3rd

Honda: The Boy Who Dreamed of Cars

Written by Mark Weston and Illustrated by Katie Yamasaki

The life story of Soichiro Honda, pioneering Japanese businessman and innovative motorcycle and car...

1st - 6th
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Curse of the Night Witch

Written by Alex Aster

On Emblem Island all are born knowing their fate. Their lifelines show the course of their life and...

3rd - 7th
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Lizard from the Park

Written and Illustrated by Mark Pett
When Leonard takes a shortcut through the park, he finds an egg and takes it home, where it hatches...
Pre-K - 3rd
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Blended

Written by Sharon M. Draper

Eleven-year-old Isabella’s parents are divorced, so she has to switch lives every week: One week she...

3rd - 7th
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Harry Moon: Origin Barita-Papel-O-Tijeras (Wand-Paper-Scissors Spanish Version)

Written by Mark Andrew Poe
Harry Moon is up to his eyeballs in magic in the small town of Sleepy Hollow. His archenemy, Titus...
3rd - 5th
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Harry Moon: Wand-Paper-Scissors

Written by Mark Andrew Poe
In this origin story, Harry Moon is up to his eyeballs in magic. In the small town of Sleepy Hollow...
3rd - 5th
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Brand New School, Brave New Ruby (Ruby and the Booker Boys #1)

Written by Derrick D. Barnes and Illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton
Eight-year-old Ruby Booker is the baby sis of Marcellus (11), Roosevelt (10), and Tyner (9), the...
2nd - 4th
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Ice Mummy

Written by Mark Dubowski and Cathy East Dubowski
In 1991, two tourists hiking in the Alps saw something very odd sticking out of the snow. At first...
2nd - 4th
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King of the Wind

Written by Marguerite Henry

A fictionalized account of the Godolphin Arabian, known as Sham, an ancestor of the modern...

3rd - 7th
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Wonder

Written by R.J. Palacio
RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 2012. Auggie Pullman was born with a facial difference that has kept him home-schooled his whole life, but now he is about to start fifth grade at a real school for the very first time. All he wants is to be treated like an ordinary kid, but that is harder than it sounds when everyone keeps staring. Will Auggie find the courage to face the world, and will the world find the courage to see him for who he really is?
3rd - 7th