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School Library Journal Stars List: May 2012

Preschool to Grade 4

ALLEN, Jonathan. Don’t Copy Me! illus. by author. Boxer Bks., dist. by Sterling. p. 66.

COOMBS, Kate. Water Sings Blue. illus. by Meilo So. Chronicle. p. 86.

DEMPSEY, Kristy. Surfer Chick. illus. by Henry Cole. Abrams. May 2012. p. 71.

DiCamillo, Kate & Alison McGhee. Two for One. illus. by Tony Fucile. (Bink and Gollie Series). Candlewick. June 2012. p. 71.

FEIFFER, Kate. No Go Sleep! illus. by Jules Feiffer. S & S/Paula Wiseman Bks. p. 72.

GOING, K. L. Dog in Charge. illus. by Dan Santat. Dial. May 2012. p. 72.

KABOOM! Go Out and Play! illus. by Julianna Rose. Candlewick. p. 87.

MCCARTY, Peter. Chloe. illus. by author. HarperCollins/Balzer & Bray. May 2012. p. 78.

MURRAY, Alison. One Two That’s My Shoe! illus. by author. Hyperion/Disney. June 2012. p. 79.

GRADES 5 & UP

AGUIRRE, Jorge. Giants Beware! illus. by Rafael Rosado. First Second. p. 133.

CHAMBERS, Aidan. Dying to Know You . Abrams/Amulet. p. 96.

COATS, J. Anderson. The Wicked and the Just. Houghton Harcourt. p. 96.

FREEDMAN, Russell. Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. Clarion. June 2012. p. 129.

HICKAM, Homer. Crater. Bk. 1. (A Helium-3 Novel). Thomas Nelson. p. 106.

LEVINSON, Cynthia. We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children’s March. Peachtree. p. 130.

LOSURE, Mary. The Fairy Ring. Candlewick. p. 130.

MCCORMICK,Patricia. Never Fall Down. HarperCollins/Balzer & Bray. May 2012. p. 112.

MCKISSACK, Patricia C. & Frederick L. McKissack. Best Shot in the West. illus. by Randy DuBurke. Chronicle. p. 135.

PATENT, Dorothy Hinshaw. The Horse and the Plains Indians. photos by William Muñoz. Clarion. July 2012. p. 131.

PENNYPACKER, Sara. Summer of the Gypsy Moths. HarperCollins/Balzer & Bray. May 2012. p. 116.

PULLMAN, Philip. Two Crafty Criminals! illus. by Martin Brown. Knopf. May 2012. p. 116.

VOORHOEVE, Anne C. My Family for the War. tr. from German by Tammi Reichel. Dial. p. 124.

Adult Books 4 Teens Blog

ALLISON, Rachel Hope. I’m Not a Plastic Bag.Archaia. (Mar. 28 post)

MCCLEEN, Grace. The Land of Decoration. Holt. (Apr. 2 post)

DVD

Deadliest Volcanoes. PBS Dist. p. 53.

Ecology–Bat Creatures of the Night. TMW Media. p. 54.

Hugo. Parmount Home Entertainment. p. 52.

Learning Rocks, Vol. 1: Math Skills. AV Café. p. 52.

AUDIO

Cheshire Cheese Cat. Listening Library. p. 55.

High Dive. Bill Harley. p. 56.

Isle of Blood. Recorded Books. p. 57.

Lions of Little Rock. Listening Library. p. 58.

Mighty Miss Malone. Listening Library. p. 58.

Scorpio Races. Scholastic Audiobooks. p. 59.

Shining Like a Star. AV Café. p. 62.

Son of Neptune. Listening Library. p. 60.

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