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Little Dandelion Seeds The World

By Julia Richardson
Picture Books
Entertainment
3
Moral
4
Educational
4
Literary
3

Mae Makes A Way

By Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
Picture Books
Entertainment
4
Moral
4
Educational
5
Literary
5

Malala’s Magic Pencil

By Malala Yousafzai
Picture Books
Entertainment
5
Moral
5
Educational
4
Literary
3

Manfish

By Jennifer Berne
Picture Books
Entertainment
4
Moral
3
Educational
4.5
Literary
5
Mars Exploration: 1960-2016 by Megan Noel

Mars Exploration / 1960–2016

By Megan Noel
Picture Books
Entertainment
3.5
Moral
2
Educational
5
Literary
3
Mammals from Down Under by Heather Horn

Marvelous Mammals from Down Under

By Heather Horn
Picture Books
Entertainment
3.5
Moral
2
Educational
5
Literary
3

Me on the Map

By Joan Sweeney
Picture Books
Entertainment
5
Moral
3
Educational
4
Literary
4
Microbes: The Tiny Creatures Around Us By Rebecca Borger

Microbes—The Tiny Creatures Around Us

By Rebecca Borger
Picture Books
Entertainment
3
Moral
1
Educational
5
Literary
4

Miriam at the River

By Jane Yolen
Picture Books
Entertainment
4
Moral
5
Educational
4
Literary
3

Miss Lady Bird’s Wildflowers

By Kathi Appelt
Picture Books
Entertainment
4
Moral
4
Educational
4
Literary
3
Mission Migration by Ileana Board

Mission Migration

By Ileana Board
Picture Books
Entertainment
4
Moral
2
Educational
5
Literary
3

Moonshot

By Brian Floca
Picture Books
Entertainment
3.5
Moral
1
Educational
5
Literary
3.5
Motion in Sports by David Wiseman

Motion in Sports

By David Wiseman
Picture Books
Entertainment
3
Moral
3
Educational
5
Literary
5

My Second Nature Reader

By Jenny Phillips
Level 1
Entertainment
5
Moral
3
Educational
5
Literary
5
Kangaroo to the Rescue!, National Geographic Kids, Moira Rose Donohue

National Geographic Kids Chapters Series

By Various Authors
Level 4
Entertainment
4
Moral
4
Educational
5
Literary
3

National Geographic Kids Readers

By Various Authors
Level 3, Level 4, Level 5
Entertainment
3.5
Moral
2
Educational
5
Literary
3
Nine True Dolphin Stories by Margaret Davidson

Nine True Dolphin Stories

By Margaret Davidson
Level 5
Entertainment
3.5
Moral
2
Educational
4
Literary
3

Ode to an Onion

By Alexandria Giardino
Picture Books
Entertainment
4
Moral
5
Educational
3
Literary
3

Ollie the Ox and Other Animal Tales

By Kathy Leckrone and Shannen Yauger
Level 2
Entertainment
4
Moral
2
Educational
5
Literary
4

On My Own History Series

By Various Authors
Level 3
Entertainment
3.5
Moral
3.5
Educational
4.5
Literary
4
Once Upon a Time: The Way America Was by Eric Sloane

Once Upon a Time—The Way America Was

By Eric Sloane
Level 8
Entertainment
2.5
Moral
4.5
Educational
5
Literary
4.5
Over and Under the Pond by Kate Messner

Over and Under Series

By Kate Messner
Picture Books
Entertainment
3.5
Moral
2
Educational
4
Literary
3
Patriots in Petticoats, Shirley-Raye Redmond

Patriots in Petticoats

By Shirley-Raye Redmond
Level 4
Entertainment
4
Moral
4
Educational
5
Literary
3

Pedal Power

By Allan Drummond
Picture Books
Entertainment
3
Moral
2
Educational
4
Literary
2

Penguin Young Readers

By Various Authors
Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, Level 4
Entertainment
4
Moral
3
Educational
3
Literary
3.5

Planting the Trees of Kenya

By Claire A. Nivola
Picture Books
Entertainment
4
Moral
4
Educational
5
Literary
3
Riders of the Pony Express by Ralph Moody

Riders of the Pony Express

By Ralph Moody
Level 7
Entertainment
3
Moral
3
Educational
5
Literary
3.5
Sagebrush Surgeon by Florence Crannell Means

Sagebrush Surgeon

By Florence Crannell Means
Level 11
Entertainment
4.5
Moral
5
Educational
5
Literary
5
Saint Issaac and the Indians by Milton Lomask

Saint Isaac and the Indians

By Milton Lomask
Level 7
Entertainment
3
Moral
4
Educational
5
Literary
3

Saving The Countryside

By Linda Elovitz Marshall
Picture Books
Entertainment
3
Moral
3
Educational
5
Literary
3

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