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Minnesota Highlights 2006 |
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Carlson, Nancy / Get Up and Go! / Penguin
This book encourages young readers to get up and go exercise! Regardless of a person's shape or size, the illustrations show that exercise can be exciting for everyone when it includes games, dancing, meeting new friends, exploring new places, or enjoying the outdoors.
DiCamillo, Kate / Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride / Candlewick Press
The Watson's weekly car ride takes a turn when Mercy the Pig finds her way behind the wheel of the Watson's Cadillac.
DiCamillo, Kate / The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane / Candlewick Press
Kate DiCamillo takes readers on an emotional voyage through love, loss, and love again with the story of Edward Tulane, a toy rabbit who is proud and indifferent until separated from his adoring owner, Abilene. He learns many of life's lessons firsthand as he navigates his way from the depths of the ocean to the streets of Memphis.
Dines, Carol / The Queen's Soprano / Harcourt
Set in 17 th century Rome, seventeen-year-old Angelica Voglia's voice rings out like an angel, but the pope forbids women to sing in public. She's also in love with a poor French artist. In order to sing before an audience and escape an arranged marriage, Angelica's only hope is to become the queen’s soprano.
Fancher, Lou & Steve Johnson / Star Climbing / HarperCollins
With magical illustrations of the late-night sky, this book takes young readers along on a boy's exploration through the star constellations. When he can't sleep at night, the boy imagines himself climbing out the windows and dancing with the stars, then leaving the night behind to go back to bed when the sun begins to rise.
Roth, Julie Jersild / Knitting Nell / Houghton Mifflin
After being told she had a cricket-like voice Nell doesn't talk much, but she certainly does knit a lot. She knits for family, friends, and even for children in countries far away. When she wins first place at the county fair, Nell decides that even if her voice sounds like a cricket at least it's a happy cricket – and she talks and talks!
St. Anthony, Jane / The Summer Sherman Loved Me / Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Set in the early 1960s, twelve-year-old Margaret spends her summer trying to sort out her feelings for Sherman, a boy who claims to love her, while trying to cope with a complicated relationship with her mother.
Thompson, Lauren & Derek Anderson ( Ill.) / Little Quack's New Friend / Simon & Schuster
Widdle, Waddle, Piddle, Puddle, and Little Quack are playing in the pond when a frog named Little Ribbit invites them to play. All the ducklings except Little Quack refuse his offer because he is too little and too green, and he can't even quack! Little Quack and Little Ribbit have so much fun that soon the other ducklings join in.
Ursu, Anne / The Shadow Thieves / Simon & Schuster
After her cousin, Zee, arrives from England, Charlotte joins him in a mission to save humankind from the Harpies of the Underworld, Nightmares, Pain, Death, and a really dangerous guy named Phil. The fate of every person – living and dead – is in their hands!
