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Queens Library welcomes you to Summer Reading 2015!

This year’s theme gives us all the chance to read, enjoy and share our stories with friends and family of all ages. You can see an up-to-date list of events and find out more about Summer Reading on our website, www.summerreading.org.

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BABIES j BEBÉS j One, Two, Three...Crawl! TODDLERS j NIÑOS PEQUEÑOS j I Like It When . . . / Me gusta cuando . . . 婴婴儿儿 ((嬰兒) 嬰兒 ) by Carol Thompson 幼幼儿儿 (幼兒)( 幼兒 ) by / porMary Murphy These babies are on the go. A toddler recounts some favorite Baby Animal Farm All About Me activities.Un niño recuenta algunas de by Karen Blair Peek-a Zoo! by National Geographic Kids sus actividades favoritas. Let’s all go to the barnyard today! by Nina Laden Head, shoulders, knees and toes (and What animals can you find? more!) Baby’s Shapes by Karen Katz Tickle Backseat A-B-See A playful introduction to circles, squares, by Leslie Patricelli by Maria van Lieshout and more Giggles galore for one happy baby See the sights! See the signs!

Big Fat Hen / La gallina grande Dim Sum for Everyone! by / porKeith Baker by Grace Lin Meet Mama Hen and all her friends. Yum, yum, fun! Conozca la madre Gallina y todos sus amigos. Dino Shapes by Suse MacDonald Creature Colors Build your own prehistoric beast! by Andrew Zuckerman Check out these brightly hued critters! I Spy with My Little Eye by Edward Gibbs Global Baby Boys What colorful animals are lurking in this book? Lift the pages and see! by Maya Ajmera Adorable little dudes from around the Planes Go world by Steve Light Time for Bed Prepare for liftoff! by Petr Horáček Can you tuck the baby in? Play Nice, Hercules! by Joan Holub; Leslie Patricelli (Illus.) Who Can Jump? Fast and Slow A little hero learns to use his powers for by Sebastien Braun by Britta Teckentrup good instead of evil. Lift the flaps and leap along! What fast and slow vehicles can you see today? Rah, Rah, Radishes! A Vegetable Chant You Are My Cupcake by April Pulley Sayre by Joyce Wan I Am So Brave! Chant along on this delicious veggie tour. Love with sprinkles on top by Stephen Krensky; Sara Gillingham (Illus.) 巴士的车轮/ My Face Book / 宝宝表情集 Stare down your fears! The Wheels on the Bus by Star Bright Books by Annie Kubler See how these adorable babies feel. 来看 This is one bus ride to sing about! 可爱宝宝们的喜怒哀乐多种感受 (來看可这是一趟值得歌唱的公车旅行! (這是一愛寶寶們的喜怒哀樂多種感受) 趟值得歌唱的公車旅行!) ESP ---- Summer Reading 2015 ---- 1 2 ---- Summer Reading 2015 ---- BABIES TODDLERS

