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2.  Summary: Describes ten ways children can help the environment, such as turning the water off when they brush their teeth and using both sides of a piece of paper.

3.  Summary: Uses a story about a magical elf who helps a princess learn how to draw a comic to present techniques for and advice about drawing comics.

4.  Summary: Sequel to The White Giraffe. A second prophesy, this time involving dolphins, comes true for eleven-year- old Martine, an orphaned South African girl who has mystical powers over animals, when she embarks on a school trip to study marine life off the coast of Mozambique.

5.  Summary: A memoir of funny, almost true stories by author Jon Scieszka.

6.  Summary: A rude young princess who insists on a pig for her eighth birthday learns a few lessons about manners and friendship as she helps to train her new pet, Lollipop.

7.  Summary: Ten-year-old Moxy Maxwell has promised to write twelve thank-you notes by the day after Christmas so that she and her twin brother Mark can go to Hollywood to visit their father, but all her brilliant ideas to help finish the task more efficiently end up creating chaos in the house.

8.  Summary: When twelve- year-old Simon becomes the official Keeper of the Order of Physics, he and his friends Owen and Alysha face extreme danger as they try to protect the Universe from destruction by evil forces.