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The following books and websites were shared at the Elementary Library Media Specialist Network Meeting on October 27, 2009. Please feel free to add your comments about these resources.- Posted by John Monahan 11/13/09

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//Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and the Recovery of the Past// – James Deem //Sure As Sunrise: Stories of Bruh Rabbit & His Walkin’ Talkin’ Friends// – Alice McGill //Way Up and Over Everything// – Alice McGill //Perfect Pumpkin Pie// – Denys Cazet //Bats at the Library// – Brian Lies //By the Light of the Halloween Moon// – Caroline Stutson //Cinderella Skeleton// – Robert San Souci //The Houdini Box// – Brian Selznick //You Are the First Kid on Mars// – Patrick O’Brien //I Love to Draw Dogs// – Jennifer Lipsey //Precious and the Boo Hag// – Patricia McKissack //Where the Mountain Meets the Moon// – Grace Lin //Alice & Greta// – Steven J. Simmons //The Pumpkin Fair// – Eve Bunting //January’s Sparrow// – Patricia Polacco //Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship and Survival// – Kirby Lawson //Man Who Tricked a Ghost// – Lawrence Yep //Nathaniel Willy Scared Silly// – Judith Matthews //Space Case// – Edward Marshall (Weston Woods video)