We are the ship : the story of Negro League baseball / words and paintings by Kadir Nelson

March 13, 2009

Explores the history of Negro League baseball teams, discussing owners, players, hardships, wins, and losses; and including illustrations.


Two-minute drill / Mike Lupica

March 13, 2009

Brainy Scott, a great kicker who otherwise struggles with football, and star quarterback Chris, who has dyslexia, team up to help each other succeed in both football and school.


Surprises According to Humphrey / Betty G. Birney

March 13, 2009

While continuing to help his classmates solve their problems, Humphrey, pet hamster of Longfellow School’s Room 26, faces many surprises, like rolling in a hamster ball, a substitute janitor who might be an alien, and the possibility of Mrs. Brisbane retiring.

Click here to open a scrambled word search about Humphrey, scrambled train cars, a word ladder, Dr. Drew’s Hamster Care Quiz, Who Am I Rhyming Game, Magic Mitch’s Disappearing Coin Trick, Humphrey’s Hilarious Ha-Has, and you can send a Humphrey card to a friend if you know their e-mail address.


Someone Named Eva / Joan M. Wolf

March 13, 2009

From her home in Lidice, Czechoslovakia, in 1942, eleven-year-old Milada is taken with other blond, blue-eyed children to a school in Poland to be trained as “proper Germans” for adoption by German families, but all the while she remembers her true name and history.


Savvy / by Ingrid Law

March 13, 2009

Recounts the adventures of Mibs Beaumont, whose thirteenth birthday has revealed her “savvy”–a magical power unique to each member of her family–just as her father is injured in a terrible accident.

You can read the first chapter of Savvy.


Piper Reed : Navy brat / Kimberly Willis Holt ; illustrated by Christine Davenier

March 13, 2009

Piper is sad about leaving her home and friends behind when her father, a Navy aircraft mechanic, is transferred yet again, but with help from her often-annoying sisters and a surprise from their parents, she finds happiness in their new home in Pensacola, Florida.

You can listen to an excerpt of the book Piper Reed: Navy Brat.


The Penderwicks on Gardam Street / Jeanne Birdsall ; illustrations by David Frankland

March 13, 2009

The four Penderwick sisters are faced with the unimaginable prospect of their widowed father dating, and they hatch a plot to stop him.


Maybelle in the Soup / Katie Speck ; illustrations by Paul Ratz de Tagyos

March 13, 2009

Mr. and Mrs. Peabody invite a guest to dinner, but Maybelle the cockroach, who lives under their refrigerator, ignores the warnings of Henry the flea to be sensible and ends up “splashing” into a big adventure.

You can listen to an excerpt of the book Maybelle in the Soup
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The Hound of Rowan / written and illustrated by Henry H. Neff

March 13, 2009

After glimpsing a hint of his destiny in a mysterious tapestry, twelve-year-old Max McDaniels becomes a student at Rowan Academy where he trains in “mystics and combat” in preparation for war with an ancient enemy that has been kidnapping children like him


Gollywhopper Games / by Jody Feldman; illustrated by Victoria Jamieson

March 13, 2009

Twelve-year-old Gil Goodson competes against thousands of other children at extraordinary puzzles, stunts, and more in hopes of a fresh start for his family, which has been ostracized since his father was falsely accused of embezzling money from Golly Toy and Game Company.


Alvin Ho: allergic to girls, school, and other scary things / by Lenore Look ; pictures by LeUyen Pham

March 13, 2009

A young boy in Concord, Massachusetts, who loves superheroes and comes from a long line of brave Chinese farmer-warriors, wants to make friends, but first he must overcome his fear of everything.

A young boy in Concord, Massachusetts, who loves superheroes and comes from a long line of brave Chinese farmer-warriors, wants to make friends, but first he must overcome his fear of everything.


where i live by Eileen Spinelli & Illustrated by Matt Phelan

March 13, 2009

In a series of poems, Diana writes about her life, both before and after her father loses his job and she and her family move far away to live with Grandpa Joe.


The Luck of the Loch Ness Monster: A Tale of Picky Eating by A.W. Flaherty & Illustrated by Scott Magoon

March 13, 2009

A young American girl’s picky eating habits transform a small worm into the famous Loch Ness monster.


Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale Retold by Carmen Agra Deedy & Illustrated by Michael Austin

March 13, 2009

You can go to Michael Austin’s website to see some more of the great illustrations he has made.

In this humorous reading of a Cuban folktale, a cockroach interviews her suitors in order to decide whom to marry.


Help Me, Mr. Mutt!: Expert Answers for Dogs with People Problems by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel

March 13, 2009

 

Dogs across the United States write to Mr. Mutt, a people expert, for help with their humans


Yum! MmMm! Que Rico!: America’s Sproutings Haiku by Pat Mora Pictures by Rafael Lopez

March 13, 2009

From blueberries to vanilla, foods of the Americas are celebrated in this collection of haiku, which also includes information about each food’s origins.


Nic Bishop Frogs

March 13, 2009

Nic Bishop takes a nifty look at frogs. Physical characteristics, diet, reproduction, and the development of egg to tadpole to froglet are included in the words and shown through gorgeous photos.


Pale Male: Citizen Hawk of New York City by Janet Schulman & illustrated by Meilo So

March 13, 2009

Recounts the true story of Pale Male, a red-tailed hawk living in New York City who has become one of the city’s most-watched celebrities and bird watchers, tourists, and residents admire the bird and his nest, built on a Fifth Avenue apartment building.


What To Do About Alice: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy Crazy! by Barbara Kerley & Illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham

March 13, 2009

 

This biography of Alice Roosevelt Longworth proves President Theodore Roosevelt’s famous quote about his oldest child: “I can be president of the United States, or I can control Alice. I cannot possibly do both.” Follow Alice sneaking out at night; riding trays down the White House stairs; or diving, fully clothed, into a ship’s pool.


Lady Liberty: A Biography

March 13, 2009

This fictional story includes the voices of people who assisted in the design, building, financing, and transport of the Statue of Liberty from France to New York in the late nineteenth century. These include the French sculptor Auguste Bartholdi, the American newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer, the poet Emma Lazarus, and Florence de Foreest, a ten-year-old New Jersey girl who donated her two roosters to the fundraising efforts.