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    • Audiobooks
      • Avengers Assembled, The: The Junior Novelization
      • Mutiny on Board H.M.S. Bounty, The by William Bligh
    • Chapter Books-Fiction
      • Adventure
        • Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The by Mark Twain
        • Copper Treasure, The by Melvin Burgess
        • Voyage of Ice by Michele Torrey
      • Alternate History
        • Dactyl Hill Squad by Daniel Jose Older
      • Animal
        • Guinea Dog by Patrick Jennings
      • Fantasy
        • 21 Balloons, The by William Pène du Bois
        • Alchemyst, The: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott
        • BFG, The by Roald Dahl
        • Blood of Olympus, The by Rick Riordan
        • Chronicles of Narnia, The by C.S. Lewis
        • Fortunately, The Milk by Neil Gaiman
        • Hunchback by Randall Wright
        • Ickabog, The by J.K. Rowling
        • Inkling by Kenneth Oppel
        • Last Olympian, The by Rick Riordan
        • Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The by C.S. Lewis
        • Lost Hero, The by Rick Riordan
        • Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
        • Nine Pound Hammer, The by John Claude Bemis
        • Outcasts, The by John Flanagan
        • Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper
        • Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia by C.S. Lewis
        • Queen’s Sons, The by Amber Bennett
        • Ranger’s Apprentice, The Royal Ranger: The Missing Prince by John Flanagan
        • Straw Into Gold by Gary D. Schmidt
        • Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
        • Wee Free Men, The by Terry Pratchett
      • Historical Fiction
        • Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt
        • Alice Rose & Sam by Kathryn Lasky
        • Assassin by Anna Meyers
        • Ben and Me by Robert Lawson
        • Bull Run by Paul Fleischman
        • Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War II by Joseph Bruchac
        • Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan
        • Giant Rat of Sumatra, The, or Pirates Galore by Sid Fleischman
        • Ground Zero by Alan Gratz
        • Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad by Ellen Levine
        • I Survived…The San Francisco Earthquake, 1906 by Lauren Tarshis
        • Joshua’s Song by Joan Hiatt Harlow
        • My Life with the Lincolns by Gayle Brandeis
        • One-Handed Catch by Mary Jane Auch
        • President’s Daughter, The by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
        • Race for the Sky: The Kitty Hawk Diaries of Johnny Moore by Dan Gutman
        • Retreat from Gettysburg by Kathleen Ernst
        • Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith
        • Rock and the River, The by Kekla Magoon
        • Sun, the Rain and the Apple Seed, The by Lynda Durrant
        • Theodore Roosevelt: Letters from a Young Coal Miner
        • Woods Runner by Gary Paulsen
      • Horror/Ghost Stories
        • Wait Till Helen Comes: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn
      • Humor
        • 13-Story Treehouse, The by Andy Griffiths
        • Adventures of Ook and Gluk, The: Kung Fu Cavemen from the Future by Dav Pilkey
        • Antsy Does Time by Neal Shusterman
        • Artsy Smartsy Club, The by Daniel Pinkwater
        • Looking for Bobowicz by Daniel Pinkwater
        • Maxx Comedy: The Funniest Kid in America by Gordon Korman
        • Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
        • Science Fair by Dave Barry
      • Mystery and Detective
        • Eddie Red, Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile by Marcia Wells
        • Haunting of Charles Dickens, The by Lewis Buzbee
        • Powerless by Matthew Cody
      • Realistic
        • Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea
        • Blubber by Judy Blume
        • King of Slippery Falls, The by Sid Hite
        • Trouble by Gary D. Schmidt
        • West With Hopeless by Carolyn Lieberg
      • Religion
        • Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
        • Hangman’s Curse, The by Frank E. Peretti
      • School Fiction
        • Frindle by Andrew Clements
        • I Got a “D” in Salami by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver
        • Niagara Falls, or Does It? by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver
        • Poison Ivy by Amy Goldman Koss
        • Strange Case of Origami Yoda, The by Tom Angleberger
        • Trouble-Maker by Andrew Clements
      • Science Fiction
        • Abner & Me by Dan Gutman
        • Girl Who Owned a City, The by O.T. Nelson
        • Last Musketeer, The by Stuart Gibbs
        • Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix
        • Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements
        • Throwback: The Chaos Loop by Peter Lerangis
      • Sports
        • Comeback Season, The by Jennifer E. Smith
        • Crossover, The by Kwame Alexander
        • Sliding Into Home by Dori Hillestad Butler
    • Chapter Books-Nonfiction
      • Animal
        • Does it Fart? A Kid’s Guide to the Gas Animals Pass by Nick Caruso
        • Oh, Rats! The Story of Rats and People by Albert Marrin
      • Biography
        • Anne Bonny and Mary Read: Fearsome Female Pirates of the Eighteenth Century by Aileen Weintraub
        • Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal by Varunda Micheaux Nelson
        • Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman by Marc Tyler Nobleman
        • Good Brother, Bad Brother by James Cross Giblin
        • How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous by Georgia Bragg
        • Journey to the Bottomless Pit: The Story of Stephen Bishop and Mammoth Cave by Betsy Mitchell
        • Queen of the Falls by Chris Van Allsburg
        • Stand Tall, Abe Lincoln by Judith St. George
        • Wall, The: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sis
        • Worst of Friends: Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and the True Story of an American Feud by Suzanne Tripp Jurmain
      • Folklore
        • Incredible Urban Legends: Stranger than Fiction Modern Tales
