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By Kendall F Haven. 2008
Twenty-five short accounts--from history, modern life, and nature--of ordinary people who acted heroically. Told to inspire, entertain, and demonstrate effective…
storytelling, they cover young people involved in wars, participating in traditional cultural events, and facing wild animals. Includes each tale's background and recommendations for further reading. For grades 3-6. 2008By Cynthia Rylant. 2009
These tales about Pandora, Persephone, Orpheus, Pygmalion, Narcissus, and Psyche also tell about feelings of hope, pride, frustration, courage, and…
love. In "Psyche" a young mortal woman performs heroic acts to prove her love for the god Eros. For grades 5-8. 2009By Wilborn Hampton. 2009
Biography of homerun-record-making baseball player Babe Ruth (1895-1948) discusses his unhappy childhood, career with the Boston Red Sox and the…
New York Yankees, and athletic prowess in the ballpark. Covers his complicated private life and separates fact from legend. For grades 6-9. 2009By Madeline Donaldson. 2007
Biography of Frenchman Louis Braille (1809-1852) explains his development of a raised dot alphabet and number system when he was…
fifteen. Discusses his going blind at age three, schooling in Paris, playing the organ, and having tuberculosis. Uncontracted braille. For grades 3-6 and older readers. 2007By Alison McGhee. 2008
Nine-year-old Julia Gillian learns a lot about facing fear when she and her Saint Bernard, Bigfoot, take long walks through…
their Minneapolis neighborhood one hot summer. As she interacts with neighbors, Julia seeks the courage to finish reading a book that might have an unhappy ending. For grades 3-6. 2008By Paula H Deen. 2008
Introduces kitchen safety, cooking terms, measuring, setting the table, and manners. Features recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, drinks, birthday…
and holiday treats, dishes for parents, and arts and crafts projects. From the simple--ants on a log--to the more complicated--meat stew with veggies. Adult help recommended. For grades 2-4. 2008By Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen. 2008
Biography of the British primatologist born in 1934 who has spent many years in Africa studying chimpanzees in the wild.…
Features her dedication to field research, her marriages, her family, the 1975 kidnapping of Jane's colleagues from Gombe, and her ongoing championing of chimpanzees. Some violence. For grades 6-9. 2008By Michael J Rosen. 2008
Describes the seasonal routines and adventures of the Bennett family--Caleb, Chase, Cayne, Grey, Ali, and their parents--who live on a…
150-acre farm in Ohio. Discusses family chores involving the cows, chickens, and dogs; going hunting, sledding, and swimming; raising food; and attending school. For grades 4-7. 2008Presents unusual facts about U.S. presidents, such as who gave the shortest inaugural speech, who had the first indoor plumbing…
at the White House, who was the last to have a beard, what Abraham Lincoln carried in his stovepipe hat, and much more. Uncontracted braille. For grades 3-6. 2008By Barbara Seuling. 2009
Odd facts about geography arranged by such topics as deserts and caves, mountains and islands, and weather and climate. "How…
the Earth Has Changed" collects info-bytes on fossils, catastrophes, and population--including, for example: in 6,000 B.C. there were 10 million people, now there are 6.6 billion. For grades 3-6. 2009By Jill Bloomfield. 2008
Discusses eleven Jewish holidays, each accompanied by recipes for the ancient and modern dishes traditionally served. Covers foods from challah…
bread for Shabbat dinner to potato pancakes for Hanukkah and stuffed cabbage rolls for Sukkot. Includes instructions for keeping kosher. For grades 4-7. 2008By Dick King-Smith. 2007
Looking for a friend, Hezekiah, a lonely camel, escapes from a zoo in England one night. He crashes through hedges…
and fences until some cows point him toward a safari park owned by a bushy-bearded gentleman, who figures out a way to help Hezekiah. For grades 2-4. 2005By Wendy Mass. 2009
Born on the same day, Leo and Amanda have shared nine birthday parties. But on their tenth, Amanda's feelings are…
hurt and she doesn't speak to Leo for a year. When their separate eleventh birthdays keep repeating, Leo and Amanda need to reconcile to get unstuck. For grades 4-7. 2009By Sharon Creech. 2008
Jack continues his study of poetry begun with Miss Stretchberry last school year in Love That Dog (BR 14137). Although…
he still misses his dog Sky, he writes poems about other things: words, sounds, silence, his mother's hand signs, and cats. A novel in verse. For grades 4-7. 2008By Donna M Jackson. 2008
Explores the connections between our senses and perception and many unexplained phenomena, such as intuition, synethesia, and the sixth sense.…
Discusses paranormal experiences, animal super senses, and a technology called vOICe that converts video images into complex sounds to help visually impaired people. For grades 5-8. 2008By Monique Polak. 2021
Our favorite pretend princess, Angelica, aka Jelly, is back! A case of mistaken identity, a wild imagination and a love…
of storytelling leads Jelly to tell her friend Joon and the new kid she's just met, Leo, that she's a part-time lion trainer at the local animal rescue center. Her inventiveness has them completely convinced, but things get a bit more complicated when the resident lioness, Mwezi, escapes from her enclosure and the kids look to Jelly's "expertise" to save the dayBy Denise Rinaldo. 2008
Facts about the history and functions of the presidential residence in Washington, D.C. Questions cover the famous rooms, the Rose…
Garden, first ladies' home decoration, family living and pets, holiday celebrations, and more. Includes a timeline for each president's stay in the White House. For grades 3-6. 2008By Gordon Korman. 2005
Aiden and Meg Falconer, whose parents are wrongly imprisoned as terrorists, track a mysterious "uncle" named Frank Lindenauer, convinced he…
holds the key to their parents' freedom. But FBI agents are trailing the siblings and may catch them first. Sequel to The Fugitive Factor (BR 17840). For grades 4-7. 2005By Elaine Landau. 2008
Discusses astronomers' decision in August 2006 that Pluto is not a planet but belongs in a group called dwarf planets.…
Covers the discovery of Pluto and details its composition, orbit, and moon. Explains the change in Pluto's designation. For grades 2-4. 2008By Dorothy Hinshaw Patent. 2008
Describes the change in the balance of nature in Yellowstone National Park after the disappearance of wolves, including an increase…
in the elk and coyote populations. Gives the reasons that wolves were brought back and explains the resulting benefits to the park. For grades 2-4. 2008