BEST OF 2011 from KIRKUS REVIEWS READING RECOMMENDATIONS

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Roots and Blues: A Celebration, Arnold Adoff

City of Orphans, Avi
The Mostly True Story of Jack, Kelly Regan Barnhill
Naamah and the Ark at Night, Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Dragon Castle, Joseph Bruchac
Mouse & Lion: Aesop Retold, Rand Burkert
Coral Reefs, Jason Chin
Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale, Carmen Agra Deedy
Sidekicks, Jack D. Ferraiolo
Amelia Lost, Candace Fleming
Blue Chicken, Deborah Freedman
Hidden, Helen Frost
Dead End in Norvelt, Jack Gantos
Squish, Jennifer L. Holm
Can We Save the Tiger? Martin Jenkins
Inside Out & Back Again, Thanhha Lai
The Secret Box, Barbara Lehman
Manatee Scientist: Saving Vulnerable Species, Peter Lourie
Camo Girl, Kekla Magoon
Me…Jane, Patrick McDonnell
Snow Rabbit, Spring Rabbit, Il Sung Na

Liesl & Po, Lauren Oliver
Secrets at Sea, Richard Peck
Blackout, John Rocco
Owly & Wormy: Friends All Aflutter, Andy Runton
Rah, Rah, Radishes! : A Vegetable Chant, April Pulley Sayre

Wonderstruck, Brian Selznick
Okay for Now, Gary Schmidt
Love, Mouserella, David Ezra Stein
Press Here, Herve Tullet
Hound Dog True, Linda Urban
Spinster Goose, Lisa Wheeler

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