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A Theft in Time: Timedetectors II
By Darrel and Sally Odgers
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 6 - 10 years
Tom and Coxie thought they had put time travel behind them. But when Tom becomes ill and his search for a missing skull leads him to team up with Coxie again, the past and the future are placed very much in doubt. Then, a mysterious stranger from the future begins to follow them, and a pesky doctor accuses Tom of stealing the very skull he has been hoping to find. But when two more strangers appear from the future and try to grab Tom and Coxie, they boys don't know where to turn. What's more, Tom is getting sicker and sicker, and time seems to be running out...
An Indian Winter
By Russell Freedman
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 8 - 12 years
Relates the experiences of a German prince, his servant, and a young Swiss artist as they traveled through the Missouri River Valley in 1833 learning about the territory and its inhabitants and recording their impressions in words and pictures.
Becoming a Citizen
By Sarah De Capua
Category: Picture
Reading Level: 8 - 10 years
"A fresh and moving story of a mother's dedication to acquire a coat for her daughter in post-World War II hard times. Anna's mother decides to trade the few valuables she has left for wool and for the services of a spinner, a weaver, and a tailor. Lobel's pictures do a tremendous job of evoking the period. Insightful and informative, this may make children consider how precious the ordinary can become in times of turmoil."--(starred review) Booklist
Bonanza Girl
By Patricia Beatty
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 10 - 14 years
A widow and her two children head for gold rush territory in Idaho, hoping to find jobs and a new life.
Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt!
By Jean Fritz
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 8 - 12 years
Today's preeminent biographer for young people brings to life our colorful 26th president. Conservationist, hunter, family man, and politician, Teddy Roosevelt commanded the respect and admiration of many who marveled at his energy, drive and achievements. An ALA Notable Book. A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year.
Caminando bajo la nieve (The Snow Walker)
By Charles M. Wetterer, Margaret K. Wetterer
Category: Picture
Reading Level: 8 - 10 years
One morning in March 1888, twelve-year-old Milton Daub awoke to find the world buried in snow. The blizzard was like nothing Milton and his neighbors in the Bronx had ever seen. No one dared go out into the storm. No one, that is, except Milton. He and his father made a pair of snowshoes from barrel hoops and old roller skates. Then Milton stepped bravely into the storm to buy milk for his family. Soon he was buying supplies for everyone in the area. His neighbors declared him a hero. The Blizzard of 1888 set records in the Northeast that are still unbroken. It forced whole cities to shut down for days. But Milton didn't let the snow stop him from helping neighbors in need. His true story is both an exciting adventure and a heartwarming glimpse of old New York.
Casey's Case
By David Rish
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 8 - 12 years
Catch the Sunlight
By Marguerite Chase McCue
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 8 - 11 years
At first, it seems like it's going to be just a typical day at Mr. Kramer's ranch. Clark Lewis, a fourth-grade prize-winning writer, soon learns otherwise. Clark's first surprise of the day is meeting Jamilla, a horse that has amazing abilities. But there is a crisis at the ranch that Jamilla can't solve alone. So it's up to Clark to come to the rescue.
Children of the Wild West
By Russell Freedman
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 8 - 12 years
This is a portrait of pioneer and American Indian children in the 19th-century West. It covers both the lives of settlers, crossing America in covered wagons and building log or sod cabins, and of the American Indians whose lives were changed by the new arrivals.
Cupid and Psyche
By M. Charlotte Craft
Category: Picture
Reading Level: 6 - 10 years
Psyche is the most beautiful woman in the world, yet the oracle at Delphi foresees she will fall in love with a creature feared even by the gods themselves. Magically, Psyche finds herself in a magnificent castle fitted with sweet music, attentive servants, and a charming but invisible host. Soon she falls in love with this man she has never seen, but in a moment of doubt she betrays his trust. To win back his love, Psyche must show that she is as brave as she is beautiful by performing three impossible tasks. Perhaps the greatest love story of all, Cupid and Psyche is unsurpassed in its richness and drama. Marie Craft's lively, suspenseful retelling of this classic Greek myth will appeal to young and old alike. And these legendary lovers have inspired forty lush luminous paintings by award-winning artist Kinuko Craft. Lavishly illustrated and thrillingly told, here is a book to be treasured forever.
