Search Results Select any highlighted title for detailed information about that resource. Emotions-Personal Issues And Not Afraid To Dare This is a collection of short (15-20 page) biographies of 10 African American women: Ellen Craft, Charlotte Forten Grimke, Mary Fields, Ida B. Wells, Mary McLeod Bethune, Clara Hale, Leontyne Price, Toni Morrison, Mae C. Jemison, and Jackie Joyner-Kersee. Author: Bolden, Tonya HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Children of the Great Depression Freedman describes the impact of the Great Depression on the youth of that time. Topics include the struggles youth had staying in school and finding jobs and what youth did to help their families survive. Photographs by well known photographers accompany Author: Freedman, Russell HSE Descriptors: | social studies My Secret Camera As a young man in the Lodz Ghetto in Poland, Mendel Grossman, secretly took hundreds of photographs to document the miserable life of the people in the ghetto and their struggles for survival. Simple text accompanies the photographs. Author: Smith, Frank Dabba HSE Descriptors: social studies Ziba Came on a Boat This story is based on a real incident. Ziba and her mother run from their country because of fighting. They are on an overloaded boat coming to freedom. Ziba spends the time thinking of what she left behind, why she left her home and what the future wo Author: Lofthouse, Liz HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions 145th Street: Short Stories Engaging short stories written in Myers' natural writing styles that contain serious side plots and portray some of the people who live on one block of 145th Street in Harlem. Characters are portrayed honestly and jump off the page to keep the reader enga Author: Myers, Walter Dean HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | language arts - writing Chess Rumble Since his sister died, Marcus is in trouble all the time at school. Then he meets CM and learns to take control of his life through the game of chess. This book was inspired by inner-city chess enrichment programs. Author: Neri, G. Chess Rumble Since his sister died, Marcus is in trouble all the time at school. Then he meets CM and learns to take control of his life through the game of chess. This book was inspired by inner-city chess enrichment programs. Author: Neri, G. Day That Changed America, A :D-Day June 6, 1944 The story of D-day, the freeing of France from Nazi control. Told through four real men: a paratrooper, a medic, an infantryman, and a fighter pilot. It is illustrate with paintings and also uses actual photos. It gives reality to this historic event. Author: Tanaka, Shelley HSE Descriptors: social studies Day That Changed America, A :D-Day June 6, 1944 The story of D-day, the freeing of France from Nazi control. Told through four real men: a paratrooper, a medic, an infantryman, and a fighter pilot. It is illustrate with paintings and also uses actual photos. It gives reality to this historic event. Author: Tanaka, Shelley HSE Descriptors: social studies Diego Bigger Than Life These short poems tell about the life of the artist Diego Rivera, his various loves, his life as an artist, and his unusual and intense life. It ends with a one paragraph comment by his last wife, Frida Kahlo. Back matter includes a wealth of information Author: Bernier-Grand HSE Descriptors: social studies Lady Liberty: A Biography Poetic format shares the stories of the people involved in the building of the Statue of Liberty. It also shares the reactions and contributions of everyday people seeing her rise in NY Harbor. Beautiful illustrations that add to the stories of the peopl Author: Rappaport, Doreen HSE Descriptors: social studies | literature and arts Lady Liberty: A Biography Poetic format shares the stories of the people involved in the building of the Statue of Liberty. It also shares the reactions and contributions of everyday people seeing her rise in NY Harbor. Beautiful illustrations that add to the stories of the peopl Author: Rappaport, Doreen HSE Descriptors: social studies | literature and arts Tibet Through the Red Box The author-illustrator returns to his father's home as an adult to learn the contents of a mysterious red box that his father had brought back from Tibet years before. The past is revealed through a diary, memories, and extraordinary illustrations. Author: Sis, Peter Witness Structured as a play with characters, acts, and text, this story depicts a small Vermont town facing issues of racism and bigotry introduced by the Klu Klux Klan in the 1920's. The courage of two young girls and the adults who support them leads the way t Author: Hesse, Karen HSE Descriptors: social studies Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > anger 9-11 Artists Respond: Volume One Over 100 graphic artists draw their reactions to the 9-ll attack on the World Trade Center. There are as many styles and points-of-view as artists. Although graphic in nature, some texts would be difficult for beginning readers due to size and type face Author: No author cited HSE Descriptors: social studies Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian, The When Junior (Arnold) Spirit chooses to go to school off his North Dakota reservation to attend an all white farm school, he encounters a few new friends and loses an old one as he navigates the worlds of whites and Native Americans. Author: Alexie, Sherman HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Big Mouth and Ugly Girl In this engrossing 266-page book, Matt, age 17, is falsely accused of trying to blow up his high school. His friends desert him, but a girl who calls herself "Ugly Girl" befriends him, and together they weather public opinion, the police, parents, teache Author: Oates, Joyce Carol Chess Rumble Since his sister died, Marcus is in trouble all the time at school. Then he meets CM and learns to take control of his life through the game of chess. This book was inspired by inner-city chess enrichment programs. Author: Neri, G. Chess Rumble Since his sister died, Marcus is in trouble all the time at school. Then he meets CM and learns to take control of his life through the game of chess. This book was inspired by inner-city chess enrichment programs. Author: Neri, G. Coal Miner's Bride, A: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska In journal format, the life of a thirteen year old girl in 1896 comes to life. Anetra Kaminska is sold to an older widower of three children in a mining town, for the price of her and her brother's tickets from Poland to America. Her life is extremely ha Author: Bartoletti, Susan Campbell HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | language arts - writing | social studies Journey Journey, an eleven-year-old boy whose Mom has left him and his sister to live with her parents, feels angry and betrayed. He spends the summer looking at family photos, learning to recognize the sustaining love of his grandparents, and letting go of his Author: MacLachlan, Patricia Just One Flick of the Finger Young Jack brings his father's gun to school hoping to scare a bully, but events take an unexpected and violent turn. Author: Lorbiecki, Marybeth Letting Swift River Go This book tells the story of a community's act of selling up the houses and land to the government so that a water reservoir can be built. It is told from the view point of a woman who felt as though she lost her childhood because all her landmarks had Author: Yolen, Jane Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy This coming-of-age novel is a Newbery Honor Book. It tells the story of people in Maine in the early 1900s, a friendship between a minister's son and an island girl, and the ways greed and prejudice change all their lives. Author: Schmidt, Gary Long Way Gone, A: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier The story of a Sierra Leonian boy who at age 12 was recruited and forced into being a gun toting, drug crazed soldier and then learned how to live with what he had done after going through a UNICEF rehabilitation program. Author: Beah, Ishmael HSE Descriptors: social studies Marching for Freedom The compelling story of the events in Selma, Alabama that led to the voter rights march to Montgomery in 1965. Interviews with some of the marchers and black and white photographs highlight the struggles of African Americans to get the right to vote. Author: Partridge, Elizabeth HSE Descriptors: social studies Memories of Summer The novel is set in 1955. A father and 2 daughters (Lyric, the narrator, is 13 and sister Summer is 16) move from rural Kentucky to Flint, MI. The story is about the move, about Lyric's adjustment, but mostly about Summer's descent into mental illness and Author: White, Ruth Mind's Eye This is a novel in play form. Courtney, 16 and paralyzed, learns about the power of the mind from an elderly blind woman and a game they play--taking an imaginary trip to Italy using a 1910 Baedeker's guidebook. Author: Fleischman, Paul HSE Descriptors: social studies Miss Spitfire Using real letters and records, the author vividly imagines the early days of the relationship between Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan from the teacher's perspective. Author: Miller, Sarah Miss Spitfire Using real letters and records, the author vividly imagines the early days of the relationship between Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan from the teacher's perspective. Author: Miller, Sarah My Sister's Keeper Set in modern day Rhode Island, this novel tells the story of two sisters: Kate, the elder sister, has a rare form of leukemia and Anna, the younger sister, was conceived as a bone marrow donor for her sister. This book deals with medical and moral ethics Author: Picoult, Jodi Real Time A gripping story told in real time (hence the title)from the viewpoints of several characters involved in the bombing of an Israeli bus. Author: Kass, Pnina Moed HSE Descriptors: social studies Runaway Girl: The Artist Louise Bourgeois This biography of Louise Bourgeois traces the influences of her childhood in France and her independent development as a woman artist later in the U.S. The book includes beautiful reproductions of her work and numerous back pages for further exploration. Author: Greenberg & Jordan, Sandra HSE Descriptors: language arts - writing | social studies Safekeeping Radley returns home to Vermont from a volunteer stay in Haiti to complete chaos. She begins a long trek to try to find her parents and some sense of normalcy in a country becoming completely dysfunctional.The underling message is articulated, as a vision Author: Hesse, Karen HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading | language arts - writing Saying It Out Loud Mindy is a typical 16-year-old teenager when her mother develops a serious medical problem. This touching story alternates between Mindy's current feelings and actions and flashbacks to earlier memories to show her reaction to this terrible tragedy. Author: Abelove, Joan smoky night 1 Author: bunting, eve HSE Descriptors: literature and arts | literature and arts | literature and arts | literature and arts | literature and arts Stitches: A Memoir An autobiographical graphic novel that profoundly describes the author's disturbing and often horrific childhood. This is a riveting and groundbreaking work by children's book illustrator David Small. Author: Small, David HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | language arts - writing Touching Spirit Bear Cole, a juvenile "delinquent," is offered jail or "circle justice," a system based on Native American traditions that attempts to provide healing for the criminal, his victim, and the community. Cole's time at a remote Alaskan island and his interactions Author: Mikaelsen, Ben Under the Shadow of Wings Obie, a developmentally disabled boy dies causing a variety of emotional response from his friend Tatnall, an 11-year-old girl. Author: Banks, Sara Wagon, The At the time of Emancipation and Lincoln's death, a young boy, born into slavery, looks back on his anger at slavery and the support of his family as he helps his father build a wagon for the master which later carries them to freedom. Author: Johnston, Tony HSE Descriptors: social studies Well, The Set in Mississippi in the early 1900's, African American David Logan and his family share their well with blacks and whites in their community which leads to racial violence. Author: Taylor, Mildred Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > betrayal Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian, The When Junior (Arnold) Spirit chooses to go to school off his North Dakota reservation to attend an all white farm school, he encounters a few new friends and loses an old one as he navigates the worlds of whites and Native Americans. Author: Alexie, Sherman HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies African Princess Illustrated with paintings, photographs, and artifacts, six biographies tell us about royal African women from Ancient Eygpt to the present: Hatshepsut of Egypt; Njinga of Matamba; Taytu Tetal of Ethiopia; Amina of Zaria; Tata Ajache of Dahomey; and Eliz Author: Hansen, Joyce HSE Descriptors: social studies Aida The opera diva Leontyne Price retells this classic operatic tale made famous by the 19th century composer Giuseppi Verdi. The princess Aida is captured and forced into slavery by Egyptian soldiers, but she and rival army leader Radames fall in love. The Author: Price, Leontyne HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Bearing Witness This selection of powerful personal stories of the Holocaust in various literary and artistic forms gives testimony of the extraordinary bravery of ordinary people. A map of concentration camps, a bibliography, and brief introductory notes for each excer Author: Rochman, Hazel & McCampbell, Darlene (Eds.) HSE Descriptors: social studies Big Mouth and Ugly Girl In this engrossing 266-page book, Matt, age 17, is falsely accused of trying to blow up his high school. His friends desert him, but a girl who calls herself "Ugly Girl" befriends him, and together they weather public opinion, the police, parents, teache Author: Oates, Joyce Carol Bucking the Sarge Teenage Luther, who is exploited by his slumlord mother, keeps his equilbrium through many humorous misadventures before finding his own way. Author: Curtis, Christopher Paul Encounter An old Taino man tells a story about his childhood, about the day the invaders came and his people welcomed them. At the end it is clear that he is talking about Columbus. The book ends with an author's note. This is a powerful book with superior illust Author: Yolen, Jane HSE Descriptors: social studies Growing Up in Revolution and the New Nation "Studying history is a way of snooping into the past." So begins this interesting book that focuses on childhood and adolescence in 1775--1800. Illustrated with paintings from the Revolutionary War period, the book describes education, work and leisure, d Author: Miller, Brandon Marie HSE Descriptors: social studies Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans During World War II This amazing book takes the reader inside the internment camps and shows the fortitude of the people who survived and thrived despite the hardships imposed on them. An amazing book for readers of all ages. Beautiful photos add to the text. Author: Sandler, Martin W. HSE Descriptors: social studies Journey Journey, an eleven-year-old boy whose Mom has left him and his sister to live with her parents, feels angry and betrayed. He spends the summer looking at family photos, learning to recognize the sustaining love of his grandparents, and letting go of his Author: MacLachlan, Patricia Real Benedict Arnold, The This well-researched biography examines the facts and rumors of the life of the hero, then traitor, Benedict Arnold against the background of the Continental Congress and the Revolutionary War. Maps and portraits illustrate the text. End notes, sources, Author: Murphy, Jim HSE Descriptors: social studies Roanoke Based on extensive research, this book explores the political intrigue surrounding the disappearance of the first American colony at Roanoke, in what is now North Carolina. The suspenseful text is supplemented with archival photographs and paintings, a t Author: Miller, Lee HSE Descriptors: social studies Saying It Out Loud Mindy is a typical 16-year-old teenager when her mother develops a serious medical problem. This touching story alternates between Mindy's current feelings and actions and flashbacks to earlier memories to show her reaction to this terrible tragedy. Author: Abelove, Joan Shadow Children, The While visiting his grandfather in France, Etienne discovers a secret from the days of World War II and the Nazis. Author: Schnur, Steven HSE Descriptors: social studies So Far From the Sea A Japanese American visits Manazar, a Japanese relocation camp in World War II, to visit the grave of a grandfather. Author: Bunting, Eve HSE Descriptors: social studies Sold Lakshmi is a thirteen-year-old girl who lives with her family in a village in Nepal. Her stepfather sells her into sexual slavery and her life of prostitution begins in a large city in India. The book is written in short paragraphs, sentences, and phrases Author: McCormick, Patricia HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading Tale of Paradise Lost, The An exquisitly illustrated prose retelling of John Milton's famous poem Paradise Lost. Author: Willard, Nancy HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Way a Door Closes, The Told in a poetry format, a teenage boy describes his reaction to his father's leaving the family, and then to his return. Author: Smith, Hope Anita HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | language arts - writing Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > bullies Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian, The When Junior (Arnold) Spirit chooses to go to school off his North Dakota reservation to attend an all white farm school, he encounters a few new friends and loses an old one as he navigates the worlds of whites and Native Americans. Author: Alexie, Sherman HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Chess Rumble Since his sister died, Marcus is in trouble all the time at school. Then he meets CM and learns to take control of his life through the game of chess. This book was inspired by inner-city chess enrichment programs. Author: Neri, G. Chess Rumble Since his sister died, Marcus is in trouble all the time at school. Then he meets CM and learns to take control of his life through the game of chess. This book was inspired by inner-city chess enrichment programs. Author: Neri, G. Hoot This charming and funny young adult mystery by the well-known adult mystery writer, Carl Hiassen, involves corporate greed, suburban expansion, environmental protection, child abuse and neglect, bullying, and social protest. Author: Hiassen, Carl Jabberwocky With his wonderfully bright, energetic illustrations, Myers gives an Mezo-American and African American spin to the famous poem by Lewis Carroll. Myer's "reimagined" famous poem by Carroll is unique in its contemporary setting of an urban street basket Author: Carroll, Lewis HSE Descriptors: literature and arts Josepha A boy narrates the story of his friend and protector, the immigrant young man Josepha, who had to leave school to work. Author: McGugan, Jim HSE Descriptors: social studies Night the Bells Rang, The This short novel (76 pages), told from the point of view of a farm boy, tells the story of Mason's struggles with a bully, and of his growing up. Although the book has the feel of a reminiscence, the emotions are complex and the characters ring true. Author: Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place, The Margaret Rose Kane, 12 years old, escapes oppressive summer camp with the help of her great-uncles and then helps them rescue from urban renewal the sculptural "towers" that they have been creating for 45 years. Author: Konigsburg, E. L. Reappearance of Sam Webber, The With the help of adult friends, eleven-year-old Sam Webber adjusts to the disappearance of his father and the reduced circumstances of life in Baltimore. Although the story is told from Sam's perspective, every reader can identify with the ultimately upb Author: Fuqua, Jonathon Scott Shake Rag As a boy, Elvis Presley discovers "good news" music at a traveling church that gives his guitar playing a distinctive sound when he records later in 1954. Author: Littlesugar, Amy Thank you, Mr. Falker While in 5th grade, Trisha, the central, autobiographical character, encounters a new teacher who helps her overcome her difficulties with reading that had caused her such humiliation since first grade. Author: Polacco, Patricia Young Man and the Sea, The In an attempt to push his father out of the alcohol-fueled funk he's been in since his wife died, 12-year-old Skiff Beaman repairs the family fishing boat and meets a 900-lb. tuna 30 miles at sea. Author: Philbrick, Rodman Young Man and the Sea, The In an attempt to push his father out of the alcohol-fueled funk he's been in since his wife died, 12-year-old Skiff Beaman repairs the family fishing boat and meets a 900-lb. tuna 30 miles at sea. Author: Philbrick, Rodman Your Move When gang initiation threatens his younger brother, James summons the courage to make up his own mind. Author: Bunting, Eve Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > compassion Abraham's Battle An ex-slave named Abraham, a young Confederate soldier, and a girl from Gettysburg meet in the cataclysmic days of the Civil War battle. Abraham meets Lincoln after the President gives his famous address. Author: Banks, Sara Harrell HSE Descriptors: social studies Every Living Thing Each story in this collection features an animal, and in every case the existence of the animal helps to foster the feelings of love or compassion in the people. The stories touch upon topics such as alcoholism, aging, loneliness, and foster parenting. Author: Rylant, Cynthia Faithful Elephants: A True Story During WW II many zoo animals starved, by order of the Army, or had to be killed. The story, set in a Tokyo zoo, shows animals' helplessness in the face of human destruction. Author: Tsuchiya, Yukio HSE Descriptors: social studies Gowanus Dogs A homeless man meets some homeless dogs. The meeting changes everyone's life. Author: Frost, Jonathan Grand Mosque of Paris: A Story of How Muslims Rescued Jews During the Holocaust, The Although the authors found little documentary evidence to substantiate the oral stories of how Jews were sheltered in the Grand Mosque and given Arab identity cards during the Nazi occupation of Paris in WW II, they tell an important story with excellent Author: Ruelle, Karen Gray HSE Descriptors: social studies Grand Mosque of Paris: A Story of How Muslims Rescued Jews During the Holocaust, The Although the authors found little documentary evidence to substantiate the oral stories of how Jews were sheltered in the Grand Mosque and given Arab identity cards during the Nazi occupation of Paris in WW II, they tell an important story with excellent Author: Ruelle, Karen Gray HSE Descriptors: social studies Hidden Child A survivor of the Holocaust describes with illustrations and text his hiding in France during World War II and his search for his family and friends after the war. Author: Millman, Isaac HSE Descriptors: social studies Let Them Play This beautifully illustrated book tells the true story of the 1955 state champion little league team from South Carolina, who were all African-American and who encountered segregation problems as they continued to win. Author: Raven, Margot HSE Descriptors: social studies Light Shining through the Mist Lush color photographs and text tell the story of how Dian Fossey studied the gorillas in Africa and died trying to protect them and their habitat during a time of political unrest. Author: Matthews, Tom HSE Descriptors: science Mother Teresa This is a beautifully illustrated biography of the woman who became Mother Teresa. Author: Demi HSE Descriptors: social studies One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II One family in the USA begins an effort to help those in Europe suffering from the aftermath of WWII by sending shoes and other needed supplies. Author: Judge, Lita HSE Descriptors: social studies Parvana's Journey Disguised as a boy, Parvana rescues a baby and joins with a young boy as she travels through war-torn Afghanistan searching for her family. The telling of the story through the child's perspective allows the reader to approach a sensitive current event an Author: Ellis, Deborah HSE Descriptors: social studies School for Pompey Walker, A At the dedication of a school named for him, Pompey Walker tells how he and a white friend, Jeremiah, raised money to build a school for ex-slave children. With the help of his friend, Pompey allows himself to be sold over and over again, escaping each t Author: Rosen, Michael J. HSE Descriptors: social studies Sees Behind Trees A blind Native American boy learns to "see behind trees", guided by his mother, to use his other senses. He uses his gift to help an old warrior find a land of mystery and beauty that he'd discovered years ago, and could not find again himself. Author: Dorris, Michael HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Sold Lakshmi is a thirteen-year-old girl who lives with her family in a village in Nepal. Her stepfather sells her into sexual slavery and her life of prostitution begins in a large city in India. The book is written in short paragraphs, sentences, and phrases Author: McCormick, Patricia HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading Time to Love, A Beautifully illustrated and ably introduced by sons of the author, this book retells six Bible stories from different perspectives, all revealing aspects of love--father/son, friends, brothers, lovers, and daughters-in-law. Teachers can promote religious Author: Myers, Walter Dean HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Walt Whitman: Words for America This biography of Walt Whitman extends our knowledge of the poet, both in his growth as a poet and learning of the experiences that were the source of his poetry. Back matter contains more biographical and historical information, sources, and full poems Author: Kerley, Barbara HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > death 9-11 Artists Respond: Volume One Over 100 graphic artists draw their reactions to the 9-ll attack on the World Trade Center. There are as many styles and points-of-view as artists. Although graphic in nature, some texts would be difficult for beginning readers due to size and type face Author: No author cited HSE Descriptors: social studies Abraham Lincoln Comes Home The story of the impact of Lincoln's death unfolds as a young child waits to see Lincoln's funeral train. Author: Burleigh, Robert HSE Descriptors: social studies Abraham Lincoln Comes Home The story of the impact of Lincoln's death unfolds as a young child waits to see Lincoln's funeral train. Author: Burleigh, Robert HSE Descriptors: social studies American Plague, An Subtitled "The True and Terifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793," this account focuses on the 1793 outbreak in Philadelphia but also addresses the politics of medical research. It won several awards. Author: Murphy, Jim HSE Descriptors: social studies Appointment This lavishly illustrated book is a distillation of the classic Somerset Maugham novella Appointment in Samarra. Not until the very end do we realize that the important appointment that the man must keep is an appointment with death. The illust Author: Maugham, Somerset HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading At the End of Words: A Daughter's Memoir What happens "at the end of words"? The author faced this difficult question as a teenager. Through alternating narration and poetry, she shares her anger, sorrow, confusion, and healing after her mother's death from breast cancer. Author: Stone, Miriam Attack on Pearl Harbor Subtitled "The true story of the day America entered World War II," this book describes the attack on Pearl Harbor from the perspectives of four people, both Japanese and American. Excerpts about others who were influenced by the attack are also provided, Author: Tanaka, Shelley HSE Descriptors: social studies Auction, The In this sad intergenerational story, a boy and his grandfather reminisce the night before their farm is put up for sale. Author: Andrews, Jan Birches On each page Ed Young illustrates trees and forests and the countryside, in browns and sepia tones, and presents them along with several lines of Robert Frost's well-known poem, "Birches." The poem is printed in its entirety again on the last two pages. Author: Frost, Robert HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Birmingham, 1963 A fictional narrator tells, in poetry, about the day she turned 10, which was also the day of the church bombing in Birmingham Author: Weatherford, Carole HSE Descriptors: social studies Block, The This collection of Langston Hughes poems is complemented by the illustrations of Romare Beardon. An introduction by Bill Cosby precedes the collection, and biographies of the poet and artist conclude it. Author: Hughes, Langston HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Borning Room, The The narrator remembers growing up in southern Ohio in the 19th century, remembers farm life, celebrates her relatives with their varying ideas about slavery and religion, remembers her part in hiding slaves. Author: Fleischman, Paul HSE Descriptors: social studies Brothers War, The: Civil War Voices in Verse Well-known poet J. Patrick Lewis includes archival photographs and factual information to expand the emotional of his poems that give voice to individuals who were caught up in the Civil War. The book also includes a map, a timeline, a bibliography, and Author: Lewis, J. Patrick HSE Descriptors: social studies Buried in Ice The authors explore the mysterious fate of Sir John Franklin's failed expedition to find the Northwest Passage in 1845. Sections of fictionalized history alternate with present-day, first-person narrative of the scientific search for answers. A glossary Author: Beattie, Owen & Geiger, John HSE Descriptors: social studies | science Can't Get There from Here This fictional story of homeless teens trying to survive on NYC streets in winter recounts the perils of drugs, sex, starvation, cold, and the help of a few who try to intervene. This is a gripping story, but not for the faint of heart. Author: Strasser, Todd Charles and Emma Charles Darwin's struggles with religious beliefs and his developing theory of evolution are the backdrop for this domestic biography of the Darwins. The author includes a genealogy chart, extensive source notes, a bibliography, and a thorough index. Author: Heligman, Deborah HSE Descriptors: science Charles and Emma Charles Darwin's struggles with religious beliefs and his developing theory of evolution are the backdrop for this domestic biography of the Darwins. The author includes a genealogy chart, extensive source notes, a bibliography, and a thorough index. Author: Heligman, Deborah HSE Descriptors: science Children We Remember, The Archive photographs and a simple text tell the story of the Nazis' attempt to starve and kill the Jews during WW II. Author: Abells, Chana HSE Descriptors: social studies Clan Apis This is a graphic novel (a.k.a.comic book) about bees. Students will learn about bee anatomy and behavior. End notes contain science information about bees. Author: Hosler, Jay HSE Descriptors: science Color of My Words, The This is an easy-reading novel, part poetry and part prose, about Ana Rosa, a young writer who is growing up poor in a seaside village in the Dominican Republic where she learns about family community, the merengue, and the power of words. Author: Joseph, Lynn HSE Descriptors: social studies Corpses, Coffins, and Crypts "Drawing on extensive historical and anthropological research, personal accounts, and interviews of people who work in the funeral industry, Penny Colman examines... death and burial across cultures and societies" (dust jacket). Appendices include a chron Author: Colman, Penny HSE Descriptors: social studies Day Before Christmas, The Four years after the death of her mother, seven-year-old Allie goes with her grandfather to a performance of the ballet "The Nutcracker" on Christmas Eve. Warned by her father before leaving that Grandpa may be a little sad, Allie learns that Grandpa had Author: Bunting, Eve HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Ellen Foster 11-year-old Ellen tells her own story in this "Oprah Book about a foster childhood." She is an amazingly resilient child and an amazingly perceptive observer of others. Author: Gibbons, Kaye Faithful Elephants: A True Story During WW II many zoo animals starved, by order of the Army, or had to be killed. The story, set in a Tokyo zoo, shows animals' helplessness in the face of human destruction. Author: Tsuchiya, Yukio HSE Descriptors: social studies Fever 1793 This is a very compelling fictionalization of life for one teenaged girl, her family, and her friends during the yellow fever outbreak in Philadelphia in 1793. Author: Anderson, Laurie Halse HSE Descriptors: social studies Garden of Happiness, The A young girl cares for a seed that she plants near a community garden in New York City. Author: Tamar, Erika Gathering of Days, A This book, subtitled A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32, is a fictitious diary kept by a fourteen-year-old girl during the last few years she spent on her family's farm. During these months Catherine's father remarried, her closest friend died of feve Author: Blos, Joan W. HSE Descriptors: social studies Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case This somewhat repetitive account of the brutal death of Emmett Till, the Chicago 14-year-old boy visiting Mississippi, argues that the media coverage of the trial and the subsequent outrage of the public provided the catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement Author: Crowe, Chris HSE 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 captain finds a way to end the curse of a ghost ship. Author: Bodkin, Odds Hundred Penny Box, A A young boy loves his Great Aunt Dew, her stories, and her box of one hundred pennies, one for each of her birthdays. But Michael's mother is impatient with them both and wants to throw the box out. Author: Mathis, Sharon I Heard the Owl Call my Name Although this book is not universally appealing, some readers respond emotionally and deeply to this story of a young priest's year with the Native American people of British Columbia, his illness, and his acceptance of his fate. The book does not provid Author: Craven, Margaret In the Shadow of No Towers Part personal reaction to 9/11 and part history of newspaper comics, this book is a bit like a graphic novel. It is raw in tone and difficult to follow at spots. Author: Spiegelman, Art HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading Lincolns, The Using a scrapbook format with blocks of stories and archival photographs, the author provides a chatty, up-close biography of Abraham and Mary Lincoln. Since the book is in a scrapbook format, students can start reading anywhere in the book or read in the Author: Fleming, Candice HSE Descriptors: social studies Locomotion Lonnie, a.k.a. Locomotion, is encouraged by his teacher Ms. Marcus to write poetry. His poems, in many, many forms but all accessible, tell his story of losing parents in a fire, separation from his sister, group homes, and foster care. Author: Woodson, Jacqueline Love You, Soldier This touching story about the effects of WW II on one family is told through the eyes of seven-year-old Katie. (NOTE: This is a short chapter book that will be very easy for students to read.) Author: Hest, Amy HSE Descriptors: social studies Mind's Eye This is a novel in play form. Courtney, 16 and paralyzed, learns about the power of the mind from an elderly blind woman and a game they play--taking an imaginary trip to Italy using a 1910 Baedeker's guidebook. Author: Fleischman, Paul HSE Descriptors: social studies Missing May A twelve-year-old girl named Summer and her uncle are dealing with the death of Aunt May (his wife). They decide, with the help of a strange boy from Summer's school, to try to contact May's spirit, and in the process learn how to let go. Author: Rylant, Cynthia Moon Over Tennessee A boy accompanies his father into the Confederate Army in the Civil War, eventually arriving at the battle of Gettysburg. The story-poem is told in a format of journal entries. Somber black and white woodcuts contribute to the tragic tone. A map and an Author: Crist-Evans, Craig HSE Descriptors: social studies Moving Mama to Town Enterprising Freddy James moves his mother and younger brother to town after his father leaves and the farm fails. He works at the local saloon where he learns from everyone he meets. Author: Young, Ronder Thomas My Sister's Keeper Set in modern day Rhode Island, this novel tells the story of two sisters: Kate, the elder sister, has a rare form of leukemia and Anna, the younger sister, was conceived as a bone marrow donor for her sister. This book deals with medical and moral ethics Author: Picoult, Jodi Navajo: Visions and Voices Across the Mesa Shonto Begay's artwork has been celebrated throughout the southwestern U.S. for decades. Twenty of his paintings are the illustrations for this book. Each painting is accompanied by a poem. Author: Begay, Shonto October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard On the night of October 6, 1998, a gay twenty-one year old University of Wyoming student named Matthew Shepard, was beaten, tied to a fence and left to die. The book is a collection of 68 poems from various perspectives concerning this crime. Author: Newman, Leslea HSE Descriptors: social studies Out of the Dust Set in Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl years of the Depression, this powerful book tells in unobtrusive blank verse the story of personal tragedy and community hardship through the experiences of Billy Jo, a 15-year-old girl. The book is so credible that Author: Hesse, Karen HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Pink and Say This long picture book tells the story of Pinkus Aylee, an African-American soldier in the Civil War, and of his mother, Moe Bay and of his friendship with a young White boy. A moving book that may be more appropriate for adults than for children, it cel Author: Polacco, Patricia HSE Descriptors: social studies Pyramid Black and white illustrations accompany this nonfiction account, a process of building an Egyptian pyramid. Some teachers may want to use this as a reference; some students may love poring over the details. The book ends with a glossary. Author: Macaulay, David HSE Descriptors: social studies Romeo and Juliet, (The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of) This lively, clear, prose retelling of Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet follows the original story very closely. Author: Shakespeare, William HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Run Far, Run Fast When a mother tells a young girl in 14th C Europe to "run far, run fast" to escape the pestilence, the girl discovers that she cannot outrun the plague but is helped by a friendly man. The exquisite pen and ink drawings are integral to the story. The on Author: Decker, Timothy HSE Descriptors: social studies Run Far, Run Fast When a mother tells a young girl in 14th C Europe to "run far, run fast" to escape the pestilence, the girl discovers that she cannot outrun the plague but is helped by a friendly man. The exquisite pen and ink drawings are integral to the story. The on Author: Decker, Timothy HSE Descriptors: social studies Sacred River Beautiful illustrations and minimal text introduce the reader to the colorful riverfront scene in the Hindu pilgrimage center known as Benares or Varanasi, India. Author: Levin, Ted HSE Descriptors: social studies Sarney A sequel to Nightjohn, the book follows the life of Sarny, the slave girl that Nightjohn taught to read, as she travels to New Orleans in the aftermath of the Civil War to find her children who had been sold into slavery. Author: Paulsen, Gary HSE Descriptors: social studies Saying It Out Loud Mindy is a typical 16-year-old teenager when her mother develops a serious medical problem. This touching story alternates between Mindy's current feelings and actions and flashbacks to earlier memories to show her reaction to this terrible tragedy. Author: Abelove, Joan Secret Life of Bees, The Fourteen-year-old Lily and Rosaleen, the black servant who has look after her since her mother died 10 years earlier, run from Lily's abusive father and the brutality and racism of the police. Against the historical events of 1964 in South Carolina, they Author: Kidd, Sue Monk Shattered This collection contains twelve stories about the impact of war on children and teenagers, some fictional, some personal experiences. A trailer with historical background crawls across the bottom of the page. Biographies of the authors are included. Author: Armstrong, Jennifer (ed.) HSE Descriptors: social studies Soldier's Heart 15-year-old Charley Goddard lies about his age to enlist in the Civil War. This book chronicles his war experiences (some very graphic) with the First Minnesota Volunteers. At the end of the book we learn a bit about how the War affected Charley's mind a Author: Paulsen, Gary HSE Descriptors: social studies Stone Water Grant, a 15-year-old boy, grapples with his grandfather's request to remove him from life support systems. This is a realistic and emotionally riveting portrayal of issues surrounding death. Author: Gilbert, Barbara That Summer A boy looks back on the summer that his brother became ill and died. Author: Johnston, Tony Through the Mickle Woods The king is grieving for his dead wife, but with the help of a wise bear and a young boy learns the three lessons about living and loving. Author: Gregory, Valiska Thunder at Gettysburg This book is written in five chapters of free verse and tells the story of a young girl who was a witness to the battle of Gettysburg in 1863. The text is accompanied by several line drawings and a concluding historical note. Author: Gauch, Patricia HSE Descriptors: social studies To Hell with Dying Because of the controversial subject matter and the language of the title, this book would have to be introduced carefully and treated sensitively. The author tells the story of growing up down the road from old alcoholic Mr. Sweet, who would fall on his Author: Walker, Alice Toning the Sweep Emily goes to the desert with her mother to help her dying grandmother Ola pack up her house and move. She slowly comes to terms with her family history and her coming loss. Author: Johnson, Angela Veil of Snows, The In the absence of her husband who has not returned from battle, the queen prepares her city for assault. Aided by a small force of loyal soldiers and the Singer of Tales who narrates the story, the queen escapes the besieged city and heads for the safety Author: Helprin, Mark HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Very Best of Friends, The When a farmer dies, his wife deals with her grief by ignoring (hating) his favorite cat, until she finally realizes that they could find companionship with each other. Author: Wild, Margaret War and the Pity of War This large collection of powerful poems and very moving illustrations on war ranges over time and place and level of difficulty. The editor includes an index of writers, and index of poems, and an introduction thate gives his reasons for selecting partic Author: Philip, Neil HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Wreath for Emmett Till, A Told in a poetic form known as heroic crown sonnets, the thoughtfully illustrated poem causes the reader to experience the murder of 14 year old Emmett Till in Mississippi. The author provides an introduction to the poetic form, biographical information Author: Nelson, Marilyn HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > determination/perseverance Abraham's Battle An ex-slave named Abraham, a young Confederate soldier, and a girl from Gettysburg meet in the cataclysmic days of the Civil War battle. Abraham meets Lincoln after the President gives his famous address. Author: Banks, Sara Harrell HSE Descriptors: social studies Ain't Nothing But a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry The author is a historian who became interested in John Henry, a supposedly mythical ex-slave who outraced the steam engine in digging a tunnel through the side of the Allegheny Mountains. This book chronicles the author's efforts to find the truth about Author: Nelson, Scott Reynolds HSE Descriptors: social studies Alia's Mission This graphic storybook/graphic novel is based on the true story of the chief librarian at the Central Library in Basra, Iraq. It tells the story of how she tried to save the books from destruction during the Iraq War. Author: Stamaty, Mark Alan HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart Informative account of Amelia Earhart's life and death, separating fact from fiction. A leader in women's rights, Amelia was an independent woman who proved women could fly! But, could she have done it without male support? Bibliography and source notes Author: Fleming,Candace HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Angels in the Dust A poignant story of a family living in the Dust Bowl trying to make ends meet. Author: Raven, Margot Theis HSE Descriptors: science | social studies Anne Frank If you wonder why read another book on Anne Frank, look at this beautifully and realistically illustrated story that simply relates the political situation and gives the characters more three-dimensional personalities. A chronology in the end papers adds Author: Poole, Josephine HSE Descriptors: social studies Anne Frank If you wonder why read another book on Anne Frank, look at this beautifully and realistically illustrated story that simply relates the political situation and gives the characters more three-dimensional personalities. A chronology in the end papers adds Author: Poole, Josephine HSE Descriptors: social studies Antarctica: Journeys to the South Pole This non-fiction, photographic picture book tells the history of the Antarctic. The pictures are all accompanied by true stories of heroism and adventure. Author: Myers, Walter Dean HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - writing | language arts - reading Artist in Overalls Born into a poor farming family in Iowa, Grant Wood struggled to study art and earn a living. He chose to paint simple people and scenes with a classical feel, a style that became known as Regionalism. Author: Duggleby, John HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Ashfall Alex, fifteen, was left alone in Cedar Falls, Iowa, for the weekend while his father, mother and sister, traveled to Illinois to visit an uncle. Then the Yellowstone supervolcano erupts, plunging his hometown into a nightmare of darkness, ash and violenc Author: Mullin, Mike HSE Descriptors: social studies | science | language arts - reading Baseball Saved Us A young boy in an internment camp finds baseball to be his saving grace, although his determination and spirit is what sees him through. Author: Mochizuki, Ken HSE Descriptors: social studies Berenice Abbott, Photographer The biography's subtitle "An Independent Vision" suggests the creativity, innovation, perservance that Berenice Abbot exhibited as she pursued the newly emerging field of photography and associated with the leading photographers of the 1920's and 1930's. Author: Sullivan, George HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Big Annie of Calumet Big Annie is the story of Annie Clemenc who led the miners' strike of 1913 in Calumet, Michigan against the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company. The book contains many photographs of the strike and conditions in the mines and a brief overview of the Industri Author: Stanley, Jerry HSE Descriptors: social studies Black and White Airmen: Their True Story The history of airmen in WWII is told through the experiences of two men from Cincinnati, one African American and one Caucasian. Information about race relations at the time is woven throughout the narrative. Author: Fleischman, John HSE Descriptors: social studies Black Jack: The Ballad of Jack Johnson An interesting account of fightin' Black Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight of the world in 1910. The prejudicial issues of the era made this a monumental task. Bold words and bold color art combine to create a rhythmic text that captures the ener Author: Smith, Charles R., Jr. HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Black Ships Before Troy This beautifully illustrated book retells Homer's epic poem The Iliad about the Trojan War. A glossary of names is included. Author: Sutcliff, Rosemary HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Black Whiteness During the several months Admiral Richard Byrd spent alone in Antarctica in 1934, he nearly dies of carbon monoxide poisoning before he is rescued. The poetic language, line lengths, and diary excerpts give an intensity and truthfulness to the story. Author: Burleigh, Robert HSE Descriptors: social studies | science Bobbin Girl, The Rebecca, a 10-year-old "bobbin girl" working in the textile factories in Lowell, Massachuesetts in the 1830's must decide if she will participate in the first workers' strike. Author: McCully, Emily Arnold HSE Descriptors: social studies Bonyo Bonyo: The True Story of a Brave Boy from Kenya Story of how a Kenyan boy sets a goal of becoming a doctor after his baby sister dies. He succeeds and is now a physician in Akron Ohio. Author: Oelschlager, Vanita HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | language arts - writing | social studies | science Boy Who Saved Cleveland, The During a malarial epidemic in the late 18th century Cleveland, Ohio, ten-year-old Seth Doan surprises his family, his neighbors, and himself by having the strength to carry and grind enough corn to feed everyone. Author: Giblin, James Cross HSE Descriptors: social studies Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation Andrea and Brian Pinkney bring their considerable talents to tell the story of the Montgomery bus boycott in wonderfully poetic language and blues rhythms. An Author's Note gives more historical information. Author: Pinkney, Andrea HSE Descriptors: social studies Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation Andrea and Brian Pinkney bring their considerable talents to tell the story of the Montgomery bus boycott in wonderfully poetic language and blues rhythms. An Author's Note gives more historical information. Author: Pinkney, Andrea HSE Descriptors: social studies Brave Harriet The story of Harriet Quimby, the first woman to earn a pilot's license and the first woman to fly across the English Channel, is told in the first person. An author's note adds historical facts. Author: Moss, Marissa HSE Descriptors: social studies Bread and Roses, Too. This is a fictionalized history of the 1912 Lawrence, Massachusetts, factory strike. The main characters are two children, a girl whose family is active in the strike, and a homeless boy. Aspects of the strike itself and of outsiders' attempts to help the Author: Paterson, Katherine HSE Descriptors: social studies Brothers In Hope The author, who worked with the International Rescue Committee, tells the story of the "lost boys" of Sudan, orphaned by war, who walked to refuge in Ethiopia, and later to Kenya. The first person narrative and vibrant illustrations add immediacy to the Author: Williams, Mary HSE Descriptors: social studies Bud, Not Buddy It's 1936, Flint, Michigan, and 10-year-old Bud (not Buddy) has run away from foster care to search for his father. (Newbery winner) Author: Curtis, Christopher Paul HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Butter Man, The The father of a young child recalls a time of poverty and famine in Morocco. Written in descriptive language, this is a story within a story. Rich author's note and glossary help support this read to become a literary event. Folk art paintings by Julie Author: Alalou, Elizabeth HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Carver Personal and professional details of the life of George Washington Carver are told in poems from the perspectives of many people. Author: Nelson, Marilyn HSE Descriptors: social studies | science Cat with the Yellow Star, The: Coming of Age in Terezin Ela Weissberger's life before, during, and after she and her family were forced to live in the Jewish ghetto of Terezin during WWII. Photographs reinforce Ela's memories of survival and hope. Author: Rubin, Susan Goldman HSE Descriptors: social studies Champions on the Bench: The Cannon Street YMCA All-Stars In 1955, the Cannon St YMCA's Little League team (from SC) cannot play in the Little League World Series because all-white teams refuse to play them. The story told in this book is based on these real events. Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston HSE Descriptors: social studies Champions on the Bench: The Cannon Street YMCA All-Stars In 1955, the Cannon St YMCA's Little League team (from SC) cannot play in the Little League World Series because all-white teams refuse to play them. The story told in this book is based on these real events. Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston HSE Descriptors: social studies Chanda's Secrets Sixteen-year-old Chanda, who lives in a fictional sub-Saharan country that is feeling the impact of HIV/AIDS psychologically(fears, lies, and sundered relationships)and socially (ostracism of tainted people, necessity of hiding), takes a courageous stand Author: Stratton, Allan HSE Descriptors: social studies Children of the Great Depression Freedman describes the impact of the Great Depression on the youth of that time. Topics include the struggles youth had staying in school and finding jobs and what youth did to help their families survive. Photographs by well known photographers accompany Author: Freedman, Russell HSE Descriptors: | social studies Choices George Ella Lyon, an accomplished writer of children's books, wrote this collection of stories (and its accompanying text, More Choices) specifically for adult new readers; in fact, she conferred with ABE students from Kentucky while creating the Author: Lyon, George Ella Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters This story describes the customs used in both the plantation house and the slave quarters during the Christmas season during slavery years. The amount of detail--even recipes and songs are included--is unusual, and yet the book flows well and makes compe Author: McKissack, Patricia & McKissack, Frederick HSE Descriptors: social studies Circle Unbroken A young girl learns the tradition of making sweet grass baskets. Author: Raven, Margot HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Copper Sun Kidnapped from her African village, Amari survives the horrors of the ocean voyage and slavery at Derbyshire Farms before running away, heading south with an indentured servant and small slave boy. Amari's hope and perserverence help her and two others ma Author: Draper, Sharon HSE Descriptors: social studies Daisy Bates: Civil Rights Crusader Although she is best known for shepherding the "Little Rock Nine" through the dangers and stresses of the first school integration test, Daisy Bates pursued a life of community crusading despite obstacles and personal difficulties before and after Little Author: Polakow, Amy HSE Descriptors: social studies Dandelions As her family struggles to establish a sod home on the Nebraska prairie, Emma finds a way to cheer up her mother. Author: Bunting, Eve HSE Descriptors: social studies Danger Along the Ohio The Dunn family is traveling down the Ohio River in 1793. The children become separated from their father and must fend for themselves while heading toward Marietta. Author: Willis, Patricia HSE Descriptors: social studies Darkness over Denmark Written in the form of snippets of interviews, this book tells the stories of the Danish Resistance and the rescue of Jews in WW II. This is an important and inspiring story, which may be unknown to many. Author: Levine, Ellen HSE Descriptors: social studies Delicious: The Life & Art of Wayne Thiebaud Illustrated with lush reproductions of his paintings, this biography of painter Wayne Theibaud recounting his long career and late fame, is a story of perseverance from outside the mainstream. Thiebaud paints "things that have been overlooked," like food, Author: Rubin, Susan Goldman HSE Descriptors: literature and arts Delicious: The Life & Art of Wayne Thiebaud Illustrated with lush reproductions of his paintings, this biography of painter Wayne Theibaud recounting his long career and late fame, is a story of perseverance from outside the mainstream. Thiebaud paints "things that have been overlooked," like food, Author: Rubin, Susan Goldman HSE Descriptors: literature and arts Django: World's Greatest Jazz Guitarist In descriptive, poetic, rhythmic (8 count meter per line as the rhythm of music) text the life story of Django Reinhardt is sketched for the reader. The illustrations offer a glimpse into the life of gypsies and the challenges this guitarist endured to be Author: Christensen, Bonnie HSE Descriptors: social studies Django: World's Greatest Jazz Guitarist In descriptive, poetic, rhythmic (8 count meter per line as the rhythm of music) text the life story of Django Reinhardt is sketched for the reader. The illustrations offer a glimpse into the life of gypsies and the challenges this guitarist endured to be Author: Christensen, Bonnie HSE Descriptors: social studies Dolley Madison Saves George Washington An easy-reading biography of Dolley Madison that focuses on her adult years, particularly as Jefferson's hostess in the White House and First Lady. Dolley Madison saved a large portrait of George Washington before the Brittish burned the White House. Author: Brown, Don HSE Descriptors: social studies Don Quixote and the Windmills This retelling of the famous Spanish novel by Cervantes recounts Don Quixote's first adventure as a knight. An Author's Note contributes historical information about Cervantes. Author: Kimmel, Eric HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Down the Colorado: John Wesley Powell, the One-Armed Explorer This biography of John Wesley Powell, son of an Ohio abolitionist, a teacher who lead a group of the first exploration of the treacherous Colorado River in 1869--despite the loss of an arm in the Civil War. A timeline, bibliography, and an author's note Author: Ray, Deborah Kogan HSE Descriptors: science | social studies Down the Colorado: John Wesley Powell, the One-Armed Explorer This biography of John Wesley Powell, son of an Ohio abolitionist, a teacher who lead a group of the first exploration of the treacherous Colorado River in 1869--despite the loss of an arm in the Civil War. A timeline, bibliography, and an author's note Author: Ray, Deborah Kogan HSE Descriptors: science | social studies Edward Hopper: Painter of Light and Shadow Illustrated with beautifully reproduced paintings in chronological order, this biography of the American artist Edward Hopper recounts his long, productive life, his marriage to artist Josephine Nivison, and his friendships with fellow artists Guy Pene du Author: Rubin, Susan Goldman HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Eleanor This biography of Eleanor Roosevelt's early life conveys the emotionally impoverished childhood amid wealth and power. The book captures the indomitable spirit of the woman who would become the greatest and most beloved First Lady and a leader in her own Author: Cooney, Barbara HSE Descriptors: social studies Eleanor Roosevelt Freedman relates this biography of Eleanor Roosevelt with the interest of suspense fiction which is accompanied by extensive archival photographs. The book traces her evolution from a shy young girl from an unhappy home to America's most acclaimed First Author: Freedman, Russell HSE Descriptors: social studies Eleanor, Quiet No More The author tells the story of Eleanor Roosevelt's life simply, each phase emphasizing a quote of hers. In addition to lovely, soft illustrations, the author includes a timeline, selected bibliograph, and web sites. Author: Rappaport, Doreen HSE Descriptors: social studies Eleanor, Quiet No More The author tells the story of Eleanor Roosevelt's life simply, each phase emphasizing a quote of hers. In addition to lovely, soft illustrations, the author includes a timeline, selected bibliograph, and web sites. Author: Rappaport, Doreen HSE Descriptors: social studies Facing the Lion Enhanced by a few, vivid color photos, this memoir recounts the Maasi childhood and first encounters with European and American culture of an American teacher who spends part of each year working in Kenya. An afterword brings the reader up to date with L Author: Lekuton, Joseph HSE Descriptors: social studies Family Farm Two children learn that their family is in danger of losing its farm. They devise a plan for saving it. Author: Locker, Thomas Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau, The Whimsical biography of Henri Rousseau illustrated in his style of artwork. This book recounts the life of Henri Rousseau who began painting at the age of 41. Spare text written in lovely figurative language - "the flowers open their hearts" and "He holds Author: Markel, Michelle HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading Far Beyond the Garden Gate Don Brown has written another intriguing book about an extraordinary woman, one who perservered in her desire to explore Tibet never seen by a Western woman. An author's note, a bibliography, and a map extend the possibilities of this beautifully illustr Author: Brown, Don HSE Descriptors: social studies Fever 1793 This is a very compelling fictionalization of life for one teenaged girl, her family, and her friends during the yellow fever outbreak in Philadelphia in 1793. Author: Anderson, Laurie Halse HSE Descriptors: social studies Find Where the Wind Goes This is an autobiography of Mae Jemison, the first woman of color to become an astronaut. She uses the metaphor of "wind" to describe events from her life. Author: Jemison, Mae HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - writing Finding Fish This is the autobiography of Antwone Fisher (basis for a movie made by Denzel Washington). Antwone's childhood was filled with emotional and physical abuse. He found a way to overcome this difficult beginning. Author: Fisher, Antwone Finding Lincoln Louis needs to write an essay but in Alabama in 1951, he's not allowed in the "whites only" library. Lewis solves his dilemma with bravery and the help of a kind librarian. Historical notes are included at the end of the story. Author: Malaspina, Ann HSE Descriptors: social studies Finding Lincoln Louis needs to write an essay but in Alabama in 1951, he's not allowed in the "whites only" library. Lewis solves his dilemma with bravery and the help of a kind librarian. Historical notes are included at the end of the story. Author: Malaspina, Ann HSE Descriptors: social studies First in the Field: Baseball Hero Jackie Robinson This biography of Jackie Robinson, which focuses on his life until he retired from professional baseball, is accompanied by photographs. A timeline that notes African American sports milestones concludes the book. Author: Dingle, Derek T. HSE Descriptors: social studies First Part Last, The [revised from dust jacket] Bobby is a classic urban teenaged boy-- impulsive, eager, restless. On his 16th birthday, he learns that his girlfriend Nia is pregnant. Their lives change dramatically, both during the pregnancy and after baby Feather is born. Author: Johnson, Angela Fish The story of the difficult and dangerous journey a family must make out of a country hit with drought and civil unrest. The story is told from the point of view of the family's youngest member who decides to take a live fish on the journey. Author: Matthews, L. S. HSE Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies Flight This beautifully illustrated book tells the story of Lindbergh's daring flight over the Atlantic in 1927. It opens with a brief historical note by author Jean Fritz. Author: Burleigh, Robert HSE Descriptors: social studies Fly High! This is an illustrated biography of Bessie Coleman, whose interest in aviation and desire "to be somebody" led her to become the first African American woman to earn a pilot's license. Author: Borden, Louise & Kroeger, Mary Kay HSE Descriptors: social studies Follow the Drinking Gourd Peg Leg Joe travels from plantation to plantation teaching slaves the song "Follow the Drinking Gourd," which conceals directions for the route north to freedom. The book follows one slave family as they are directed north to the Underground Railroad and Author: Winter, Jeanette HSE Descriptors: social studies Forbidden Schoolhouse With the help of her family and a few powerful friends, Prudence Crandall began a school for African-American girls in Canterbury, Connecticut, in 1833 despite boycotts, vandalism, and legal battles. An appendix provides historical research on the student Author: Jurmain, Suzanne HSE Descriptors: social studies Freedom Rides: Journey for Justice These are stories about the Freedom Riders during the early years of the Civil Rights movement. The detail and "human" perspective provided goes well beyond most written descriptions. This is an engaging account of the actions of incredibly brave heroes. Author: Haskins, James HSE Descriptors: social studies Girl Wonder This is a very simple retelling of part of Alta Weiss's childhood. Alta pitched for the Vermillion (OH) Independents, a semi-pro baseball team, in 1907. Author: Hopkinson, Deborah Glass Castle, The: A Memoir Jeannette Walls' memoir of her dysfunctional but vibrant family and the resilience and loyalty they exhibited. Author: Walls, Jeannette Glass Castle, The: A Memoir Jeannette Walls' memoir of her dysfunctional but vibrant family and the resilience and loyalty they exhibited. Author: Walls, Jeannette Gutenberg This black and white picture book tells the story of Johann Gutenberg, creator of the printing press. It includes a map, time line, and afterword. Author: Fisher, Leonard Everett HSE Descriptors: social studies Hana's Suitcase When a suitcase with Hana Brady's name on it arrives at the Toyko Children's Holocaust Education Center, the children have many question about who Hana might have been. In an effort to answer those questions, Fumiko Ishioka, the center's curator, begins a Author: Levine, Karen HSE Descriptors: social studies Heart of a Champion, The These are short biographies of sports figures who have been featured on Wheaties boxes over the years. Subsections, organized by traits that contribute to success (commitment, grace, courage, team effort, and perseverance) are preceded by short essays abo Author: Deford, Frank Henry's Freedom Box This simply written picture book tells the true story of Henry Brown, a runaway slave who escaped to freedom by mailing himself in a crate. Author: Levine, Ellen HSE Descriptors: social studies Holes This story-within-a-story tells of Stanley Yelnats (and his distant relatives, one of whom "cursed" the family), mistakenly sent to a juvenile corrections camp in Texas. At the corrections camp, Stanley finds a real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of Author: Sachar, Louis I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This A moving story of the friendship between two motherless 12-year-old girls--one black and one white--presents issues of racial prejudice, poverty, and child abuse. Author: Woodson, Jacqueline I Remember Korea This collection of poignant and gripping memories of Korean War veterans includes archival photographs, a timeline, and Internet sites. Author: Granfield, Linda HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - writing Invention of Hugo Cabret, The Part fiction, part graphic novel, this winner of the 2008 Caldecott Medal tells the story of an orphaned boy who maintains and repairs clocks in a Paris train station and discovers the history of an automaton and its maker. When he meets a mysterious toy Author: Selznick, Brian HSE Descriptors: science | social studies Joan of Arc The author weaves together historical fact and fiction in the story of a modern French girl who idolizes Joan of Arc. An historical map and beautiful illustrations enhance the stories. Author: Morpurgo, Michael HSE Descriptors: social studies John Henry This beautifully illustrated, award-winning book tells the tale of the ex-slave John Henry who outraced the steam engine in digging a tunnel through the side of the Allegheny Mountains. The book begins with introductory notes from both Julius Lester and Author: Lester, Jerry John Muir: America's First Environmentalist From a work-filled childhood as an immigrant from Scotland, self-taught John Muir worked to study and save the wilderness he loved, resulting in the first protected National Park at Yosemite and the founding of the Sierra Club for conservation. The autho Author: Lasky, Kathryn HSE Descriptors: science Jump at de Sun This interesting biography of the author and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston emphasizes her unique celebration of black life and language at the turn of the century when such topics were unpopular. Her niece wrote the introduction. Author: Porter, A. P. HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Keep on Singing The story of the life of the singer Marian Anderson is told in ballad form. The author's notes at the end of the book include additional biographical information. Author: Livingston, Myra Cohn HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Langston Hughes This well written and engaging biography is accompanied by many of Hughes's poems, some of his other writing, and intriguing illustrations. Especially interesting for Ohio readers is the focus on his life in Cleveland and the influence of Karamu House. Author: Meltzer, Milton HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Leonardo's Horse Contemporary sculptors completed the horse that Leonardo da Vinci began but never finished. Author: Fritz, Jean HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Long Walk to Water, A When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva D Author: Park, Linda Sue HSE Descriptors: social studies Long Way Gone, A: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier The story of a Sierra Leonian boy who at age 12 was recruited and forced into being a gun toting, drug crazed soldier and then learned how to live with what he had done after going through a UNICEF rehabilitation program. Author: Beah, Ishmael HSE Descriptors: social studies Lost: A Story in String Using string figures, a grandmother tells a story of the uses of imagination and resourcefulness. Beautiful black-and-white clayboard and ink illustrations and clear diagrams and resources encourage readers to try the string figures. Author: Fleischman, Paul Mansa Musa A beautifully illustrated story of the quest for identity of a descendent of Sundiata, the famous king of Mali in Central Africa. The author's note describes her research and lists resources. The Dillons provide ethnic design motifs,an historical map, a Author: Burns, Khephra HSE Descriptors: social studies Maria De Sautuola: The Bulls in the Cave The scientific world did not accept until 1902 the discovery of prehistoric cave painting in Altamira, Spain, which was discovered by 9-year-old Maria De Sautuola in 1879. Author: Fradin, Dennis HSE Descriptors: social studies Maritcha: A Nineteenth Century American GIrl Based on an unpublished memoir, this picture book tells the story of daily life for a middle-class African American girl in New York in the 19th century. Maps and photographs illustrate the story. Author: Bolden, Tonya HSE Descriptors: social studies Marvelous Mattie Based on the life of Margaret E. Knight, the book portrays an imaginative girl who overcomes the barriers of poverty and sexism to become an inventor of over 90 inventions with 22 patents. The author's note gives more biographical information while paten Author: McCully, Emily HSE Descriptors: science Mary Smith Before the advent of alarm clocks, Mary Smith's job was to wake the workers of her village with her trusty peashooter. Author: U'Ren, Andrea Maus I: My Father Bleeds History This is the first of two volumes about the experiences of the author's parents in the Nazi concentration camps during WWII. The author depicts Jews as mice and Nazis as cats in his illustrations. Author: Spiegelman, Art HSE Descriptors: social studies Maus II: A Survivor's Tale A powerful graphic novel about a father who survived the Nazi concentration camps and his son in which Jews are depicted as mice and Nazis as cats. The story jumps back and forth between the present life in the Catskills and the past life in the camps. Author: Spiegelman, Art HSE Descriptors: social studies Minty Long before her years as leader in the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman, nicknamed Minty, was a strong-willed child who dreamed of running away while suffering the brutalities of slavery. Old Ben taught her survival skills that she would need later. Author: Schroeder, Alan HSE Descriptors: social studies Miss Bridie Chose a Shovel When offered a choice between a ceramic clock and a shovel as a gift before leaving for America, Bridie chooses the latter and uses it throughout her resourceful life. Author: Connor, Leslie Molly Bannaky This is a biography of the grandmother of the famous mathematician, Banjamin Banneker, who came to America in 1683 as an indentured servant and married her freed slave. The author includes an historical note. Author: McGill, Alice HSE Descriptors: social studies Mud City Shauzia, with her dog, has fled Afghanistan and survives on the streets of Peshawar, Pakistan, and in a refugee camp. This is the second part of a trilogy. Author: Ellis, Deborah HSE Descriptors: social studies My Brothers' Flying Machine This biography of Wilber and Orville Wright is told by their younger sister. Author: Yolen, Jane HSE Descriptors: science My Name is Georgia This simple biography of Georgia O'Keefe describes how she was true to her life-long goal of being an artist and how she gained inspiration for her paintings from the natural world around her. Author: Winter, Jeanette HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading My Secret Camera As a young man in the Lodz Ghetto in Poland, Mendel Grossman, secretly took hundreds of photographs to document the miserable life of the people in the ghetto and their struggles for survival. Simple text accompanies the photographs. Author: Smith, Frank Dabba HSE Descriptors: social studies Nation's Hope, A An "elegant and powerful picture book biography which centers around the historic fight" of Joe Louis during WWII, where prejudice was set aside. The illustrations and historical tidbits add to this story of an unforgettable legend. Author: De La Pena, Matt HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Nightjohn An escaped slave returns to the South to teach others how to read. This 92-page book is very bleak, and the violence is quite graphic. Author: Paulsen, Gary HSE Descriptors: social studies Nikola Tesla This biography of little-known scientist Nikola Tesla recounts his life and work on harnessing and advocating for alternating-current electricity with its many engineering applications that we take for granted. Archival photographs illustrate the text. Author: Dommermuth-Costa, Carol HSE Descriptors: science Ninth Ward This is a powerful reenactment of the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and how it affected the poor section of the ninth ward. The hurricane and subsequent levee failure come to life through the eyes of a twelve year old special girl. The voi Author: Rhodes, Jewell Parker HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies | science No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War A touching recounting of a Jewish child's survival in Nazi Poland. Hidden with her Catholic nanny, Anita and her younger brother are hidden for years but are eventually caught and imprisoned. After freedom, they are both sent to a sanatorium for tubercul Author: Lobel, Anita HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Now Let Me Fly This book gives a fictional account of Minna, a young African girl, taken from her homeland and sold into slavery. The epilogue carries the story forward to the Emancipation Declaration. Author: Johnson, Dolores HSE Descriptors: social studies Old African, The a beautifully told and illustrated story that, according to the dust jacket, is "based on legend." The Old African has magical powers. This is the story of his capture and enslavement as a young man and ultimately, his plan to free his fellow slaves. Author: Lester, Julius HSE Descriptors: social studies One More River to Cross This is a photographic chronicle of African American life. The text is very simple. The photos are very powerful. The author includes an index of the photos. Author: Myers, Walter Dean HSE Descriptors: social studies Over the Top of the World The main text is a diary of explorer Will Steger's expedition (1994) from Russia to Canada by way of the North Pole. Pictures from the expedition accompany the text, and sidebars provide additional information about the Arctic. Author: Steger, Will HSE Descriptors: science | social studies Painting the Wind This "is a beautiful story about holding on to perfect moments that only a summer in a place that you love can offer" (dust jacket). Author: MacLachlan, Patricia & MacLachlan, Emily Parvana's Journey Disguised as a boy, Parvana rescues a baby and joins with a young boy as she travels through war-torn Afghanistan searching for her family. The telling of the story through the child's perspective allows the reader to approach a sensitive current event an Author: Ellis, Deborah HSE Descriptors: social studies Pick and Shovel Poet This moving biography recounts the life of Italian immigrant poet Pascal D'Angelo. The author includes some of D'Angelo's poems as well as archival photos of immigrant life, an extensive bibliography and an index. Author: Murphy, Jim HSE Descriptors: social studies Picture Book of Anne Frank, A This picture book retells the familiar story made famous by the The Diary of Anne Frank of a young Jewish girl who goes into hiding with her family in Amsterdam during the Nazi occupation in World War II. Although the book includes a few quotati Author: Adler, David HSE Descriptors: social studies Queen of the Falls An engaging story about the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel - a 63 year old school teacher. Van Allsburg combines sepia toned illustrations with a smooth and flowing text while using tension to hold the reader's interest. Author: Van Allsburg, Chris HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Ray Charles In a beautiful reprint of a 1973 book, the author tells the story of the legendary blind musician Ray Charles. An Afterword updates the earlier version. Author: Mathis, Sharon HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Razia's Ray of Hope This is a fictional story about the a young girl in Afghanistan who wants to attend school and the building of the first school for girls in that country.Tolerance and determination are key themes. Author: Suneby, Elizabeth HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Remember Spare text and very moving photographs recount times surrounding Brown vs. Board of Education school desegregation from the perspective of children. Author: Morrison, Toni HSE Descriptors: social studies Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorothea Lange This biography of photographer Dorthea Lange contains many of her photographs. Lange photographed and helped raise awareness of the poor conditions of the migrant workers during the Depression. Author: Partridge, Ellizabeth HSE Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies Richard Wright and the Library Card This is a 'slice of life' biography about the author Richard Wright set in his late adolescence/ young adulthood. Events deal with discrimination, Richard's discovery of literature, and how he decided to become an author. Author: Miller, William HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Roses in My Carpet, The This story of a young refugee boy from Afghanistan was inspired by a real child. The boy lives in a refugee camp and weaves rugs. Author: Khan, Rukhsana HSE Descriptors: social studies Royal Bee, The A poor boy from Korea desperately wants an education. He listens outside the school door for awhile and is eventually allowed to attend school to prepare for The Royal Bee, a national test of students' knowledge. Author: Park, Frances, & Park, Ginger Run Far, Run Fast When a mother tells a young girl in 14th C Europe to "run far, run fast" to escape the pestilence, the girl discovers that she cannot outrun the plague but is helped by a friendly man. The exquisite pen and ink drawings are integral to the story. The on Author: Decker, Timothy HSE Descriptors: social studies Run Far, Run Fast When a mother tells a young girl in 14th C Europe to "run far, run fast" to escape the pestilence, the girl discovers that she cannot outrun the plague but is helped by a friendly man. The exquisite pen and ink drawings are integral to the story. The on Author: Decker, Timothy HSE Descriptors: social studies Runaway Girl: The Artist Louise Bourgeois This biography of Louise Bourgeois traces the influences of her childhood in France and her independent development as a woman artist later in the U.S. The book includes beautiful reproductions of her work and numerous back pages for further exploration. Author: Greenberg & Jordan, Sandra HSE Descriptors: language arts - writing | social studies Ruth Law Thrills a Nation The author recounts in easy text and wondrful watercolor illustrations the 1919 flight of Ruth Law from Chicago to New York. Author: Don Brown HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - writing Safekeeping Radley returns home to Vermont from a volunteer stay in Haiti to complete chaos. She begins a long trek to try to find her parents and some sense of normalcy in a country becoming completely dysfunctional.The underling message is articulated, as a vision Author: Hesse, Karen HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading | language arts - writing Same Stuff as Stars, The Angel and her little brother Bernie are dropped off at their great-grandma's house. Dad is in jail, and mom is an alcoholic and selfishly unable to be a mother. Together, the new family learns to live together in the crumbling Vermont farmhouse. Author: Paterson, Katherine Sarney A sequel to Nightjohn, the book follows the life of Sarny, the slave girl that Nightjohn taught to read, as she travels to New Orleans in the aftermath of the Civil War to find her children who had been sold into slavery. Author: Paulsen, Gary HSE Descriptors: social studies Sees Behind Trees A blind Native American boy learns to "see behind trees", guided by his mother, to use his other senses. He uses his gift to help an old warrior find a land of mystery and beauty that he'd discovered years ago, and could not find again himself. Author: Dorris, Michael HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies shadow spinner 1 Author: fletcher, susan HSE Descriptors: literature and arts | literature and arts | literature and arts | literature and arts | literature and arts Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World On an expedition to cross Antarctica, Ernest Shackleton and his crew lost their ship in the ice flow. Shackleton and five others left in small boats to get help. This is a higher reading level version of Spirit of Endurance by the same author. Author: Armstrong, Jennifer HSE Descriptors: social studies Silent Thunder: A Civil War Story The book is set on a Virginia plantation in 1862. Eleven-year-old Summer and her older brother Rosco live with their mother on the Parnell Plantation as talk of President Lincoln's coming proclamation to free slaves reaches the community. Each of the mai Author: Pinkney, Andrea Davis HSE Descriptors: social studies Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story Faced with discrimination for being Korean-American in the 1930s did not deter Sammy Lee from wanting to become an Olympic diver - a dream he realized with great determination. Author: Yoo, Paula HSE Descriptors: social studies Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story Faced with discrimination for being Korean-American in the 1930s did not deter Sammy Lee from wanting to become an Olympic diver - a dream he realized with great determination. Author: Yoo, Paula HSE Descriptors: social studies Sky Pioneer This biography of American aviatrix Amelia Earhart traces her interest in aviation from childhood to her disappearance on a round-the-world flight in 1937. Photographs, journal entries, maps, a chronology, an afterword, a bibliography, and an index sugge Author: Szabo, Corinne HSE Descriptors: social studies Snowflake Bentley This is a biography of Wilson Bentley, a scientist who photographed thousands of snowflakes in order to study their formations. Additional information is presented in sidebars throughout the book. Author: Martin, Jacqueline Briggs HSE Descriptors: science Something out of Nothing: Marie Curie and Radiation This is a very readable biography of Marie Curie and her discovery of radiation. Author: McClafferty, Carla HSE Descriptors: science Sorrow's Kitchen: The Life and Folklore of ZN Hurston Part of the Great Achievers series, this book chronicles the life and writings of Zora Neale Hurston, the important African-American writer of the first-half of this century. The book is 121 pages and contains lots of photographs. The author has woven c Author: Lyons, Mary E. HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading Spirit of Endurance The book employs maps, archival photographs, blueprints, and paintings to tell the exciting story of Ernest Shackleton's rescue of his men on his expedition in Antarctica when their boat, The Endurance, was destroyed in an ice floe. The author includes a Author: Armstrong, Jennifer HSE Descriptors: social studies Starting Home The full title of this book is Starting Home: The Story of Horace Pippin, Painter. Lyons tells the story of Pippin, an African-American painter, with a style that makes compelling reading. The book chronicles the effect of history and the impac Author: Lyons, Mary HSE Descriptors: social studies Steamboat! The Story of Captain Blanche Leathers The story of Blanche Leathers, the country's first female steamboat captain, sailing on the Mississippi River. Author: Gilliland, Judith Heide HSE Descriptors: social studies Stone Lamp, The This book of poems and accounts gives a personal and historical perspective of the meaning of lighting the Menorah lamps representing the eight nights of Hanukkah. The author tells in prose and poetry of real events from 1190 to 1995. Brian Pinkney's vi Author: Hesse, Karen HSE Descriptors: social studies Strongest Man in the World, The: Louis Cyr The text of this book goes far beyond just being the biography of a famous 20th century strong man, Louis Cyr. It is a description of early health mores and an evolution of the circus concept. Additionally, we learn a little about the other famous circus Author: Debon, Nicolas HSE Descriptors: social studies Sweethearts of Rhythm: The story of the greatest all-girl swing band in the world The 16-member, all-woman, racially diverse swing band The International Sweethearts of Rhythm from the war years of the 1940's are brought to life by the idiomatic speech and rhythms of Nelson's poetry and by Pinkney's vibrant illlustrations. The individ Author: Nelson, Marilyn HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Swifter, Higher, Stronger: A Photographic History of the Summer Olympics This account of Olympics and Olympians through the years is stunningly illustrated with photographs that capture the action and emotion of the events. An appendix of rich detail includes a map and statistics. Author: Macy, Sue HSE Descriptors: social studies Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving After years of lobbying, Sarah Hale, an editor and writer, won the battle to have Thanksgiving declared a national holiday. Back matter includes historical and biographical information. Adults may find the tone of voice and some illustrations childish a Author: Anderson, Laurie Halse HSE Descriptors: social studies There Comes a Time This book, winner of the 2001 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, chronicles the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S. The book begins with slave trading and ends with the "Black Power" movement of the late 1960's. A timeline, bibliography, and index are included. Author: Meltzer, Milton HSE Descriptors: social studies They Called Her Molly Pitcher This is an historical/legendary account of Molly "Pitcher" Hays McCauly, who followed her husband to fight in the Revolutionary War and was made a sergeant by General Washington for her courage and bravery. A biography and timeline accompany the colorful Author: Rockwell, Anne HSE Descriptors: social studies To Dare Mighty Things: The Life of Theodore Roosevelt The book depicts T. Roosevelt's life from youth to death. It explains his marriages, children, passions and accomplishments as a politician and conservationist. Full color illustrations and direct quotes help bring the story of Teddy Roosevelt to life. Author: Rappaport, Doreen HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies To Fly In short 2-3 page chapers with delightful watercolor illustrations, the narrative traces the Wright bothers' step-by-step evolution as aviation engineers. The author provides a timeline, a bibliography, notes, and an index. Author: Old, Wendie HSE Descriptors: social studies | science Toussaint L'Ouverture The author wrote the biography of Haiti's hero, Toussaint L'Ouverture, who led the fight for liberation from France and Spain, to accompany Jacob Lawrence's paintings. Author: Myers, Walter Dean HSE Descriptors: social studies Trapped:How the World Rescued 33 Miners from 2,000 Feet Below the Chilean Desert An in-depth recounting of the collapse of a Chilean copper mine in 2010 that entombed 33 miners for 69 days, their heroic struggle to survive and the efforts of those who saved them. The book is riveting in detail and even inspirational. Book contains ex Author: Aronson, Marc HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | language arts - writing | science Trial By Ice Illustrated by archival photographs, this biography recounts the life and expeditions of Ernest Shackleton in his attempts to reach the South Pole (he never did). He is nonetheless revered for his leadership, optimism, and courage. Teachers will find th Author: Kostyal, K. M. HSE Descriptors: social studies Trouble Don't Last This is the story of 11-year-old Samuel and "cranky old Harrison," who leave the Kentucky farm where they are slaves and head north to freedom, encountering non-stereotypical members of trhe Underground Railroad. The author is the historian at Hale Farm a Author: Pearsall, Shelley HSE Descriptors: social studies Twelve Rounds to Glory This biographical tribute told in rap-inspired verse captures the life of the "Louisville Loudmouth" who was in so many respects the "Greatest of all Time." This amazing account of Muhammed Ali's life is told in twelve chapters, like a 12 round boxing mat Author: Smith, Charles HSE Descriptors: language arts - writing | language arts - reading Uncommon Traveler Mary Kingsley, who grew up in Victorian England, isolated, without formal education but with her Father's library, made trips to explore West Africa, where she accomplished many firsts and survived many adventures. The beautiful watercolor illustrations, Author: Brown, Don HSE Descriptors: social studies Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys This is a recounting of a true family story about Virgie, who wants to go to school with her big brothers, despite her young age, the fact that girls were thought not to need an education, and the distance she must travel (7 miles). Author: Howard, Elizabeth Voice from the Wilderness, A Four-year-old Anna Howard Shaw arrived in the U.S in 1851, lived as a pioneer in Michigan, became a teacher, a minister, a doctor, and worked for women's right to vote before her death in 1919. Author: Brown, Don HSE Descriptors: social studies Wake Up Our Souls Well-written biographies and stunning reproductions of the work of approximately 30 African American artists introduce us to painters, photographers, and mixed-media artists born between 1830 and the present. The design makes the book beautiful and the e Author: Bolden, Tonya HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story From Africa The true story of how Wangari Maathai, a Kenyan educated in the USA, started a movement to replant trees in Kenya, one seedling at a time. Wangari won the Nobel Peace Prize for replenishing of the forests in her country. Author: Winter, Jeanette HSE Descriptors: science | social studies Washington at Valley Forge In Freedman's inimitable style, he captures the grit and triumphs over the lack of provisions for General Washington's winter encampment at Valley Forge during the Revolutionary War. Excellent and unfamiliar paintings of Washington accompany the text. Th Author: Freedman, Russell HSE Descriptors: social studies We Are One: The Story of Bayard Rustin Bayard Rustin's biography not only emphasizes his well-known role as advisor and organizer to leadership in the Civil Rights Movement but expands our view with his activities as speaker, singer, actor, artist, and non-violent activist. This biography pro Author: Brimner, Larry Dane HSE Descriptors: social studies We Are the Ship: The Story of the Negro League Baseball This book is about the beginnings and history of Negro League Baseball. The accomplishments of many of the better players are described. Paintings of the players are included. There is a bibliography and filmography at the end of the book. Author: Nelson, Kadir HSE Descriptors: | social studies Well, The Set in Mississippi in the early 1900's, African American David Logan and his family share their well with blacks and whites in their community which leads to racial violence. Author: Taylor, Mildred We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March Tells the story of the Birmingham Children's March through four participants. As the events unfold, the different perspectives and motivations of the participants shed light on the dynamics of the civil rights movement. In addition to the personal stori Author: Levinson, Cynthia HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies When Harriet Met Sojourner The author imagines the meeting of two brave activists for the freeing of slaves --Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman when they were in Boston in 1864. The story is told with the aid of very powerful artwork. Author: Clinton, Catherine HSE Descriptors: social studies When Marian Sang This book is an introduction to the life of Marian Anderson, depicting her music, her inspiration, and her struggles as a singer against segregation . Author: Ryan, Pam Munoz HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies When Thunder Comes: Poems for Civil Rights Leaders This book features 17 figures who fought against injustice and oppression all over the world. Against overwhelming odds and heartbreaking loss, they stood, they hoped, they spoke! These well and lesser known leaders are portrayed in poetry as heroes who h Author: Lewis, J. Patrick HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies | language arts - writing Women of Hope The author wrote essays on thirteen African American women to accompany photographs of the Bread and Roses Cultural Project. The essays feature inspiring women who exhibited courage in overcoming barriers of race and gender in fighting for rights we all Author: Hansen, Joyce HSE Descriptors: social studies Yellowstone Moran:Painting the American West A true story of how Tom Moran traded his city environs for a chance to join a scientific expedition to Yellowstone and record the wonders in his paintings. The author researched letters and journals of the famous Hayden expedition into Yellowstone Nationa Author: Judge, Lita HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies | language arts - writing Young Teddy Roosevelt A biography of the life of Theodore Roosevelt up to the time of his presidency has illustrations that are as interesting as the well-written text. Author: Harness, Cheryl HSE Descriptors: social studies Zlata's Diary Eleven-year old Zlata keeps a diary during the siege of Sarajevo in 1992-93. The first part of the diary has insights about a child living her life in war torn Sarajevo, the second part becomes tedious and repetitive. Author: Filipovic, Zlata HSE Descriptors: social studies Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > divorce Lost Lake, The A boy and his dad go out trekking, looking for a private lake, and in the process they grow closer. Author: Say, Allen Love, Loss, and What I Wore The author reminisces indirectly by depicting and describing outfits she wore at times of loss in her life. This clever book has a limited audience: urban (especially New York), women, and people interested in fashion design. Author: Beckerman, Ilene Unbreakable Code, The A young Navajo boy, who must leave his Southwest home, draws courage from his grandfather's story about being a "Code Talker" during WWII. Author: Hunter, Sara HSE Descriptors: social studies Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > fear A. D., New Orleans After the Deluge This graphic novel originates in the personal involvement of the writer/artist in Hurricane Katrina, contributing seven vivid, authentic voices to enrich our understanding of this national disaster. Juxtaposed alongside the images we saw on television as Author: Neufeld, Josh HSE Descriptors: social studies A. D., New Orleans After the Deluge This graphic novel originates in the personal involvement of the writer/artist in Hurricane Katrina, contributing seven vivid, authentic voices to enrich our understanding of this national disaster. Juxtaposed alongside the images we saw on television as Author: Neufeld, Josh HSE Descriptors: social studies Anne Frank If you wonder why read another book on Anne Frank, look at this beautifully and realistically illustrated story that simply relates the political situation and gives the characters more three-dimensional personalities. A chronology in the end papers adds Author: Poole, Josephine HSE Descriptors: social studies Anne Frank If you wonder why read another book on Anne Frank, look at this beautifully and realistically illustrated story that simply relates the political situation and gives the characters more three-dimensional personalities. A chronology in the end papers adds Author: Poole, Josephine HSE Descriptors: social studies Anno's Medieval World In Anno's beautifully illustrated medieval world, superstitions rather than science explain natural phenomena, especially the shape and movement of the earth. Anno uses medieval styled illustrations to share these beliefs of the Middle Ages up to the Age Author: Anno, Mitsumasa HSE Descriptors: science | social studies Armageddon Summer Fourteen-year-old Marina and 16-year-old Jed accompany their parents' religious cult, the Believers, to the top of a mountain to await the end of the world. The book is narrated in three "voices"--Marina, Jed, and objective accounts such as the newspaper Author: Yolen, Jane & Coville, Bruce HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Bee & Jacky A brother and sister suffer the effects of their father's Vietnam trauma and their mother's ineffectualness by resuming a physical relationship. This moving, psychologically honest book is difficult to read because the real or imagined incest is portraye Author: Coman, Carolyn Bird House, The This is a modern-day fairy tale that features a homeless girl, an old woman, and birds with magical powers. Author: Rylant, Cynthia Cats in Krasinski Square, The With a simple text and marvelous watercolors, Hesse tells a true story of the bravery of the Jewish Resistance who helped the Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II. End matter provides more historical background. Author: Hesse, Karen HSE Descriptors: social studies Cycle of the Werewolf Short mystery/horror story depicting the sequence of events as a werewolf terrorizes a small town in Maine over the course of a year. A ten year old parapalegic uncovers the mystery and slays the beast with the help of his fun loving uncle. Short chapte Author: King, Stephen HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Grab Hands and Run Based on a true story, this 165-page book tells of twelve-year-old Felipe, his sister, and his mother as they flee El Salvador when his father disappears. The family escapes, hides, and runs until, caught, they are finally placed in a new home in Canada. Author: Temple, Frances HSE Descriptors: social studies Hidden Child A survivor of the Holocaust describes with illustrations and text his hiding in France during World War II and his search for his family and friends after the war. Author: Millman, Isaac HSE Descriptors: social studies Hitler Youth By following a dozen German youth, the author examines the attraction and occasionally the resistance of the role of the Hitler youth movement in Nazi Germany. The author includes additional material for further exploration. Author: Bartoletti, Susan Campbell HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading | science Home of the Brave In a dream-like story and illustrations, Allen Say captures the infamy, dislocation, and loss experienced by Japanese Americans in the internment camps during World War II. Author: Say, Allen HSE Descriptors: social studies I Remember Korea This collection of poignant and gripping memories of Korean War veterans includes archival photographs, a timeline, and Internet sites. Author: Granfield, Linda HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - writing In the Shadow of No Towers Part personal reaction to 9/11 and part history of newspaper comics, this book is a bit like a graphic novel. It is raw in tone and difficult to follow at spots. Author: Spiegelman, Art HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading Into the Volcano Two brothers face an erupting volcano and a variety of other troubles in their search for their mother. Author: Wood, Don Into the Volcano Two brothers face an erupting volcano and a variety of other troubles in their search for their mother. Author: Wood, Don Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The This book is a wonderfully retold version of the classic story by Washington Irving. The illustrations contribute to the mysterious mood. Author: Irving, Washington HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Life Doesn't Frighten Me In this single poem, Angelou celebrates courage to face internal and external fears, the courage that grows out of a belief in ourselves. The contemporary art is bold and child-like but may have the power to scare children. The text is repetitive and ea Author: Angelou, Maya Love, Loss, and What I Wore The author reminisces indirectly by depicting and describing outfits she wore at times of loss in her life. This clever book has a limited audience: urban (especially New York), women, and people interested in fashion design. Author: Beckerman, Ilene Memories of Survival A mother and daughter create a narrative in stitchery and text of the mother's life in Poland during the Nazi occupation.This collection of memories of the holocaust provides a first hand account of danger, despair and hope. The detailed tapestries provid Author: Krinitz, Esther Nisenthal & Steinhardt, Bernice HSE Descriptors: social studies Memory Coat, The In order to flee persecution as Jews in Russia, Rachel and her cousin Griska emigrate with their extended family to America where they encounter difficulty at Ellis Island. The author provides additional information on immigration from Russia in the endm Author: Woodruff, Elvira HSE Descriptors: social studies Moby-Dick Melville's classic tale of Ahab's obsessive hunt for the great white whale Moby Dick is retold in a format that includes excerpts from the original, summarized passages (each in a different type face), a very helpful glossary, a labeled cross-section of t Author: Melville, Herman/Needle, Jan HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War A touching recounting of a Jewish child's survival in Nazi Poland. Hidden with her Catholic nanny, Anita and her younger brother are hidden for years but are eventually caught and imprisoned. After freedom, they are both sent to a sanatorium for tubercul Author: Lobel, Anita HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Picture Book of Anne Frank, A This picture book retells the familiar story made famous by the The Diary of Anne Frank of a young Jewish girl who goes into hiding with her family in Amsterdam during the Nazi occupation in World War II. Although the book includes a few quotati Author: Adler, David HSE Descriptors: social studies Reappearance of Sam Webber, The With the help of adult friends, eleven-year-old Sam Webber adjusts to the disappearance of his father and the reduced circumstances of life in Baltimore. Although the story is told from Sam's perspective, every reader can identify with the ultimately upb Author: Fuqua, Jonathon Scott Rescued Images The author contributes a moving and strikingly illustrated memoir of her experience of being a "hidden child" in Holland during World War II and its far-reaching effect. Author: Jacobsen, Ruth HSE Descriptors: social studies Run Far, Run Fast When a mother tells a young girl in 14th C Europe to "run far, run fast" to escape the pestilence, the girl discovers that she cannot outrun the plague but is helped by a friendly man. The exquisite pen and ink drawings are integral to the story. The on Author: Decker, Timothy HSE Descriptors: social studies Run Far, Run Fast When a mother tells a young girl in 14th C Europe to "run far, run fast" to escape the pestilence, the girl discovers that she cannot outrun the plague but is helped by a friendly man. The exquisite pen and ink drawings are integral to the story. The on Author: Decker, Timothy HSE Descriptors: social studies Selvakumar Knew Better Based on a true story, the book tells of a dog named Selvakumar who saved a South Indian boy from drowning during the tsunami of 2004. Author: Kroll, Virginia HSE Descriptors: social studies | science September 11, 2001 A New York Times journalist has chosen to tell the chronology of September 11, 2001, through personal stories. Photographs, maps and diagrams, and a bibliography provide additional resources. Author: Hampton, Wilborn HSE Descriptors: social studies Sigmund Freud This biography introduces the history of the study of the physical and emotional aspects of the mind as well as the colorful life of Sigmund Freud. Additional resources include an appendix, a bibliography, web sites, and an index. Author: Krull, Kathleen HSE Descriptors: science Speak This compelling story recounts Melinda's freshman year in high school. She is an outcast because she called the police to an end-of-the-summer party. Her reasons for doing this and her gradual emotional acceptance and psychological healing are the focus o Author: Anderson, Laurie Trapped:How the World Rescued 33 Miners from 2,000 Feet Below the Chilean Desert An in-depth recounting of the collapse of a Chilean copper mine in 2010 that entombed 33 miners for 69 days, their heroic struggle to survive and the efforts of those who saved them. The book is riveting in detail and even inspirational. Book contains ex Author: Aronson, Marc HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | language arts - writing | science Unexplained The author explores several categories of unexplained phenomena from Stonehenge to Roswell, N. M. UFO sightings, suggesting origins of superstitions and possible explanations. Sidebar information, photographs, and paintings illustrate the text and back m Author: Allen, Judy HSE Descriptors: social studies War and the Pity of War This large collection of powerful poems and very moving illustrations on war ranges over time and place and level of difficulty. The editor includes an index of writers, and index of poems, and an introduction thate gives his reasons for selecting partic Author: Philip, Neil HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Wolf of Gubbio, The A legend tells the story of a wolf who terriorizes a community until the boy who became St.Francis of Assisi, negotates an agreement. Author: Bedard, Michael Zlata's Diary Eleven-year old Zlata keeps a diary during the siege of Sarajevo in 1992-93. The first part of the diary has insights about a child living her life in war torn Sarajevo, the second part becomes tedious and repetitive. Author: Filipovic, Zlata HSE Descriptors: social studies Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > giving/generosity Angels in the Dust A poignant story of a family living in the Dust Bowl trying to make ends meet. Author: Raven, Margot Theis HSE Descriptors: science | social studies Christmas Gift, The This beautifully illustrated bilingual