Kids' Favorites Summer 2022

Favorite titles shared with staff by kids who participated in our Summer Learning Program, June-July 2022.

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Book cover for "Because of Winn-Dixie"
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Average Rating:
4.9 stars
Description:
Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie.
Book cover for "The bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941"
Star rating for The bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941
Series:
I survived volume 4.
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
Sand flew up into Danny's eyes. And then from behind him, a huge explosion seemed to shatter the world. The force lifted Danny off his feet and threw him onto the ground. And then Danny couldn't hear anything at all.
Book cover for "The book with no pictures"
Star rating for The book with no pictures
Average Rating:
4.9 stars
Description:
"In this book with no pictures, the reader has to say every silly word, no matter what"--Provided by publisher.
Book cover for "The boy who drew birds"
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Average Rating:
4 stars
Book cover for "The bug in the bog"
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A bug singing happily in a bog and the hungry frog that is watching are covered by a thick fog, with surprising results.
Book cover for "Cakes in space"
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Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
Astra teams up with robot Pilbeam to regain control of the spaceship transporting her and her family to a new planet when the Nom-o-Tron 9000 Food Synthesizer begins producing aggressive cakes that threaten to destroy the ship.
Book cover for "Charlie and the chocolate factory"
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Average Rating:
4.4 stars
Description:
"Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening at last! But only five lucky children will be allowed inside. And the winners are: Augustus Gloop, an enormously fat boy whose hobby is eating; Veruca Salt, a spoiled-rotten brat whose parents are wrapped around her little finger; Violet Beauregarde, a dim-witted gum-chewer with the fastest jaws around; Mike Teavee, a toy pistol-toting gangster-in-training who is obsessed with television; and Charlie...
Book cover for "Diary of a wimpy kid"
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Average Rating:
4.6 stars
Description:
Greg records his sixth-grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship.

9. Dogs

Book cover for "Dogs"
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Big dogs, small dogs, stripy dogs, spotty dogs. There are so many different kinds of dogs. How can anyone pick one type of dog to love the most?
Book cover for "Dolphins"
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"Simple text and supportive images introduce beginning readers to dolphins. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--Provided by publisher.
Book cover for "A drop of hope"
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"Times are tough in the small town of Cliffs Donnelly, Ohio (sarcastically called If Only), especially for some of the kids at Rod Serling Middle School, but then an old dry well suddenly begins to grant wishes, or so it seems--three of the students, Ernest Wilmette, Ryan Hardy, and Lizzy MacComber, know what is happening (but do they really?), because sometimes a good deed can make magic happen." --
Book cover for "Full house"
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Book cover for "Gangsta Granny"
Star rating for Gangsta Granny
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
Ben dreads staying at his granny's house every Friday night. But then he discovers that she had a dark secret. Join Ben on the adventure of a lifetime, as he and his granny plot the greatest jewel heist in the history of the world.
Book cover for "Green eggs and ham"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Enjoy the silliness as Sam-I-Am attempts to entice his friend with green eggs and ham in different locations. Will his friend ever try the green eggs and ham?
Book cover for "Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone"
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Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
After he is rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Wizards and Witches.
Book cover for "Hippospotamus"
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When a hippopotamus discovers a spot on her bottom, it seems every creature in the jungle knows what it is and how to cure it.
Book cover for "Hound won't go"
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While on a walk with his owner, Hound suddenly stops in the middle of a busy intersection and refuses to budge, but when the clouds open up into a thunderstorm, he cannot wait to get home.
Book cover for "I can be a ballerina"
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Young girls will love joining Barbie as she leaps, twirls, and pirouettes in this Step 2 reader, I Can Be a Ballerina.
Book cover for "I spy treasure hunt"
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"Rhyming verses ask readers to find hidden objects in the photographs." -- Library of Congress.
Book cover for "Into the wild"
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Average Rating:
4.6 stars
Description:
Rusty, a bored house kitten, is apprenticed by the ThunderClan and must struggle to fit in when the group of feral cats is threatened by ShadowClan, the enemy.