Destination Disaster
By Fleur Beale
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 8 - 12 years
The story centers on a character named Jim and his grandfather who embark on a routine fishing trip. When an unexpected and severe accident occurs, the two must rely on their wits and resilience to survive.
Ellis Island
By Judith Jango-Cohen
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 9 - 12 years
Dramatic and defining moments in American history come vividly the life in the Cornerstones of Freedom series.
Eureka!: It's Television!
By Jeanne Bendick
Category: Picture
Reading Level: 8 - 10 years
An illustrated history of invention provides an in-depth examination of television, tracing its origins and showing the series of inventions that made the television a reality.
Fernitickles
By Mary Peace Finley
Category: Early Chapter
Reading Level: 8 - 11 years
The King has come to town, and young Duncan Fisher is worried. If he and his father can't catch the impossibly high numbers of fish the King keeps ordering, they'll be ruined! Even worse, it seems the local furrier wants to make Duncan's favorite family of otters into a fur cloak for the Queen. Is there a way Duncan can save the trusting otters and his family's fortune?
Fight for Freedom: The American Revolutionary War
By Benson Bobrick
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 8 - 12 years
An illustrated, chronological account of the American Revolutionary War.
Follow That Spy!: Individual Title Six-Packs
By Ann Sullivan
Category: Early Chapter
Reading Level: 8 - 10 years
Chip and Toad thought playing spies was fun, at least until Trudy came along and ruined their game. But Trudy has something they don't have--a real spy camera watch. On a field trip to the top secret Axion Satellite Corporation, the children seem to stumble onto a plot to steal plans for a secret satellite system. Is the trio up to playing spies for real?
Fossil River Adventure
By Mike Graf
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 8 - 11 years
Terrence Chang and his family are off to explore Fossil River National Park, a great place to search for dinosaur fossils, but his dinosaur science fair project didn't win a prize as he had hoped. His dad thinks this family trip will be the inspiration Terrence needs to improve his project, and maybe win a prize next year. Who knows what Terrence will discover on this adventure?
Freedom Crossing
By Margaret Goff Clark
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 9 - 12 years
Laura Eastman returns to New York after living in the South with relatives for four years to discover that her brother and father are part of the Underground Railroad, helping fugitive slaves to escape to Canada. When a friend brings a runaway slave, Martin, to the house while her father and stepmother are away, Laura must decide what she believes -- and whether she should help Martin escape.
George Washington's Socks
By Elvira Woodruff
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 8 - 10 years
In the midst of an innocent lakeside campout, five modern-day children are transported back into the time of George Washington. Humorous, historical fiction that middle graders will enjoy.
Geysers: When Earth Roars
By Roy A. Gallant
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 8 - 12 years
Discusses various aspects of geysers including their formation, location, anatomy, use by humans, and possible extinction
Give Me a Sign, Helen Keller!
By Peter Roop, Connie Roop
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 6 - 10 years
A fever left two-year-old Helen Keller blind and deaf. Still, she learned how to read, write and talk. She graduated from college, met eleven U.S. presidents and won many awards.
But what was Helen Keller like as a young girl? Did she know that one day she'd overcome her disabilities?
In this book, you will find out all about Helen Keller before she made history.
Gravity
By Dan Greenberg
Category: Early Reader
Reading Level: 5 - 7 years
Introduces young readers to the concept of gravity.
Great Explorations
By David Neufeld
Category: Picture
Reading Level: 8 - 12 years
Have you ever looked at the horizon and wondered what was out there? People have been curious about the unknown for centuries. People who explore the unknown are sometimes called navigators. Navigators know where they are, know where they are going, and know how to get back from there. For centuries, navigators were most interested in sailing the seas.
