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    December Secrets

    Part of The Kids of the Polk Street School

    Author Patricia Reilly Giff
    Illustrated by Blanche Sims
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    $7.99 US
    RH Childrens Books | Yearling
    5.19"W x 7.63"H x 0.25"D  
    On sale Apr 16, 1997 | 80 Pages | 9780440417958
    Grades 1-4
    Reading Level: Lexile 480L | Fountas & Pinnell L
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    Emily is stuck with crybaby Jill Simon as her "secret Pal" to be kind to for the whole month of December.
    Patricia Reilly Giff has recieved the Newbery Honor for Pictures of Hollis Woods and Lily’s Crossing, which is also a Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book. Nory Ryan’s Song was named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and an ALA Notable Book. View titles by Patricia Reilly Giff
    Blanche Sims is a children’s book illustrator, born in Cleveland, Ohio. She has illustrated dozens of books, as well as the television film Beyond the Butterfly, which won a Parents’ Choice Foundation commendation for television in 2000. View titles by Blanche Sims
    "Accessible to second-and-third-grade readers, this short chapter book will also make a delightful holiday read-aloud."--School Library Journal.

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    Emily is stuck with crybaby Jill Simon as her "secret Pal" to be kind to for the whole month of December.

    Author

    Patricia Reilly Giff has recieved the Newbery Honor for Pictures of Hollis Woods and Lily’s Crossing, which is also a Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book. Nory Ryan’s Song was named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and an ALA Notable Book. View titles by Patricia Reilly Giff
    Blanche Sims is a children’s book illustrator, born in Cleveland, Ohio. She has illustrated dozens of books, as well as the television film Beyond the Butterfly, which won a Parents’ Choice Foundation commendation for television in 2000. View titles by Blanche Sims

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    "Accessible to second-and-third-grade readers, this short chapter book will also make a delightful holiday read-aloud."--School Library Journal.

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