2009 Children’s Book Review

AMERICAN HISTORY

0-374-31322-7 CLAUDETTE COLVIN by: PHILLIP HOOSE
IN THE ERA OF ROSA PARKS AND MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA A NEW WONDERFUL BOOK PORTRAYING THE STRUGGLES OF CLAUDETTE COLVIN. GREAT PHOTOS AND GOOD INFORMATION.

0-61817999-2 TEEDIE by: DON BROWN
THE STORY OF YOUNG TEDDY ROOSEVELT

0-399-24521-3 RIVER OF DREAMS by: HUDSON TALBOTT
THIS BOOK HAS IT ALL FOR CONNECTING HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY, WITH SHIPPING, COMMERCE, THE ERIE CANAL, THE RAILROADS, INDUSTRY, POLUTION, AND MOST OF ALL THE BEAUTIFUL STORY OF A RIVER. NOT SINCE LYNN CHERRY’S RIVER RAN WILD HAVE I LOVED AND WILL BE ABLE TO USE A BOOK SO MANY THEMATIC WAYS.

1-58536-356-8 B IS FOR BATTLE CRY by: PATRICIA BAUER
A CIVIL WAR ALPHABET WITH A FORMAT THAT IS GREAT FOR THIS ON GOING SERIES.

0-399-24212-0 MARCHING TO APPOMATTOX-THE FOOTRACE THAT ENDED THE CIVIL WAR by:KEN STARK
A HISTORY BOOK THAT COMES TO LIFE, AS THE TRAGEDY AND TRIUMPH OF THIS PART OF THE WAR IS TOLD WITH WONDERFUL ILLUSTRATIONS AND INSERTS.

0-14-241391-3 THE IMPOSSIBLE PATRIOTISM PROJECT by: LINDA SKEERS
CALEB WAS STUMPED ON WHAT TO DO FOR HIS PROJECT WHEN HE REALIZED HIS DAD WAS GOING TO BE HIS PROJECT. DAD WAS AWAY FIGHTING FOR CALEB AND HIS FAMILY IN IRAQ

0-618-99943-9 ELLIS ISLAND by:RAYMOND BIAL
I HAVE ALWAYS ADMIRED THIS AUTHOR’S WRITING. THIS BOOK IS EXCEPTIONAL WITH DETAIL AND HISTORY.

0-525-47649-2 RON’S BIG MISSION by: ROSE BLUE, CORINNE NADEN
BASED ON RON MCNAIR’S LIFE, OF HOW A YOUNG BOY, FUTURE SCIENTIST AND SHUTTLE ASTRONAUT, DESEGREGATED HIS LIBRARY.

0-7636-3723-1 LINCOLN AND HIS BOYS by: ROSEMARY WELLS
A VERY READABLE AND SWEET- INTIMATE BIOGRAPHY OF LINCOLN AND HIS BOYS.

1-4169-7144-3 BARACK OBAMA: SON OF PROMISE, CHILD OF HOPE by: NIKKI GRIMES
A VERY WELL PUT TOGETHER BIOGRAPHY FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN AND LOVE THIS MAN

1-4169-7528-1 MY DAD, JOHN MCCAIN by:MEGHAN MCCAIN
A GREAT BIOGRAPHY OF A TRUE AMERICAN HERO.

1-4169-7129-0 HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON by: KATHLEEN KRULL
A REFLECTIVE BIOGRAPHY OF DREAMS IN TAKING FLIGHT IN A HISTORICAL POLITICAL CAREER

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1-58536-421-3 MINNOW AND ROSE by:JUDY YOUNG
CROSSING THE PRAIRIE, TWO YOUNG GIRLS ONE NATIVE AMERICAN THE OTHER A RED HAIRED PIONEER GIRL MEET AND FIND FRIENDSHIP DURING EARLY AMERICANA.

