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47 In this part fictional slave narrative and part science fiction story, 47, ... Author: Mosley, Walter GED Descriptors: social studies 9-11 Artists Respond: Volume One Over 100 graphic artists draw their reactions to the 9-ll attack on the Wor... Author: No author cited GED Descriptors: social studies Abe Lincoln Remembers Written as if Lincoln were telling his life story, the book briefly traces ... Author: Turner, Ann GED Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies Abraham's Battle An ex-slave named Abraham, a young Confederate soldier, and a girl from Get... Author: Banks, Sara Harrell GED Descriptors: social studies Across America on an Emigrant Train This nonfiction account of Robert Louis Stevenson's train trip from New Yor... Author: Murphy, Jim GED Descriptors: social studies Action Jackson Watercolors and text invite the reader to accompany Jackson Pollock as he c... Author: Greenberg, Jan & Jordan, Sandra GED Descriptors: literature and arts Actual Size Accompanied by an easy-reading text, bright collages of insects, fish, and ... Author: Jenkins, Steve GED Descriptors: science | math Adventures of Marco Polo, The The author recounts the 13th Century life and exploration of the famous Ven... Author: Freedman, Russell GED Descriptors: social studies African American Answer Book This book contains 325 multiple choice questions and answers, all about Afr... Author: Rennert, R.S. GED Descriptors: social studies African Princess Illustrated with paintings, photographs, and artifacts, six biographies tel... Author: Hansen, Joyce GED Descriptors: social studies After the War Was Over In this charming book, Michael Foreman describes growing up in post-World W... Author: Foreman, Michael GED Descriptors: social studies Aida The opera diva Leontyne Price retells this classic operatic tale made famou... Author: Price, Leontyne GED Descriptors: literature and arts Ajeemah and His Son This very powerful, short chapter book (83 pages) is set first in Africa, t... Author: Berry, James GED Descriptors: social studies Alia's Mission This graphic storybook/graphic novel is based on the true story of the chie... Author: Stamaty, Mark Alan GED Descriptors: social studies | literature and arts Alice Ramsey's Grand Adventure Alice Ramsey and three other women face floods, mud, and travel without map... Author: Brown, Don GED Descriptors: social studies All Around Town Columbia, South Carolina of the 1920's and 1930's is chronicled by photogra... Author: Johnson, Dinah GED Descriptors: All I See Shy Charlie admires the painter Gregory's work from afar. The child and ad... Author: Rylant, Cynthia GED Descriptors: All the Colors of the Race A collection of poems celebrating the family and minority heritages. The po... Author: Adoff, Arnold GED Descriptors: All the Places to Love A young boy talks about all his favorite places, those of his family and hi... Author: MacLachlan, Patricia GED Descriptors: Alphabet City Although we recommend alphabet books rarely and only with great cautions th... Author: Johnson, Steven T. GED Descriptors: Amazing Impossible Erie Canal, The After an introduction detailing the need to transport goods back and forth ... Author: Harness, Cheryl GED Descriptors: social studies Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin, The This Franklin biography also includes details about important historical ev... Author: Giblin, James Cross GED Descriptors: social studies Amazing Potato, The A wonderful example of thematic writing, this book about the potato include... Author: Meltzer, Milton GED Descriptors: social studies | science Amelia and Eleanor Go For A Ride Story of an evening when two famous and courageous women take to the air, a... Author: Ryan, Pan Munoz GED Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies America Street: A Multicultural Anthology of Stories This is a collection of 14 short stories about people with many different c... Author: Mazer, Anne (ed.) GED Descriptors: literature and arts American Boy: The Adventures of Mark Twain This biography of Sam Clemens focuses primarily on his childhood. Readers w... Author: Brown, Don GED Descriptors: literature and arts American Plague, An Subtitled "The True and Terifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 179... Author: Murphy, Jim GED Descriptors: social studies American Safari, An Award-winning wildlife photographer Jim Brandenburg shows and tells the sto... Author: Brandenburg, Jim GED Descriptors: science America's White Table A simple story about a family's Veterans' Day dinner preparation is used to... Author: Raven, Margot GED Descriptors: social studies Amistad: A Long Road to Freedom When slaves on the ship Amistad rebelled and tried to return home to Africa... Author: Myers, Walter Dean GED Descriptors: social studies Anastasia's Album This biography of Anastasia, the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of R... Author: Brewster, Hugh GED Descriptors: social studies Ancient Cliff Dwellers of Mesa Verde, The The Anasazi, "the ancient ones" in Navajo, had a unique and well developed ... Author: Arnold, Caroline GED Descriptors: social studies And Not Afraid To Dare This is a collection of short (15-20 page) biographies of 10 African Americ... Author: Bolden, Tonya GED Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies And So They Build Each page depicts an unusual animal, insect, or bird and how it builds a ho... Author: Kitchen, Bert GED Descriptors: science Androcles and the Lion This book retells the fable of Androcles, a runaway Roman slave, who befrie... Author: Nolan, Dennis GED Descriptors: literature and arts Angel for Solomon Singer, An In this urban story, a transplanted Hoosier lives a lonely life in New York... Author: Rylant, Cynthia GED Descriptors: Angel to Angel The author-poet celebrates mothers in this collection of poems illustrated ... Author: Myers, Walter Dean GED Descriptors: literature and arts Angels of Mercy This book is about the army nurses of WW II. Chapters about WW II in genera... Author: Kuhn, Betsy GED Descriptors: social studies Animal Architecture The author describes the shelters created by a wide variety of creatures fr... Author: Dewey, Jennifer Owings GED Descriptors: science Animals in Flight This is an excellent science picture book on flight of winged creatures wit... Author: Steve Jenkins & Robin Page GED Descriptors: science Ann and Seamus This story of a real event in 1828 alternates chapters in free verse of the... Author: Major, Kevin GED Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary This nonfiction reference book is filled with photographs and details about... Author: Verhoeven, Rian & van der Rol, Ruud GED Descriptors: social studies Anno's Journey Anno arrives by small boat, bargains for a horse, and begins a journey acro... Author: Anno, Mitsumasa GED Descriptors: Anno's Magic Seeds A wizard gives Jack magic seeds, which he cultivates, and he reaps ever inc... Author: Anno, Mitsumasa GED Descriptors: math Anno's Mysterious Multiplying Jar In the guise of a tale about a jar, the father-son authors illustrate the a... Author: Anno, Mitsumasa and Anno, Masaichiro GED Descriptors: math Antarctica: Journeys to the South Pole This non-fiction, photographic picture book tells the history of the Antarc... Author: Myers, Walter Dean GED Descriptors: social studies | writing | literature and arts Anthony Burns The subtitle of this book is "The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave." ... Author: Hamilton, Virginia GED Descriptors: social studies Appalachia: The Voices of Sleeping Birds The author and the illustrator, both from Appalachia, lovingly remember the... Author: Rylant, Cynthia GED Descriptors: Appointment This lavishly illustrated book is a distillation of the classic Somerset Ma... Author: Maugham, Somerset GED Descriptors: literature and arts Armageddon Summer Fourteen-year-old Marina and 16-year-old Jed accompany their parents' relig... Author: Yolen, Jane & Coville, Bruce GED Descriptors: literature and arts Around the World in a Hundred Years During the late 15th century, explorers sailed a relatively unknown world i... Author: Fritz, Jean GED Descriptors: social studies Artist in Overalls Born into a poor farming family in Iowa, Grant Wood struggled to study art ... Author: Duggleby, John GED Descriptors: literature and arts Artistic Trickery An engaging and thorough explanation of trompe l'oeil art and how it works.... Author: Capek, Michael GED Descriptors: Ashanti to Zulu Each letter of this alphabet book describes a different African culture. I... Author: Musgrove, Margaret GED Descriptors: At Her Majesty's Request Queen Victoria oversees the education and upbringing of an African princess... Author: Myers, Walter Den GED Descriptors: social studies At the End of Words: A Daughter's Memoir What happens "at the end of words"? The author faced this difficult questio... Author: Stone, Miriam GED Descriptors: Atalanta's Race, A Greek Myth This retelling of an ancient Greek myth describes Atalanta, abandoned by he... Author: Climo, Shirley GED Descriptors: literature and arts Attack on Pearl Harbor Subtitled "The true story of the day America entered World War II," this bo... Author: Tanaka, Shelley GED Descriptors: social studies Auction, The In this sad intergenerational story, a boy and his grandfather reminisce th... Author: Andrews, Jan GED Descriptors: Auld Lang Syne Told from first person perspective, this life story of Robert Burns from ch... Author: Findon, Joanne GED Descriptors: literature and arts Aurora Means Dawn This picture book tells the story of the first family to settle in Aurora, ... Author: Sanders, Scott GED Descriptors: social studies Autumn Autumn, an alphabet book of acrostics with linoleum-cut prints, describes t... Author: Schnur, Steven GED Descriptors: Baboon King, The Set in Africa, this powerful book explores the themes of the importance of ... Author: Quintana, Anton GED Descriptors: Baby A family finds a baby on its doorstep with a note asking them to care for t... Author: MacLachlan, Patricia GED Descriptors: Back to the Wild Endangered species are bred in captivity and taught survival skills before ... Author: Patent, Dorothy GED Descriptors: science Backyard Birds This informational book begins with four pages of data on birds in winter, ... Author: Lerner, Carol GED Descriptors: science Ballpark The book describes the work that goes on in a ballpark before and during a ... Author: Cooper, Elisha GED Descriptors: Barrio Photographs present the life of Jose and his family who live in a barrio or... Author: Ancona, George GED Descriptors: social studies Baseball Saved Us A young boy in an internment camp finds baseball to be his saving grace, al... Author: Mochizuki, Ken GED Descriptors: social studies Bat Boy and His Violin, The Reginald is more interested in his violin than his father's job managing th... Author: Curtis, Gavin GED Descriptors: Bayard Rustin: Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movement Activist Bayard Rustin is the focus of this biography, although the book al... Author: Haskins, James GED Descriptors: social studies Bearing Witness This selection of powerful personal stories of the Holocaust in various lit... Author: Rochman, Hazel & McCampbell, Darlene (Eds.) GED Descriptors: social studies Bearskin A bear with magical powers raises a foundling who grows up to marry a princ... Author: Pyle, Howard GED Descriptors: Because of Winn-Dixie 10-year-old Opal and her preacher father move to a small Florida town. Opal... Author: DiCamillo, Kate GED Descriptors: Bee & Jacky A brother and sister suffer the effects of their father's Vietnam trauma an... Author: Coman, Carolyn GED Descriptors: Beekeepers A grandfather teaches his granddaughter how to care for bees.... Author: High, Linda Oatman GED Descriptors: Before I Was Your Mother A mother tells her daughter stories about herself before she became a mothe... Author: Lasky, Kathryn GED Descriptors: Bells of Christmas, The This long picture book may be read slowly, although it is not broken into c... Author: Hamilton, Virginia GED Descriptors: social studies Beneath Blue Waters The authors guide readers on a tour of the mysterious creatures who live in... Author: Kovacs, Deborah and Madin, Kate GED Descriptors: science Berenice Abbott, Photographer The biography's subtitle "An Independent Vision" suggests the creativity, i... Author: Sullivan, George GED Descriptors: literature and arts Big Annie of Calumet Big Annie is the story of Annie Clemenc who led the miners' strike of 1913 ... Author: Stanley, Jerry GED Descriptors: social studies Big Jabe This tall tale relates how Jabe helped slaves.... Author: Nolen, Jerdine GED Descriptors: Big Mama Makes the World A simple text and colorful illustrations retell the creation story with a m... Author: Root, Phyllis GED Descriptors: Big Mouth and Ugly Girl In this engrossing 266-page book, Matt, age 17, is falsely accused of tryin... Author: Oates, Joyce Carol GED Descriptors: Big Talk Three poems are presented graphically with four color-coded bars to represe... Author: Fleischman, Paul GED Descriptors: Big, Blue Whale Everything you ever wanted to know about blue whales is presented in an eas... Author: Davies, Nikola GED Descriptors: science Bill Pickett: Rodeo Ridin' Cowboy This book tells about the life of a rodeo-riding African American cowboy. ... Author: Pinkney, Andrea Davis GED Descriptors: literature and arts Birches On each page Ed Young illustrates trees and forests and the countryside, in... Author: Frost, Robert GED Descriptors: literature and arts Bird House, The This is a modern-day fairy tale that features a homeless girl, an old woman... Author: Rylant, Cynthia GED Descriptors: Birmingham, 1963 A fictional narrator tells, in poetry, about the day she turned 10, which w... Author: Weatherford, Carole GED Descriptors: social studies Bizarre Birds Simple chapters focus on unusual birds. Stunning illustrations and a variet... Author: Wechsler, Doug GED Descriptors: science Black and White Airmen: Their True Story The history of airmen in WWII is told through the experiences of two men fr... Author: Fleischman, John GED Descriptors: social studies Black Cat A black cat explores an urban neighborhood. The stunning illustrations are... Author: Myers, Christopher GED Descriptors: literature and arts Black Cowboy Wild Horses This book is based on the true story of Bob Lemmons, a former slave, whose ... Author: Lester, Julius GED Descriptors: social studies Black Hands, White Sails This book is mostly about the Atlantic whaling industry and the contributio... Author: McKissack, Patricia, & McKissack, Frederick GED Descriptors: social studies | science Black Hoops: The History of African Americans in Basketball This book provides a history of basketball and African Americans in basketb... Author: McKissack, Frederick, Jr. GED Descriptors: social studies Black Legacy This history of African Americans in New York City from a Dutch colony to t... Author: Katz, William GED Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies Black Pioneers This well-researched history