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Books recommended by the Hawaii State Library:
“What is Inside This Box?”
By Drew Daywalt, illustrated by Olivier Tallec
First book in the Monkey & Cake series. Monkey and Cake are best friends, but sometimes they disagree. In this book, Monkey and Cake can’t agree on what is inside Monkey’s Mysterious Box. Ages 5 to 7.
“Schooled”
By Gordon Korman
Capricorn Cap Anderson has been homeschooled by his hippie grandmother, Rain. When Rain is injured in a fall, Cap is forced to attend the local middle school. Although he knows a lot about Zen Buddhism, nothing has prepared him for the politics of public school. Ages 11 to 13.