PRESCHOOL & PREK j PREESCOLAR Y We’re Going on a Bear Hunt/ Dump Trucks Rat Attack PREK j 学前班 (學前班) 我們去找大熊 by Aaron Frisch by Molly Coxe by Michael Rosen; Helen Oxenbury (Illus.) Learn all about these fascinating It’ll take more than a pack of jam-loving FICTION A brave family goes in search of a scary construction vehicles. (J 629.22 F) rats to overcome Gran and her clever little beast. grandkids Ann, Fran, and Stan. I Want to Be an Astronaut 家勇敢的人去寻找一只可怕的野兽 (家勇 GRADES K & 1 敢的 This Jazz Man by Byron Barton 人去尋找一隻可怕的野獸) See what it’s like to work in outer space. AUD, ESP, TB FICTION by Karen Ehrhardt; R.G. Roth (Illus.) BR Take the tune of “This Old Man,” add in Round Is a Mooncake: A Book of Shapes Camping: A Mr. and Mrs. Green Adventureclassic jazz musicians, and enjoy this true toe-tapper. Flower Garden by Roseanne Thong; Grace Lin (Illus.) by Keith Baker An adorable alligator couple ventures into by Eve Bunting; Kathryn Hewitt (Illus.) What shapes can you discover in your the great outdoors in this funny easy April and Esme, Tooth Fairies A young girl prepares a flower garden as neighborhood?EBK reader. a surprise for her mother. by Bob Graham Two sisters on their first tooth retrieval Happy Like Soccer Maisy Learns to Swim mission use their smarts to get the job by Maribeth Boelts; Lauren Castillo (Illus.) done. BR by Lucy Cousins City-girl Sierra loves playing with her new Suit up and splish splash! team in the suburbs, but wishes her Here I Am auntie and neighbors could come to a by Patti Kim; Sonia Sánchez (Illus.) Lilly’s Big Day game. A boy moves from his much loved home by Kevin Henkes to a new country and learns to try new Lilly sets her heart on becoming the Frog and Friends: Frog Saves the Day things. flower girl at her teacher’s wedding. AUD, BR, ESP by Eve Bunting; Josée Masse (Illus.) Raccoon, Rabbit, Squirrel, Possum, and a E-mergency! Urban Animals heroic frog share two exciting adventures.by Tom Lichtenheld and Ezra Fields-Meyer We would all be lost if the letter E went by Isabel Hill Max and the Tag-Along Moon missing from our language. Don’t believe What creatures can you find on these city it? This book will show youEBK Y! buildings? by Floyd Cooper A gentle read-aloud about a boy and the moon that follows him home. SuperHero ABC NONFICTION Katie Saves the Earth by Fran Manushkin; Tammie Lyon (Illus.) by Bob McLeod Animal Colors: A Rainbow of Colors from Saving the world isn’t easy. But Katie has a A superhero for each letter of the Animals Around the World plan and it involves a yard sale. alphabet! by Beth Fielding Squirrel’s Fun Day Tortillas and Lullabies / Tortillas y An animal’s color is a matter of survival! (J 591.47 F) cancioncitas by Lisa Moser; Valeri Gorbachev (Illus.) This busy furry friend wants to have the by / por Lynn Reiser;“Corazones Valientes” Whose Tools Are These? A Look at Tools best day with his buddies! (Illus.) Workers Use—Big, Sharp, and Smooth Striking art tells the story of love across generations.Arte llamativo habla de una by Sharon Katz Cooper; Amy Bailey Muehlenhardt (Illus.) historia de amor a través de varias A fun occupational guessing game generaciones. (J 621.9 K)

