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The Sleepless Little Vampire

EGIELSKI, Richard

PreS-Gr 1—The first picture, framed with cobwebs and twigs set on a plain black background, shows the title character sitting on a bed, holding a Frankenstein doll...

Miss Smith Under the Ocean

GARLAND, Michael

Gr 1—4—During a trip to the aquarium, Miss Smith (think Mo in Inkheart) opens her Incredible Storybook and in a flash her class teleports to the Owl and the Pussycat's pea-green boat...

The Lost Crown

MILLER, Sarah

Gr 8 Up—This story of the last months of the Romanovs is told from the perspectives of the four grand duchesses: Olga, Tatiana, Maria, and Anastasia...

Desert Elephants

COWCHER, Helen

Gr 1—3—Although other titles consider the lives of elephants in Africa, Cowcher's book is unique in its emphasis on the accommodations humans make to facilitate the migration of these huge animals...

Adventure at Simba Hill

RUNHOLT, Susan

Gr 4—7—Runholt's newest book starring 14-year-old friends Kari and Lucas finds the sleuths on another globe-trotting adventure...

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

SOENNICHSEN, John

Gr 9 Up—This volume covers the history of Chinese immigration to the United States, concentrating on the events leading up to the passage of 1882's Chinese Exclusion Act...