How I Came To Be A Writer
By Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 8 - 12 years
Newbery Medalist Phyllis Reynolds Naylor's one hundred and more books are true to life, funny, and, most of all, well written -- you'd think that she doesn't have to work at writing at all. But that's not true.
How I Came to Be a Writer is the story of one author's beginnings -- successes and failures, reviews and rejection slips -- things that mark the stages of a writer's life. Illustrated with photographs, and including samples of her earlier writing, this book will show you the inner workings of the writing process, from the spark of an idea to a book's actual publication.
This classic writer's memoir has been revised and updated to include material on the writing of the Newbery-winning Shiloh and its two sequels.
Imagine this, James Robert
By Rebecca Weber
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 8 - 12 years
Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women
By Cornelia Meigs
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 12 - 17 years
Profiles the life of the noted nineteenth-century writer, detailing her early, happy childhood in Pennsylvania and Boston, and her later success as author of the classic "Little Women"
Journey to the New World: My Diary of 1848
By Susan Brocker
Category: Early Chapter
Reading Level: 8 - 11 years
In 1848, Hannah leaves Ireland to start a new life in America. But first she must survive the long sea voyage in cramped, unhealthy conditions with little food and a fever raging through the ship.
Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World
By Militts Walter
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 8 - 12 years
Ten-year-old Justin hates that his sisters and his mama are always fussing at him. They make him feel stupid because he can't clean his room or cook. But why should he? He'd rather be outside playing. After all, cooking and cleaning is just “women's work.” That's why Justin is glad when his grandfather invites him back to his ranch for the summer. Justin is sure he can get away from all the women and do some actual “men's work,” such as cleaning fish, mending fences, and riding horses. But back at the ranch, Justin learns some unexpected lessons and soon realizes that anyone can do anything once they learn how.
Kid Power
By Susan Beth Pfeffer
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 9 - 12 years
Winner of the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award and the Sequoyah Children's Book Award:To save money for a bike, a young girl becomes a business tycoon
Eleven-year-old Janie is desperate for a new bike, but her parents won't buy her one unless she can pay for half of it herself. She's too young to babysit and it's too late to get a paper route, so Janie decides to open her own business. She calls it Kid Power and promises her customers that there is no problem too big or too small for her to handle—but this budding entrepreneur will soon find that running a company isn't as easy as it looks.
As Janie begins walking dogs, feeding cats, cleaning gutters, and pulling weeds, she gets closer and closer to her bike. But as Kid Power grows bigger than Janie can handle, she learns that there are some problems money can't solve, and some things even more important than getting a new bike.
Let It Begin Here!: Lexington & Concord: First Battles of the American Revolution
By Dennis Brindell Fradin
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 7 - 9 years
Told in a step-by-step account of the 24 hours leading up to the battles that sparked the American revolution, this picture book is sure to both inform and entertain. On April 18th at 9:30 p.m. Paul Revere learned that the British Army was marching toward Lexington and Concord to arrest rebel leaders. At 5:20 the next morning, a shot rang out and the American Revolution had begun. In less than 24 hours a rebellious colony would be changed forever.
Life Story
By Virginia Lee Burton
Category: Picture
Reading Level: 6 - 10 years
Examines and explains how life on Earth came to be and how the Earth and life on it developed and evolved throughout time, told through a play with five acts and a prologue.
Lincoln Through the Lens: How Photography Revealed and Shaped an Extraordinary Life
By Martin W. Sandler
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 10 - 14 years
A man of humble beginnings, minimal schooling, and early failures, Abraham Lincoln was, above all, a man of the people. This frontiersman-turned-chief executive was a simple man with large goals, who was savvy enough to recognize the power of the new invention of photography, and was willing to use it to shape his image and create an historic legacy. More than one hundred images of Lincoln's life and times provide a complete portrait of our most revered president, and the events that defined him. From the only confirmed existing picture of Lincoln before the historic Gettysburg Address to his second inauguration-where he is unknowingly surrounded by John Wilkes Booth and his co-conspirators-to the execution of his murderers, this eye-opening, inspiring visual journey provides a fresh take on one of the most documented and beloved figures in American history.