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The Adventures of Sparrowboy SERIES Guinea Dog Lulu and the Rabbit Next Door by Brian Pinkney by Patrick Jennings by Hilary McKay; Priscilla Lamont (Illus.) The amazing tale of Henry the Paperboy • Benny and Pennyby, Geoffrey Hayes What happens when your pet guinea pigLulu and her cousin Mellie show the new and how a sparrow changed his day thinks it’s a member of the canine family?boy next door how fun his pet bunny can • Tiny, by Cari Meister; Rich Davis (Illus.) Hijinks galore!BR be. Larf • Fancy Nancyby, Jane O’Connor; Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.) by Ashley Spires The Shark King (graphic novel) Will this seven-foot-tall, scarf-wearing • Cat the Catby, Mo Willems by R. Kikuo Johnson Sasquatch leave his quiet life behind • Flip-a-Wordby, Harriet Ziefert; A fishy tale about Nanaue (nah-NOW- when he learns he’s not alone in the Yukiko Kido (Illus.) way) and the search for his father. world? Zapato Power: Freddie Ramos Takes Off The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred GRADES 23 by Jacqueline Jules; Miguel Benítez (Illus.) by Samantha R. Vamos; Rafael López (Illus.)FICTION Freddie’s always been quick, but thanks The whole barnyard joins in the festivities to his new super-powered sneakers, he’s of making arroz con leche in this Rabbit and Robot: The Sleepover now faster than fast. cumulative tale. by Cece Bell Rabbit’s careful plans are unraveled by Captain Awesome and the New Kid NONFICTION the unexpected behavior of his friend by Stan Kirby; George O’Connor (Illus.) Big Foot Robot.BR, TB Is the new student Sally Williams a friend Fly Guy Presents: Firefighters by M.P. Robertson or foe for the captain and his sidekick? A lost girl and a lonely Big Foot make for by Tedd Arnold Franny K. Stein: Lunch Walks Among Us one unlikely friendship. Explore a real firehouse with Buzz and Flyby Jim Benton Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Guy and learn how fires are fought and Can a mad scientist like Franny fit in with Scary Things Attack of the Ninja Frogs how to stay safe. (J 363.37 A) her classmates and make friends? Find out by Lenore Look; LeUyen Pham (Illus.) by Ursula Vernon in this funny book for younger readers.BR This superhero-loving descendent of Will Danny’s fledgling kung fu skills be a Hippos Can’t Swim and Other Fun Facts Chinese warriors must overcome his fear match for a gang of sneaky amphibians? by Laura Lyn DiSiena and Hannah Eliot; Nikki & Deja of just about everything.TB ESP Pete Oswald (Illus.) by Karen English; Laura Freeman (Illus.) All the facts you never knew about some Mo and Jo Fighting Together Forever Will the nasty mean girl who just moved NONFICTION of the heroes and villains of the animal to town succeed in breaking up two best (graphic novel) kingdom. (J 590.2 D) friends? by Jay Lynch and Dean Haspiel An Egg Is Quiet Can these two squabbling siblings get by Dianna Hutts Aston; Sylvia Long (Illus.) Lizards Bean Dog and Nugget: The Ball along long enough to defeat the evil An elegant and readable book that (graphic novel) Saw-Jaw and save their hometown? by Nic Bishop showcases the beautiful variety of eggs. New readers will enjoy spectacular by Charise Mericle Harper (J 591.46 A)EBK The Great Cake Mystery: Precious photographs and fascinating facts about Spooky bushes have eaten Bean Dog’s many lizard species. (J 597.95 B) Ramotswe’s Very First Case favorite toy! This looks like a job for Liberty Rising: The Story of the Statue of Superdog and Ninja Nugget! by Alexander McCall Smith; Iain McIntosh Liberty In the Wild (Illus.) b y Pegi Deitz Shea; Wade Zahares (Illus.) A girl detective puts her sleuthing skills to by David Elliott; Holly Meade (Illus.) good use when her school faces a rash ofDazzling illustrations accompany the Poetry brings to life the untamed sweet thefts.EAUD, EBK story behind America’s iconic monument creatures that prowl, stalk, hop, and haunt to freedom. (J 974.71 S) our dreams. (J 811 Elliott)

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---- Summer Reading 2015 ---- 5 6 ---- Summer Reading 2015 ---- GRADES 2-3 • GRADES 4-5 GRADES 4-5