0-399-23996-0 HOME ON THE RANGE by: DEBORAH HOPKINSON
THE STORY OF JOHN A. LOMAX AND HIS COWBOY SONGS, WHICH ARE A WONDERFUL PART OF OUR HISTORY AND PRESERVATION OF SONGS BY THIS MAN.

WORLD HISTORY

0-618-86241-4 WHAT’S INSIDE? by: GILES LAROCHE
FASCINATING STRUCTURES AROUND THE WORLD. AS THE STUDENTS OPEN UP DOORS THEY ARE GIVEN UNKNOWN FACTS, LOTS OF GREAT INFORMATION.

1-58536-361-2 C IS FOR CIAO: AN ITALY ALPHABET by: ELISSA GRODIN
PART OF SLEEPING BEAR’S WONDERFUL SERIES ON COUNTRIES.

0-547-05341-7 PHARAOH’S BOAT by:DAVID WEITZMAN
WHAT A GREAT BOOK, WITH THE SKILLS, TOOLS AND WORKMANSHIP OF EGYPT’S HISTORY.

0-7636-3480-3 ROMAN DIARY by: PLATT AND PARKINS
THE JOURNAL OF ILIONA OF MYTILINI WHO WAS CAPTURED AND SOLD AS A SLAVE IN ROME, AD 107

0-7636-4271-6 A CHILD’S GARDEN by: MICHAEL FOREMAN
I THOUGHT PLACEMENT OF THIS BOOK SHOULD BE IN WORLD HISTORY AS THE HUMAN SPIRIT PREVAILS IN PERILOUS TIMES. EVERY CHILD IS GIVEN HOPE IN THIS BOOK.

0-7636-4291-4 THE MYTHOLOGY HANDBOOK by: LADY HESTIA EVANS
THE SUBTITLE OF THIS WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF GREEK MYTHS IS A COURSE IN ANCIENT GREEK MYTHS. IT IS SO MUCH MORE –WITH WONDERFUL ILLUSTRATIONS AND CLEVER BOOK DESIGN THIS BOOK WILL BE ON MANY SHELVES.

0-8037-3058-8 LISTEN TO THE WIND by: GREG MORTENSON AND SUSAN ROTH.
THE STORY OF DR. GREG’S THREE CUPS OF TEA. THE COLLAGE ILLUSTRATIONS WITH A INSPIRATIONAL STORY OF ONE MAN’S DEDICATION TO THE CHILDREN OF KORPHE.

0-7636-4332-4 GOOD MASTERS! SWEET LADIES by:LAURA AMY SCHLITZ
A JOHN NEWBERRY MEDAL WINNER FINALLY IN PAPER TELLING OF LIFE IN A TYPICAL ENGLISH VILLAGE IN 1255

GEOGRAPHY

1-58556-467-1 FIRST DOG by: J.PATRICK LEWIS
THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS ON THE LIST. TEACHING GEOGRAPHY THROUGH THE DIFFERENT BREEDS OF DOGS AND THEIR COUNTRY HERITAGE. KIDS WILL LOVE IT.

SCIENCE

1-58536-317-9 A IS FOR ANACONDA by: ANTHONY D. FREDERICKS
WITH THE ALPHABET FORMAT WE LEARN ABOUT THE RAINFOREST WITH RHYMES, EXPOSITORY AND BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS. A GREAT COVER

3-399-23883-3 ONE GIANT LEAP by: ROBERT BURLEIGH
ON THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS HISTORIC MOMENT, THIS BOOK IS A KEEPER.

1-58536-428-2 S IS FOR SAVE THE PLANET by: BRAD HERZOG
A GUIDE FOR ADULTS AS WELL AS STUDENTS TO PUT TO WORK AN ENVIROMENTAL PLAN

0-399-25401-5 CROMWELL DIXON’S SKY-CYCLE by: JOHN ABBOTT NEZ
A TRUE STORY OF A YOUNG INVENTOR—FULL OF IMAGINATION AND SUCCESS FOR THIS YOUNG BOY.

0-399-24721-7 LOOK TO THE STARS by: BUZZ ALDRIN
A GREAT STUDY OF THE MAN WHO JOURNEYED TO THE MOON.