of African American pioneers, freedom fighters... Author: Katz, William Loren GED Descriptors: social studies Black Potatoes The causes and consequences of the Irish potato famine are examined, using ... Author: Bartoletti, Susan GED Descriptors: social studies Black Ships Before Troy This beautifully illustrated book retells Homer's epic poem The Iliad Author: Sutcliff, Rosemary GED Descriptors: literature and arts Black Star, Bright Dawn Bright Dawn, a teenaged Eskimo girl, takes her father's place in the grueli... Author: O'Dell, Scott GED Descriptors: Black Swan White Crow The book introduces the reader to Haiku poetry that is accompanied by delic... Author: Lewis, J. Patricia GED Descriptors: literature and arts Black Whiteness During the several months Admiral Richard Byrd spent alone in Antarctica in... Author: Burleigh, Robert GED Descriptors: social studies | science Blanche on the Lam A spunky African-American woman, who works as a housekeeper for a wealthy s... Author: Neely, B. GED Descriptors: literature and arts Blizzard! This book tells the story of an amazing blizzard that struck the Eastern U.... Author: Murphy, Jim GED Descriptors: social studies | science Block, The This collection of Langston Hughes poems is complemented by the illustratio... Author: Hughes, Langston GED Descriptors: literature and arts Blues Journey Father and son team up to celebrate the blues in beautiful illustrations an... Author: Myers, Walter Dean GED Descriptors: Blues Singers, The The author tells his granddaughter about the origin of blues in America thr... Author: Lester, Julius GED Descriptors: literature and arts Bluewater Journal Inspired by journals, maps, and letters from the Mystic Seaport Museum, the... Author: Krupinski, Loretta GED Descriptors: social studies Bluish This is a warm, easy to read story of three young girls and their developin... Author: Hamilton, Virginia GED Descriptors: Bobbin Girl, The Rebecca, a 10-year-old "bobbin girl" working in the textile factories in Lo... Author: McCully, Emily Arnold GED Descriptors: social studies Bodies from the Ash:Life and Death in Ancient Pompeii With the help of detailed photographs, the author describes how historical ... Author: Deem, James M. GED Descriptors: science | social studies Bog Bodies The discovery of the Lindow Man in a bog in England in 1984 provides the st... Author: Buell, Janet GED Descriptors: science | social studies Bone Dectives, The These fascinating cases that establish the identities of skeletons through ... Author: Jackson, Donna GED Descriptors: science Book This very simple and stunningly illustrated poem compares a book to a house... Author: Lyon, George Ella GED Descriptors: literature and arts Book of Rhythms, The The chapters are essays by Langston Hughes on different aspects of rhythm. ... Author: Hughes, Langston GED Descriptors: Borning Room, The The narrator remembers growing up in southern Ohio in the 19th century, rem... Author: Fleischman, Paul GED Descriptors: social studies Boss of the Plains The illustrations and text tell how and why the cowboy hat, called the Boss... Author: Carlson, Laurie GED Descriptors: Boy Named Giotto, A This exquisitely illustrated biography portrays the early years of the Ren... Author: Guarnieri, Paolo GED Descriptors: literature and arts Boy of the Deeps On his first day in the coal mines, a boy with his father survive an accide... Author: Wallace, Ian GED Descriptors: social studies Boys' War, The This award-winning book uses firsthand accounts of experiences to offer a l... Author: Murphy, Jim GED Descriptors: social studies Brain, The Utilizing computerized color photography, the author describes and illustra... Author: Simon, Seymour GED Descriptors: science Brave Harriet The story of Harriet Quimby, the first woman to earn a pilot's license and ... Author: Moss, Marissa GED Descriptors: social studies Bread and Roses, Too. This is a fictionalized history of the 1912 Lawrence, Massachusetts, factor... Author: Paterson, Katherine GED Descriptors: social studies Bread, Bread, Bread The photos and very easy text show/tell of people eating bread all over the... Author: Morris, Ann GED Descriptors: Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence In 1991, New York's long-ignored African Burial Ground was rediscovered. Th... Author: Hansen, Joyce, & McGowan, Gary GED Descriptors: social studies | science Breaking Into Print The history of the production of books from quills to movable type to the p... Author: Krensky, Stephan GED Descriptors: social studies Brooklyn Bridge, The This award winner tells the history of an unusual American family, the his... Author: Mann, Elizabeth GED Descriptors: science | math Brothers In Hope The author, who worked with the International Rescue Committee, tells the s... Author: Williams, Mary GED Descriptors: social studies Brown Angels: An Album of Picture and Verse This book is a collection of very short poems and photographs of African-Am... Author: Myers, Walter Dean GED Descriptors: literature and arts Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea This well illustrated book of poetry uses the metaphor of nurturing tea for... Author: Thomas, Joyce Carol GED Descriptors: literature and arts Bucking the Sarge Teenage Luther, who is exploited by his slumlord mother, keeps his equilbri... Author: Curtis, Christopher Paul GED Descriptors: Bud, Not Buddy It's 1936, Flint, Michigan, and 10-year-old Bud (not Buddy) has run away fr... Author: Curtis, Christopher Paul GED Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies Buffalo Gals: Women of the Old West Primary documents (e.g., journal entries, letters, song lyrics) are woven i... Author: Miller, Brandon Marie GED Descriptors: social studies Building a New Land Each of the short chapters in this well written picture book addresses the ... Author: Haskins, James & Benson, Kathleen GED Descriptors: social studies Bull Run This is a fictional and personal account of the first great battle of the C... Author: Fleischman, Paul GED Descriptors: social studies Buried Alive This collection of linked poems explores the rich, puzzling and painful exp... Author: Fletcher, Ralph GED Descriptors: literature and arts Buried in Ice The authors explore the mysterious fate of Sir John Franklin's failed exped... Author: Beattie, Owen & Geiger, John GED Descriptors: social studies | science Butterfly House A girl and her grandfather care for a larvae through the stages of becoming... Author: Bunting, Eve GED Descriptors: science Butterfly Seeds, The When Jake sails with his family for America, his grandfather gives him a gi... Author: Watson, Mary GED Descriptors: social studies Butterfly, The During the Nazi occupation of France, Monique discovers that her mother is ... Author: Polacco, Patricia GED Descriptors: social studies By Dawn's Early Light The book follows the activities of two children cared for by their grandmot... Author: Ackerman, Karen GED Descriptors: By Dawn's Early Light This is an historically accurate and beautifully illustrated account of how... Author: Kroll, Steven GED Descriptors: social studies Calling the Doves The author joyously recounts the songs, the food, and the love of his paren... Author: Herrera, Juan GED Descriptors: Can't Get There from Here This fictional story of homeless teens trying to survive on NYC streets in ... Author: Strasser, Todd GED Descriptors: Capturing Nature: The Writings of John James Audubon This 40-page book contains excerpts from the journals of Audubon, along wit... Author: Roop, Peter & Roop, Connie GED Descriptors: science Caribbean Dozen: Poems from Caribbean Poets, A This book includes many short poems, some childish and some more complex, ... Author: Agard, John & Nichols, Grace GED Descriptors: literature and arts Carl Sandburg: Adventures of a Poet An episodic biography of Carl Sandburg in which each episode is accompanied... Author: Niven, Penelope GED Descriptors: literature and arts Carolina Shout A young girl wanders the streets of Charleston from sun up to sun set captu... Author: Schroeder, Alan GED Descriptors: Carver Personal and professional details of the life of George Washington Carver a... Author: Nelson, Marilyn GED Descriptors: social studies | science Casey at the Bat This is the famous baseball poem told in scrapbook form with illustrations ... Author: Bing, Christopher GED Descriptors: literature and arts Casey Jones's Fireman Sim Webb, Casey Jones's fireman, tells the story of the fateful crash of th... Author: Farmer, Nancy GED Descriptors: social studies | literature and arts Castle This engaging informational book tells the story of the step-by-step planni... Author: Macaulay, David GED Descriptors: science Castle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess, Page Tobias, an 11-year-old boy, goes to serve as a page for a year in his uncle... Author: Platt, Richard GED Descriptors: social studies | writing Catching the Fire Philip Simmons, the great-grandson of slaves, became a revered artist and ... Author: Lyons, Mary GED Descriptors: literature and arts Cathedral This fascinating nonfiction book describes the construction of an imaginary... Author: Macaulay, David GED Descriptors: social studies Cats in Krasinski Square, The With a simple text and marvelous watercolors, Hesse tells a true story of ... Author: Hesse, Karen GED Descriptors: social studies Catskill Eagle, A The book quotes a few lines from Melville's classic, Moby Dick. T... Author: Melville, Herman GED Descriptors: literature and arts Celebrate America in Poetry and Art This is a collection of poetry (from more than 100 U.S. poets) and painting... Author: Panzer, Nora (Ed.) GED Descriptors: literature and arts Century That Was, The Each of the 11 chapters of this fascinating look back at the 20th century f... Author: Giblin, James Cross (Ed.) GED Descriptors: social studies | science Chance of Sunshine, A The pictures tell most of the story in this almost-wordless book. Two peopl... Author: Liao, Jimmy GED Descriptors: Chanda's Secrets Sixteen-year-old Chanda, who lives in a fictional sub-Saharan country that... Author: Stratton, Allan GED Descriptors: social studies Charles Dickens: The Man Who Had Great Expectations This engaging biography tells the life story of 19th-century novelist, Char... Author: Stanley, Diane & Vennema, Peter GED Descriptors: literature and arts Charlie Chaplin This interesting biography of Charlie Chaplin discusses his life and work f... Author: Turk, Ruth GED Descriptors: literature and arts Charlotte When 10-year-old Charlotte's father forbids her to associate with her cousi... Author: Lunn, Janet GED Descriptors: social studies Cheap Raw Material: How Our Youngest Workers Are Exploited and Abused This book is a chronological nonfiction account of children as laborers. C... Author: Meltzer, Milton GED Descriptors: social studies Chicken Sunday Two African-American boys and their white friend, a girl, try to earn enoug... Author: Polacco, Patricia GED Descriptors: Children of Christmas This collection of short stories celebrates the spirit of giving at Christm... Author: Rylant, Cynthia GED Descriptors: literature and arts Children of the Dust Bowl The book recounts the migration of the "Okies" during the Great Depression ... Author: Stanley, Jerry GED Descriptors: social studies Children of the Great Depression With the aid of archival photographs from The Farm Security Administration,... Author: Freedman, Russell GED Descriptors: social studies Children of Topaz, The The authors provide an introduction to the history of the Japanese internme... Author: Tunnell, Michael & Chilcoat, George GED Descriptors: social studies Children We Remember, The Archive photographs and a simple text tell the story of the Nazis' attempt ... Author: Abells, Chana GED Descriptors: social studies Childtimes Three African American women, grandmother, mother, and daughter, reminisce ... Author: Greenfield, Eloise & Little, Lessive Jones GED Descriptors: Chimney Sweeps From the 12th century to today, here is a look at the folklore and history ... Author: Giblin, James Cross GED Descriptors: social studies Choices George Ella Lyon, an accomplished writer of children's books, wrote this co... Author: Lyon, George Ella GED Descriptors: Christmas Gift, The This beautifully illustrated bilingual story tells of the Christmas of a mi... Author: Jimenez, Francisco GED Descriptors: social studies Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters This story describes the customs used in both the plantation house and the ... Author: McKissack, Patricia & McKissack, Frederick GED Descriptors: social studies Christmas Menorahs, The This picture book recreates the true story of how families and a community ... Author: Cohn, Janice GED Descriptors: Christmas Tapestry While seeking to renovate their church, a minister and his son help reunite... Author: Polacco, Patricia GED Descriptors: Christmas Tree Farm Photos accompany this simple text about the activities that take place thro... Author: Jordan, Sandra GED Descriptors: Chuck Close Up Close This biography of the contemporary artist Chuck Close captures his inventiv... Author: Greenberg, Jan & Jordan, Sandra GED Descriptors: literature and arts Circle Unbroken A young girl learns the tradition of making sweet grass baskets.... Author: Raven, Margot GED Descriptors: literature and arts Circuit, The The author tells the heartbreaking story of a young boy growing up as an un... Author: Jimenez, Francisco GED Descriptors: social studies City by Numbers This is a wordless book containing photographs of numerals in the context o... Author: Johnson, Stephen T. GED Descriptors: math City of Angels: In and Around Los Angeles 20 places or events in Los Angeles are briefly described. Each is accompani... Author: Jaskol, Julie & Lewis, Brian GED Descriptors: social studies Civil War Illustrations include photographs, posters, and paintings from the archives... Author: Sandler, Martin GED Descriptors: social studies Clan Apis This is a graphic novel (a.k.a.comic book) about bees. Students will learn ... Author: Hosler, Jay GED Descriptors: science Clara Schumann This biography chronicles the life of Clara Schumann, child prodigy and wif... Author: Reich, Susan GED Descriptors: literature and arts Cleopatra This lively nonfiction account tells the history and story of the powerful ... Author: Stanley, Diane GED Descriptors: social studies Close to Shore The author details the first shark attacks in American history along the At... Author: Michael Capuzzo GED Descriptors: science | social studies Cloud Eyes A young Indian dreamer named Cloud Eyes uses his understanding of the langu... Author: Lasky, Kathryn GED Descriptors: Cloudmakers, The In A.D. 751 during a time of war, a Chinese grandfather and grandson have 7... Author: Rumford, James GED Descriptors: social studies Coast to Coast with Alice A fictionalized account of the real 1909 journey of four women who crossed ... Author: Hyatt, Patricia Rusch GED Descriptors: social studies Code Talkers After attending a white boarding school where his Navajo language and cultu... Author: Bruchac, Joseph GED Descriptors: social studies Cod's Tale, A