Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel

• Age Range: 7-9 years

• Grade Level: 2-4

• 2010 CCBC Choices List

• 2011-2012 Maud Hart Lovelace Award Nominee

• 2011-2012 Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Master List

• 2012-2013 Massachusetts Children's Book Award Nominee

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SUMMARY

Dyamonde Daniel may be new in town, but that doesn't stop her from making a place for herself in a jiffy. With her can-do attitude, she takes the whole neighborhood by storm. The only thing puzzling her is the other new kid in her class. He's grouchy, but Dyamonde's determined to make a friend. Will Dyamonde and the new kid become friends?

REVIEWS

“Christie's… dynamic full-page oil paintings portray a somber, statuesque Reeves, his big eyes shining from under the brim of his deputy's hat…Here, children can saddle up with a genuine Western hero in a narrative that hits the bull’s-eye.”—Kirkus Reviews

"Dyamonde, a third grader, has "wild-crazy hair," is "skinnier than half a toothpick" and is more than equal to the challenge of entering the crowded field of confident grade school heroines."—New York Times