1-58536-358-2 A IS FOR AIRPLANE by: MARY ANN RIEHLE
HISTORY,BOTH MODERN AND THE VERY BEGINNING OF AVIATION ARE DOCUMENTED IN THIS NEW ALPHABET BOOK.

0-8037-3335-0 WE ARE EXTREMELY VERY GOOD RECYCLERS by: LAUREN CHILD
THIS WILL BE A GREAT ADDITION FOR EARTH DAY, AS IT TAKES ON A VOCABULRY AND DEFINITIONS THAT ARE FUN AND UNDERSTANDABLE.

0-618-77706-8 EXTREME SCHIENTISTS by: DONNA JACKSON
THE PHOTOGRAPHY IS THIS BOOK IS STUNNING, AS THE INFORMATIONAL TEXT TAKES US EXPLORING NATURE’S MYSTERIES FROM PERILOUS PLACES.

0-618-96636-3 DOWN, DOWN, DOWN by: STEVE JENKINS
STUDENTS WILL LIKE TO SEE THE COMPARISON MEASUREMENTS AS WE TRAVEL ON A JOURNEY TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA

0-689-86829-0 BIRD, BUTTERFLY, EEL by: JAMES PROSEK
THE CYCLE OF LIFE WITH ILLUSTRATIONS TO FIT THE MOOD IN THIS WONDERFUL SCIENCE GEM.

0-7636-3611-1 ALMOST ASTRONAUTS by:TANYA LEE SCOTT
13 WOMEN WHO DARED TO DREAM AND DID BECOME PIONEERS OF THE SPACE AGE.

1-4169-3865-6 INVENTIONS by: GLENN MURPHY
FROM THE IN SIDERS SERIES—A GREAT RESOURCE BOOK.

1-4169-3886-4 RAIN FOREST by: RICHARD C. VOGT
FROM THE IN SIDERS SERIES—A GREAT RESOURCE BOOK

0-7636-4263-1 CATERPILLAR, CATERPILLAR by: VIVIAN FRENCH
WATCHING A CATERPILLAR GROW IN THIS NEWLY RELEASED PAPERBACK.

1-58536-281-3 ALFRED NOBEL: THE MAN BEHIND THE PEACE PRIZE by: KATHY-JO WARGIN
A MAN WHO WAS DESTINED TO BECOME ONE OF THE GREAT INVENTORS, FOUND THAT DYNAMITE WAS USED TO MAIM AND KILL RATHER THAN BE USED FOR CONSTRUCTION. AFTER HIS DEATH, A LEGACY OF PEACE WAS GIVEN TO THE WORLD IN HIS NAME.

0-399-25006-4 TSUNAMI! by: KIMIKO KAJIKAWA ILLUSTRATED BY ED YOUNG
A POWERFUL BOOK, WITH THE ILLUSTRATIONS TELLING THE STORY OF A MAN WHO SAVES A VILLAGE BY SETTING HIS RICE FIELDS ON FIRE, WARNING THE PEOPLE OF DANGER.

MATH

0-374-34861-8 MATH ATTACK by: JOAN HORTON
WHEN ARITHMETRIC STRAIN SCRAMBLES A STUDENT’S BRAIN, NO ONE IN TOWN IS SAFE FROM THE NUMBERS THAT GO FLYING OUT OF THE CHILD’S HEAD.

0-7636-4112-2 THE TIME BOOK by: MARTIN JENKINS
A GOOD RESOURCE BOOK ON THE BRIEF HISTORY FROM LUNAR CALENDARS TO ATOMIC CLOCKS

YOUNG READ ALOUDS

0-7636-3452-0 TOOT, TOOT, ZOOM by: PHYLLIS ROOT
POOR PIERRE WAS LOOKING FOR A FRIEND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN BUT FOUND FRIENDS COME WHEN OR WHERE LEAST EXPECTED.

