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Low-Down Bad-Day Blues

Derrick D. Barnes (2004), 32 pages
Illustrated by Aaron Boyd
Audience: K - 2nd Grade
Category: Easy Reader, Fiction, Realistic Fiction
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'The sun is hiding. The sky is all gray. No kickball, no baseball, and no park today.' So begins this book about having a bad day and about the moment when the clouds lift. With a rhythm that brings to mind blues music, this beginning reader about a boy whose bad day turns into a better one is an ideal choice for anyone who needs a reminder that bad days can improve. (Reading Level: 2.5)
Book Series: Just for You!
Similar books: Stop, Drop, and Chill! by Derrick D. Barnes
Reviewed by: emc
Date read: 3/25/2011
ISBN-10: 9780439568678
ISBN-13: 9780439568678
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Lowji Discovers America

Candace Fleming (2005), 152 pages
Audience: 4th Grade - 6th Grade
Category: Fiction, Realistic Fiction
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Lowji and his family have just moved from Bombay,India. Lowji is enjoying learning new American expressions,like bummer and cool, but he is really beginning to miss his life in India. He tries being friendly to his landlady, Crisp, but she is too busy taking care of the apartment building to be friendly to him. Lowji convinces Landlady Crisp to get a pig, dog, cat, and goats to help out with the chores. Humor abounds as Lowji gets settled into his new life. If you liked the 2010 Rebecca Caudill nominee, Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate you probably will enjoy this book as well.
Similar books: Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate
Reviewed by: jb
Date read: 2/20/2010
ISBN-10: 0689862997
ISBN-13: 9780689862991

Lucky

Rachel Vail (2008), 240 pages
Audience: 7th Grade - 8th Grade
Category: Especially for Girls, Fiction, Realistic Fiction
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The main character is a girl who is very spoiled, but when her family goes broke she found the true meaning of life.
Reviewed by: St. Charles Reader
Date read: 10/22/2009
ISBN-10: 0060890436
ISBN-13: 9780060890438
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Lucky Breaks

Susan Patron (2009), 192 pages
Illustrated by Matt Phelan
Audience: 3rd Grade - 5th Grade
Category: Fiction
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Lucky returns, with Lincoln, Miles, Short Sammy, and the other colorful residents of Hard Pan. Her imagination takes off when she meets a new friend, Paloma, whose name is the same as the lady in the legend Lincoln just told her. Lucky convinces Paloma to set out on an adventure to find the lost broach, and prove the legend is true. Sequel to the Newbery Award-winning The Higher Power of Lucky.
Reviewed by: adf
Date read: 5/29/2009
ISBN-10: 1416939989
ISBN-13: 9781416939986
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Lulu and the Brontosaurus

Judith Viorst (2010), 113 pages
Illustrated by Lane Smith
Audience: 1st Grade - 3rd Grade
Category: Fiction
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Lulu always gets her way, or she throws a wild, screeching tantrum. When her parents say no to Lulu's birthday request for a brontosaurus, and won't cave in to Lulu's demand (no matter how much she screeches), Lulu runs away. She successfully navigates the dangers of the forest with her unique brand of creative brattiness, but when the brontosaurus she finds is determined to make Lulu his own pet, how will she escape a creature who is every bit as stubborn as she is? The author provides us with alternate endings in case we're not pleased with the first one. The beautiful design and illustrations make this book a pleasure to view.
Awards nominated: 2013 Monarch Nominee
Reviewed by: emc
Date read: 3/8/2012
ISBN-13: 9781416999614
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Commenter: L, grade 0
Lulu is totally, most definitely a brat. If she doesn't get what she wants, she'll just throw herself on the ground and yell and scream until the light bulbs break. She'll shout so loud that her parents just give her whatever she wants to make her stop. And she never says please. One day Lulu decides that she wants a brontosaurus for her birthday. She wants to keep it as a pet! Lulu's parents say no, of course, and she throws a terrible tantrum. But for once they won't budge. So Lulu runs away, far into the forest. Finally she finds a brontosaurus. He is lonely, but he doesn't want to be Lulu's pet. He wants Lulu to be HIS pet! Find out what happens as Lulu and the brontosaurus come to an arrangement;and maybe, just maybe, Lulu will learn how to say please.
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