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The Girl in the Castle Inside the Museum
by Cate Bernheimer & Nicoletta Ceccoli
Open the pages of this book and open your imagination. The book tells the tale with imaginative, fun illustrations of a girl living in a castle inside of a museum. Other children often come to the museum to visit her and watch her life unfold inside the little castle. However, when the other children leave the museum our girl in the castle is lonely. When they are gone, the girl in the castle is comforted by pictures of the children that have visited her. The book is worth picking up based on its illustrations- great for bedtime! Sky K.

Thumpity Thump Gets Dressed
by Cyndy Szekeres
Thumpity rabbit is all ready to go outside and play, but no matter what he puts on the weather always seems to change making his outfit all wrong. Thumpity ends up changing his clothes and his plans many times before he comes up with his last outfit. Children will love reading about Thumpity's dilemmas and the extra thick and shiny pages are inviting and easy to turn for the littlest child. Arlene F.

All the Lovely Bad Ones
by Mary Downing Hahn
If you like to be thrilled without being completely creeped-out this book is for you. Travis and his sister Corey like playing pranks. They find out that their grandmother's Bed and Breakfast is supposedly haunted. Through their pranks, they unintentionally awaken the dead and bring the "Lovely Bad Ones" back for a visit. The visit is a bit much for the guests and they start leaving except for those interested in ghost hunting. Their grandmother is in denial about the situation and the "lovely bad ones" will not allow Travis and Corey to rest until they find the answer that will return them to their resting place. Katherine S.

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