0-399-25017-0 ME WITH YOU by: KRISTY DEMPSEY
GRANDFATHER AND GRANDCHILD ARE COMFORTABLE WITH EACH OTHER AND LOVING IN THIS RHYMING BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED BOOK.

0-525-47905-5 TODAY IS THE BIRTHDAY OF THE WORLD by: LINDA HELLER
WITH SOFT ILLUSTRATIONS AND BEAUTIFUL TEXT WE READ THE CREATION OF ALL THINGS IS GOD.

0-7636-3677-7 THE NORTH STAR by: PETER H. REYNOLDS
WE ALL HAVE A JOURNEY IN LIFE BUT SOMETIMES IT IS DIFFICULT TO KNOW WHICH PATH TO TAKE.

1-58536-417-7 ITSY BITSY &TEENY WEENY by: ROBBYN &GIJSBERT VAN FRANKENHUYZEN
THIS IS A MUST FOR EVERY READER. IT IS A GENTLE, BEAUTIFUL STORY TELLING THE RESCUE OF A YOUNG SHEEP AND FAWN AND HOW THEY BONDED IN A RESCUE FARM.

0-525-47865-2 WOMBAT WALKABOUT by: SOPHIE BLACKALL
A COUNTING BOOK WITH SIX WOMBATS WHO OUTSMART A WILY DINGO IN THE AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK. GREAT ILLUSTRATIONS

0-7636-3676-0 THE MISSING CHICK by: VALERI GORBACHEV
A REASSURING STORY FOR THE YOUNG READER WHEN LOST, EVERYONE IN THE VILLAGE LOOKS FOR THE YOUNG CHICK UNTIL IT IS FOUND.

0-7636-3326-4 MAGGIE’S MONKEYS by: LINDA SANDERS-WELLS
WHEN MAGGIE REPORTS THAT PINK MONKEYS HAVE MOVED INTO THE REFRIGERATOR, HER MOTHER AND FATHER PLAY ALONG AND ACCOMMODATE THE INVISIBLE VISITORS, THAT IS ALL BUT A DOUBTING BROTHER.

1-4169-5505-4 MOMMY, WHERE ARE YOU? by: LEONID GORE
WITH CUT-OUTS AND LARGE WORDS, THIS BOOK IS FOR THE VERY YOUNG.

0-670-06198-3 MAMA LLAMA MISSES MAMA by: ANNA DEWDNEY
FOR THE VERY YOUNG AS A READ-ALONG, GOING TO SCHOOL.

0-618-41607-3 PRUDENCE AND MOXIE by: DEBORAH NOYES
THE SUBTITLE OF THIS BOOK IS: A TALE OF MISMATCHED FRIENDS, AND THAT TELLS IT ALL.

0-618-98812-9 TACKY GOES TO CAMP by: HELEN LESTER
GREAT LANGUAGE AND A ROLLICKING FUNNY STORY KIDS WILL LOVE.

0-15-205196-9 DRAGON IS COMING by: VALERI GORBACHEV
THE STORY LINE OF HENNY PENNY, MOUSE THINKS A DRAGON IS COMING WHEN HE SEES AN APPROACHING STORM.

0-547-01494-4 RED, SINGS FROM TREETOPS A YEAR IN COLORS by: JOYCE SIDMAN
USING THE FIVE SENSES, THE BOOK COMES ALIVE WITH LANGUAGE AND ILLUSTRATIONS

0-399-24707-1 LOUIE by: WILL HILLENBRAND
LOUIE IS AN ARTIST, HE IS ALSO A PIG THAT CANNOT FIND HIS NICHE. THIS STORY IS BASED ON THE MADELINE CLASSIC.

0-7636-4440-6 FOOTPRINTS ON THE MOON by: MARK HADDON
ONE BOYS DREAM OF WALKING ON THE MOON AND AS HE MATURES ACTUALLY SEEING THIS GREAT EVENT OCCUR.

