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Book Buzz

Our Book Buzz Blog features the latest picks for kids selected by library staff and volunteers.
If you like Dragon Slayer's Academy by Kate McMullan
Kid Book Match, Linda Nesbitt, Book Buzz Blog
12/14/2010 - 6:12pm

If you like the Dragon Slayer's Academy series by Kate McMullan, here are some other dragon/fantasy books you may enjoy:

Three Tales of my Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett.
My Father's Dragon -- Elmer and the Dragon -- The Dragons of Blueland.
A compilation of three tales which relate the fantastic adventures of
Elmer Elevator and a baby flying dragon named Boris.

The Dragon of Doom by Bruce Coville.

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If you like "The Boxcar Children"...
Kid Book Match, Martha Baden, Book Buzz Blog
03/15/2011 - 1:51pm

Thanks for using this Bookmatch service. It's fun to recommend books to readers like you! I hope you will enjoy some of the books I've listed below.

The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgleish.
Remembering her mother's words, an eight-year-old girl finds courage to go alone with her father to build a new home in the Connecticut wilderness and to stay with the Indians when her father goes back to
bring the rest of the family.

Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson.
Sent with her governess to live with the dreadful Carter family in

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If you like Fancy Nancy by Jane O'Connor
Kid Book Match, Linda Nesbitt, Book Buzz Blog
12/13/2010 - 3:49pm

If you liked Fancy Nancy by Jane O'Connor, here are some other titles I hope you will like just as much:

Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy by Jane O'Connor.
Nancy wants to adopt a special puppy so that she is no longer the only fancy member of her family, but after a day of puppysitting a papillon, she realizes that being fancy is not always the most important thing.

Annie and Snowball and the Dress-up Birthday : the first book of their adventures / Cynthia Rylant.

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If you like "The Color of My Words" by Lynn Joseph
Kid Book Match, Rhonda Belyea, Book Buzz Blog
12/09/2010 - 3:52pm

If you like "The Color of My Words," you may enjoy these good read-aloud books for 4th and 5th graders:

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If you like "Island of the Aunts"...
Kid Book Match, Book Buzz Blog
03/15/2011 - 1:52pm

Thank you for your Book Match request for Island of the Aunts by Eva Ibbotson. Next time, we’d love to hear why you like a certain book – when we know what you like about a book it helps us suggest other books that you might enjoy. Although I haven’t read Island of the Aunts, it sounds amusing and I think you might like some of these books too:

Midnight for Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo.

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If you like "Gregor the Overlander"...
Kid Book Match, Book Buzz Blog
09/04/2009 - 2:39pm

Thank you for your Book Match request. Gregor the Overlander is a great fantasy series! Thank you for telling us why you really liked it, this really helps us understand what kind of books you are looking for! Here are some other books that you may enjoy:

The Marvelous Effect (Marvelous World, book 1) by Troy Cle.

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