10 Books featuring Characters with Physical Disabilities

• El Deafo | by Cece Bell
• Emmanuel's Dream: the True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah | by Laurie Ann Thompson
• Freak the Mighty | by W. Rodman Philbrick
• Hello Goodbye Dog | by Maria Gianferrari
• I Funny: A Middle School Story | by James Patterson
• Not so Different | by Shane Burcaw
• Out of my Mind | by Sharon Draper
• Stephen Hawking (Little People Big Dreams) | by Isabel Sanchez Vegara
• The War that Saved My Life | by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
• We're all Wonders | by R.J. Palacio

10 Books Picture Books with High Lexile Levels (>740)

• Alexander and the Horrible, Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day | by Judith Viorst
• Chicks and Salsa | by Aaron Reynolds
• The Day You Begin | by Jacqueline Woodson
• Everything You Need for a Treehouse | by Carter Higgins
• A Fall Ball for All | by Jamie Swenson
• Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs | by Mo Willems
• Love | by Matt de la Pena
• Rosie Revere Engineer | by Andrea Beatty
• Where the Wild Things Are | by Maurice Sendak
• Why Mosquitos Buzz in People's Ears | by Verna Aardema

If You Liked the "I Survived" Series, Try...

• Can you Survive The Titanic? | by Allison Lassieur
• Hazardous Tales: Donner Dinner Party | by Nathan Hale
• How I Became a Ghost | by Tim Tingle
• Killer Species: Menace from the Deep | by Michael Spradlin
• One Came Home | by Amy Timberlake
• Ranger in Time: Rescue on the Oregon Trail | by Kate Messner
• Refugee | by Alan Gratz
• Time Warp Trio: Knights of the Kitchen Round Table | by Jon Scieszka
• Trouble Don't Last | by Shelley Pearsall
• You Wouldn't Want to be a Salem Witch | by Jim Pipe

Best part about Mondays is the #newpicturebook cart! 📚 Favorites this week are Balance the Birds 🐦 , Don’t Touch My Hair , The Good Egg, and Mapping Sam •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

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Elephant and Piggie by Mo Willems are very popular at RML. Here is a collection of similar books we think you’d enjoy. •••••••••••••

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The Bear 🐻 is already dressed for the Seuss celebration 🎉 on Saturday, March 2nd. Choose from either 1030a or 130p. FREE tickets available at the Ask Me desk or by calling 1-847-259-6050 x140. There will be 🎂. •••••••••••

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Books 📚 for a Valentine's Day storytime •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

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Favorites off this week's new picture book cart.

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Who Eats Orange? is perfect non-fiction for a preschool/ kindergarten read aloud.
Giraffe Problems is hilarious.
We love the black and white illustration and pops of color in 'Night Train Night Train.'
And 'Never Satisfied' is a simple, bold retelling of the Stone Cutter tale. 

Tickets are now available for our 18th annual Dr. Seuss Celebration. Call to reserve tickets now! ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

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This past week’s storytime theme was community helpers. Here are the books we shared and had available for checkout. 🚒 🏥 📚

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This past week’s storytime theme was community helpers. Here are the books we shared and had available for checkout. 🚒 🚔 🏥 🚎 📚 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• #librariesofinstagram #library #youthservice #childrenslibrarian #storytime #preschoolstorytime #communityhelpers #rollingmeadows #rollingmeadowslibrary #libraryprograms #rollingmeadowsevents #librariesfollowlibraries #flannelstories

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