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Summer Reads For All Ages Young Readers • 5-6 Year Olds • 8 And Up Young Readers Young Readers No, David! Very Special Friends Young Readers David Shannon (Author) Young Readers Jane Chapman (Author) Over fifteen years after its initial publication, NO, DAVID! remains a perennial household favorite, delighting children, parents, and teachers alike. David is a beloved character, whose unabashed good humor, mischievous smile, and laughter-inducing antics underline the love parents have for their children--even when they misbehave. Mouse is waiting by the river for her Special Friends. The clouds are drifting, The dragonflies are zipping by. Rabbit and Frog sit with Mouse while she waits. Turtle shares his picnic. The day slides quietly by as the friends sit together. Where are Mouse's Special Friends? 5-6 Year Olds 5-6 Year Olds LMNO Peas Sofia the First: The Enchanted Feast Age 5-6 Keith Baker (Author) Age 5-6 Disney Book Group (Author) Grace Lee (Illustrator) Get ready to roll through the alphabet with a jaunty cast of busy little peas. Featuring a range of zippy characters from Acrobat Peas to Zoologist Peas, this delightful picture book highlights a variety of interests, hobbies, and careers—each one themed to a letter of the alphabet—and gives a wonderful sense of the colorful world we live in. 8 And Up Cedric is preparing to show off his magical skills at the Enchanted Feast: a grand dinner for all of the kings and queens in the Tri-Kingdom Area. When an evil fairy named Miss Nettle disguises herself as a powerful sorceress and takes over the feast, Sofia forms an unlikely team with Clover, Cedric, and Wormwood to protect her amulet and save her family. 8 And Up Frindle Fortunately, the Milk Age 8-12 Andrew Clements (Author) Brian Selznick (Illustrator) Age 8-12 Neil Gaiman (Author) Skottie Young (Illustrator) When Nick learns some interesting information about how words are created, suddenly he's got the inspiration for his best plan ever...the frindle. Who says a pen has to be called a pen? Why not call it a frindle? Things begin innocently enough as Nick gets his friends to use the new word. Then other people in town start saying frindle. "I bought the milk," said my father. "I walked out of the corner shop, and h X\