0-689-86169-7 THE MAN WHO LIVED IN A HOLLOW TREE by: ANNE SHELBY
A MOUNTAIN STORY, AN ECOLOGY STORY BUT MORE THAN THAT IT IS A FAMILY STORY THAT IS SOFT, GENTLE AND WONDERFUL.

0-618-56420-0 THE TRAVEL GAME by: JOHN GRANDITS
SPINNING THE GLOBE WITH HIS AUNT, TED TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD

0-15-256708-8 THE NAPPING HOUSE by: AUDREY WOOD
AN OLD FAVORITE WITH A CD WITH SONGS AND TEXT INCLUDED.

0-399-24393-6 WE’RE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT by: ZACHARY SHAPIRO
WHEN NOAH HAS CRANKY ANIMAL TRAVELERS, HE COMES UP WITH A UNIQUE ALPHABET WITH FUN RHYMING THAT SAVES THE DAY. A NEW SPIN ON AN ALPHABET BOOK.

0-399-24044-2 THANK YOU GOD FOR EVERYTHING by: AUGUST GOLD
A VISUAL BEAUTY WITH A WONDERFUL MESSAGE FOR ALL AGES.

0-399-25210-5 THE SONG OF FRANCIS by: TOMIE DEPAOLA
THE COLORS OF DEPAOLA’S PAINTINGS REFLECTS THE LOVE OF FRANCIS AS HE SINGS PRAISES TO LIFE AND LOVE.

1-4169-3833-0 PRINCESS BESS GETS DRESSED by: MARGERY CUYLER
TOLD IN RHYME, THE PRINCESS HAS LOTS OF ROYAL DUTIES AND DRESSES FOR THE OCCASION BUT AT NIGHT STRIPPED DOWN TO COMFORT SHE LOVES THAT THE BEST.

0-8037-2818-9 THE PIED PIPER’S MAGIC by: STEVEN KELLOGG
TURNING A FLUTE UPSIDE DOWN TURNED EVENTS AND WORDS INTO A CIRCLE STORY THAT IS LOTS OF FUN.

0-399-25028-6 HANSEL AND GRETEL by: RACHEL ISADORA
THE ILLUSTRATIONS ON THIS RETOLD STORY ARE MAGNIFICENT

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0-8037-3220-9 STARRING LORENZO AND EINSTEIN TOO by: MARK KARLINS
LORENZO HAS TROUBLE FITTING INTO THE LIFE OF HIS FAMILY, UNTIL EINSTEIN SHOWS UP AT THE FAMILY SHOW AND THE BOY IS FOUND OUT TO BE A MATH GENIUS

0-7636-2890-1 LITTLE CHICK by: AMY HEST
THREE STORIES IN ONE BOOK THAT WILL AMUSE AND DELIGHT THE SMALL LISTENER.

1-4169-4203-0 MORTIMER’S FIRST GARDEN by: KARMA WILSON
MORTIMER USES HIS LAST SEED TO PLANT A SPRING GARDEN, SEEING RAIN, SUN AND FAITH HELPA SUNFLOWER GROW.

0-7636-3615-9 FOO, THE FLYING FROG OF WASHTUB POND by: BELLE YANG
THREE FRIENDS LIVE IN WASHTUB POND AND EXPERIENCE THE UPS AND DOWNS OF FRIENDSHIP, AND THE GIFT OF FORGIVENESS.

0-399-25097-2 THE GREAT PAPER CAPER by: OLIVER JEFFERS
AN INTRODUCTION TO ENVIROMENT FOR THE VERY YOUNG , WITH ELEMENTS OF MYSTERY, A BEAR, A TREE AND FOREST ANIMALS.

SOCIAL ISSUES

0-399-25076-7 IN OUR MOTHER’S HOUSE by: PATRICIA POLACCO
A WARM STORY TOUCHING ON LOVE FOR THREE CHILDREN ADOPTED BY TWO WOMEN LIVING TOGETHER.

