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Choosing Books as Gifts for Children
Recommended Titles
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Children in Third through Fifth Grades
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How to Save Your Tail by Mary Hanson; illustrations by John Hendrix
Schwartz & Wade, 2007; $15.99
To distract his cat captors, a rat tells a series of stories that are clever versions of familiar fairy tales with rats as characters.Jack Plank Tells Tales by Natalie Babbitt
Scholastic, 2007; $15.95
Jack fails at being a pirate, but he finds that he has a gift for storytelling and many riveting tales to tell about his days as a pirate.Just Grace and Still Just Grace by Charise Mericle Harper
Houghton Mifflin, 2007; $15.00
One of four girls named Grace in a third-grade class narrates these two lively books that reveal typical concerns of the age.Phineas L. MacGuire Gets Slimed! by Frances O’Roark Dowell; illustrated by Preston L. McDaniels
Atheneum, 2007; $16.99
A fourth-grader who excels in science decides to create a museum of mold in this entertaining and educational story. Instructions for some experiments with mold are included.The Talented Clementine by Sara Pennypacker; illustrated by Marla Frazee
Hyperion, 2007; $14.99
The endearing third-grader, believing she has no talent to showcase, tries to get out of performing in the school talent show.The Thing about Georgie by Lisa Graff
HarperCollins, 2007; $15.99
A dwarf has to deal with many changes during the year he is in fourth grade.