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Great Book Websites for Kids

The Children's Librarians love to help kids and parents find great new books to read.  You can stop in anytime to ask for suggestions or browse our booklists.

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Caldecott Award Winner

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A Ball for Daisy - Raschka, Christopher
Call Number: J PICT
A wordless picture book about all the fun a dog can have with her ball.

 
 

Newbery Award Winner

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Dead End in Norvelt - Gantos, Jack
Call Number: J FIC
In the historic town of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Jack Gantos spends the summer of 1962 grounded for various offenses until he is assigned to help an elderly neighbor with a most unusual chore involving the newly dead, molten wax, twisted promises, Girl Scout cookies, underage driving, lessons from history, typewriting, and countless bloody noses.

 
 

Printz Award Winner

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Where Things Come Back - Whaley, John Corey
Call Number: J FIC
Seventeen-year-old Cullen's summer in Lily, Arkansas, is marked by his cousin's death by overdose, an alleged spotting of a woodpecker thought to be extinct, failed romances, and his younger brother's sudden disappearance.

 
 

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Massachusetts Children's Book Award Winners

 

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