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A Chair for My Mother
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A Chair for My Mother

Vera B. Williams

Ages 4–8

Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen
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Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen

DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan

Ages 5–9

Beatrice's Goat
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Beatrice's Goat

Page McBrier

Ages 6–10

The Lady in the Box
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The Lady in the Box

Ann McGovern

Ages 6–10

Miss Rumphius
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Miss Rumphius

Barbara Cooney

Ages 5–10

Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch
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Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch

Eileen Spinelli

Ages 5–9

Those Shoes
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Those Shoes

Maribeth Boelts

Ages 5–9

Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed
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Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed

Emily Pearson

Ages 5–9

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The Can-Do Duck

Ducks in a Row

Ages 4–8

Last Stop on Market Street
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Last Stop on Market Street

Matt de la Peña

Ages 5–8

Number the Stars
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★ Parent pick
Number the Stars

Lois Lowry

Ages 9–13

Charlotte's Web
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★ Parent pick
Charlotte's Web

E.B. White

Ages 6–10

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