Rachel Carson and Her Book That ChangedGRADES 45 Sisters (graphic novel) The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond the World by Raina Telgemeier by Laurie Lawlor; Laura Beingessner (Illus.)FICTION Take one road trip, add some annoying by Brenda Woods A young marine biologist writes a book siblings, stir in one escaped pet snake andA biracial girl in anall-white school seeks about the “wonder and beauty of the Sidekicked you’ve got a vacation you won’t forget. out her African-American family and finds earth” during troubling environmental by John David Anderson her place in the world. changes. (J B Carson L) Michael Townsend’s Amazing Greek Myths A sidekick-in-training realizes that middle of Wonder and Blunders (graphic novel) school is tough even when you have A Nation’s Hope: The Story of Boxing NONFICTION Legend Joe Louis superpowers. by Michael Townsend The funniest, wackiest, wildest graphic Girls Think of Everything: Stories of by Matt de la Peña; Kadir Nelson (Illus.) Tortilla Sun novel about the Greek gods you’ll ever Ingenious Inventions Powerful pictures tell the story of boxing have the pleasure to read. by Catherine Thimmesh; Melissa Sweet legend Joe Louis and his fight against a by Jennifer Cervantes (Illus.) German on the eve of World War II. Twelve-year-old Izzy spends the summer Breadcrumbs From cookies to windshield wipers, learn (J B Louis P)DVD in New Mexico with her grandmother, of some of the most fascinating and and discovers new friends, her family by Anne Ursu; Erin McGuire (Illus.) useful things that have been invented by history and a little magic. Hazel needs to save her best friend in this Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman women. (J 609.22 T)TB modern retelling of “The Snow Queen.” by Marc Tyler Nobleman; Ross MacDonald Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated EBK (Illus.) Adventures Guys Read: True Stories The story of two very similar boys, with by Kate DiCamillo; G.K. Campbell (Illus.) Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery on Museumby Jon Scieszka (Ed.) one very similar dream - to create their Mile Check out these ten amazing real tales, very own superhero! (J B Siegel N) A cynic encounters an unlikely hero: a squirrel with superpowers. by Marcia Wells; Marcos Calo (Illus.) from survival in the Sahara desert to the life and times of a blues musician. Malala Yousafzai AUD, EBK, EAUD Edmund Xavier Lonnrot must use his photogenic memory to stop the Picasso (J 808.18 S) by Robin S. Doak Sky Jumpers Gang from striking again! The life of one brave girl who almost paid Titanic: Voices from the Disaster by Peggy Eddelman the ultimate price to keep on learning. (J B President of the Whole Fifth Grade Yousafzai D) Living in a future without technology, by Deborah Hopkinson twelve-year-old daredevil Hope may be by Sherri Williams The gripping and gritty story of this the only one who can save her small town Can Brianna Justice win the school maritime catastrophe is told by some of SERIES from bandits. election with her creative campaign its survivors. cupcakes or will she lose this challenging(J 910.91 H) AUD, EAUD, TB • The Enchanted Sisters,by Elise Allen The Vanishing Coin competition? and Halle Stanford Boys Who Rocked the World: Heroes From by Kate Egan and Mike Lane; Leepike Ridge King Tut to Bruce Lee • Heroes in Training,by Jane Holub Eric Wight (Illus.) • Pinky and Rex,by James Howe Mike has a hard time in school, but a trip by N.D. Wilson by Michelle Roehm McCann to a mysterious magic shop may be just Sucked into an underground cave, Tom These 46 historical figures were all • Magic Tree House,by Mary Pope the thing he needs to turn everything finds another survivor and a dog before famous before they even finished their Osborne around. being chased by murderous treasure teens. • Ricky Ricotta,by Dav Pilkey hunters.EBK (J 920.71 B) Sidekicks (graphic novel) by Dan Santat Think being a superpowered pet is easy? Think again!

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---- Summer Reading 2015 ---- 7 8 ---- Summer Reading 2015 ---- GRADES 4-5 • MIDDLE SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL • HIGH SCHOOL

