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Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
by Sherri Duskey Rinker
Published 2011 by Chronicle Books (CA)

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At sunset, when their work is done for the day, a crane truck, a cement mixer, and other pieces of construction equipment make their way to their resting places and go to sleep.... More...

Ice
by Arthur Geisert
Published 2011 by Enchanted Lion Books

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"Ice" is a gorgeously rendered wordless tale of discovery and adventure set in Geisert's porcine universe, in which a community of pigs that is suffering from the heat goes in search of ice.... More...

If Rocks Could Sing: A Discovered Alphabet
by Leslie McGuirk
Published 2011 by Tricycle Press

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Displays photographs of amazing rocks, found on a stretch of beach near the author's home, that resemble the letters of the alphabet and objects represented by each letter.  A is for Addition, and there are rocks in the shape of real numbers, too.... More...

Neville
by Norton Juster
Published 2011 by Schwartz & Wade Books

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When a boy and his family move to a new house, he devises an ingenious way to meet people in the neighborhood. "[a]n amusing and appealing story," raves "School Library Journal."
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Moon Pie
by Simon Mason
Published 2011 by David Fickling Books

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Eleven-year-old Martha tries to keep her family together after her mother's death as her father struggles with alcoholism. "Someone has to keep their head," as Mum used to say, and 11-year-old Martha is used to being that someone in her family. Her little brother, Tug, is too small.... More...

Down the Mysterly River
by Bill Willingham
Published 2011 by Starscape Books

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"Down the Mysterly River "is the children's book debut of Bill Willingham, the creator of the #1 "New York Times" bestselling graphic novel series Fables. Complete with illustrations by Fables artist Mark Buckingham, it is a spirited, highly original tale of adventure, suspense, and everlasting friendship.... More...

Freedom Maze
by Delia Sherman
Published 2011 by Big Mouth House

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In 1960, thirteen-year-old Sophie slips through a maze into 19th century Louisiana and finds nothing is as she expected. "Draws you into a world of danger and mystery, of daring and change, at the dawning of the Civil War. Beautifully imagined and told with satisfyingly matter-of-fact detail: pot liquor and spoon bread, whips and Spanish Moss, corset covers and veves and bitter, healing herbs.... More...

Ellray Jakes Is a Rock Star
(Second book in the Ellray Jakes series)
by Sally Warner
Published 2011 by Viking Children's Books

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Everyone has something to brag about in EllRay's third-grade class. Corey's on the swim team, Kevin is super tall, Jared's dad has an ATV (with flames!). But what about EllRay? He isn't about to gloat about how his geologist dad collects rocks. Boring! Or is it? The crystals in his dad's office are really cool looking.... More...