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Hillsborough County Public Library Additional Reading Suggestions Grades 3-5
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Pay it Forward : Young Readers Edition
by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Trevor McKinney, a twelve-year-old boy in a small California town, accepts his teacher's challenge to earn extra credit by coming up with a plan to change the world. His idea is simple: do a good deed for three people and instead of asking them to return the favor, ask them to 'pay it forward' to three others who need help.
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Amelia Bedelia Cleans Up
by Herman Parish
Discovering a giant oak tree in a vacant lot, Amelia Bedelia and her friends clean up the lot and build a wonderful treehouse only to see the lot put up for sale, in a story complemented by a guide to idioms used in the story.
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Book Uncle and Me
by Uma Krishnaswami
When the mayor tries to shut down Book Uncle's free library on the street corner, Yasmin and her friends decide to take action, even though they are not old enough to vote in the upcoming local election.
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Chloe On the Bright Side
by Courtney Sheinmel
Dreading another change after her parents' divorce, Chloe Silver begins her fifth-grade year and is assigned to a group project with classmates Lucy and Leo, with whom she forms a kindness-themed club to test out the effects of positive behavior on others.
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Project Peep
by Jenny Meyerhoff
Wanting to give her best friend, Kaya, a pet despite her parents' "no-pets" rule, Chicago newcomer Anna convinces their teacher to let the Friendship Garden raise a flock of newly hatched chicks, a task that proves more complicated than expected. By the author of "The Barftastic Life of Louie Burger" series.
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Make a Difference
by Sarah Dillard
In the second installment of this new series, Violet, Tigerlily and their friends in the Mouse Scouts are back for another badge and are determined to earn their 'Make a Difference" badge.
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The Infamous Ratsos
by Kara LaReau
Rat brothers Louie and Ralphie Ratso try to prove they can be as rough and tough as their father in the Big City, but every time they try to show how tough they are, they end up accidentally doing good deeds instead.
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The LEGO Architect
by Tom Alphin
Uses LEGO models to explore Neoclassical, Art Deco, Brutalist, Modernist, and other architectural styles. Each chapter includes a discussion of the architectural movement, photographs of famous real-life buildings, and a gallery of LEGO models, with step-by-step building instructions.
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Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative (813) 273-3652 www.hcplc.org
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