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Ada, Alma Flor. BJ 1533 .H7 M66 1997 (Spanish Translation)
The Gold Coin. Atheneum, 1991. (P-I)
Dona Josefa thinks she is the richest woman in the world because she has a gold coin. When a thief is determined to steal her riches, he tracks her across country and discovers her real treasure is something else all together. |
Bartone, Elisa. PZ 7 .B28563 Pe 1993
Peppe the Lamplighter. Lothrop, 1993. (P-I)
Peppe is a young immigrant who has to work to support his family in Little Italy, but his father doesn't approve of his work as a lamplighter. |
Brown, Marcia. PZ 8.1 .B816 St 1986
Stone Soup. Scribner's, 1975. (P-I)
Three weary soldiers ask for some food and lodging in a village and the villagers refuse to share. The soldiers show them how to cook a delicious soup from stones - and a little bit of food added by each of the villagers. |
Brumbeau, Jeff. PZ 7 .B82834 Qu 1999.
The Quiltmaker's Gift. Scholastic, 2001. (I)
A greedy king covets the beautiful quilts that a charitable quilt-maker creates for the poor. |
Burnie, David. QK 475.8 .B87 1988.
Tree (DK eyewitness Guides). Dorling Kindersley, 2005. (I)
With vivid photographs and double-page spreads, this book discusses the anatomy and life cycle of a tree. |
Clements, Andrew. PZ 7 .C59118 Fr 1996.
Frindle. Simon & Schuster, 1996. (I)
An enterprising fifth-grader pushes the limits of his teacher's patience when he introduces a new word for pen. |
Colon-Vila, Lillian. PZ 73 .C652 1998.
Salsa. Pinata, 1998. (I)
A young girl from New York describes salsa dance and imagines being a salsa director. |
Cronin, Doreen. PZ 7 .C88135 Cl 2000.
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type. Simon & Schuster, 2000. (I)
Farmer Brown's cows type out their demands on an old typewriter and Duck acts as the intermediary with hilarious results. Illustrated by Betsy Lewin. |
dePaola, Tomie. E 99 .C85 D4 1996
The Legend of the Bluebonnet. Putnam, 1983. (P-I)
A young orphan named She-Who-Is-Alone sacrifices her only possession, a doll given to her by her parents, to save her people from drought. The Great Spirits remember her sacrifice by filling the hills and valleys of Texas with bluebonnets. |
Feiffer, Jules. PZ 7 .F33345 Bar 1999
Bark, George. Harper, 1999. (T-I)
George's mother takes him to the doctor to find out why he is making animal sounds. She and the doctor are very surprised by the results of George's examination. |
Igus, Toyomi. PZ 7 .I26 Tw 1996
Two Mrs. Gibsons. Children's Press, 1996. (P-I)
A young girl describes her African-American grandmother and her Japanese-American mother who both love her very much. |
Juster, Norton. PZ 7 .J984 H4 2005
The Hello, Goodbye Window. Hyperion, 2005. (T-I)
A young, bi-racial girl tells about her day at her grandparent's house and all the fun she has looking through the kitchen window. This Caldecott-award-winning book is illustrated by Chris Raschka. |
Lankford, Mary D. and Karen Dugan. GV 1218 .H6 L36 1996
Hopscotch Around the World. Harper, 1996. (I-L)
Nineteen hopscotch patterns from different cultures are illustrated and described and instructions for play are provided. |
Leventhal, Debtra. P 124 .L48 1994
What is Your Language?. Dutton, 1994. (I-L)
The song "What is Your Language?" is illustrated with pictures of children playing in settings from around the world. |
McCloskey, Robert. PZ 7 .M1336 Ti 1985
Time of Wonder. Puffin, 1957. (P-I)
Three children experience a sometimes peaceful, sometimes scary, but always wonderful, summer vacation. |
Osborne, Mary Pope. PZ 7 .O81167 Mi 1996
Midnight on the Moon. Random, 1996. (P-I)
Jack and Annie travel to the future as astronauts on an international space station based on the moon in this book from the Magic Tree House series. |
San Souci, Robert D. PZ 8.1 .S227 Tal 1989
The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South. Dial, 1988. (P-I)
A young girl, who is treated harshly by her mother and sister, meets a woman with magical powers in the forest who gives her talking eggs filled with treasures. Her mean sister tries to force the old woman to give her treasures, too. She takes the eggs she is supposed to leave behind and is unpleasantly surprised by their contents. |
Silverstein, Shel. PZ 8.3 .S5844 Wh
Where the Sidewalk Ends. Harper, 1974. (P-I)
This is a collection of very funny poems and drawings about life appropriate for a school-aged child. |
Tresselt, Alvin R. PZ 7 .T732 Wak
Wake Up City. Lothrop, 1990. (P-I)
The hustle and bustle of the city is depicted with realistic illustrations. |
Wells, Rosemary. PZ 7 .W46843 Mars 1995
Max and Ruby's Midas. Dial, 1995. (P-I)
Ruby tells Max the story of Midas, the little boy who turned everything to dessert. |
Williams, Vera B. PZ 7 .W6685 Mo 1990
"More More More" Said the Baby: Three Love Stories. Greenwillow, 1990. (P-I)
Three babies are loved by different people. |
Jeanne Martinez, 3/27/08 |
