CCBC Choices 2024 -- Primary School (ages 5-8)

The Cooperative Children's Book Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison compiles a yearly list of excellent books for young readers.
 

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1. Cape

Book cover for Cape.
Author:
Johnson, Kevin (Novelist)
Notes:
Understanding Oneself and Others;4-8
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1 copy on order.
Boulder Meadows New Children Picture Book
J P John
Boulder NoBo Children Picture Book (Not Holdable)
J P John
Boulder Reynolds Childrens Picture Book
J P John
Description:
"When a child loses the person in his life that he loves more than anything, he uses his cape as protection from his grief. On the day of the funeral, he uses it to block out the pictures and stories people share, refusing to acknowledge the memories that keep bubbling up. He won't think about them. He doesn't want to. He avoids the memories, until he no longer can. He remembers then. Their laugh, their smile, the moment they gave him the cape. The...