"I like 'Koko's Kitten' by Francine Patterson. She taught a female baby gorilla American Sign Language. American Sign Language is used by deaf people in order to talk with their hands. When Dr. Patterson ask Koko what she wanted on her 12th birthday, Koko signed 'cat.' "

- Lanika Hines

Seneca Elementary

"If you like books about angels, you will like 'The High Rise Glorious Skittle Skat Roarious Sky Pie Angel Food Cake' by Nancy Willard. It is about a girl who tries to make a cake for her mother with her great-grandmother's recipe. She finds the secret ingredient."

- Zachary Olsen

Lisbon Elementary

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Pub Date: 8/26/98