1. Fraction Fun
c1996 G2-4 _{illustrated by} Nancy Tobin / The simple definition of a fraction, that it is a part of something, introduces a pizza pie that is divided, studied, compared, and, of course, eaten. Weighing coins determines how many make one ounce, and what the fractional value of each coin is.
2. America's champion swimmer : Gertrude Ederle
/ c2000

1. The Book Of Three
/ Taran, would-be hero and assistant pig-keeper, assembles a group of companions to rescue the oracular pig Hen Wen from the forces of evil. One book in five of the Prydain Chronicles. (NY Library 100FCB fantasy)
2. The Fortune-Tellers
/ Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman (100PBESK)

1. Happy Birthday, Moon
(100PBESK)
2. Moondance
/ Bear fulfills his dream of dancing with the moon.
3. Skyfire
/ When he sees a rainbow for the first time, Bear thinks that the sky is on fire and he is determined to put out the skyfire.

1. Poppy
/ A courageous girl mouse embarks on a journey to save her family and defeat the tyrannical horned owl who rules the forest. (NYL100FCB A)
2. The True Confessions Of Charlotte Doyle
/ As the lone "young lady" on a transatlantic voyage in 1832, Charlotte learns that the captain is murderous and the crew rebellious. (NYL100FCB survival / adventure)

When Sophie Gets Angry, really really angry Honor Books (2001 List)

Ten, Nine, Eight (100PBESK)

Annie And The Wild Animals 1985 / When Annie's cat disappears, she attempts friendship with a variety of unsuitable woodland animals, but with the emergence of Spring, everything comes right.

Armadillo Rodeo 1995

Berlioz The Bear 1991

Christmas Treasury 2001

Christmas Trolls 1993

Comet's Nine Lives / G.P. Putnam's Sons --1996 - Comet the cat uses up eight of his nine lives trying to find the right place to live on Nantucket Island.

Daisy Comes Home 2002 32p Ages 4-8 http://www.janbrett.com/

First Dog, The 1988- Kip the Cave Boy and Paleowolf each face hunger and danger on a journey in Paleolithic times; when they decide to join forces and help one another, Paleowolf becomes the first dog.

Fritz And The Beautiful Horses--Houghton Mifflin?981 / Fritz, a pony excluded from the group of beautiful horses within the walled city, becomes a hero when he rescues the children of the city.

Hat, The 1997

Hedgie's Surprise 2000 / Hedgie, the hedgehog, helps Henny, the speckled hen, trick the Tomten who has been eating all of Henny's eggs for breakfast.

Trouble With Trolls 1992

Who's that knocking on Christmas Eve Ages 4-8

Wild Christmas Reindeer, The 1990

I Hate Mathematics

The Greedy Triangle / illustrated by Gordon Silveria c1994 "A brainy day book" Ages 6-9 PreS-G1 / (concept of a plane or rhomboids) A triangle with gleaming black eyes and a perky grin, leads a full life-it can take the shape of a slice of pie or rest in an elbow's angle ``when people put their hands on hips.'' asks the shapeshifter to change him first into a quadrilateral (the shape of a TV or a book's page), then a pentagon (a house's facade). a hexagon, and so forth until he realizes he is happiest as a triangle: he can hold up a roof, be a slice of a pie and, best of all, slip into place when people put their hands on their hips. ``That way I always hear the latest news...which I can tell my friends.''

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Papa, Please Get The Moon For Me (100PBESK)

The Very Hungry Caterpillar / Follows the progress of a hungry little caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep and wakes up a butterfly. (100PBESK)

The Boggart / When an ancient and mischievous spirit is accidently transported from Scotland to Toronto, it wreaks havoc for Emily and her brother Jessup. (NYL100FCB fantasy)

The Dark Is Rising / Will Stanton's 11th birthday is the beginning of a frightening yet wonderful discovery of a special gift - immortality and power against the forces of evil. (NYL100FCB fantasy)

Maisie Goes Swimming (100PBESK)

The Little Dog Laughed And Other Nursery Rhymes (100PBESK)

Freight Train (100PBESK)

Bigmama's / Visiting Bigmama's house in the country, young Donald Crews finds his relatives full of news and - the old place and its surroundings just the same as the year before.