0-618-61865-1 THUNDER BOOMER by: SHUTTA CRUM
FOR THE CHILD WHO IS AFRAID OF STORMS-THIS HAS A GENTLE GOOD CONCLUSION.

0-7636-1345-7 THE GIRL WHO WANTED TO DANCE by: AMY EHRLICH
A LONESOME YOUNG GIRL MISSES HER MOTHER AND IN THIS HAUNTING STORY OF HEARING MUSIC SHE MEETS UP WITH HER MOTHER WHO EARLIER HAD RUN AWAY TO FULFILL A DREAM TO BE A DANCER. THE STORY LEFT ME FEELING VERY SAD.

1-4169-4100-2 MY MOM IS TRYING TO RUIN MY LIFE by: KATE FEIFFER
LISTS OF WHY MOM AND DAD ARE RUINING THIS GIRL’S LIFE ARE SEEN FROM A LITTLE GIRL’S PERSPECTIVE. GOOD HUMOR.

POETRY, WRITING, SONG AND ART

0-374-33528-1 I HEARD GOD TALKING TO ME by: ELIZABETH SPIRES
WITH POETRY AND BLACK AND WHITE PICTURES WE SEE THE WORKS OF WILLIAM EDMONDSON AND HIS STONE CARVINGS. A SLAVE LIVING IN NASHVILLE INSPIRED TO DO GOD’S WORK IN STONE.

0-525-47862-1 SKY MAGIC by: LEE BENNETT HOPKINS
AN ANTHOLOGY OF COLLECTED POEMS ON THE SUN, MOON AND STARS

0-374-32529-9 GEORGIA RISES by:KATHRYN LASKY
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF GEORGIA O’KEEFE-THE COLORS TELL THE STORY.

0-689-85325-8 THE UNDERWEAR SALESMAN by: J. PATRICK LEWIS
I DIDN’T KNOW WHERE TO PLACE THIS BOOK ON OCCUPATIONS, BUT SINCE THEY ARE ALL WRITTEN IN RHYME I HOPE THIS LONG AWAITED GENRE IS FOUND HERE.

0-618-91488-3 STAMPEDE by: LAURA PURDIE SALAS
THE SUB-TITLE OF THIS NEW COLLECTION IS: POEMS TO CELEBRATE THE WILD SIDE OF SCHOOL.

1-4169-0696-4 GOING, GOING, GONE! by: ALAN KATZ
ANOTHER FUN BOOK WITH SILLY DILLY SPORTS SONGS.

1-4169-3981-8 WORD BUILDER by: ANN WHITFORD PAUL
TWENTY SIX LETTERS FOR WORD CONSTRUCTION IN A WRITING TOOL.

0-7636-4132-0 A KICK IN THE HEAD by: PAUL JANECZKO
JUST OUT IN PAPERBACK, THIS IS A MUST FOR WRITERS OF POETRY. IT IS AN EVERYDAY GUIDE TO POETIC FORMS.

0-7636-4210-5 CLASSIC POETRY by: MICHAEL ROSEN
A BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED COLLECTION.

0-7636-4422-2 BUTTERFLY BALL AND THE GRASSHOPPERS FEAST by: ALAN ALDRIDGE
WHAT AN ADDITION TO ANYONE’S COLLECTION, THE MAGNIFICIENT ILLUSTRATIONS AND THE LANGUAGE THAT HAS WON MANY AWARDS.

1-4169-4211-5 WHIFF OF PINE, A HINT OF SKUNK by: DEBORAH RUDDELL
BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS TAKE US ON A WALK THROUGH NATURE.

0-7636-0663-3 A FOOT IN THE MOUTH by: PAUL JANECZKO
ANOTHER COLLECTION BY THE RENOWNED AUTHOR OF POEMS TO SPEAK, SING AND SHOUT.

1-58536-458-9 M IS FOR MOM MARY by: ANN MCCABE RIEHLE
THIS BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED BOOK IS FULL OF LOVE FROM A TO Z. A GREAT GIFT BOOK.

