
Maclear, Kyo. Illus. Issabelle Arsenault. Spork. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 2010.
The Okanagan Regional Library has picked Spork as February’s book of the month! Spork is the son of a fork and a spoon. He doesn’t know anyone else who is two kinds of cutlery and he feels isolated. Because of his appearance he is rejected by both forks and spoons, and it seems he has no place in the kitchen. Spork finds an important job that only he can do and becomes proud of his rare shape.

Harper, Cherise Mericle. Just Grace. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2007.
The October Book of the Month from the Okanagan Regional Library is Just Grace!
Meet Grace, a spunky eight year old, who shares the trials of life in third grade. Grace is not given the lead role in the school play, but rather that of a boring part of a tree. At her own birthday party, someone else is chosen to be the magician’s assistant. She gets the stomach flu and misses the class talent show. To top it off, Grace shares her name with three other girls in her class. She is given a new name of JUST GRACE when all she wants is just to be called GRACE!