Louis Armstrong: Swinging, Singing Satchmo
By Sandford Brown
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 10 - 14 years
Examines the personal life and musical career of the famous jazz trumpeter and singer known as Satchmo.
Mark Twain: America's Humorist, Dreamer, Prophet
By Clinton Cox
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 9 - 12 years
An introduction to the life of Mark Twain examines his many achievements as a riverboat pilot, newspaper reporter, adventurer, satirist, and author of many classic works including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Mary On Horseback: Three Mountain Stories
By Rosemary Wells
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 8 - 12 years
Master storyteller Rosemary Wells tells the incredible true story of a World War I nurse who brought medical care to the Appalachians Mary Breckinridge, trained as a nurse during World War I, rode on horseback into the isolated mountains of Appalachia and never looked back. Instead, she spent her life fording icy streams and climbing untracked mountains to bring medical help to those in need. More nurses on horseback joined Mary . . . and the Frontier Nursing Service was born. Mary’s story is amazing. And it is true. “Wells’s realistic yet poetic prose perfectly captures the dichotomy of the majestic beauty of Appalachia and the harsh realities of mountain life. . . . This one’s a gem.”—School Library Journal
Midnight Magic
By Avi
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 8 - 12 years
In Italy in 1491, Mangus the magician and his apprentice are summoned to the castle of Duke Claudio to determine if his daughter is indeed being haunted by a ghost.
Mission Microraptor
By Philip Kavvadias
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 9 - 12 years
A school trip to the Alps turns dangerous when Finn and Milo must protect a hatchling microraptor they discovered from a squad of army-trained mercenaries determined to capture it.
Navajo Long Walk
By Nancy M. Armstrong
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 9 - 12 years
Navajo Long Walk is the story of Kee, a young boy who traveled this long, arduous route with his mother, grandmother, sister and what few domestic animals they could bring. Over the four-year period, Kee learns to adapt to his inhospitable surroundings. Ultimately, Kee realizes the frailty of his people in the presence of the white soldiers and that to survive, they must find a way to get along with the white man.
Nothing But the Truth
By Avi
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 8 - 12 years
In this thought-provoking examination of freedom, patriotism, and respect, ninth grader Philip Malloy is kept from joining the track team by his failing grades in English class. Convinced that the teacher just doesn't like him, Philip concocts a plan to get transferred out of her class. Breaking the school's policy of silence during the national anthem, he hums along, and ends up in a crisis at the center of the nation's attention.
Nothings Fair in Fifth Grade
By Barthe DeClements
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 8 - 11 years
Now is Your Time!: The African-American Struggle for Freedom
By Walter Dean Myers
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 9 - 12 years
A Coretta Scott King Award winner that is more timely than ever—excellent narrative nonfiction that's "history at its best."* Like Howard Zinn's People's History of the United States, Now Is Your Time! explores American history through the stories of the people whose experiences have shaped and continue to shape the America in which we live.
History has made me an African American. It is an Africa that I have come from, and an America that I have helped to create.
Since they were first brought as captives to Virginia, the people who would become African Americans have struggled for freedom. Thousands fought for the rights of all Americans during the Revolutionary War, and for their own rights during the Civil War. On the battlefield, through education, and through their creative genius, they have worked toward one goal: that the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness be denied no one.
Fired by the legacy of these men and women, the struggle continues today.
"Portrays the quests of individual Africans against the background of broader historical movements. Instead of a comprehensive, strict chronology, Myers offers, through freed slave Ibrahima, investigative reporter Ida Wells, artist Meta Warrick Fuller, inventor George Latimore, artist Dred Scott, the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, and others, history at its best—along with deeper understanding of past and contemporary events. Readers will grasp reasons behind incidents ranging from bewildering Supreme Court decisions to the historical need for the black extended family. Intriguing and rousing." (Publishers Weekly starred review*).
Walter Dean Myers was a New York Times bestselling author, Printz Award winner, five-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award, two-time Newbery Honor recipient, and the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. Maria Russo, writing in the New York Times, called Myers "one of the greats and a champion of diversity in children’s books well before the cause got mainstream attention."
