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Barack Obama : an American story /

Edwards, Roberta


This book introduces the life of Barack Obama, who became the fifth African American to be elected as a U.S. Senator in 2004.
Date Published:2008

A chocolate moose for dinner

Gwynne, Fred


Book Links (A.L.A.), May 2000. A little girl pictures the things her parents talk about, such as a chocolate moose, a gorilla war, and shoe trees.
Date Published:1976

I, Juan de Pareja

Treviño, Elizabeth Borton de, 1904-


African slave Juan de Pareja, treated well for most of his life of servitude to seventeenth-century Spanish artist Diego Velazquez, feels the bonds of his position most keenly when he too learns to paint, but is forbidden from revealing his talent.
Date Published:1965

Fire in the sky

Ransom, Candice F., 1952-


School Library Journal, August 1997. Booklist, May 1997. Library Talk, September 1997. Christian Library, March 1998. L.A. Recommended Foreign Language, February 1999. More than losing at marbles, worrying about his relatives and the Nazis in Germany, or hearing his favorite radio hero Jack Armstrong, nine-year-old Stenny Green is focused on getting to see the Hindenburg when it lands near their home in Lakehurst, New Jersey, in 1937.
Date Published:1997

School Library Journal, August 1997. Booklist, May 1997. Library Talk, September 1997. Christian Library, March 1998. L.A. Recommended Foreign Language, February 1999. More than losing at marbles, worrying about his relatives and the Nazis in Germany, or hearing his favorite radio hero Jack Armstrong, nine-year-old Stenny Green is focused on getting to see the Hindenburg when it lands near their home in Lakehurst, New Jersey, in 1937.

Date Published:1997

The shaman's apprentice : a tale of the Amazon rain forest /

Cherry, Lynne


"A Gulliver green book." Elem. School Library Collection, June 2000. School Library Journal, May 1998. Book Links (A.L.A.), July 2004. Publisher's Weekly, March 1998. Booklist, April 1998. Appraisal-Science Books for Young People, April 1999. Science and Children (N.S.T.A.), February 1999. L.A. Recommended Foreign Language, February 2000. Kamanya believes in the shaman's wisdom about the healing properties of plants found in the Amazon rain forest and hopes one day to be a healer for his people.
Date Published:1998

"A Gulliver green book." Elem. School Library Collection, June 2000. School Library Journal, May 1998. Book Links (A.L.A.), July 2004. Publisher's Weekly, March 1998. Booklist, April 1998. Appraisal-Science Books for Young People, April 1999. Science and Children (N.S.T.A.), February 1999. L.A. Recommended Foreign Language, February 2000. Kamanya believes in the shaman's wisdom about the healing properties of plants found in the Amazon rain forest and hopes one day to be a healer for his people.

Date Published:1998

Too much noise

McGovern, Ann


Wilson's Children, October 2006. Booklist. Horn Book. Kirkus Review. Peter complains his house is too noisy so the wise man advises him to obtain some rather unusual house guests.
Date Published:1967

Chrysanthemum

Henkes, Kevin.


Wilson's Children, October 2010. Elem. School Library Collection, March 1998. School Library Journal, September 1996. Five Owls, January 1997. Book Links (A.L.A.), January 2004. Book Report. Chrysanthemum loves her name until she starts going to school and the other children begin to make fun of it.
Date Published:1991

Ramona the brave

Cleary, Beverly


Elem. School Library Collection, June 2000. Library Journal. Booklist. Kirkus Review. Six-year-old Ramona Quimby must cope with a scary new bedroom, a job that steals away her mother's attention, and an unsympathetic first grade teacher.
Date Published:1975

Franklin D. Roosevelt : thirty-second president of the United States /

Osinski, Alice


Includes index. Follows the life and career of America's thirty-second president, who led the country through the Depression and was elected to four terms in the White House.
Date Published:1987

Pierre August Renoir

Venezia, Mike


Elem. School Library Collection, June 2000. School Library Journal, December 1996. Booklist, September 1996. Briefly recounts the role of Renoir, along with his fellow artists, in the development of a new type of painting known as Impressionism.
Date Published:1996

Knots on a counting rope

Martin, Bill, 1916-2004.


Boy-Strength-of-Blue-Horses and his grandfather reminisce about the young boy's birth, his first horse, and an exciting horse race.
Date Published:1987

Guts

Telgemeier, Raina.


School Library Journal starred, August 2019. Horn Book Starred, September 2019. Pub Weekly, May 2019. Booklist, June 2019. New York Times, December 2019. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), September 2019. Kirkus Review, June 2019. In graphic novel form, Raina Telgemeier relates her struggles with stress and anxiety as a child.
Date Published:2019

Dolley Madison : first lady /

Klingel, Cynthia Fitterer.


"Spirit of America." School Library Journal, January 2003. Briefly describes the life of First Lady Dolley Madison, including her accomplishments and her impact on American history.
Date Published:2003

The U.S. Supreme Court

Dubois, Muriel L.


Library Media Connection starred, April 2004. Introduces children to the Supreme Court, its justices and how it selects and decides cases.
Date Published:2004

The buried city of Pompeii : what it was like when Vesuvius exploded /

Tanaka, Shelley


"Hyperion/Madison Press book." "An I was there book"--Cover. School Library Journal, March 1998. Booklist, December 1997. Teacher Librarian, May 1998. Library Talk, May 1998. L.A. Recommended Foreign Language, February 1999. Uses a fictionalized account of the life of the steward of an important estate to describe the ancient Italian city of Pompeii and what happened to it during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.
Date Published:1997

"Hyperion/Madison Press book." "An I was there book"--Cover. School Library Journal, March 1998. Booklist, December 1997. Teacher Librarian, May 1998. Library Talk, May 1998. L.A. Recommended Foreign Language, February 1999. Uses a fictionalized account of the life of the steward of an important estate to describe the ancient Italian city of Pompeii and what happened to it during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.

Date Published:1997

Marion Jones : world-class runner = Marion Jones : atleta de categoria internacional /

Feldman, Heather.


Includes index. Includes glossary. Simple text and photographs describe the achievements of a world-class runner.
Date Published:2001

Julie of the wolves.

George, Jean Craighead


Winner of the 1973 Newbery Medal.
Date Published:1972

Panda bear, panda bear, what do you see?

Martin, Bill, 1916-2004.


Wilson's Children, October 2010. School Library Journal, August 2003. Pub Weekly, June 2003. Booklist, July 2003. New York Times, January 2004. Horn Book, October 2007. Illustrations and rhyming text present ten different endangered animals.
Date Published:2003

The Berenstain Bears on time.

Berenstain, Stan, 1923-



Date Published:1992

Thermometers

Richardson, Adele, 1966-


The class investigates -- What is a thermometer? -- Parts of a thermometer -- Fahrenheit and Celsius -- Thermometers in school -- Other uses for thermometers -- Test the world around you -- What did they learn?. Library Media Connection, October 2004. Introduces the function, parts, and uses of thermometers, and provides instructions for two activities that demonstrate how a thermometer works.
Date Published:2004