story tells of the Christmas of a migrant family in California, which first appeared as a chapter in The Circuit. His family has to move again a few days before Christmas in order to find work, and Panchito Author: Jimenez, Francisco HSE Descriptors: social studies Confucius The author has demythologized the figure of Confucius, depicting him as a very human, vulnerable and wise man. In a postscript, the author explains the origin and process of the book, providing resources and an index of Confucian sayings. The illustrati Author: Freedman, Russell HSE Descriptors: social studies Dear Mr. Rosenwald This is a fictionalized story of one community's efforts to build a school based on the historical Rosenwald schools. These schools in the American South were financed by Julius Rosenwald of Sears Roebuck and required collaboration of black and white com Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston HSE Descriptors: social studies Gold Coin, The A thief follows an old woman and learns a lesson about giving. Author: Ada, Alma F. Great Stone Face, The The author retells a famous Hawthorne story about how a New England village interprets a mountain's "face" over the years as fulfilling the prophecy of revealing the noblest person of the time. Author: Schmidt, Gary/Hawthorne Nathaniel HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Heroes and She-roes Twenty-one poems celebrate and chronicle the actions of real-life persons (and one dog) who have performed heroic acts in service to others. Author: Lewis, J. Patrick Heroes and She-roes Twenty-one poems celebrate and chronicle the actions of real-life persons (and one dog) who have performed heroic acts in service to others. Author: Lewis, J. Patrick Importance of Oskar Schindler, The This biography of Oskar Schindler focuses on his heroic actions to save Jews from persecution and death. A great deal of general information about WW II in Europe is also provided. (Note: This is a violent book because of the subject matter.) Author: Roberts, Jack L. HSE Descriptors: social studies Josepha A boy narrates the story of his friend and protector, the immigrant young man Josepha, who had to leave school to work. Author: McGugan, Jim HSE Descriptors: social studies Kamishibai Man The award-winning author/illustrator introduces the reader to the street storytelling tradition of the "paper-theater man" from his Japanese childhood. Author: Say, Allen Let the Celebrations Begin! During WW II, in the concentration camps, women hoarded buttons and odds and ends in order to make the children dolls and presents for the day they would be released. Although the art has been criticized for being too whimsical for its grim subject matte Author: Wild, Margaret HSE Descriptors: social studies Library, The A delightfully illustrated story in verse about a shy, avid reader who gave her books to form a town library. Author: Stewart, Sarah Mei Ling in China City Twelve year old Mei Ling Lee helps her parents during the Moon Festival celebration and raises money for Chinese women and children refugees in 1942. She also has a friend whose family was relocated to Manzanar War Relocation Center because she is Japanes Author: Smith, Icy HSE Descriptors: social studies Mei Ling in China City Twelve year old Mei Ling Lee helps her parents during the Moon Festival celebration and raises money for Chinese women and children refugees in 1942. She also has a friend whose family was relocated to Manzanar War Relocation Center because she is Japanes Author: Smith, Icy HSE Descriptors: social studies Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot During the occupation of Germany after WW II, a young girl writes a letter to an American airlift pilot who drops chocolates to children. The author includes a biography of Col. Halvorsen, "the chocolate pilot" of the title. Author: Raven, Margot Midnight Clear: Stories for the Christmas Season, A Twelve modern-day stories focus on the "true meaning" of Christmas. Each addresses the tenacity of the human spirit; all are engaging stories. Author: Paterson, Katherine HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Mud City Shauzia, with her dog, has fled Afghanistan and survives on the streets of Peshawar, Pakistan, and in a refugee camp. This is the second part of a trilogy. Author: Ellis, Deborah HSE Descriptors: social studies My Great Aunt Arizona Based on the author's great aunt, Arizona was born in a log cabin. All her life she dreamed of visiting far-away places. She became a teacher and never left the area, but taught several generations of children to share her dreams. Author: Houston, Gloria HSE Descriptors: social studies One City, Two Brothers Wonderfully illustrated retelling of the Jewish and Arabic folktale about the founding of Jerusalem. The tale is story of King Solomon and his attempt to mediate a dispute between two brothers squabbling over an inheritance. Simple, but powerful themes d Author: Smith, Chris HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II One family in the USA begins an effort to help those in Europe suffering from the aftermath of WWII by sending shoes and other needed supplies. Author: Judge, Lita HSE Descriptors: social studies River of Words, A: The Story of William Carlos Williams This relatively easy-reading biography of the American poet and doctor, William Carlos Williams, includes lovely collage illustrations of a few short simple poems, a timeline, and helpful notes from the author and illustrator. Author: Bryant, Jen HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Safekeeping Radley returns home to Vermont from a volunteer stay in Haiti to complete chaos. She begins a long trek to try to find her parents and some sense of normalcy in a country becoming completely dysfunctional.The underling message is articulated, as a vision Author: Hesse, Karen HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading | language arts - writing Silver Packages A man returns to his childhood home in Appalachia to thank the benefactor on the Christmas Train. The story originally appeared in Rylant's book Children of Christmas: Stories for the Season. Author: Rylant, Cynthia With a Hammer for My Heart When 15-year-old Lawanda befriends a WW II veteran living in an old school bus, she sets in motion events that will change her life and all those around her. The well-written story unfolds with each chapter telling the story from the point of view of eac Author: Lyon, George Ella Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > gratitude Picnic in October, A At the insistence of the immigrant grandparents, a family celebrates coming to America and the October birthday of the Statue of Liberty. Author: Bunting, Eve HSE Descriptors: social studies Silver Packages A man returns to his childhood home in Appalachia to thank the benefactor on the Christmas Train. The story originally appeared in Rylant's book Children of Christmas: Stories for the Season. Author: Rylant, Cynthia Way to Start the Day, The This is a hard book to categorize. The simple text is written like blank verse. The content is basically true. The text focuses on how people around the world celebrate or acknowledge the sunrise. Author: Baylor, Bryd HSE Descriptors: social studies Widow's Broom, The A widow helps a witch recover from a fall, and in gratitude the witch leaves behind her broom to help the woman do her work. Suspicious neighbors try to burn the broom, but in the end the broom settles in with the woman. Author: Van Allsburg, Chris Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > grief At the End of Words: A Daughter's Memoir What happens "at the end of words"? The author faced this difficult question as a teenager. Through alternating narration and poetry, she shares her anger, sorrow, confusion, and healing after her mother's death from breast cancer. Author: Stone, Miriam Baby A family finds a baby on its doorstep with a note asking them to care for the baby indefinitely. They begin to love the baby, even though they know they will have to say goodbye, and through the process of becoming attached to the child they are able to Author: MacLachlan, Patricia Coal Miner's Bride, A: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska In journal format, the life of a thirteen year old girl in 1896 comes to life. Anetra Kaminska is sold to an older widower of three children in a mining town, for the price of her and her brother's tickets from Poland to America. Her life is extremely ha Author: Bartoletti, Susan Campbell HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | language arts - writing | social studies Corpses, Coffins, and Crypts "Drawing on extensive historical and anthropological research, personal accounts, and interviews of people who work in the funeral industry, Penny Colman examines... death and burial across cultures and societies" (dust jacket). Appendices include a chron Author: Colman, Penny HSE Descriptors: social studies Ghost Train Choon-yi is a painter. Her father leaves China for North America to find work. He asks her to join him, but when she arrives, she discovers that he has been killed on the job. As Choon-yi tries to paint the train, a ghostly presence beckons her. Author: Yee, Paul Hitler Youth By following a dozen German youth, the author examines the attraction and occasionally the resistance of the role of the Hitler youth movement in Nazi Germany. The author includes additional material for further exploration. Author: Bartoletti, Susan Campbell HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading | science In the Shadow of No Towers Part personal reaction to 9/11 and part history of newspaper comics, this book is a bit like a graphic novel. It is raw in tone and difficult to follow at spots. Author: Spiegelman, Art HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading Islander, The An orphaned boy, who grows up with his grandfather on an island off the coast of British Columbia, finds a key-literally--that helps him overcome his loneliness and loss. Author: Rylant, Cynthia Letting Swift River Go This book tells the story of a community's act of selling up the houses and land to the government so that a water reservoir can be built. It is told from the view point of a woman who felt as though she lost her childhood because all her landmarks had Author: Yolen, Jane Love You, Soldier This touching story about the effects of WW II on one family is told through the eyes of seven-year-old Katie. (NOTE: This is a short chapter book that will be very easy for students to read.) Author: Hest, Amy HSE Descriptors: social studies Love, Loss, and What I Wore The author reminisces indirectly by depicting and describing outfits she wore at times of loss in her life. This clever book has a limited audience: urban (especially New York), women, and people interested in fashion design. Author: Beckerman, Ilene Missing May A twelve-year-old girl named Summer and her uncle are dealing with the death of Aunt May (his wife). They decide, with the help of a strange boy from Summer's school, to try to contact May's spirit, and in the process learn how to let go. Author: Rylant, Cynthia Out of the Dust Set in Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl years of the Depression, this powerful book tells in unobtrusive blank verse the story of personal tragedy and community hardship through the experiences of Billy Jo, a 15-year-old girl. The book is so credible that Author: Hesse, Karen HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Peace, Locomotion This book is a collection of the letters and poems Lonnie, hero of the book Locomotion, writes to his sister Lili, who lives with a different foster parent than Lonnie does. The book is remarkably upbeat while dealing with the family issues that Lonnie an Author: Woodson, Jacqueline HSE Descriptors: language arts - writing Peace, Locomotion This book is a collection of the letters and poems Lonnie, hero of the book Locomotion, writes to his sister Lili, who lives with a different foster parent than Lonnie does. The book is remarkably upbeat while dealing with the family issues that Lonnie an Author: Woodson, Jacqueline HSE Descriptors: language arts - writing Sarah's Key The story of the roundup of the Jews in France during WWII. A heart-wrenching look at the infamous collaboration of French officials with the Nazis It is told through two people: a 10-year-old Jewish girl and an American journalist 60 years later. Author: de Rosnay, Tatiana HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading Saying It Out Loud Mindy is a typical 16-year-old teenager when her mother develops a serious medical problem. This touching story alternates between Mindy's current feelings and actions and flashbacks to earlier memories to show her reaction to this terrible tragedy. Author: Abelove, Joan September 11, 2001 A New York Times journalist has chosen to tell the chronology of September 11, 2001, through personal stories. Photographs, maps and diagrams, and a bibliography provide additional resources. Author: Hampton, Wilborn HSE Descriptors: social studies That Summer A boy looks back on the summer that his brother became ill and died. Author: Johnston, Tony Through the Mickle Woods The king is grieving for his dead wife, but with the help of a wise bear and a young boy learns the three lessons about living and loving. Author: Gregory, Valiska Toning the Sweep Emily goes to the desert with her mother to help her dying grandmother Ola pack up her house and move. She slowly comes to terms with her family history and her coming loss. Author: Johnson, Angela Very Best of Friends, The When a farmer dies, his wife deals with her grief by ignoring (hating) his favorite cat, until she finally realizes that they could find companionship with each other. Author: Wild, Margaret Wall, The In this emotionally charged book told from the point of view of the child, a boy and his dad look for the grandfather's name on the Vietnam Memorial. Author: Bunting, Eve HSE Descriptors: social studies Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > group Big Mouth and Ugly Girl In this engrossing 266-page book, Matt, age 17, is falsely accused of trying to blow up his high school. His friends desert him, but a girl who calls herself "Ugly Girl" befriends him, and together they weather public opinion, the police, parents, teache Author: Oates, Joyce Carol Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > honesty Day's Work, A When a Mexican-American boy tries to help his Spanish-speaking grandfather find a day's work, he lies about what the man is qualified to do. After a full day, the lie is exposed, and the grandfather teaches the boy a lesson about honesty. Author: Bunting, Eve Lincoln Through the Lens: How Photography Revealed and Shaped an Extrordinary Life A loosely organized series of chapters/essays about the rise of photography in Lincoln's lifetime and how it shaped the way we view his Presidency. Many photographs from the period are included. Author: Sandler, Martin HSE Descriptors: social studies River of Words, A: The Story of William Carlos Williams This relatively easy-reading biography of the American poet and doctor, William Carlos Williams, includes lovely collage illustrations of a few short simple poems, a timeline, and helpful notes from the author and illustrator. Author: Bryant, Jen HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > humor Lincoln Through the Lens: How Photography Revealed and Shaped an Extrordinary Life A loosely organized series of chapters/essays about the rise of photography in Lincoln's lifetime and how it shaped the way we view his Presidency. Many photographs from the period are included. Author: Sandler, Martin HSE Descriptors: social studies Science Verse Repeating the success of Math Curse, the author and illustrator describe the "poetry of science" through parodies of famous poems. A CD is included. Author: Scieszka, John HSE Descriptors: science Swan Song The poet and artist collaborated to create poetic, humorous post-mortems for extinct creatures. A timeline crawls across the bottom margin and back matter provides more information about the creatures and their habitats. Author: Lewis, J. Patrick HSE Descriptors: science Twelfth Night This is a narrative retelling of Shakespeare's play. Many of the famous lines are embedded in the narrative. Author: Shakespeare, William (retold B. Coville) HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > imagination Action Jackson Watercolors and text invite the reader to accompany Jackson Pollock as he creates his famous 1950 action painting, "Lavender Mist." A biography and bibliography expand information about the artist. Author: Greenberg, Jan & Jordan, Sandra HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading All I See Shy Charlie admires the painter Gregory's work from afar. The child and adult become friends, and Gregory teaches Charlie about painting, senses, imagination, and friendship. Author: Rylant, Cynthia American Boy: The Adventures of Mark Twain This biography of Sam Clemens focuses primarily on his childhood. Readers will see many parallels between young Sam's adventures and those of his famous characters Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. Author: Brown, Don HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Artist in Overalls Born into a poor farming family in Iowa, Grant Wood struggled to study art and earn a living. He chose to paint simple people and scenes with a classical feel, a style that became known as Regionalism. Author: Duggleby, John HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Ben Franklin's Almanac The "scrapbook" format of this biography, explores Ben Franklin's life thematically rather than chronologically, allowing the reader to grasp what a multi-talented person he was. The author includes extensive back matter for further research. Author: Fleming, Candice HSE Descriptors: social studies Berenice Abbott, Photographer The biography's subtitle "An Independent Vision" suggests the creativity, innovation, perservance that Berenice Abbot exhibited as she pursued the newly emerging field of photography and associated with the leading photographers of the 1920's and 1930's. Author: Sullivan, George HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Big Talk Three poems are presented graphically with four color-coded bars to represent four voices for choral reading. The rhythms of the poems progress from easy to more difficult. The author provides a section on "How to read this book" and "Helpful hints." Author: Fleischman, Paul Boy Named Giotto, A This exquisitely illustrated biography portrays the early years of the Renaissance painter, Giotto, who lived in Italy from 1267-1337. Author: Guarnieri, Paolo HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Bud, Not Buddy It's 1936, Flint, Michigan, and 10-year-old Bud (not Buddy) has run away from foster care to search for his father. (Newbery winner) Author: Curtis, Christopher Paul HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Butterfly, The During the Nazi occupation of France, Monique discovers that her mother is a member of the Resistance, and that a secret trap door conceals a Jewish family in hiding. Monique and the secret "guest" become nighttime playmates until terror threatens. Author: Polacco, Patricia HSE Descriptors: social studies Charlie Chaplin This interesting biography of Charlie Chaplin discusses his life and work from his impoverished boyhood in London through his Hollywood film career to exile in Europe, ending with knighthood in England. The author expands the use of the book with a bibli Author: Turk, Ruth HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Chuck Close Up Close This biography of the contemporary artist Chuck Close captures his inventiveness in text and vivid color photographs. An index of illustrations, an essay on portraits, a bibliography, and a list of museums that display the artist's work provide informati Author: Greenberg, Jan & Jordan, Sandra HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Cool Moonlight, A Lila, who has an allergy to sunlight, lives with her disability helped by her family and friends, real and imaginary. The author uses lyrical language deftly to tell the story with great sensitivity and lightness. Author: Johnson, Angela Delicious: The Life & Art of Wayne Thiebaud Illustrated with lush reproductions of his paintings, this biography of painter Wayne Theibaud recounting his long career and late fame, is a story of perseverance from outside the mainstream. Thiebaud paints "things that have been overlooked," like food, Author: Rubin, Susan Goldman HSE Descriptors: literature and arts Delicious: The Life & Art of Wayne Thiebaud Illustrated with lush reproductions of his paintings, this biography of painter Wayne Theibaud recounting his long career and late fame, is a story of perseverance from outside the mainstream. Thiebaud paints "things that have been overlooked," like food, Author: Rubin, Susan Goldman HSE Descriptors: literature and arts Diego Bigger Than Life These short poems tell about the life of the artist Diego Rivera, his various loves, his life as an artist, and his unusual and intense life. It ends with a one paragraph comment by his last wife, Frida Kahlo. Back matter includes a wealth of information Author: Bernier-Grand HSE Descriptors: social studies Don Quixote and the Windmills This retelling of the famous Spanish novel by Cervantes recounts Don Quixote's first adventure as a knight. An Author's Note contributes historical information about Cervantes. Author: Kimmel, Eric HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Edna St. Vincent Millay This beautifully illustrated collection of poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay includes an introductory biography and an index of the poems. Author: Schoonmaker, Frances (ed.) HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Edward Hopper: Painter of Light and Shadow Illustrated with beautifully reproduced paintings in chronological order, this biography of the American artist Edward Hopper recounts his long, productive life, his marriage to artist Josephine Nivison, and his friendships with fellow artists Guy Pene du Author: Rubin, Susan Goldman HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading First Impressions: Andrew Wyeth This biography of Andrew Wyeth is the result of a friendship between the artist and the author. The book focuses on Wyeth's early years, his relationship with his father, and his development as an artist. One reader felt that the vocabulary might be diff Author: Meryman, Richard HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Genius of Leonardo, The Giacomo, a servant of Leonardo da Vinci, recounts the later life of the famous Italian Renaissance painter and inventor. The magnificent illustrations capture sketches, works of art, and daily life and the text includes quotation in italics from the note Author: Visconti, Guido HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Genius: A Photobiography of Albert Einstein This photobiography of Albert Einstein documents his celebrated scientific achievements and his lesser-known stands for freedom and opposition of tyrants from Hitler to McCarthy. The story of his family life gives insights into his pursuit of questioning Author: Delano, Marfe Ferguson HSE Descriptors: science Genius: A Photobiography of Albert Einstein This photobiography of Albert Einstein documents his celebrated scientific achievements and his lesser-known stands for freedom and opposition of tyrants from Hitler to McCarthy. The story of his family life gives insights into his pursuit of questioning Author: Delano, Marfe Ferguson HSE Descriptors: science George Washington Carver This biography of George Washington Carver, known as the "peanut man," is illustrated with his art work and archival photographs and includes notes, bibliographical resources and an afterword. Author: Bolden, Tanya HSE Descriptors: social studies | science George Washington Carver This biography of George Washington Carver, known as the "peanut man," is illustrated with his art work and archival photographs and includes notes, bibliographical resources and an afterword. Author: Bolden, Tanya HSE Descriptors: social studies | science Georgia's Bones A biography of the artist Georgia O'Keeffe's early years "celebrates her fascination with natural shapes and 'common objects'" with rich text and color-saturated illustrations. The text explores themes including creativity, diversity (in ways of being in Author: Bryant, Jen HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue This 'slice of life' biography describes the weeks surrounding Gershwin's composing and premiering Rhapsody in Blue. A CD of the music is included. The illustrations, which look very Noel Coward, capture the 20's look. Author: Celenza, Anna Grandmothers In the introduction, the editor, after describing her own strong grandmother, says that grandmothers help us make the transition from childhood to adulthood and "civilize" us. The essays, poems and short stories that follow introduce us to a wide cultura Author: Giovanni, Nikki (Ed.) HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Heart to Heart Contemporary poets create poems in response to works of modern American art. The reproductions are very good. An introduction, index, and biographical notes of poets and artists extend the scope of the book. The poems are uneven in quality. Author: Greenberg, Jan (Ed.) HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Home Place While on a hike, a family discovers the site of a ruined house. They find a few abandoned objects and, through terse and poetic words, imagine the family who once lived there. Through superior illustrations Pinkney evokes a world that is part dream and Author: Dragonwagon, Cresent I Dream of Trains This is the story of an African-American boy who lives in the South before the Great Migration, who loves trains, and who stands in awe of Casey Jones. Author: Johnson, Angela HSE Descriptors: social studies In Memory's Kitchen While prisoners in Teresienstadt (Terezin) concentration camp, Jewish women created a book of recipes of foods remembered. The introduction relates the fascinating history of this unique cookbook. Author: De Silva, Cara HSE Descriptors: social studies Invention of Hugo Cabret, The Part fiction, part graphic novel, this winner of the 2008 Caldecott Medal tells the story of an orphaned boy who maintains and repairs clocks in a Paris train station and discovers the history of an automaton and its maker. When he meets a mysterious toy Author: Selznick, Brian HSE Descriptors: science | social studies Leonardo daVinci This fascinating biography of Leonardo daVinci emphasizes his scientific curiosity and observation of the natural world that he recorded in his illustrated notebooks. The author has included very helpful resources: location of the notebooks today; books Author: Krull, Kathleen HSE Descriptors: science Leonardo's Horse Contemporary sculptors completed the horse that Leonardo da Vinci began but never finished. Author: Fritz, Jean HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Library for Juana, A This beautifully illustrated imaginative biography (little is known) focuses on the early life of Juana Ramirez de Asbaje, who became the first and one of the greatest Mexican poets known as Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz. The author includes a glossary, furt Author: Mora, Pat HSE Descriptors: social studies Lost: A Story in String Using string figures, a grandmother tells a story of the uses of imagination and resourcefulness. Beautiful black-and-white clayboard and ink illustrations and clear diagrams and resources encourage readers to try the string figures. Author: Fleischman, Paul Man Who Walked Between the Towers, The The book celebrates in pictures and text Philippe Petit's highwire walk between the Trade Center Towers on Aug. 7, 1974. Author: Gerstein, Mordicai Michelangelo Diane Stanley has added to her work another stunningly visual biography filled with details of the painter, sculptor, and poet Michelangelo Buonarroti. The beautiful illustrations refer to famous works and people of the times. The book includes a useful Author: Stanley, Diane HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Miss Spitfire Using real letters and records, the author vividly imagines the early days of the relationship between Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan from the teacher's perspective. Author: Miller, Sarah Miss Spitfire Using real letters and records, the author vividly imagines the early days of the relationship between Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan from the teacher's perspective. Author: Miller, Sarah Momma, Where Are You From? When a young girl asks her mother where she comes from, she receives a loving description of her hard-working childhood in the segregated South told in rich, rhythmic language with lush illustrations. Author: Bradby, Marie HSE Descriptors: social studies My Brothers' Flying Machine This biography of Wilber and Orville Wright is told by their younger sister. Author: Yolen, Jane HSE Descriptors: science My Great Aunt Arizona Based on the author's great aunt, Arizona was born in a log cabin. All her life she dreamed of visiting far-away places. She became a teacher and never left the area, but taught several generations of children to share her dreams. Author: Houston, Gloria HSE Descriptors: social studies My Name is Georgia This simple biography of Georgia O'Keefe describes how she was true to her life-long goal of being an artist and how she gained inspiration for her paintings from the natural world around her. Author: Winter, Jeanette HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading My Own True Name This partially bilingual collection of uniformly thoughtful and accessible poems includes many verse forms. Author: Mora, Pat Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein This picture book biography of Albert Einstein focuses on his early years when he did not fit in--anywhere. Don Brown illustrates his book in delightful ink and watercolor and includes a biographical note updating the events of the book. Author: Brown, Don HSE Descriptors: science | math Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein This picture book biography of Albert Einstein focuses on his early years when he did not fit in--anywhere. Don Brown illustrates his book in delightful ink and watercolor and includes a biographical note updating the events of the book. Author: Brown, Don HSE Descriptors: science | math Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place, The Margaret Rose Kane, 12 years old, escapes oppressive summer camp with the help of her great-uncles and then helps them rescue from urban renewal the sculptural "towers" that they have been creating for 45 years. Author: Konigsburg, E. L. Painting the Wind This "is a beautiful story about holding on to perfect moments that only a summer in a place that you love can offer" (dust jacket). Author: MacLachlan, Patricia & MacLachlan, Emily Picasso and the Girl With a Ponytail The cubist artist Picasso met his model Sylvette when he was in his 70's. The book chronicles how they met and how she gained confidence to become an artist herself. The author includes a biography of Picasso and photographs of his paintings and sculptu Author: Anholt, Laurence HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Picture Book of Anne Frank, A This picture book retells the familiar story made famous by the The Diary of Anne Frank of a young Jewish girl who goes into hiding with her family in Amsterdam during the Nazi occupation in World War II. Although the book includes a few quotati Author: Adler, David HSE Descriptors: social studies Poet Slave of Cuba, The: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano This true story of 19th Century Cuban poet Juan Francisco Manzano, who was born a slave, is told in free verse from various points of view--the boy, his mother, his father, and his owners. Author: Engle, Margarita HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus, The The story of Peter Mark Roget, creator of Roget's Thesaurus complete with his biography, time line of current events and wonderful illustrations. Both Robert F Sibert medal and Caldecott Honor Book. Author: Bryant, Jen HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies | language arts - writing | science River of Words, A: The Story of William Carlos Williams This relatively easy-reading biography of the American poet and doctor, William Carlos Williams, includes lovely collage illustrations of a few short simple poems, a timeline, and helpful notes from the author and illustrator. Author: Bryant, Jen HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Romare Bearden This biography of the multi-talented artist Romare Bearden is vibrantly illustrated with reproductions of his work. An author's note, a timeline, a bibliography, a glossary, and a list of the locations of art works make the book as useful in the classroo Author: Greenberg, Jan HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Runaway Girl: The Artist Louise Bourgeois This biography of Louise Bourgeois traces the influences of her childhood in France and her independent development as a woman artist later in the U.S. The book includes beautiful reproductions of her work and numerous back pages for further exploration. Author: Greenberg & Jordan, Sandra HSE Descriptors: language arts - writing | social studies Second Mrs. Gioconda In this fictionalized story of real people, Salai, servant of Leonardo da Vinci, tells how the painting of Mrs. Gioconda known as the Mona Lisa came to be painted. Author: Konigsburg, E. L. HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Seek For a senior class autobiography assignment, Robbie creates "a sound portrait" in a radio script format, which includes his extended family and his search for his long-absent father. One reviewer thought that the text is too disjointed and confusing for Author: Fleischman, Paul Steam, Steel, and Stars In 1955, the photographer O.W. Link captured the last steam railroad on its last runs in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio. Author: Link, O. W. and Hensley, F. HSE Descriptors: social studies Story Painter: The Life of Jacob Lawrence This biography of the African American painter Jacob Lawrence, known for his series Migration and Toussaint L'Ouverture, is illustrated by the painter's works. Author: Duggleby, John HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Tin Forest, The An old man living in a wasteland of scrap metal dreams of a green forest full of birds and animals. This charming, beautifully illustrated modern legend extolls the benefits of dreaming and ideas in accomplishing change. Author: Ward, Helen To Fly In short 2-3 page chapers with delightful watercolor illustrations, the narrative traces the Wright bothers' step-by-step evolution as aviation engineers. The author provides a timeline, a bibliography, notes, and an index. Author: Old, Wendie HSE Descriptors: social studies | science To Go Singing Through the World The childhood of one of Chile's most famous poets is told through a juxtaposition of the author's narrative and Neruda's own words. This beautifully illustrated biography includes excerpts of poems, maps, a time line, and a concise full-life biography. Author: Ray, Deborah Kogan HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Unlikely Pairs Contrasting works of art are juxtaposed on facing pages to stimulate thought and discussion. The author includes brief biographies of the artists. Author: Raczka, Bob HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Voice of Her Own, A This biography of Phillis Wheatley, a American Revolution era slave who became the first Black woman poet, includes excerpts of her poetry, an epilogue, and notes by the author and illustrator. Author: Lasky, Kathryn HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - writing Waiting for the Owl's Call This narrative is rich in beautiful language - similes, personifications that describes the daily lives of Afghanistani children who work at rug looms looms using ancient patterns handed down from their ancestors. The narrator mentally creates new patter Author: Whelan, Gloria HSE Descriptors: social studies Waiting for the Owl's Call This narrative is rich in beautiful language - similes, personifications that describes the daily lives of Afghanistani children who work at rug looms looms using ancient patterns handed down from their ancestors. The narrator mentally creates new patter Author: Whelan, Gloria HSE Descriptors: social studies Wonderful Towers of Watts, The Throughout his life, Old Sam collects bits and pieces of glass, tiles, and discarded objects that he uses to build structures in his backyard in Watts. Author: Zelver, Patricia Words with Wings This riveting collection of paintings, prints, and sculpture by African-American artists enrich poems by outstanding African-American poets. The book includes a beautifully written introduction about the role of art and poetry and brief biographies of th Author: Rochelle, Belinda ed. HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Yellow House, The During a brief few months of their productive artistic years, the painters Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gaugin shared a yellow house in Arles, in southern France. The book is illustrated with their works of art and the illustrator's researched depiction of Author: Rubin, Susan HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > independence Action Jackson Watercolors and text invite the reader to accompany Jackson Pollock as he creates his famous 1950 action painting, "Lavender Mist." A biography and bibliography expand information about the artist. Author: Greenberg, Jan & Jordan, Sandra HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart Informative account of Amelia Earhart's life and death, separating fact from fiction. A leader in women's rights, Amelia was an independent woman who proved women could fly! But, could she have done it without male support? Bibliography and source notes Author: Fleming,Candace HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Berenice Abbott, Photographer The biography's subtitle "An Independent Vision" suggests the creativity, innovation, perservance that Berenice Abbot exhibited as she pursued the newly emerging field of photography and associated with the leading photographers of the 1920's and 1930's. Author: Sullivan, George HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Days of Jubilee Subtitled "The End of Slavery in the United States," this book chronicles the U.S. Civil War with particular attention to the different times and circumstances in which slaves were freed. The text is sprinkled with excerpts from slave narratives, letters, Author: McKissack, Patricia, & McKissack, Frederick HSE Descriptors: social studies Delicious: The Life & Art of Wayne Thiebaud Illustrated with lush reproductions of his paintings, this biography of painter Wayne Theibaud recounting his long career and late fame, is a story of perseverance from outside the mainstream. Thiebaud paints "things that have been overlooked," like food, Author: Rubin, Susan Goldman HSE Descriptors: literature and arts Delicious: The Life & Art of Wayne Thiebaud Illustrated with lush reproductions of his paintings, this biography of painter Wayne Theibaud recounting his long career and late fame, is a story of perseverance from outside the mainstream. Thiebaud paints "things that have been overlooked," like food, Author: Rubin, Susan Goldman HSE Descriptors: literature and arts Ellen Foster 11-year-old Ellen tells her own story in this "Oprah Book about a foster childhood." She is an amazingly resilient child and an amazingly perceptive observer of others. Author: Gibbons, Kaye First Part Last, The [revised from dust jacket] Bobby is a classic urban teenaged boy-- impulsive, eager, restless. On his 16th birthday, he learns that his girlfriend Nia is pregnant. Their lives change dramatically, both during the pregnancy and after baby Feather is born. Author: Johnson, Angela Into the Volcano Two brothers face an erupting volcano and a variety of other troubles in their search for their mother. Author: Wood, Don Into the Volcano Two brothers face an erupting volcano and a variety of other troubles in their search for their mother. Author: Wood, Don Man Who Walked Between the Towers, The The book celebrates in pictures and text Philippe Petit's highwire walk between the Trade Center Towers on Aug. 7, 1974. Author: Gerstein, Mordicai Me, All Alone, at the End of the World A boy enjoys living quietly by himself at the End of the World until Constantine Shimmer arrives and begins to "improve" the area with an inn and amusement park, demanding that tourists come and have "fun without end. Author: Anderson, M.T. HSE Descriptors: social studies Raft, The A city boy spends a magical summer in the woods with an unusual grandmother and discovers not only the creatures of the woods and river but himself as well. This is a beautifully illustrated portrait of a childhood we all might like to claim. Author: LaMarche, Jim Ray Charles In a beautiful reprint of a 1973 book, the author tells the story of the legendary blind musician Ray Charles. An Afterword updates the earlier version. Author: Mathis, Sharon HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Rich Man and the Parrot, The This Persian folktale by 13th century poet Mawlana Jalal ad-Din Rumi tells how a merchant provides his talking parrot with everything the parrot could have but not the one thing that the parrot wanted--his freedom. Author: Nadimi, Suzan HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Runaway Girl: The Artist Louise Bourgeois This biography of Louise Bourgeois traces the influences of her childhood in France and her independent development as a woman artist later in the U.S. The book includes beautiful reproductions of her work and numerous back pages for further exploration. Author: Greenberg & Jordan, Sandra HSE Descriptors: language arts - writing | social studies Sweethearts of Rhythm: The story of the greatest all-girl swing band in the world The 16-member, all-woman, racially diverse swing band The International Sweethearts of Rhythm from the war years of the 1940's are brought to life by the idiomatic speech and rhythms of Nelson's poetry and by Pinkney's vibrant illlustrations. The individ Author: Nelson, Marilyn HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Woman for President, A: The Story of Victoria Woodhull Victoria Woodhull, a little-know women's rights activist, overcame many obstacles to become a financial adviser, a newspaper publisher, and an Equal Rights Party candidate for President--in 1872. Check out the end papers and the web site for the Woodhull Author: Krull, Kathleen HSE Descriptors: social studies Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > individual Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > individual > outsider Escape from Saigon: How a Vietnam War Orphan Became an American Boy This is an informative account of a child left behind when his American soldier father left Vietnam and his mother died. It traces his journey to America, his adopted family and his eventual return to his homeland to help orphans. Author: Warren, Andrea HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading Hoot This charming and funny young adult mystery by the well-known adult mystery writer, Carl Hiassen, involves corporate greed, suburban expansion, environmental protection, child abuse and neglect, bullying, and social protest. Author: Hiassen, Carl I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This A moving story of the friendship between two motherless 12-year-old girls--one black and one white--presents issues of racial prejudice, poverty, and child abuse. Author: Woodson, Jacqueline Isaac Newton This is a biography of Isaac Newton. It is interesting and full of personal anecdotes as well as clear descriptions of important scientific discoveries. It makes Newton "come alive" as a person. Author: Krull, Kathleen HSE Descriptors: math | science Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy This coming-of-age novel is a Newbery Honor Book. It tells the story of people in Maine in the early 1900s, a friendship between a minister's son and an island girl, and the ways greed and prejudice change all their lives. Author: Schmidt, Gary Memories of Sun This is a collection of modern day short stories and poems about Africa. It has three divisions: 1) Africa 2) Americans in Africa 3) Africans in America. Although most of the 12 stories are engaging, teachers will want to read beforehand since some may Author: Kurtz, Jane (Ed.) HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein This picture book biography of Albert Einstein focuses on his early years when he did not fit in--anywhere. Don Brown illustrates his book in delightful ink and watercolor and includes a biographical note updating the events of the book. Author: Brown, Don HSE Descriptors: science | math Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein This picture book biography of Albert Einstein focuses on his early years when he did not fit in--anywhere. Don Brown illustrates his book in delightful ink and watercolor and includes a biographical note updating the events of the book. Author: Brown, Don HSE Descriptors: science | math Persepolis 2 This graphic novel sequel to Persepolis, depicts the author's rebellious adolescence and early adulthood among dissident outsider friends in Vienna and her voluntary return to her family in fundamentalist Tehran. Readers should be cautioned about referen Author: Satrapi, Marjane HSE Descriptors: social studies Runaway Girl: The Artist Louise Bourgeois This biography of Louise Bourgeois traces the influences of her childhood in France and her independent development as a woman artist later in the U.S. The book includes beautiful reproductions of her work and numerous back pages for further exploration. Author: Greenberg & Jordan, Sandra HSE Descriptors: language arts - writing | social studies Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > jealousy Aida The opera diva Leontyne Price retells this classic operatic tale made famous by the 19th century composer Giuseppi Verdi. The princess Aida is captured and forced into slavery by Egyptian soldiers, but she and rival army leader Radames fall in love. The Author: Price, Leontyne HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Jim the Boy In a coming-of-age story set in Appalachia, Jim grows up as a town boy with his mother and uncles but finally makes friends with a mountain boy and meets his mountain grandfather. Author: Early, Tony Longitude Prize, The This history documents the competition between "ocean clocks" and "lunars" to win the 20,000 pound prize (about $12 million today) from the British Parliament for a replicable and simple way to determine longitude at sea. The story follows John Harrison, Author: Dash, Joan HSE Descriptors: math | science Othello, A Novel The author retells Shakespeare's play Othello as a novel, relocating the setting to late 15th century England and changing the racial identities of Iago and Emilia to African. Boldface type calls attention to passages from Shakespeare. Iago manipulates Author: Lester, Julius HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Secret Room, The A king is impressed with a man's wisdom and appoints him to the court, but his chief counselor becomes jealous. Author: Shulevitz, Uri Sundiata With roots in the 13th Century history of Mali in West Central Africa, the legend of Sundiata and how he gains the kingship prophesied at his birth is illustrated with exquisite cut paper artwork. Historical facts are included in the endmatter and a beau Author: Wisniewski, David HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Tale of Paradise Lost, The An exquisitly illustrated prose retelling of John Milton's famous poem Paradise Lost. Author: Willard, Nancy HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > joy Angel to Angel The author-poet celebrates mothers in this collection of poems illustrated by archival photographs of African American families. Author: Myers, Walter Dean HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Baby A family finds a baby on its doorstep with a note asking them to care for the baby indefinitely. They begin to love the baby, even though they know they will have to say goodbye, and through the process of becoming attached to the child they are able to Author: MacLachlan, Patricia Christmas Tapestry While seeking to renovate their church, a minister and his son help reunite a Jewish couple separated in World War II. Author: Polacco, Patricia God Went to Beauty School An unusually humorous and poignant collection of poems places God in everyday situations as suggested by the title. Some devout Christians may find this book offensive for the light-hearted portrayal of God; some non-Christians may find it annoying. Author: Rylant, Cynthia Happy Feet This very easy, lyrical text with gorgeous illustrations tells the story of the opening of the Savoy in Harlem, which is of special interest to the narrator "Happy Feet" because he was born on that night. The book not only educates the reader about the S Author: Richard Michelson HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies My Mama Had a Dancing Heart In simple poetic language, a ballet dancer recalls how she and her mother welcomed the seasons by dancing outdoors and being together. Author: Gray, Libba Moore River of Words, A: The Story of William Carlos Williams This relatively easy-reading biography of the American poet and doctor, William Carlos Williams, includes lovely collage illustrations of a few short simple poems, a timeline, and helpful notes from the author and illustrator. Author: Bryant, Jen HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading What to Do about Alice? This fun to read story of Alice Roosevelt provides a great introduction to childhood life in the White House. Author: Kerley, Barbara HSE Descriptors: social studies What to Do about Alice? This fun to read story of Alice Roosevelt provides a great introduction to childhood life in the White House. Author: Kerley, Barbara HSE Descriptors: social studies World According to Dog, The This is a charming collection of the author's poems and short essays about dogs written by teens. Author: Sidman, Joyce Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > kindness Bird House, The This is a modern-day fairy tale that features a homeless girl, an old woman, and birds with magical powers. Author: Rylant, Cynthia Butterfly House A girl and her grandfather care for a larvae through the stages of becoming a butterfly and then set it free. The story is told in rhythmic prose with occasional rhyme. The author includes information on How to Raise a Butterfly. Author: Bunting, Eve HSE Descriptors: science Christmas Menorahs, The This picture book recreates the true story of how families and a community decided to stand together to combat bigotry and acts of hatred. Author: Cohn, Janice Christmas Tapestry While seeking to renovate their church, a minister and his son help reunite a Jewish couple separated in World War II. Author: Polacco, Patricia Cool Moonlight, A Lila, who has an allergy to sunlight, lives with her disability helped by her family and friends, real and imaginary. The author uses lyrical language deftly to tell the story with great sensitivity and lightness. Author: Johnson, Angela Danger Along the Ohio The Dunn family is traveling down the Ohio River in 1793. The children become separated from their father and must fend for themselves while heading toward Marietta. Author: Willis, Patricia HSE Descriptors: social studies December Simon and his mother celebrate Christmas in the cardboard house they built for themselves. They offer to share the little they have with an old woman. Later, Simon sees a miracle. Author: Bunting, Eve HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Finding Lincoln Louis needs to write an essay but in Alabama in 1951, he's not allowed in the "whites only" library. Lewis solves his dilemma with bravery and the help of a kind librarian. Historical notes are included at the end of the story. Author: Malaspina, Ann HSE Descriptors: social studies Finding Lincoln Louis needs to write an essay but in Alabama in 1951, he's not allowed in the "whites only" library. Lewis solves his dilemma with bravery and the help of a kind librarian. Historical notes are included at the end of the story. Author: Malaspina, Ann HSE Descriptors: social studies Gowanus Dogs A homeless man meets some homeless dogs. The meeting changes everyone's life. Author: Frost, Jonathan Great Stone Face, The The author retells a famous Hawthorne story about how a New England village interprets a mountain's "face" over the years as fulfilling the prophecy of revealing the noblest person of the time. Author: Schmidt, Gary/Hawthorne Nathaniel HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Hammerin' Hank Grenberg: Baseball Pioneer The story of Hank Greenberg, first Jewish ballplayer inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Sommer explores the world of baseball as it became more inclusive and gives details of how Greenberg was an exceptional player. Author: Sommer, Shelley HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading Home Lovely Janelle and Tiffany move to a trailer, where Tiffany is alone after school while Janelle works. Tiffany finds some plants, makes a garden, and becomes friends with the mailman. (NOTE: Teachers may want to be aware that the child, clearly elementary-scho Author: Perkins, Lynne Rae Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon, The This book, written almost in a scrapbook format, tells about Michael Collins, who stayed with the spacecraft while fellow astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. The book contains diagrams, charts, and black and white and colored ph Author: Schyffert, Bea Uusma HSE Descriptors: science | social studies Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot During the occupation of Germany after WW II, a young girl writes a letter to an American airlift pilot who drops chocolates to children. The author includes a biography of Col. Halvorsen, "the chocolate pilot" of the title. Author: Raven, Margot Mother Teresa This is a beautifully illustrated biography of the woman who became Mother Teresa. Author: Demi HSE Descriptors: social studies One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II One family in the USA begins an effort to help those in Europe suffering from the aftermath of WWII by sending shoes and other needed supplies. Author: Judge, Lita HSE Descriptors: social studies One Yellow Daffodil: A Hanukkah Story Morris Kaplan, a Holocaust survivor, owns a flower shop that two children visit each Friday to