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Here we all are 2000 67p G1-3 Age7-11

Meet the Barkers / NJ Governor McGreevey�s Book Club K 9/02

Pancakes for Breakfast / A little old lady's attempts to have pancakes for breakfast are hindered by a scarcity of supplies and the participation of her pets.

Strega Nona (100PBESK)

Eating the Alphabet : fruits and vegetables from A to Z / An alphabetical tour of the world of fruits and vegetables, from apricot and artichoke to yam and zucchini.

Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf / A child describes the growth of a maple tree from seed to sapling.

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Olivia / "An Anne Schwartz book." 2001 Honor Books PreS-G3

Olivia Saves the Circus / 02add

A Girl Named Disaster / While journeying to Zimbabwe, eleven-year-old Nhamo struggles to escape drowning and starvation and in so doing comes close to the luminous world of the African spirits. (NYL100FCB Survival / Adventure)

The Ear, The Eye, And The Arm / In 2194 Zimbabwe, General Matsika's three children are kidnapped and put to work in a plastic mine, while three mutant detectives use their special powers to search for them. (NYL 100FCB science fiction)

Bull Run / Northerners, Southerners, generals, couriers, dreaming boys, and worried sisters describe the glory, the horror, the thrill, and the disillusionment of the first battle of the Civil War. (NYL100FCB historical fiction)

Joyful Noise / The world of insects captured in poems for two voices that are perfect for reading aloud. 1989 Newbery Award. (NYL100FCB P)

Lunch (100PBESK)

In a Small, Small Pond / Illustrations and rhyming text describe the activities of animals living in and near a small pond as spring progresses to autumn.

Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life Of Discovery / Photographs and insight portray a dynamic first lady devoted to public service and humanitarian causes. (NYL100FCB biography / history).

Lincoln: A Photobiography / The life of the 16th president movingly portrayed in words and pictures. 1988 Newbery Award. (NYL100FCB biography / history).

Bully For You, Teddy Roosevelt! / The dynamic life of the 26th president who hunted big game animals and fought for conservation. J B ROOSEVELT F. (NYL100FCB Biography and History)

Homesick: My Own Story / The author's memoir of her childhood in China in the 1920's. (NYL100FCB biography / history).

Henny Penny Illustrated (100PBESK)

Little Red Riding Hood Retold (100PBESK)

The Monkey And The Crocodile Retold (100PBESK)

Mushroom In The Rain Adapted from the Russian of V. Suteyev. (100PBESK)

Where Does the Sun Go At Night?

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Lily�s Purple Plastic Purse / Lilly loves everything about school, especially her teacher, but when he asks her to wait a while before showing her new purse, she does something for which she is very sorry later.

Owen (100PBESK)

Julius / Illustrated by Dav Pilkey (100PBESK)

Toning The Sweep / On a trip to the desert to bring her dying grandmother home, Emily learns about the family's tragic past and gains pride as a third generation black woman. (NYL100FCB TK)

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Apt. 3

Peter's Chair / When Peter discovers his blue furniture is being painted pink for a new baby sister, he rescues the last unpainted item, a chair, and runs away. 02add

The Snowy Day (100PBESK)

Whistle For Willie (100PBESK)

Herschel and the Hanukkah Goblins Goblins / Relates how Hershel outwits the goblins that haunt the old synagogue and prevent the village people from celebrating Hanukkah.