With charming illustrations and text, this book makes a case for ecology an... Author: Kurlansky, Mark GED Descriptors: social studies | science Color of My Words, The This is an easy-reading novel, part poetry and part prose, about Ana Rosa, ... Author: Joseph, Lynn GED Descriptors: social studies Come Go With Me: Old-timer Stories from the Southern Mountains The author recorded these oral histories of "Southern Mountain" old folks o... Author: Thomas, Ray Edwin (collected by) GED Descriptors: Coming Home The book tells the story of Langston Hughes' lonely childhood, demonstratin... Author: Cooper, Floyd GED Descriptors: literature and arts Coming On Home Soon A kitten comforts a young African American girl as she and her grandmother ... Author: Woodson, Jaqueline GED Descriptors: Confucius The author has demythologized the figure of Confucius, depicting him as a v... Author: Freedman, Russell GED Descriptors: social studies Contest, The This adaptation of an Armenian folktale tells of two robbers who discover t... Author: Hogrogian, Nonny GED Descriptors: Cool Drink of Water, A Colorful photographs and simple text present people around the world obtain... Author: Kerley, Barbara GED Descriptors: social studies Cool Moonlight, A Lila, who has an allergy to sunlight, lives with her disability helped by h... Author: Johnson, Angela GED Descriptors: Corpses, Coffins, and Crypts "Drawing on extensive historical and anthropological research, personal acc... Author: Colman, Penny GED Descriptors: social studies Counting on the Woods Using a counting book format, the author combines rhymes with lovely color ... Author: Lyon, George Ella GED Descriptors: science Couple of Kooks and Other Stories About Love, A All of these eight short stories are appropriate for ABE or ESL classes, an... Author: Rylant, Cynthia GED Descriptors: Coyote Makes Man In this Native American creation myth, when coyote calls all the animals to... Author: Sage, James GED Descriptors: Cracked Corn and Snow Ice Cream Almanac information and family history are given for each month in sections... Author: Willard, Nancy GED Descriptors: Cranes, Dump Trucks, Bulldozers and Other Building Machines Aspects of simple machines (levers, ramp, pulleys, wheel and axle, and scre... Author: Jennings, Terry GED Descriptors: science Cupid and Psyche This is a retelling of the classic Greek myth.... Author: Craft, M. Charlotte GED Descriptors: literature and arts Daisy Bates: Civil Rights Crusader Although she is best known for shepherding the "Little Rock Nine" through t... Author: Polakow, Amy GED Descriptors: social studies Dakota Dugout The book tells the story of a woman pioneer, the hardships, struggles, and ... Author: Turner, Ann GED Descriptors: social studies Dandelions As her family struggles to establish a sod home on the Nebraska prairie, Em... Author: Bunting, Eve GED Descriptors: social studies Danger Along the Ohio The Dunn family is traveling down the Ohio River in 1793. The children beco... Author: Willis, Patricia GED Descriptors: social studies Darkness over Denmark Written in the form of snippets of interviews, this book tells the stories ... Author: Levine, Ellen GED Descriptors: social studies Dateline: Troy A compelling retelling of the Trojan War story is juxtaposed with newspaper... Author: Fleischman, Paul GED Descriptors: literature and arts Dawn In this adaptation of a traditional tale, a wounded Canada goose takes on t... Author: Bang, Molly GED Descriptors: Day Before Christmas, The Four years after the death of her mother, seven-year-old Allie goes with he... Author: Bunting, Eve GED Descriptors: literature and arts Days of Jubilee Subtitled "The End of Slavery in the United States," this book chronicles t... Author: McKissack, Patricia, & McKissack, Frederick GED Descriptors: social studies Day's Work, A When a Mexican-American boy tries to help his Spanish-speaking grandfather ... Author: Bunting, Eve GED Descriptors: Dear Benjamin Banneker The book tells the life story of Benjamin Banneker, an 18th-century African... Author: Pinkney, Andrea GED Descriptors: social studies Dear Mr. Rosenwald This is a fictionalized story of one community's efforts to build a school ... Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston GED Descriptors: social studies Dear One, The 15-year-old, pregnant Rebecca arrives at her mother's college friend's hous... Author: Woodson, Jacqueline GED Descriptors: Dear Willie Rudd Miss Elizabeth, thinking 50 years back, remembers Willie Rudd, the African ... Author: Gray, Libba Moore GED Descriptors: December Simon and his mother celebrate Christmas in the cardboard house they built ... Author: Bunting, Eve GED Descriptors: literature and arts Declaring Independence The events large and small surrounding the struggle for independence of the... Author: Miller, Brandon Marie GED Descriptors: social studies Deep Blues Bill Traylor, who worked as a farm laborer before and after the Civil War, ... Author: Lyons, Mary E. GED Descriptors: Dinosaur Ghosts Paleontologists suggest explanations for the many fossils of the dinosaur C... Author: Gillette, J. Lynett GED Descriptors: science Divide, The As a young girl in 1893, Willa Cather journeys with her extended family to ... Author: Bedard, Michael GED Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies Dogs of Myth Here are 13 tales about dogs from myths and legends from around the world.... Author: Hausman, Gerald, & Hausman, Loretta GED Descriptors: literature and arts Dogsong 14-year-old Russel, an Eskimo, feels assailed by the modernity of his life.... Author: Paulsen, Gary GED Descriptors: literature and arts Dolley Madison Saves George Washington An easy-reading biography of Dolley Madison that focuses on her adult years... Author: Brown, Don GED Descriptors: social studies Don Quixote and the Windmills This retelling of the famous Spanish novel by Cervantes recounts Don Quixot... Author: Kimmel, Eric GED Descriptors: literature and arts Dots, Spots, Speckles, and Stripes Bright color photographs reveal dots, spots, speckles, and stripes on faces... Author: Hoban, Tara GED Descriptors: Dragon New Year, The A beautifully illustrated, imaginative tale about why the Chinese celebrate... Author: Bouchard, David GED Descriptors: Drawing in the Sand, A In words and illustrations, Jerry Butler tells his story of becoming an art... Author: Butler, Jerry GED Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies Dream Keeper and Other Poems, The A reissue of Hughes' poetry book with seven additional poems (total of 66).... Author: Hughes, Langston GED Descriptors: literature and arts Dream of Freedom, A This well written and comprehensive documentation of the Civil Rights Movem... Author: McWhorter, Diane GED Descriptors: social studies Dreamer, The A tale or allegorical story in which an artist creates the earth, sky, wate... Author: Rylant, Cynthia GED Descriptors: Dressed for the Occasion: What Americans Wore 1620 - 1970 This book offers an interesting chronicle of what Americans wore, 1620 - 19... Author: Miller, Brandon Marie GED Descriptors: social studies Drop of Water, A Beautiful magnified photographs and clear, direct text describe different s... Author: Wick, Walter GED Descriptors: science Drummer Boy A 13-year-old boy, awed by hearing Lincoln make a speech, lies about his ag... Author: Turner, Ann GED Descriptors: social studies Drylongso Drylongso, which takes place west of the Mississippi in 1975, is t... Author: Hamilton, Viginia GED Descriptors: Duck's Breath and Mouse Pie: A Collection of Animal Superstitions This is a collection of 17 superstitions about animals. Collage illustrati... Author: Jenkins, Steve GED Descriptors: science Duke Ellington This is the story of one of the greatest musicians and composers of the 20t... Author: Pinkney, Andrea Davis GED Descriptors: literature and arts E. E. Cummings This extensive biography of the American poet and artist, E. E. Cummings, a... Author: Reef, Catherine GED Descriptors: literature and arts Earth, The Elements The author illustrates different elements and places on earth with clear si... Author: Robbins, Ken GED Descriptors: science Edna St. Vincent Millay This beautifully illustrated collection of poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay... Author: Schoonmaker, Frances (ed.) GED Descriptors: literature and arts Edward Hopper: Painter of Light and Shadow Illustrated with beautifully reproduced paintings in chronological order, t... Author: Rubin, Susan Goldman GED Descriptors: literature and arts Eight Hands Round: A Patchwork Alphabet Each letter of this alphabet book introduces a quilt pattern that relates t... Author: Paul, Ann Whitford GED Descriptors: social studies Eleanor This biography of Eleanor Roosevelt's early life conveys the emotionally im... Author: Cooney, Barbara GED Descriptors: social studies Eleanor Roosevelt Freedman relates this biography of Eleanor Roosevelt with the interest of s... Author: Freedman, Russell GED Descriptors: social studies Ellen Foster 11-year-old Ellen tells her own story in this "Oprah Book about a foster ch... Author: Gibbons, Kaye GED Descriptors: ellington was not a street The poet lovingly remembers her family's recent history that was filled wit... Author: Shange, Ntozake GED Descriptors: literature and arts Emily This book tells the story of a young girl's encounter with the reclusive po... Author: Bedard, Michael GED Descriptors: literature and arts Emily Dickinson's Letters to the World This introduction to Emily Dickinson's best-known poems also contains biogr... Author: Winter, Jeanette GED Descriptors: literature and arts Empire State Building Archival photographs, diagrams, and illustrations accompany this account of... Author: Mann, Elizabeth GED Descriptors: social studies Encounter An old Taino man tells a story about his childhood, about the day the invad... Author: Yolen, Jane GED Descriptors: social studies Escape from Slavery: The Boyhood of Frederick Douglass in His Own Words This edited and illustrated book provides generous excerpts from Douglass's... Author: McCurdy, Michael (Ed.) GED Descriptors: social studies Every Living Thing Each story in this collection features an animal, and in every case the exi... Author: Rylant, Cynthia GED Descriptors: Exploring the Titanic: How the Greatest Ship Ever Lost-Was Found Author Robert Ballard led the expedition to find and explore the Titanic. ... Author: Ballard, Robert GED Descriptors: social studies | math Eye of the Storm A storm chaser discusses the techniques, dangers, and difficulties of photo... Author: Kramer, Stephan GED Descriptors: science Eyes of the Dragon A Chinese magistrate commissions a famous painter of dragons to paint one o... Author: Leaf, Margaret GED Descriptors: Facing the Lion Enhanced by a few, vivid color photos, this memoir recounts the Maasi child... Author: Lekuton, Joseph GED Descriptors: social studies Faithful Elephants: A True Story During WW II many zoo animals starved, by order of the Army, or had to be k... Author: Tsuchiya, Yukio GED Descriptors: social studies Faithful Friend, The This is a retelling of the traditional tale from the French West Indies in ... Author: San Souci, Robert GED Descriptors: literature and arts Families The author interviewed 15 children from a variety of families. Each intervi... Author: Kuklin, Susan GED Descriptors: social studies Family Farm Two children learn that their family is in danger of losing its farm. They ... Author: Locker, Thomas GED Descriptors: Fannie in the Kitchen Accompanied by delightful Victorian-style illustrations, this biography of ... Author: Hopkinson, Deborah GED Descriptors: Fanny's Dream A retelling of the Cinderella story, the book depicts the choices of Fanny ... Author: Buehner, Caralyn GED Descriptors: Far Beyond the Garden Gate Don Brown has written another intriguing book about an extraordinary woman,... Author: Brown, Don GED Descriptors: social studies Farewell, John Barleycorn This book tells the story of what happened after Prohibition began (1/17/20... Author: Hintz, Martin GED Descriptors: social studies Farm Summer 1942, The Beautifully illustrated by Barry Moser, this reminiscence tells the story o... Author: Hall, Donald GED Descriptors: Father Water, Mother Woods These essays recount Paulsen's adventures alone and with friends, along the... Author: Paulsen, Gary GED Descriptors: Fever 1793 This is a very compelling fictionalization of life for one teenaged girl, h... Author: Anderson, Laurie Halse GED Descriptors: social studies Find Where the Wind Goes This is an autobiography of Mae Jemison, the first woman of color to become... Author: Jemison, Mae GED Descriptors: social studies | writing Finding Fish This is the autobiography of Antwone Fisher (basis for a movie made by Denz... Author: Fisher, Antwone GED Descriptors: Fire in Their Eyes Color photographs and lively text follow a group of special wildfire firefi... Author: Biel, Karen GED Descriptors: science First Impressions: Andrew Wyeth This biography of Andrew Wyeth is the result of a friendship between the ar... Author: Meryman, Richard GED Descriptors: literature and arts First in the Field: Baseball Hero Jackie Robinson This biography of Jackie Robinson, which focuses on his life until he retir... Author: Dingle, Derek T. GED Descriptors: social studies First Part Last, The [revised from dust jacket] Bobby is a classic urban teenaged boy-- impulsiv... Author: Johnson, Angela GED Descriptors: First Strawberries: A Cherokee Story, The A quarrel between husband and wife is resolved when strawberries begin to g... Author: Bruchac, J. GED Descriptors: First to Fly This biography of the Wright Brothers is accompanied by archival photograph... Author: Busby, Peter GED Descriptors: social studies Flag Maker, The This is the story of the flag that prompted Francis Scott Key to write The ... Author: Bartoletti, Susan GED Descriptors: social studies Flight This beautifully illustrated book tells the story of Lindbergh's daring fli... Author: Burleigh, Robert GED Descriptors: social studies Flight of the Snow Geese, The The 3,000 mile migration of the snow goose from the Artic to New Mexico is ... Author: King, Deborah GED Descriptors: social studies | science Flood As Sarajean and her family prepare for and deal with the devastating Midwes... Author: Calhoun, Mary GED Descriptors: Flotsam This wordless picture book tells the story of a young boy who finds a very ... Author: Weisner, David GED Descriptors: Fly Away Home A homeless boy and his dad live at the airport while the father tries to fi... Author: Bunting, Eve GED Descriptors: Fly High! This is an illustrated biography of Bessie Coleman, whose interest in aviat... Author: Borden, Louise & Kroeger, Mary Kay GED Descriptors: social studies Fly! An illustrated chronicle of flight from the hot-air balloon to space statio... Author: Moser, Barry GED Descriptors: social studies Follow the Drinking Gourd Peg Leg Joe travels from plantation to plantation teaching slaves the song ... Author: Winter, Jeanette GED Descriptors: social studies Followers of the North Star These poems present a profile of African-American heroes in an historical a... Author: Altman, Susan & Lechner, Susan GED Descriptors: social studies Food The evolution of the acquisition, distribution, and consumption of food thr... Author: Ventura, Piero GED Descriptors: social studies | science Forbidden Schoolhouse With the help of her family and a few powerful friends, Prudence Crandall b... Author: Jurmain, Suzanne GED Descriptors: social studies Forest Fire A fire caused by lightning is a part of the life cycle of the renewal of ve... Author: Fraser, Mary Ann GED Descriptors: science Fortune's Bones A powerful poem, written in the form of a requiem, recovers the life and re... Author: Nelson, Marilyn GED Descriptors: science | social studies Founders, The Brief biographies of the people who signed the Constitution are accompanied... Author: Fradin, Dennis GED Descriptors: social studies Francie This engaging novel shows a slice of life in small-town Alabama in the 1940... Author: English, Karen GED Descriptors: Free To Dream This book, subtitled The Making of a Poet: Langston Hughes, offers Hughes's... Author: Osofsky, Audrey GED Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies Freedom Light The book recounts the heroism of the people of Ripley, Ohio, both black and... Author: Gaines, Edith GED Descriptors: social studies Freedom on the Menu The author portrays the 1960's Civil Rights sit-ins at the Woolworth's lunc... Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston GED Descriptors: social studies Freedom Riders This book, illustrated with historical photographs, tells the story of two ... Author: Bausum, Ann GED Descriptors: social studies Freedom Rides: Journey for Justice These are stories about the Freedom Riders during the early years of the Ci... Author: Haskins, James GED Descriptors: social studies Freedom River In this true story, John Parker, an ex-slave in Ripley, Ohio, helps a famil... Author: Rappaport, Doreen GED Descriptors: social studies Freedom Walkers This detailed account of the Montgomery bus boycott that began the Civil Ri... Author: Freedman, Russell GED Descriptors: social studies Freedom's Children Thirty African Americans tell their youthful experiences in the civil right... Author: Levine, Ellen GED Descriptors: social studies Freedom's Fruit Mama Marina, a conjure woman in the Low Country of the Carolinas in the tim... Author: Hooks, William GED Descriptors: Freedom's Gifts An African American girl visits Texas relatives and learns about the histor... Author: Wesley, Valery GED Descriptors: social studies Friend on Freedom River This is the story of young Louis, who decides to do what his father would d... Author: Whelan, Gloria GED Descriptors: social studies From Miss Ida's Porch People from the street gather on Miss Ida's porch to hear stories, especial... Author: Belton, Sandra GED Descriptors: social studies Full Steam Ahead: The Race to Build a Transcontinental Railroad The Pacific Railroad Act of 1862 granted a company in California the right ... Author: Blumberg, Rhoda GED Descriptors: social studies G Is For Googol Letters of the alphabet introduce mathematical concepts with sidebar illust... Author: Schwartz, David GED Descriptors: math Gandhi The remarkable life of Mahatma Gandhi is told through simple text and beaut... Author: Demi GED Descriptors: social studies Garden The cycle of gardens and the role of the gardener are presented by color ph... Author: Maass, Robert GED Descriptors: science Garden of Happiness, The A young girl cares for a seed that she plants near a community garden in Ne... Author: Tamar, Erika GED Descriptors: Gathering of Days, A This book, subtitled A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32, is a fictitious... Author: Blos, Joan W. GED Descriptors: social studies Genius of Leonard, The Giacomo, a servant of Leonardo da Vinci, recounts the later life of the fam... Author: Visconti, Guido GED Descriptors: literature and arts Georgia's Bones A biography of the artist Georgia O'Keeffe's early years "celebrates her fa... Author: Bryant, Jen GED Descriptors: literature and arts Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue This 'slice of life' biography describes the weeks surrounding Gershwin's c... Author: Celenza, Anna GED Descriptors: Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case This somewhat repetitive account of the brutal death of Emmett Till, the Ch... Author: Crowe, Chris GED Descriptors: social studies Gettysburg Address, The The book uses Lincoln's actual words, which he spoke when consecrating the ... Author: Lincoln, Abraham GED Descriptors: social studies Ghost of the Southern Belle This is a ghost story set on the high seas. The young son of a ship's capta... Author: Bodkin, Odds GED Descriptors: Ghost Towns Color photographs and colorful text describe many ghost towns in the Americ... Author: Bial, Raymond GED Descriptors: social studies Ghost Train Choon-yi is a painter. Her father leaves China for North America to find wo... Author: Yee, Paul GED Descriptors: Giants in the Land Beautiful black and white scratchboard drawings illustrate how giant pine t... Author: Appelbaum, Diana GED Descriptors: social studies | science Gifts from the Sea The lives of a lighthousekeeper and his daughter are changed by the discove... Author: Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie GED Descriptors: Girl Wonder This is a very simple retelling of part of Alta Weiss's childhood. Alta pit... Author: Hopkinson, Deborah GED Descriptors: Girls The subtitle, A History of Growing Up Female in America, tells it all. The... Author: Colman, Penny GED Descriptors: science Give Me A Sign This colorfully illustrated book explores the universality of the language ... Author: Samoyault, Tiphaine GED Descriptors: social studies Giver, The This Newbery Award-winning novel is set in a utopian community in which all... Author: Lowry, Lois GED Descriptors: Glorious Angels The author has collected photographs of children and families from around t... Author: Myers, Walter Dean GED Descriptors: literature and arts Glorious Flight Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot, The Teachers should note that the child's perspective and art might put some ad... Author: Provensen, Alice & Provensen, Martin GED Descriptors: social studies Go Hang a Salami! The author has created and illustrated humorous palindromes, or phrases tha... Author: Agee, Joh GED Descriptors: God Went to Beauty School An unusually humorous and poignant collection of poems places God in everyd... Author: Rylant, Cynthia GED Descriptors: Going Back Home: An Artist Returns to the South This book is a partnership between African American artist, Michele Woods, ... Author: Igus, Toyomi GED Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies Going West Seven-year-old Hannah recalls her family's journey west in a covered wagon ... Author: Van Leeuwen, Jean GED Descriptors: social studies Gold Coin, The A thief follows an old woman and learns a lesson about giving.... Author: Ada, Alma F. GED Descriptors: Gold Rush, The This 118-page pictorial history of the California gold rush includes fascin... Author: Ketchum, Liza GED Descriptors: social studies Golem Illustrated with beautiful cut-paper collages, the author/illustrator retel... Author: Wisniewski, David GED Descriptors: literature and arts Gone A-Whaling Information boxes describing species of whales are distributed throughout t... Author: Murphy, Jim GED Descriptors: social studies Good Brother, Bad Brother Subtitled "The Story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth," this long biogr... Author: Giblin, James Cross GED Descriptors: social studies Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! This Newberry Award winner gives voice to residents of a medieval English v... Author: Schlitz, Laura Amy GED Descriptors: social studies Good Morning, City While most people sleep, some go to work, machines clean streets, subways r... Author: Moore, Elaine GED Descriptors: Good Queen Bess: The Story of Elizabeth I of England This is a biography of Elizabeth I of England, a queen whose strong will, s... Author: Stanley, Diane & Vennema, Peter GED Descriptors: social studies Good Women of a Well-Blessed Land This is a topical history of women in early America (1600s to beginning of ... Author: Miller, Brandon Marie GED Descriptors: social studies Gowanus Dogs A homeless man meets some homeless dogs. The meeting changes everyone's lif... Author: Frost, Jonathan GED Descriptors: Grab Hands and Run Based on a true story, this 165-page book tells of twelve-year-old Felipe, ... Author: Temple, Frances GED Descriptors: social studies Grandfather's Journey This book shows through its photographic-like illustrations and through its... Author: Say, Allen GED Descriptors: social studies Grandmother and the Runaway Shadow When she was a young girl, Grandmother immigrated to America from Russia ac... Author: Rosenberg, Liz GED Descriptors: social studies Grandmothers In the introduction, the editor, after describing her own strong grandmothe... Author: Giovanni, Nikki (Ed.) GED Descriptors: literature and arts Gratefully Yours Orphaned by a New York tenement fire in 1920, Hattie rides an orphan train ... Author: Buchanan, Jane GED Descriptors: social studies Great Fire, The By weaving personal accounts from survivors together with carefully researc... Author: Murphy, Jim GED Descriptors: social studies Great Migration, The This book consists of reprints of a series of sixty paintings, by Jacob Law... Author: Lawrence, Jacob GED Descriptors: social studies Great Race, The A grandmother helps her granddaughter arrange paper cutouts of the Chinese ... Author: Bouchard, David GED Descriptors: Great Stone Face, The The author retells a famous Hawthorne story about how a New England village... Author: Schmidt, Gary/Hawthorne Nathaniel GED Descriptors: literature and arts Great Unknown, The This biography of Charles Wilson Peale, artist and paleontologist, describe... Author: Morrison, Taylor GED Descriptors: science | writing Growing Up in Coal Country Based on primary documents and oral histories, this book tells the stories ... Author: Bartoletti, Susan GED Descriptors: social studies Growing Up in Revolution and the New Nation "Studying history is a way of snooping into the past." So begins this inter... Author: Miller, Brandon Marie GED Descriptors: social studies Gutenberg This black and white picture book tells the story of Johann Gutenberg, crea... Author: Fisher, Leonard Everett GED Descriptors: social studies Gwendolyn Brooks This biography describes the influences and hardships of the early years an... Author: Hill, Christine M. GED Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies | writing Hand in Hand The collection of poems is organized by American historical themes rather t... Author: Hopkins, Lee (Ed.) GED Descriptors: Hanimations A continuation of Hanimals, this wordless book is a collection of ... Author: Mariotti, Mario GED Descriptors: Happy Feet This very easy, lyrical text with gorgeous illustrations tells the story of... Author: Richard Michelson GED Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies Harlem Hellfighters, The This book is mostly about the "Harlem Hellfighters," the 369th Infantry Reg... Author: Myers, Walter Dean GED Descriptors: social studies Harlem Stomp! Subtitled "A cultural history of the Harlem Renaissance," this book has 10 ... Author: Hill, Laban Carrick GED Descriptors: social studies | literature and arts Harriet and the Promised Land The text, consisting of a single rhyming poem, is an accompaniment to Lawre... Author: Lawrence, Jacob GED Descriptors: social studies Harriet Powers's Bible Quilts This oversized paperback includes 24 photos of Powers' Bible quilts, a diff... Author: Perry, Regina GED Descriptors: Harvest Year This book offers a month-by-month presentation of the regional harvesting o... Author: Peterson, Cris GED Descriptors: Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez This is a picture biography of Cesar Chavez. It focuses on his childhood an... Author: Krull, Kathleen GED Descriptors: social studies Hatmaker's Sign, The In a story-within-a-story structure, the author retells an anecdote that Be... Author: Fleming, Candice GED Descriptors: social studies | writing Hats, Hats, Hats Photographs of hats worn by people around the world--hats for work, play, c... Author: Morris, Ann GED Descriptors: Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years Bessie was 103 and Sadie was 105 when they collaborated with Amy Hill Heart... Author: Delany, Sarah & Delany, A. Elizabeth GED Descriptors: social studies Haystack The uses of the old-fashioned haystack are brought back to life throughout ... Author: Geisert, Bonnie GED Descriptors: Heart is Big Enough, The Each of these five stories focuses on a protagonist with special challenges... Author: Rosen, Michael GED Descriptors: Heart of a Champion, The These are short biographies of sports figures who have been featured on Whe... Author: Deford, Frank GED Descriptors: Heart to Heart Contemporary poets create poems in response to works of modern American art... Author: Greenberg, Jan (Ed.) GED Descriptors: literature and arts Heavenly Village, The This is subtitled "A Novel," but it's really more a loosely connected set o... Author: Rylant, Cynthia GED Descriptors: literature and arts Hell Fighters: African American Soldiers in World War I This book tells the story of the "Hell Fighters," a voluntary infantry that... Author: Cooper, Michael L. GED Descriptors: social studies Henry David's House These seamlessly woven excerpts from Thoreau's Walden and the beau... Author: Schnur, Steven (ed.) GED Descriptors: literature and arts Henry's Freedom Box This simply written picture book tells the true story of Henry Brown, a run... Author: Levine, Ellen GED Descriptors: social studies Her Stories The book focuses on stories of females-animal stories, supernatural tales, ... Author: Hamilton, Virginia GED Descriptors: Here in Harlem Walter Dean Myers recreates the Harlem of his youth in poetry and populates... Author: Myers, Walter Dean GED Descriptors: Hero and the Minotaur, The This retelling of the Greek hero Theseus' journey to the island of Crete to... Author: Byrd, Robert GED Descriptors: literature and arts Hero Beowulf, The This prose retelling of the first part of the earliest poem in English (Ang... Author: Kimmel, Eric A. GED Descriptors: literature and arts Heroes Donnie, a Japanese American boy, finally escapes the role of "bad guy" in w... Author: Mochizuki, Ken GED Descriptors: Heroes The author provides 12 biographies of important men throughout the world an... Author: Hazell, Rebecca GED Descriptors: literature and arts Heroines Organized chronologically from early Greece through the 20th Century, the b... Author: Hazell, Rebecca GED Descriptors: literature and arts Hidden Child A survivor of the Holocaust describes with illustrations and text his hidin... Author: Millman, Isaac GED Descriptors: social studies Hired Hand, The When Old Sam hires a new hand to work at the sawmill, the hired hand teache... Author: San Souci, R. GED Descriptors: literature and arts Historical Album of Ohio, A This brief history