Catblossom Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster
Jonathan Auxier
@BooksHonest Lots of good suggestions here! I might also add: Saving Winslow - Sharon Creech The Wild Robot - Peter Brown Pie in the Sky - Remy Lai Flora & Ulysses - Kate DiCamillo Sweep - Jonathan Auxier
Paperback, 2020
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The Wild Robot: Volume 1
Peter Brown
@BooksHonest Lots of good suggestions here! I might also add: Saving Winslow - Sharon Creech The Wild Robot - Peter Brown Pie in the Sky - Remy Lai Flora & Ulysses - Kate DiCamillo Sweep - Jonathan Auxier
Paperback, 2020
$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Hatchet
Gary Paulsen
@yahya6418 Hatchet is just such a hook for so many kids - it's got everything! Plane crash! Animal attacks! Survival & the protagonist nearly shitting himself to death from bad choices! LOL What's not to love? And if he likes it? Hand him Winterdance, Gary Paulsen's autobio...
Paperback, 2007
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Harrison P. Spader, Personal Space Invader
Christianne C. Jones
@boothrebecca Oh gosh there are so many good books about this right now! ๐ We love Rissy, No Kissies and Harrison P. Spader, Personal Space Invader LOL Don't Hug Doug is getting a lot of use this year too. We have friends with boundary issues so we're reading A LOT about this.
Hardcover, 2018
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First Light
Rebecca Stead
Soccer practice book was First Light by @rebstead. How did I miss this gem by one of my favorites? Add to "what to read after The Giver?"
Paperback, 2008
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Dark Life: Volume 1
Kat Falls
@jillbrown231 We also love the Track Series by Jason Reynolds, and we also loved Hide and Seek by Katy Grant - not exactly sports but an adventure/outdoor thriller type. If he likes adventure themed stuff with a sci-fi bent, we also love Dark Life & sequel by Kat Falls, and the cryptic series
Paperback, 2011
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Heroes of Havensong: Dragonboy
Megan Reyes
๐Copy/Paste but change what the skeleton is holding. ๐ |{I}\_๐ I/ \ /_ \_ (Currently reading: Dragonboy by Megan Reyes. Got a cat holding down my other hand, can't reach my tea ๐ฟ)
Paperback, 2023
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You Go First
Erin Entrada Kelly
@maerespicio Two that stand out & that my patrons love are You Go First by Erin Entrada Kelly and To Night Own From Dogfish by Meg Wolitzer and Holly Goldberg Sloan. ๐๐
Paperback, 2019
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Walter Had a Best Friend
Deborah Underwood
@Simply_Rain_S Stories we've loved recently: the Oona series by Kelly DiPucchio, Walter Had a Best Friend by Deborah Underwood, Jet the Cat (is NOT a cat!), Phaea Crede. Also anything by Jon Klassen. Pig the Pug, Aaron Blabey. Except When They Don't, Laura Gehl. Penguin & Penelope, Salina Yoon
Hardcover, 2022
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Sidekicks: A Graphic Novel
Dan Santat
Book is not The Aquanaut by Dan Santat. It was not a graphic novel & would have been read probably around 2015-2018, so Aquanaut is too recent.
Paperback, 2011
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