Proxy Who Was Nelson Mandela? The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Pam Pollack and Meg Belviso; Stephen by Susin Nielsen-Fernlund by Phillip Hoose by Alexander London Before Rosa Parks, a 15-year-old girl Knox is living the life. No matter what he Marchesi (Illus.) With the help of his crazy friends and the refused to give up her seat on the does, Syd takes the punishment. What The fascinating life of a South African Global Wrestling Federation, can Henry segregated bus. happens when things go too far?EBK,TB leader who changed the world for the get over a life-changing tragedy? BR, EBK,TB better. (J B Mandela P) EBK Open Road Summer REC SERIES Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong OMMENDED SERIES by Emery Lord Reagan goes on tour with her country by Prudence Shen • The Finishing School Series music star BFF and sparks fly when she The robotics club goes up against the • Amelia Rulesby, Jimmy Gownley by Gail Carriger falls for the opening act. EBK cheerleaders in a school election full of • Club C.S.I.by, David Lewman hijinks and mud-slinging. • Final Four Mysteryby John Feinstein Throne of Glass • Heroes of Olympus (graphic novel), • The Hero’s Guide Trilogy Endangered by Sarah Maas by George O’Connor by Christopher Healy Assassin Celaena must fight to the death • Stranded,by Jeff Probst and by Eliot Schrefer • Archvillainby Barry Lyga to become the Champion of the king, a Sophie must care for Otto, a rescued baby Chris Tebbetts man she has sworn to kill. BR, EBK, TB bonobo, while traveling through the • Chronicles of Ancient Darkness • I Survivedby, various authors Congolese jungle to find her mother. by Michelle Paver Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass BR, EBK • Time-Traveling Fashionista by Meg Medina by Bianca Turetsky Piddy doesn’t know what she did to MIDDLE SCHOOL The Riverman Yaqui, but she better watch her back. by Aaron Starmer HIGH SCHOOL AUD, BR, EBK, TB FICTION If Fiona is right, the Riverman is stealing children. Alistair needs to find out before Changers Book One: Drew it’s too late. EBK The Living Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of by T. Cooper by Matt de la Peña the Universe On his first morning of high school, Ethan The Screaming Staircase While Shy is working on a cruise ship, a is shocked to find out he has changed by Benjamin Alire Sáenz massive earthquake hits California and into a girl. by Jonathan Stroud Through their friendship, Dante and Ari sends a tsunami out to sea with disastrous EBK Lucy Carlyle is going into business as a find the courage to become who they consequences.BR, EBK, TB, ghost hunter -- if she can survive a night really are.BR, TB, EBK Better Nate than Ever in one of London’s most haunted houses. AUD, EAUD, EBK, TB If You Could Be Mine Winger by Tim Federle by Sara Farizan by Andrew Smith Can Broadway hopeful Nate get to New NONFICT In a country where their love is forbidden, ION Ryan Dean deals with girls, friends, and York and audition for the new E.T. musical the penalty is death. EBK without his family finding out? toilet bowl swirlies at his boarding school. AUD, EBK, TB How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the TB, EBK Awfully Famous The Brokenhearted The Last Dragonslayer by Georgia Bragg by Amelia Kahaney All Our Yesterdays The weird and gory deaths of King Tut, by Jasper Fforde Brought back from the dead, Anthem by Cristin Terrill George Washington, Edgar Allan Poe, and Orphan Jennifer Strange’s career takes a must travel through the dark side of The future is all wrong. Only Em and Finn othersTB sudden turn from business management Bedlam City to find her kidnapped can set it right by traveling back in time... to dragon-slaying. boyfriend.EBK and killing someone.EBK EBK, AUD

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Code Name Verity SERIES FICTION The Invention of Wings by Elizabeth Wein by Sue Monk Kidd In WWII Britain, one girl becomes a pilot, • Grisha Trilogy All the Light We Cannot See A desire for freedom inspires two another a spy. What happens next will by Leigh Bardugo by Anthony Doerr Southern women, a white debutante and test the limits of their heroism -- and their During World War II, a blind French girl her black slave, to take flight, finding • Darkest Minds Series friendship. BR, EBK, TB running from the German occupiers courage to defy their restrictions. by Alexandra Bracken meets a German youth pressed into The Shadow Hero • Steampunk Chronicles tracking French resistance fighters. Invisible City by Kady Cross by Gene Luen Yang by Julia Dahl The Case of the Love Commandos: From When gangsters threaten his family in • Michael Vey the Files of Vish Puri, India’s Most Private A young Brooklyn journalist is drawn into 1930s Chinatown, Hank Chu fights back by Richard Paul Evans Investigator her own Hasidic Jewish heritage as she by becoming a new hero. investigates the murder of a Hasidic • The Lacey Chronicles by Tarquin Hall woman. by Eve Edwards NONFICTION Vish Puri, regarded by many (and himself) • Hourglass series as the best private eye in India, must Island Girls Shackleton: Antarctic Odyssey by Myra McEntire reunite young lovers separated first by