buy Sabbath flowers. The children are surprised to learn that their friend Morris hasn't celebrated Hanukkah since his childhood. They insist that he join the Author: Adler, David HSE Descriptors: social studies Orville: A Dog Story Chained alone in a barn by the couple he thought might give him a good home, a very ugly stray dog is miserable until a new neighbor moves in and he falls in love. Author: Kimmel, Haven Orville: A Dog Story Chained alone in a barn by the couple he thought might give him a good home, a very ugly stray dog is miserable until a new neighbor moves in and he falls in love. Author: Kimmel, Haven Picnic in October, A At the insistence of the immigrant grandparents, a family celebrates coming to America and the October birthday of the Statue of Liberty. Author: Bunting, Eve HSE Descriptors: social studies Royal Bee, The A poor boy from Korea desperately wants an education. He listens outside the school door for awhile and is eventually allowed to attend school to prepare for The Royal Bee, a national test of students' knowledge. Author: Park, Frances, & Park, Ginger Silent Boy, The Katy,the young and curious daughter of a small-town doctor living in 1908, learns about life, death, and social distinctions from her family and her friend, Jacob, who is "touched." Author: Lowry, Lois Thank you, Mr. Falker While in 5th grade, Trisha, the central, autobiographical character, encounters a new teacher who helps her overcome her difficulties with reading that had caused her such humiliation since first grade. Author: Polacco, Patricia Two Brothers, The King Solomon observes a miracle that results from the love and concern that two brothers have for each other. This helps him decide on the site for his great temple. Author: Waldman, Neil White Wave Retold from ancient sources, this Chinese tale of a lonely peasant's discovery of a magic shell relates the changes in his life that follow. The delicate pencil drawings by Ed Young complement the text. The author includes a note on the evolution of the Author: Wolkstein, Diane HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Wild Boy, The The author tells a very sympathetic account of the wild child of Aveyron, France, who was captured and studied in the early 1800's. Dr. Itard and his housekeeper become the family of this boy who never acquired all the traits of a "civilized" person. Author: Gerstein, Mordicai Witness Structured as a play with characters, acts, and text, this story depicts a small Vermont town facing issues of racism and bigotry introduced by the Klu Klux Klan in the 1920's. The courage of two young girls and the adults who support them leads the way t Author: Hesse, Karen HSE Descriptors: social studies Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > loneliness Angel for Solomon Singer, An In this urban story, a transplanted Hoosier lives a lonely life in New York City and looks for warmth and companionship. Author: Rylant, Cynthia Baboon King, The Set in Africa, this powerful book explores the themes of the importance of community through the exile of Morengaru from his tribe and survival, not against but with nature, in his life with a group of baboons. Author: Quintana, Anton Because of Winn-Dixie 10-year-old Opal and her preacher father move to a small Florida town. Opal finds a dog (Winn-Dixie), gradually eases her loneliness, and learns to accept some losses. Author: DiCamillo, Kate Big Mouth and Ugly Girl In this engrossing 266-page book, Matt, age 17, is falsely accused of trying to blow up his high school. His friends desert him, but a girl who calls herself "Ugly Girl" befriends him, and together they weather public opinion, the police, parents, teache Author: Oates, Joyce Carol Bird House, The This is a modern-day fairy tale that features a homeless girl, an old woman, and birds with magical powers. Author: Rylant, Cynthia Blues Journey Father and son team up to celebrate the blues in beautiful illustrations and lyrics. A short essay introduces the reader to the history and structure of blues. A timeline and glossary enable the reader to immerse himself in the form. Author: Myers, Walter Dean Boy in the Striped Pajamas, The Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called "Out-with" (Auschwitz) in 1942, Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence. Bruno climbs into the camp to spend more time with hi Author: Boyne, John HSE Descriptors: social studies Chance of Sunshine, A The pictures tell most of the story in this almost-wordless book. Two people chance to meet, become separated, and eventually find their way back together. Author: Liao, Jimmy Children of Christmas This collection of short stories celebrates the spirit of giving at Christmas. Author: Rylant, Cynthia HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Coming On Home Soon A kitten comforts a young African American girl as she and her grandmother wait for the mother's return from working in Chicago during World War II. Author: Woodson, Jaqueline Dog Lost An eleven-year old boy and pit bull terrier become best of friends. In an angry rage, the father throws the dog out into the street and the dog is forced to survive. Eventually the boy and his dog are reunited but not before the dog becomes a local hero Author: Lee, Ingrid HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Eleanor This biography of Eleanor Roosevelt's early life conveys the emotionally impoverished childhood amid wealth and power. The book captures the indomitable spirit of the woman who would become the greatest and most beloved First Lady and a leader in her own Author: Cooney, Barbara HSE Descriptors: social studies Every Living Thing Each story in this collection features an animal, and in every case the existence of the animal helps to foster the feelings of love or compassion in the people. The stories touch upon topics such as alcoholism, aging, loneliness, and foster parenting. Author: Rylant, Cynthia Home of the Brave An African refuge lives with his aunt and cousin in Minneapolis. He has problems adjusting and misses his mother (no one knows where she is). He finds comfort in an older lady and her cow whose name means family in his native language. Author: Applegate, Katherine HSE Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies I'm in Charge of Celebrations A desert (Native American?) woman is asked if she is lonely and replies by telling about all the natural wonders she witnesses. The title comes from her idea of marking the calendar for the following year to celebrate whatever she saw. The illustrations Author: Baylor, Bird Islander, The An orphaned boy, who grows up with his grandfather on an island off the coast of British Columbia, finds a key-literally--that helps him overcome his loneliness and loss. Author: Rylant, Cynthia Linda Brown, You Are Not Alone Well-known children's author Joyce Carol Thomas has collected pieces by 12 writers to commemorate the Supreme Court ruling Brown vs. Board of Education. The reading level varies significantly from piece to piece. Author: Thomas, Joyce Carol HSE Descriptors: social studies Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy This coming-of-age novel is a Newbery Honor Book. It tells the story of people in Maine in the early 1900s, a friendship between a minister's son and an island girl, and the ways greed and prejudice change all their lives. Author: Schmidt, Gary Matilda Bone Sometime in medieval Europe, a sombre-minded priest leaves a 14-year-old orphaned girl to be a bonesetter's apprentice. She reads and writes Latin but knows very little about the world and the people in it. Author: Cushman, Karen HSE Descriptors: social studies Midnight Clear: Stories for the Christmas Season, A Twelve modern-day stories focus on the "true meaning" of Christmas. Each addresses the tenacity of the human spirit; all are engaging stories. Author: Paterson, Katherine HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Mud City Shauzia, with her dog, has fled Afghanistan and survives on the streets of Peshawar, Pakistan, and in a refugee camp. This is the second part of a trilogy. Author: Ellis, Deborah HSE Descriptors: social studies One and Only Ivan, The When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall,he decides that he must find them a better life. Although a work of fiction, this story comes from a true story Author: Applegate, Katherine HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | science Orville: A Dog Story Chained alone in a barn by the couple he thought might give him a good home, a very ugly stray dog is miserable until a new neighbor moves in and he falls in love. Author: Kimmel, Haven Orville: A Dog Story Chained alone in a barn by the couple he thought might give him a good home, a very ugly stray dog is miserable until a new neighbor moves in and he falls in love. Author: Kimmel, Haven Pond God and Other Stories, The This unusual book of one-page pourquoi stories--of how things came to be--follows the tradition of Rudyard Kiplilng's Just So Stories and Aesop's Fables. Author: Keyser, Samuel J. Rescued Images The author contributes a moving and strikingly illustrated memoir of her experience of being a "hidden child" in Holland during World War II and its far-reaching effect. Author: Jacobsen, Ruth HSE Descriptors: social studies Safekeeping Radley returns home to Vermont from a volunteer stay in Haiti to complete chaos. She begins a long trek to try to find her parents and some sense of normalcy in a country becoming completely dysfunctional.The underling message is articulated, as a vision Author: Hesse, Karen HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading | language arts - writing Shin-chi's Canoe Shin-chi's toy canoe, given to him by his father, sustains him during his first year at an Indian residential school. This story occurs when Native Americans were forced to attend Indian residential schools where they were made to learn the white man's w Author: Campbell, Nicola I. HSE Descriptors: social studies Snake Pits, Talking Cures, and Magic Bullets: A History of Mental Illness This is a roughly chronological history of thinking about and treatment for persons with mental illness. Boxed text throughout focuses on special issues. End material offers many opportunities for follow-up. Author: Kent, Deborah HSE Descriptors: science | social studies Speak This compelling story recounts Melinda's freshman year in high school. She is an outcast because she called the police to an end-of-the-summer party. Her reasons for doing this and her gradual emotional acceptance and psychological healing are the focus o Author: Anderson, Laurie Stitches: A Memoir An autobiographical graphic novel that profoundly describes the author's disturbing and often horrific childhood. This is a riveting and groundbreaking work by children's book illustrator David Small. Author: Small, David HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | language arts - writing Very Best of Friends, The When a farmer dies, his wife deals with her grief by ignoring (hating) his favorite cat, until she finally realizes that they could find companionship with each other. Author: Wild, Margaret White Wave Retold from ancient sources, this Chinese tale of a lonely peasant's discovery of a magic shell relates the changes in his life that follow. The delicate pencil drawings by Ed Young complement the text. The author includes a note on the evolution of the Author: Wolkstein, Diane HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Yellow House, The During a brief few months of their productive artistic years, the painters Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gaugin shared a yellow house in Arles, in southern France. The book is illustrated with their works of art and the illustrator's researched depiction of Author: Rubin, Susan HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > loss 9-11 Artists Respond: Volume One Over 100 graphic artists draw their reactions to the 9-ll attack on the World Trade Center. There are as many styles and points-of-view as artists. Although graphic in nature, some texts would be difficult for beginning readers due to size and type face Author: No author cited HSE Descriptors: social studies Ajeemah and His Son This very powerful, short chapter book (83 pages) is set first in Africa, then on a slave ship, and then in Jamaica where Ajeemah and his son are taken. It tells the story of a father and son who are captured outside of their village and torn from their Author: Berry, James HSE Descriptors: social studies Angels in the Dust A poignant story of a family living in the Dust Bowl trying to make ends meet. Author: Raven, Margot Theis HSE Descriptors: science | social studies Ashfall Alex, fifteen, was left alone in Cedar Falls, Iowa, for the weekend while his father, mother and sister, traveled to Illinois to visit an uncle. Then the Yellowstone supervolcano erupts, plunging his hometown into a nightmare of darkness, ash and violenc Author: Mullin, Mike HSE Descriptors: social studies | science | language arts - reading At the End of Words: A Daughter's Memoir What happens "at the end of words"? The author faced this difficult question as a teenager. Through alternating narration and poetry, she shares her anger, sorrow, confusion, and healing after her mother's death from breast cancer. Author: Stone, Miriam Baby A family finds a baby on its doorstep with a note asking them to care for the baby indefinitely. They begin to love the baby, even though they know they will have to say goodbye, and through the process of becoming attached to the child they are able to Author: MacLachlan, Patricia Bearing Witness This selection of powerful personal stories of the Holocaust in various literary and artistic forms gives testimony of the extraordinary bravery of ordinary people. A map of concentration camps, a bibliography, and brief introductory notes for each excer Author: Rochman, Hazel & McCampbell, Darlene (Eds.) HSE Descriptors: social studies Because of Winn-Dixie 10-year-old Opal and her preacher father move to a small Florida town. Opal finds a dog (Winn-Dixie), gradually eases her loneliness, and learns to accept some losses. Author: DiCamillo, Kate Becoming Billie Holiday Weatherford uses the titles of Billie Holiday songs as titles for poems that tell the story of Billie's life and road to fame. Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston HSE Descriptors: social studies Bee & Jacky A brother and sister suffer the effects of their father's Vietnam trauma and their mother's ineffectualness by resuming a physical relationship. This moving, psychologically honest book is difficult to read because the real or imagined incest is portraye Author: Coman, Carolyn Blues Journey Father and son team up to celebrate the blues in beautiful illustrations and lyrics. A short essay introduces the reader to the history and structure of blues. A timeline and glossary enable the reader to immerse himself in the form. Author: Myers, Walter Dean Brothers In Hope The author, who worked with the International Rescue Committee, tells the story of the "lost boys" of Sudan, orphaned by war, who walked to refuge in Ethiopia, and later to Kenya. The first person narrative and vibrant illustrations add immediacy to the Author: Williams, Mary HSE Descriptors: social studies Bud, Not Buddy It's 1936, Flint, Michigan, and 10-year-old Bud (not Buddy) has run away from foster care to search for his father. (Newbery winner) Author: Curtis, Christopher Paul HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Charlotte When 10-year-old Charlotte's father forbids her to associate with her cousins because her uncle was a royalist in the American Revolution, she disobeys with lifelong consequences. The book includes an Afterword about Charlotte's later life. Author: Lunn, Janet HSE Descriptors: social studies Christmas Tapestry While seeking to renovate their church, a minister and his son help reunite a Jewish couple separated in World War II. Author: Polacco, Patricia Corpses, Coffins, and Crypts "Drawing on extensive historical and anthropological research, personal accounts, and interviews of people who work in the funeral industry, Penny Colman examines... death and burial across cultures and societies" (dust jacket). Appendices include a chron Author: Colman, Penny HSE Descriptors: social studies Eleanor This biography of Eleanor Roosevelt's early life conveys the emotionally impoverished childhood amid wealth and power. The book captures the indomitable spirit of the woman who would become the greatest and most beloved First Lady and a leader in her own Author: Cooney, Barbara HSE Descriptors: social studies Escaping into the Night Thirteen year old Halina escapes from a Polish ghetto to a forest community of Jews where she and her friends Batya and Reuven learn to survive despite brutality, extreme hardship, and loss of family. Although this book is fiction, there were real commu Author: Friedman, D. Dina HSE Descriptors: social studies Fever 1793 This is a very compelling fictionalization of life for one teenaged girl, her family, and her friends during the yellow fever outbreak in Philadelphia in 1793. Author: Anderson, Laurie Halse HSE Descriptors: social studies Finding Fish This is the autobiography of Antwone Fisher (basis for a movie made by Denzel Washington). Antwone's childhood was filled with emotional and physical abuse. He found a way to overcome this difficult beginning. Author: Fisher, Antwone Ghost Train Choon-yi is a painter. Her father leaves China for North America to find work. He asks her to join him, but when she arrives, she discovers that he has been killed on the job. As Choon-yi tries to paint the train, a ghostly presence beckons her. Author: Yee, Paul Gifts from the Sea The lives of a lighthousekeeper and his daughter are changed by the discovery of a baby washed ashore after a shipwreck on the coast of Maine in the 1850's. Author: Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie Gratefully Yours Orphaned by a New York tenement fire in 1920, Hattie rides an orphan train to Nebraska where she joins the Jansen household, Henry and his wife Elizabeth. The story relates the loss and healing process that both Hattie and Elizabeth experience. The stor Author: Buchanan, Jane HSE Descriptors: social studies Home of the Brave In a dream-like story and illustrations, Allen Say captures the infamy, dislocation, and loss experienced by Japanese Americans in the internment camps during World War II. Author: Say, Allen HSE Descriptors: social studies I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This A moving story of the friendship between two motherless 12-year-old girls--one black and one white--presents issues of racial prejudice, poverty, and child abuse. Author: Woodson, Jacqueline In the Shadow of No Towers Part personal reaction to 9/11 and part history of newspaper comics, this book is a bit like a graphic novel. It is raw in tone and difficult to follow at spots. Author: Spiegelman, Art HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading Invention of Hugo Cabret, The Part fiction, part graphic novel, this winner of the 2008 Caldecott Medal tells the story of an orphaned boy who maintains and repairs clocks in a Paris train station and discovers the history of an automaton and its maker. When he meets a mysterious toy Author: Selznick, Brian HSE Descriptors: science | social studies Islander, The An orphaned boy, who grows up with his grandfather on an island off the coast of British Columbia, finds a key-literally--that helps him overcome his loneliness and loss. Author: Rylant, Cynthia Journey Journey, an eleven-year-old boy whose Mom has left him and his sister to live with her parents, feels angry and betrayed. He spends the summer looking at family photos, learning to recognize the sustaining love of his grandparents, and letting go of his Author: MacLachlan, Patricia Kamishibai Man The award-winning author/illustrator introduces the reader to the street storytelling tradition of the "paper-theater man" from his Japanese childhood. Author: Say, Allen Language of Doves, The On her sixth birthday, Julietta's grandfather gives her one of his homing pigeons and tells her about his experiences raising and training doves for military use in Italy during WWI. Author: Wells, Rosemary HSE Descriptors: social studies Last Princess, The This biography recounts the history of Hawaii at the end of the 19th century and the life of the last Hawaiian heir, Princess Ka'iulani, who was denied the throne when the monarchy was abolished. Author: Stanley, Fay HSE Descriptors: social studies Leaving and Other Stories, The The nine short stories in this collection all feature young people on the brink of adulthood. Although themes vary according to story, most are written as reminiscences. Since the author is Canadian, readers will learn about Canadian culture. Author: Wilson, Budge Letting Swift River Go This book tells the story of a community's act of selling up the houses and land to the government so that a water reservoir can be built. It is told from the view point of a woman who felt as though she lost her childhood because all her landmarks had Author: Yolen, Jane Locomotion Lonnie, a.k.a. Locomotion, is encouraged by his teacher Ms. Marcus to write poetry. His poems, in many, many forms but all accessible, tell his story of losing parents in a fire, separation from his sister, group homes, and foster care. Author: Woodson, Jacqueline Log Cabin Quilt, The Elvirey, her brother, grandmother, and father move to a log cabin in the Michigan woods after her mother dies. Granny's quilting scraps serve a greater purpose during a winter storm. Author: Howard, Ellen HSE Descriptors: social studies Love You, Soldier This touching story about the effects of WW II on one family is told through the eyes of seven-year-old Katie. (NOTE: This is a short chapter book that will be very easy for students to read.) Author: Hest, Amy HSE Descriptors: social studies Memories of Survival A mother and daughter create a narrative in stitchery and text of the mother's life in Poland during the Nazi occupation.This collection of memories of the holocaust provides a first hand account of danger, despair and hope. The detailed tapestries provid Author: Krinitz, Esther Nisenthal & Steinhardt, Bernice HSE Descriptors: social studies Memory Coat, The In order to flee persecution as Jews in Russia, Rachel and her cousin Griska emigrate with their extended family to America where they encounter difficulty at Ellis Island. The author provides additional information on immigration from Russia in the endm Author: Woodruff, Elvira HSE Descriptors: social studies Mermaid Summer, The Jon and Ana, brother and sister, display intelligence and courage as they break a mermaid's curse on their grandfather and the fishing community. Author: Hunter, Mollie Mind's Eye This is a novel in play form. Courtney, 16 and paralyzed, learns about the power of the mind from an elderly blind woman and a game they play--taking an imaginary trip to Italy using a 1910 Baedeker's guidebook. Author: Fleischman, Paul HSE Descriptors: social studies Moving Mama to Town Enterprising Freddy James moves his mother and younger brother to town after his father leaves and the farm fails. He works at the local saloon where he learns from everyone he meets. Author: Young, Ronder Thomas Music of Dolphins, The Mila, a feral child raised by dolphins after her parents' death, is rescued, studied and taught human behavior and language at a research center. Different type face and size convey Mila's language development. Author: Hesse, Karen My Freedom Trip: A Child's Escape from North Korea This story describes the flight of a young girl from North to South Korea just before the outbreak of the Korean War. The story is told simply with superb illustrations. Author: Park, Frances and Park, Ginger HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies My Secret Camera As a young man in the Lodz Ghetto in Poland, Mendel Grossman, secretly took hundreds of photographs to document the miserable life of the people in the ghetto and their struggles for survival. Simple text accompanies the photographs. Author: Smith, Frank Dabba HSE Descriptors: social studies Our Eleanor Organized like a scrapbook with themed chronological divisions that contain short texts, this very personable and balanced biography of Eleanor Roosevelt emphasizes her complexity and self-growth and her evolution as a political activist. The author incl Author: Fleming, Candace HSE Descriptors: social studies Peace, Locomotion This book is a collection of the letters and poems Lonnie, hero of the book Locomotion, writes to his sister Lili, who lives with a different foster parent than Lonnie does. The book is remarkably upbeat while dealing with the family issues that Lonnie an Author: Woodson, Jacqueline HSE Descriptors: language arts - writing Peace, Locomotion This book is a collection of the letters and poems Lonnie, hero of the book Locomotion, writes to his sister Lili, who lives with a different foster parent than Lonnie does. The book is remarkably upbeat while dealing with the family issues that Lonnie an Author: Woodson, Jacqueline HSE Descriptors: language arts - writing Real Time A gripping story told in real time (hence the title)from the viewpoints of several characters involved in the bombing of an Israeli bus. Author: Kass, Pnina Moed HSE Descriptors: social studies Reappearance of Sam Webber, The With the help of adult friends, eleven-year-old Sam Webber adjusts to the disappearance of his father and the reduced circumstances of life in Baltimore. Although the story is told from Sam's perspective, every reader can identify with the ultimately upb Author: Fuqua, Jonathon Scott Rescued Images The author contributes a moving and strikingly illustrated memoir of her experience of being a "hidden child" in Holland during World War II and its far-reaching effect. Author: Jacobsen, Ruth HSE Descriptors: social studies Sarah, Plain and Tall A mail-order bride comes from Maine to the midwest; the children (who have lost their mother) desperately hope she'll stay. Author: MacLachlan, Patricia HSE Descriptors: social studies Saying It Out Loud Mindy is a typical 16-year-old teenager when her mother develops a serious medical problem. This touching story alternates between Mindy's current feelings and actions and flashbacks to earlier memories to show her reaction to this terrible tragedy. Author: Abelove, Joan September 11, 2001 A New York Times journalist has chosen to tell the chronology of September 11, 2001, through personal stories. Photographs, maps and diagrams, and a bibliography provide additional resources. Author: Hampton, Wilborn HSE Descriptors: social studies Shattered This collection contains twelve stories about the impact of war on children and teenagers, some fictional, some personal experiences. A trailer with historical background crawls across the bottom of the page. Biographies of the authors are included. Author: Armstrong, Jennifer (ed.) HSE Descriptors: social studies Tale of Paradise Lost, The An exquisitly illustrated prose retelling of John Milton's famous poem Paradise Lost. Author: Willard, Nancy HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading That Summer A boy looks back on the summer that his brother became ill and died. Author: Johnston, Tony Through the Mickle Woods The king is grieving for his dead wife, but with the help of a wise bear and a young boy learns the three lessons about living and loving. Author: Gregory, Valiska To Be a Slave Reminiscences of slaves and ex-slaves report their experiences of being owned and sold as property in the United States during the 19th Century. Many accounts of brutality are unsettling. This is a reprint of a 1968 edition with new introductory materia Author: Lester, Julius HSE Descriptors: social studies Toning the Sweep Emily goes to the desert with her mother to help her dying grandmother Ola pack up her house and move. She slowly comes to terms with her family history and her coming loss. Author: Johnson, Angela Traveling Cat, The A young girl takes in a stray cat who stays long enough to have kittens before traveling on. Author: Lyon, George Ella War and the Pity of War This large collection of powerful poems and very moving illustrations on war ranges over time and place and level of difficulty. The editor includes an index of writers, and index of poems, and an introduction thate gives his reasons for selecting partic Author: Philip, Neil HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Way a Door Closes, The Told in a poetry format, a teenage boy describes his reaction to his father's leaving the family, and then to his return. Author: Smith, Hope Anita HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | language arts - writing White Wave Retold from ancient sources, this Chinese tale of a lonely peasant's discovery of a magic shell relates the changes in his life that follow. The delicate pencil drawings by Ed Young complement the text. The author includes a note on the evolution of the Author: Wolkstein, Diane HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Wild Boy, The The author tells a very sympathetic account of the wild child of Aveyron, France, who was captured and studied in the early 1800's. Dr. Itard and his housekeeper become the family of this boy who never acquired all the traits of a "civilized" person. Author: Gerstein, Mordicai With a Hammer for My Heart When 15-year-old Lawanda befriends a WW II veteran living in an old school bus, she sets in motion events that will change her life and all those around her. The well-written story unfolds with each chapter telling the story from the point of view of eac Author: Lyon, George Ella Young Man and the Sea, The In an attempt to push his father out of the alcohol-fueled funk he's been in since his wife died, 12-year-old Skiff Beaman repairs the family fishing boat and meets a 900-lb. tuna 30 miles at sea. Author: Philbrick, Rodman Young Man and the Sea, The In an attempt to push his father out of the alcohol-fueled funk he's been in since his wife died, 12-year-old Skiff Beaman repairs the family fishing boat and meets a 900-lb. tuna 30 miles at sea. Author: Philbrick, Rodman Young Teddy Roosevelt A biography of the life of Theodore Roosevelt up to the time of his presidency has illustrations that are as interesting as the well-written text. Author: Harness, Cheryl HSE Descriptors: social studies Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > love Aida The opera diva Leontyne Price retells this classic operatic tale made famous by the 19th century composer Giuseppi Verdi. The princess Aida is captured and forced into slavery by Egyptian soldiers, but she and rival army leader Radames fall in love. The Author: Price, Leontyne HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading At the End of Words: A Daughter's Memoir What happens "at the end of words"? The author faced this difficult question as a teenager. Through alternating narration and poetry, she shares her anger, sorrow, confusion, and healing after her mother's death from breast cancer. Author: Stone, Miriam Baby A family finds a baby on its doorstep with a note asking them to care for the baby indefinitely. They begin to love the baby, even though they know they will have to say goodbye, and through the process of becoming attached to the child they are able to Author: MacLachlan, Patricia Block, The This collection of Langston Hughes poems is complemented by the illustrations of Romare Beardon. An introduction by Bill Cosby precedes the collection, and biographies of the poet and artist conclude it. Author: Hughes, Langston HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Buried Alive This collection of linked poems explores the rich, puzzling and painful experiences of love from teenagers' points of view. Author: Fletcher, Ralph HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Chance of Sunshine, A The pictures tell most of the story in this almost-wordless book. Two people chance to meet, become separated, and eventually find their way back together. Author: Liao, Jimmy Charlie Chaplin This interesting biography of Charlie Chaplin discusses his life and work from his impoverished boyhood in London through his Hollywood film career to exile in Europe, ending with knighthood in England. The author expands the use of the book with a bibli Author: Turk, Ruth HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Chess Rumble Since his sister died, Marcus is in trouble all the time at school. Then he meets CM and learns to take control of his life through the game of chess. This book was inspired by inner-city chess enrichment programs. Author: Neri, G. Chess Rumble Since his sister died, Marcus is in trouble all the time at school. Then he meets CM and learns to take control of his life through the game of chess. This book was inspired by inner-city chess enrichment programs. Author: Neri, G. Chicken Sunday Two African-American boys and their white friend, a girl, try to earn enough money to buy Miss Eula Mae the Easter bonnet she's been longing for. The children befriend a Jewish shopkeeper who helps them succeed. Author: Polacco, Patricia Cool Moonlight, A Lila, who has an allergy to sunlight, lives with her disability helped by her family and friends, real and imaginary. The author uses lyrical language deftly to tell the story with great sensitivity and lightness. Author: Johnson, Angela Couple of Kooks and Other Stories About Love, A All of these eight short stories are appropriate for ABE or ESL classes, and some will work well in Family Literacy settings as well. The focus of the stories is on the small details of being in love, of the wonder and delight that love can bring. Some Author: Rylant, Cynthia Cupid and Psyche This is a retelling of the classic Greek myth. Author: Craft, M. Charlotte HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Dawn In this adaptation of a traditional tale, a wounded Canada goose takes on the shape of a woman. An island man, a sailmaker, loves her and she him. But when he demands that she help him make an intricate sail, she plucks out all her feathers and kills he Author: Bang, Molly Every Living Thing Each story in this collection features an animal, and in every case the existence of the animal helps to foster the feelings of love or compassion in the people. The stories touch upon topics such as alcoholism, aging, loneliness, and foster parenting. Author: Rylant, Cynthia First Part Last, The [revised from dust jacket] Bobby is a classic urban teenaged boy-- impulsive, eager, restless. On his 16th birthday, he learns that his girlfriend Nia is pregnant. Their lives change dramatically, both during the pregnancy and after baby Feather is born. Author: Johnson, Angela First Strawberries: A Cherokee Story, The A quarrel between husband and wife is resolved when strawberries begin to grow. Author: Bruchac, J. Freedom's Fruit Mama Marina, a conjure woman in the Low Country of the Carolinas in the time of slavery, uses a magic spell to free her daughter and the man she loves. The book includes an Author's Note that compares the American folktale with the Greek myth of Persepho Author: Hooks, William Heart is Big Enough, The Each of these five stories focuses on a protagonist with special challenges who is approaching adolescence. As author Steven Kellogg notes on the dust jacket, these stories "bring illumination and enjoyment to those of us who have already passed through" Author: Rosen, Michael I Have Seen Castles A 67-year-old man remembers growing up in Pittsburgh and falling in love with a young woman pacifist who couldn't understand why he would want to go overseas to fight. Author: Rylant, Cynthia Journey Journey, an eleven-year-old boy whose Mom has left him and his sister to live with her parents, feels angry and betrayed. He spends the summer looking at family photos, learning to recognize the sustaining love of his grandparents, and letting go of his Author: MacLachlan, Patricia Just the Two of Us Lyrics from the song put in illustrated book form. Father reminisces about raising his son incorporating themes about good decision making, love, and respect. A love song of a father to his son. The illustrations by Kadir Nelson really amplify the message Author: Smith, Will HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Language of Doves, The On her sixth birthday, Julietta's grandfather gives her one of his homing pigeons and tells her about his experiences raising and training doves for military use in Italy during WWI. Author: Wells, Rosemary HSE Descriptors: social studies Library, The A delightfully illustrated story in verse about a shy, avid reader who gave her books to form a town library. Author: Stewart, Sarah Lost Lake, The A boy and his dad go out trekking, looking for a private lake, and in the process they grow closer. Author: Say, Allen Love Letters This small, unusual book, which defies categorization, contains illustrations of postage stamps depicting famous people that are accompanied by memorable quotations. Readers commented on the poor binding. Author: Poehlmann, JoAnna HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Memories of Summer The novel is set in 1955. A father and 2 daughters (Lyric, the narrator, is 13 and sister Summer is 16) move from rural Kentucky to Flint, MI. The story is about the move, about Lyric's adjustment, but mostly about Summer's descent into mental illness and Author: White, Ruth Mermaid Summer, The Jon and Ana, brother and sister, display intelligence and courage as they break a mermaid's curse on their grandfather and the fishing community. Author: Hunter, Mollie Morning Girl In alternating chapters, Morning Girl (age 12) and her brother describe life on a Bahamian island in 1492. (Note: this book won the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction.) Author: Dorris, Michael HSE Descriptors: social studies My Life in Dog Years Each chapter describes one of the amazing and unforgettable dogs Gary Paulsen has owned. As we read his dogs' stories, we also learn a great deal about the author. Author: Paulsen, Gary Ninth Ward This is a powerful reenactment of the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and how it affected the poor section of the ninth ward. The hurricane and subsequent levee failure come to life through the eyes of a twelve year old special girl. The voi Author: Rhodes, Jewell Parker HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies | science Once Upon Ice The author and 16 other poets respond in a variety of poetic forms to beautiful photographs of patterns created by ice. Author: Yolen, Jane HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Orville: A Dog Story Chained alone in a barn by the couple he thought might give him a good home, a very ugly stray dog is miserable until a new neighbor moves in and he falls in love. Author: Kimmel, Haven Orville: A Dog Story Chained alone in a barn by the couple he thought might give him a good home, a very ugly stray dog is miserable until a new neighbor moves in and he falls in love. Author: Kimmel, Haven Persephone and the Pomegranate The Persephone myth explains the seasons. The daughter is kidnapped by the ruler of the underworld, Pluto, who makes her his queen. But Persephone's mother, Demeter, grieving, refuses to let Spring return until she is again with her daughter. In the en Author: Waldherr, Kris HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Puppies, Dogs, and Blue Northers Paulsen shares his love of the Iditarod and especially of Cookie, his primary lead dog, and her pups. Descriptions of how the pups learn are alternately amazing, touching, and hilarious. Author: Paulsen, Gary Romeo and Juliet, (The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of) This lively, clear, prose retelling of Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet follows the original story very closely. Author: Shakespeare, William HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Sarah, Plain and Tall A mail-order bride comes from Maine to the midwest; the children (who have lost their mother) desperately hope she'll stay. Author: MacLachlan, Patricia HSE Descriptors: social studies Silent Thunder: A Civil War Story The book is set on a Virginia plantation in 1862. Eleven-year-old Summer and her older brother Rosco live with their mother on the Parnell Plantation as talk of President Lincoln's coming proclamation to free slaves reaches the community. Each of the mai Author: Pinkney, Andrea Davis HSE Descriptors: social studies Song of the Chirimia This story includes both the English and the Spanish text on each page. It begins with a map and a note about the ancient Mayans. In this tale, the king wants to find the right husband for his daughter. The illustrations are colorful and folk baroque i Author: Volkmer, Jane Ann Swan Lake An expanded retelling of the story of Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake.The author retells the story of Swan Lake within his narrative of the Damavand empire. Van Allsburg's illustrations highlight the events of the story. Author: Helprin, Mark HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Tempest, The This is a prose retelling of Shakespeare's play The Tempest, a story of an exiled Duke and his daughter during their stay on an enchanted island. The book ends with an author's note. Author: Shakespeare, William (retold by Coville, Brice) HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Time to Love, A Beautifully illustrated and ably introduced by sons of the author, this book retells six Bible stories from different perspectives, all revealing aspects of love--father/son, friends, brothers, lovers, and daughters-in-law. Teachers can promote religious Author: Myers, Walter Dean HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading To Hell with Dying Because of the controversial subject matter and the language of the title, this book would have to be introduced carefully and treated sensitively. The author tells the story of growing up down the road from old alcoholic Mr. Sweet, who would fall on his Author: Walker, Alice Toning the Sweep Emily goes to the desert with her mother to help her dying grandmother Ola pack up her house and move. She slowly comes to terms with her family history and her coming loss. Author: Johnson, Angela Twelfth Night This is a narrative retelling of Shakespeare's play. Many of the famous lines are embedded in the narrative. Author: Shakespeare, William (retold B. Coville) HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Two Brothers, The King Solomon observes a miracle that results from the love and concern that two brothers have for each other. This helps him decide on the site for his great temple. Author: Waldman, Neil Veil of Snows, The In the absence of her husband who has not returned from battle, the queen prepares her city for assault. Aided by a small force of loyal soldiers and the Singer of Tales who narrates the story, the queen escapes the besieged city and heads for the safety Author: Helprin, Mark HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Weave of Words, A A young king uses his literacy and weaving skills to send a message to the queen who frees him from his captors. The copyright page contains information on the origins of this Armenian tale. Author: San Souci, Robert Weddings The book explores weddings around the world through photographs and simple text. An index identifies the geographic location and the religious custom involved. Author: Morris, Ann Welcome to the World This poetry book also includes stunning photos from all over the world, from a Seminole poem written in the U.S. to poetry from Southeast Asia. It ends with two pages of information on birthing traditions. Author: Siegen-Smith, Nikki (compiled by) HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading World According to Dog, The This is a charming collection of the author's poems and short essays about dogs written by teens. Author: Sidman, Joyce Year Down Yonder, A This is the sequel to A Long Way From Chicago. Both books have won awards, the Newbery Medal for this one. Mary Alice goes to live with her spunky, trouble-making grandma in rural Illinois because the Depression has torn her family apart. Author: Peck, Richard Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > patriotism 9-11 Artists Respond: Volume One Over 100 graphic artists draw their reactions to the 9-ll attack on the World Trade Center. There are as many styles and points-of-view as artists. Although graphic in nature, some texts would be difficult for beginning readers due to size and type face Author: No author cited HSE Descriptors: social studies Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin, The This Franklin biography also includes details about important historical events of his time, e.g., events leading to Revolutionary War. Franklin's family and scientific interests are also explored. Author: Giblin, James Cross HSE Descriptors: social studies America's White Table A simple story about a family's Veterans' Day dinner preparation is used to tell the true story of the white tables set for POWs/MIAs. Author: Raven, Margot HSE Descriptors: social studies Attack on Pearl Harbor Subtitled "The true story of the day America entered World War II," this book describes the attack on Pearl Harbor from the perspectives of four people, both Japanese and American. Excerpts about others who were influenced by the attack are also provided, Author: Tanaka, Shelley HSE Descriptors: social studies Code Talkers After attending a white boarding school where his Navajo language and culture were belittled and punished, Ned Begay served as a code talker with the US Marines during operations in the Pacific during World War II. The narrator tells his story to his gra Author: Bruchac, Joseph HSE Descriptors: social studies Flag Maker, The This is the story of the flag that prompted Francis Scott Key to write The Star Spangled Banner. Events surrounding the attack on Fort McHenry in Baltimore are also chronicled. Author: Bartoletti, Susan HSE Descriptors: social studies Harlem Hellfighters, The This book is mostly about the "Harlem Hellfighters," the 369th Infantry Regiment in WWI. This story is set in the larger context of the role of African American men in war prior to WWI. Author: Myers, Walter Dean HSE Descriptors: social studies Hitler Youth By following a dozen German youth, the author examines the attraction and occasionally the resistance of the role of the Hitler youth movement in Nazi Germany. The author includes additional material for further exploration. Author: Bartoletti, Susan Campbell HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading | science Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans During World War II This amazing book takes the reader inside the internment camps and shows the fortitude of the people who survived and thrived despite the hardships imposed on them. An amazing book for readers of all ages. Beautiful photos add to the text. Author: Sandler, Martin W. HSE Descriptors: social studies Independent Dames: What You Never Knew about the Women and Girls of the American Revolution Brief biographies of women who played key roles in the Revolutionary War. Makes the facts of Early American history come alive with lives of women who don't usually get mentioned in history books. Below each illustration is a time line of events. Author: Anderson, Laurie Halse HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading Independent Dames: What You Never Knew about the Women and Girls of the American Revolution Brief biographies of women who played key roles in the Revolutionary War. Makes the facts of Early American history come alive with lives of women who don't usually get mentioned in history books. Below each illustration is a time line of events. Author: Anderson, Laurie Halse HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading Let It Begin Here! Lexington and Concord First Battles of the American Revolution The events during the 24 hours that led up to the Revolutionary War, including Paul Revere's ride and capture by the British. Author: Fradin, Dennis Brindell HSE Descriptors: social studies Let It Begin Here! Lexington and Concord First Battles of the American Revolution The events during the 24 hours that led up to the Revolutionary War, including Paul Revere's ride and capture by the British. Author: Fradin, Dennis Brindell HSE Descriptors: social studies Life and Death of Adolf Hitler, The The book provides an insightful and well written biography of Adolf Hitler. The book gives an historical prospective of the time in which Hitler lived to add to the understanding of the biography. The book is well written and gives interesting details abo Author: Giblin, James Cross HSE Descriptors: social studies Nation's Hope, A An "elegant and powerful picture book biography which centers around the historic fight" of Joe Louis during WWII, where prejudice was set aside. The illustrations and historical tidbits add to this story of an unforgettable legend. Author: De La Pena, Matt HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Number the Stars In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis. It is about the power of the Danish Resistance, heroes of a nation, the power of human decency over th Author: Lowry, Lois HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading Pledge of Allegiance, The This book illustrates the phrases in the Pledge of Allegiance with photographs. Included is a description of what the pledge means (literally), dates to diplay the flag, and some basic flag history. Author: No author cited HSE Descriptors: social studies Real Benedict Arnold, The This well-researched biography examines the facts and rumors of the life of the hero, then traitor, Benedict Arnold against the background of the Continental Congress and the Revolutionary War. Maps and portraits illustrate the text. End notes, sources, Author: Murphy, Jim HSE Descriptors: social studies Remembering Manzanar Shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. government ordered forced evacuation of Japanese Americans who lived in the western U.S. This is the story of one relocation camp, Manzanar. The text is supported with archival photographs, end notes, Int Author: Cooper, Michael L. HSE Descriptors: social studies Stolen Smile, The This somewhat fictionalized account recounts the stealing of Leonardi da Vinci's painting Mona Lisa from the Louvre in 1911 by Vincenzo Peruggia. End notes provide additional cultural and historical information. Author: Lewis, J. Patrick HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Surrender Tree, The Cuba has fought three wars for independence and still is not free. Acclaimed poet, Margarita Engle has created a lyrical, powerful portrait of Cuba. The main character is a healer who treats anyone in need. Initially a slave, Rosa becomes a free person w Author: Engle, Margarita HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading They Called Her Molly Pitcher This is an historical/legendary account of Molly "Pitcher" Hays McCauly, who followed her husband to fight in the Revolutionary War and was made a sergeant by General Washington for her courage and bravery. A biography and timeline accompany the colorful Author: Rockwell, Anne HSE Descriptors: social studies To Dare Mighty Things: The Life of Theodore Roosevelt The book depicts T. Roosevelt's life from youth to death. It explains his marriages, children, passions and accomplishments as a politician and conservationist. Full color illustrations and direct quotes help bring the story of Teddy Roosevelt to life. Author: Rappaport, Doreen HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Truce Ostensibly writing about the real "Christmas truce" of Dec. 25, 1914, the author provides excellent historical material about the origins and maneuvers of this period of World War I. Photographs give immediacy to the text and back pages and maps provide Author: Murphy, Jim HSE Descriptors: social studies Truce Ostensibly writing about the real "Christmas truce" of Dec. 25, 1914, the author provides excellent historical material about the origins and maneuvers of this period of World War I. Photographs give immediacy to the text and back pages and maps provide Author: Murphy, Jim HSE Descriptors: social studies War and the Pity of War This large collection of powerful poems and very moving illustrations on war ranges over time and place and level of difficulty. The editor includes an index of writers, and index of poems, and an introduction thate gives his reasons for selecting partic Author: Philip, Neil HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Washington at Valley Forge In Freedman's inimitable style, he captures the grit and triumphs over the lack of provisions for General Washington's winter encampment at Valley Forge during the Revolutionary War. Excellent and unfamiliar paintings of Washington accompany the text. Th Author: Freedman, Russell HSE Descriptors: social studies We The People American history from Colonial times to the present is presented through 65 poems about individuals--some real and some imaginary. A timeline of historic events runs across the lower part of the page and a note about writing the book appears at the end. Author: Katz, Bobbi HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > quarrel First Strawberries: A Cherokee Story, The A quarrel between husband and wife is resolved when strawberries begin to grow. Author: Bruchac, J. Into the Volcano Two brothers face an erupting volcano and a variety of other troubles in their search for their mother. Author: Wood, Don Into the Volcano Two brothers face an erupting volcano and a variety of other troubles in their search for their mother. Author: Wood, Don Yellow House, The During a brief few months of their productive artistic years, the painters Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gaugin shared a yellow house in Arles, in southern France. The book is illustrated with their works of art and the illustrator's researched depiction of Author: Rubin, Susan HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > reflection Action Jackson Watercolors and text invite the reader to accompany Jackson Pollock as he creates his famous 1950 action painting, "Lavender Mist." A biography and bibliography expand information about the artist. Author: Greenberg, Jan & Jordan, Sandra HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Big Talk Three poems are presented graphically with four color-coded bars to represent four voices for choral reading. The rhythms of the poems progress from easy to more difficult. The author provides a section on "How to read this book" and "Helpful hints." Author: Fleischman, Paul Confucius The author has demythologized the figure of Confucius, depicting him as a very human, vulnerable and wise man. In a postscript, the author explains the origin and process of the book, providing resources and an index of Confucian