of the state of Ohio contains photographs, maps, index ,... Author: Wills, Charles GED Descriptors: social studies History of Counting, The This is an accessible and interesting historical look at how and why number... Author: Schmandt-Besserat, Denise GED Descriptors: math Holes This story-within-a-story tells of Stanley Yelnats (and his distant relativ... Author: Sachar, Louis GED Descriptors: Home Beautifully illustrated by Thomas Locker, the book contains poems and prose... Author: Locker, Thomas & Christiansen, Candice GED Descriptors: Home Lovely Janelle and Tiffany move to a trailer, where Tiffany is alone after school ... Author: Perkins, Lynne Rae GED Descriptors: Home of the Brave In a dream-like story and illustrations, Allen Say captures the infamy, dis... Author: Say, Allen GED Descriptors: social studies Home Place While on a hike, a family discovers the site of a ruined house. They find ... Author: Dragonwagon, Cresent GED Descriptors: Home Run The main text is a simply written, poetic account of one of Babe Ruth's at ... Author: Burleigh, Robert GED Descriptors: | math Homemakers, The The author presents American colonial history through descriptions of makin... Author: Fisher, Leonard Everett GED Descriptors: social studies Hoop Kings A dozen NBA stars provide the focus for these poems. In endnotes, the autho... Author: Smith Jr., Charles R. GED Descriptors: Hoop Queens This is a collection of 12 poems about stars of the WNBA. An afterword expl... Author: Smith Jr., Charles R. GED Descriptors: Hoops The author and illustrator capture the feel and movement of playing basketb... Author: Burleigh, Robert GED Descriptors: Hoot This charming and funny young adult mystery by the well-known adult mystery... Author: Hiassen, Carl GED Descriptors: Hoover Dam This book tells the story of why and how the Hoover Dam was built during th... Author: Mann, Elizabeth GED Descriptors: social studies House of Wisdom, The A true story is retold. Ishaq, a young boy in 9th century Baghdad, witnesse... Author: Heide, Florence Parry, and Gilliland, Judith Heide GED Descriptors: social studies | literature and arts House, House In the late 1800's, the How brothers took photographs of houses in Hatfield... Author: Yolen, Jane GED Descriptors: social studies Houses An illustrated history of the construction of houses presents interesting i... Author: Ventura, Piero GED Descriptors: Houses and Homes A fascinating photographic collection of houses in different world cultures... Author: Morris, Ann GED Descriptors: How Many Days to America? The narrator, a child from an unnamed Caribbean island, escapes the soldier... Author: Bunting, Eve GED Descriptors: social studies How We Crossed the West Colorful illustrations, maps, and journal excerpts invite the reader to acc... Author: Schanzer, Rosalyn GED Descriptors: social studies Humages Like his previous book (Hanimals, also reviewed by the OLRC), thi... Author: Mariotti, M. GED Descriptors: Hundred Penny Box, A A young boy loves his Great Aunt Dew, her stories, and her box of one hundr... Author: Mathis, Sharon GED Descriptors: Hurricanes This story of hurricanes in the 20th Century--how they form, how scientists... Author: Lauber, Patricia GED Descriptors: science I Am an American: A True Story of Japanese Internment Both the close, personal view and the broader societal view of the U.S. and... Author: Stanley, Jerry GED Descriptors: social studies I Dream of Trains This is the story of an African-American boy who lives in the South before ... Author: Johnson, Angela GED Descriptors: social studies I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This A moving story of the friendship between two motherless 12-year-old girls--... Author: Woodson, Jacqueline GED Descriptors: I Have a Dream The text of the "I Have a Dream" speech is accompanied by illustrations fro... Author: King, Dr. Martin Luter, Jr. GED Descriptors: social studies I Have an Olive Tree Colorful, stylized illustrations depict a girl and her mother as they trave... Author: Bunting, Eve GED Descriptors: social studies I Have Heard of a Land A hardworking African American woman stakes a homestead claim in the Oklaho... Author: Thomas, Joyce Carol GED Descriptors: social studies I Have Seen Castles A 67-year-old man remembers growing up in Pittsburgh and falling in love wi... Author: Rylant, Cynthia GED Descriptors: I Heard the Owl Call my Name Although this book is not universally appealing, some readers respond emoti... Author: Craven, Margaret GED Descriptors: I Live in Music Each line of Shange's poem is placed with one of Romare Bearden's paintings... Author: Shange, Ntozake GED Descriptors: literature and arts I Never Saw Another Butterfly This book consists of poems and drawings done by children living in the Ter... Author: Volavkova, Hana (Ed.) GED Descriptors: social studies I Remember Korea This collection of poignant and gripping memories of Korean War veterans in... Author: Granfield, Linda GED Descriptors: social studies | writing I Saw Your Face Sketches from Tom Feelings's sketch book are used to frame a simple yet pow... Author: Dawes, Kwame GED Descriptors: social studies | writing I See the Rhythm The author and illustrator use different type faces, colors, a timeline, an... Author: Igus, Toyomi GED Descriptors: literature and arts I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly Patsy, a 12-year-old slave girl, keeps a diary during 1865, describing the ... Author: Hansen, Joyce GED Descriptors: social studies I Wonder If I'll See a Whale A girl finally sees a humpback whale while on a whale-watching boat off the... Author: Weller, Frances Ward GED Descriptors: science I, Columbus: My Journal, 1492-3 This handsome 57-page book, illustrated with watercolors, is taken directly... Author: Roop, Peter & Roop, Connie GED Descriptors: social studies | math I, Too, Sing America This is a collection of poetry, arranged chronologically, by African-Americ... Author: Clinton, Catherine (comp.) GED Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies If the World Were a Village The author takes the phrase "global village" literally, describing a hypoth... Author: Smith, David J. GED Descriptors: social studies I'm in Charge of Celebrations A desert (Native American?) woman is asked if she is lonely and replies by ... Author: Baylor, Bird GED Descriptors: Immigrant Kids In this unique book, noted nonfiction writer Russell Freedman offers a rare... Author: Freedman, Russell GED Descriptors: social studies Importance of Oskar Schindler, The This biography of Oskar Schindler focuses on his heroic actions to save Jew... Author: Roberts, Jack L. GED Descriptors: social studies In Coal Country Living in a small Ohio mining town, a small girl tells of her family's life... Author: Hendershot, Judith GED Descriptors: social studies In Flanders Field Fascinating information about Word War I is interwoven with the poem "In Fl... Author: Granfield, Luida GED Descriptors: social studies | literature and arts In Memory's Kitchen While prisoners in Teresienstadt (Terezin) concentration camp, Jewish women... Author: De Silva, Cara GED Descriptors: social studies In November As trees, animals, birds, and insects prepare for winter, people gather in ... Author: Rylant, Cynthia GED Descriptors: science In Nueva York This collection of short, interlocking stories depicts life in one of New Y... Author: Mohr, Nicholasa GED Descriptors: literature and arts In the Days of the Vaqueros Russell Freedman has created another interesting non-fiction book, this tim... Author: Freedman, Russell GED Descriptors: social studies In the Promised Land From Asser Levy in 1654 to Steven Spielberg today, this book provides one-p... Author: Rappaport, Doreen GED Descriptors: social studies In the Shadow of No Towers Part personal reaction to 9/11 and part history of newspaper comics, this b... Author: Spiegelman, Art GED Descriptors: social studies | literature and arts Indian School Subtitled "Teaching the White Man's Way," this book chronicles efforts to "... Author: Cooper, Michael L. GED Descriptors: social studies Indian Winter, An In 1833, a German prince and his servant and a Swiss artist traveled up the... Author: Freedman, Russell GED Descriptors: social studies Indigo and Moonlight Gold A little girl looks at the stars and dreams.... Author: Gilchrist, J.S. GED Descriptors: Ingenious Mr. Peale, The Charles Wilson Peale's life spanned the early years of the U.S. He was an ... Author: Wilson, Janet GED Descriptors: social studies | literature and arts Interesting Athletes: Black American Sports Heroes This is a collection of annotated newspaper cartoons about African American... Author: Lee, George GED Descriptors: Into the Deep Forest: With Henry David Thoreau Thoreau's journal entries have been placed into a broader context and are a... Author: Murphy, Jim GED Descriptors: literature and arts Into the Woods: A Woodland Scrapbook In a scrapbook format, this book offers lots of interesting facts, Native A... Author: Krupinski, Loretta GED Descriptors: social studies | science Inventors This book shows the evolution of various inventions, using photographs and ... Author: Sandler, Martin W. GED Descriptors: social studies | science Invisible Allies Subtitled "Microbes that Shape our Lives," this book uses cheese, chocolat... Author: Farrell, Jeanette GED Descriptors: science Invisible Enemies This well-written but long book describes seven deadly diseases--Small Pox,... Author: Farrell, Jeanette GED Descriptors: science Irene Jennie and the Christmas Masquerade Irene Jennie is missing her parents as Christmas Day approaches in the slav... Author: Smalls, Irene GED Descriptors: social studies Isaac Newton This is a biography of Isaac Newton. It is interesting and full of personal... Author: Krull, Kathleen GED Descriptors: math | science Islander, The An orphaned boy, who grows up with his grandfather on an island off the coa... Author: Rylant, Cynthia GED Descriptors: It Is a Good Day to Die A brief introduction explains why the account of Custer's battle at Little ... Author: Viola, Herman GED Descriptors: social studies Jack This is a biography of JFK, from birth through HS graduation. A bit of his ... Author: Cooper, Ilene GED Descriptors: social studies Jayhawker With the U.S. on the verge of civil war, Elijah Tully and his father ride o... Author: Beatty, Patricia GED Descriptors: social studies Jazz ABZ Each letter of the alphabet introduces a famous jazz musician in a differen... Author: Marsalis, Wynton GED Descriptors: literature and arts Jazz: My Music, My People This stunningly illustrated book offers short biographies of dozens of musi... Author: Monceaux, Morgan GED Descriptors: Jim the Boy In a coming-of-age story set in Appalachia, Jim grows up as a town boy with... Author: Early, Tony GED Descriptors: Jip: His Story Jip, a young orphan in the mid-1850s, lives on a farm, interacts with Put "... Author: Paterson, Katherine GED Descriptors: literature and arts Joan of Arc This beautifully illustrated and researched biography of the French peasant... Author: Stanley, Diane GED Descriptors: social studies Joan of Arc The author weaves together historical fact and fiction in the story of a mo... Author: Morpurgo, Michael GED Descriptors: social studies John Blair and the Great Hinckley Fire This is a retelling of the effects of a firestorm in 1894 on a train and it... Author: Nobisso, Josephine GED Descriptors: social studies John Brown: One Man Against Slavery This book tells the story of John Brown, White abolitionist and dissident, ... Author: Everett, Gwen GED Descriptors: social studies John Henry This beautifully illustrated, award-winning book tells the tale of the ex-s... Author: Lester, Jerry GED Descriptors: John Muir: America's First Environmentalist From a work-filled childhood as an immigrant from Scotland, self-taught Joh... Author: Lasky, Kathryn GED Descriptors: science Josepha A boy narrates the story of his friend and protector, the immigrant young m... Author: McGugan, Jim GED Descriptors: social studies Journey Journey, an eleven-year-old boy whose Mom has left him and his sister to li... Author: MacLachlan, Patricia GED Descriptors: Journey of the Red Wolf The author-photographer traces the red wolf from near extinction in 1971 to... Author: Smith, Roland GED Descriptors: science Journey, The The text tells the history of the Japanese in America. The photographs dep... Author: Hamanaka, Sheila GED Descriptors: social studies Journey, The: Stories of Migration Bracketed by an introduction and conclusion, the book describes the migrati... Author: Rylant, Cynthia GED Descriptors: science Journeys in Time The authors and illustrator have created a story atlas of American history ... Author: Leacock, Elspeth & Buckley, Susan GED Descriptors: social studies Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices These poems that celebrate the insect world were written to be read aloud b... Author: Fleischman, Paul GED Descriptors: literature and arts Jump at de Sun This interesting biography of the author and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurs... Author: Porter, A. P. GED Descriptors: literature and arts Jumping the Broom An eight-year-old slave girl describes the preparations and customs for her... Author: Wright, Courtni GED Descriptors: social studies Juneteenth Photographs from various locations in the U.S. depict the celebration of Ju... Author: Branch, Muriel Miller GED Descriptors: social studies Just One Flick of the Finger Young Jack brings his father's gun to school hoping to scare a bully, but e... Author: Lorbiecki, Marybeth GED Descriptors: Just What the Doctor Ordered This book traces the history of medicine in North America, from the remedie... Author: Miller, Brandon Marie GED Descriptors: science | social studies Kamishibai Man The award-winning author/illustrator introduces the reader to the street st... Author: Say, Allen GED Descriptors: Kate Shelley: Bound for Legend This is the story of a 15-year-old girl who helped prevent a train disaster... Author: San Souci, Robert D. GED Descriptors: social studies Katie's Trunk This book, which provides a glimpse of the beginnings of the American Revol... Author: Turner, Ann GED Descriptors: social studies Katya's Book of Mushrooms The author, a mushroom lover, has compiled lots of mushroom facts and ficti... Author: Arnold, Katya with Sam Swope GED Descriptors: science Keep on Singing The story of the life of the singer Marian Anderson is told in ballad form.... Author: Livingston, Myra Cohn GED Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies Kente Colors A simple text and vibrant illustrations, which are organized by color, depi... Author: Chocolate, Debbi GED Descriptors: Kid Who Invented the Trampoline, The Here are 50 short expository pieces about inventions. The selections are in... Author: Wulffson, Don GED Descriptors: social studies Kids At Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor This book tells the story of Lewis Hine, a teacher and photographer who bec... Author: Freedman, Russell GED Descriptors: social studies Kinderdike In this dramatically illustrated book, a Dutch