# A Lot to Like!

**Author:** Derek Anderson
**Grade range:** Grades 2–5
**Age range:** 7–11
**First published:** 2022
**Page count:** 19
**Genre:** Early Reader
**ISBN-13:** `9780593520413`
**ISBN-10:** `0593520416`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/a-lot-to-like
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

A simple, funny early reader by Derek Anderson built for brand-new readers — short sentences, lots of repetition, and gentle humor that rewards reading aloud. A recent winner of the Garden State Children's Book Award (grades 2-5), the New Jersey Library Association's statewide children's-choice award — children across NJ read the nominees and vote for their favorites.

## Themes

- humor
- friendship

## Where this book is assigned

### Garden State Children's Book Award

- **recommended** · 2nd grade · New Jersey — [source: New Jersey Library Association — Garden State Children's Book Award selections (statewide children's-choice program; students vote, since 1977)](https://njla.org/garden-state-childrens-book-award)
- **recommended** · 3rd grade · New Jersey — [source: New Jersey Library Association — Garden State Children's Book Award selections (statewide children's-choice program; students vote, since 1977)](https://njla.org/garden-state-childrens-book-award)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · New Jersey — [source: New Jersey Library Association — Garden State Children's Book Award selections (statewide children's-choice program; students vote, since 1977)](https://njla.org/garden-state-childrens-book-award)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · New Jersey — [source: New Jersey Library Association — Garden State Children's Book Award selections (statewide children's-choice program; students vote, since 1977)](https://njla.org/garden-state-childrens-book-award)

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