sayings. The illustrati Author: Freedman, Russell HSE Descriptors: social studies Henry David's House These seamlessly woven excerpts from Thoreau's Walden and the beautiful watercolor illustrations together describe constructing and living in the house at Walden Pond. Author: Schnur, Steven (ed.) HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Home Beautifully illustrated by Thomas Locker, the book contains poems and prose excerpts by well-known writers with a thumbnail sketch about each writer and his home. Endmatter includes a map of the U.S. with dates and locations of the writers. Author: Locker, Thomas & Christiansen, Candice Stolen Smile, The This somewhat fictionalized account recounts the stealing of Leonardi da Vinci's painting Mona Lisa from the Louvre in 1911 by Vincenzo Peruggia. End notes provide additional cultural and historical information. Author: Lewis, J. Patrick HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Way to Start the Day, The This is a hard book to categorize. The simple text is written like blank verse. The content is basically true. The text focuses on how people around the world celebrate or acknowledge the sunrise. Author: Baylor, Bryd HSE Descriptors: social studies Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > regrets Monster 16-year-old Steve Harmon is on trial for murder. This riveting book tells his story in the form of his journals and a film script he is writing. Author: Myers, Walter Dean More Choices: Stories for Adult New Readers These three stories fit with George Ella Lyon's collection Choices, but were not included in the original collection because some readers found them too controversial. Our readers found them powerful and moving, addressing life situations that m Author: Lyon, George Ella Secret-Keeper, The This is a fairy tale about Kalli, the secret-keeper, who takes others' secrets on so that they can be released from them. All the bad secrets threaten to make her ill until the townspeople come to her rescue. Author: Coombs, Kate Sees Behind Trees A blind Native American boy learns to "see behind trees", guided by his mother, to use his other senses. He uses his gift to help an old warrior find a land of mystery and beauty that he'd discovered years ago, and could not find again himself. Author: Dorris, Michael HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > relocation, personal A. D., New Orleans After the Deluge This graphic novel originates in the personal involvement of the writer/artist in Hurricane Katrina, contributing seven vivid, authentic voices to enrich our understanding of this national disaster. Juxtaposed alongside the images we saw on television as Author: Neufeld, Josh HSE Descriptors: social studies A. D., New Orleans After the Deluge This graphic novel originates in the personal involvement of the writer/artist in Hurricane Katrina, contributing seven vivid, authentic voices to enrich our understanding of this national disaster. Juxtaposed alongside the images we saw on television as Author: Neufeld, Josh HSE Descriptors: social studies Arrival, The An amazing and complex immigration story told in a wordless format. Once you start "reading", it's hard to stop - each picture draws you to the next. Author: Tan, Shaun HSE Descriptors: social studies Arrival, The An amazing and complex immigration story told in a wordless format. Once you start "reading", it's hard to stop - each picture draws you to the next. Author: Tan, Shaun HSE Descriptors: social studies Auction, The In this sad intergenerational story, a boy and his grandfather reminisce the night before their farm is put up for sale. Author: Andrews, Jan Because of Winn-Dixie 10-year-old Opal and her preacher father move to a small Florida town. Opal finds a dog (Winn-Dixie), gradually eases her loneliness, and learns to accept some losses. Author: DiCamillo, Kate Bonyo Bonyo: The True Story of a Brave Boy from Kenya Story of how a Kenyan boy sets a goal of becoming a doctor after his baby sister dies. He succeeds and is now a physician in Akron Ohio. Author: Oelschlager, Vanita HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | language arts - writing | social studies | science Boy Who Saved Cleveland, The During a malarial epidemic in the late 18th century Cleveland, Ohio, ten-year-old Seth Doan surprises his family, his neighbors, and himself by having the strength to carry and grind enough corn to feed everyone. Author: Giblin, James Cross HSE Descriptors: social studies Bread and Roses, Too. This is a fictionalized history of the 1912 Lawrence, Massachusetts, factory strike. The main characters are two children, a girl whose family is active in the strike, and a homeless boy. Aspects of the strike itself and of outsiders' attempts to help the Author: Paterson, Katherine HSE Descriptors: social studies Cat with the Yellow Star, The: Coming of Age in Terezin Ela Weissberger's life before, during, and after she and her family were forced to live in the Jewish ghetto of Terezin during WWII. Photographs reinforce Ela's memories of survival and hope. Author: Rubin, Susan Goldman HSE Descriptors: social studies Charlotte When 10-year-old Charlotte's father forbids her to associate with her cousins because her uncle was a royalist in the American Revolution, she disobeys with lifelong consequences. The book includes an Afterword about Charlotte's later life. Author: Lunn, Janet HSE Descriptors: social studies Children of the Great Depression With the aid of archival photographs from The Farm Security Administration, Freedman tells the poignant story of the humiliation, poverty, migration, lack of schooling, and back-breaking work faced by children during the Great Depression of the 1930's in Author: Freedman, Russell HSE Descriptors: social studies Christmas Tapestry While seeking to renovate their church, a minister and his son help reunite a Jewish couple separated in World War II. Author: Polacco, Patricia Coal Miner's Bride, A: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska In journal format, the life of a thirteen year old girl in 1896 comes to life. Anetra Kaminska is sold to an older widower of three children in a mining town, for the price of her and her brother's tickets from Poland to America. Her life is extremely ha Author: Bartoletti, Susan Campbell HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | language arts - writing | social studies Dandelions As her family struggles to establish a sod home on the Nebraska prairie, Emma finds a way to cheer up her mother. Author: Bunting, Eve HSE Descriptors: social studies Darkness over Denmark Written in the form of snippets of interviews, this book tells the stories of the Danish Resistance and the rescue of Jews in WW II. This is an important and inspiring story, which may be unknown to many. Author: Levine, Ellen HSE Descriptors: social studies Divide, The As a young girl in 1893, Willa Cather journeys with her extended family to relocate on the Nebraska prairie. Although unhappy at first, she learns to enjoy her new home as the seasons unfold. The beautiful illustrations are particularly well linked to t Author: Bedard, Michael HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Ellen Foster 11-year-old Ellen tells her own story in this "Oprah Book about a foster childhood." She is an amazingly resilient child and an amazingly perceptive observer of others. Author: Gibbons, Kaye Escape from Saigon: How a Vietnam War Orphan Became an American Boy This is an informative account of a child left behind when his American soldier father left Vietnam and his mother died. It traces his journey to America, his adopted family and his eventual return to his homeland to help orphans. Author: Warren, Andrea HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading Fly Away Home A homeless boy and his dad live at the airport while the father tries to find an apartment and a job. They hide out from airport officials but receive support from another down-on-their-luck family. Author: Bunting, Eve Going West Seven-year-old Hannah recalls her family's journey west in a covered wagon and relocation on the prairie. Author: Van Leeuwen, Jean HSE Descriptors: social studies Grandfather's Journey This book shows through its photographic-like illustrations and through its minimal text the displacement people feel when they immigrate, the longing they have for the old country and old ways, and the confusion that new loyalties bring. Author: Say, Allen HSE Descriptors: social studies Gratefully Yours Orphaned by a New York tenement fire in 1920, Hattie rides an orphan train to Nebraska where she joins the Jansen household, Henry and his wife Elizabeth. The story relates the loss and healing process that both Hattie and Elizabeth experience. The stor Author: Buchanan, Jane HSE Descriptors: social studies Great Migration, The This book consists of reprints of a series of sixty paintings, by Jacob Lawrence, depicting the migration of African-Americans from the South to the North. In search of a better life, people moved by the thousands, from rural lifestyles to urban poverty. Author: Lawrence, Jacob HSE Descriptors: social studies Henry's Freedom Box This simply written picture book tells the true story of Henry Brown, a runaway slave who escaped to freedom by mailing himself in a crate. Author: Levine, Ellen HSE Descriptors: social studies Home Lovely Janelle and Tiffany move to a trailer, where Tiffany is alone after school while Janelle works. Tiffany finds some plants, makes a garden, and becomes friends with the mailman. (NOTE: Teachers may want to be aware that the child, clearly elementary-scho Author: Perkins, Lynne Rae Home of the Brave An African refuge lives with his aunt and cousin in Minneapolis. He has problems adjusting and misses his mother (no one knows where she is). He finds comfort in an older lady and her cow whose name means family in his native language. Author: Applegate, Katherine HSE Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies Home of the Brave In a dream-like story and illustrations, Allen Say captures the infamy, dislocation, and loss experienced by Japanese Americans in the internment camps during World War II. Author: Say, Allen HSE Descriptors: social studies How I Discovered Poetry Marilyn Nelson describes her childhood in America in the 1950s, as the daughter of an African American Army officer. The poems span from her fourth to fourteenth year and touch aspects of civil rights, "Red Scare," atom bomb and the stirrings of the femin Author: Nelson, Marilyn HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies | language arts - writing I Have an Olive Tree Colorful, stylized illustrations depict a girl and her mother as they travel back to Greece to see the olive tree her granfather left her when he died, a gift that grows in value as the story progresses. Author: Bunting, Eve HSE Descriptors: social studies I Have Heard of a Land A hardworking African American woman stakes a homestead claim in the Oklahoma Territory in the period after the Civil War. Told in rich, lyrical language, the beautifully illustrated story reminds us that African Americans were a part of the settlement o Author: Thomas, Joyce Carol HSE Descriptors: social studies Indian School Subtitled "Teaching the White Man's Way," this book chronicles efforts to "civilize" Native American children and youth in the late 19th and early 20th century. Archival photographs, an index, a reading list, a bibliography, and a list of web sites comple Author: Cooper, Michael L. HSE Descriptors: social studies Josepha A boy narrates the story of his friend and protector, the immigrant young man Josepha, who had to leave school to work. Author: McGugan, Jim HSE Descriptors: social studies Lily Cupboard, The A Dutch farm family hides a Jewish girl, who in turn wants to protect a rabbit. Author: Oppenheim, Shulamith L. HSE Descriptors: social studies Log Cabin Quilt, The Elvirey, her brother, grandmother, and father move to a log cabin in the Michigan woods after her mother dies. Granny's quilting scraps serve a greater purpose during a winter storm. Author: Howard, Ellen HSE Descriptors: social studies Long Way Gone, A: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier The story of a Sierra Leonian boy who at age 12 was recruited and forced into being a gun toting, drug crazed soldier and then learned how to live with what he had done after going through a UNICEF rehabilitation program. Author: Beah, Ishmael HSE Descriptors: social studies Lyddie Lyddie tells the story of a 19th century farm girl who, because of financial worries, moves to Massachusetts to work in a garment factory. She endures various hardships but does not lose her spunk or integrity. Author: Paterson, Katherine HSE Descriptors: social studies Me, All Alone, at the End of the World A boy enjoys living quietly by himself at the End of the World until Constantine Shimmer arrives and begins to "improve" the area with an inn and amusement park, demanding that tourists come and have "fun without end. Author: Anderson, M.T. HSE Descriptors: social studies Memories of Summer The novel is set in 1955. A father and 2 daughters (Lyric, the narrator, is 13 and sister Summer is 16) move from rural Kentucky to Flint, MI. The story is about the move, about Lyric's adjustment, but mostly about Summer's descent into mental illness and Author: White, Ruth Memories of Sun This is a collection of modern day short stories and poems about Africa. It has three divisions: 1) Africa 2) Americans in Africa 3) Africans in America. Although most of the 12 stories are engaging, teachers will want to read beforehand since some may Author: Kurtz, Jane (Ed.) HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Memories of Survival A mother and daughter create a narrative in stitchery and text of the mother's life in Poland during the Nazi occupation.This collection of memories of the holocaust provides a first hand account of danger, despair and hope. The detailed tapestries provid Author: Krinitz, Esther Nisenthal & Steinhardt, Bernice HSE Descriptors: social studies Memory Coat, The In order to flee persecution as Jews in Russia, Rachel and her cousin Griska emigrate with their extended family to America where they encounter difficulty at Ellis Island. The author provides additional information on immigration from Russia in the endm Author: Woodruff, Elvira HSE Descriptors: social studies Midnight Zoo, The When their Gypsy encampment is attacked by Germans during WWII, three Romanian children flee. In an abandoned town, they find a zoo where the animals tell their stories as everyone seeks to reclaim their lives and freedom. Author: Harnett, Sonya HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies | language arts - writing Moving Mama to Town Enterprising Freddy James moves his mother and younger brother to town after his father leaves and the farm fails. He works at the local saloon where he learns from everyone he meets. Author: Young, Ronder Thomas My Freedom Trip: A Child's Escape from North Korea This story describes the flight of a young girl from North to South Korea just before the outbreak of the Korean War. The story is told simply with superb illustrations. Author: Park, Frances and Park, Ginger HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies My Secret Camera As a young man in the Lodz Ghetto in Poland, Mendel Grossman, secretly took hundreds of photographs to document the miserable life of the people in the ghetto and their struggles for survival. Simple text accompanies the photographs. Author: Smith, Frank Dabba HSE Descriptors: social studies One More Border Illustrated with paintings, documents, and photos, this is the true story of a family's escape from war-torn Europe during WW II. Author: Kaplan, William HSE Descriptors: social studies Other Side, The Spurred by a letter from her grandmother saying that "they're pulling Shorter down," the poet returns to the people and places of her childhood in Shorter, Alabama. The poems are accessible and concise but filled with powerful feeling. Photographs from Author: Johnson, Angela Roses in My Carpet, The This story of a young refugee boy from Afghanistan was inspired by a real child. The boy lives in a refugee camp and weaves rugs. Author: Khan, Rukhsana HSE Descriptors: social studies Same Stuff as Stars, The Angel and her little brother Bernie are dropped off at their great-grandma's house. Dad is in jail, and mom is an alcoholic and selfishly unable to be a mother. Together, the new family learns to live together in the crumbling Vermont farmhouse. Author: Paterson, Katherine Sarah, Plain and Tall A mail-order bride comes from Maine to the midwest; the children (who have lost their mother) desperately hope she'll stay. Author: MacLachlan, Patricia HSE Descriptors: social studies Shin-chi's Canoe Shin-chi's toy canoe, given to him by his father, sustains him during his first year at an Indian residential school. This story occurs when Native Americans were forced to attend Indian residential schools where they were made to learn the white man's w Author: Campbell, Nicola I. HSE Descriptors: social studies Skylark This is the sequel to the award-winning Sarah, Plain and Tall. When a drought forces Sarah and the children to leave the farm, leaving Jacob behind, everyone wonders if they will ever be a family again. Author: MacLachlan, Patricia HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading So Far From the Sea A Japanese American visits Manazar, a Japanese relocation camp in World War II, to visit the grave of a grandfather. Author: Bunting, Eve HSE Descriptors: social studies Step Toward Heaven, A When Young Ju emigrates with her immediate family to America from Korea, she misses her grandparents. As she grows older, she finds a refuge from her father's physical abuse in school achievement. The author mimics the style of narration with the age of Author: Na, An Streets of Gold This story of a Russian family's life in Russia and then in the U.S. is based on an actual immigrant's journals. Author: Wells, Rosemary HSE Descriptors: social studies Tea With Milk May (the author's mother) is learning American ways when her family moves back to Japan. When her parents hire a matchmaker to find her a husband, May moves to Osaka, begins a career, and finds her own happiness. Author: Say, Allen Train to Somewhere Marianne heads west with 14 other children on an Orphan Train, certain that her mother will be waiting for her at one of the stops. No one shows interest in adopting Marianne until the train arrives at a place called Somewhere, where Marianne meets her n Author: Bunting, Eve HSE Descriptors: social studies Tree Girl Based on true experiences that were shared with the author, Gabriela, a Guatemalan girl who loves to climb trees, escapes a massacre, eventually reaching a refugee camp where she is reunited with her little sister, both of whom must overcome the trauma an Author: Mikaelsen, Ben Unbreakable Code, The A young Navajo boy, who must leave his Southwest home, draws courage from his grandfather's story about being a "Code Talker" during WWII. Author: Hunter, Sara HSE Descriptors: social studies Wake Up Our Souls Well-written biographies and stunning reproductions of the work of approximately 30 African American artists introduce us to painters, photographers, and mixed-media artists born between 1830 and the present. The design makes the book beautiful and the e Author: Bolden, Tonya HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading What You Know First A young girl does not want to leave the family farm that is being sold. She resolves her feelings realistically. The woodcut illustrations that look like old color-tinted photographs add veracity to the text. Author: MacLachlan, Patricia When Jessie Came Across the Sea Jesse leaves her village for America where she earns money to bring her grandmother to America in time for her wedding. Author: Hest, Amy HSE Descriptors: social studies Wild Boy, The The author tells a very sympathetic account of the wild child of Aveyron, France, who was captured and studied in the early 1800's. Dr. Itard and his housekeeper become the family of this boy who never acquired all the traits of a "civilized" person. Author: Gerstein, Mordicai Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > romance Chance of Sunshine, A The pictures tell most of the story in this almost-wordless book. Two people chance to meet, become separated, and eventually find their way back together. Author: Liao, Jimmy Coal Miner's Bride, A: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska In journal format, the life of a thirteen year old girl in 1896 comes to life. Anetra Kaminska is sold to an older widower of three children in a mining town, for the price of her and her brother's tickets from Poland to America. Her life is extremely ha Author: Bartoletti, Susan Campbell HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | language arts - writing | social studies Cupid and Psyche This is a retelling of the classic Greek myth. Author: Craft, M. Charlotte HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Sir Gawain & the Green Knight The author retells this famous tale of one of the knights of King Arthur's famous Roundtable, in which Gawain accepts a challenge of a giant green knight that leads to further trials at the end of one year. Vivid illustrations contribute to the sense of Author: Morpurgo, Michael HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Tempest, The This is a prose retelling of Shakespeare's play The Tempest, a story of an exiled Duke and his daughter during their stay on an enchanted island. The book ends with an author's note. Author: Shakespeare, William (retold by Coville, Brice) HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > shyness To Go Singing Through the World The childhood of one of Chile's most famous poets is told through a juxtaposition of the author's narrative and Neruda's own words. This beautifully illustrated biography includes excerpts of poems, maps, a time line, and a concise full-life biography. Author: Ray, Deborah Kogan HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading White Wave Retold from ancient sources, this Chinese tale of a lonely peasant's discovery of a magic shell relates the changes in his life that follow. The delicate pencil drawings by Ed Young complement the text. The author includes a note on the evolution of the Author: Wolkstein, Diane HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > spirituality Buddha The beautifully illustrated story of how the young prince Siddhartha became a Buddha. Author: Demi HSE Descriptors: social studies Buddha The beautifully illustrated story of how the young prince Siddhartha became a Buddha. Author: Demi HSE Descriptors: social studies Code Talkers After attending a white boarding school where his Navajo language and culture were belittled and punished, Ned Begay served as a code talker with the US Marines during operations in the Pacific during World War II. The narrator tells his story to his gra Author: Bruchac, Joseph HSE Descriptors: social studies Moses The author's note describes this book on Harriet Tubman as a "fictionalized spiritual journey" comparing her answering the call of God to lead her people out of slavery to Moses leading the Israelites out of bondage in Egypt. The author includes a forewo Author: Weatherford, Carole HSE Descriptors: social studies Walking the Choctaw Road A collection of twelve stories from the Mississippi and Oklahoma branches of the Choctaw People, including traditional lore arising from beliefs and myths, historical tales pased down through generations, and personal stories of contemporary life. Author: Tingle, Tim HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > suspicion Blanche on the Lam A spunky African-American woman, who works as a housekeeper for a wealthy southern family with many secrets, must solve a murder in order to clear herself. Blanche relies on her own intelligence and an "old girl" network of domestics. The language is oc Author: Neely, B. HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Into the Volcano Two brothers face an erupting volcano and a variety of other troubles in their search for their mother. Author: Wood, Don Into the Volcano Two brothers face an erupting volcano and a variety of other troubles in their search for their mother. Author: Wood, Don Widow's Broom, The A widow helps a witch recover from a fall, and in gratitude the witch leaves behind her broom to help the woman do her work. Suspicious neighbors try to burn the broom, but in the end the broom settles in with the woman. Author: Van Allsburg, Chris With a Hammer for My Heart When 15-year-old Lawanda befriends a WW II veteran living in an old school bus, she sets in motion events that will change her life and all those around her. The well-written story unfolds with each chapter telling the story from the point of view of eac Author: Lyon, George Ella Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > tolerance Martin Luther King Folk art paintings accompany this biography of Dr. King. A timeline of important events in his life concludes the book. Author: Bray, Rosemary HSE Descriptors: social studies Martin's Big Words Brief and easy-to-read biographical statements are accompanied by MLK's words and award-winning illustrations. An abbreviated Civil Rights chronology and bibliography conclude the book. Author: Rappaport, Doreen HSE Descriptors: social studies Miz Berlin Walks A little African American girl learns to love the old white lady who walks by her home every day. Author: Yolen, Jane Other Side, The Spurred by a letter from her grandmother saying that "they're pulling Shorter down," the poet returns to the people and places of her childhood in Shorter, Alabama. The poems are accessible and concise but filled with powerful feeling. Photographs from Author: Johnson, Angela Rio Grande Stories In Albuquerque, 7th grade students decide to write a book on their diverse heritage to raise money for the school. As they research traditions and family stories, they learn unexpected things about themselves. Chapters alternate between stories about th Author: Meyer, Carolyn Sanctuary, The Little Man, age 10, thinks that Tico and Aaron should let him join their gang. But first he must retrieve a piece of junk from the altar "sanctuary" that "crazy" Lucy Johnson built in her backyard. Little Man gets caught and comes to know and love the o Author: Eskridge, Ann HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Silent Boy, The Katy,the young and curious daughter of a small-town doctor living in 1908, learns about life, death, and social distinctions from her family and her friend, Jacob, who is "touched." Author: Lowry, Lois Well, The Set in Mississippi in the early 1900's, African American David Logan and his family share their well with blacks and whites in their community which leads to racial violence. Author: Taylor, Mildred Witness Structured as a play with characters, acts, and text, this story depicts a small Vermont town facing issues of racism and bigotry introduced by the Klu Klux Klan in the 1920's. The courage of two young girls and the adults who support them leads the way t Author: Hesse, Karen HSE Descriptors: social studies Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > trust Here in Harlem Walter Dean Myers recreates the Harlem of his youth in poetry and populates it with colorful characters through their voices. Author: Myers, Walter Dean My Freedom Trip: A Child's Escape from North Korea This story describes the flight of a young girl from North to South Korea just before the outbreak of the Korean War. The story is told simply with superb illustrations. Author: Park, Frances and Park, Ginger HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Nikola Tesla This biography of little-known scientist Nikola Tesla recounts his life and work on harnessing and advocating for alternating-current electricity with its many engineering applications that we take for granted. Archival photographs illustrate the text. Author: Dommermuth-Costa, Carol HSE Descriptors: science Wolf of Gubbio, The A legend tells the story of a wolf who terriorizes a community until the boy who became St.Francis of Assisi, negotates an agreement. Author: Bedard, Michael Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues Sigmund Freud This biography introduces the history of the study of the physical and emotional aspects of the mind as well as the colorful life of Sigmund Freud. Additional resources include an appendix, a bibliography, web sites, and an index. Author: Krull, Kathleen HSE Descriptors: science Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > group Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > group > leadership African Princess Illustrated with paintings, photographs, and artifacts, six biographies tell us about royal African women from Ancient Eygpt to the present: Hatshepsut of Egypt; Njinga of Matamba; Taytu Tetal of Ethiopia; Amina of Zaria; Tata Ajache of Dahomey; and Eliz Author: Hansen, Joyce HSE Descriptors: social studies Amistad: A Long Road to Freedom When slaves on the ship Amistad rebelled and tried to return home to Africa, they were captured and embroiled in legal battles of slavery and abolition in the U.S. The book includes sections on Further Reading, Bibliography, Epilogue, and endpaper courtr Author: Myers, Walter Dean HSE Descriptors: social studies As Good as Anybody Martin Luther King Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, who had both experienced discrimination, joined forces in the Civil Rights Movement. Author: Michelson, Richard HSE Descriptors: social studies Barack Obama, Son of Promise, Child of Hope Framed by the story of an African American mother and her son, who keeps interjecting questions and comments, the narrative tells the story of Barack Obama around the theme of hope and the importance of education. Both the words of Nikki Grimes and the ar Author: Grimes, Nikki HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Black Ships Before Troy This beautifully illustrated book retells Homer's epic poem The Iliad about the Trojan War. A glossary of names is included. Author: Sutcliff, Rosemary HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Bobbin Girl, The Rebecca, a 10-year-old "bobbin girl" working in the textile factories in Lowell, Massachuesetts in the 1830's must decide if she will participate in the first workers' strike. Author: McCully, Emily Arnold HSE Descriptors: social studies Brothers In Hope The author, who worked with the International Rescue Committee, tells the story of the "lost boys" of Sudan, orphaned by war, who walked to refuge in Ethiopia, and later to Kenya. The first person narrative and vibrant illustrations add immediacy to the Author: Williams, Mary HSE Descriptors: social studies Carver Personal and professional details of the life of George Washington Carver are told in poems from the perspectives of many people. Author: Nelson, Marilyn HSE Descriptors: social studies | science Chanda's Secrets Sixteen-year-old Chanda, who lives in a fictional sub-Saharan country that is feeling the impact of HIV/AIDS psychologically(fears, lies, and sundered relationships)and socially (ostracism of tainted people, necessity of hiding), takes a courageous stand Author: Stratton, Allan HSE Descriptors: social studies Confucius The author has demythologized the figure of Confucius, depicting him as a very human, vulnerable and wise man. In a postscript, the author explains the origin and process of the book, providing resources and an index of Confucian sayings. The illustrati Author: Freedman, Russell HSE Descriptors: social studies Daisy Bates: Civil Rights Crusader Although she is best known for shepherding the "Little Rock Nine" through the dangers and stresses of the first school integration test, Daisy Bates pursued a life of community crusading despite obstacles and personal difficulties before and after Little Author: Polakow, Amy HSE Descriptors: social studies Declaring Independence The events large and small surrounding the struggle for independence of the American colonies from England are told with a wealth of detail and with archival material. Source notes, bibliography, further reading and websites, and an index make the inte Author: Miller, Brandon Marie HSE Descriptors: social studies Dream of Freedom, A This well written and comprehensive documentation of the Civil Rights Movement, its background, issues, and confrontations is told by a white Southern woman of privilege who grew up during that period. Photographs and fact boxes, index, bibliography, and Author: McWhorter, Diane HSE Descriptors: social studies Eleanor This biography of Eleanor Roosevelt's early life conveys the emotionally impoverished childhood amid wealth and power. The book captures the indomitable spirit of the woman who would become the greatest and most beloved First Lady and a leader in her own Author: Cooney, Barbara HSE Descriptors: social studies Eleanor Roosevelt Freedman relates this biography of Eleanor Roosevelt with the interest of suspense fiction which is accompanied by extensive archival photographs. The book traces her evolution from a shy young girl from an unhappy home to America's most acclaimed First Author: Freedman, Russell HSE Descriptors: social studies Eleanor, Quiet No More The author tells the story of Eleanor Roosevelt's life simply, each phase emphasizing a quote of hers. In addition to lovely, soft illustrations, the author includes a timeline, selected bibliograph, and web sites. Author: Rappaport, Doreen HSE Descriptors: social studies Eleanor, Quiet No More The author tells the story of Eleanor Roosevelt's life simply, each phase emphasizing a quote of hers. In addition to lovely, soft illustrations, the author includes a timeline, selected bibliograph, and web sites. Author: Rappaport, Doreen HSE 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 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. No textbook description of slavery could have even a tiny portion of the power of this chilling account. Author: McCurdy, Michael (Ed.) HSE Descriptors: social studies Eyes of the Dragon A Chinese magistrate commissions a famous painter of dragons to paint one on the protective walls of the village. This tale relates what happens when the magistrate fails to keep his agreement. Author: Leaf, Margaret Find Where the Wind Goes This is an autobiography of Mae Jemison, the first woman of color to become an astronaut. She uses the metaphor of "wind" to describe events from her life. Author: Jemison, Mae HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - writing Follow the Drinking Gourd Peg Leg Joe travels from plantation to plantation teaching slaves the song "Follow the Drinking Gourd," which conceals directions for the route north to freedom. The book follows one slave family as they are directed north to the Underground Railroad and Author: Winter, Jeanette HSE Descriptors: social studies Forbidden Schoolhouse With the help of her family and a few powerful friends, Prudence Crandall began a school for African-American girls in Canterbury, Connecticut, in 1833 despite boycotts, vandalism, and legal battles. An appendix provides historical research on the student Author: Jurmain, Suzanne HSE Descriptors: social studies Founders, The Brief biographies of the people who signed the Constitution are accompanied by brief descriptions of the 13 colonies at the time of signing. The Constitution is printed at end of the book. Author: Fradin, Dennis HSE Descriptors: social studies Franklin Delano Roosevelt Russell Freedman scores his usual high marks for this biography of FDR, complete with excellent archival photographs and bibliographical information for further study. Author: Freedman, Russell HSE Descriptors: social studies Franklin Delano Roosevelt Russell Freedman scores his usual high marks for this biography of FDR, complete with excellent archival photographs and bibliographical information for further study. Author: Freedman, Russell HSE Descriptors: social studies Freedom Walkers This detailed account of the Montgomery bus boycott that began the Civil Rights Movement includes material on the leadership of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rev. Ralph Abernathy, but also focuses on other heroes like Rev. Robert Graetz, Joanne Robinson and Author: Freedman, Russell HSE Descriptors: social studies Freedom's Children Thirty African Americans tell their youthful experiences in the civil rights movement. The book includes a chronology, a who's who, a list of acronyms, and a bibliography. Author: Levine, Ellen HSE Descriptors: social studies Gandhi The remarkable life of Mahatma Gandhi is told through simple text and beautiful Moghul-inspired illustrations. An author's note includes additional information and maps locate the principle places involved in his life. Author: Demi HSE Descriptors: social studies Good Queen Bess: The Story of Elizabeth I of England This is a biography of Elizabeth I of England, a queen whose strong will, shrewd diplomacy, tolerance, and concern for her subjects make her one of the best known British monarchs. Author: Stanley, Diane & Vennema, Peter HSE Descriptors: social studies Great Race, The A grandmother helps her granddaughter arrange paper cutouts of the Chinese zodiac by telling her a story of how 12 animals race to reach the Jade City. The author includes an appendix with information about the Chinese zodiac. Author: Bouchard, David Great Stone Face, The The author retells a famous Hawthorne story about how a New England village interprets a mountain's "face" over the years as fulfilling the prophecy of revealing the noblest person of the time. Author: Schmidt, Gary/Hawthorne Nathaniel HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez This is a picture biography of Cesar Chavez. It focuses on his childhood and initial efforts at organizing farm workers in the mid-60s, creating The National Form Workers Association. Author: Krull, Kathleen HSE Descriptors: social studies Hero Beowulf, The This prose retelling of the first part of the earliest poem in English (Anglo Saxon, actually) has strong, vibrant illustrations and helpful supplementary material. Author: Kimmel, Eric A. HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Heroes and She-roes Twenty-one poems celebrate and chronicle the actions of real-life persons (and one dog) who have performed heroic acts in service to others. Author: Lewis, J. Patrick Heroes and She-roes Twenty-one poems celebrate and chronicle the actions of real-life persons (and one dog) who have performed heroic acts in service to others. Author: Lewis, J. Patrick In the Promised Land From Asser Levy in 1654 to Steven Spielberg today, this book provides one-page illustrated biographies of thirteen famous Jews. In addition, the author includes other print and web resources. Author: Rappaport, Doreen HSE Descriptors: social studies It Is a Good Day to Die A brief introduction explains why the account of Custer's battle at Little Bighorn is told through individual recollections long after the encounter. In addition to the personal accounts, the book includes a helpful chronology of events, short biographie Author: Viola, Herman HSE Descriptors: social studies Jack This is a biography of JFK, from birth through HS graduation. A bit of his parents' backgrounds is also provided. Primary documents, letters and school reports, are sprinkled throughout the text. Author: Cooper, Ilene HSE Descriptors: social studies Librarian of Basra, The A true story of the librarian of Basra, Iraq, who saved the books in the town library during the current war. In an end note, the author brings the reader up-to-date on the librarian. Author: Winter, Jeanette Life and Death of Adolf Hitler, The The book provides an insightful and well written biography of Adolf Hitler. The book gives an historical prospective of the time in which Hitler lived to add to the understanding of the biography. The book is well written and gives interesting details abo Author: Giblin, James Cross HSE Descriptors: social studies Lincoln Through the Lens: How Photography Revealed and Shaped an Extrordinary Life A loosely organized series of chapters/essays about the rise of photography in Lincoln's lifetime and how it shaped the way we view his Presidency. Many photographs from the period are included. Author: Sandler, Martin HSE Descriptors: social studies Lincolns, The Using a scrapbook format with blocks of stories and archival photographs, the author provides a chatty, up-close biography of Abraham and Mary Lincoln. Since the book is in a scrapbook format, students can start reading anywhere in the book or read in the Author: Fleming, Candice HSE Descriptors: social studies Long Walk to Water, A When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva D Author: Park, Linda Sue HSE Descriptors: social studies Madam President Short biographies of some of the powerful and influential women who have been involved in politics. The biographies are woven into a simple story about a girl who wants to be president when she "grows up" despite the people around her who try to tell her Author: Thimmesh, Catherine HSE Descriptors: social studies Martin's Big Words Brief and easy-to-read biographical statements are accompanied by MLK's words and award-winning illustrations. An abbreviated Civil Rights chronology and bibliography conclude the book. Author: Rappaport, Doreen HSE Descriptors: social studies Our Eleanor Organized like a scrapbook with themed chronological divisions that contain short texts, this very personable and balanced biography of Eleanor Roosevelt emphasizes her complexity and self-growth and her evolution as a political activist. The author incl Author: Fleming, Candace HSE Descriptors: social studies Princess of the Press This biography of Ida Wells- Barnett chronicles her remarkable career in civil rights as a journalist against lynching, publisher of African American newspapers, speaker and activist for women's right to vote, and founder of the National Association for t Author: Medearis, Angela HSE Descriptors: social studies Real Benedict Arnold, The This well-researched biography examines the facts and rumors of the life of the hero, then traitor, Benedict Arnold against the background of the Continental Congress and the Revolutionary War. Maps and portraits illustrate the text. End notes, sources, Author: Murphy, Jim HSE Descriptors: social studies Saladin This beautifully illustrated biography of the revered Islamic hero, Saladin, provides a balanced view of the Crusades. The book includes a map, historical context, a postscript of history post-Saladin, a glossary, and a bibliography. Author: Stanley, Diane HSE Descriptors: social studies September 11, 2001 A New York Times journalist has chosen to tell the chronology of September 11, 2001, through personal stories. Photographs, maps and diagrams, and a bibliography provide additional resources. Author: Hampton, Wilborn HSE Descriptors: social studies Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World On an expedition to cross Antarctica, Ernest Shackleton and his crew lost their ship in the ice flow. Shackleton and five others left in small boats to get help. This is a higher reading level version of Spirit of Endurance by the same author. Author: Armstrong, Jennifer HSE Descriptors: social studies Si, Se Puede (Yes, We Can!) Text in both English and Spanish on each page tells the story of a mother who becomes active in union organization. This story is based on the 2000 janitors' strike in Los Angeles. An essay by Luis J. Rodriguez describes a real-life activist whose goals a Author: Cohn, Diana HSE Descriptors: social studies Sir Gawain & the Green Knight The author retells this famous tale of one of the knights of King Arthur's famous Roundtable, in which Gawain accepts a challenge of a giant green knight that leads to further trials at the end of one year. Vivid illustrations contribute to the sense of Author: Morpurgo, Michael HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading So You Want to Be President Presidents of the U. S. are grouped by what they had in common and what was unusual--names, states of origin, pets, size, etc. The book contains brief biographies of all U. S. Presidents in chronological order. The book does not discuss the duties of th Author: St. George, Judith HSE Descriptors: social studies Sound the Jubilee During the Civil War, Maddie, an eleven-year-old house slave, journeys with her mistress to Nags Head near Roanoke Island which has become a Yankee-protected community for run-away slaves. Maddie grows up there with her family and finds a place for herse Author: Forrester, Saundra HSE Descriptors: social studies Spirit of Endurance The book employs maps, archival photographs, blueprints, and paintings to tell the exciting story of Ernest Shackleton's rescue of his men on his expedition in Antarctica when their boat, The Endurance, was destroyed in an ice floe. The author includes a Author: Armstrong, Jennifer HSE Descriptors: social studies Sundiata With roots in the 13th Century history of Mali in West Central Africa, the legend of Sundiata and how he gains the kingship prophesied at his birth is illustrated with exquisite cut paper artwork. Historical facts are included in the endmatter and a beau Author: Wisniewski, David HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Sweet Smell of Roses, A The book jacket says it all: "There's a sweet, sweet smell in the air as two young girls sneak out of their house, down the street, and across town to where men and women are gathered, ready to march for freedom and justice?--with Martin Luther King, Jr. Author: Johnson, Angela HSE Descriptors: social studies There Comes a Time This book, winner of the 2001 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, chronicles the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S. The book begins with slave trading and ends with the "Black Power" movement of the late 1960's. A timeline, bibliography, and index are included. Author: Meltzer, Milton HSE Descriptors: social studies This Vast Land A fictional account of a young man on the real Lewis and Clark Expedition emphasizes and personalizes the confrontation of races and the conflict between civilization and the wilderness. There are allusions to sex, though minimal. Author: Ambrose, Stephen HSE Descriptors: social studies To Dare Mighty Things: The Life of Theodore Roosevelt The book depicts T. Roosevelt's life from youth to death. It explains his marriages, children, passions and accomplishments as a politician and conservationist. Full color illustrations and direct quotes help bring the story of Teddy Roosevelt to life. Author: Rappaport, Doreen HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Toussaint L'Ouverture The author wrote the biography of Haiti's hero, Toussaint L'Ouverture, who led the fight for liberation from France and Spain, to accompany Jacob Lawrence's paintings. Author: Myers, Walter Dean HSE Descriptors: social studies Trapped:How the World Rescued 33 Miners from 2,000 Feet Below the Chilean Desert An in-depth recounting of the collapse of a Chilean copper mine in 2010 that entombed 33 miners for 69 days, their heroic struggle to survive and the efforts of those who saved them. The book is riveting in detail and even inspirational. Book contains ex Author: Aronson, Marc HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | language arts - writing | science Tree Girl Based on true experiences that were shared with the author, Gabriela, a Guatemalan girl who loves to climb trees, escapes a massacre, eventually reaching a refugee camp where she is reunited with her little sister, both of whom must overcome the trauma an Author: Mikaelsen, Ben Trial By Ice Illustrated by archival photographs, this biography recounts the life and expeditions of Ernest Shackleton in his attempts to reach the South Pole (he never did). He is nonetheless revered for his leadership, optimism, and courage. Teachers will find th Author: Kostyal, K. M. HSE Descriptors: social studies Truce Ostensibly writing about the real "Christmas truce" of Dec. 25, 1914, the author provides excellent historical material about the origins and maneuvers of this period of World War I. Photographs give immediacy to the text and back pages and maps provide Author: Murphy, Jim HSE Descriptors: social studies Truce Ostensibly writing about the real "Christmas truce" of Dec. 25, 1914, the author provides excellent historical material about the origins and maneuvers of this period of World War I. Photographs give immediacy to the text and back pages and maps provide Author: Murphy, Jim HSE Descriptors: social studies Veil of Snows, The In the absence of her husband who has not returned from battle, the queen prepares her city for assault. Aided by a small force of loyal soldiers and the Singer of Tales who narrates the story, the queen escapes the besieged city and heads for the safety Author: Helprin, Mark HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies War, The A young prince, who dislikes war, cleverly provides an alternative to fighting. Author: Vaugelade, Anais Washington at Valley Forge In Freedman's inimitable style, he captures the grit and triumphs over the lack of provisions for General Washington's winter encampment at Valley Forge during the Revolutionary War. Excellent and unfamiliar paintings of Washington accompany the text. Th Author: Freedman, Russell HSE Descriptors: social studies We Are One: The Story of Bayard Rustin Bayard Rustin's biography not only emphasizes his well-known role as advisor and organizer to leadership in the Civil Rights Movement but expands our view with his activities as speaker, singer, actor, artist, and non-violent activist. This biography pro Author: Brimner, Larry Dane HSE Descriptors: social studies When Harriet Met Sojourner The author imagines the meeting of two brave activists for the freeing of slaves --Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman when they were in Boston in 1864. The story is told with the aid of very powerful artwork. Author: Clinton, Catherine HSE Descriptors: social studies Wolf of Gubbio, The A legend tells the story of a wolf who terriorizes a community until the boy who became St.Francis of Assisi, negotates an agreement. Author: Bedard, Michael Young Teddy Roosevelt A biography of the life of Theodore Roosevelt up to the time of his presidency has illustrations that are as interesting as the well-written text. Author: Harness, Cheryl HSE Descriptors: social studies Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > group > relationships Armageddon Summer Fourteen-year-old Marina and 16-year-old Jed accompany their parents' religious cult, the Believers, to the top of a mountain to await the end of the world. The book is narrated in three "voices"--Marina, Jed, and objective accounts such as the newspaper Author: Yolen, Jane & Coville, Bruce HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Baboon King, The Set in Africa, this powerful book explores the themes of the importance of community through the exile of Morengaru from his tribe and survival, not against but with nature, in his life with a group of baboons. Author: Quintana, Anton Big Talk Three poems are presented graphically with four color-coded bars to represent four voices for choral reading. The rhythms of the poems progress from easy to more difficult. The author provides a section on "How to read this book" and "Helpful hints." Author: Fleischman, Paul Buried Alive This collection of linked poems explores the rich, puzzling and painful experiences of love from teenagers' points of view. Author: Fletcher, Ralph HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Charlotte When 10-year-old Charlotte's father forbids her to associate with her cousins because her uncle was a royalist in the American Revolution, she disobeys with lifelong consequences. The book includes an Afterword about Charlotte's later life. Author: Lunn, Janet HSE Descriptors: social studies First Impressions: Andrew Wyeth This biography of Andrew Wyeth is the result of a friendship between the artist and the author. The book focuses on Wyeth's early years, his relationship with his father, and his development as an artist. One reader felt that the vocabulary might be diff Author: Meryman, Richard HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading My Sister's Keeper Set in modern day Rhode Island, this novel tells the story of two sisters: Kate, the elder sister, has a rare form of leukemia and Anna, the younger sister, was conceived as a bone marrow donor for her sister. This book deals with medical and moral ethics Author: Picoult, Jodi One Kingdom: Our Lives with Animals Subtitled "the human-animal bond in history, science, and story," this fascinating book focuses on animals, real and not real, throughout history, particularly as they have interacted with humans. Author: Noyes, Deborah HSE Descriptors: science | social studies Perfect Shot, The Ostensibly a murder mystery, this book explores many issues--civil rights, prejudice, judicial system, stereotyping, meaningful teaching--while offering exciting descriptions of basketball. Brian must decide whether to speak out when his girlfriend, her Author: Alphin, Elaine Marie HSE Descriptors: social studies Picture Book of Anne Frank, A This picture book retells the familiar story made famous by the The Diary of Anne Frank of a young Jewish girl who goes into hiding with her family in Amsterdam during the Nazi occupation in World War II. Although the book includes a few quotati Author: Adler, David HSE Descriptors: social studies Raisin in the Sun, A When an African-American family chooses to integrate an all-white neighborhood, all of their value systems and relationships come under pressure. Author: Hansberry, Lorraine HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Rio Grande Stories In Albuquerque, 7th grade students decide to write a book on their diverse heritage to raise money for the school. As they research traditions and family stories, they learn unexpected things about themselves. Chapters alternate between stories about th Author: Meyer, Carolyn Twelfth Night This is a narrative retelling of Shakespeare's play. Many of the famous lines are embedded in the narrative. Author: Shakespeare, William (retold B. Coville) HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Wright Sister, The, Often portrayed through letters, this biography, of Katherine Wright, the sister of Orville and Wilbur Wright, is told against the historical background of the restrictions on women. Author: Maurer, Richard HSE Descriptors: social studies Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > group > relationships > friendships 145th Street: Short Stories Engaging short stories written in Myers' natural writing styles that contain serious side plots and portray some of the people who live on one block of 145th Street in Harlem. Characters are portrayed honestly and jump