town is flooded and mostly d... Author: Fisher, Leonard Everett GED Descriptors: social studies Knock at a Star (Rev. Ed.) Subtitled "A Child's Introduction to Poetry," this book is an anthology of ... Author: Kennedy. X, & Kennedy, D. (Eds.) GED Descriptors: literature and arts Knoxville, Tennessee This brief and beautifully illustrated poem celebrates a young child's summ... Author: Giovanni, Nikki GED Descriptors: literature and arts Langston Hughes This well written and engaging biography is accompanied by many of Hughes's... Author: Meltzer, Milton GED Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies Langston Hughes: American Poet This is a reissue of a picture book biography of Langston Hughes (originall... Author: Walker, Alice GED Descriptors: literature and arts Langston's Train Ride This easy-reading picture book focuses on one episode from Langston Hughes'... Author: Burleigh, Robert GED Descriptors: literature and arts Language of Doves, The On her sixth birthday, Julietta's grandfather gives her one of his homing p... Author: Wells, Rosemary GED Descriptors: social studies Last Giants, The During the days of sailing ships a European gentleman buys a mysterious too... Author: Place, Francois GED Descriptors: social studies Last Leaf First Snowflake to Fall Part creation myth, part father/son initiation story, the book beautifully ... Author: Yerxa, Leo GED Descriptors: science Last Princess, The This biography recounts the history of Hawaii at the end of the 19th centur... Author: Stanley, Fay GED Descriptors: social studies Leaving and Other Stories, The The nine short stories in this collection all feature young people on the b... Author: Wilson, Budge GED Descriptors: Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The This book is a wonderfully retold version of the classic story by Washingto... Author: Irving, Washington GED Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies Leonardo Da Vinci This biography of Da Vinci's life has beautiful illustrations in various Re... Author: Stanley, Diane GED Descriptors: social studies | literature and arts Leonardo daVinci This fascinating biography of Leonardo daVinci emphasizes his scientific cu... Author: Krull, Kathleen GED Descriptors: science Leonardo's Horse Contemporary sculptors completed the horse that Leonardo da Vinci began but... Author: Fritz, Jean GED Descriptors: literature and arts Leon's Story A custodian at a Maryland school tells his own story of growing up poor in ... Author: Tillage, Leon Walter GED Descriptors: social studies Let It Shine These ten essays on African American women introduce well-know and some les... Author: Pinkney, Andrea GED Descriptors: social studies Let the Celebrations Begin! During WW II, in the concentration camps, women hoarded buttons and odds an... Author: Wild, Margaret GED Descriptors: social studies Let Them Play This beautifully illustrated book tells the true story of the 1955 state ch... Author: Raven, Margot GED Descriptors: social studies Letters from a Slave Girl Drawn from her 1861 autobiography, these fictionalized letters tell the sto... Author: Lyons, Mary GED Descriptors: social studies Letting Swift River Go This book tells the story of a community's act of selling up the houses an... Author: Yolen, Jane GED Descriptors: Librarian of Basra, The A true story of the librarian of Basra, Iraq, who saved the books in the to... Author: Winter, Jeanette GED Descriptors: Librarian Who Measured the Earth, The A "responsibly imagined" biography of Eratosthenes, the librarian of the gr... Author: Lasky, Kathryn GED Descriptors: math Library at Alexandria, The A fascinating account of the famous ancient library of papyrus scrolls once... Author: Trumble, Kelly GED Descriptors: social studies Library Book, The Although the title is a clever pun, this book recounts the history of stori... Author: Sawa, Maureen GED Descriptors: social studies Library for Juana, A This beautifully illustrated imaginative biography (little is known) focuse... Author: Mora, Pat GED Descriptors: social studies Library, The A delightfully illustrated story in verse about a shy, avid reader who gave... Author: Stewart, Sarah GED Descriptors: Life and Death of Adolf Hitler, The The book provides an insightful and well written biography of Adolf Hitler.... Author: Giblin, James Cross GED Descriptors: social studies Life Doesn't Frighten Me In this single poem, Angelou celebrates courage to face internal and extern... Author: Angelou, Maya GED Descriptors: Life Is So Good This is the autobiography of George Dawson, grandson of slaves, who began t... Author: Dawson, George & Glaubman, Richard GED Descriptors: writing | social studies Light in the Forest, The At 15, true son John Butler is returned to his biological white family by h... Author: Richter, Conrad GED Descriptors: social studies | literature and arts Light Shining through the Mist Lush color photographs and text tell the story of how Dian Fossey studied t... Author: Matthews, Tom GED Descriptors: science Lights on the River A migrant girl keeps memories of her grandma close as she deals with hard t... Author: Thomas, Jane Resh GED Descriptors: Like Sisters on the Homefront When 14-year-old Gayle gets into "trouble," she and her baby Jose leave New... Author: Williams-Garcia, Rita GED Descriptors: literature and arts Lily Cupboard, The A Dutch farm family hides a Jewish girl, who in turn wants to protect a rab... Author: Oppenheim, Shulamith L. GED Descriptors: social studies Lincoln: A Photobiography This is a carefully researched, well illustrated, fascinating biography of ... Author: Freedman, Russell GED Descriptors: social studies Linda Brown, You Are Not Alone Well-known children's author Joyce Carol Thomas has collected pieces by 12 ... Author: Thomas, Joyce Carol GED Descriptors: social studies Little History of the World, The Originally written in 1936 by a famous art historian and published in a new... Author: Gombrich, E. H. GED Descriptors: Little Ships, The The book tells the story of an English girl and her father who participate ... Author: Borden, Louise GED Descriptors: social studies Lives of the Artists These are "unconventional biographies" of five artists: Rembrandt, Guardi, ... Author: Goffstein, M.B. GED Descriptors: literature and arts Lives of the Athletes: Thrills, Spills, and What the Neighbors Saw This book offers 20 unusual biographical sketches of famous athletes. The ... Author: Krull, Kathleen GED Descriptors: Lives of the Writers: Comedies, Tragedies (and What the Neighbors Thought) Organized chronologically, the book offers short biographies of famous writ... Author: Krull, Kathleen GED Descriptors: literature and arts Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy This coming-of-age novel is a Newbery Honor Book. It tells the story of peo... Author: Schmidt, Gary GED Descriptors: Locomotion Lonnie, a.k.a. Locomotion, is encouraged by his teacher Ms. Marcus to write... Author: Woodson, Jacqueline GED Descriptors: Log Cabin Quilt, The Elvirey, her brother, grandmother, and father move to a log cabin in the Mi... Author: Howard, Ellen GED Descriptors: social studies Long Journey Home These six short stories are based on historical fact; Lester's notes at the... Author: Lester, Julius GED Descriptors: social studies Long Road to Gettysburg, The The Battle of Gettysburg (1863) is described from the perspectives of two a... Author: Murphy, Jim GED Descriptors: social studies Long Way From Chicago, A Subtitled "A Novel in Stories," this is a book about Joey and Mary Alice, w... Author: Peck, Richard GED Descriptors: Longitude Prize, The This history documents the competition between "ocean clocks" and "lunars" ... Author: Dash, Joan GED Descriptors: math | science Looking at Paintings: Self-Portraits Self-portraits of many noted artists are included. The accompanying text id... Author: Roalf, Peggy GED Descriptors: literature and arts Loons Short chapters and stunning photographs combine to describe the characteris... Author: Peck, George K. GED Descriptors: science Lost Lake, The A boy and his dad go out trekking, looking for a private lake, and in the p... Author: Say, Allen GED Descriptors: Lost: A Story in String Using string figures, a grandmother tells a story of the uses of imaginatio... Author: Fleischman, Paul GED Descriptors: Lotus Seed, The A young girl tells her grandmother's story of carrying a lotus seed with he... Author: Garland, Sherry GED Descriptors: social studies Love Letters This small, unusual book, which defies categorization, contains illustratio... Author: Poehlmann, JoAnna GED Descriptors: literature and arts Love You, Soldier This touching story about the effects of WW II on one family is told throug... Author: Hest, Amy GED Descriptors: social studies Love, Loss, and What I Wore The author reminisces indirectly by depicting and describing outfits she wo... Author: Beckerman, Ilene GED Descriptors: Luba, the Angel of Bergen-Belsen This is the story of Luba Tryszynska, a prisoner at Bergen-Belsen concentra... Author: McCann, Michelle R. GED Descriptors: social studies Lugalbanda This retelling of the oldest recorded story ever found from Sumer (now Iraq... Author: Henderson, Kathy GED Descriptors: literature and arts Lyddie Lyddie tells the story of a 19th century farm girl who, because of... Author: Paterson, Katherine GED Descriptors: social studies Ma Dear's Aprons The life of the author's great grandmother, a single parent who was a domes... Author: McKissack, Patricia C. GED Descriptors: Madam President Short biographies of some of the powerful and influential women who have b... Author: Thimmesh, Catherine GED Descriptors: social studies Make Lemonade When fourteen-year-old LaVaughn takes a job baby-sitting for seventeen-year... Author: Wolff, Virginia Euwer GED Descriptors: Malcolm X In a clear, simple, and beautifully illustrated text, Walter Dean Myers emp... Author: Myers, Walter Dean GED Descriptors: social studies Mama Provi and the Pot of Rice Mama Provi lives on the first floor of an apartment building and her grandd... Author: Rosa-Casanova, Sylvia GED Descriptors: Man Who Made Parks, The This is a biography of Frederick Law Olmsted, the first landscape architect... Author: Wishinsky, Frieda GED Descriptors: social studies Man Who Walked Between the Towers, The The book celebrates in pictures and text Philippe Petit's highwire walk bet... Author: Gerstein, Mordicai GED Descriptors: Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon, The This book, written almost in a scrapbook format, tells about Michael Collin... Author: Schyffert, Bea Uusma GED Descriptors: science | social studies Mandela This picture book biography tells Nelson Mandela's story, from his childhoo... Author: Cooper, Floyd GED Descriptors: social studies Mansa Musa A beautifully illustrated story of the quest for identity of a descendent o... Author: Burns, Khephra GED Descriptors: social studies Many Thousand Gone: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom This is a beautifully illustrated collection of true stories about the stru... Author: Virginia Hamilton GED Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies | writing Maria De Sautuola: The Bulls in the Cave The scientific world did not accept until 1902 the discovery of prehistoric... Author: Fradin, Dennis GED Descriptors: social studies Maritcha: A Nineteenth Century American GIrl Based on an unpublished memoir, this picture book tells the story of daily ... Author: Bolden, Tonya GED Descriptors: social studies Marley and Me This is a memoir about a family's "life and love with the world's worst dog... Author: Grogan, John GED Descriptors: Martha Graham: A Dancer's Life This well-researched and tastefully honest biography recounts the long, pro... Author: Freedman, Russell GED Descriptors: literature and arts Martin Luther King Folk art paintings accompany this biography of Dr. King. A timeline of impo... Author: Bray, Rosemary GED Descriptors: social studies Martin's Big Words Brief and easy-to-read biographical statements are accompanied by MLK's wor... Author: Rappaport, Doreen GED Descriptors: social studies Marvelous Mattie Based on the life of Margaret E. Knight, the book portrays an imaginative g... Author: McCully, Emily GED Descriptors: science Marven of the Great North Woods Marven's immigrant Russian Jewish family sends him alone by train and by sk... Author: Lasky, Kathryn GED Descriptors: Mary Smith Before the advent of alarm clocks, Mary Smith's job was to wake the workers... Author: U'Ren, Andrea GED Descriptors: Math Curse This book is a zany spoof about a child who hates math. Although this is cl... Author: Scieszka, Jon GED Descriptors: math Matilda Bone Sometime in medieval Europe, a sombre-minded priest leaves a 14-year-old or... Author: Cushman, Karen GED Descriptors: social studies Maus II: A Survivor's Tale A powerful graphic novel about a father who survived the Nazi concentration... Author: Spiegelman, Art GED Descriptors: social studies Measuring Penny A young girl, Lisa, fulfills a math assignment by finding numerous ways to... Author: Leedy, Loreen GED Descriptors: math Memories of Summer The novel is set in 1955. A father and 2 daughters (Lyric, the narrator, is... Author: White, Ruth GED Descriptors: Memories of Sun This is a collection of modern day short stories and poems about Africa. I... Author: Kurtz, Jane (Ed.) GED Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies Memory Coat, The In order to flee persecution as Jews in Russia, Rachel and her cousin Grisk... Author: Woodruff, Elvira GED Descriptors: social studies Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot During the occupation of Germany after WW II, a young girl writes a letter ... Author: Raven, Margot GED Descriptors: Mermaid Summer, The Jon and Ana, brother and sister, display intelligence and courage as they b... Author: Hunter, Mollie GED Descriptors: Metropolis This book provides a detailed look at 10 cities, from 11th century Jerusale... Author: Lorenz, Albert GED Descriptors: social studies Michelangelo Diane Stanley has added to her work another stunningly visual biography fil... Author: Stanley, Diane GED Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies Midnight Clear: Stories for the Christmas Season, A Twelve modern-day stories focus on the "true meaning" of Christmas. Each a... Author: Paterson, Katherine GED Descriptors: literature and arts Midwife's Apprentice, The This award-winning novel, set in 14th century England, tells the story of B... Author: Cushman, Karen GED Descriptors: science | social studies Mind's Eye This is a novel in play form. Courtney, 16 and paralyzed, learns about the... Author: Fleischman, Paul GED Descriptors: social studies Minty Long before her years as leader in the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman... Author: Schroeder, Alan GED Descriptors: social studies Miss Bridie Chose a Shovel When offered a choice between a ceramic clock and a shovel as a gift before... Author: Connor, Leslie GED Descriptors: Miss Crandall's School In innovative sonnet form, the authors tell the story of Prudence Crandall ... Author: Alexander, Elizabeth & Nelson, Marilyn