Langston Hughes, by Langston Hughes; Illustrated by Benny Andrews
1 / Strega Nona: an original tale, by Tomie De Paola/
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1975 / When Strega Nona leaves him alone with her magic pasta pot, Big Anthony is determined to show the townspeople how it works. / Caldecott Honor, 1976 / ELA2R4k
Folklore: Italy
Grades: K-3
Dewey: 398
2 / Starry messenger : a book depicting the life of a famous scientist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, physicist Galileo Galilei, by Peter Sis/
Farrar Straus Giroux, 1996 / This biography examines the remarkable life of the Italian astronomer Galileo. / Caldecott Honor, 1997 / S4E1, S4E2
Science: Scientists
Biography: Galileo
Ages: Grades 1-4
Dewey: 520
3 / Martin's big words : the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., by Doreen Rappaport; illustrated
by Bryan Collier/
Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books For Children, 2001 / This book focuses on the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. / Caldecott Honor (2002);
Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor (2002) / SSKH1e, SS2H1a
Social Studies: Famous African Americans, Civil rights workers
Biography:
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Grades: K-5
Dewey: 323
4 / True confessions of Charlotte Doyle,
By Avi/
Orchard Books,
2003 / Thirteen -year-old Charlotte finds herself caught between a murderous captain and a mutinous crew on a transatlantic voyage in 1832. / Newbery Honor (1991);
Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction Award (1991) / ELA6R1c, e ELA6RC1
Language Arts: Fiction
Grades: 6-8
5 / 100 days of cool,
by Stuart J. Murphy; illustrated by John Bendall-Brunello/
Harper Collins, 2004 / Four students arrive on the first day of school looking cool and their teacher challenges them to keep it up as they count down one hundred days to a cool celebration. / M1N1
Math: Counting
Reading: AR
Grades: 1-5
Dewey: 513
6 / Good brother, bad brother: the story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth,
by James Giblin/
Clarion, 2005 / This book recounts the lives of stage actor Edwin Booth and his younger brother, John Wilkes Booth, assassin of Abraham Lincoln. / Excellent reviews from Kirkus Reviews (May, 2005) and School Library Journal (May, 2005) / SS5H1d
SSUSH9bef
Social Studies:
Abraham Lincoln
Reading: AR
Grades: 5-9
Dewey: 792
7 / Polar Animals by Deborah Hodge, illustrated by Pat Stephens/
Kids Can, 2008 / Realistic illustrations and short written descriptions offer facts about polar animals live in their frozen habitats. Part of the “Who Lives Here?” series. / S1L1d, S3L1c, S5L1a Science: Animals
Pre School/Grade 1
Dewey: 591
8 / The cat with the yellow star: Coming of
age in Terezin,
by Susan Goldman Rubin with Ela
Weissberger/
Holiday House, 2006 / From the age of 11 to 15, Ela Weissberger endured life in the concentration camp Terezin. This book is written in remembrance of the 6,580 children whose
lives were lost. / Excellent review from School Library Journal (June, 2006) / SS5H6b, SS6H5, SS7H6
Social Studies:
Holocaust
Reading: AR
Grades: 3-7
Dewey: 940
9 / Star of Fear, Star of Hope, by Jo Hoestlandt,
translated from the French by Mark Polizzotti/
Walker, 1995 / A nine year old girl loses her Jewish friend and is forever haunted by the yellow Jewish star of remembrance. / This book won the Graphics Prize at the 1994 Bologna Book Fair. / SS5H6b, SS6H5, SS7H6
Social Studies Holocaust
Grades: 4-6
Fiction
10 / The World Book encyclopedia: World Book millennium 2000/
World Book, 2000 / Twenty-two volume set, illustrated. Volume 22 consists of research guide and index. / Subject: Reference
Dewey: 031
Intermediate grades
11 / Pompeii: lost and found by Mary Pope Osborne,
illustrated by Bonnie Christensen/
Alfred A. Knopf/Random House Children’s Books, 2006 / Osborne presents the story of ancient Pompeii before the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in CE 79. Christensen’s dramatic frescoes show the daily activities before the city was entombed in ash. / Recommended by Kirkus Reviews (Dec. 2005) and School Library Journal (Jan, 2006) / S5E1b
Science: Volcanoes
Reading: AR
Grades: 1-5
Dewey: 937
12 / Landed, by Milly Lee; illustrated by Yangsook
Choi/
Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus and
Giroux, 2006 / Twelve-year-old Sun immigrates to America, and is detained at San Francisco’s Angel Island in the years following the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. / SS5H3d, SS4H6 Social Studies: Immigrants
Chinese Americans
Reading: AR
Grades: 3-7
Dewey: Fiction
13 / Night Boat to Freedom, by Margot Theis Raven; illustrated by E.B. Lewis/