      • History
        • 1919: The Year That Changed America by Martin W. Sandler
        • Bomb: The Race to Build-and Steal-the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin
        • Great Horse-Less Carriage Race, The by Michael Dooling
        • Grierson’s Raid: A Daring Cavalry Strike through the Heart of the Confederacy by Tom Lalicki
        • Port Chicago 50, The by Steve Sheinkin
        • Price of Freedom, The: How One Town Stood Up to Slavery by Dennis Brindell Fradin
        • Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929 by Karen Blumenthal
        • Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps by Andrea Warren
    • Picture Books
      • Fiction
        • Adventures of Beekle, The: An Unimaginary Friend by Dan Santat
        • Arlene Sardine by Chris Raschka
        • Ballet Cat: The Totally Secret Secret by Bob Shea
        • Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
        • If I Built a Car by Chris Van Dusen
        • It’s a Book by Lane Smith
        • Kid Sheriff and the Terrible Toads by Bob Shea
        • Lousy Rotten Stinkin’ Grapes by Margie Palatini
        • Marshmallow Incident, The by Judi Barrett
        • Mustache Baby by Bridget Heos
        • Mustache Baby Meets His Match by Bridget Heos
        • President and Mom’s Apple Pie, The by Michael Garland
        • Rockwell: A Boy and his Dog by Loren Spiotta-DiMare
        • Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building by Deborah Hopkinson & James E. Ransome
        • Squids Will Be Squids by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
        • Those Darn Squirrels! by Adam Rubin
        • Willie and the All-Stars by Floyd Cooper
        • Yankee at the Seder, The by Elka Weber
      • Nonfiction
        • Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln by Margarita Engle
        • Elizabeth, Queen of the Sea by Lynne Cox
        • Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued by Peter Sis
        • To Dare Mighty Things: The Life of Theodore Roosevelt by Doreen Rappaport
    • Young Adult (YA) and Adult Books- Nonfiction
      • Arts and Entertainment
        • As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes
      • Biography
        • Black Count, The: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss
        • Bully Pulpit, The: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism by Doris Kearns Goodwin
        • Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard
        • President and the Assassin, The: McKinley, Terror, and Empire at the Dawn of the American Century by Scott Miller
        • Wright Brothers, The by David McCullough
      • History
        • April 1865: The Month That Saved America by Jay Winik
        • Chicago’s Great Fire: The Destruction and Resurrection of an Iconic American City by Carl Smith
        • Don’t Know Much About History- Updated and Revised Edition by Kenneth C. Davis
        • Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad by David Haward Bain
        • River of Doubt, The: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey by Candice Millard
        • Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh and America’s Fight Over World War II, 1939-1941 by Lynne Olson
      • Humor
        • Guinea Pig Diaries, The: My Life as an Experiment by A.J. Jacobs
      • Sports
        • I Don’t Care if We Never Get Back: 30 Games in 30 Days on the Best Worst Baseball Road Trip Ever by Ben Blatt
      • Travel
        • Lost Continent, The: Travels in Small-Town American by Bill Bryson
    • Young Adult (YA) and Adult Books-Fiction
      • Alternate History
        • Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln, The by Stephen L. Carter
        • Taft 2012 by Jason Heller
      • Classical Literature
        • Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
        • Grapes of Wrath, The by John Steinbeck
        • Ivanhoe by Walter Scott
      • Fantasy
        • Soul Music by Terry Pratchett
        • William Shakespeare’s Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope by Ian Doescher
      • Historical Fiction
        • Book Thief, The by Markus Zusak
        • Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
        • Lincoln in the Bardo
      • Horror
        • Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
      • Humor
        • Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
      • Legal Thriller
        • Gray Mountain by John Grisham
      • Mystery
        • Adventure of the Speckled Band, The by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
        • Red-Headed League, The by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
      • Realistic
        • Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
        • Free Lunch by Rex Ogle
        • Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
        • Th1rteen R3asons Why by Jay Asher
      • Science Fiction
        • Only Alien on the Planet, The by Kristen R. Randle
  • Fast Food Fairy Tale
    • Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 01: The Burger King
    • Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 02: The Dairy Queen
    • Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 03: Carl, Jr.
    • Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 04: Wendy
    • Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 05: The Ambassador and the Sliders
    • Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 06: The First Adventure
    • Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 07: An Assembly of Villains
    • Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 08: Portillo to the Rescue
    • Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 09: Takeover
    • Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 10: Chicken in the Tavern
    • Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 11: Pan-Ex
    • Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 12: Papa John
    • Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 13: Plan of Action
    • Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 14: The Hunter and the Hunted
    • Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 15: Sound the Alarm!
    • Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 16: The Troops Assemble
    • Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 17: A Sailor’s Revenge
    • Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 18: The Battle of Dryvthru Begins
    • Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 19: Winged Warriors
    • Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 20: Ambush
    • Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 21: The Tide Turns
    • Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 22: Change of Plans
    • Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 23: Beginning of the End, Part One
    • Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 24: Beginning of the End, Part Two
    • Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 25: Comes the Dawn
    • Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 26: Family Reunion
    • Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 27: Bad News, Good News
    • Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 28: Plan B
    • Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 29: Stalemate
    • Fast Food Fairy Tale, Chapter 30: Checkmate
    • Fast Food Fairy Tale: Epilogue, Part One
    • Fast Food Fairy Tale: Epilogue, Part Two
  • Life at the Library
    • A Librarian Living in a Covid World
    • Crashing Waves (of Middle Schoolers)
    • Desk Phone Dilemma
    • Duties of a Children’s Librarian from A-Z
    • If Voldemort Ran the Library
      • If Voldemort Ran the Library, Part 1
      • If Voldemort Ran the Library, Part 2
      • If Voldemort Ran the Library, Part 3
      • If Voldemort Ran the Library, Part 4
    • Ina-POOP-riate Books
    • Not Your Grandmother’s Library
    • Pawn Promotion
    • Stone Soup
    • Tales from a Library Wonk
    • Tales from a Library Wonk, Part Two
  • Observations on Writing
    • “Qualifications” for Award-Winning YA Literature
    • Abridge Too Far
    • How to Tell a Good Story, or, What Time Does This Glacier Reach Town?
    • The Power of Writing
    • The Science of Writing a Research Paper
    • What to Do When the Well is Dry
    • Writing vs. Acting
  • Poetry
    • Job
    • Joy
    • Man Out of Time
  • Random Idiocy
    • Bill of Rights for Dyslexics-Second Amendment
    • Bill of Rights for Dyslexics-Third Amendment
    • Great Band Names
    • History According to Steve
      • Welcome to the New World
      • What Patrick Henry Really Did to Inspire American Independence…
      • What Really Happened at the 2nd Continental Congress
      • What Really Happened at the British Surrender
      • What Really Happened at Yorktown
    • I.I.F.Y.?
  • Road Trippin’
    • 2003 East Coast Road Trip
      • 2003 East Coast Road Trip, Part 1- From Illinois to New York
      • 2003 East Coast Road Trip, Part 2- Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts
      • 2003 East Coast Road Trip, Part 3- Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York
      • 2003 East Coast Road Trip, Part 4- New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware
      • 2003 East Coast Road Trip, Part 5- North Carolina
      • 2003 East Coast Road Trip, Part 6- Ridgecrest (North Carolina)
      • 2003 East Coast Road Trip, Part 7-South Carolina
    • 2014 Florida Road Trip
    • A Day in the (Ball) Park
    • Dexy Goes West: 2016 Road Trip
    • Roundabout: Circling the Emerald Isle-2018
  • Short Stories
    • A King’s Rage
    • Autobiographical Stories
      • Lyle the Bus Driver and the Duck Call
      • She Was My Age
      • Ten Minute Fugitive from Justice
      • The Dying Cemetery
      • The Joy of Loneliness
      • Tomatoes: A Confession
      • What I Have Learned While Delivering Pizza
      • Why I Am a Cubs Fan: Updated for 2016!
    • Birth of a Character
    • Heaven
    • History Basketball: A Drama
      • History Basketball: A Drama, Part 1
      • History Basketball: A Drama, Part 2
      • History Basketball: A Drama, Part 3
    • It’s a Wonderful White Christmas Carol on 34th Street, Charlie Brown: A Christmas Mash-Up
      • It’s a Wonderful White Christmas Carol on 34th Street, Charlie Brown: A Christmas Mash-Up, Part 1
      • It’s a Wonderful White Christmas Carol on 34th Street, Charlie Brown: A Christmas Mash-Up, Part 2
      • It’s a Wonderful White Christmas Carol on 34th Street, Charlie Brown: A Christmas Mash-Up, Part 3
    • League of Unknown Presidents: A Drama
      • League of Unknown Presidents: A Drama, Part 1
      • League of Unknown Presidents: A Drama, Part 2
      • League of Unknown Presidents: A Drama, Part 3
      • League of Unknown Presidents: A Drama, Part 4
      • League of Unknown Presidents: A Drama, Part 5
    • Meeting of the Minds
      • Meeting of the Minds, Part 1
      • Meeting of the Minds, Part 2
      • Meeting of the Minds, Part 3
    • Never Let a Space Alien Fix Your Car
    • Sorrow of Solomon
    • The Blind Date
    • The Epic Defenders: The Day After
    • The Ideal Pet
    • Topsy to the Rescue
  • Story of Readers’ Advisory
    • “Might I Suggest…?” Tips for Effective R.A. Encounters
    • The Birth of a Notion: Inspiration For My Research
    • Tools of the Trade: Aids to Help Find the “Right Book”
    • What is Readers’ Advisory?

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