off the page to keep the reader enga Author: Myers, Walter Dean HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | language arts - writing Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian, The When Junior (Arnold) Spirit chooses to go to school off his North Dakota reservation to attend an all white farm school, he encounters a few new friends and loses an old one as he navigates the worlds of whites and Native Americans. Author: Alexie, Sherman HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies All I See Shy Charlie admires the painter Gregory's work from afar. The child and adult become friends, and Gregory teaches Charlie about painting, senses, imagination, and friendship. Author: Rylant, Cynthia Androcles and the Lion This book retells the fable of Androcles, a runaway Roman slave, who befriends a wounded lion. Author: Nolan, Dennis HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Angels in the Dust A poignant story of a family living in the Dust Bowl trying to make ends meet. Author: Raven, Margot Theis HSE Descriptors: science | social studies Armageddon Summer Fourteen-year-old Marina and 16-year-old Jed accompany their parents' religious cult, the Believers, to the top of a mountain to await the end of the world. The book is narrated in three "voices"--Marina, Jed, and objective accounts such as the newspaper Author: Yolen, Jane & Coville, Bruce HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading At Gleason's Gym The story of Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn NY, and the many people who use it. It includes a brief story of Sugar Boy Younan, National Silver Gloves Champion 2006. The words and pictures tap into the senses. The illustrations demonstrate the rhythm to the mus Author: Lewin, Ted HSE Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies Big Mouth and Ugly Girl In this engrossing 266-page book, Matt, age 17, is falsely accused of trying to blow up his high school. His friends desert him, but a girl who calls herself "Ugly Girl" befriends him, and together they weather public opinion, the police, parents, teache Author: Oates, Joyce Carol Bird House, The This is a modern-day fairy tale that features a homeless girl, an old woman, and birds with magical powers. Author: Rylant, Cynthia Black and White Airmen: Their True Story The history of airmen in WWII is told through the experiences of two men from Cincinnati, one African American and one Caucasian. Information about race relations at the time is woven throughout the narrative. Author: Fleischman, John HSE Descriptors: social studies Bluish This is a warm, easy to read story of three young girls and their developing friendship. Natalie, whom the children call Bluish, suffers from leukemia. Author: Hamilton, Virginia Butterfly, The During the Nazi occupation of France, Monique discovers that her mother is a member of the Resistance, and that a secret trap door conceals a Jewish family in hiding. Monique and the secret "guest" become nighttime playmates until terror threatens. Author: Polacco, Patricia HSE Descriptors: social studies Chance of Sunshine, A The pictures tell most of the story in this almost-wordless book. Two people chance to meet, become separated, and eventually find their way back together. Author: Liao, Jimmy Chicken Sunday Two African-American boys and their white friend, a girl, try to earn enough money to buy Miss Eula Mae the Easter bonnet she's been longing for. The children befriend a Jewish shopkeeper who helps them succeed. Author: Polacco, Patricia Chuck Close Up Close This biography of the contemporary artist Chuck Close captures his inventiveness in text and vivid color photographs. An index of illustrations, an essay on portraits, a bibliography, and a list of museums that display the artist's work provide informati Author: Greenberg, Jan & Jordan, Sandra HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Dear One, The 15-year-old, pregnant Rebecca arrives at her mother's college friend's house to await the birth of her baby. She and others in the house learn to embrace differences and develop friendships. Author: Woodson, Jacqueline Ellen Foster 11-year-old Ellen tells her own story in this "Oprah Book about a foster childhood." She is an amazingly resilient child and an amazingly perceptive observer of others. Author: Gibbons, Kaye Emily This book tells the story of a young girl's encounter with the reclusive poet Emily Dickinson and of her friendship with the author. Although the picture book is a fictional account, Cooney's oil paintings and the afterword with biographical information Author: Bedard, Michael HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Faithful Friend, The This is a retelling of the traditional tale from the French West Indies in which two friends, Clement and Hippolyte, encounter love, zombies, danger, and adventure on the island of Martinique. Author: San Souci, Robert HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Francie This engaging novel shows a slice of life in small-town Alabama in the 1940s, as told from the perspective of 13-year-old Francie. Francie, her mother, and her brother anxiously await a chance to join her father in Chicago. In the meantime, Francie comes Author: English, Karen Garden of Happiness, The A young girl cares for a seed that she plants near a community garden in New York City. Author: Tamar, Erika Gowanus Dogs A homeless man meets some homeless dogs. The meeting changes everyone's life. Author: Frost, Jonathan Great Race, The A grandmother helps her granddaughter arrange paper cutouts of the Chinese zodiac by telling her a story of how 12 animals race to reach the Jade City. The author includes an appendix with information about the Chinese zodiac. Author: Bouchard, David Heart is Big Enough, The Each of these five stories focuses on a protagonist with special challenges who is approaching adolescence. As author Steven Kellogg notes on the dust jacket, these stories "bring illumination and enjoyment to those of us who have already passed through" Author: Rosen, Michael Holes This story-within-a-story tells of Stanley Yelnats (and his distant relatives, one of whom "cursed" the family), mistakenly sent to a juvenile corrections camp in Texas. At the corrections camp, Stanley finds a real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of Author: Sachar, Louis Home Lovely Janelle and Tiffany move to a trailer, where Tiffany is alone after school while Janelle works. Tiffany finds some plants, makes a garden, and becomes friends with the mailman. (NOTE: Teachers may want to be aware that the child, clearly elementary-scho Author: Perkins, Lynne Rae I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This A moving story of the friendship between two motherless 12-year-old girls--one black and one white--presents issues of racial prejudice, poverty, and child abuse. Author: Woodson, Jacqueline Invention of Hugo Cabret, The Part fiction, part graphic novel, this winner of the 2008 Caldecott Medal tells the story of an orphaned boy who maintains and repairs clocks in a Paris train station and discovers the history of an automaton and its maker. When he meets a mysterious toy Author: Selznick, Brian HSE Descriptors: science | social studies Jip: His Story Jip, a young orphan in the mid-1850s, lives on a farm, interacts with Put "the lunatic," and wonders about his past. Eventually he attends school and, with the help of Teacher (Lyddie from the Paterson book by the same name) and her Quaker friend, discov Author: Paterson, Katherine HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Josepha A boy narrates the story of his friend and protector, the immigrant young man Josepha, who had to leave school to work. Author: McGugan, Jim HSE Descriptors: social studies Leonardo's Horse Contemporary sculptors completed the horse that Leonardo da Vinci began but never finished. Author: Fritz, Jean HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Like Sisters on the Homefront When 14-year-old Gayle gets into "trouble," she and her baby Jose leave New York City to live with family in rural Georgia. At first bored with and distressed about her situation, Gayle eventually makes friends with her cousin Cookie. Through "tellings" b Author: Williams-Garcia, Rita HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy This coming-of-age novel is a Newbery Honor Book. It tells the story of people in Maine in the early 1900s, a friendship between a minister's son and an island girl, and the ways greed and prejudice change all their lives. Author: Schmidt, Gary Matchbox Diary, The An Italian immigrant grandfather uses objects he's preserved in matchboxes to tell his granddaughter the story of his life. He created this unique diary because he could not read or write. Author: Fleischman, Paul HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Matilda Bone Sometime in medieval Europe, a sombre-minded priest leaves a 14-year-old orphaned girl to be a bonesetter's apprentice. She reads and writes Latin but knows very little about the world and the people in it. Author: Cushman, Karen HSE Descriptors: social studies Midnight Clear: Stories for the Christmas Season, A Twelve modern-day stories focus on the "true meaning" of Christmas. Each addresses the tenacity of the human spirit; all are engaging stories. Author: Paterson, Katherine HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Missing May A twelve-year-old girl named Summer and her uncle are dealing with the death of Aunt May (his wife). They decide, with the help of a strange boy from Summer's school, to try to contact May's spirit, and in the process learn how to let go. Author: Rylant, Cynthia My Life in Dog Years Each chapter describes one of the amazing and unforgettable dogs Gary Paulsen has owned. As we read his dogs' stories, we also learn a great deal about the author. Author: Paulsen, Gary Number the Stars In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis. It is about the power of the Danish Resistance, heroes of a nation, the power of human decency over th Author: Lowry, Lois HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading One and Only Ivan, The When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall,he decides that he must find them a better life. Although a work of fiction, this story comes from a true story Author: Applegate, Katherine HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | science Picasso and the Girl With a Ponytail The cubist artist Picasso met his model Sylvette when he was in his 70's. The book chronicles how they met and how she gained confidence to become an artist herself. The author includes a biography of Picasso and photographs of his paintings and sculptu Author: Anholt, Laurence HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Pink and Say This long picture book tells the story of Pinkus Aylee, an African-American soldier in the Civil War, and of his mother, Moe Bay and of his friendship with a young White boy. A moving book that may be more appropriate for adults than for children, it cel Author: Polacco, Patricia HSE Descriptors: social studies Puppies, Dogs, and Blue Northers Paulsen shares his love of the Iditarod and especially of Cookie, his primary lead dog, and her pups. Descriptions of how the pups learn are alternately amazing, touching, and hilarious. Author: Paulsen, Gary Saying It Out Loud Mindy is a typical 16-year-old teenager when her mother develops a serious medical problem. This touching story alternates between Mindy's current feelings and actions and flashbacks to earlier memories to show her reaction to this terrible tragedy. Author: Abelove, Joan School for Pompey Walker, A At the dedication of a school named for him, Pompey Walker tells how he and a white friend, Jeremiah, raised money to build a school for ex-slave children. With the help of his friend, Pompey allows himself to be sold over and over again, escaping each t Author: Rosen, Michael J. HSE Descriptors: social studies Sir Gawain & the Green Knight The author retells this famous tale of one of the knights of King Arthur's famous Roundtable, in which Gawain accepts a challenge of a giant green knight that leads to further trials at the end of one year. Vivid illustrations contribute to the sense of Author: Morpurgo, Michael HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Sold Lakshmi is a thirteen-year-old girl who lives with her family in a village in Nepal. Her stepfather sells her into sexual slavery and her life of prostitution begins in a large city in India. The book is written in short paragraphs, sentences, and phrases Author: McCormick, Patricia HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading Star of Fear, Star of Hope As a young girl living in France during the Nazi occupation, Helen can't understand why her best friend Lydia must wear a yellow star. The friends part when Lydia leaves a birthday party to warn her family that the Nazis are rounding up Jews. The friend Author: Hoestlandt, Jo HSE Descriptors: social studies Time to Love, A Beautifully illustrated and ably introduced by sons of the author, this book retells six Bible stories from different perspectives, all revealing aspects of love--father/son, friends, brothers, lovers, and daughters-in-law. Teachers can promote religious Author: Myers, Walter Dean HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading True Believer This is not exactly a sequel to Make Lemonade, but the style is similar and many of the characters are the same-- LaVaughn, her mother, Jolly and her children [they have a minor role in this book]. LaVaughn is 15, lives in the inner city, and str Author: Wolff, Virginia Euwer Wake Up Our Souls Well-written biographies and stunning reproductions of the work of approximately 30 African American artists introduce us to painters, photographers, and mixed-media artists born between 1830 and the present. The design makes the book beautiful and the e Author: Bolden, Tonya HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Yellow House, The During a brief few months of their productive artistic years, the painters Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gaugin shared a yellow house in Arles, in southern France. The book is illustrated with their works of art and the illustrator's researched depiction of Author: Rubin, Susan HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > group > relationships > intergenerational 145th Street: Short Stories Engaging short stories written in Myers' natural writing styles that contain serious side plots and portray some of the people who live on one block of 145th Street in Harlem. Characters are portrayed honestly and jump off the page to keep the reader enga Author: Myers, Walter Dean HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | language arts - writing All I See Shy Charlie admires the painter Gregory's work from afar. The child and adult become friends, and Gregory teaches Charlie about painting, senses, imagination, and friendship. Author: Rylant, Cynthia At Gleason's Gym The story of Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn NY, and the many people who use it. It includes a brief story of Sugar Boy Younan, National Silver Gloves Champion 2006. The words and pictures tap into the senses. The illustrations demonstrate the rhythm to the mus Author: Lewin, Ted HSE Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies Because of Winn-Dixie 10-year-old Opal and her preacher father move to a small Florida town. Opal finds a dog (Winn-Dixie), gradually eases her loneliness, and learns to accept some losses. Author: DiCamillo, Kate Breadwinner, The This coming-of-age story, told from the point of view of a young Afghan girl left to fend for her family in the times of repressive Taliban influence is both moving and suspenseful. Author: Ellis, Deborah HSE Descriptors: social studies Breadwinner, The This coming-of-age story, told from the point of view of a young Afghan girl left to fend for her family in the times of repressive Taliban influence is both moving and suspenseful. Author: Ellis, Deborah HSE Descriptors: social studies Childtimes Three African American women, grandmother, mother, and daughter, reminisce about their childhoods. Author: Greenfield, Eloise & Little, Lessive Jones Coming On Home Soon A kitten comforts a young African American girl as she and her grandmother wait for the mother's return from working in Chicago during World War II. Author: Woodson, Jaqueline Day Before Christmas, The Four years after the death of her mother, seven-year-old Allie goes with her grandfather to a performance of the ballet "The Nutcracker" on Christmas Eve. Warned by her father before leaving that Grandpa may be a little sad, Allie learns that Grandpa had Author: Bunting, Eve HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Dear Willie Rudd Miss Elizabeth, thinking 50 years back, remembers Willie Rudd, the African American housekeeper who raised her, her mother, and her grandmother. She writes a letter to the long-dead Willie Rudd in which she explains the past and expresses her feelings. Author: Gray, Libba Moore Deep Blues Bill Traylor, who worked as a farm laborer before and after the Civil War, was "discovered" as a folk artist at the age of 85. Author: Lyons, Mary E. Dogsong 14-year-old Russel, an Eskimo, feels assailed by the modernity of his life. With the help of a wise elder, Russel learns how (and why) to make a 1400-mile dog run across his country. (Newbery Honor Book) Author: Paulsen, Gary HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Giver, The This Newbery Award-winning novel is set in a utopian community in which all conflict and social problems are unheard of. After a coming-of-age ceremony, Jonas begins to interact with The Giver and learns about the secrets that underlie his perfect world. Author: Lowry, Lois Heart is Big Enough, The Each of these five stories focuses on a protagonist with special challenges who is approaching adolescence. As author Steven Kellogg notes on the dust jacket, these stories "bring illumination and enjoyment to those of us who have already passed through" Author: Rosen, Michael Hundred Penny Box, A A young boy loves his Great Aunt Dew, her stories, and her box of one hundred pennies, one for each of her birthdays. But Michael's mother is impatient with them both and wants to throw the box out. Author: Mathis, Sharon I Have an Olive Tree Colorful, stylized illustrations depict a girl and her mother as they travel back to Greece to see the olive tree her granfather left her when he died, a gift that grows in value as the story progresses. Author: Bunting, Eve HSE Descriptors: social studies Jim the Boy In a coming-of-age story set in Appalachia, Jim grows up as a town boy with his mother and uncles but finally makes friends with a mountain boy and meets his mountain grandfather. Author: Early, Tony Language of Doves, The On her sixth birthday, Julietta's grandfather gives her one of his homing pigeons and tells her about his experiences raising and training doves for military use in Italy during WWI. Author: Wells, Rosemary HSE Descriptors: social studies Like Sisters on the Homefront When 14-year-old Gayle gets into "trouble," she and her baby Jose leave New York City to live with family in rural Georgia. At first bored with and distressed about her situation, Gayle eventually makes friends with her cousin Cookie. Through "tellings" b Author: Williams-Garcia, Rita HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Love You, Soldier This touching story about the effects of WW II on one family is told through the eyes of seven-year-old Katie. (NOTE: This is a short chapter book that will be very easy for students to read.) Author: Hest, Amy HSE Descriptors: social studies Marven of the Great North Woods Marven's immigrant Russian Jewish family sends him alone by train and by ski to a logging camp in Minnesota to escape the diphtheria epidemic in the city of Duluth. He finds a niche for himself in very different cultural surroundings through the friendsh Author: Lasky, Kathryn Midnight Clear: Stories for the Christmas Season, A Twelve modern-day stories focus on the "true meaning" of Christmas. Each addresses the tenacity of the human spirit; all are engaging stories. Author: Paterson, Katherine HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Mind's Eye This is a novel in play form. Courtney, 16 and paralyzed, learns about the power of the mind from an elderly blind woman and a game they play--taking an imaginary trip to Italy using a 1910 Baedeker's guidebook. Author: Fleischman, Paul HSE Descriptors: social studies Missing May A twelve-year-old girl named Summer and her uncle are dealing with the death of Aunt May (his wife). They decide, with the help of a strange boy from Summer's school, to try to contact May's spirit, and in the process learn how to let go. Author: Rylant, Cynthia Miz Berlin Walks A little African American girl learns to love the old white lady who walks by her home every day. Author: Yolen, Jane Old Musician, The A little girl hears an old man playing a flute and initiates his journey as an ever more popular musician of increasing number of instruments until his celebrity invades his private life. Author: Tornqvist, Rita Raft, The A city boy spends a magical summer in the woods with an unusual grandmother and discovers not only the creatures of the woods and river but himself as well. This is a beautifully illustrated portrait of a childhood we all might like to claim. Author: LaMarche, Jim Reappearance of Sam Webber, The With the help of adult friends, eleven-year-old Sam Webber adjusts to the disappearance of his father and the reduced circumstances of life in Baltimore. Although the story is told from Sam's perspective, every reader can identify with the ultimately upb Author: Fuqua, Jonathon Scott Sanctuary, The Little Man, age 10, thinks that Tico and Aaron should let him join their gang. But first he must retrieve a piece of junk from the altar "sanctuary" that "crazy" Lucy Johnson built in her backyard. Little Man gets caught and comes to know and love the o Author: Eskridge, Ann HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Sees Behind Trees A blind Native American boy learns to "see behind trees", guided by his mother, to use his other senses. He uses his gift to help an old warrior find a land of mystery and beauty that he'd discovered years ago, and could not find again himself. Author: Dorris, Michael HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Show Way Simple text and stunning illustrations tell the intergenerational story of Woodson's ancestors. Author: Woodson, Jacqueline HSE Descriptors: social studies Somewhere In the Darkness Jimmy, a teenager, lives in the city with Mama Jean. Then he meets Crab, a "man with something to prove. Maybe Crab's not sure what it is; maybe Jimmy's not sure he wants to know. But it may be the last chance Crab has to tell Jimmy who he was, and who Author: Myers, Walter Dean HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Stone Water Grant, a 15-year-old boy, grapples with his grandfather's request to remove him from life support systems. This is a realistic and emotionally riveting portrayal of issues surrounding death. Author: Gilbert, Barbara Thank you, Mr. Falker While in 5th grade, Trisha, the central, autobiographical character, encounters a new teacher who helps her overcome her difficulties with reading that had caused her such humiliation since first grade. Author: Polacco, Patricia To Hell with Dying Because of the controversial subject matter and the language of the title, this book would have to be introduced carefully and treated sensitively. The author tells the story of growing up down the road from old alcoholic Mr. Sweet, who would fall on his Author: Walker, Alice Toning the Sweep Emily goes to the desert with her mother to help her dying grandmother Ola pack up her house and move. She slowly comes to terms with her family history and her coming loss. Author: Johnson, Angela Wall, The In this emotionally charged book told from the point of view of the child, a boy and his dad look for the grandfather's name on the Vietnam Memorial. Author: Bunting, Eve HSE Descriptors: social studies Winter Room, The This book tells the story of Eldon, a boy growing up in the mid-20th century in rural Minnesota. He and his brother Wayne work hard to help out on the farm, but have time for fun and adventures too. After a short introduction, the book is structured in Author: Paulsen, Gary Wreck of the Zanzibar, The When Laura Perryman dies, her great-nephew Michael gets her diary. The diary reveals remarkable stories about a time when people lived off the bounty (and at the mercy) of the ocean. This story "of a family bound by respect for nature seamlessly blends Author: Morpurgo, Michael Young Man and the Sea, The In an attempt to push his father out of the alcohol-fueled funk he's been in since his wife died, 12-year-old Skiff Beaman repairs the family fishing boat and meets a 900-lb. tuna 30 miles at sea. Author: Philbrick, Rodman Young Man and the Sea, The In an attempt to push his father out of the alcohol-fueled funk he's been in since his wife died, 12-year-old Skiff Beaman repairs the family fishing boat and meets a 900-lb. tuna 30 miles at sea. Author: Philbrick, Rodman Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > group > values Charles and Emma Charles Darwin's struggles with religious beliefs and his developing theory of evolution are the backdrop for this domestic biography of the Darwins. The author includes a genealogy chart, extensive source notes, a bibliography, and a thorough index. Author: Heligman, Deborah HSE Descriptors: science Charles and Emma Charles Darwin's struggles with religious beliefs and his developing theory of evolution are the backdrop for this domestic biography of the Darwins. The author includes a genealogy chart, extensive source notes, a bibliography, and a thorough index. Author: Heligman, Deborah HSE Descriptors: science Christmas Tapestry While seeking to renovate their church, a minister and his son help reunite a Jewish couple separated in World War II. Author: Polacco, Patricia Freedom's Children Thirty African Americans tell their youthful experiences in the civil rights movement. The book includes a chronology, a who's who, a list of acronyms, and a bibliography. Author: Levine, Ellen HSE Descriptors: social studies Gandhi The remarkable life of Mahatma Gandhi is told through simple text and beautiful Moghul-inspired illustrations. An author's note includes additional information and maps locate the principle places involved in his life. Author: Demi HSE Descriptors: social studies Giver, The This Newbery Award-winning novel is set in a utopian community in which all conflict and social problems are unheard of. After a coming-of-age ceremony, Jonas begins to interact with The Giver and learns about the secrets that underlie his perfect world. Author: Lowry, Lois Henry David's House These seamlessly woven excerpts from Thoreau's Walden and the beautiful watercolor illustrations together describe constructing and living in the house at Walden Pond. Author: Schnur, Steven (ed.) HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading If: A Fathers Advice to His Son Sports themed photographs accompany Kiplings poem about the qualities that make up a mature person. Author: Kipling, Rudyard HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Like Sisters on the Homefront When 14-year-old Gayle gets into "trouble," she and her baby Jose leave New York City to live with family in rural Georgia. At first bored with and distressed about her situation, Gayle eventually makes friends with her cousin Cookie. Through "tellings" b Author: Williams-Garcia, Rita HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Music of Dolphins, The Mila, a feral child raised by dolphins after her parents' death, is rescued, studied and taught human behavior and language at a research center. Different type face and size convey Mila's language development. Author: Hesse, Karen Oh, Freedom! Most of the book is transcripts of interviews children conducted with people who were involved in the Civil Rights Movement. Several essays that provide a chronology of African-American life and a foreword by Rosa Parks complement the interviews. Author: King, Casey, & Osborne, Linda HSE Descriptors: social studies Pledge of Allegiance, The This book illustrates the phrases in the Pledge of Allegiance with photographs. Included is a description of what the pledge means (literally), dates to diplay the flag, and some basic flag history. Author: No author cited HSE Descriptors: social studies Raisin in the Sun, A When an African-American family chooses to integrate an all-white neighborhood, all of their value systems and relationships come under pressure. Author: Hansberry, Lorraine HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading To Every Thing There Is a Season The extraordinarily beautiful art from different cultural and historic periods illustrates a Bible passage from Ecclesiastes. An end section describes the historical/geographical information about the art work. Author: Dillon, Leo and Dianne HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > group > values > humanity And the Soldiers Sang A fictional story about the 1914 Christmas Truce of WW I when Allied and German soldiers came together in friendship on the battle field. Illustrated in graphic novel style haunting artwork, the writing cuts through the gloomy circumstances with examples Author: Lewis, J. Patrick HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies As Good as Anybody Martin Luther King Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, who had both experienced discrimination, joined forces in the Civil Rights Movement. Author: Michelson, Richard HSE Descriptors: social studies Because of Winn-Dixie 10-year-old Opal and her preacher father move to a small Florida town. Opal finds a dog (Winn-Dixie), gradually eases her loneliness, and learns to accept some losses. Author: DiCamillo, Kate Christmas Menorahs, The This picture book recreates the true story of how families and a community decided to stand together to combat bigotry and acts of hatred. Author: Cohn, Janice Fish The story of the difficult and dangerous journey a family must make out of a country hit with drought and civil unrest. The story is told from the point of view of the family's youngest member who decides to take a live fish on the journey. Author: Matthews, L. S. HSE Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies Franklin Delano Roosevelt Russell Freedman scores his usual high marks for this biography of FDR, complete with excellent archival photographs and bibliographical information for further study. Author: Freedman, Russell HSE Descriptors: social studies Franklin Delano Roosevelt Russell Freedman scores his usual high marks for this biography of FDR, complete with excellent archival photographs and bibliographical information for further study. Author: Freedman, Russell HSE Descriptors: social studies Friend on Freedom River This is the story of young Louis, who decides to do what his father would do and help runaway slaves make it across the Detroit River to Canada. Author: Whelan, Gloria HSE Descriptors: social studies Genius: A Photobiography of Albert Einstein This photobiography of Albert Einstein documents his celebrated scientific achievements and his lesser-known stands for freedom and opposition of tyrants from Hitler to McCarthy. The story of his family life gives insights into his pursuit of questioning Author: Delano, Marfe Ferguson HSE Descriptors: science Genius: A Photobiography of Albert Einstein This photobiography of Albert Einstein documents his celebrated scientific achievements and his lesser-known stands for freedom and opposition of tyrants from Hitler to McCarthy. The story of his family life gives insights into his pursuit of questioning Author: Delano, Marfe Ferguson HSE Descriptors: science Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans During World War II This amazing book takes the reader inside the internment camps and shows the fortitude of the people who survived and thrived despite the hardships imposed on them. An amazing book for readers of all ages. Beautiful photos add to the text. Author: Sandler, Martin W. HSE Descriptors: social studies On the Wings of Peace This is a collection of illustrations and various types of text, all provided by noted authors and illustrators, that focus on issues related to peace. Many cultures are represented among characters and in illustrations. Author: Hamanaka, Sheila (comp.) HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II One family in the USA begins an effort to help those in Europe suffering from the aftermath of WWII by sending shoes and other needed supplies. Author: Judge, Lita HSE Descriptors: social studies Pond God and Other Stories, The This unusual book of one-page pourquoi stories--of how things came to be--follows the tradition of Rudyard Kiplilng's Just So Stories and Aesop's Fables. Author: Keyser, Samuel J. Rose Blanche A young girl shares her food with those behind barbed wire in Nazi Germany. The title was the name of the German resistance movement during Hitler's regime. Author: Innocenti, Roberto HSE Descriptors: social studies Saladin This beautifully illustrated biography of the revered Islamic hero, Saladin, provides a balanced view of the Crusades. The book includes a map, historical context, a postscript of history post-Saladin, a glossary, and a bibliography. Author: Stanley, Diane HSE Descriptors: social studies To Dare Mighty Things: The Life of Theodore Roosevelt The book depicts T. Roosevelt's life from youth to death. It explains his marriages, children, passions and accomplishments as a politician and conservationist. Full color illustrations and direct quotes help bring the story of Teddy Roosevelt to life. Author: Rappaport, Doreen HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Trouble Don't Last This is the story of 11-year-old Samuel and "cranky old Harrison," who leave the Kentucky farm where they are slaves and head north to freedom, encountering non-stereotypical members of trhe Underground Railroad. The author is the historian at Hale Farm a Author: Pearsall, Shelley HSE Descriptors: social studies Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > group > values > inhumanity 47 In this part fictional slave narrative and part science fiction story, 47, a young slave without a name, learns from mysterious Tall John how to "neither a master nor a nigger be". Author: Mosley, Walter HSE Descriptors: social studies And the Soldiers Sang A fictional story about the 1914 Christmas Truce of WW I when Allied and German soldiers came together in friendship on the battle field. Illustrated in graphic novel style haunting artwork, the writing cuts through the gloomy circumstances with examples Author: Lewis, J. Patrick HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Bearing Witness This selection of powerful personal stories of the Holocaust in various literary and artistic forms gives testimony of the extraordinary bravery of ordinary people. A map of concentration camps, a bibliography, and brief introductory notes for each excer Author: Rochman, Hazel & McCampbell, Darlene (Eds.) HSE Descriptors: social studies Birmingham, 1963 A fictional narrator tells, in poetry, about the day she turned 10, which was also the day of the church bombing in Birmingham Author: Weatherford, Carole HSE Descriptors: social studies Bucking the Sarge Teenage Luther, who is exploited by his slumlord mother, keeps his equilbrium through many humorous misadventures before finding his own way. Author: Curtis, Christopher Paul Freedom Rides: Journey for Justice These are stories about the Freedom Riders during the early years of the Civil Rights movement. The detail and "human" perspective provided goes well beyond most written descriptions. This is an engaging account of the actions of incredibly brave heroes. Author: Haskins, James HSE Descriptors: social studies Holes This story-within-a-story tells of Stanley Yelnats (and his distant relatives, one of whom "cursed" the family), mistakenly sent to a juvenile corrections camp in Texas. At the corrections camp, Stanley finds a real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of Author: Sachar, Louis Old African, The a beautifully told and illustrated story that, according to the dust jacket, is "based on legend." The Old African has magical powers. This is the story of his capture and enslavement as a young man and ultimately, his plan to free his fellow slaves. Author: Lester, Julius HSE Descriptors: social studies Poet Slave of Cuba, The: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano This true story of 19th Century Cuban poet Juan Francisco Manzano, who was born a slave, is told in free verse from various points of view--the boy, his mother, his father, and his owners. Author: Engle, Margarita HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science Begins with a prologue in which the authors each address their research process on this topic. A detailed history of sugar and the effects of its production on the world. Sugar cane drove the Atlantic slave which is explained in this book using songs, or Author: Aronson, Marc and Budhos, Marina HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading | science To Be a Slave Reminiscences of slaves and ex-slaves report their experiences of being owned and sold as property in the United States during the 19th Century. Many accounts of brutality are unsettling. This is a reprint of a 1968 edition with new introductory materia Author: Lester, Julius HSE Descriptors: social studies Well, The Set in Mississippi in the early 1900's, African American David Logan and his family share their well with blacks and whites in their community which leads to racial violence. Author: Taylor, Mildred Wreath for Emmett Till, A Told in a poetic form known as heroic crown sonnets, the thoughtfully illustrated poem causes the reader to experience the murder of 14 year old Emmett Till in Mississippi. The author provides an introduction to the poetic form, biographical information Author: Nelson, Marilyn HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story Faced with discrimination for being Korean-American in the 1930s did not deter Sammy Lee from wanting to become an Olympic diver - a dream he realized with great determination. Author: Yoo, Paula HSE Descriptors: social studies Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story Faced with discrimination for being Korean-American in the 1930s did not deter Sammy Lee from wanting to become an Olympic diver - a dream he realized with great determination. Author: Yoo, Paula HSE Descriptors: social studies Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > collaboration Leonardo's Horse Contemporary sculptors completed the horse that Leonardo da Vinci began but never finished. Author: Fritz, Jean HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon, The This book, written almost in a scrapbook format, tells about Michael Collins, who stayed with the spacecraft while fellow astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. The book contains diagrams, charts, and black and white and colored ph Author: Schyffert, Bea Uusma HSE Descriptors: science | social studies Perfect Shot, The Ostensibly a murder mystery, this book explores many issues--civil rights, prejudice, judicial system, stereotyping, meaningful teaching--while offering exciting descriptions of basketball. Brian must decide whether to speak out when his girlfriend, her Author: Alphin, Elaine Marie HSE Descriptors: social studies Sweethearts of Rhythm: The story of the greatest all-girl swing band in the world The 16-member, all-woman, racially diverse swing band The International Sweethearts of Rhythm from the war years of the 1940's are brought to life by the idiomatic speech and rhythms of Nelson's poetry and by Pinkney's vibrant illlustrations. The individ Author: Nelson, Marilyn HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Team Moon This fact-filled book commemorates the achievement of 400,00 people of "team moon" who were responsible for the first walk in space in July, 1969. Color photographs, biographies, annotated source material, websites for further information, a glossary, a Author: Thimmesh, Catherine HSE Descriptors: science Yellowstone Moran:Painting the American West A true story of how Tom Moran traded his city environs for a chance to join a scientific expedition to Yellowstone and record the wonders in his paintings. The author researched letters and journals of the famous Hayden expedition into Yellowstone Nationa Author: Judge, Lita HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies | language arts - writing Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > coming-of-age After the War Was Over In this charming book, Michael Foreman describes growing up in post-World War II England and preparing to be an artist. His text, watercolors, and illustrated memorabilia evoke innocence and pleasure in a world recovering from war. Author: Foreman, Michael HSE Descriptors: social studies Anne Frank If you wonder why read another book on Anne Frank, look at this beautifully and realistically illustrated story that simply relates the political situation and gives the characters more three-dimensional personalities. A chronology in the end papers adds Author: Poole, Josephine HSE Descriptors: social studies Anne Frank If you wonder why read another book on Anne Frank, look at this beautifully and realistically illustrated story that simply relates the political situation and gives the characters more three-dimensional personalities. A chronology in the end papers adds Author: Poole, Josephine HSE Descriptors: social studies Armageddon Summer Fourteen-year-old Marina and 16-year-old Jed accompany their parents' religious cult, the Believers, to the top of a mountain to await the end of the world. The book is narrated in three "voices"--Marina, Jed, and objective accounts such as the newspaper Author: Yolen, Jane & Coville, Bruce HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Ashanti to Zulu Each letter of this alphabet book describes a different African culture. It is meant as a reference or resource book, but the fabulous illustrations create a lively African world. Author: Musgrove, Margaret At Her Majesty's Request Queen Victoria oversees the education and upbringing of an African princess after she was rescued from execution by a ship captain who brought her to England. Author: Myers, Walter Den HSE Descriptors: social studies Bee & Jacky A brother and sister suffer the effects of their father's Vietnam trauma and their mother's ineffectualness by resuming a physical relationship. This moving, psychologically honest book is difficult to read because the real or imagined incest is portraye Author: Coman, Carolyn Black Star, Bright Dawn Bright Dawn, a teenaged Eskimo girl, takes her father's place in the grueling Iditarod, the 1000-mile dogsled race through the cold wilds of Alaska. In the process, she learns about herself, her family, and her culture. Author: O'Dell, Scott Breadwinner, The This coming-of-age story, told from the point of view of a young Afghan girl left to fend for her family in the times of repressive Taliban influence is both moving and suspenseful. Author: Ellis, Deborah HSE Descriptors: social studies Breadwinner, The This coming-of-age story, told from the point of view of a young Afghan girl left to fend for her family in the times of repressive Taliban influence is both moving and suspenseful. Author: Ellis, Deborah HSE Descriptors: social studies Bucking the Sarge Teenage Luther, who is exploited by his slumlord mother, keeps his equilbrium through many humorous misadventures before finding his own way. Author: Curtis, Christopher Paul Buried Alive This collection of linked poems explores the rich, puzzling and painful experiences of love from teenagers' points of view. Author: Fletcher, Ralph HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading 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's castle in 13th Century England. Notes for the Reader contains additional historical information. Author: Platt, Richard HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - writing Color of My Words, The This is an easy-reading novel, part poetry and part prose, about Ana Rosa, a young writer who is growing up poor in a seaside village in the Dominican Republic where she learns about family community, the merengue, and the power of words. Author: Joseph, Lynn HSE Descriptors: social studies Dogsong 14-year-old Russel, an Eskimo, feels assailed by the modernity of his life. With the help of a wise elder, Russel learns how (and why) to make a 1400-mile dog run across his country. (Newbery Honor Book) Author: Paulsen, Gary HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Edna St. Vincent Millay This beautifully illustrated collection of poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay includes an introductory biography and an index of the poems. Author: Schoonmaker, Frances (ed.) HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Elijah of Buxton Eleven-year-old Elijah, the first to be born free in a Canadian settlement for runaway slaves at the end of the Underground Railroad, though considered "fra-gile" and talkative by adults, performs an heroic feat with his chucking stones. Author: Curtis, Christopher Paul Ellen Foster 11-year-old Ellen tells her own story in this "Oprah Book about a foster childhood." She is an amazingly resilient child and an amazingly perceptive observer of others. Author: Gibbons, Kaye Escaping into the Night Thirteen year old Halina escapes from a Polish ghetto to a forest community of Jews where she and her friends Batya and Reuven learn to survive despite brutality, extreme hardship, and loss of family. Although this book is fiction, there were real commu Author: Friedman, D. Dina HSE Descriptors: social studies Facing the Lion Enhanced by a few, vivid color photos, this memoir recounts the Maasi childhood and first encounters with European and American culture of an American teacher who spends part of each year working in Kenya. An afterword brings the reader up to date with L Author: Lekuton, Joseph HSE Descriptors: social studies Fever 1793 This is a very compelling fictionalization of life for one teenaged girl, her family, and her friends during the yellow fever outbreak in Philadelphia in 1793. Author: Anderson, Laurie Halse HSE Descriptors: social studies First Part Last, The [revised from dust jacket] Bobby is a classic urban teenaged boy-- impulsive, eager, restless. On his 16th birthday, he learns that his girlfriend Nia is pregnant. Their lives change dramatically, both during the pregnancy and after baby Feather is born. Author: Johnson, Angela Fish The story of the difficult and dangerous journey a family must make out of a country hit with drought and civil unrest. The story is told from the point of view of the family's youngest member who decides to take a live fish on the journey. Author: Matthews, L. S. HSE Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies Francie This engaging novel shows a slice of life in small-town Alabama in the 1940s, as told from the perspective of 13-year-old Francie. Francie, her mother, and her brother anxiously await a chance to join her father in Chicago. In the meantime, Francie comes Author: English, Karen Giver, The This Newbery Award-winning novel is set in a utopian community in which all conflict and social problems are unheard of. After a coming-of-age ceremony, Jonas begins to interact with The Giver and learns about the secrets that underlie his perfect world. Author: Lowry, Lois Growing Up in Revolution and the New Nation "Studying history is a way of snooping into the past." So begins this interesting book that focuses on childhood and adolescence in 1775--1800. Illustrated with paintings from the Revolutionary War period, the book describes education, work and leisure, d Author: Miller, Brandon Marie HSE Descriptors: social studies Heart is Big Enough, The Each of these five stories focuses on a protagonist with special challenges who is approaching adolescence. As author Steven Kellogg notes on the dust jacket, these stories "bring illumination and enjoyment to those of us who have already passed through" Author: Rosen, Michael Holes This story-within-a-story tells of Stanley Yelnats (and his distant relatives, one of whom "cursed" the family), mistakenly sent to a juvenile corrections camp in Texas. At the corrections camp, Stanley finds a real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of Author: Sachar, Louis I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly Patsy, a 12-year-old slave girl, keeps a diary during 1865, describing the changes in the plantation that come with the Emancipation Proclamation. The author appends historical notes, archival photographs, the wording of Constitutional Amendments 13,14, Author: Hansen, Joyce HSE Descriptors: social studies Islander, The An orphaned boy, who grows up with his grandfather on an island off the coast of British Columbia, finds a key-literally--that helps him overcome his loneliness and loss. Author: Rylant, Cynthia Jack This is a biography of JFK, from birth through HS graduation. A bit of his parents' backgrounds is also provided. Primary documents, letters and school reports, are sprinkled throughout the text. Author: Cooper, Ilene HSE Descriptors: social studies Jayhawker With the U.S. on the verge of civil war, Elijah Tully and his father ride out of Kansas as Jayhawkers, guerrilla fighters against slavery. After his father is killed, Lije goes undercover among the proslavery bushwhackers to help the abolitionists and t Author: Beatty, Patricia HSE Descriptors: social studies Jim the Boy In a coming-of-age story set in Appalachia, Jim grows up as a town boy with his mother and uncles but finally makes friends with a mountain boy and meets his mountain grandfather. Author: Early, Tony Journey Journey, an eleven-year-old boy whose Mom has left him and his sister to live with her parents, feels angry and betrayed. He spends the summer looking at family photos, learning to recognize the sustaining love of his grandparents, and letting go of his Author: MacLachlan, Patricia Leaving and Other Stories, The The nine short stories in this collection all feature young people on the brink of adulthood. Although themes vary according to story, most are written as reminiscences. Since the author is Canadian, readers will learn about Canadian culture. Author: Wilson, Budge Light in the Forest, The At 15, true son John Butler is returned to his biological white family by his Native American adoptive father. After he escapes with his friend and rescuer Halt Arrow, he is caught between two families and two cultures. Author: Richter, Conrad HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy This coming-of-age novel is a Newbery Honor Book. It tells the story of people in Maine in the early 1900s, a friendship between a minister's son and an island girl, and the ways greed and prejudice change all their lives. Author: Schmidt, Gary Long Way From Chicago, A Subtitled "A Novel in Stories," this is a book about Joey and Mary Alice, who leave their home in Chicago each summer during the Depression to spend a week with Grandma Dowdel, who lives in a very small downstate town and who is, to say the least, an unfo Author: Peck, Richard Long Way Gone, A: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier The story of a Sierra Leonian boy who at age 12 was recruited and forced into being a gun toting, drug crazed soldier and then learned how to live with what he had done after going through a UNICEF rehabilitation program. Author: Beah, Ishmael HSE Descriptors: social studies Love, Loss, and What I Wore The author reminisces indirectly by depicting and describing outfits she wore at times of loss in her life. This clever book has a limited audience: urban (especially New York), women, and people interested in fashion design. Author: Beckerman, Ilene Lugalbanda This retelling of the oldest recorded story ever found from Sumer (now Iraq) recounts the journey of a young prince as he crosses the mountains to join a war and find his brothers, overcoming obstacles on his way. The book includes interesting historical Author: Henderson, Kathy HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Moon Over Tennessee A boy accompanies his father into the Confederate Army in the Civil War, eventually arriving at the battle of Gettysburg. The story-poem is told in a format of journal entries. Somber black and white woodcuts contribute to the tragic tone. A map and an Author: Crist-Evans, Craig HSE Descriptors: social studies Morning Girl In alternating chapters, Morning Girl (age 12) and her brother describe life on a Bahamian island in 1492. (Note: this book won the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction.) Author: Dorris, Michael HSE Descriptors: social studies Moving Mama to Town Enterprising Freddy James moves his mother and younger brother to town after his father leaves and the farm fails. He works at the local saloon where he learns from everyone he meets. Author: Young, Ronder Thomas Night the Bells Rang, The This short novel (76 pages), told from the point of view of a farm boy, tells the story of Mason's struggles with a bully, and of his growing up. Although the book has the feel of a reminiscence, the emotions are complex and the characters ring true. Author: Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie Persepolis 2 This graphic novel sequel to Persepolis, depicts the author's rebellious adolescence and early adulthood among dissident outsider friends in Vienna and her voluntary return to her family in fundamentalist Tehran. Readers should be cautioned about referen Author: Satrapi, Marjane HSE Descriptors: social studies Persepolis I: The Story of a Childhood In this first of two volumes about the author's life, Satrapi tells of her childhood and coming of age in Iran during the Islamic Revolution and the Iran/Iraq war. Author: Satrapi, Marjane HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - writing Poetry for Young People: Edna St. Vincent Millay Beautifully illustrated collection of Edna St. Vincent Millay's poetry. The volume also includes a sketch of the poet's life. Author: Francis Schoonmaker HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Raft, The A city boy spends a magical summer in the woods with an unusual grandmother and discovers not only the creatures of the woods and river but himself as well. This is a beautifully illustrated portrait of a childhood we all might like to claim. Author: LaMarche, Jim Remember the Bridge Illustrated by prints and black-and-white photographs and bracketed by two "bridge" poems, the poetry relates the experience of African Americans from Africa to the Civil Rights Movement. Author: Weatherford, Carole