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JUNE 2014 JUNE story aboutashygiantbefore readers’story eyes. demonstrates thecreative process andcraftsa my mindwander.” Marie-Louise Gay “I drawandpaint.Icutpaste.let written andillustrated by Marie-Louise Gay Any Questions? Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: 9780152060633•40ppFic Harcourt: Houghton Mifflin alittletooexciting? storytime Mrs. Teaberry andherdogZeke make Mr. Putter and Tabby are quiet,butwill Pets atthelibrary! are invitedtostorytime by Howard Cynthia•illustrated Rylant by Arthur Mr. Putter & Tabby Turn thePage Holt:9780805099706•128ppFicHenry kick, hit,andthrow.” fighting. “It’s aboutfindingwaysNOT to Isabel knows that bunjitsuisnotjustabout written andillustrated by Himmelman John Tales ofBunjitsuBunny Groundwood: 9781554983827•60ppFic DECEMBER 2014 FEBRUARY 2015 FEBRUARY 2015 JANUARY •
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• 16 | 800.491.0174 ELEMENTARY AC 04ARL21 MAY 2014 2014 APRIL 2014 MARCH ‡ Holt:9780805087529 •40ppNonfic Henry buy them. paintings—but atfirst,noonewantedto Hopperartist, preferred creating hisown of beingapainter. Asuccessfulcommercial From boyhood, Edward Hopper dreamed Burleigh•illustrated byby Wendell Robert Minor Edward Hopper Paints His World 96 pp•Nonfic 9780152059101 Harcourt: Houghton Mifflin went adventuring by land,sea,orair.” a deepbreath, gotupoutoftheirchairs,and determined” .“men andwomenwhotook Brief biographiesoftwenty “boldand •illustratedby Hewitt KathleenKrull by Kathryn (and What theNeighbors Thought) Lives oftheExplorers: Discoveries, Disasters 9780763658069•40ppNonfic Candlewick: who headedtheArkestra band. far-out, innovative musicianandcomposer which wouldexplainalotaboutthecolorful, Sun Raalwayssaidhecamefrom Saturn . written andillustrated by ChrisRaschka ofJoyThe Sound IsEnlightening The Cosmobiography Ra: ofSun OCTOBER 2014 OCTOBER SEPTEMBER 2014 NOVEMBER 2014 Not available to JLG’s Canadian customers. Substitutionwillbemadefor Canadian shipments. ■ ■ ■ Appropriate readers for elementary Illustrated texts Biographies andautobiographies Grades 2–6 BE Free Membership Biography Elementary
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JUNE 2014 JUNE one thing certain: Earth willchange. Earth one thingcertain: underground formillionsofyears—has made from plantmatterthathasbeen“squashed” Humans’ rapiduseoffossilfuels—stored energy by MollyBangandPenny Chisholm•illustrated by MollyBang Have theEarth Changed HowBuried Sunlight: Fossil Fuels Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: 9780547792675•64ppNonfic Harcourt: Houghton Mifflin devastation oftheirhardwood forest. are currently working tocontainthe Residents of Worcester, Massachusetts, goodatkillingtrees. at flyingbutvery Invasive Asianlonghornedbeetlesare bad Ellen Harasimowicz by Loree GriffinBurns•photographs by the People Who Track It and Beetle Busters: ARogue Insect Brook:9781596438743•48ppNonfic Roaring the sharks, recording theirfeedingandbehavior.” sharks “follow theseals,andscientistsfollow arriving attheFarallones. white The hungry Every September, young elephant sealsstart written andillustrated by KatherineRoy Whites ofCalifornia’s Farallon Islands HuntingwiththeGreatNeighborhood Sharks: 9780545577854•48ppNonfic Blue Sky: DECEMBER 2014 FEBRUARY 2015 FEBRUARY 2015 JANUARY •
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• 24 | 800.491.0174 MIDDLE SCHOOL AC 04ARL21 MAY 2014 2014 APRIL 2014 MARCH ‡ 9781442490611•256ppFicSimon &Schuster: “Courage, chook,ja must takeherfather’s lastwords toheart: form” (aboarding schoolinEngland), she beloved Zimbabwe to“misery inconcrete When “wildcat” Will issentfrom her by KatherineRundell in Thunderstorms Cartwheeling Atheneum: 9781442432925•240ppFic friend.”true bear ifIdon’t findsomeonetocallmyown a awayandmarry met: “Imighthave torun North Carolina, writestoacousinshe’s never Arie Mae, wholives inthemountainsof by Frances Dowell O’Roark Anybody Shining 9780385376549•272 pp•FicDelacorte: leaking icerink,schoolplays,andwet cats. schools, oldfriends,agrouchy neighbor, a and avariety ofpets. Their year includesnew Meet theFletchers—four boys, twodads, AlisonLevyby Dana The Misadventures oftheFamily Fletcher OCTOBER 2014 OCTOBER SEPTEMBER 2014 NOVEMBER 2014 Not available to JLG’s Canadian customers. Substitutionwillbemadefor Canadian shipments. ■ ■ ■ More complex andchallengingthan Nonfiction Novels books intheALevelbooks Grades 5–7 B ?” Free Membership ‡
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