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1) Big snow
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
Description
"An excited and frustrated boy watches hopefully as wintry weather develops slowly into a 'big snow.'"--
2) Wait
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"A ... picture book about the joys of waiting and taking in what is around you"--
3) Puddle
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
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Description
"A mother and son use their imagination to have fun on a rainy day"--
4) The Callers
Author
Language
English
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Formats
Description
In Elipsom the ability to call, or summon objects, is a coveted skill, and Quintus Octavius is from a family of powerful Callers, but Quin does not have the gift, and he is mortified when his mother and sister cheat for him at his test; but in a moment of frustration Quin makes something disappear and discovers that the all the objects that Callers summon are not conjured out of air, but come from a place called Evantra, which his people have been...
Author
Series
Zapato Power volume 9
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Freddie Ramos has shoes that give him super speed, super bounce, and super hearing. His friend Mr. Vaslov invented the shoes. Now Freddie is helping him work on a drone. Freddie's excited until he learns the drone's job is to assist Mr. Vaslov. Is Freddie being replaced by a flying robot? At home, Freddie's mom has a new boyfriend, David. Freddie doesn't know how to feel about David and worries his mom won't have time for him now. How can Zapato Power...
Author
Language
English
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2022-2023 Middle School TAB Nominations
Books You May Have Missed 2022: Combined
TAB 2023: Gunston
TAB 2023: Swanson
Books You May Have Missed 2022: Combined
TAB 2023: Gunston
TAB 2023: Swanson
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Description
"When Donovan left his copy of The Adventurers on the kitchen counter, he didn't think his mom would read it--much less have a problem with it. It's just an adventure novel about two characters trying to stop an evil genius. But soon the entire town is freaking out about whether the book's main characters are gay, Donovan's mom is trying to get the book removed from the school curriculum, and Donovan is caught in the middle"--
9) Coming home
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A nearly wordless illustration of a boy waiting to be reunited with his mother at a military homecoming.
12) No fixed address
Author
Language
English
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Description
Twelve-year-old Felix's appearance on a television game show reveals that he and his mother have been homeless for a while, but also restores some of his faith in other people.
14) Blueberry cake
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Little Bear LOVES blueberries, and while picking them for Mama so she can make his favorite blueberry cake, he eats them all and must find a way not to come home empty handed.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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Description
"Little Owl loves many things. But he does not love his new scarf. It is itchy. It is too long. It is too orange. That's why Little Owl is doing his very best to lose his new scarf. Too bad Mommy is so good at finding it. But one day, even Mommy can't find the orange scarf. And that's when--together--Mommy and Little Owl come up with the best way to keep Little Owl warm. (And the orange scarf finds a new home, too.)"--Dust jacket.
17) Ride beside me
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
A mother and son hop on their bike for a ride through the neighborhood, joining friends and neighbors along the way.
18) Milo walking
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Young Milo and his mother go for the same walk around their neighborhood every morning, but with Milo's imagination, there are always new things to see, old things to see in new ways, and the possibilities of what they will see tomorrow.
20) Mommy's hometown
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
When a young boy and his mother travel to her childhood home in Korea, the town is not as he imagined until he visits the river where she used to play and sees that the spirit and happiness of those days remain.
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