This colorful beginning reader with picture book appeal is a rhyming tale about Elmo and his sneeze. Suitable either as a read-aloud for preschool Elmo fans or as an independent read for early readers needing simple sentences and ample picture clues, this entertaining read offers a rhythmic text, humor, and bright illustrations. (Reading Level: 1.7)

Reviewed by: emc

Date read: 12/30/2010

ISBN-10: 0613951190

ISBN-13: 9780613951197

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Timid Emily is suddenly orphaned, and to escape the Catchum Child-Catching Services (who want to deliver her to her wicked Uncle for a fee) she goes on a wild stagecoach ride to the far-away town where her Aunt Hilda lives. It will take all of Emily's emerging courage and the help of her fellow orphan Jackson to escape the wiles of her uncle. This book is written in a lively, engaging style and each chapter ends with a 'cliff-hanger' in bold type that will keep even reluctant readers interested in what happens next.

Awards nominated: 2014 Bluestem Nominee

Reviewed by: msp

Date read: 3/10/2011

ISBN-10: 0385736169

ISBN-13: 9780385736169

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'Emma Kate is my best friend. We do just about everything together!' So begins Emma Kate, a book about a friendship between an elephant and a little girl. Emma Kate is an imaginary friend, but is she the little girl or the elephant?

Similar books: Clara and Asha by Eric Rohmann

Reviewed by: emc

Date read: 6/17/2010

ISBN-10: 0399244522

ISBN-13: 9780399244520

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Emma is shy, and she doesn't like reading aloud in class. Then, new neighbors move in next door to her house with a girl her age, named Sally. Emma's mother makes her take a pie next door. Will Emma be able to overcome her shyness to make a new friend? Maybe she will...with the help of her magic boots! (Reading Level: 2.4)

Similar books: Emma's Strange Pet by Jean Little; Emma's Yucky Brother by Jean Little

Reviewed by: emc

Date read: 5/26/2011

ISBN-10: 0060253894

ISBN-13: 9780060253899

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Emma-Jean Lazarus is a 7th grader at William Gladstone Middle School. Everyone thinks she is strange, but Emma-Jean doesn't seem to care. She is much more concerned about practical & logical things. Emma-Jean's heroes are her father, Eugene, a college mathematics professor who died two years earlier, and the French mathematician, Jules Henri Poincare, who was also her father's hero. One afternoon while she is at school, Emma-Jean finds Colleen Pomerantz crying in the girl's bathroom and decides that she can use her logical reasoning skills to solve Colleen's problem. She forges a document to help her classmate and finds herself in big trouble. Can she undo the mess she created?

Reviewed by: rn

Date read: 6/25/2009

ISBN-10: 0142411507

ISBN-13: 9780142411506

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