HSE Descriptors: social studies Rite of Passage The book is set in Harlem in the late 1940s. Protagonist Johnny Gibbs, 15, is a model child and student until he learns that he is a foster child who must go to live with another family. Johnny feels betrayed and reacts by running away. What follows pu Author: Wright, Richard HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Same Stuff as Stars, The Angel and her little brother Bernie are dropped off at their great-grandma's house. Dad is in jail, and mom is an alcoholic and selfishly unable to be a mother. Together, the new family learns to live together in the crumbling Vermont farmhouse. Author: Paterson, Katherine Saying It Out Loud Mindy is a typical 16-year-old teenager when her mother develops a serious medical problem. This touching story alternates between Mindy's current feelings and actions and flashbacks to earlier memories to show her reaction to this terrible tragedy. Author: Abelove, Joan Secret Life of Bees, The Fourteen-year-old Lily and Rosaleen, the black servant who has look after her since her mother died 10 years earlier, run from Lily's abusive father and the brutality and racism of the police. Against the historical events of 1964 in South Carolina, they Author: Kidd, Sue Monk Seek For a senior class autobiography assignment, Robbie creates "a sound portrait" in a radio script format, which includes his extended family and his search for his long-absent father. One reviewer thought that the text is too disjointed and confusing for Author: Fleischman, Paul Sees Behind Trees A blind Native American boy learns to "see behind trees", guided by his mother, to use his other senses. He uses his gift to help an old warrior find a land of mystery and beauty that he'd discovered years ago, and could not find again himself. Author: Dorris, Michael HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Seventeenth Child, The The author writes the oral history of her mother, who is the seventeenth child in her family growing up in the South during the Depression. Author: Rice, Dorothy & Payne, Lucille HSE Descriptors: social studies shadow spinner 1 Author: fletcher, susan HSE Descriptors: literature and arts | literature and arts | literature and arts | literature and arts | literature and arts Song of Be When Be was a child, she and her mother left their people--the Namibian Bushmen--to work on a white man's plantation. Spending time with her grandfather helps her forget how much she misses others. With Namibia on the verge of freedom, Be finds the cour Author: Beake, Lesley HSE Descriptors: social studies Sound the Jubilee During the Civil War, Maddie, an eleven-year-old house slave, journeys with her mistress to Nags Head near Roanoke Island which has become a Yankee-protected community for run-away slaves. Maddie grows up there with her family and finds a place for herse Author: Forrester, Saundra HSE Descriptors: social studies Speak This compelling story recounts Melinda's freshman year in high school. She is an outcast because she called the police to an end-of-the-summer party. Her reasons for doing this and her gradual emotional acceptance and psychological healing are the focus o Author: Anderson, Laurie Step Toward Heaven, A When Young Ju emigrates with her immediate family to America from Korea, she misses her grandparents. As she grows older, she finds a refuge from her father's physical abuse in school achievement. The author mimics the style of narration with the age of Author: Na, An Stone Water Grant, a 15-year-old boy, grapples with his grandfather's request to remove him from life support systems. This is a realistic and emotionally riveting portrayal of issues surrounding death. Author: Gilbert, Barbara Tale of Paradise Lost, The An exquisitly illustrated prose retelling of John Milton's famous poem Paradise Lost. Author: Willard, Nancy HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading To Kill A Mockingbird In this classic American novel set in the 30s, Lee tells the story of two children growing up in the South with their lawyer father who represents an African-American man accused of raping a white woman. The novel is rich and complex in plot and theme. Author: Lee, Harper HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Toning the Sweep Emily goes to the desert with her mother to help her dying grandmother Ola pack up her house and move. She slowly comes to terms with her family history and her coming loss. Author: Johnson, Angela Touching Spirit Bear Cole, a juvenile "delinquent," is offered jail or "circle justice," a system based on Native American traditions that attempts to provide healing for the criminal, his victim, and the community. Cole's time at a remote Alaskan island and his interactions Author: Mikaelsen, Ben Waiting for the Evening Star This beautifully illustrated book is about Berty, a small boy who lives a happy life in a Vermont farming community. Berty's life changes when his older brother, Luke, decides to leave the family farm to become a soldier in WWI. Author: Wells, Rosemary HSE Descriptors: social studies Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963, The The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family from Flint, Michigan are drastically changed after a trip to Alabama in 1963. This is a powerful book, sometimes powerfully funny and sometimes powerfully touching Author: Curtis, Christopher P. HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March Tells the story of the Birmingham Children's March through four participants. As the events unfold, the different perspectives and motivations of the participants shed light on the dynamics of the civil rights movement. In addition to the personal stori Author: Levinson, Cynthia HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Words West: Voices of Young Pioneers Diary and journal excerpts and archival photographs enliven a well-written text about the Westward Movement as seen from the perspective of children. The book includes short biographies of the children who are quoted often as well as a chronology, furthe Author: Wadsworth, Ginger HSE Descriptors: social studies Year Down Yonder, A This is the sequel to A Long Way From Chicago. Both books have won awards, the Newbery Medal for this one. Mary Alice goes to live with her spunky, trouble-making grandma in rural Illinois because the Depression has torn her family apart. Author: Peck, Richard Young Man and the Sea, The In an attempt to push his father out of the alcohol-fueled funk he's been in since his wife died, 12-year-old Skiff Beaman repairs the family fishing boat and meets a 900-lb. tuna 30 miles at sea. Author: Philbrick, Rodman Young Man and the Sea, The In an attempt to push his father out of the alcohol-fueled funk he's been in since his wife died, 12-year-old Skiff Beaman repairs the family fishing boat and meets a 900-lb. tuna 30 miles at sea. Author: Philbrick, Rodman Young Teddy Roosevelt A biography of the life of Theodore Roosevelt up to the time of his presidency has illustrations that are as interesting as the well-written text. Author: Harness, Cheryl HSE Descriptors: social studies Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > curiosity Ben Franklin's Almanac The "scrapbook" format of this biography, explores Ben Franklin's life thematically rather than chronologically, allowing the reader to grasp what a multi-talented person he was. The author includes extensive back matter for further research. Author: Fleming, Candice HSE Descriptors: social studies Charles and Emma Charles Darwin's struggles with religious beliefs and his developing theory of evolution are the backdrop for this domestic biography of the Darwins. The author includes a genealogy chart, extensive source notes, a bibliography, and a thorough index. Author: Heligman, Deborah HSE Descriptors: science Charles and Emma Charles Darwin's struggles with religious beliefs and his developing theory of evolution are the backdrop for this domestic biography of the Darwins. The author includes a genealogy chart, extensive source notes, a bibliography, and a thorough index. Author: Heligman, Deborah HSE Descriptors: science Confucius The author has demythologized the figure of Confucius, depicting him as a very human, vulnerable and wise man. In a postscript, the author explains the origin and process of the book, providing resources and an index of Confucian sayings. The illustrati Author: Freedman, Russell HSE Descriptors: social studies Genius: A Photobiography of Albert Einstein This photobiography of Albert Einstein documents his celebrated scientific achievements and his lesser-known stands for freedom and opposition of tyrants from Hitler to McCarthy. The story of his family life gives insights into his pursuit of questioning Author: Delano, Marfe Ferguson HSE Descriptors: science Genius: A Photobiography of Albert Einstein This photobiography of Albert Einstein documents his celebrated scientific achievements and his lesser-known stands for freedom and opposition of tyrants from Hitler to McCarthy. The story of his family life gives insights into his pursuit of questioning Author: Delano, Marfe Ferguson HSE Descriptors: science Hana's Suitcase When a suitcase with Hana Brady's name on it arrives at the Toyko Children's Holocaust Education Center, the children have many question about who Hana might have been. In an effort to answer those questions, Fumiko Ishioka, the center's curator, begins a Author: Levine, Karen HSE Descriptors: social studies Librarian Who Measured the Earth, The A "responsibly imagined" biography of Eratosthenes, the librarian of the great library in Alexandria, Egypt,in the 3rd Century B. C., describes how he measured the circumference of the earth. Author: Lasky, Kathryn HSE Descriptors: math Library for Juana, A This beautifully illustrated imaginative biography (little is known) focuses on the early life of Juana Ramirez de Asbaje, who became the first and one of the greatest Mexican poets known as Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz. The author includes a glossary, furt Author: Mora, Pat HSE Descriptors: social studies Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein This picture book biography of Albert Einstein focuses on his early years when he did not fit in--anywhere. Don Brown illustrates his book in delightful ink and watercolor and includes a biographical note updating the events of the book. Author: Brown, Don HSE Descriptors: science | math Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein This picture book biography of Albert Einstein focuses on his early years when he did not fit in--anywhere. Don Brown illustrates his book in delightful ink and watercolor and includes a biographical note updating the events of the book. Author: Brown, Don HSE Descriptors: science | math Silent Boy, The Katy,the young and curious daughter of a small-town doctor living in 1908, learns about life, death, and social distinctions from her family and her friend, Jacob, who is "touched." Author: Lowry, Lois Something out of Nothing: Marie Curie and Radiation This is a very readable biography of Marie Curie and her discovery of radiation. Author: McClafferty, Carla HSE Descriptors: science White Wave Retold from ancient sources, this Chinese tale of a lonely peasant's discovery of a magic shell relates the changes in his life that follow. The delicate pencil drawings by Ed Young complement the text. The author includes a note on the evolution of the Author: Wolkstein, Diane HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > depression Can't Get There from Here This fictional story of homeless teens trying to survive on NYC streets in winter recounts the perils of drugs, sex, starvation, cold, and the help of a few who try to intervene. This is a gripping story, but not for the faint of heart. Author: Strasser, Todd Reappearance of Sam Webber, The With the help of adult friends, eleven-year-old Sam Webber adjusts to the disappearance of his father and the reduced circumstances of life in Baltimore. Although the story is told from Sam's perspective, every reader can identify with the ultimately upb Author: Fuqua, Jonathon Scott Speak This compelling story recounts Melinda's freshman year in high school. She is an outcast because she called the police to an end-of-the-summer party. Her reasons for doing this and her gradual emotional acceptance and psychological healing are the focus o Author: Anderson, Laurie Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > endurance 47 In this part fictional slave narrative and part science fiction story, 47, a young slave without a name, learns from mysterious Tall John how to "neither a master nor a nigger be". Author: Mosley, Walter HSE Descriptors: social studies Ajeemah and His Son This very powerful, short chapter book (83 pages) is set first in Africa, then on a slave ship, and then in Jamaica where Ajeemah and his son are taken. It tells the story of a father and son who are captured outside of their village and torn from their Author: Berry, James HSE Descriptors: social studies Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart Informative account of Amelia Earhart's life and death, separating fact from fiction. A leader in women's rights, Amelia was an independent woman who proved women could fly! But, could she have done it without male support? Bibliography and source notes Author: Fleming,Candace HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Angel Island An historical account of the discrimination against the Asian immigrants in the late 1800s-early 1900s. Angel Island, located near Alcatraz Island, was the Ellis Island of the west coast of the U.S. but was more of a prison than a welcoming center. Drawi Author: Russell Freedman HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading Bonyo Bonyo: The True Story of a Brave Boy from Kenya Story of how a Kenyan boy sets a goal of becoming a doctor after his baby sister dies. He succeeds and is now a physician in Akron Ohio. Author: Oelschlager, Vanita HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | language arts - writing | social studies | science Do I Dare Disturb the Universe: Charlise Lyles grew up in Cleveland in the 1960s and 1970s. This memoir focuses on life in the projects, her family's struggle to survive, her mother's relentless work to provide opportunities for children. Mostly, though, it's about Charlise-- her though Author: Lyles, Charlise Dog Lost An eleven-year old boy and pit bull terrier become best of friends. In an angry rage, the father throws the dog out into the street and the dog is forced to survive. Eventually the boy and his dog are reunited but not before the dog becomes a local hero Author: Lee, Ingrid HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Dogsong 14-year-old Russel, an Eskimo, feels assailed by the modernity of his life. With the help of a wise elder, Russel learns how (and why) to make a 1400-mile dog run across his country. (Newbery Honor Book) Author: Paulsen, Gary HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Escaping into the Night Thirteen year old Halina escapes from a Polish ghetto to a forest community of Jews where she and her friends Batya and Reuven learn to survive despite brutality, extreme hardship, and loss of family. Although this book is fiction, there were real commu Author: Friedman, D. Dina HSE Descriptors: social studies Gleam and Glow The story of a family who fled from the Bosnian-Serb forces to a refugee camp in 1990. When they returned to their home in 1995 they found everything destroyed except 2 pet fish. Author: Bunting, Eve HSE Descriptors: social studies Gleam and Glow The story of a family who fled from the Bosnian-Serb forces to a refugee camp in 1990. When they returned to their home in 1995 they found everything destroyed except 2 pet fish. Author: Bunting, Eve HSE Descriptors: social studies In Memory's Kitchen While prisoners in Teresienstadt (Terezin) concentration camp, Jewish women created a book of recipes of foods remembered. The introduction relates the fascinating history of this unique cookbook. Author: De Silva, Cara HSE Descriptors: social studies Letters from a Slave Girl Drawn from her 1861 autobiography, these fictionalized letters tell the story of Harriet Jacobs, a slave from North Carolina who went through great struggles to escape slavery. The book ends with two family trees, one a Black family and one White, a glos Author: Lyons, Mary HSE Descriptors: social studies Maus I: My Father Bleeds History This is the first of two volumes about the experiences of the author's parents in the Nazi concentration camps during WWII. The author depicts Jews as mice and Nazis as cats in his illustrations. Author: Spiegelman, Art HSE Descriptors: social studies Maus II: A Survivor's Tale A powerful graphic novel about a father who survived the Nazi concentration camps and his son in which Jews are depicted as mice and Nazis as cats. The story jumps back and forth between the present life in the Catskills and the past life in the camps. Author: Spiegelman, Art HSE Descriptors: social studies Nothing But Trouble: The Story of Althea Gibson Althea Gibson was perpetual motion and perpetual trouble until mentors helped her channel her energy into tennis where she became a champion, and the first African American to win the Wimbledon. The colorful illustrations capture her boundless energy. Author: Stauffacher, Sue HSE Descriptors: social studies Nothing But Trouble: The Story of Althea Gibson Althea Gibson was perpetual motion and perpetual trouble until mentors helped her channel her energy into tennis where she became a champion, and the first African American to win the Wimbledon. The colorful illustrations capture her boundless energy. Author: Stauffacher, Sue HSE Descriptors: social studies Sarah's Key The story of the roundup of the Jews in France during WWII. A heart-wrenching look at the infamous collaboration of French officials with the Nazis It is told through two people: a 10-year-old Jewish girl and an American journalist 60 years later. Author: de Rosnay, Tatiana HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading Sold Lakshmi is a thirteen-year-old girl who lives with her family in a village in Nepal. Her stepfather sells her into sexual slavery and her life of prostitution begins in a large city in India. The book is written in short paragraphs, sentences, and phrases Author: McCormick, Patricia HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading Stone Lamp, The This book of poems and accounts gives a personal and historical perspective of the meaning of lighting the Menorah lamps representing the eight nights of Hanukkah. The author tells in prose and poetry of real events from 1190 to 1995. Brian Pinkney's vi Author: Hesse, Karen HSE Descriptors: social studies Surrender Tree, The Cuba has fought three wars for independence and still is not free. Acclaimed poet, Margarita Engle has created a lyrical, powerful portrait of Cuba. The main character is a healer who treats anyone in need. Initially a slave, Rosa becomes a free person w Author: Engle, Margarita HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading To Dare Mighty Things: The Life of Theodore Roosevelt The book depicts T. Roosevelt's life from youth to death. It explains his marriages, children, passions and accomplishments as a politician and conservationist. Full color illustrations and direct quotes help bring the story of Teddy Roosevelt to life. Author: Rappaport, Doreen HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > faith/beliefs Anno's Medieval World In Anno's beautifully illustrated medieval world, superstitions rather than science explain natural phenomena, especially the shape and movement of the earth. Anno uses medieval styled illustrations to share these beliefs of the Middle Ages up to the Age Author: Anno, Mitsumasa HSE Descriptors: science | social studies Buddha The beautifully illustrated story of how the young prince Siddhartha became a Buddha. Author: Demi HSE Descriptors: social studies Buddha The beautifully illustrated story of how the young prince Siddhartha became a Buddha. Author: Demi HSE Descriptors: social studies Joan of Arc The author weaves together historical fact and fiction in the story of a modern French girl who idolizes Joan of Arc. An historical map and beautiful illustrations enhance the stories. Author: Morpurgo, Michael HSE Descriptors: social studies Unexplained The author explores several categories of unexplained phenomena from Stonehenge to Roswell, N. M. UFO sightings, suggesting origins of superstitions and possible explanations. Sidebar information, photographs, and paintings illustrate the text and back m Author: Allen, Judy HSE Descriptors: social studies Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > fate Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart Informative account of Amelia Earhart's life and death, separating fact from fiction. A leader in women's rights, Amelia was an independent woman who proved women could fly! But, could she have done it without male support? Bibliography and source notes Author: Fleming,Candace HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Black Pioneers This well-researched history of African American pioneers, freedom fighters, and participants in the Underground Railroad tells little known stories of brave people who settled the midwest against great odds. The book contains archival photographs, a map Author: Katz, William Loren HSE Descriptors: social studies I Have an Olive Tree Colorful, stylized illustrations depict a girl and her mother as they travel back to Greece to see the olive tree her granfather left her when he died, a gift that grows in value as the story progresses. Author: Bunting, Eve HSE Descriptors: social studies I Heard the Owl Call my Name Although this book is not universally appealing, some readers respond emotionally and deeply to this story of a young priest's year with the Native American people of British Columbia, his illness, and his acceptance of his fate. The book does not provid Author: Craven, Margaret Safekeeping Radley returns home to Vermont from a volunteer stay in Haiti to complete chaos. She begins a long trek to try to find her parents and some sense of normalcy in a country becoming completely dysfunctional.The underling message is articulated, as a vision Author: Hesse, Karen HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading | language arts - writing To Be a Slave Reminiscences of slaves and ex-slaves report their experiences of being owned and sold as property in the United States during the 19th Century. Many accounts of brutality are unsettling. This is a reprint of a 1968 edition with new introductory materia Author: Lester, Julius HSE Descriptors: social studies Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > freedom 47 In this part fictional slave narrative and part science fiction story, 47, a young slave without a name, learns from mysterious Tall John how to "neither a master nor a nigger be". Author: Mosley, Walter HSE Descriptors: social studies Carver Personal and professional details of the life of George Washington Carver are told in poems from the perspectives of many people. Author: Nelson, Marilyn HSE Descriptors: social studies | science Coretta Scott Coretta is a poetic tribute to the life of Coretta Scott King and the Civil Rights movement. This is an amazing biographical tribute in poetry which is most readable and offers all kinds of teaching opportunities. The art work by Kadir Nelson really make Author: Shange, Ntozake HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Days of Jubilee Subtitled "The End of Slavery in the United States," this book chronicles the U.S. Civil War with particular attention to the different times and circumstances in which slaves were freed. The text is sprinkled with excerpts from slave narratives, letters, Author: McKissack, Patricia, & McKissack, Frederick HSE Descriptors: social studies Dear Mr. President: Abraham Lincoln Letters from a Slave Girl Fictional correspondences between President Lincoln and a 12-year-old slave girl that discuss his decision to write the Emancipation Proclamation. The author includes a supporting website, index, other recommended books, and photographs. Author: Pinkney, Andrea Davis HSE Descriptors: social studies Dream of Freedom, A This well written and comprehensive documentation of the Civil Rights Movement, its background, issues, and confrontations is told by a white Southern woman of privilege who grew up during that period. Photographs and fact boxes, index, bibliography, and Author: McWhorter, Diane HSE Descriptors: social studies Escape from Saigon: How a Vietnam War Orphan Became an American Boy This is an informative account of a child left behind when his American soldier father left Vietnam and his mother died. It traces his journey to America, his adopted family and his eventual return to his homeland to help orphans. Author: Warren, Andrea HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading Freedom Riders This book, illustrated with historical photographs, tells the story of two young men, one white and one black, whose common goal in life is to bring equality between the races. Their story is set during the historic freedom rides of the Civil Rights Move Author: Bausum, Ann HSE Descriptors: social studies Freedom River In this true story, John Parker, an ex-slave in Ripley, Ohio, helps a family on the Underground Railroad. Beautiful watercolor collages illustrate the story. Historical notes, additional books, suggested websites, and maps make this useful in the classr Author: Rappaport, Doreen HSE Descriptors: social studies Freedom's Children Thirty African Americans tell their youthful experiences in the civil rights movement. The book includes a chronology, a who's who, a list of acronyms, and a bibliography. Author: Levine, Ellen HSE Descriptors: social studies Friend on Freedom River This is the story of young Louis, who decides to do what his father would do and help runaway slaves make it across the Detroit River to Canada. Author: Whelan, Gloria HSE Descriptors: social studies Gandhi The remarkable life of Mahatma Gandhi is told through simple text and beautiful Moghul-inspired illustrations. An author's note includes additional information and maps locate the principle places involved in his life. Author: Demi HSE Descriptors: social studies Giver, The This Newbery Award-winning novel is set in a utopian community in which all conflict and social problems are unheard of. After a coming-of-age ceremony, Jonas begins to interact with The Giver and learns about the secrets that underlie his perfect world. Author: Lowry, Lois Grab Hands and Run Based on a true story, this 165-page book tells of twelve-year-old Felipe, his sister, and his mother as they flee El Salvador when his father disappears. The family escapes, hides, and runs until, caught, they are finally placed in a new home in Canada. Author: Temple, Frances HSE Descriptors: social studies Harriet and the Promised Land The text, consisting of a single rhyming poem, is an accompaniment to Lawrence's contemporary and vivid paintings. The poem tells the story of Harriet Tubman, a slave who led other slaves to freedom. Author: Lawrence, Jacob HSE Descriptors: social studies Henry's Freedom Box This simply written picture book tells the true story of Henry Brown, a runaway slave who escaped to freedom by mailing himself in a crate. Author: Levine, Ellen HSE Descriptors: social studies It Is a Good Day to Die A brief introduction explains why the account of Custer's battle at Little Bighorn is told through individual recollections long after the encounter. In addition to the personal accounts, the book includes a helpful chronology of events, short biographie Author: Viola, Herman HSE Descriptors: social studies January's Sparrow After a fellow slave is beaten to death, Sadie and her family flee the plantation for freedom through the Underground Railroad. As they make a new life in Michigan, they must remain alert for the slave catchers. Author: Polacco, Patricia HSE Descriptors: social studies January's Sparrow After a fellow slave is beaten to death, Sadie and her family flee the plantation for freedom through the Underground Railroad. As they make a new life in Michigan, they must remain alert for the slave catchers. Author: Polacco, Patricia HSE Descriptors: social studies Moses The author's note describes this book on Harriet Tubman as a "fictionalized spiritual journey" comparing her answering the call of God to lead her people out of slavery to Moses leading the Israelites out of bondage in Egypt. The author includes a forewo Author: Weatherford, Carole HSE Descriptors: social studies Music of Dolphins, The Mila, a feral child raised by dolphins after her parents' death, is rescued, studied and taught human behavior and language at a research center. Different type face and size convey Mila's language development. Author: Hesse, Karen My Freedom Trip: A Child's Escape from North Korea This story describes the flight of a young girl from North to South Korea just before the outbreak of the Korean War. The story is told simply with superb illustrations. Author: Park, Frances and Park, Ginger HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | 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 book contains 23 chapters on topics such as the Dred Scott Case and Brown v. Board of Education, an afterword, an author's note, a bibliography, and an index. Author: Myers, Walter Dean HSE Descriptors: social studies Now Let Me Fly This book gives a fictional account of Minna, a young African girl, taken from her homeland and sold into slavery. The epilogue carries the story forward to the Emancipation Declaration. Author: Johnson, Dolores HSE Descriptors: social studies Picture Book of Frederick Douglass, A This engaging biography tells the life story of the civil rights leader Frederick Douglass and the role he played in a turbulent time of the United States. The book ends with author's notes and a timeline. The Adler biographies are well written and acce Author: Adler, David HSE Descriptors: social studies Pledge of Allegiance, The This book illustrates the phrases in the Pledge of Allegiance with photographs. Included is a description of what the pledge means (literally), dates to diplay the flag, and some basic flag history. Author: No author cited HSE Descriptors: social studies Pride of Baghdad This graphic novel of a family of lions liberated from the Baghdad zoo by U.S. bombing raids provides a symbolic understanding of the war from the dangers they encounter. Author: Vaughan, Brian K. HSE Descriptors: social studies Rabbits, The A myth/allegory about rabbits who take over a country and destroy the environment. The illustrations are simultaneously thought-provoking, beautiful, and ominous. The type face may confuse new readers although it is large and easy to read. Author: Marsden, John Real Benedict Arnold, The This well-researched biography examines the facts and rumors of the life of the hero, then traitor, Benedict Arnold against the background of the Continental Congress and the Revolutionary War. Maps and portraits illustrate the text. End notes, sources, Author: Murphy, Jim HSE Descriptors: social studies Remember the Bridge Illustrated by prints and black-and-white photographs and bracketed by two "bridge" poems, the poetry relates the experience of African Americans from Africa to the Civil Rights Movement. Author: Weatherford, Carole HSE Descriptors: social studies Sarney A sequel to Nightjohn, the book follows the life of Sarny, the slave girl that Nightjohn taught to read, as she travels to New Orleans in the aftermath of the Civil War to find her children who had been sold into slavery. Author: Paulsen, Gary HSE Descriptors: social studies Silver Packages A man returns to his childhood home in Appalachia to thank the benefactor on the Christmas Train. The story originally appeared in Rylant's book Children of Christmas: Stories for the Season. Author: Rylant, Cynthia So Far From the Sea A Japanese American visits Manazar, a Japanese relocation camp in World War II, to visit the grave of a grandfather. Author: Bunting, Eve HSE Descriptors: social studies Sweet Smell of Roses, A The book jacket says it all: "There's a sweet, sweet smell in the air as two young girls sneak out of their house, down the street, and across town to where men and women are gathered, ready to march for freedom and justice?--with Martin Luther King, Jr. Author: Johnson, Angela HSE Descriptors: social studies This Is the Dream Accessible poetry and vivid illustrations portray the dreams and accomplishments of the Civil Rights Movement. The illustrator uses interesting collages for some borders and the endpapers. Author: Shore, Diane & Alexander, Jessica HSE Descriptors: social studies To Be a Slave Reminiscences of slaves and ex-slaves report their experiences of being owned and sold as property in the United States during the 19th Century. Many accounts of brutality are unsettling. This is a reprint of a 1968 edition with new introductory materia Author: Lester, Julius HSE Descriptors: social studies Voice of Her Own, A This biography of Phillis Wheatley, a American Revolution era slave who became the first Black woman poet, includes excerpts of her poetry, an epilogue, and notes by the author and illustrator. Author: Lasky, Kathryn HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - writing Wall, The: Growing up behind the iron curtain Author-illustrator Peter Sis documents his growing up in Czechoslovakia behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War, using extraordinary drawings in black, white, and red that precede two-page spreads of journal entries. Because the running text at the b Author: Sis, Peter HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading | language arts - writing When Harriet Met Sojourner The author imagines the meeting of two brave activists for the freeing of slaves --Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman when they were in Boston in 1864. The story is told with the aid of very powerful artwork. Author: Clinton, Catherine HSE Descriptors: social studies Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > hopes/dreams 145th Street: Short Stories Engaging short stories written in Myers' natural writing styles that contain serious side plots and portray some of the people who live on one block of 145th Street in Harlem. Characters are portrayed honestly and jump off the page to keep the reader enga Author: Myers, Walter Dean HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | language arts - writing Angel Island An historical account of the discrimination against the Asian immigrants in the late 1800s-early 1900s. Angel Island, located near Alcatraz Island, was the Ellis Island of the west coast of the U.S. but was more of a prison than a welcoming center. Drawi Author: Russell Freedman HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading At Gleason's Gym The story of Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn NY, and the many people who use it. It includes a brief story of Sugar Boy Younan, National Silver Gloves Champion 2006. The words and pictures tap into the senses. The illustrations demonstrate the rhythm to the mus Author: Lewin, Ted HSE Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies Barack Obama, Son of Promise, Child of Hope Framed by the story of an African American mother and her son, who keeps interjecting questions and comments, the narrative tells the story of Barack Obama around the theme of hope and the importance of education. Both the words of Nikki Grimes and the ar Author: Grimes, Nikki HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Block, The This collection of Langston Hughes poems is complemented by the illustrations of Romare Beardon. An introduction by Bill Cosby precedes the collection, and biographies of the poet and artist conclude it. Author: Hughes, Langston HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Boy Named Giotto, A This exquisitely illustrated biography portrays the early years of the Renaissance painter, Giotto, who lived in Italy from 1267-1337. Author: Guarnieri, Paolo HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Champions on the Bench: The Cannon Street YMCA All-Stars In 1955, the Cannon St YMCA's Little League team (from SC) cannot play in the Little League World Series because all-white teams refuse to play them. The story told in this book is based on these real events. Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston HSE Descriptors: social studies Champions on the Bench: The Cannon Street YMCA All-Stars In 1955, the Cannon St YMCA's Little League team (from SC) cannot play in the Little League World Series because all-white teams refuse to play them. The story told in this book is based on these real events. Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston HSE Descriptors: social studies Chanda's Secrets Sixteen-year-old Chanda, who lives in a fictional sub-Saharan country that is feeling the impact of HIV/AIDS psychologically(fears, lies, and sundered relationships)and socially (ostracism of tainted people, necessity of hiding), takes a courageous stand Author: Stratton, Allan HSE Descriptors: social studies Choices George Ella Lyon, an accomplished writer of children's books, wrote this collection of stories (and its accompanying text, More Choices) specifically for adult new readers; in fact, she conferred with ABE students from Kentucky while creating the Author: Lyon, George Ella Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters This story describes the customs used in both the plantation house and the slave quarters during the Christmas season during slavery years. The amount of detail--even recipes and songs are included--is unusual, and yet the book flows well and makes compe Author: McKissack, Patricia & McKissack, Frederick HSE Descriptors: social studies Circuit, The The author tells the heartbreaking story of a young boy growing up as an undocumented migrant whose family traveled the crop circuit in California in the 1930's. The narrative is told as linked stories. At least two of the chapters have been published a Author: Jimenez, Francisco HSE Descriptors: social studies Don Quixote and the Windmills This retelling of the famous Spanish novel by Cervantes recounts Don Quixote's first adventure as a knight. An Author's Note contributes historical information about Cervantes. Author: Kimmel, Eric HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Drawing in the Sand, A In words and illustrations, Jerry Butler tells his story of becoming an artist--the people who encouraged him and the African American artists who established a tradition for him to join. Some students may find the uses of different type face distracting Author: Butler, Jerry HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Dream Keeper and Other Poems, The A reissue of Hughes' poetry book with seven additional poems (total of 66). The poems are short and make appropriate reading for all levels of learners. Many of the poems deal with issues of the African-American experience. Author: Hughes, Langston HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Drylongso Drylongso, which takes place west of the Mississippi in 1975, is the story of a poor farming family's battle with a drought. Drylongso, "a youth imbued with simple human kindness . . . a folk hero" (author's notes) arrives, and with him comes ho Author: Hamilton, Viginia Escape from Saigon: How a Vietnam War Orphan Became an American Boy This is an informative account of a child left behind when his American soldier father left Vietnam and his mother died. It traces his journey to America, his adopted family and his eventual return to his homeland to help orphans. Author: Warren, Andrea HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading Etched in Clay: The Life of Dave Enslaved Potter and Poet This imaginative volume of poetry is both a tribute to Dave the Potter and a positive biography of a potter who worked his artistic magic despite being a slave. It is poetic in style, autobiographical, written in more than one voice and each entry is jour Author: Cheng, Andrea HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | language arts - writing | social studies Fanny's Dream A retelling of the Cinderella story, the book depicts the choices of Fanny Agnes, providing a humorous portrait of a strong woman. Author: Buehner, Caralyn Glass Castle, The: A Memoir Jeannette Walls' memoir of her dysfunctional but vibrant family and the resilience and loyalty they exhibited. Author: Walls, Jeannette Glass Castle, The: A Memoir Jeannette Walls' memoir of her dysfunctional but vibrant family and the resilience and loyalty they exhibited. Author: Walls, Jeannette Gwendolyn Brooks This biography describes the influences and hardships of the early years and the political activism of the later years of the African American poet Gwendolyn Brooks. The book includes a chronology, archival photos, an index, a list of published works and Author: Hill, Christine M. HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies | language arts - writing Hand in Hand The collection of poems is organized by American historical themes rather than by chronology. There are many poems that are familiar patriotic songs. Author: Hopkins, Lee (Ed.) Heart of a Champion, The These are short biographies of sports figures who have been featured on Wheaties boxes over the years. Subsections, organized by traits that contribute to success (commitment, grace, courage, team effort, and perseverance) are preceded by short essays abo Author: Deford, Frank Here in Harlem Walter Dean Myers recreates the Harlem of his youth in poetry and populates it with colorful characters through their voices. Author: Myers, Walter Dean I Dream of Trains This is the story of an African-American boy who lives in the South before the Great Migration, who loves trains, and who stands in awe of Casey Jones. Author: Johnson, Angela HSE Descriptors: social studies I Have Heard of a Land A hardworking African American woman stakes a homestead claim in the Oklahoma Territory in the period after the Civil War. Told in rich, lyrical language, the beautifully illustrated story reminds us that African Americans were a part of the settlement o Author: Thomas, Joyce Carol HSE Descriptors: social studies In the Promised Land From Asser Levy in 1654 to Steven Spielberg today, this book provides one-page illustrated biographies of thirteen famous Jews. In addition, the author includes other print and web resources. Author: Rappaport, Doreen HSE Descriptors: social studies Indigo and Moonlight Gold A little girl looks at the stars and dreams. Author: Gilchrist, J.S. Jimi: Sounds Like a Rainbow Told in vivid language and stunningly illustrated, this is a story of a talented child who discovers his love of music and learns to see, hear, and interpret the world around him in his own unique way. Author: Golio, Gary HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | language arts - writing Leonardo's Horse Contemporary sculptors completed the horse that Leonardo da Vinci began but never finished. Author: Fritz, Jean HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Let the Celebrations Begin! During WW II, in the concentration camps, women hoarded buttons and odds and ends in order to make the children dolls and presents for the day they would be released. Although the art has been criticized for being too whimsical for its grim subject matte Author: Wild, Margaret HSE Descriptors: social studies Let Them Play This beautifully illustrated book tells the true story of the 1955 state champion little league team from South Carolina, who were all African-American and who encountered segregation problems as they continued to win. Author: Raven, Margot HSE Descriptors: social studies Letters from a Slave Girl Drawn from her 1861 autobiography, these fictionalized letters tell the story of Harriet Jacobs, a slave from North Carolina who went through great struggles to escape slavery. The book ends with two family trees, one a Black family and one White, a glos Author: Lyons, Mary HSE Descriptors: social studies Long Walk to Water, A When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva D Author: Park, Linda Sue HSE Descriptors: social studies Lotus Seed, The A young girl tells her grandmother's story of carrying a lotus seed with her from Vietnam, losing it, and then regaining it. The author wants to share "how a family's heritage is passed from one generation to the next and how hope, like the lotus seed, ca Author: Garland, Sherry HSE Descriptors: social studies Make Lemonade When fourteen-year-old LaVaughn takes a job baby-sitting for seventeen-year-old Jolly's two children, neither girl realizes how much she'll learn from the other. Despite no job, a lousy apartment, and a bleak future, Jolly, with the help of LaVaughn and Author: Wolff, Virginia Euwer Man Who Walked Between the Towers, The The book celebrates in pictures and text Philippe Petit's highwire walk between the Trade Center Towers on Aug. 7, 1974. Author: Gerstein, Mordicai Mandela This picture book biography tells Nelson Mandela's story, from his childhood to his imprisonment and ultimate freedom. Author: Cooper, Floyd HSE Descriptors: social studies Minty Long before her years as leader in the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman, nicknamed Minty, was a strong-willed child who dreamed of running away while suffering the brutalities of slavery. Old Ben taught her survival skills that she would need later. Author: Schroeder, Alan HSE Descriptors: social studies Miss Crandall's School In innovative sonnet form, the authors tell the story of Prudence Crandall who ran a school for "young ladies and little misses of color" in Canterbury, Connecticut, in 1831 until boycotts, vandalism and persecution forced the school to close. An introdu Author: Alexander, Elizabeth & Nelson, Marilyn HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies More Than Anything Else Few people around young Booker T. Washington are able to read. But Booker, age 9, finds a chance and takes it. This biography, which also shows life in post-Civil War West Virginia, is full of eloquent language and dramatic, lantern-lit paintings. Author: Bradby, Marie HSE Descriptors: social studies My Ol' Man Patricia Polacco once again uses her rich family background to tell the story of her father, a traveling salesman, and the magic, hope, and dreams he inspired. (Photos of the author and her family adorn the inside covers.) Author: Polacco, Patricia Now Let Me Fly This book gives a fictional account of Minna, a young African girl, taken from her homeland and sold into slavery. The epilogue carries the story forward to the Emancipation Declaration. Author: Johnson, Dolores HSE Descriptors: social studies One and Only Ivan, The When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall,he decides that he must find them a better life. Although a work of fiction, this story comes from a true story Author: Applegate, Katherine HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | science Parvana's Journey Disguised as a boy, Parvana rescues a baby and joins with a young boy as she travels through war-torn Afghanistan searching for her family. The telling of the story through the child's perspective allows the reader to approach a sensitive current event an Author: Ellis, Deborah HSE 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 California in the mid 1850's, got trapped in the mountain snows with diminishing supplies. Harrowing tales of survival followed the few who made it out alive. The book includes archi Author: Calabro, Marian HSE Descriptors: social studies Pick and Shovel Poet This moving biography recounts the life of Italian immigrant poet Pascal D'Angelo. The author includes some of D'Angelo's poems as well as archival photos of immigrant life, an extensive bibliography and an index. Author: Murphy, Jim HSE Descriptors: social studies Raisin in the Sun, A When an African-American family chooses to integrate an all-white neighborhood, all of their value systems and relationships come under pressure. Author: Hansberry, Lorraine HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading School for Pompey Walker, A At the dedication of a school named for him, Pompey Walker tells how he and a white friend, Jeremiah, raised money to build a school for ex-slave children. With the help of his friend, Pompey allows himself to be sold over and over again, escaping each t Author: Rosen, Michael J. HSE Descriptors: social studies Seventeenth Child, The The author writes the oral history of her mother, who is the seventeenth child in her family growing up in the South during the Depression. Author: Rice, Dorothy & Payne, Lucille HSE Descriptors: social studies Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story Faced with discrimination for being Korean-American in the 1930s did not deter Sammy Lee from wanting to become an Olympic diver - a dream he realized with great determination. Author: Yoo, Paula HSE Descriptors: social studies Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story Faced with discrimination for being Korean-American in the 1930s did not deter Sammy Lee from wanting to become an Olympic diver - a dream he realized with great determination. Author: Yoo, Paula HSE Descriptors: social studies Something Permanent Walker Evans' photographs of southern United States during the Depression years are stark and haunting, and Cynthia Rylant's short poems describe their stories beautifully. Author: Rylant, Cynthia HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt Based on a true incident, this story tells of a young slave girl's brainstorm of sewing a map of the Underground Railroad onto a quilt so that others could find their way to freedom. Author: Hopkinson, Deborah HSE Descriptors: social studies Sweet Music in Harlem Inspired by a real photograph of jazz musicians taken in 1958, the fictional story recounts young C. J.'s search through Harlem for his uncle's hat, a hat his uncle wants to wear in a photograph. Included is the historical photograph with the identities Author: Taylor, Debbie HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Swifter, Higher, Stronger: A Photographic History of the Summer Olympics This account of Olympics and Olympians through the years is stunningly illustrated with photographs that capture the action and emotion of the events. An appendix of rich detail includes a map and statistics. Author: Macy, Sue HSE Descriptors: social studies Taste of Salt This gripping novel tells the story of two teenagers in Haiti, Djo, one of Aristides' orphaned boys who is hospitalized with terrible injuries, and Jeremie, a convent-educated girl who visits Djo to hear his stories and who begins to fall in love with him Author: Temple, Frances Thank you, Mr. Falker While in 5th grade, Trisha, the central, autobiographical character, encounters a new teacher who helps her overcome her difficulties with reading that had caused her such humiliation since first grade. Author: Polacco, Patricia This Is the Dream Accessible poetry and vivid illustrations portray the dreams and accomplishments of the Civil Rights Movement. The illustrator uses interesting collages for some borders and the endpapers. Author: Shore, Diane & Alexander, Jessica HSE Descriptors: social studies Tin Forest, The An old man living in a wasteland of scrap metal dreams of a green forest full of birds and animals. This charming, beautifully illustrated modern legend extolls the benefits of dreaming and ideas in accomplishing change. Author: Ward, Helen True Believer This is not exactly a sequel to Make Lemonade, but the style is similar and many of the characters are the same-- LaVaughn, her mother, Jolly and her children [they have a minor role in this book]. LaVaughn is 15, lives in the inner city, and str Author: Wolff, Virginia Euwer Uncle Jed's Barbershop A woman tells the story of her Uncle Jed, an African-American barber who traveled a regular route, saving his money for his own shop. When she became sick, he gave up his money for her operation, and when the Depression came, he lost everything again. F Author: Mitchell, Margaree K. HSE Descriptors: social studies Voice That Challenged a Nation, The A detailed biography of Marian Anderson, an exceedingly talented woman who overcame some racial barriers and tolerated others in order to do what she loved best, recounts how she became involved in the Civil Rights Movement. In addition to wonderful arch Author: Freedman, Russell HSE Descriptors: social studies Waiting for the Owl's Call This narrative is rich in beautiful language - similes, personifications that describes the daily lives of Afghanistani children who work at rug looms looms using ancient patterns handed down from their ancestors. The narrator mentally creates new patter Author: Whelan, Gloria HSE Descriptors: social studies Waiting for the Owl's Call This narrative is rich in beautiful language - similes, personifications that describes the daily lives of Afghanistani children who work at rug looms looms using ancient patterns handed down from their ancestors. The narrator mentally creates new patter Author: Whelan, Gloria HSE Descriptors: social studies We The People American history from Colonial times to the present is presented through 65 poems about individuals--some real and some imaginary. A timeline of historic events runs across the lower part of the page and a note about writing the book appears at the end. Author: Katz, Bobbi HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies When Marian Sang This book is an introduction to the life of Marian Anderson, depicting her music, her inspiration, and her struggles as a singer against segregation . Author: Ryan, Pam Munoz HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Words with Wings This riveting collection of paintings, prints, and sculpture by African-American artists enrich poems by outstanding African-American poets. The book includes a beautifully written introduction about the role of art and poetry and brief biographies of th Author: Rochelle, Belinda ed. HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > human strength Ann and Seamus This story of a real event in 1828 alternates chapters in free verse of the two characters of the title. Ann, a real teenager, wants to experience the world beyond Newfoundland, and Seamus, a fictional Irish immigrant, wants to find fortune and a wife. Author: Major, Kevin HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Baboon King, The Set in Africa, this powerful book explores the themes of the importance of community through the exile of Morengaru from his tribe and survival, not against but with nature, in his life with a group of baboons. Author: Quintana, Anton Bearing Witness This selection of powerful personal stories of the Holocaust in various literary and artistic forms gives