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The A+ Custodian

The A+ Custodian

by Louise Borden
Illustrated by Adam Gustavson

Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2004
Pages: 38
ISBN: 0689849958

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 5-8

CCBC Location: Fiction, Borden

Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas

Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas

by Jeanne Walker Harvey
Illustrated by Loveis Wise

Publishers: Harper, HarperCollins, 2022
Pages: 40
ISBN: 9780063021891

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 5-8

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 920 Thomas

Absolutely Almost

Absolutely Almost

by Lisa Graff

Publishers: Penguin, Philomel, 2014
Pages: 288
ISBN: 9780399164057

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 9-12

CCBC Location: Fiction, Graff

All Eyes on Ozzy!

All Eyes on Ozzy!

by K-Fai Steele
Illustrated by K-Fai Steele

Publishers: Balzer + Bray, HarperCollins, 2021
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9780062748584

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 4-7

CCBC Location: Picture Book, Steele

Armando and the Blue Tarp School

Armando and the Blue Tarp School

by Edith Hope Fine, Judith Pinkerton Josephson
Illustrated by Hernan Sosa

Publisher: Lee & Low, 2007
Pages: 32
ISBN: 158430278X

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 5-9

CCBC Location: Picture Book, Fine

Augusta Savage: The Shape of a Sculptor's Life

Augusta Savage: The Shape of a Sculptor's Life

by Marilyn Nelson

Publishers: Christy Ottaviano Books, Little, Brown, 2022
Pages: 114
ISBN: 9780316298025

CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 12 and older

CCBC Location: Non-Fiction, 920 Savage

Back to School Tortoise

Back to School Tortoise

by Lucy M. George
Illustrated by Merel Eyckerman

Publisher: Albert Whitman, 2011
Pages: 24
ISBN: 9780807505106

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 3-6

CCBC Location: Picture Book, George

The Best Teacher in Second Grade

The Best Teacher in Second Grade

by Katharine Kenah
Illustrated by Abby Carter

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2006
Pages: 48
ISBN: 9780060535643

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 5-7

CCBC Location: Picture Book, Kenah

Bluefish

Bluefish

by Pat Schmatz

Publisher: Candlewick, 2011
Pages: 240
ISBN: 9780763653347

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 10-14

CCBC Location: Fiction, Schmatz

A Book of Coupons

A Book of Coupons

by Susie Morgenstern
Illustrated by Serge Bloch
Translated by Gill Rosner

Publisher: Viking, 2001
Pages: 62
ISBN: 0670899704

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 9-12

CCBC Location: Fiction, Morgenstern