Website of Cracked Cookies / 2001 122p Jessica and Matt get sucked into cyber space and battle nasty robots called Yo-Bots who are out to take control of TV. Illustrations. 02add

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Mapping Penny�s World / 2000 G1-3 Since the girl's class is learning about maps, she decides to draw one of her bedroom and then makes a few for her Boston terrier. These maps show where the pet has hidden her toys and treats, the best route for a neighboring animal to take to their house, biking and hiking trails (Penny rides in the bike basket), and a 3-D map of places where the pup likes to play. Lisa explains terms such as "key," "scale," and "symbol," and introduces tools such as pedometers and odometers. *** Gail Hartman's As the Crow Flies (Aladdin, 1993) and Joan Sweeney's Me on the Map (Crown, 1996).

Measuring Penny / 1997 G2-4 "Use your imagination!". She decides to measure her dog, Penny, by measuring with all sorts of units, including pounds, inches, dog biscuits, and cotton swabs. In the process, readers learn that Penny's nose is one inch long. Her tail is one biscuit long. She is bigger than a pug, smaller than a cocker spaniel, and weighs about the same as a Shetland Sheepdog. Lisa measures how much her pet eats, how high she jumps, how much time it takes to care for her, how much money is invested in her, how fast Penny runs, and a variety of other doggie traits.

The edible pyramid : good eating every day / c1994 K-G3 The menu at the Edible Pyramid restaurant is based on the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture's food guide. The recommended number of daily servings is also explained, and after going through the entire menu, the maitre'd helps his diners select a balanced meal. ***** Dorothy Hinshaw Patent's Nutrition (Holiday, 1992) and Dorothy Baldwin's Health and Food (Rourke, 1987).

A Wrinkle in Time / A trio of whimsical characters, intent on helping Meg find her father, take her, her brother, and a friend on an interplanetary voyage to a distant planet where an omnipotent brain has robotized everyone. 1963 Newbery Award. (NYL100FCB Science Fiction)

The Other Dog / 2001 Ages 5-8 The family poodle protests at first when the master and mistress bring home a new "dog" to share the household. "From the start I noticed a great many mysterious and horrifying things. For instance, when I am taken out to get some fresh air I always have to walk even when it rains. The Jo is taken out in a carriage, and when it rains she doesn't have to go out at all." The poodle softens enough by the end of the story to admit that the family might, after all, be better off with "two dogs." 02add

Little Blue And Little Yellow (100PBESK)

Swimmy (100PBESK)

Timeless Nursery Rhymes Selected and illustrated (100PBESK)

Owl at Home / Relates five adventures of Owl.

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Fox Be Nimble

George and Martha / Relates several episodes in the friendship of two hippopotamuses. (100PBESK) 02add

& Harry Allard - Miss Nelson Is Missing (100PBESK)

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? / Illustrated by Eric Carle - Children see a variety of animals, each one a different color, and a mother looking at them.

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom / (John Archambault. Illustrated by Lois Ehlert.) (100PBESK)

Blueberries For Sal 1948 (100PBESK)

Centerburg Tales

Homer Price

Lentil

Make Way for Ducklings / Mr. and Mrs. Mallard proudly return to their home in the Boston Public Garden with their eight offspring. (100PBESK)

One Morning in Maine / It's a big day for a little girl when she discovers her first loose tooth and makes a trip to the grocery store on the mainland.

Time of Wonder / [1957] Follows the activities of two children spending their summer vacation on an island off the coast of Maine.

Anansi the Spider: a Tale from the Ashanti

Zomo the Rabbit: a Trickster Tale from the West (100PBESK) Retold.

Judy Moody 160p Ages 6-9 G2-4

Judy Moody Gets Famous / 2001 126p G2-4 Age6-10 When a third grade classmate gets her picture in the paper for winning a spelling bee, Judy is determined to find a way to become famous herself. 02add

Eating Fractions c1991 Ages 4-8 PreS-G2 Food is cut into halves, quarters, and thirds to illustrate how parts make a whole. Simple recipes included. ***** From bananas to pizza to fresh strawberry pie, this tantalizing look into the world of halves, thirds, and quarters is a simple concept book of fractions with a whole language twist--and delightful recipes.

Mary Had a Little Lamb; One, Two, One Pair!