On My Way to Buy Eggs
By Chih-Yuan Chen
Category: Early Reader
Reading Level: 5 - 7 years
When her father sends her out for eggs before she can go out to play, Shau-yu finds plenty of excitement while walking to the store.
Over The Bridge
By Jeannie Kennedy
Category: Early Chapter
Reading Level: 5 - 7 years
Over the Bridge is an Explanation. The FOCUS PANEL for Fluency Level titles continues to build students' reading and writing strategies and skills through the READING REVIEW and WRITING REVIEW. At the end of each book, reading and writing are linked: - Through the Partner Prattle, students in pairs are encouraged to think and talk about what they have read.
Peter the Pumpkin-eater
By Janine Scott
Category: Early Chapter
Reading Level: 8 - 11 years
When Peter enters the 'Grow and Show' gardening competition he plans to grow cactuses. However instead he manages to accidentally grow a crop of giant pumpkins. Now he just has to find a way to get rid of them. Suggested level: primary.
Phoebe the Spy
By Judith Griffin
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 8 - 12 years
Someone is planning to kill George Washington, and young Phoebe Fraunces is trying to save his life. Phoebe gets a job as George Washington's housekeeper, but her real job is to work as a spy. She listens and watches very carefully, and she meets her father every day to tell him what she has learned. One day Phoebe's father tells her that Washington is planning to leave town in a few days, and the person plotting against him will act before then. Phoebe is very frightened, but she is determined to figure out who is after Washington before it's too late. . . . "This episode drawn from the Revolutionary War is related with historical accuracy and suspense and illustrated with finesse."(School Library Journal)
Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorothea Lange
By Elizabeth Partridge
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 8 - 12 years
Photographer Dorothea Lange captured some of the most famous and moving images of the Great Depression. This biography, written by the daughter of Lange's assistant, showcases 60 of Lange's most famous black-and-white photos which show how she caught her subjects in relation to harsh, powerful events, and to one another.
Rigby Literacy: Leveled Reader Grade 5 Glessner House: An American Home and Family
By Rigby
Category: Early Reader
Reading Level: 8 - 12 years
Grade 5 Leveled Reader exploring the history of the Glessner Family.
Robinson Crusoe (Scholastic Junior Classics)
By Retold From Daniel Dafoe
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 8 - 12 years
Shipwrecked Robinson Crusoe is alone on a desert island. Are there wild animals in the forest? Cannibals?
If he wants to stay alive, Robinson Crusoe must start to do things he never thought of doing before: build a house, weave baskets,, tame goals, raise grain, sew anima-l skin clothes.
He has no one to help him, no one to talk to. He has to decide for himself what to do. Then he has to do it.
How does Robinson Crusoe stay alive and safe on his island?
Ryan's Dog Ringo
By Marie Gibson
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 8 - 12 years
Ryan wants a dog. But with his twin brother, Greg, in a wheelchair after an accident involving a dog, and Aunt Beth's feelings toward the species, Ryan doesn't have much hope. Everything changes when Ryan gets a job at the kennels. As he helps a small, unwanted dog named Trixie, he discovers that he may hold the key to helping his brother get well. He knows he can help both, but only if his father and Aunt Beth don't try to stop him before he has a chance.
Sign of the Beaver
By Elizabeth George Speare
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 9 - 12 years
In this Newbery Honor Book, a thirteen-year-old boy struggles to survive on his own in the wilderness of eighteenth-century Maine.
When Matt's father leaves him on his own to guard their new cabin in the wilderness, Matt is scared but determined to be brave and prove that he can take care of himself. And things are going fine until a white stranger steals his gun, leaving Matt defenseless and unable to hunt for his food.
Then Matt meets Attean, a Native boy from the Beaver tribe, and soon learns that people called the land around him home long before the white settlers ever arrived. As Attean teaches him more about his own culture, Matt must come to terms with what the changing frontier really means.
