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I really like slop

Willems, Mo,


Booklist, Horn Book Guide, School Library Journal, School Library Journal, December 2015. Booklist starred, December 2015. Horn Book, October 2016. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), December 2015. Kirkus Review, October 2015. Piggie the pig and Gerald the elephant are best of friends, so when Piggie asks Gerald to try her favorite food--delicious "slop"--he feels obligated to try, even if it tastes like old shoes.
Date Published:2015

Booklist, Horn Book Guide, School Library Journal, School Library Journal, December 2015. Booklist starred, December 2015. Horn Book, October 2016. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), December 2015. Kirkus Review, October 2015. Piggie the pig and Gerald the elephant are best of friends, so when Piggie asks Gerald to try her favorite food--delicious "slop"--he feels obligated to try, even if it tastes like old shoes.

Date Published:2015

Curlfriends.

Miller, Sharee, (Illustrator),


School Library Journal, August 2023. Pub Weekly, September 2023. Kirkus Review, September 2023. Booklist, Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Journal, Horn Book, September 2023. "Charlie has a foolproof plan for the first day at her new middle school. Even though she's used to starting over as the new kid-thanks to her military family's constant moving-making friends has never been easy for her. But this time, her first impression needs to last, since this is where her family plans to settle for good. So she's hiding any interests that may seem 'babyish,' updating her look, and doing her best to leave her shyness behind her...but is erasing the real Charlie the best way to make friends? When not everything goes exactly to plan-like, AT ALL-Charlie is ready to give up on making new friendships. Then she meets the Curlfriends, a group of Black girls who couldn't be more different from each other, and learns that maybe there is a place for Charlie to be her true self after all"--Publisher.
Date Published:2023

School Library Journal, August 2023. Pub Weekly, September 2023. Kirkus Review, September 2023. Booklist, Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Journal, Horn Book, September 2023. "Charlie has a foolproof plan for the first day at her new middle school. Even though she's used to starting over as the new kid-thanks to her military family's constant moving-making friends has never been easy for her. But this time, her first impression needs to last, since this is where her family plans to settle for good. So she's hiding any interests that may seem 'babyish,' updating her look, and doing her best to leave her shyness behind her...but is erasing the real Charlie the best way to make friends? When not everything goes exactly to plan-like, AT ALL-Charlie is ready to give up on making new friendships. Then she meets the Curlfriends, a group of Black girls who couldn't be more different from each other, and learns that maybe there is a place for Charlie to be her true self after all"--Publisher.

Date Published:2023

Day of the Dragon King /

Osborne, Mary Pope,


"A Stepping Stone book." L.A. Recommended Foreign Language. AR. RC. L.A. Recommended Foreign Language, February 2000. The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back two thousand years to ancient China where they must find the original copy of an old legend before the Imperial Library is burned down by the evil Dragon King.
Date Published:1998