Martha Calling (100PBESK)

Martha Speaks / 1992 PreS-Gr 2 Ages 4-8

Paperbag Princess 02add

Show and Tell

Harlem / 1997 A poem celebrating the people, sights, and sounds of Harlem.

Motown And Didi / Two teenage loners in Harlem, become allies in a fight against Touchy, the drug dealer whose dope is destroying Didi's brother, and find themselves falling in love with each other. (NYL100FCB TK)

If You Give A Moose a Muffin / illustrated by Felicia Bond c1991 - Chaos can ensue if you give a moose a muffin and start him on a cycle of urgent requests.

If You Give A Mouse A Cookie / Illustrated by Felicia Bond (100PBESK)

Mrs. Frisby And The Rats Of Nimh / In need of help for her children, a widowed mouse visits the rats whose former imprisonment in a laboratory has given them wisdom. 1972 Newbery Award. (NYL100FCB A)

Z For Zachariah / Seemingly the only person left alive after the holocaust of a war, a young girl is relieved to see a man arrive into her valley until she realizes that he is a tyrant and she must somehow escape. (NYL100FCB survival / adventure)

Dingoes At Dinnertime / 2000 71p The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie away to Australia where they must save some animals from a wildfire.

Dinosaurs Before Dark / 1992 "A First stepping stone book." - Eight-year-old Jack and his younger sister Annie find a magic treehouse, which whisks them back to an ancient time zone where they see live dinosaurs.

Magic Treehouse Series

Harris And Me: A Summer Remembered / Pig wrestling and mouse hunting are just two of a young boy's raucous escapades the summer he lived on his cousin's farm. (NYL100FCB humor)

Hatchet / After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive initially with only the aid of a hatchet given his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce. (NYL100FCB survival / adventure)

A friend for Dragon / 1st 1991 Ages 6-8 A snake plays a joke on gentle Dragon that is carried too far. Tricked into believing that an apple is his new friend, Dragon is brokenhearted when a hungry walrus eats it. He buries the apple core, and eventually the seeds sprout and grow into a tree that bears a new apple. Dragon Gets By is a lighter, comical tale in which the beguiling blue creature wakes up groggy and does everything wrong. ``First he read an egg and fried the morning newspaper.'' He sweeps his dirt floor so diligently that he accidentally digs himself a basement, then he has a zany adventure at the grocery store.

Dragon Gets By / 2nd 1991 Dragon wakes up groggy and does everything wrong all day long.

Dragon's Merry Christmas / 3rd 1991 Dragon has a merry time in the Christmas season, decorating a tree outdoors, making a chocolate candy wreath, and sharing his Christmas gifts with needy animals.

Dragon's Fat Cat / 4th c1992 G1-2 Ages 6-8 ``One snowy day in January'' the loveable blue dragon rescues a gray tabby from freezing in the snow, decides to keep it, and quite logically names it ``Cat''. but such problems as how to train his new friend and what to feed it prove vexing. Worst of all, ``Dragon did not know what to do about all the yellow puddles Cat made.'' When he finally gets to the pet store for advice, he leaves with all the things Cat will need to live comfortably, but forgets Cat. When Dragon finally finds his new companion, he is in for quite a surprise.

Dragon's Halloween / (5th) c1992 48p K-G2. In three episodes, Dragon cleverly turns six small, unimposing pumpkins into a tall, frightening jack-o-lantern; accidentally wears the most fearsome costume at a Halloween party; and is frightened by his own moaning and groaning hungry stomach as he taking a spooky walk home through a dark forest. A nice, reassuring companion to Van Leeuwen's Oliver & Amanda's Halloween 1992.

Paperboy / 1996 A paperboy and his dog enjoy the quiet of the early morning as they go about their rounds.

Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving

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Good Night, Gorilla (100PBESK)

Officer Buckle And Gloria (100PBESK)

Henry and his big dog Mudge attend a family reunion

Henry and Mudge and the bedtime thumps / 2000 Garden State Winners - Henry worries about what will happen to his big dog Mudge during their visit to his grandmother's house in the country.