Now with an introduction by critically acclaimed writer Joseph Bruchac about the historical context and the relationships between Native peoples and white settlers in the eighteenth century.
Sir Arthur
By Sunita Apte
Category: Early Reader
Reading Level: 6 - 10 years
Presents a short biography of the man who created Sherlock Holmes. Also presents selections of stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes.
Sleepers, Wake
By Paul Samuel Jacobs
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 8 - 11 years
A ten-year-old boy Dody, a space pioneer of the future, wakes long before anyone else during his ship's journey and grows old while his family continues to sleep.
Strange Meetings
By Jenny Wagner
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 8 - 11 years
Michael's new in town and wants to make a good impression, especially where his new neighbor, Anita, is concerned. But wearing his cousin's baggy clothes doesn't help! Michael turns to his mother's new computer, the space-age Vector 3e, for company. Through the Vector's infrared modem he makes a new friend, Tania, and when they finally do meet face to face, Michael makes more of an impression the he'd bargained for!
Strider
By Beverly Cleary
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 8 - 12 years
Can a stray dog change the life of a teenage boy? It looks as if Strider can.
He's a dog that loves to run; because of Strider, Leigh Botts finds himself running—well enough to join the school track team. Strider changes Leigh on the inside, too, as he finally begins to accept his parents' divorce and gets to know a redheaded girl he's been admiring.
With Strider's help, Leigh finds that the future he once hated to be asked about now holds something he never expected: hope.
Strider is a winning dog adventure for kids ages 6-12. It can be read alongside the beloved classic Dear Mr. Henshaw or on its own.
Television Drama
By Sue Cason
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 6 - 10 years
Tim's dad is a high-profile children's entertainer. He sings and dances and acts like a clown - and all on national television! How embarrassing! But when a small child is in trouble, Tim's feelings about his father change dramatically...
Thanksgiving
By Steve Potts
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 6 - 9 years
Briefly discusses the history and customs connected to the celebration of Thanksgiving in the United States.
The Adventures of Marco Polo
By Russell Freedman
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 8 - 12 years
A look at the life of Marco Polo.
The Adventures of Spider: West African Folktales
By Joyce Cooper Arkhurst
Category: Young Chapter
Reading Level: 8 - 10 years
Presents six tales about Spider, including those which explain how he got a thin waist and a bald head and why he lives in ceilings and dark corners.
The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin
By James Cross Giblin
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 8 - 10 years
A biography of the 18th-century printer, inventor, and statesman who played an influential role in the early history of the United States. Full-color illustrations.
The Bad Luck of King Fred
By Anna-Maria Crum
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 6 - 8 years
Oh no, Your Majesty! Wait! Stop! Don't touch that! Poor King Fred is having the worst luck ever, and he doesn't know what to do next. Even worse, his new royal adviser is working so hard to keep the king out of harm's way, that life in the palace is just no fun anymore. King Fred's suit is muddy, his mustache droopy, and he's getting a little grumpy. What does a king have to do to turn his luck around?
The Berenstain Bear Scouts Ghost Versus Ghost
By Stan Berenstain
Category: Early Chapter
Reading Level: 6 - 10 years
Undaunted by rumors that the Great Grizzly Forest is haunted, the Bear Scouts head off to earn their wilderness survival badges, but the evening brings a scary surprise.
The Emperor's Teacup and More Tales from Near and Far
By Jacqueline Dembar Greene
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 8 - 12 years
Here is a collection of stories from all over the world that have been told, retold, and treasured for years. These seven tales take you to the lands of emperors, kings, and clever ordinary folks. The stories come from Spain, Japan, Russia, Africa, Mexico, and North America. Read about the success of the characters in these tales as they use their brainpower, determination, and their good luck to get ahead.
The Hundred Dresses
By Eleanor Estes
Category: Young Chapter
Reading Level: 7 - 9 years
This Newbery Honor classic, illustrated by a Caldecott Medalist, is a beautifully written tribute to the power of kindness, acceptance, and standing up for what's right. Wanda Petronski is ridiculed by her classmates for wearing the same faded blue dress every day. She claims she has one hundred dresses at home, but everyone knows she doesn’t. When Wanda is pulled out of school one day, the class feels terrible, and classmate Maddie decides that she is "never going to stand by and say nothing again." A timeless, gentle tale about bullies, bystanders, and having the courage to speak up.
