The Happy Lion Roars
By Louise Fatio<
Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Ages 4-8, $15.95

Pierre in Love
By Sara Pennypacker
Scholastic
Ages 4-8, $16.99
This beautiful picture book features a charming love story that exemplifies courage, friendship, perseverance, hope, and love. Through elegant illustrations, readers learn about the importance of sharing their love with the special people in their lives.

Puppet Pandemonium
By Diane Roberts
Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers
Ages 8 and up, $15.95
Middle-grade readers will love this profoundly entertaining novel that combines a wacky grandmother, a young boy with a dummy, and plenty of playful puppets. When young Baker Kennedy has to move from Seattle to the Texas town where his father grew up, he uses his skills as a ventriloquist and his amazing puppetry to find new friends.

A Dog for Life
By L.S. Matthews
Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers
Ages 10 and up, $14.95
This touching book celebrates the love between two young brothers and their very special dog. Both boys can telepathically understand everything Mouse, the dog, says and vice versa. When one of the brothers becomes very ill, Mouse needs to be sent away because the doctors are concerned about infection. Knowing that without Mouse, the young boy will never recover, Mouse and the other brother embark on a great journey to save his brother’s life.

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