Henry and Mudge in the Family Trees (Series): the 15th book of their adventures; 40p

Henry and Mudge and the Sneaky Crackers / 16th 1998 40p 2000 Garden State Winners Children's Choice

Henry and Mudge and the Snowman Plan / 19th 2001 39p 2002 Garden State Winners Children's Choice k-G1

When I Was Young In The Mountains (100PBESK)

And The Green Grass Grew All Around: Folk Poetry From Everyone / Teases and taunts, wishes and warnings - a bouyant collection of beloved childhood nonsense. J 811.08 S (NYL100FCB P)

Ghosts! Ghostly Tales from Folklore

Baloney (Henry P) 02add

Knights Of The Kitchen Table / A magic book transports three boys back to the days of King Arthur in the first book of the "The Time Warp Trio." (NYL100FCB humor)

See You Later, Gladiator 87p G2-5 9/10/02

Pierre: A Cautionary Tale (100PBESK)

Where The Wild Things Are (100PBESK)

Nate the Great (Series) Nate the Great solves the mystery of the missing picture.

Nate the Great San Francisco Detective / 2000 47p NJ Governor McGreevey�s Book Club G2 11/02

Abel's Island / Castaway on an uninhabited island, Abel, a very civilized mouse, finds his resourcefulness and endurance tested to the limit as he strugglesto survive and return home. ((NYL100FCB animal stories)

Doctor De Soto (100PBESK)

Sylvester And The Magic Pebble (100PBESK)

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Joseph Had a Little Overcoat / Illustration Awards Winners - A very old overcoat is recycled numerous times into a variety of garments. 02add

There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

Come & Play Hippo

the Gym Teacher from the Black Lagoon / On the first day of school, a young boy expects only the worst when he discovers that his new gym teacher is "Coach Kong," Mr. Green. 02add

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Morris' Disappearing Bag (100PBESK)

Yoko 1998 02add

Sector 7 Honor Books While on a school trip to the Empire State Building, a boy is taken by a friendly cloud to visit Sector 7, where he discovers how clouds are shaped and channeled throughout the country.

The Three Pigs 2001 / Caldecott 2002 Award Winners �The three pigs escape the wolf by going into another world where they meet the cat and the fiddle, the cow that jumped over the moon, and a dragon.

Tuesday / C1991 Caldecott Medal Book Ages 5-up K-G4 - Frogs rise on their lily pads, float through the air, and explore the nearby houses while their inhabitants sleep. As the unpredictable events of a particular Tuesday unroll before the reader with the precision and clarity of a silent movie, every detail contributes to a perfectly convincing vision of a scenario so outlandish it might just be true. *** Here, a squadron of frogs soars through the night air one Tuesday, squatting upon lilypads that they use as flying carpets. Apparently intending no harm, these mysterious visitors to a suburban development leave a minimum of disruption as evidence of their eerie flight: a few startled eyewitnesses, some scattered lilypads and a spooked dog. *** As the full moon rises over a peaceful marsh, so do frogs on their lily pads--levitating straight up into the air and sailing off, with surpris with some laundry, hovering briefly before a TV left on. A dog chases one lone low-coasting frog, but is summa

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Commander toad and the big black hole Series The space ship Star Warts, commanded by Commander Toad, encounters a black hole which threatens the vehicle with doom. 02add

Owl Moon

Lon Po Po: a Red Riding Hood Story from China Three sisters staying home alone are endangered by a hungry wolf who is disguised as their grandmother.

Seven Blind Mice Retells in verse the Indian / blind mice discovering different parts of an elephant and arguing about its appearance. (100PBESK)

Rapunzel / 1997 A retelling of the German folktale - A beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress.

Rumpelstiltskin / retold (100PBESK)

The Wheels On The Bus Adapted (100PBESK)