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Martin's Big Words ~ Doreen Rappaport
Bye-Bye Binky by Maria van Lieshout
Daddy Calls Me Man ~ Angela Johnson
Yesterday I Had the Blues by Jeron Ashford Frame
Ellington Was Not a Street ~ Ntozake Shange
Read and Rise by Sandra L. Pinkney

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Squashed in the Middle ~ Elizabeth Winthrop

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Squashed in the Middle

Written by Elizabeth Winthrop
Illustrated by Pat Cummings

Being a middle child is not always easy, especially for Daisy. With a younger brother and older sister, Daisy feels like no one listens to her. After an eventful sleepover with her friend, Daisy figures out a way to make everyone listen! The next morning she tells her family all about her sleepover and for the first time, everyone listened to her! Read more >>

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Originally posted on February 3, 2010.

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