The Journal, Dear Future II
By Meredith Costain
Category: Early Chapter
Reading Level: 8 - 10 years
In the year 2198, a time capsule buried for over two hundred years is found under Anika's learning center. Inside it are books, paper, and a journal written in 1998 by a girl called Anna.
The Long Walk Home
By Pauline Cartwright
Category: Early Chapter
Reading Level: 8 - 11 years
When Brad's mom decides to sell their family house, Brad thinks his parents will never get back together. And his mom's new friend, Gary, seems to be very happy with the situation. That's when Brad decides to leave!
The Martian Tales
By Marilee Robin Burton
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 8 - 10 years
The Mighty Ocean
By Melvin Berger
Category: Picture
Reading Level: 6 - 8 years
Discusses the importance of oceans, tides, storms, and marine life.
The Real McCoy
By Susan McCloskey
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 8 - 11 years
Devin McCoy is spending the summer in a small town in Maine. He and his mother are helping his grandmother at her diner, which hasn't been making a lot of money. Devin's parents own a successful restaurant in New York City and know a few tricks of the trade that might improve business at the diner. Devin would love to help, too, but he has a habit of messing up. This may be the summer that he proves what he can do.
The Sound of All Things
By Myron Uhlberg
Category: Picture
Reading Level: 6 - 9 years
Experience the sights and sounds of 1930s Brooklyn and Coney Island through the eyes—and ears—of a hearing boy and his deaf parents.
A Brooklyn family takes an outing to Coney Island, where they enjoy the rides, the food, and the sights. The father longs to know how everything sounds. Though his son does his best to interpret their noisy surroundings through sign language, he struggles to convey the subtle differences between the "loud" of the ocean and the "loud" of a roller coaster.
When the family drops in at the library after dinner, the boy makes a discovery. Perhaps the words he needs are within reach, after all.
Myron Uhlberg's story, based on his own childhood experiences, covers the almost unique topic within children's books of children raised by deaf parents. Ted Papoulas beautifully and sensitively portrays the family's day and brings the whole experience to life for readers.
Tuckers' Gold
By L.L. Owens
Category: Chapter
Reading Level: 8 - 11 years
Twelve-year old Penelope Tucker is not happy when her family decides to head out West. Uncle James hopes to strike it rich in the California gold fields, but Penelope would rather stay in Independence, Missouri. The journey on the Oregon-California trail is difficult. When they finally reach their destination, Penelope finds it not to her liking, until...
We'll Never Forget You, Roberto Clemente
By Trudie Engel
Category: Early Chapter
Reading Level: 8 - 10 years
The biography of this star hitter tells of his youth in Puerto Rico and his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
West Side Kids Book #4: The Pet Sitters
By Ellen Schecter
Category: Early Chapter
Reading Level: 8 - 10 years
Pet-sitting seems like a simple task to DeVonn and his friends, but it soon becomes much more than they bargained for.
What To Do About Alice
By Barbara Kerley
Category: Picture
Reading Level: 7 - 11 years
Theodore Roosevelt had a small problem. Her name was Alice. Alice Lee Roosevelt was hungry to go places, meet people, do things. Father called it running riot. Alice called it eating up the world. Whether she was entertaining important White House visitors with her pet snake or traveling the globe, Alice bucked convention and turned every new experience into an adventure! Brimming with affection and wit, this spirited biography gives readers a peek family life inside the White House. Prose and pictures spring, gambol, and two-step across the pages to celebrate a maverick American heroine.
Which Way Jack
By Diana Short Yurkovic
Category: Early Chapter
Reading Level: 8 - 11 years
An adaptation of the classic fairytale, Jack and the beanstalk. Children are invited to choose Jack's adventures with the plot-your-own story format.