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2010 BEST CHILDREN'S BOOKS: BOOKS FOR ANIMAL LOVERS
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by Elisha Cooper
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Kirkus Star IN THE WILD
by David Elliott
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Kirkus Star ROSLYN RUTABAGA AND THE BIGGEST HOLE ON EARTH!
by Marie-Louise Gay
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Kirkus Star THE RABBIT PROBLEM
by Emily Gravett
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Kirkus Star MIMI’S DADA CATIFESTO
by Shelley Jackson
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2010 BEST CHILDREN'S BOOKS: GREAT BOOKS ABOUT THE ARTS
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Kirkus Star ZORA AND ME
by Victoria Bond
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Kirkus Star CLEVER JACK TAKES THE CAKE
by Candace Fleming
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Kirkus Star JIMI
by Gary Golio
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Kirkus Star BALLET FOR MARTHA
by Jan Greenberg
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Kirkus Star MIMI’S DADA CATIFESTO
by Shelley Jackson
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2010 BEST CHILDREN'S BOOKS: PICTURE BOOKS TO MAKE YOU THINK
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Kirkus Star MIRROR
by Jeannie Baker
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Kirkus Star LMNO PEAS
by Keith Baker
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Kirkus Star THE RABBIT PROBLEM
by Emily Gravett
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Kirkus Star MY GARDEN
by Kevin Henkes
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Kirkus Star I AM A BACKHOE
by Anna Grossnickle Hines
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2010 BEST BOOKS FOR TEENS: NONFICTION
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Kirkus Star SUGAR CHANGED THE WORLD
by Marc Aronson
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Kirkus Star THEY CALLED THEMSELVES THE KKK
by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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Kirkus Star THE WAR TO END ALL WARS
by Russell Freedman
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Kirkus Star THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE BARBIE
by Tanya Lee Stone
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SMILE
by Raina Telgemeier
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2010 BEST BOOKS FOR TEENS: HISTORICAL NOVELS
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Kirkus Star FORGE
by Laurie Halse Anderson
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Kirkus Star AROUND THE WORLD IN 100 DAYS
by Gary Blackwood
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Kirkus Star REVOLUTION
by Jennifer Donnelly
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Kirkus Star FOLLY
by Marthe Jocelyn
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Kirkus Star MERCURY
by Hope Larson
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2010 BEST BOOKS FOR TEENS: SERIES CONCLUSIONS
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by Suzanne Collins
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by D.M. Cornish
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Kirkus Star THE GENIUS WARS
by Catherine Jinks
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Kirkus Star SWEET, HEREAFTER
by Angela Johnson
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Kirkus Star THE LEGEND OF THE KING
by Gerald Morris
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