GED Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies Miss Rumphius The Lupine Lady, the great-aunt of the narrator, travels around the world b... Author: Cooney, Barbara GED Descriptors: social studies Missing May A twelve-year-old girl named Summer and her uncle are dealing with the deat... Author: Rylant, Cynthia GED Descriptors: Mississippi Going North A canoe journey at the headwaters of the Mississippi takes the reader north... Author: Baker, Sanna Anderson GED Descriptors: Mississippi Mud: Three Prairie Journals Three pioneer children recount their trip across the prairie in a series of... Author: Turner, Ann GED Descriptors: social studies Mist over the Mountains Memorable photographs and well-written text depict the history and present ... Author: Bial, Raymond GED Descriptors: social studies Miz Berlin Walks A little African American girl learns to love the old white lady who walks ... Author: Yolen, Jane GED Descriptors: Moby-Dick Melville's classic tale of Ahab's obsessive hunt for the great white whale ... Author: Melville, Herman/Needle, Jan GED Descriptors: literature and arts Molly Bannaky This is a biography of the grandmother of the famous mathematician, Banjami... Author: McGill, Alice GED Descriptors: social studies Momma, Where Are You From? When a young girl asks her mother where she comes from, she receives a lovi... Author: Bradby, Marie GED Descriptors: social studies Mona Lisa, The Archival prints, photographs, reproductions, and illustrations introduce th... Author: Kalz, Jill GED Descriptors: literature and arts Money Sense for Kids A simple, interesting book about money with something new for everyone that... Author: Harman, Hollis Page GED Descriptors: math Monster 16-year-old Steve Harmon is on trial for murder. This riveting book tells h... Author: Myers, Walter Dean GED Descriptors: Moon Over Tennessee A boy accompanies his father into the Confederate Army in the Civil War, ev... Author: Crist-Evans, Craig GED Descriptors: social studies More Choices: Stories for Adult New Readers These three stories fit with George Ella Lyon's collection Choices... Author: Lyon, George Ella GED Descriptors: More Spice Than Sugar: Poems about Feisty Females All the poems in this collection are about women and girls, some famous and... Author: Morrison, Lillian (comp.) GED Descriptors: social studies | literature and arts More Than Anything Else Few people around young Booker T. Washington are able to read. But Booker,... Author: Bradby, Marie GED Descriptors: social studies Morning Girl In alternating chapters, Morning Girl (age 12) and her brother describe lif... Author: Dorris, Michael GED Descriptors: social studies Morning Milking Although one OLRC reviewer was concerned that urban readers might not recog... Author: Morris, Linda Lowe GED Descriptors: Moses The author's note describes this book on Harriet Tubman as a "fictionalized... Author: Weatherford, Carole GED Descriptors: social studies Mosque Once again David Macaulay describes and illustrates the construction of a ... Author: Macaulay, David GED Descriptors: literature and arts Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, The This lively, clear, prose retelling of Shakespeare's play Romeo and J... Author: Early, Margaret GED Descriptors: literature and arts Mother Teresa This is a beautifully illustrated biography of the woman who became Mother ... Author: Demi GED Descriptors: social studies Moving Mama to Town Enterprising Freddy James moves his mother and younger brother to town afte... Author: Young, Ronder Thomas GED Descriptors: Mr. Lincoln's Whiskers Grace, an 11 year-old girl writes a letter to Abraham Lincoln suggesting th... Author: Winnick, Karen GED Descriptors: social studies Music of Dolphins, The Mila, a feral child raised by dolphins after her parents' death, is rescued... Author: Hesse, Karen GED Descriptors: Musicians of the Sun This beautifully illustrated book of an Aztec myth of the beginning of the ... Author: McDermott, Gerald GED Descriptors: literature and arts My Brothers' Flying Machine This biography of Wilber and Orville Wright is told by their younger sister... Author: Yolen, Jane GED Descriptors: science My Dream of Martin Luther King The author tells the story of the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. as a drea... Author: Ringgold, Faith GED Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies My Freedom Trip: A Child's Escape from North Korea This story describes the flight of a young girl from North to South Korea j... Author: Park, Frances and Park, Ginger GED Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies My Grandmother's Journey The narrator tells the story of the grandmother's life and of the many wars... Author: Cech, John GED Descriptors: social studies My Great Aunt Arizona Based on the author's great aunt, Arizona was born in a log cabin. All her... Author: Houston, Gloria GED Descriptors: social studies My Heroes, My People Portraits of native American, Africans, and people of mixed race--both imag... Author: Monceaux, Morgan & Katcher, Ruth GED Descriptors: social studies My Hiroshima This book tells the story of a Japanese survivor of the atomic bomb and off... Author: Morimoto, Junko GED Descriptors: social studies My Life in Dog Years Each chapter describes one of the amazing and unforgettable dogs Gary Pauls... Author: Paulsen, Gary GED Descriptors: My Mama Had a Dancing Heart In simple poetic language, a ballet dancer recalls how she and her mother w... Author: Gray, Libba Moore GED Descriptors: My Name is Georgia This simple biography of Georgia O'Keefe describes how she was true to her ... Author: Winter, Jeanette GED Descriptors: literature and arts My Name Is York York, a slave of Captain Clark, accompanies his master on the famous Lewis ... Author: Van Steenwyk, Elizabeth GED Descriptors: social studies My Ol' Man Patricia Polacco once again uses her rich family background to tell the sto... Author: Polacco, Patricia GED Descriptors: My Own True Name This partially bilingual collection of uniformly thoughtful and accessible ... Author: Mora, Pat GED Descriptors: My Place This award-winning Australian picture book shows life in one specific spot ... Author: Wheatley, Nadia & Rawlins, Donna GED Descriptors: social studies My Season with Penguins The author, a writer, scientist, and artist, keeps a journal and pictorial ... Author: Webb, Sophie GED Descriptors: science My Secret Camera As a young man in the Lodz Ghetto in Poland, Mendel Grossman, secretly took... Author: Smith, Frank Dabba GED Descriptors: social studies My Sister's Keeper Set in modern day Rhode Island, this novel tells the story of two sisters: ... Author: Picoult, Jodi GED Descriptors: Mysterious Rays of Dr. Rontgen, The This biography focuses on Rontgen's discovery of x-rays, the ways he resear... Author: Gherman, Beverly GED Descriptors: science Mysterious Thelonious Chris Raschka has blended musical notes with glorious color to make the rea... Author: Raschka, Chris GED Descriptors: literature and arts N.C. Wyeth's Pilgrims The author researched the first years of the Pilgrims at Plymouth to create... Author: San Souci, Robert GED Descriptors: social studies | literature and arts Native Americans Rather than focus on individual tribes, the editors chose to organize the t... Author: Thomas, David & Pendleton, Lorann (Eds.) GED Descriptors: social studies Navajo: Visions and Voices Across the Mesa Shonto Begay's artwork has been celebrated throughout the southwestern U.S.... Author: Begay, Shonto GED Descriptors: Nazi Olympics, The Published by the U. S. National Holocaust Museum, this history documents th... Author: Bachrach, Susan GED Descriptors: social studies Nearer Nature The author writes reflectively of his winter walks on his Vermont farm and ... Author: Arnosky, Jim GED Descriptors: science | social studies Nellie Bly This biography recounts the life of the woman who opened up the field of jo... Author: Fredeen, Charles GED Descriptors: social studies New Year Be Coming! Through beautiful colored woodcuts and rhythmic gullah dialect, this book d... Author: Boling, Katharine GED Descriptors: Nickommoh! A Thanksgiving Celebration The Native American harvest celebration, Nickommah, is described in simple ... Author: Koller, Jackie French GED Descriptors: social studies Night Rainbow, The Simple poetic verse describes the Aurora borealis or northern lights from t... Author: Esbensen, Barbara Juster GED Descriptors: literature and arts | science Night the Bells Rang, The This short novel (76 pages), told from the point of view of a farm boy, tel... Author: Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie GED Descriptors: Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, The This two-act play is about Thoreau's nonviolent acts of civil disobedience ... Author: Lawrence, Jerome & Lee, Robert E. GED Descriptors: social studies | literature and arts Nightjohn An escaped slave returns to the South to teach others how to read. This 92... Author: Paulsen, Gary GED Descriptors: social studies Nikola Tesla This biography of little-known scientist Nikola Tesla recounts his life and... Author: Dommermuth-Costa, Carol GED Descriptors: science Noah's Ark Well-known author-illustrator Jerry Pinkney retells the story of Noah and t... Author: Pinkney, Jerry GED Descriptors: Nobody Particular A graphic novel format depicts the activist Diane Wilson and her fight agai... Author: Bang, Molly GED Descriptors: science North by Night Lucy Spencer and her Ohio farm family are involved in the Underground Railr... Author: Ayres, Katherine GED Descriptors: social studies North Country Night This easy-to-read and stunningly illustrated book shows what animals do at ... Author: San Souci, Daniel GED Descriptors: science | social studies North Star to Freedom This book is subtitled "The Story of the Underground Railroad," and it is t... Author: Gorrell, Gena K. GED Descriptors: social studies Now Is Your Time! the African-American Stuggle for Freedom The subtitle of this book is The African-American Struggle for Freedom. The... Author: Myers, Walter Dean GED Descriptors: social studies Now Let Me Fly This book gives a fictional account of Minna, a young African girl, taken f... Author: Johnson, Dolores GED Descriptors: social studies Now Sheba Sings the Song This book consists of one long poem and dozens of sketches of African-Ameri... Author: Angelou, Maya GED Descriptors: O Jerusalem This book is a tribute to Jerusalem in honor of its 3000th year. Each poem... Author: Yolen, Jane GED Descriptors: October 45 Subtitled "Childhood Memories of the War," this book tells the author's obs... Author: Besson, Jean Louis GED Descriptors: social studies Oh, Freedom! Most of the book is transcripts of interviews children conducted with peopl... Author: King, Casey, & Osborne, Linda GED Descriptors: social studies Old African, The a beautifully told and illustrated story that, according to the dust jacket... Author: Lester, Julius GED Descriptors: social studies Old Musician, The A little girl hears an old man playing a flute and initiates his journey as... Author: Tornqvist, Rita GED Descriptors: On the Go A simple text and photographs from around the world tell how people move an... Author: Morris, Ann GED Descriptors: On the Wings of Peace This is a collection of illustrations and various types of text, all provid... Author: Hamanaka, Sheila (comp.) GED Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies Once On This Island Twelve-year-old Mary and her older brother and sister tend the family farm ... Author: Whelan, Gloria GED Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies Once Upon a Company: A True Story This is the true story of how 3 children began a business, first making Chr... Author: Halperin, Wendy Anderson GED Descriptors: social studies | math Once Upon a Poem: Favorite Poems that Tell Stories About a dozen narrative poems are included in this collection. Some will wo... Author: Crossley-Holland, Kevin (compiler) GED Descriptors: literature and arts Once Upon Ice The author and 16 other poets respond in a variety of poetic forms to beaut... Author: Yolen, Jane GED Descriptors: literature and arts One Kingdom: Our Lives with Animals Subtitled "the human-animal bond in history, science, and story," this fasc... Author: Noyes, Deborah GED Descriptors: science | social studies One More Border Illustrated with paintings, documents, and photos, this is the true story o... Author: Kaplan, William GED Descriptors: social studies One More River to Cross This is a photographic chronicle of African American life. The text is very... Author: Myers, Walter Dean GED Descriptors: social studies One World, Many Religions Illustrated with colored photographs, the book explores the world's major r... Author: Osbourne, Mary GED Descriptors: social studies One Yellow Daffodil: A Hanukkah Story Morris Kaplan, a Holocaust survivor, owns a flower shop that two children v... Author: Adler, David GED Descriptors: social studies Only Passing Through Strong illustrations help tell this biography of Sojourner Truth. An Autho... Author: Rockwell, Anne GED Descriptors: social studies Orphan Train Rider: One Boy's True Story Between 1859 and 1929, more than 200,000 children were sent "west" on Orpha... Author: Warren, Andrea GED Descriptors: social studies Othello, A Novel The author retells Shakespeare's play Othello as a novel, relocating the se... Author: Lester, Julius GED Descriptors: literature and arts Other Side, The Spurred by a letter from her grandmother saying that "they're pulling Short... Author: Johnson, Angela GED Descriptors: Our Century--1920-1930 This is a series of short articles about life, events, and people who made ... Author: Hill, Prescott GED Descriptors: social studies Our Eleanor Organized like a scrapbook with themed chronological divisions that contain... Author: Fleming, Candace GED Descriptors: social studies Our House Based on her research and interviews, the author tells fictional stories o... Author: Conrad, Pam GED Descriptors: literature and arts Out of the Dump: Writings and Photogrpahs by Children from Guatemala Approximately 1500 people, most children, live in a dump at the center of G... Author: Franklin, Kristine, & McGirr, Nancy (Eds.) GED Descriptors: social studies Out of the Dust Set in Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl years of the Depression, this powerful... Author: Hesse, Karen GED Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place, The Margaret Rose Kane, 12 years old, escapes oppressive summer camp with the h... Author: Konigsburg, E. L. GED Descriptors: Over the Top of the World The main text is a diary of explorer Will Steger's expedition (1994) from R... Author: Steger, Will GED Descriptors: science | social studies Painting the Wind This "is a beautiful story about holding on to perfect moments that only a ... Author: MacLachlan, Patricia & MacLachlan, Emily GED Descriptors: Pantheon, The Although few records survive to describe the construction of the Pantheon i... Author: Dutemple, Lesley GED Descriptors: social studies | science Passage to Freedom Hiroki Sugihara tells the true story of how his