[2]HCPL's Book Bites [3] column appears monthly in Houston Family Magazine [2]. Each column features suggested books for toddlers through teens. Get the new list every month in the magazine, available at all of our branches. Previous columns [4].
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Toddlers (Ages 1-3) |
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The Lion and the Mouse [5]by Jerry Pinkney In this wordless retelling of an Aesop fable set in the African Serengeti, and adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when she rescues the King of the Jungle. |
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"I'm Not Cute! [6]" by Jonathan Allen |
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Beetle Bop [7]by Denise Fleming |
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Picture Books (Pre K-K) |
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Jeremy Draws a Monster [8]by Peter McCarty |
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Zero is the Leaves on a Tree [9]by Betsy Franco This picture book beautifully explores the important math concept zero in a way that will inspire children to find zero everywhere--from the branches of a tree by day to the vast, starry sky by night. |
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Can You Guess Where We're Going? [10]by Elvira Woodruff |
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Early Readers (Grades 1-3) |
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Watch Me Throw the Ball! [11]by Mo Willems |
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Shampoodle [12] by Joan Holub |
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Goose and Duck [13]by Jean Craighead George |
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Children's Fiction (Grades 4-6) |
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11 Birthdays [14]by Wendy Mass |
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Enemy Spy [15]by Wendelin Van Draanen |
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The Outlandish Adventures of Liberty Aimes [16]by Kelly Easton |
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Teen Fiction (Ages 12 & Up) |
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White Out [17]by Walter Sorrells |
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Once Was Lost [18]by Sara Zarr |
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The One [19]by Ed Decter |
- Childrens [20]
- Houston Family Magazine [4]
- Teens [21]