Melanie Kroupa
Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006 / A 12-year old risks his life to help row runaway slaves across the river from Kentucky to the free state of Ohio. / SS1H1, SS3G1
Social Studies: Underground Railroad
African Americans
Reading: AR
Grades: 1-4
Dewey: Easy Fiction
14 / Salaam: A Muslim American boy’s story, by Tricia
Brown; photographs by Ken Cardwell/
Henry
Holt Books for Young Readers, 2006 / Photographs and simple text chronicle a young Muslim American boy’s life in San Francisco. / SSKG1
Social Studies: Diverse community
Reading: AR
Grades: K-3
Dewey: 973
15 / Weedflower, by Cynthia Kadohata/
Books for Young Readers/Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, 2006 / A girl and her family are sent to a Japanese internment camp on an Indian reservation where she encounters prejudice and the friendship of a Mohave boy. / Recommended by School Library Journal (July, 2006) / SS5H6b
Social Studies: Japanese Americans World War II
Reading: AR
Grades: 5-9
Dewey: Fiction
16 / Yoon and the Christmas Mitten,
by Gabriela Swiatkowska/
Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006 / After learning about Santa Claus in school, young Korean immigrant Yoon desperately wants a visit from him despite her parents wish for her to retain Korean traditions. / Recommended by Kirkus Reviews (Nov. 2006) / SSKG1
Social Studies: Diverse community
Reading: AR
Grades: K-3
Dewey: Fiction
17 / The Standard Deviants: Algebra Adventure—Learning Algebra: The Basics, by Robert Deege
Cerebellum Corp, 2002
Format: VHS / Standard Deviants makes use of humorous skits and computer graphics to offer a helpful alternative to traditional algebra teaching methods. / M8A1, MA2A5, MM3A3
Subject: Math
Dewey: 378
Young Adult
18 / Conversation pieces for improving ESL communication [videorecording], by Vocalis Ltd, 2006
Format: DVD / Contains nine scenes that showcase words related to common situations, covering greetings, food, directions, work, health, and other topics, designed to help students of English as a second language improve their communication skills. / ELA1LSV1d, ELA2LSV1d
Area: ESL
Subject: Language Arts
Dewey: 428
Young Adult
19 / Uncle Peter’s Amazing Chinese Wedding, by Lenore Look; illustrated by Yumi Heo/Atheneum Books for Young Readers/Simon & Schuster Children’s
Publishing, 2006 / Many Chinese wedding traditions are portrayed through artwork in this story of a girl and her new aunt. / Recommended by The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (Jan, 2006) / SSKG1
Social Studies: Diverse community
Reading: AR
Grades: K-3
Dewey: Easy Fiction
20 / The Braid, by Helen Frost/
Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006 / Two Scottish sisters choose different paths during the nineteenth century. One stays in Scotland and one immigrates to Canada. / Recommended by the School Library Journal (2006) / SS6H2c, SS6G1a, b
Social Studies:
Immigrants
Geography: Canada
Grades: 7-11
Dewey: Fiction
Told in a traditional Scottish style of writing.
21 / My Colors, My World/Mis colores, mi mundo, by Maya Christina Gonzalez/
Children’s Book Press, 2007 / Young Maya’s journey from sand-covered surroundings to a world overflowing with rich violet and pink hues offers a visual feast of vibrant colors and magic realism. / Pura Belpre Illustrator Honor Book (2008) / ELA1LSV1d, ELA2LSV1d, SSKG1
Area: ESL
Subject: Reading
Diverse community
Easy Fiction
Grades: K-3
22 / The new SAT: critical reading & writing [videorecording], by Robert Deege/
Cerebellum Corp, 2005
Format: VHS / A guide to preparing for the critical reading and writing sections of the 2005 version of the SAT college entrance exam, featuring topic reviews, discussing test layout and time management, and describing strategies for handling different types of questions, and for essay writing. / ELA3W1, ELA5W1, ELA6W2, ELAALRL4
Subject: Reading and Writing
Young Adult
Dewey 378
23 / To spoil the sun, by Joyce Rockwood/
H. Holt, 1976; reprinted 2003 / Omens forewarn Rain Dove and the other Cherokee Indians who live in Mulberry Town, a sixteenth-century village in the southern Appalachians, of the disease and upheaval that will come upon them following the arrival of Spanish explorers. / Subject:
Social Studies
Fiction
Young Adult
Special Feature:
Georgia Author
24 / The Standard Deviants present American government: Part1 [videorecording], by Rob Deege/
Cerebellum Corp, 1999
Format: DVD / This video offers an entertaining but informative look at the three branches of government, how they function, and how they work with each other in a system of checks and balances. / SS3CG1, SSCG5, SS4CG3, SS4CG1