father, who was Japanese co... Author: Mochizuki, Ken GED Descriptors: social studies Paul Revere's Ride Longfellow's famous poem tells the story of Revere's call to arms to his co... Author: Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth GED Descriptors: social studies Pearl Moscowitz's Last Stand Pearl M., a long-time resident of her city street, refuses to let the city ... Author: Levine, Arthur A. GED Descriptors: People Could Fly, The These collected folk tales that were told by slaves fall into four categori... Author: Hamilton, Virginia GED Descriptors: literature and arts Peppe the Lamplighter A young Italian immigrant boy has to find a job lighting the lamps to help ... Author: Bartone, Elisa GED Descriptors: social studies Perfect Shot, The Ostensibly a murder mystery, this book explores many issues--civil rights, ... Author: Alphin, Elaine Marie GED Descriptors: social studies Perilous Journey of The Donner Party, The The Donner Party, consisting of 81 people who set out for a new life in Cal... Author: Calabro, Marian GED Descriptors: social studies Persephone and the Pomegranate The Persephone myth explains the seasons. The daughter is kidnapped by the... Author: Waldherr, Kris GED Descriptors: literature and arts Persepolis 2 This graphic novel sequel to Persepolis, depicts the author's rebellious ad... Author: Satrapi, Marjane GED Descriptors: social studies Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science As the result of a bizarre mining accident in 1848 in which a metal rod ran... Author: Fleischman, John GED Descriptors: science Picasso and the Girl With a Ponytail The cubist artist Picasso met his model Sylvette when he was in his 70's. ... Author: Anholt, Laurence GED Descriptors: literature and arts Pick and Shovel Poet This moving biography recounts the life of Italian immigrant poet Pascal D'... Author: Murphy, Jim GED Descriptors: social studies Picnic in October, A At the insistence of the immigrant grandparents, a family celebrates coming... Author: Bunting, Eve GED Descriptors: social studies Picture Book of Anne Frank, A This picture book retells the familiar story made famous by the The Dia... Author: Adler, David GED Descriptors: social studies Picture Book of Dwight David Eisenhower, A This is another in the series of excellent biographies by David Adler. It's... Author: Adler, David GED Descriptors: social studies Picture Book of Frederick Douglass, A This engaging biography tells the life story of the civil rights leader Fre... Author: Adler, David GED Descriptors: social studies Picture Book of Jesse Owens, A This very readable biography tells the life story of Jesse Owens, the 1936 ... Author: Adler, David GED Descriptors: social studies Picture Book of Simon Bolivar, A Adler describes Simon Bolivar's life and character, showing how his courage... Author: Adler, David GED Descriptors: social studies Picture Book of Sojourner Truth, A As with the other Adler biographies, most readers will find this book engag... Author: Adler, David GED Descriptors: social studies Pink and Say This long picture book tells the story of Pinkus Aylee, an African-American... Author: Polacco, Patricia GED Descriptors: social studies Pirate Queen, The This story, based on historical fact and colorful legend, chronicles the li... Author: McCully, Emily A. GED Descriptors: social studies Place Called Freedom, A Freed slave James Starman takes his family from Tennessee to Indiana where ... Author: Sanders, S. GED Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies Places in Time This story atlas describes on facing pages activities at a particular place... Author: Leacock, Elspeth & Buckley, Susan GED Descriptors: social studies Pledge of Allegiance, The This book illustrates the phrases in the Pledge of Allegiance with photogra... Author: No author cited GED Descriptors: social studies Poem of Her Own, A A chronological collection of poems written by 25 American women poets from... Author: Clinton, Catherine, ed. GED Descriptors: literature and arts Poet Slave, The: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano This true story of 19th Century Cuban poet Juan Francisco Manzano, who was ... Author: Engle, Margarita GED Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies Poetry for Young People: Edna St. Vincent Millay Beautifully illustrated collection of Edna St. Vincent Millay's poetry. Th... Author: Francis Schoonmaker GED Descriptors: literature and arts Pond God and Other Stories, The This unusual book of one-page pourquoi stories--of how things came to be--f... Author: Keyser, Samuel J. GED Descriptors: Prairie Builders, The At the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge in central Iowa, scientists are ... Author: Collard, Sneed B. III GED Descriptors: science | social studies Presidents Part of the Library of Congress Books Series, the book provides interesting... Author: Sandler, Martin GED Descriptors: social studies Princess Ka'iulani: Hope of a Nation, Heart of a People This is a fascinating biography of Ka'iulani, Crown Princess of Hawaii. The... Author: Linnea, Sharon GED Descriptors: social studies Princess of the Press This biography of Ida Wells- Barnett chronicles her remarkable career in ci... Author: Medearis, Angela GED Descriptors: social studies Printer, The A son retells the story of his father, a deaf printer working in a newspape... Author: Uhlberg, Myron GED Descriptors: Puppies, Dogs, and Blue Northers Paulsen shares his love of the Iditarod and especially of Cookie, his prima... Author: Paulsen, Gary GED Descriptors: Pyramid Black and white illustrations accompany this nonfiction account, a process ... Author: Macaulay, David GED Descriptors: social studies Quest for the Tree Kangaroo Subtitled "An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea," this is the st... Author: Montgomery, Sy GED Descriptors: science | social studies Rabbit, the Fox, and the Wolf, The The three creatures of the title confront each other in this wordless book ... Author: Sara GED Descriptors: Rabbits, The A myth/allegory about rabbits who take over a country and destroy the envir... Author: Marsden, John GED Descriptors: Raft, The A city boy spends a magical summer in the woods with an unusual grandmother... Author: LaMarche, Jim GED Descriptors: Raisin in the Sun, A When an African-American family chooses to integrate an all-white neighborh... Author: Hansberry, Lorraine GED Descriptors: literature and arts Raising Yoder's Barn After a fire destroys Yoder's barn, the Amish community gathers to build a ... Author: Yolen, Jane GED Descriptors: social studies Ray Charles In a beautiful reprint of a 1973 book, the author tells the story of the le... Author: Mathis, Sharon GED Descriptors: literature and arts Real Benedict Arnold, The This well-researched biography examines the facts and rumors of the life of... Author: Murphy, Jim GED Descriptors: social studies Real Time A gripping story told in real time (hence the title)from the viewpoints of ... Author: Kass, Pnina Moed GED Descriptors: social studies Reappearance of Sam Webber, The With the help of adult friends, eleven-year-old Sam Webber adjusts to the d... Author: Fuqua, Jonathon Scott GED Descriptors: Relatively Speaking Centered around a family reunion, a boy speaks about his older brother, his... Author: Fletcher, Ralph GED Descriptors: Religion in 19th Century America This book, part of a larger series on religion in America, focuses on U.S. ... Author: Wacker, Grant GED Descriptors: social studies Remember Spare text and very moving photographs recount times surrounding Brown vs. ... Author: Morrison, Toni GED Descriptors: social studies Remember the Bridge Illustrated by prints and black-and-white photographs and bracketed by two ... Author: Weatherford, Carole GED Descriptors: social studies Remembering Manzanar Shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. government ordered force... Author: Cooper, Michael L. GED Descriptors: social studies Rescued Images The author contributes a moving and strikingly illustrated memoir of her ex... Author: Jacobsen, Ruth GED Descriptors: social studies Re-Zoom This entertaining wordless picture book has illustrations that zoom in and ... Author: Banyai, Istvan GED Descriptors: Richard Wright and the Library Card This is a 'slice of life' biography about the author Richard Wright set in ... Author: Miller, William GED Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies Ride the Wind Beautiful watercolor illustrations and well-written text present the season... Author: Simon, Seymour GED Descriptors: science Riding the Tiger This is an allegory that features a bored, lonely 10-year-old's who is offe... Author: Bunting, Eve GED Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies Right Here on This Spot Very easy text and beautiful illustrations chronicle changes in one farmer'... Author: Addy, Sharon Hart GED Descriptors: social studies Rio Grande Stories In Albuquerque, 7th grade students decide to write a book on their diverse ... Author: Meyer, Carolyn GED Descriptors: Rite of Passage The book is set in Harlem in the late 1940s. Protagonist Johnny Gibbs, 15,... Author: Wright, Richard GED Descriptors: literature and arts River Ran Wild, A This book recounts the history of the Nashua River in Massachusetts and New... Author: Cherry, Lynn GED Descriptors: social studies | science Road to There, The For all geography enthusiasts, this book recounts the history of mapmaking ... Author: Ross, Val GED Descriptors: social studies | science Roanoke Based on extensive research, this book explores the political intrigue surr... Author: Miller, Lee GED Descriptors: social studies Romare Bearden This biography of the multi-talented artist Romare Bearden is vibrantly ill... Author: Greenberg, Jan GED Descriptors: literature and arts Rosa Giovanni tells the story of Rosa Parks' infamous bus ride. In the telling,... Author: Giovanni, Nikki GED Descriptors: social studies Rose Blanche A young girl shares her food with those behind barbed wire in Nazi Germany.... Author: Innocenti, Roberto GED Descriptors: social studies Roses in My Carpet, The This story of a young refugee boy from Afghanistan was inspired by a real c... Author: Khan, Rukhsana GED Descriptors: social studies Rosie the Riveter This carefully researched book tells the story of the millions of women who... Author: Colman, Penny GED Descriptors: social studies Royal Bee, The A poor boy from Korea desperately wants an education. He listens outside th... Author: Park, Frances, & Park, Ginger GED Descriptors: Ruby's Wish The author tells the story of her Chinese grandmother, Ruby, who yearned fo... Author: Bridges, Shirin Yim GED Descriptors: Rushmore This long, beautifully illustrated picture book tells the story of Mount Ru... Author: Curlee, Lynn GED Descriptors: social studies Ruth Law Thrills a Nation The author recounts in easy text and wondrful watercolor illustrations the ... Author: Don Brown GED Descriptors: social studies | writing Sacred Places This collection of 12 poems and accompanying paintings celebrates 12 holy a... Author: Yolen, Jane GED Descriptors: social studies Sacred River Beautiful illustrations and minimal text introduce the reader to the colorf... Author: Levin, Ted GED Descriptors: social studies Safari Bateman, a famous nature artist, creates a pictorial safari of African wild... Author: Bateman, Robert GED Descriptors: science Safari Beneath the Sea Chapters entitled "Far Out Fish" and "Mind-Boggling Mammals" etc. are illus... Author: Swanson, Diane GED Descriptors: science Saint Valentine This biography of Saint Valentine describes the life of the physician and s... Author: Sabuda, Robert GED Descriptors: social studies Saladin This beautifully illustrated biography of the revered Islanic hero, Saladin... Author: Stanley, Diane GED Descriptors: social studies Same Stuff as Stars, The Angel and her little brother Bernie are dropped off at their great-grandma'... Author: Paterson, Katherine GED Descriptors: Sanctuary, The Little Man, age 10, thinks that Tico and Aaron should let him join their ga... Author: Eskridge, Ann GED Descriptors: literature and arts Sarah, Plain and Tall A mail-order bride comes from Maine to the midwest; the children (who have ... Author: MacLachlan, Patricia GED Descriptors: social studies Sarney A sequel to Nightjohn, the book follows the life of Sarny, the sla... Author: Paulsen, Gary GED Descriptors: social studies Saying It Out Loud Mindy is a typical 16-year-old teenager when her mother develops a serious ... Author: Abelove, Joan GED Descriptors: School for Pompey Walker, A At the dedication of a school named for him, Pompey Walker tells how he and... Author: Rosen, Michael J. GED Descriptors: social studies Science Verse Repeating the success of Math Curse, the author and illustrator de... Author: Scieszka, John GED Descriptors: science Scrambled States of America, The This very amusing book contemplates rearranging the states of the USA. Cle... Author: Keller, Laurie GED Descriptors: social studies Sea Clocks The true story of Englishman John Harrison's life-long struggle to win the ... Author: Borden, Louise GED Descriptors: science Sebastian: A Book About Bach This simple biography tells the story of the great composer, Johann Sebasti... Author: Winter, Jeanette GED Descriptors: literature and arts Second Mrs. Gioconda In this fictionalized story of real people, Salai, servant of Leonardo da V... Author: Konigsburg, E. L. GED Descriptors: literature and arts Secret Life of Bees, The Fourteen-year-old Lily and Rosaleen, the black servant who has look after h... Author: Kidd, Sue Monk GED Descriptors: Secret Room, The A king is impressed with a man's wisdom and appoints him to the court, but ... Author: Shulevitz, Uri GED Descriptors: Secret-Keeper, The This is a fairy tale about Kalli, the secret-keeper, who takes others' secr... Author: Coombs, Kate GED Descriptors: Secrets of a Civil War Submarine The discovery in 1995 and the subsequent slow scientific recovery of the Ci... Author: Walker, Sally GED Descriptors: science | social studies Secrets of the Sphinx Beautiful illustrations and extensive supplementary material accompany this... Author: Giblin, James Cross GED Descriptors: social studies Seedfolks Thirteen people of different ethnic backgrounds who are strangers to each o... Author: Fleischman, Paul GED Descriptors: Seek For a senior class autobiography assignment, Robbie creates "a sound portra... Author: Fleischman, Paul GED Descriptors: Selvakumar Knew Better Based on a true story, the book tells of a dog named Selvakumar who saved a... Author: Kroll, Virginia GED Descriptors: social studies | science Separate Battle, A: Women and the Civil War This must-have addition to a Civil War collection weaves together stories o... Author: Chang, Ina GED Descriptors: social studies September 11, 2001 A New York Times journalist has chosen to tell the chronology of September ... Author: Hampton, Wilborn GED Descriptors: social studies Seven Brave Women A young girl recounts her family history passed down to her through stories... Author: Hearne, Betsy GED Descriptors: Seventeenth Child, The The author wri