A few children's books reccs

A few kids' books recommendations -- the top few from my running list. Based on books I come across when we take The Kid to the kids' section at the local library. Good probably for ages maybe 4-12 -- although I'm 36 and **I** like 'em!!!

• Hyram and B. (2003), by Brian Caswell, ill Matt Ottley(Sun, Apr 2, 2006 -- Carindale Mall library) -- told from the perspective of a teddy bear in an op shop, who was given up by his former owner and is friends with the teddy bear next to him.
  
  
• Louisa May Pickett: The Most Boring Person in Class (2005) (Sun, Apr 2, 2006 -- Carindale Mall library) A girl at a new school who has an insanely amazing array of Show 'n' Tell items (a pet octopus that paints portraits in ink; a chess-playing chimpanzee), but keeps getting trumped by the other kids.
  
  
• Little Squarehead (2001)(Sun, Apr 2, 2006 -- Carindale Mall library) -- a girl who is different learns to accept herself; published in Belleve, Washington!!!, by a small press called Illumination Arts, www.illumin.com
  
  
• (Feb. 2006) Wingwalker (2002), Rosemary Wells, Brian Selznick; Hyperion Books for Children; takes place in great depression, kid whose dad is a dance instructor joins a travelling carnival as a wing walker for employment.
  
  
• The Violin Man, by Colin Thompson (about public acclaim for playing music; Feb. 25, 2006)
  
  
• The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins (2/25/06, library)
  
  
• The Paper Bag Princess, by Robert N. Munsch, Scholastic Books, 1980 (in the vein of The Practical Princess)
  

Worth checking out -- IMO. :)


--GG