the caste system, then by the kidnappingby Nancy Thayer by Nick Bertozzi • The Old Kingdom of the young man. Three adult half-sisters work through their Can Ernest Shackleton and his crew brave by Garth Nix old resentments and misunderstandings the icy wilderness and become the first to when their late father’s will mandates a • Escape from Furnace The Chaperone reach the South Pole? summer together at his upscale by Alexander Gordon Smith by Laura Moriarty Nantucket home. Stan Lee’s How to Draw Superheroes • Raven Cycle Teenaged future movie star Louise Brooks by Stan Lee by Maggie Stiefvater travels to study modern dance in New The Martian Drawing lessons from the creator of • Library Wars: Love & War York City. There, the lives of Louise and by Andy Weir Spider-Man, the Avengers, Iron Man, and by Kiiro Yumi her 30-something chaperones are more! changed forever. A stranded and presumed dead NASA astronaut uses all his ingenuity and training to survive in the unforgiving The Pregnancy Project:A Memoir RECOMMENDED AUTHORS FOR MIDDLE The Flamethrowers AND HIGH SCHOOL environment of Mars until he can be by Gaby Rodriguez by Rachel Kushner rescued. How would your family, school, and In New York to pursue a career in the • Joseph Bruchac friends react if you got pregnant? Gaby 1970s art scene, Reno falls for an Italian Runner decides to find out.EBK • Adam Gidwitz motorcycle heir and then mingles with • Carl Hiaasen the elite and radicals in Italy. by Patrick Lee A midnight jog leads to a dangerous • A.S. King encounter between a retired Special The Good Lord Bird • Terra McVoy Forces operative and a 12-year-old girl • Walter Dean Myers by James McBride who possesses an extremely dangerous • Julie Ann Peters A young slave living in Kansas runs away skill. • Tamora Pierce from his master with the abolitionist John • Marie Rutkoski Brown, following him and his abolitionist group to the raid on Harpers Ferry. • Darren Shan • Steve Sheinkin • Gabrielle Zevin

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The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry Glitter and Glue: A Memoir by Gabrielle Zevin by Kelly Corrigan A widowed bookstore owner gradually The author gives her perspectives on reengages with life while caring for a motherhood, shaped by her job as a baby abandoned in his shop. nanny for a grieving family and her The 2015 Summer Reading Program is presented by Queens Library, New York Public Library and Brooklyn Public Library in experiences with her daughters and her partnership with the New York City Department of Education, The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat own mother. Oﬃ ce of Library Services, and is supported in part by New York State Library and the New York State Education Department, by Edward Kelsey Moore The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Division of Library Development. Three strong, funny small-town Black Person Can Create Extraordinary Change women, inseparable lifelong friends, face their most serious personal crises by Adam Braun together (with a little help from some A privileged young man turned $25 into friendly ghosts). more than 200 schools around the world and presents the steps anyone can take to Tapestry of Fortunes lead a significant life. by Elizabeth Berg The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History TD Bank is the lead sponsor of Queens Library’s Summer Reeling from her best friend’s death, a Reading Program. Additional support is provided by Astoria motivational speaker downsizes her by Elizabeth Kolbert Federal Savings with in-kind support from the New York Mets. suburban life and becomes the fourth In the last 500 million years, there were roommate in a beautiful old house in St. five mass extinctions, when the diversity Paul. of life on earth suddenly, dramatically contracted. What species will succumb to www.queenslibrary.org The Traitor’s Wife the mass extinction unfolding before our eyes? by Allison Pataki Together with her former lover, beautiful Wave socialite Peggy Shippen and her disaffected husband Benedict Arnold by Sonali Deraniyagala hatch a plot to deliver West Point to the A teacher remembers her experiences British in exchange for fame and fortune.surviving the 2004 tsunami that decimated her entire family, and recounts Vampires in the Lemon Grove her struggles with grief and gradual steps toward healing. by Karen Russell Whether monster or human, the characters in these short stories go through magical transformations that help them better understand their lives.

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David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell Much of what is beautiful and important in the world arises from what looks like suffering and adversity. ---- Summer Reading 2015 ---- 13 14 ---- Summer Reading 2015 ---- 13047.QL (4.15) © Illustrations by: K, Jarrett Larry Jones and Hope Larson

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Booklists for All Ages BR = Braille* EAUD = E-Audiobook** EBK = Ebook** Babies P

Booklists for All Ages BR = Braille* EAUD = E-Audiobook EBK = Ebook Babies P