Subject:
Social Studies American Government
Young Adult
Dewey 320
25 / The Magic School Bus catches a wave [videorecording] Scholastic, by South Carolina ETV/
Warner Home Video, 2005
Format: DVD / Ms. Frizzle takes a humid, sticky day in the summer and turns it into a lesson on how to become weather-wise. / S1E1, S4E4, SES5, S5E1
Subject: Science
Grades: K-3
Dewey: 551
26 / The essential guide to children’s books and their creators, by Anita Silvey, editor/
Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002 / This is a selection tool that is comprehensive in its scope of children’s fiction. / Area: Professional Resource
Dewey: 810
27 / Webster’s New World dictionary and thesaurus, by Michael Agnes, editor in chief; with principal thesaurus text by Charlton Laird/
Webster’s New World, 2002 / Every library must have a comprehensive dictionary and thesaurus for the reference area! / Area: Reference
Dewey: 423
28 / My Name is Gabito: The Life of Gabriel Garcia Marquez/Me llamo Gabito: La vida de Gabriel Garcia Marquez, by Monica Brown, illustrated by Raul Colon/
Luna Rising, 2007 / Evocative, tropical illustrations pull the eye into Márquez’s imaginative world, introducing children to the early life of the celebrated Colombian author. / Pura Belpre Illustrator Honor Book (2008) / ELA1LSV1d, ELA2LSV1d, SSKG1
Area: ESL
Subject: Reading
Social Studies: Diverse community
Dewey: 863
Grades: K-3
29 / Yum! Mmmm! Que Rico! Americas’ Sproutings, by Pat Mora, illustrated by Rafael Lopez/
Lee & Low, 2007 / Fourteen haiku celebrate foods that are native to North, Central, and South America. Vibrant illustrations energize the poems, while informational sidebars invite further inquiry. / Pura Belpre Illustrator Honor Book (2008) / ELA1LSV1d, ELA2LSV1d, SSKG1
Area: ESL
Subject: Reading
Social Studies: Diverse community
Dewey: 811
Grades: K-3
30 / Marie Curie, by Kathleen Krull, illustrated by Boris Kulikov/
Viking, 2007 / Curie broke scientific ground discovering radium, from which both she and her husband died. Krull’s conversational narrative brings a giant among scientists and her work to life. / Book Links Lasting Connections 2007
Notable Children’s Books 2008 / S4CS8, S6CS9, S7CS9, S8CS8
Subject: Science
Dewey: 540
Grades 5-8
31 / Revolution is not a dinner party [large print], by Ying Chang Compestine/
Thorndike Press, 2008 / A family and neighborhood suffer terrible changes during the Cultural Revolution in China. / A 2008 Best Book for Young Adults. / SSKG1
Social Studies: Diverse community
Grades: 5-8
Dewey: Fiction
32 / The Giver, Large Print edition, by Lois Lowry/
Literacy Bridge, 1994 / A twelve-year-old boy discovers disturbing truths about his utopian world and the costs of his well-ordered, and pain-free society. / Newbery Medal Winner (1994)
ALA Notable Children's Book
ALA Best Book for Young Adults / ELA8RC2, ELA8RC1
Subject: Reading
Grades: 6-9
Dewey: Fiction
33 / Measurement Mania, by Lynette Long/Wiley, 2001 / Includes games and activities to make math easy and fun / Area: Math
Grades: Dewey: 372
34 / Dictionary of American children’s fiction, 1995-1999 : books of recognized merit, by Alethea Helbig/
Greenwood Press, 2002 / This is a selection tool that is comprehensive in its scope of children’s fiction. / Area: Professional Resource
Dewey: 813
35 / Learning disabilities: what are they? Helping parents and teachers understand the characteristics, by Robert E. Cimera/ 2007 / Professional resource book Different types of learning disabilities affecting children are described and strategies for parents and teachers are provided. / Area: Special Education
Grades: all
Dewey: 371
36 / The New book of knowledge/
Grolier Inc, 1998 / A 22 volume, illustrated encyclopedia with articles on history, literature, art and music, geography, mathematics, science, sports, and other topics. Some articles include activities, projects, or experiments. / Area: Reference
Dewey: 031
Primary grades
37 / Test anxiety & what you can do about it: a practical guide for teachers, parents, and kids, by Joseph A. Casbarrro/
2005 / Professional resource book Strategies for teacher and parents are provided in order to help students to overcome test anxiety. / Area: Test Taking
Grades: 3-12
Dewey: 371
38 / The survival guide for teachers of gifted kids: how to plan, manage, and evaluate programs for gifted youth K-12, by James R. Delisle/2003 / Professional resource book Strategies to implement an effective gifted program and helpful resources are provided in this book. / Area: Gifted
Grades: all
Dewey: 371
