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Joey Pigza swallowed the key / Jack Gantos.

New York :Farrar, Straus and Giroux,1998.
Joey, who lives with his eccentric grandmother, is mystified by his uncontrollable manic behavior until it is found he has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). "They say I'm wired bad, or wired sad, but there's no doubt about it -- I'm wired." Joey Pigza's got heart, he's got a mom who loves him, and he's got "dud meds," which is what he calls the Ritalin pills that are supposed to even out his wild mood swings. Sometimes Joey makes bad choices. He learns the hard way that he shouldn't stick his finger in the pencil sharpener, or swallow his house key, or run with scissors. Joey ends up bouncing around a lot - and eventually he bounces himself all the way downown, into the district special-ed program, which could be the end of the line. As Joey knows, if he keeps making bad choices, he could just fall between the cracks for good. But he is determined not to let that happen. In this antic yet poignant new novel, Jack Gantos has perfect pitch in capturing the humor, the off-the-wall intensity, and the serious challenges that life presents to a kid dealing with hyper-activity and related disorders.

Reign of the sea dragons / Sneed B. Collard III ; illustrated by Andrew Plant.

Watertown, MA :Charlesbridge,c2008.
Takes a look at the prehistoric reptiles that lived in the Earth's oceans during the Mesozoic era (about 250 to 65 million years ago).

The umbrella / Jan Brett.

New York :G. P. Putnam's Sons,c2004.
Carlos goes into the cloud forest to look for animals, but he manages to miss seeing them even though they have an adventure with his umbrella.

I completely know about guinea pigs / characters created by Lauren Child ; [text based on the script written by Paul Larson and Laura Beaumont ; illustrations from the TV animation produced by Tiger Aspect].

New York :Dial Books for Young Readers,c2008.
Lola brings the class guinea pig home for school vacation and when he escapes Charlie tries to help her find him before anything happens to him and before Lola has to go back to school.

Where do balloons go? : by Jamie Lee Curtis ; illustrated by Laura Cornell.

New York :HarperCollins,2000.
A child wonders about what happens to a balloon that is let go, as a parent would wonder about what might happen to a child once he leaves home.

Red butterfly : Deborah Noyes ; illustrated by Sophie Blackall.

Cambridge, Mass. :Candlewick Press,2007.
In long-ago China, as a young princess prepares to leave her parents' kingdom to travel to far-off Khotan where she is to marry the king, she decides to surreptitiously take with her a precious reminder of home.

Kite flying / Grace Lin.

New York :Alfred A. Knopf,c2002.
A girl describes how her family makes and flies a kite.

How many seeds in a pumpkin? / by Margaret McNamara ; illustrated by G. Brian Karas.

New York :Schwartz & Wade Books,c2007.
Charlie, the smallest child in his first grade class, is amazed to discover that of the three pumpkins his teacher brings to school, the tiniest one has the most seeds.

The Ramsay scallop / Frances Temple.

New York :HarperTrophy,1995, c1994.
At the turn of the fourteenth century in England, fourteen-year-old Elenor finds her betrothal to an ambitious lord's son launching her on a memorable pilgrimage to far-off Spain.

What is a wise bird like you doing in a silly tale like this / Uri Shulevitz.

New York :Farrar Straus Giroux,2000.
Relates the doings of the Emperor of Pickleberry and his ingenious talking bird Lou.

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