Elephant & Piggie in the Library: Branches Series!

Looking for books to bridge the gap between picture books & readers and longer fiction stories? Scholastic has released a line of books called "Branches". They contain some pictures, doodles, and illustrations but are shelved right with the juvenile fiction. They have all different authors, and you can see "Branches" on the top of the spine label.  

Wilma Unlimited by Kathleen Krull A biography of the African-American woman who overcame crippling polio as a child to become the first woman to win three gold medals in track in a single Olympics A Dance Like Starlight: One Ballerina's Dream by Kristy Dempsey A young girl growing up in Harlem in the 1950s, whose mother cleans and stitches costumes for a ballet company, dreams of becoming a prima ballerina one day, and is thrilled to see a performance of…