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Mud City: A Flamingo Story

Brenda Guiberson

Age Level:

3-6

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Nonfiction

Science Verse

Jon Scieszka

Illustrator:

Lane Smith

Age Level:

6-9

Genre:

Poetry

Secrets of the Sphinx

James Giblin

Illustrator:

Bagram Ibatoulline

Age Level:

6-9

Genre:

Nonfiction

Going to visit a big city on vacation? Think there’s nothing but concrete above and below? Well, think again! Readers are greeted by bagel-eating Skippy, an Eastern Gray Squirrel, and begin a complex, unexpected, revealing, and animated jaunt through and around New York City. The Big Apple comes alive in sophisticated, surprising ways through cartoons and photographs creatively placed on double page spreads.