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January 2007
January's roundup of New in Paperback titles includes the winner of the 2004 Newbery Medal, KIRA-KIRA, Cynthia Kadohata's poignant story of a Japanese-American girl living in Georgia during the 1950s who must take on the role of older sibling and eldest daughter when her sister becomes desperately ill; WHITTINGTON, an unforgettable tale from Alan Armstrong about the power of storytelling and how learning to read saves one little boy; and IDA B, Katherine Hannigan's debut novel, in which a fourth grader like no other plans "to maximize fun, avoid disaster, and (possibly) save the world."
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BASKETBALL (OR SOMETHING LIKE IT)
A DOG'S LIFE: The Autobiography of a Stray
IDA B…AND HER PLANS TO MAXIMIZE FUN, AVOID DISASTER, AND (POSSIBLY) SAVE THE WORLD
KIRA-KIRA
MR. CHICKEE'S FUNNY MONEY
SOME FRIEND
WHITTINGTON
WOMEN OF HOPE: African Americans Who Made a Difference
EMILY'S ART
JUST LIKE JOSH GIBSON
PAJAMA DAY
