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Judy Moody Predicts the Future
illustrated by Peter Reynolds
Candlewick Press, July 2003
Ages 4-8, ISBN 0-7636-1792-X

Judy Moody definitely has a mood for every occasion. And now she has a mood ring to prove it! The mood ring’s Extra-Special Powers have put Judy in a predict-the future mood, and her outrageous predictions have everyone wondering if Judy really is psychic… Will Judy’s latest adventures put you in a very Judy Moody mood? Signs point to yes!

Judy Moody Predicts the Future

The Judy Moody Mood Journal
illustrated by Peter Reynolds
Candlewick Press, July 2003
Ages 4-8, ISBN 0-7636-2236-2

What is your MOOD today? Rare or roar? Goofy or snore? Give the Dial-A-Mood-Meter a spin to find out! Then write about it in a journal all your own.
What’s the funniest thing that ever happened to you? The worst? The most embarrassing? Does your brother or sister bug you? Here’s a chance to tell YOUR story. Have fun making a Me collage or writing your own knock-knock jokes. Get in the mood!

Judy Moody Mood Journal

Baya, Baya Lulla-by-a
illustrated by Vera Rosenberg
Simon and Schuster/Atheneum, July 2003
Ages baby-preschool, ISBN 0-6898-4932-X

As the baya bird of India weaves its intricate nest of flowers and grasses, then lights it with fireflies, Mata weaves a traditional blanket and sings to baby in this dramatic yet lulling lullaby of a book.

Baya, Baya Lulla-by-a

Shining Star
illustrated by Andrea Wallace
Random House, June 2003
Ages 4-8, ISBN 0-3072-6340-1

The news is forecasting lots of shooting stars for tonight. Star and her best friend Blister wait all day. They ride bikes. They paint pictures. But even after it gets dark, they don’t see a single flash. Will Star ever see her shining star? Shining Star is the sequel to Lucky Star, by the same talented author-and-illustrator team.

Shining Star

Judy Moody Saves the World
illustrated by Peter Reynolds
Candlewick Press, 2002
Ages 4-8, ISBN 0-7636-2087-4

"Thirteen top designs will be chosen to be printed on Crazy Strips. Just think—kids all across the country could be wearing your creative, colorful Crazy Strip."

Judy Moody, lifetime collector of Band-Aids, has a new mission. Now, all she needs is one single creative, award-winning Crazy Strips idea.

Judy Moody Saves the World

Reptiles Are My Life
illustrated by Paul Brett Johnson
Scholastic/Orchard Books, August 2001
Ages 4-8, ISBN
0-4392-9306-5

Amanda, the girl who loves insects, has a new best friend, Maggie, who¹s wild about reptiles. But when Emily Elligator, another reptile-lover, arrives wearing her gecko shirt, everything changes. Emily and Maggie become fast friends, and that leaves Amanda all by herself! Funny and true to life, with many fascinating facts about insects and reptiles, here is a book about what really matters in a friendship.

Reptiles Are My Life

Shadows in the Glasshouse
American Girl, September 2000
Ages 9-12, ISBN 1-5848-5092-2

In 1621, 12-year-old Merry crosses the ocean from England to Jamestown by ship. For the next 5 years, she must work as an indentured servant to a glassmaker. In the glasshouse, she watches her 15-year-old friend, Angelo Lupo, work to find the formula for the thin, elegant glass called cristallo. But someone else watches as well.

Shadows in the Glasshouse

Judy Moody
Candlewick Press, July 2000
Ages 4-8, ISBN 0-7636-1231-6

"Judy Moody did not want to give up summer. She did not feel like brushing her hair every day. She did not feel like memorizing spelling words. And she did not want to sit next to Frank Pearl, who ate paste, in class."

Third grader Judy Moody is the only person in class to have a Venus flytrap as a favorite pet, a little brother named Stink, and a charter membership in the T.P. club. You don't know what the T.P. Club is? There's only one way to find out ...

Judy Moody

Lucky Star
illustrated by Andrea Wallace
Random House, June 2000
Ages 4-8, ISBN 0-3072-6329-0

Star is having a lucky day. First she gets to go to the library-- without her sister Ivy. Then she gets her very own library card. Finally she finds the perfect book to borrow. But suddenly everything goes wrong. Will Star ever be lucky again? Mile 3 books feature longer sentences and more complex plotlines for the increasingly confident reader.

Lucky Star

The Bone Keeper
illustrated by G. Brian Karas
DK Publishing, March 2000
Ages 4-8, ISBN 
0-7894-2559-9

More meditation than story, more poem than prose, this book tells of the Bone Woman moving through the desert gathering bones.

The Bone Keeper

Bedbugs
illustrated by Paul Brett Johnson
Scholastic, September 1999
Ages baby-preschool, ISBN
0-5313-0193-1

As Susan takes her bath and then goes to bed, she is disturbed by a sequence of troublesome and scary creatures.

Bedbugs

The Night Iguana Left Home
illustrated by Ponder Goembel
DK Publishing, September 2000
Ages 4-8, ISBN 0-7894-2581-5

Leaving behind Alison Frogley's family in Schenectady, New York, restless Iguana rides the bus to a new life in Key West, Florida. Swimming and surfing, sunning and eating, what could be better? But then her allowance runs out.

Th Night Iguana Left Home
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