39 / Children’s literature selections and strategies for students with reading difficulties: a resource for teachers, by Nancy S. Williams/2000 / Professional resource book Learning strategies, parent communication helps, and resources for teachers are provided in this book. This book also explains how to match appropriate reading materials to struggling young readers. / Subject: Reading
Grades: K-5
Dewey: 372
40 / Writing across the curriculum: because all teachers teach writing, by Shelley Peterson/2005 / Professional resource book assists teachers of all areas with writing instruction. / ELA3W1, ELA5W1, ELA6W2
Subject: Language Arts
Grades: all
Dewey: 372
41 / Working with English language learners: answers to teachers’ top ten questions, by Stephen Cary/
2007 / Professional resource book Teachers’ questions about English language learners are answered and practical strategies to assist them in meeting these students’ needs are given. / Area: ESL
Grades: all
Dewey: 428
42 / 100 amazing make-it-yourself science fair projects, by Glen Vecchione/
Sterling Publishers, 1994 / Science fair projects involving electricity, sound, physics, chemistry, biology, and ecology are thoroughly explained in concept and design. / Elementary School Library Collection 03/01/98
Appraisal-Science Books for Young People
School Library Journal 03/01/95 / S6CS9, S7CS9, S8CS8
Subject: Science
Grades: 5-8
Dewey: 507
43 / Boys and girls learn differently! A guide for teachers and parents, by Michael Gurian/
2001 / Professional resource book This book discusses how the American education system can be improved by considering the differences gender plays in learning. / Area: Diversity
Grades: all
Dewey: 370
44 / Newspaper Source (an online database accessed through EBSCO Publishing)
Format: Database / This database enables students to listen to and view a variety of media to acquire information. / ELA2LSV1
Subject: Current events. World News
Grades: 9-12
Dewey: Reference
45 / An Early American Quilt, by Hesperus/
Maggie’s Music, 2007
Format: Music CD / This music CD enables students to listen to and view a variety of media to acquire information and cultural appreciation. / ELA11LSV2, SS8H3, SS4H4, SS1H2
Genre: Folk Music
Grades: Young Adult
Dewey: 780
46 / The Best of Mozart, by Brilliant Classics/ Netherlands, 2006
Format:
Music CD / This music CD enables students to listen to various performers and various orchestral arrangements to acquire cultural appreciation the the classical genre of music. / SS6G8, ELA11LSV2
Cultural Characteristics of Europe
Young Adult
Dewey:781
47 / Copyright for schools; a practical guide, by Carol Mann Simpson/
Linworth Books, 2005 / This authoritative work covers fair use and public domain copyright issues as they pertain to print and non print items. / Wilson’s Senior High School 2007
Library Media Connection starred 2005
Teacher Librarian 2006
School Library Journal 2005
Booklist 2005
Reference and Research Book News 2005 / Dewey: 346
Professional Resource
48 /
Langston Hughes, by Langston Hughes; illustrated by Benny Andrews/
Sterling Publishers, 2006
/ An illustrated collection of twenty-six poems by noted African-American poet Langston Hughes, and contains a detailed introduction and biography, as well as brief notes accompanying each poem. / Coretta Scott King Award/Honor 2007Many reviews highly recom-mend this book. / ELA3R3n
Subject: Language Arts: Poetry
Dewey: 811
Grades: 3-6
49 / Georgia [eBook], by Craig A. Doherty/
Facts On File, 2005 / Examines the history of the state of Georgia, and describes its earliest settlements, native peoples who lived in the area, slavery, early system of government, and more. / Library Media Connection (2006) / SS8H2, SS8CG1
Social Studies
Dewey: 975
Grades: 5-8
50 / To kill a mockingbird, by Harper Lee/
Harper Collins Publishers, 1999 / Scout Finch, the young daughter of a local attorney in the Deep South during the 1930s, tells of her father's defense of an African-American man charged with the rape of a white girl. / Wilson’s Senior High School (2007) and Wilson’s Fiction (2006) / ELAALRC1, ELAALRL1,
ELAALRL2, ELAALRL4
Subject: Language Arts
Dewey: 813
Fiction
Young Adult
51 / What a great idea!: inventions that changed the world, by Steve Tomecek/
Scholastic Nonfiction, 2003 / Explains how forty-five historic and prehistoric inventions, such as the hand ax, the axle, writing, money, the clock, anesthesia, and the nuclear reactor, work and describes their origins and impact. / SSUSH11
Subject: Inventions, History
Grade Level: 8-12
Dewey: 609
52 / The story of medicine from acupuncture to X rays, by Judy Lindsay/Oxford University Press, 2003 / This book discusses the treatment of ailments and the practice of medicine from ancient times to the present. / S7L2
Subject: Medicine
Grade Level: 5-8
Dewey: 610