0-15-205998-9 STANZA by: JILL ESBAUM
A BULLY IS FOUND OUT BY HIS BUDDIES THAT HE LOVES TO WRITE POETRY.

0-689-85325-4 THE UNDERWEAR SALESMAN by: SERGE BLOCH
ALL ABOUT OCCUPATIONS DONE IN SILLY AND FUN RHYME

0-7636-3049-2 THE CUCKOO’S HAIKU by: MICHAEL J. ROSEN
WITH BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK AND COMPILED AS A FIELDER’S NOTEBOOK, WE ARE ABLE TO HEAR AND ENJOY THIS POETIC FORM WITH MUCH PLEASURE. A BEAUTIFUL GIFT BOOK.

4169-3971-9 BILL MARTIN JR. BIG BOOK OF POETRY
AN ANTHOLOGH OF POETRY WHICH INCLUDES 200 POEMS. WONDERFUL ILLUSTRATIONS BY AWARD WINNING ARTISTS.
0-689-85616-7 BELLA AND BEAN by: REBECCA KAI DOTLICH
A GREAT BEGINNER WRITING BOOK WITH FUN AND FRIENDSHIP ALL ROLLED INTO ONE.

1-4169-4088-3 GERTUDE IS GERTUDE IS GERTUDE IS GERTUDE by: JONAH WINTER
THE LIFE OF GERTUDE STEIN AND HER FRIEND ALICE TOKLAS , ONE WHO WROTE AND THE OTHER TYPED.

1-4169-0541-7 ASHLEY BRYAN: WORDS TO MY LIFE’S SONG by: ASHLEY BRYAN
AN OVERVIEW OF AN ARTIST, STORYTELLER, POET. TOLD AS A BIOGRAPHY, WE HAVE A LOOK AND COME TO KNOW THIS WARM AND TALENTED AUTHOR

YOUNG ADULT

1-59078-606-2 COMFORT by: JOYCE MOYER HOSTETTER
WHAT A GREAT BOOK!!! A COMPANION STORY TO BLUE WHICH WAS THE IRA CHILDREN’S CHOICE AWARD. WITH SENSITIVITY, HISTORY, GREAT CHARACTER STUDY AND A RIVETING STORY, THIS STORY HAS EVERYTHING.

0-8037-3179-0 STONEWALL HINKLEMAN AND THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN
by: MICHAEL HEMPHILL
A MAGIC BUGLE TRANSPORTS A RELUCTANT YOUNG BOY BACK TO THE CIVIL WAR.

0-8037-3392-3 THREE CUPS OF TEA by: GREG MORTENSON
ONE MAN’S JOURNEY TO CHANG E THE WORLD ONE CHILD AT A TIME. A GREAT READ IN A NEW YOUNG READER’S EDITION.

1-4169-5872-7 LITTLE BOY by:ALISON MCGHEE
EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON LETTING A LITTLE BOY BE A LITTLE BOY, FROM THE AUTHOR OF SOMEDAY

0-9685097-3-8 HELLO, GOODBYE, ILOVE YOU: THE STORY OF ALOHA, A GD. DOG FOR THE
BLIND. by: PAMELA BAUER MUELLER
COMMUNITY SERVICE, INSPIRATIONAL AND RESPONSIBILITY ARE ALL EXPLORED IN THIS GREAT READ OF TWO BOYS COMMITMENT TO LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND.

0-15-206184-5 THE BEAUTIFUL STORIES OF LIFE by: CYNTHIA RYLANT
WHAT A GREAT BOOK, FOR YOUNG AND OLD ALIKE TO RENEW SIX GREEK MYTHS, RETOLD.

0-618-99531-8 DARWIN WITH GLIMPSES INTO HIS PRIVATE JOURNAL AND LETTERS
ALICE B. MCGINTY
THIS BOOK GIVES A SIMPLE EXPLANATION OF A SCIENTIST AT WORK, WHO MARVELED AT HIMSELF AND WAS PERPLEXED BY THE CREATURES OF THE EARTH.