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JJ Fiction - Picture Books

Identified by JJ on the spine and shelved alphabetically by author's last name in the JJ Fiction section.

The Best Figure Skater in the Whole Wide World

Bailey, Linda

Mice Make Trouble

Bloom, Becky

Bravo, Maurice!

Bond, Rebecca

My Brown Bear Barney at the Party

Butler, Dorothy

Never Poke a Squid

Cazet, Denys

A Fine, Fine School

Creech, Sharon

First Day Jitters

Danneberg, Julie

Nina's Waltz

Demas, Corinne

Nutik, the Wolf Pup

George, Jean Craighead

The Dandelion Wish

Horn, Sandra Ann

Patches Lost and Found

Kroll, Steven

Isabella Abnormella and the Very, Very Finicky Queen of Trouble

Lewis, J. Patrick

Angelo

Macaulay, David

Go Home! : The True Story of James the Cat

Meggs, Libby Phillips

Yard Sale

Modarressi, Mitra

Peg and the Whale

Oppel, Kenneth

Vera Runs Away

Rosenberry, Vera

Bippity Bop Barbershop

Tarpley, Natasha

Miss Opal's Auction

Vizurraga, Susan

Happy Birthday, Davy!

Weninger, Brigitte

The Other Side

Woodson, Jacqueline

JJ Early Readers

Identified by ER on the spine and shelved alphabetically by author's last name in the Early Readers section.

Agapanthus Hum and Major Bark 

Cowley, Joy

Iris and Walter

Guest, Elissa Haden

Lionel at School

Krensky, Stephen

Gus and Grandpa Ride the Train

Mills, Claudia

Marvin One Too Many

Paterson, Katherine

Mr. Putter and Tabby Feed the Fish

Rylant, Cynthia

Try the rest of the Mr. Putter and Tabby series!

J Fiction - Chapter Books

Identified by J on the spine and shelved alphabetically by author's last name in the Juvenile Fiction section (unless otherwise noted). 

Cam Jansen and the School Play Mystery 

Adler, David A.

If you like this book, don't miss the rest of the Cam Jansen Adventure series! 

The Man Who Wore All His Clothes 

Ahlberg, Allan

Absolutely Lucy 

Cooper, Ilene

What a Trip, Amber Brown

Danziger, Paula

Adventures of Hamtaro

Kawai, Ritsuko

(Located in J Graphic Novel, shelved by title)

Sonic the Hedgehog Archives

Pellerito, Mike (editor)

(Located in J Graphic Novel, shelved by title)

Some Good News
Rylant, Cynthia

Other books in the Cobble Street Cousins series:
Special Gifts
A Little Shopping
In Aunt Lucy's Kitchen
Summer Party
Wedding Flowers

JJ Non-Fiction

Identified by JJ on the spine and shelved by call number in the Juvenile Non-Fiction section.

JJ 398.22 JUAN BOBO

Juan Bobo Goes to Work: A Puerto Rican folktale
Montes, Marisa

JJ 567.912

Terrible Tyrannosaurs
Zoehfeld, Kathleen Weidner

JJ 743.8962

1-2-3 Draw Cars, Trucks and Other Vehicles: A Step-by-Step Guide
Levin, Freddie

JJ 811.54 G862

Shoe Magic
Grimes, Nikki

JJ 599.884 F752 [Biography]

Dian Fossey and the Mountain Gorillas
Schott, Jane A.

JJ 636.7 [Early Reader]

Why Do Dogs Bark?
Holub, Joan

Check out other titles in the "Why Do...?" series:
Why Do Cats Meow?
Why Do Snakes Hiss? 
Why Do Horses Neigh?

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