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John Newbery lived his whole life believing children should have books of their own they enjoyed reading. When John was a small child, he enjoyed reading more than “forking hay.” He carried this love of stories into his adulthood, where he opened a store (in London, in St. Paul’s churchyard) devoted to children’s books. Young readers will learn about some of the first stories published and made available through John’s store. The stories were about giants, ABCs, and a little girl named Goody Two-Shoes. Click here for more of the curledupkids.com book review of Michelle Markel and Nancy Carpenter's Balderdash!: John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children's Books.


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*Opposite Surprise* by Agnese Baruzzi - click here for our children's board book review


Board book:
Agnese Baruzzi's
Opposite Surprise

*Tomi Ungerer: A Treasury of 8 Books* by Taro Gomi - click here for our children's picture book review


Picture book:
Tomi Ungerer: A Treasury of 8 Books

*Wishing Day* by Lauren Myracle - click here for our middle grades book review


Middle grades:
Lauren Myracle's
Wishing Day

*The Great American Whatever* by Tim Federle - click here for our young adult book review


Young adult:
Tim Federle's
The Great American Whatever


Jessie is torn from her school, facing life without her mother and forced to move to Los Angeles to attend a fancy prep school where she is a nobody. She is starting over with no friends and no knowledge of how to fit into this new school at a time when fitting in is all-important. Enter Jessie’s new pen pal, Somebody/Nobody. Click here to read the full curledupkids.com review of Julie Buxbaum's Tell Me Three Things.
 
 
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