testimony of the extraordinary bravery of ordinary people. A map of concentration camps, a bibliography, and brief introductory notes for each excer Author: Rochman, Hazel & McCampbell, Darlene (Eds.) HSE Descriptors: social studies Brothers In Hope The author, who worked with the International Rescue Committee, tells the story of the "lost boys" of Sudan, orphaned by war, who walked to refuge in Ethiopia, and later to Kenya. The first person narrative and vibrant illustrations add immediacy to the Author: Williams, Mary HSE Descriptors: social studies Cat with the Yellow Star, The: Coming of Age in Terezin Ela Weissberger's life before, during, and after she and her family were forced to live in the Jewish ghetto of Terezin during WWII. Photographs reinforce Ela's memories of survival and hope. Author: Rubin, Susan Goldman HSE Descriptors: social studies Coal Miner's Bride, A: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska In journal format, the life of a thirteen year old girl in 1896 comes to life. Anetra Kaminska is sold to an older widower of three children in a mining town, for the price of her and her brother's tickets from Poland to America. Her life is extremely ha Author: Bartoletti, Susan Campbell HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | language arts - writing | social studies Danger Along the Ohio The Dunn family is traveling down the Ohio River in 1793. The children become separated from their father and must fend for themselves while heading toward Marietta. Author: Willis, Patricia HSE Descriptors: social studies Fever 1793 This is a very compelling fictionalization of life for one teenaged girl, her family, and her friends during the yellow fever outbreak in Philadelphia in 1793. Author: Anderson, Laurie Halse HSE Descriptors: social studies First in the Field: Baseball Hero Jackie Robinson This biography of Jackie Robinson, which focuses on his life until he retired from professional baseball, is accompanied by photographs. A timeline that notes African American sports milestones concludes the book. Author: Dingle, Derek T. HSE Descriptors: social studies Giver, The This Newbery Award-winning novel is set in a utopian community in which all conflict and social problems are unheard of. After a coming-of-age ceremony, Jonas begins to interact with The Giver and learns about the secrets that underlie his perfect world. Author: Lowry, Lois Great Depression, The This reference book covers the period of the Great Depression told with highlighted examples of the many ways Americans kept a positive outlook as they faced an uncertain future. Author: Fremon, David K. HSE Descriptors: social studies Heart of a Champion, The These are short biographies of sports figures who have been featured on Wheaties boxes over the years. Subsections, organized by traits that contribute to success (commitment, grace, courage, team effort, and perseverance) are preceded by short essays abo Author: Deford, Frank Into the Volcano Two brothers face an erupting volcano and a variety of other troubles in their search for their mother. Author: Wood, Don Into the Volcano Two brothers face an erupting volcano and a variety of other troubles in their search for their mother. Author: Wood, Don John Henry This beautifully illustrated, award-winning book tells the tale of the ex-slave John Henry who outraced the steam engine in digging a tunnel through the side of the Allegheny Mountains. The book begins with introductory notes from both Julius Lester and Author: Lester, Jerry Leon's Story A custodian at a Maryland school tells his own story of growing up poor in North Carolina, of racism, of hatred, of resilience, of Martin Luther King, and of the things that matter in life. Author: Tillage, Leon Walter HSE Descriptors: social studies Mandela This picture book biography tells Nelson Mandela's story, from his childhood to his imprisonment and ultimate freedom. Author: Cooper, Floyd HSE Descriptors: social studies Martin Luther King Folk art paintings accompany this biography of Dr. King. A timeline of important events in his life concludes the book. Author: Bray, Rosemary HSE Descriptors: social studies Maus I: My Father Bleeds History This is the first of two volumes about the experiences of the author's parents in the Nazi concentration camps during WWII. The author depicts Jews as mice and Nazis as cats in his illustrations. Author: Spiegelman, Art HSE Descriptors: social studies Maus II: A Survivor's Tale A powerful graphic novel about a father who survived the Nazi concentration camps and his son in which Jews are depicted as mice and Nazis as cats. The story jumps back and forth between the present life in the Catskills and the past life in the camps. Author: Spiegelman, Art HSE Descriptors: social studies Mother Teresa This is a beautifully illustrated biography of the woman who became Mother Teresa. Author: Demi HSE Descriptors: social studies Nikola Tesla This biography of little-known scientist Nikola Tesla recounts his life and work on harnessing and advocating for alternating-current electricity with its many engineering applications that we take for granted. Archival photographs illustrate the text. Author: Dommermuth-Costa, Carol HSE Descriptors: science North Star to Freedom This book is subtitled "The Story of the Underground Railroad," and it is that, but it's also more-- the history of slavery is presented, biographies of key figures are provided, lesislation is discussed. The author is Canadian, so this provides an intere Author: Gorrell, Gena K. HSE Descriptors: social studies Oh, Freedom! Most of the book is transcripts of interviews children conducted with people who were involved in the Civil Rights Movement. Several essays that provide a chronology of African-American life and a foreword by Rosa Parks complement the interviews. Author: King, Casey, & Osborne, Linda HSE Descriptors: social studies Out of the Dump: Writings and Photogrpahs by Children from Guatemala Approximately 1500 people, most children, live in a dump at the center of Guatemala City. In 1991 Nancy McGirr began a photography project with about 2 dozen children. She provided cameras; the children photographed their world. In 1993 Kris Franklin bega Author: Franklin, Kristine, & McGirr, Nancy (Eds.) HSE Descriptors: social studies Out of the Dust Set in Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl years of the Depression, this powerful book tells in unobtrusive blank verse the story of personal tragedy and community hardship through the experiences of Billy Jo, a 15-year-old girl. The book is so credible that Author: Hesse, Karen HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Rosa Giovanni tells the story of Rosa Parks' infamous bus ride. In the telling, the author speaks to the strength of the African-American community in their struggle for equal rights. The author weaves other tales (Emmett Till) into the story to give the rea Author: Giovanni, Nikki HSE Descriptors: social studies Sees Behind Trees A blind Native American boy learns to "see behind trees", guided by his mother, to use his other senses. He uses his gift to help an old warrior find a land of mystery and beauty that he'd discovered years ago, and could not find again himself. Author: Dorris, Michael HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Show Way Simple text and stunning illustrations tell the intergenerational story of Woodson's ancestors. Author: Woodson, Jacqueline HSE Descriptors: social studies Swifter, Higher, Stronger: A Photographic History of the Summer Olympics This account of Olympics and Olympians through the years is stunningly illustrated with photographs that capture the action and emotion of the events. An appendix of rich detail includes a map and statistics. Author: Macy, Sue HSE Descriptors: social studies There Comes a Time This book, winner of the 2001 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, chronicles the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S. The book begins with slave trading and ends with the "Black Power" movement of the late 1960's. A timeline, bibliography, and index are included. Author: Meltzer, Milton HSE Descriptors: social studies With Courage and Cloth This story of women's suffrage in the U.S. concentrates on the early 20th century, although previous activities serve as a context. Illustrated with archival photos from the time,the book includes a chronology, bibliography, profiles, and other sources. Author: Bausum, Ann HSE Descriptors: social studies Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > isolation Black Book of Colors, The This book is written in Braille alphabet so the sighted reader can share the reading experience with the blind reader. The books is printed in black pages to further simulate the reading experience of the blind reader. This books has been printed around Author: Cottin, Menena HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Gifts from the Sea The lives of a lighthousekeeper and his daughter are changed by the discovery of a baby washed ashore after a shipwreck on the coast of Maine in the 1850's. Author: Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie Gold Coin, The A thief follows an old woman and learns a lesson about giving. Author: Ada, Alma F. Henry David's House These seamlessly woven excerpts from Thoreau's Walden and the beautiful watercolor illustrations together describe constructing and living in the house at Walden Pond. Author: Schnur, Steven (ed.) HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading In the Days of the Vaqueros Russell Freedman has created another interesting non-fiction book, this time on the vaqueros, who were the forerunners of cowboys. As usual, the author illustrates his essays with paintings, archival photographs and includes useful resources in a bibliog Author: Freedman, Russell HSE Descriptors: social studies Log Cabin Quilt, The Elvirey, her brother, grandmother, and father move to a log cabin in the Michigan woods after her mother dies. Granny's quilting scraps serve a greater purpose during a winter storm. Author: Howard, Ellen HSE Descriptors: social studies Music of Dolphins, The Mila, a feral child raised by dolphins after her parents' death, is rescued, studied and taught human behavior and language at a research center. Different type face and size convey Mila's language development. Author: Hesse, Karen Nikola Tesla This biography of little-known scientist Nikola Tesla recounts his life and work on harnessing and advocating for alternating-current electricity with its many engineering applications that we take for granted. Archival photographs illustrate the text. Author: Dommermuth-Costa, Carol HSE Descriptors: science Poet Slave of Cuba, The: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano This true story of 19th Century Cuban poet Juan Francisco Manzano, who was born a slave, is told in free verse from various points of view--the boy, his mother, his father, and his owners. Author: Engle, Margarita HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Printer, The A son retells the story of his father, a deaf printer working in a newspaper plant in the 1940's who used sugn language to save his co-workers from a fire. In addition, the author gives biographical information about his father who was the model for the Author: Uhlberg, Myron Remembering Manzanar Shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. government ordered forced evacuation of Japanese Americans who lived in the western U.S. This is the story of one relocation camp, Manzanar. The text is supported with archival photographs, end notes, Int Author: Cooper, Michael L. HSE Descriptors: social studies Run Far, Run Fast When a mother tells a young girl in 14th C Europe to "run far, run fast" to escape the pestilence, the girl discovers that she cannot outrun the plague but is helped by a friendly man. The exquisite pen and ink drawings are integral to the story. The on Author: Decker, Timothy HSE Descriptors: social studies Run Far, Run Fast When a mother tells a young girl in 14th C Europe to "run far, run fast" to escape the pestilence, the girl discovers that she cannot outrun the plague but is helped by a friendly man. The exquisite pen and ink drawings are integral to the story. The on Author: Decker, Timothy HSE Descriptors: social studies Shake Rag As a boy, Elvis Presley discovers "good news" music at a traveling church that gives his guitar playing a distinctive sound when he records later in 1954. Author: Littlesugar, Amy Shin-chi's Canoe Shin-chi's toy canoe, given to him by his father, sustains him during his first year at an Indian residential school. This story occurs when Native Americans were forced to attend Indian residential schools where they were made to learn the white man's w Author: Campbell, Nicola I. HSE Descriptors: social studies Talking With Adventurers Several National Geographic scientists/explorers are interviewed in a Q & A format. What makes the book such an interesting read is how they see themselves and their work. The book offers maps, fabulous photographs, and contact information for particip Author: Cummings, Pat and Linda, (compilers) HSE Descriptors: social studies | science Thank you, Mr. Falker While in 5th grade, Trisha, the central, autobiographical character, encounters a new teacher who helps her overcome her difficulties with reading that had caused her such humiliation since first grade. Author: Polacco, Patricia Wild Boy, The The author tells a very sympathetic account of the wild child of Aveyron, France, who was captured and studied in the early 1800's. Dr. Itard and his housekeeper become the family of this boy who never acquired all the traits of a "civilized" person. Author: Gerstein, Mordicai With a Hammer for My Heart When 15-year-old Lawanda befriends a WW II veteran living in an old school bus, she sets in motion events that will change her life and all those around her. The well-written story unfolds with each chapter telling the story from the point of view of eac Author: Lyon, George Ella Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > laziness Hired Hand, The When Old Sam hires a new hand to work at the sawmill, the hired hand teaches Sam's lazy son a lesson when the son tries to con an old man. Retold from an oral African American tale, the story is beautifully illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Author: San Souci, R. HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > life choices Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart Informative account of Amelia Earhart's life and death, separating fact from fiction. A leader in women's rights, Amelia was an independent woman who proved women could fly! But, could she have done it without male support? Bibliography and source notes Author: Fleming,Candace HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Chess Rumble Since his sister died, Marcus is in trouble all the time at school. Then he meets CM and learns to take control of his life through the game of chess. This book was inspired by inner-city chess enrichment programs. Author: Neri, G. Chess Rumble Since his sister died, Marcus is in trouble all the time at school. Then he meets CM and learns to take control of his life through the game of chess. This book was inspired by inner-city chess enrichment programs. Author: Neri, G. Choices George Ella Lyon, an accomplished writer of children's books, wrote this collection of stories (and its accompanying text, More Choices) specifically for adult new readers; in fact, she conferred with ABE students from Kentucky while creating the Author: Lyon, George Ella Do I Dare Disturb the Universe: Charlise Lyles grew up in Cleveland in the 1960s and 1970s. This memoir focuses on life in the projects, her family's struggle to survive, her mother's relentless work to provide opportunities for children. Mostly, though, it's about Charlise-- her though Author: Lyles, Charlise Fanny's Dream A retelling of the Cinderella story, the book depicts the choices of Fanny Agnes, providing a humorous portrait of a strong woman. Author: Buehner, Caralyn First Part Last, The [revised from dust jacket] Bobby is a classic urban teenaged boy-- impulsive, eager, restless. On his 16th birthday, he learns that his girlfriend Nia is pregnant. Their lives change dramatically, both during the pregnancy and after baby Feather is born. Author: Johnson, Angela Giver, The This Newbery Award-winning novel is set in a utopian community in which all conflict and social problems are unheard of. After a coming-of-age ceremony, Jonas begins to interact with The Giver and learns about the secrets that underlie his perfect world. Author: Lowry, Lois If: A Fathers Advice to His Son Sports themed photographs accompany Kiplings poem about the qualities that make up a mature person. Author: Kipling, Rudyard HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading In Our Mothers' House Marmee and Meema, two wonderfully innovative, creative mothers, provide a loving home for adopted children and are the glue for a community-oriented neighborhood, except for one family who snubs them for being different. Author: Polacco, Patricia HSE Descriptors: social studies In Our Mothers' House Marmee and Meema, two wonderfully innovative, creative mothers, provide a loving home for adopted children and are the glue for a community-oriented neighborhood, except for one family who snubs them for being different. Author: Polacco, Patricia HSE Descriptors: social studies Library, The A delightfully illustrated story in verse about a shy, avid reader who gave her books to form a town library. Author: Stewart, Sarah Like Sisters on the Homefront When 14-year-old Gayle gets into "trouble," she and her baby Jose leave New York City to live with family in rural Georgia. At first bored with and distressed about her situation, Gayle eventually makes friends with her cousin Cookie. Through "tellings" b Author: Williams-Garcia, Rita HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading More Choices: Stories for Adult New Readers These three stories fit with George Ella Lyon's collection Choices, but were not included in the original collection because some readers found them too controversial. Our readers found them powerful and moving, addressing life situations that m Author: Lyon, George Ella My Name is Georgia This simple biography of Georgia O'Keefe describes how she was true to her life-long goal of being an artist and how she gained inspiration for her paintings from the natural world around her. Author: Winter, Jeanette HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorothea Lange This biography of photographer Dorthea Lange contains many of her photographs. Lange photographed and helped raise awareness of the poor conditions of the migrant workers during the Depression. Author: Partridge, Ellizabeth HSE Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies Rich Man and the Parrot, The This Persian folktale by 13th century poet Mawlana Jalal ad-Din Rumi tells how a merchant provides his talking parrot with everything the parrot could have but not the one thing that the parrot wanted--his freedom. Author: Nadimi, Suzan HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Riding the Tiger This is an allegory that features a bored, lonely 10-year-old's who is offered a ride by an exciting and somewhat scary tiger and discovers that it is easier to get on the tiger than to get off. Author: Bunting, Eve HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Sees Behind Trees A blind Native American boy learns to "see behind trees", guided by his mother, to use his other senses. He uses his gift to help an old warrior find a land of mystery and beauty that he'd discovered years ago, and could not find again himself. Author: Dorris, Michael HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Sound the Jubilee During the Civil War, Maddie, an eleven-year-old house slave, journeys with her mistress to Nags Head near Roanoke Island which has become a Yankee-protected community for run-away slaves. Maddie grows up there with her family and finds a place for herse Author: Forrester, Saundra HSE Descriptors: social studies Strongest Man in the World, The: Louis Cyr The text of this book goes far beyond just being the biography of a famous 20th century strong man, Louis Cyr. It is a description of early health mores and an evolution of the circus concept. Additionally, we learn a little about the other famous circus Author: Debon, Nicolas HSE Descriptors: social studies Swan Lake An expanded retelling of the story of Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake.The author retells the story of Swan Lake within his narrative of the Damavand empire. Van Allsburg's illustrations highlight the events of the story. Author: Helprin, Mark HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Tea With Milk May (the author's mother) is learning American ways when her family moves back to Japan. When her parents hire a matchmaker to find her a husband, May moves to Osaka, begins a career, and finds her own happiness. Author: Say, Allen Time to Love, A Beautifully illustrated and ably introduced by sons of the author, this book retells six Bible stories from different perspectives, all revealing aspects of love--father/son, friends, brothers, lovers, and daughters-in-law. Teachers can promote religious Author: Myers, Walter Dean HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March Tells the story of the Birmingham Children's March through four participants. As the events unfold, the different perspectives and motivations of the participants shed light on the dynamics of the civil rights movement. In addition to the personal stori Author: Levinson, Cynthia HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > life choices > goal setting Alice Ramsey's Grand Adventure Alice Ramsey and three other women face floods, mud, and travel without maps as they drive from New York to San Francisco--in 1909. The charming watercolors add realistic humor to the narrative. Author: Brown, Don HSE Descriptors: social studies Amelia to Zora: Twenty-Six Women Who Changed the World Minute biographies of 26 illustrious women with quotes from each. Discover woman who have changed people's lives and read about their childhood, hardships and successes to inspire girls and women of all ages. Author: Chin-Lee, Cynthia HSE Descriptors: social studies Amelia to Zora: Twenty-Six Women Who Changed the World Minute biographies of 26 illustrious women with quotes from each. Discover woman who have changed people's lives and read about their childhood, hardships and successes to inspire girls and women of all ages. Author: Chin-Lee, Cynthia HSE Descriptors: social studies Bonyo Bonyo: The True Story of a Brave Boy from Kenya Story of how a Kenyan boy sets a goal of becoming a doctor after his baby sister dies. He succeeds and is now a physician in Akron Ohio. Author: Oelschlager, Vanita HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | language arts - writing | social studies | science Clara Schumann This biography chronicles the life of Clara Schumann, child prodigy and wife of composer Robert Schumann and mother of eight children. The book is illustrated with portraits and diary excerpts. A preface, an epilogue, a timeline, and an index make the b Author: Reich, Susan HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Delicious: The Life & Art of Wayne Thiebaud Illustrated with lush reproductions of his paintings, this biography of painter Wayne Theibaud recounting his long career and late fame, is a story of perseverance from outside the mainstream. Thiebaud paints "things that have been overlooked," like food, Author: Rubin, Susan Goldman HSE Descriptors: literature and arts Delicious: The Life & Art of Wayne Thiebaud Illustrated with lush reproductions of his paintings, this biography of painter Wayne Theibaud recounting his long career and late fame, is a story of perseverance from outside the mainstream. Thiebaud paints "things that have been overlooked," like food, Author: Rubin, Susan Goldman HSE Descriptors: literature and arts Facing the Lion Enhanced by a few, vivid color photos, this memoir recounts the Maasi childhood and first encounters with European and American culture of an American teacher who spends part of each year working in Kenya. An afterword brings the reader up to date with L Author: Lekuton, Joseph HSE Descriptors: social studies Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau, The Whimsical biography of Henri Rousseau illustrated in his style of artwork. This book recounts the life of Henri Rousseau who began painting at the age of 41. Spare text written in lovely figurative language - "the flowers open their hearts" and "He holds Author: Markel, Michelle HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading Far Beyond the Garden Gate Don Brown has written another intriguing book about an extraordinary woman, one who perservered in her desire to explore Tibet never seen by a Western woman. An author's note, a bibliography, and a map extend the possibilities of this beautifully illustr Author: Brown, Don HSE Descriptors: social studies Find Where the Wind Goes This is an autobiography of Mae Jemison, the first woman of color to become an astronaut. She uses the metaphor of "wind" to describe events from her life. Author: Jemison, Mae HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - writing Glass Castle, The: A Memoir Jeannette Walls' memoir of her dysfunctional but vibrant family and the resilience and loyalty they exhibited. Author: Walls, Jeannette Glass Castle, The: A Memoir Jeannette Walls' memoir of her dysfunctional but vibrant family and the resilience and loyalty they exhibited. Author: Walls, Jeannette In the Promised Land From Asser Levy in 1654 to Steven Spielberg today, this book provides one-page illustrated biographies of thirteen famous Jews. In addition, the author includes other print and web resources. Author: Rappaport, Doreen HSE Descriptors: social studies Make Lemonade When fourteen-year-old LaVaughn takes a job baby-sitting for seventeen-year-old Jolly's two children, neither girl realizes how much she'll learn from the other. Despite no job, a lousy apartment, and a bleak future, Jolly, with the help of LaVaughn and Author: Wolff, Virginia Euwer Maritcha: A Nineteenth Century American GIrl Based on an unpublished memoir, this picture book tells the story of daily life for a middle-class African American girl in New York in the 19th century. Maps and photographs illustrate the story. Author: Bolden, Tonya HSE Descriptors: social studies Nikola Tesla This biography of little-known scientist Nikola Tesla recounts his life and work on harnessing and advocating for alternating-current electricity with its many engineering applications that we take for granted. Archival photographs illustrate the text. Author: Dommermuth-Costa, Carol HSE Descriptors: science Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus, The The story of Peter Mark Roget, creator of Roget's Thesaurus complete with his biography, time line of current events and wonderful illustrations. Both Robert F Sibert medal and Caldecott Honor Book. Author: Bryant, Jen HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies | language arts - writing | science Sea Clocks The true story of Englishman John Harrison's life-long struggle to win the Longitude Prize is told in a free-verse format. An author's note and a facts page contribute further information. Author: Borden, Louise HSE Descriptors: science Silver Packages A man returns to his childhood home in Appalachia to thank the benefactor on the Christmas Train. The story originally appeared in Rylant's book Children of Christmas: Stories for the Season. Author: Rylant, Cynthia Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story Faced with discrimination for being Korean-American in the 1930s did not deter Sammy Lee from wanting to become an Olympic diver - a dream he realized with great determination. Author: Yoo, Paula HSE Descriptors: social studies Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story Faced with discrimination for being Korean-American in the 1930s did not deter Sammy Lee from wanting to become an Olympic diver - a dream he realized with great determination. Author: Yoo, Paula HSE Descriptors: social studies Steamboat! The Story of Captain Blanche Leathers The story of Blanche Leathers, the country's first female steamboat captain, sailing on the Mississippi River. Author: Gilliland, Judith Heide HSE Descriptors: social studies Swifter, Higher, Stronger: A Photographic History of the Summer Olympics This account of Olympics and Olympians through the years is stunningly illustrated with photographs that capture the action and emotion of the events. An appendix of rich detail includes a map and statistics. Author: Macy, Sue HSE Descriptors: social studies Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving After years of lobbying, Sarah Hale, an editor and writer, won the battle to have Thanksgiving declared a national holiday. Back matter includes historical and biographical information. Adults may find the tone of voice and some illustrations childish a Author: Anderson, Laurie Halse HSE Descriptors: social studies Voice That Challenged a Nation, The A detailed biography of Marian Anderson, an exceedingly talented woman who overcame some racial barriers and tolerated others in order to do what she loved best, recounts how she became involved in the Civil Rights Movement. In addition to wonderful arch Author: Freedman, Russell HSE Descriptors: social studies Woman for President, A: The Story of Victoria Woodhull Victoria Woodhull, a little-know women's rights activist, overcame many obstacles to become a financial adviser, a newspaper publisher, and an Equal Rights Party candidate for President--in 1872. Check out the end papers and the web site for the Woodhull Author: Krull, Kathleen HSE Descriptors: social studies Young Man and the Sea, The In an attempt to push his father out of the alcohol-fueled funk he's been in since his wife died, 12-year-old Skiff Beaman repairs the family fishing boat and meets a 900-lb. tuna 30 miles at sea. Author: Philbrick, Rodman Young Man and the Sea, The In an attempt to push his father out of the alcohol-fueled funk he's been in since his wife died, 12-year-old Skiff Beaman repairs the family fishing boat and meets a 900-lb. tuna 30 miles at sea. Author: Philbrick, Rodman Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > life choices > problem solving African Princess Illustrated with paintings, photographs, and artifacts, six biographies tell us about royal African women from Ancient Eygpt to the present: Hatshepsut of Egypt; Njinga of Matamba; Taytu Tetal of Ethiopia; Amina of Zaria; Tata Ajache of Dahomey; and Eliz Author: Hansen, Joyce HSE Descriptors: social studies Angels in the Dust A poignant story of a family living in the Dust Bowl trying to make ends meet. Author: Raven, Margot Theis HSE Descriptors: science | social studies Baboon King, The Set in Africa, this powerful book explores the themes of the importance of community through the exile of Morengaru from his tribe and survival, not against but with nature, in his life with a group of baboons. Author: Quintana, Anton Ben Franklin's Almanac The "scrapbook" format of this biography, explores Ben Franklin's life thematically rather than chronologically, allowing the reader to grasp what a multi-talented person he was. The author includes extensive back matter for further research. Author: Fleming, Candice HSE Descriptors: social studies Black Ships Before Troy This beautifully illustrated book retells Homer's epic poem The Iliad about the Trojan War. A glossary of names is included. Author: Sutcliff, Rosemary HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Black Star, Bright Dawn Bright Dawn, a teenaged Eskimo girl, takes her father's place in the grueling Iditarod, the 1000-mile dogsled race through the cold wilds of Alaska. In the process, she learns about herself, her family, and her culture. Author: O'Dell, Scott Blanche on the Lam A spunky African-American woman, who works as a housekeeper for a wealthy southern family with many secrets, must solve a murder in order to clear herself. Blanche relies on her own intelligence and an "old girl" network of domestics. The language is oc Author: Neely, B. HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Boss of the Plains The illustrations and text tell how and why the cowboy hat, called the Boss of the Plains, was created by John B. Stetson in 1859. A bibliography and biography extend the usefulness of the book. Author: Carlson, Laurie Brooklyn Bridge, The This award winner tells the history of an unusual American family, the history of an important U.S. bridge, and the story of how that bridge was crafted and designed. It ends with a list of statistics and an index. Author: Mann, Elizabeth HSE Descriptors: science | math Bucking the Sarge Teenage Luther, who is exploited by his slumlord mother, keeps his equilbrium through many humorous misadventures before finding his own way. Author: Curtis, Christopher Paul Can't Get There from Here This fictional story of homeless teens trying to survive on NYC streets in winter recounts the perils of drugs, sex, starvation, cold, and the help of a few who try to intervene. This is a gripping story, but not for the faint of heart. Author: Strasser, Todd Charles and Emma Charles Darwin's struggles with religious beliefs and his developing theory of evolution are the backdrop for this domestic biography of the Darwins. The author includes a genealogy chart, extensive source notes, a bibliography, and a thorough index. Author: Heligman, Deborah HSE Descriptors: science Charles and Emma Charles Darwin's struggles with religious beliefs and his developing theory of evolution are the backdrop for this domestic biography of the Darwins. The author includes a genealogy chart, extensive source notes, a bibliography, and a thorough index. Author: Heligman, Deborah HSE Descriptors: science Chess Rumble Since his sister died, Marcus is in trouble all the time at school. Then he meets CM and learns to take control of his life through the game of chess. This book was inspired by inner-city chess enrichment programs. Author: Neri, G. Chess Rumble Since his sister died, Marcus is in trouble all the time at school. Then he meets CM and learns to take control of his life through the game of chess. This book was inspired by inner-city chess enrichment programs. Author: Neri, G. Chuck Close Up Close This biography of the contemporary artist Chuck Close captures his inventiveness in text and vivid color photographs. An index of illustrations, an essay on portraits, a bibliography, and a list of museums that display the artist's work provide informati Author: Greenberg, Jan & Jordan, Sandra HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Cloudmakers, The In A.D. 751 during a time of war, a Chinese grandfather and grandson have 7 days to prove that they can "make clouds" or risk being sold into slavery. The result is Chinese paper, which earns them their freedom and marks a turning point in human history. Author: Rumford, James HSE Descriptors: social studies Dear Mr. President: Abraham Lincoln Letters from a Slave Girl Fictional correspondences between President Lincoln and a 12-year-old slave girl that discuss his decision to write the Emancipation Proclamation. The author includes a supporting website, index, other recommended books, and photographs. Author: Pinkney, Andrea Davis HSE Descriptors: social studies Dogsong 14-year-old Russel, an Eskimo, feels assailed by the modernity of his life. With the help of a wise elder, Russel learns how (and why) to make a 1400-mile dog run across his country. (Newbery Honor Book) Author: Paulsen, Gary HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Dragon New Year, The A beautifully illustrated, imaginative tale about why the Chinese celebrate New Year with firecrackers. A bereaved mother is helped by Buddah to thwart the New Year dragon. The author includes the background information for his created myth. Author: Bouchard, David Family Farm Two children learn that their family is in danger of losing its farm. They devise a plan for saving it. Author: Locker, Thomas Far Beyond the Garden Gate Don Brown has written another intriguing book about an extraordinary woman, one who perservered in her desire to explore Tibet never seen by a Western woman. An author's note, a bibliography, and a map extend the possibilities of this beautifully illustr Author: Brown, Don HSE Descriptors: social studies Fish The story of the difficult and dangerous journey a family must make out of a country hit with drought and civil unrest. The story is told from the point of view of the family's youngest member who decides to take a live fish on the journey. Author: Matthews, L. S. HSE Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies Fly Away Home A homeless boy and his dad live at the airport while the father tries to find an apartment and a job. They hide out from airport officials but receive support from another down-on-their-luck family. Author: Bunting, Eve Forbidden Schoolhouse With the help of her family and a few powerful friends, Prudence Crandall began a school for African-American girls in Canterbury, Connecticut, in 1833 despite boycotts, vandalism, and legal battles. An appendix provides historical research on the student Author: Jurmain, Suzanne HSE Descriptors: social studies Freedom Walkers This detailed account of the Montgomery bus boycott that began the Civil Rights Movement includes material on the leadership of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rev. Ralph Abernathy, but also focuses on other heroes like Rev. Robert Graetz, Joanne Robinson and Author: Freedman, Russell HSE Descriptors: social studies Genius of Leonardo, The Giacomo, a servant of Leonardo da Vinci, recounts the later life of the famous Italian Renaissance painter and inventor. The magnificent illustrations capture sketches, works of art, and daily life and the text includes quotation in italics from the note Author: Visconti, Guido HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading George Washington Carver This biography of George Washington Carver, known as the "peanut man," is illustrated with his art work and archival photographs and includes notes, bibliographical resources and an afterword. Author: Bolden, Tanya HSE Descriptors: social studies | science George Washington Carver This biography of George Washington Carver, known as the "peanut man," is illustrated with his art work and archival photographs and includes notes, bibliographical resources and an afterword. Author: Bolden, Tanya HSE Descriptors: social studies | science Gutenberg This black and white picture book tells the story of Johann Gutenberg, creator of the printing press. It includes a map, time line, and afterword. Author: Fisher, Leonard Everett HSE Descriptors: social studies Hero and the Minotaur, The This retelling of the Greek hero Theseus' journey to the island of Crete to slay the minotaur and his return to become King of Athens is magnificently illustrated in the style and colors that recall Greek pottery designs. Stylized maps decorate the end Author: Byrd, Robert HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Holes This story-within-a-story tells of Stanley Yelnats (and his distant relatives, one of whom "cursed" the family), mistakenly sent to a juvenile corrections camp in Texas. At the corrections camp, Stanley finds a real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of Author: Sachar, Louis Into the Volcano Two brothers face an erupting volcano and a variety of other troubles in their search for their mother. Author: Wood, Don Into the Volcano Two brothers face an erupting volcano and a variety of other troubles in their search for their mother. Author: Wood, Don Invention of Hugo Cabret, The Part fiction, part graphic novel, this winner of the 2008 Caldecott Medal tells the story of an orphaned boy who maintains and repairs clocks in a Paris train station and discovers the history of an automaton and its maker. When he meets a mysterious toy Author: Selznick, Brian HSE Descriptors: science | social studies Invisible Allies Subtitled "Microbes that Shape our Lives," this book uses cheese, chocolate, and bread to explain what microbes are, how they work, and their roles in our lives. The book includes clear photos and a complete glossary of terms. Author: Farrell, Jeanette HSE Descriptors: science Invisible Enemies This well-written but long book describes seven deadly diseases--Small Pox, Leprosy, Plague, Tuberculosis, Malaria, Cholera, and AIDS--the epidemics they caused, and the treatments developed by courageous scientists. The author includes a glossary, a bib Author: Farrell, Jeanette HSE Descriptors: science Journey of the Red Wolf The author-photographer traces the red wolf from near extinction in 1971 to their current reintroduction into their native habitat. The book includes and Afterword, a list of Where to See Red Wolves, and an Index. Author: Smith, Roland HSE Descriptors: science Kid Who Invented the Trampoline, The Here are 50 short expository pieces about inventions. The selections are interesting and easy to read. Author: Wulffson, Don HSE Descriptors: social studies Leonardo daVinci This fascinating biography of Leonardo daVinci emphasizes his scientific curiosity and observation of the natural world that he recorded in his illustrated notebooks. The author has included very helpful resources: location of the notebooks today; books Author: Krull, Kathleen HSE Descriptors: science Librarian of Basra, The A true story of the librarian of Basra, Iraq, who saved the books in the town library during the current war. In an end note, the author brings the reader up-to-date on the librarian. Author: Winter, Jeanette Longitude Prize, The This history documents the competition between "ocean clocks" and "lunars" to win the 20,000 pound prize (about $12 million today) from the British Parliament for a replicable and simple way to determine longitude at sea. The story follows John Harrison, Author: Dash, Joan HSE Descriptors: math | science Luba, the Angel of Bergen-Belsen This is the story of Luba Tryszynska, a prisoner at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp who hid 52 abandoned Jewish children until the camp was liberated. Front and back matter establish the historical context with a map and a bibliography. An epilogue tel Author: McCann, Michelle R. HSE Descriptors: social studies Man Who Walked Between the Towers, The The book celebrates in pictures and text Philippe Petit's highwire walk between the Trade Center Towers on Aug. 7, 1974. Author: Gerstein, Mordicai Marvelous Mattie Based on the life of Margaret E. Knight, the book portrays an imaginative girl who overcomes the barriers of poverty and sexism to become an inventor of over 90 inventions with 22 patents. The author's note gives more biographical information while paten Author: McCully, Emily HSE Descriptors: science Marven of the Great North Woods Marven's immigrant Russian Jewish family sends him alone by train and by ski to a logging camp in Minnesota to escape the diphtheria epidemic in the city of Duluth. He finds a niche for himself in very different cultural surroundings through the friendsh Author: Lasky, Kathryn Memory Coat, The In order to flee persecution as Jews in Russia, Rachel and her cousin Griska emigrate with their extended family to America where they encounter difficulty at Ellis Island. The author provides additional information on immigration from Russia in the endm Author: Woodruff, Elvira HSE Descriptors: social studies Miss Bridie Chose a Shovel When offered a choice between a ceramic clock and a shovel as a gift before leaving for America, Bridie chooses the latter and uses it throughout her resourceful life. Author: Connor, Leslie Miss Spitfire Using real letters and records, the author vividly imagines the early days of the relationship between Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan from the teacher's perspective. Author: Miller, Sarah Miss Spitfire Using real letters and records, the author vividly imagines the early days of the relationship between Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan from the teacher's perspective. Author: Miller, Sarah More Spice Than Sugar: Poems about Feisty Females All the poems in this collection are about women and girls, some famous and some not. The three sections of the book are "When I Am Me," "She's a Winner" (about sports), and "Against the Odds." Work from some famous poets is included. Author: Morrison, Lillian (comp.) HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading My Brothers' Flying Machine This biography of Wilber and Orville Wright is told by their younger sister. Author: Yolen, Jane HSE Descriptors: science Nobody Particular A graphic novel format depicts the activist Diane Wilson and her fight against water pollution along the Gulf Coast of Texas. The illustrations contain diagrams to explain problems of pollution. Author: Bang, Molly HSE Descriptors: science North by Night Lucy Spencer and her Ohio farm family are involved in the Underground Railroad in 1851, a time when The Fugitive Slave Act levied severe punishment and fines for harboring runaway slaves. Lucy makes a courageous decision that changes her life and that of Author: Ayres, Katherine HSE Descriptors: social studies Number the Stars In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis. It is about the power of the Danish Resistance, heroes of a nation, the power of human decency over th Author: Lowry, Lois HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place, The Margaret Rose Kane, 12 years old, escapes oppressive summer camp with the help of her great-uncles and then helps them rescue from urban renewal the sculptural "towers" that they have been creating for 45 years. Author: Konigsburg, E. L. Queen of the Falls An engaging story about the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel - a 63 year old school teacher. Van Allsburg combines sepia toned illustrations with a smooth and flowing text while using tension to hold the reader's interest. Author: Van Allsburg, Chris HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Real Benedict Arnold, The This well-researched biography examines the facts and rumors of the life of the hero, then traitor, Benedict Arnold against the background of the Continental Congress and the Revolutionary War. Maps and portraits illustrate the text. End notes, sources, Author: Murphy, Jim HSE Descriptors: social studies Roanoke Based on extensive research, this book explores the political intrigue surrounding the disappearance of the first American colony at Roanoke, in what is now North Carolina. The suspenseful text is supplemented with archival photographs and paintings, a t Author: Miller, Lee HSE Descriptors: social studies Ruth and the Green Book An easy narrative about travel in this country by car for African Americans in the 50s and 60s. Ruth's story is fiction, but the "The Negro Motorist Green Book" and its role in helping a generation of African American travelers avoid some of the indigniti Author: Ramsey, Calvin A. HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Same Stuff as Stars, The Angel and her little brother Bernie are dropped off at their great-grandma's house. Dad is in jail, and mom is an alcoholic and selfishly unable to be a mother. Together, the new family learns to live together in the crumbling Vermont farmhouse. Author: Paterson, Katherine Sea Clocks The true story of Englishman John Harrison's life-long struggle to win the Longitude Prize is told in a free-verse format. An author's note and a facts page contribute further information. Author: Borden, Louise HSE Descriptors: science shadow spinner 1 Author: fletcher, susan HSE Descriptors: literature and arts | literature and arts | literature and arts | literature and arts | literature and arts Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World On an expedition to cross Antarctica, Ernest Shackleton and his crew lost their ship in the ice flow. Shackleton and five others left in small boats to get help. This is a higher reading level version of Spirit of Endurance by the same author. Author: Armstrong, Jennifer HSE Descriptors: social studies Sigmund Freud This biography introduces the history of the study of the physical and emotional aspects of the mind as well as the colorful life of Sigmund Freud. Additional resources include an appendix, a bibliography, web sites, and an index. Author: Krull, Kathleen HSE Descriptors: science Snowflake Bentley This is a biography of Wilson Bentley, a scientist who photographed thousands of snowflakes in order to study their formations. Additional information is presented in sidebars throughout the book. Author: Martin, Jacqueline Briggs HSE Descriptors: science Something out of Nothing: Marie Curie and Radiation This is a very readable biography of Marie Curie and her discovery of radiation. Author: McClafferty, Carla HSE Descriptors: science Spirit of Endurance The book employs maps, archival photographs, blueprints, and paintings to tell the exciting story of Ernest Shackleton's rescue of his men on his expedition in Antarctica when their boat, The Endurance, was destroyed in an ice floe. The author includes a Author: Armstrong, Jennifer HSE Descriptors: social studies Talking With Adventurers Several National Geographic scientists/explorers are interviewed in a Q & A format. What makes the book such an interesting read is how they see themselves and their work. The book offers maps, fabulous photographs, and contact information for particip Author: Cummings, Pat and Linda, (compilers) HSE Descriptors: social studies | science Team Moon This fact-filled book commemorates the achievement of 400,00 people of "team moon" who were responsible for the first walk in space in July, 1969. Color photographs, biographies, annotated source material, websites for further information, a glossary, a Author: Thimmesh, Catherine HSE Descriptors: science To Fly In short 2-3 page chapers with delightful watercolor illustrations, the narrative traces the Wright bothers' step-by-step evolution as aviation engineers. The author provides a timeline, a bibliography, notes, and an index. Author: Old, Wendie HSE Descriptors: social studies | science Veil of Snows, The In the absence of her husband who has not returned from battle, the queen prepares her city for assault. Aided by a small force of loyal soldiers and the Singer of Tales who narrates the story, the queen escapes the besieged city and heads for the safety Author: Helprin, Mark HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies War, The A young prince, who dislikes war, cleverly provides an alternative to fighting. Author: Vaugelade, Anais Washington at Valley Forge In Freedman's inimitable style, he captures the grit and triumphs over the lack of provisions for General Washington's winter encampment at Valley Forge during the Revolutionary War. Excellent and unfamiliar paintings of Washington accompany the text. Th Author: Freedman, Russell HSE Descriptors: social studies We Are One: The Story of Bayard Rustin Bayard Rustin's biography not only emphasizes his well-known role as advisor and organizer to leadership in the Civil Rights Movement but expands our view with his activities as speaker, singer, actor, artist, and non-violent activist. This biography pro Author: Brimner, Larry Dane HSE Descriptors: social studies Weave of Words, A A young king uses his literacy and weaving skills to send a message to the queen who frees him from his captors. The copyright page contains information on the origins of this Armenian tale. Author: San Souci, Robert Well, The Set in Mississippi in the early 1900's, African American David Logan and his family share their well with blacks and whites in their community which leads to racial violence. Author: Taylor, Mildred What Jamie Saw The power and lyricism of this remarkable book is evident in the opening sentence. "When Jamie saw him throw the baby, saw Van throw the little baby, saw Van throw his little sister Nin, when Jamie saw Van throw his baby sister Nin, then they moved." Jam Author: Coman, Carolyn Wolf of Gubbio, The A legend tells the story of a wolf who terriorizes a community until the boy who became St.Francis of Assisi, negotates an agreement. Author: Bedard, Michael Wolf on the Fold Six linked storeis follow an Australian family from 1935 to 2002 as different generations cope with discord and violence. The use of flashbacks may cause some readers difficulty. Author: Clarke, Judith Words West: Voices of Young Pioneers Diary and journal excerpts and archival photographs enliven a well-written text about the Westward Movement as seen from the perspective of children. The book includes short biographies of the children who are quoted often as well as a chronology, furthe Author: Wadsworth, Ginger HSE Descriptors: social studies Written in Bones This thoroughly researched book explores human history through the study of bones. Maps, photographs, and archival materials illustrate the text. The text is complex and the print small. Author: Bahn, Paul HSE Descriptors: science | social studies Young Man and the Sea, The In an attempt to push his father out of the alcohol-fueled funk he's been in since his wife died, 12-year-old Skiff Beaman repairs the family fishing boat and meets a 900-lb. tuna 30 miles at sea. Author: Philbrick, Rodman Young Man and the Sea, The In an attempt to push his father out of the alcohol-fueled funk he's been in since his wife died, 12-year-old Skiff Beaman repairs the family fishing boat and meets a 900-lb. tuna 30 miles at sea. Author: Philbrick, Rodman Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > life choices > regret Leonardo's Horse Contemporary sculptors completed the horse that Leonardo da Vinci began but never finished. Author: Fritz, Jean HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Nellie Bly This biography recounts the life of the woman who opened up the field of journalism to women through her undercover investigative reporting during the turn of the century through WW I. Author: Fredeen, Charles HSE Descriptors: social studies Sarah's Key The story of the roundup of the Jews in France during WWII. A heart-wrenching look at the infamous collaboration of French officials with the Nazis It is told through two people: a 10-year-old Jewish girl and an American journalist 60 years later. Author: de Rosnay, Tatiana HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading Wolf on the Fold Six linked storeis follow an Australian family from 1935 to 2002 as different generations cope with discord and violence. The use of flashbacks may cause some readers difficulty. Author: Clarke, Judith Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > life choices > righting wrongs Alia's Mission This graphic storybook/graphic novel is based on the true story of the chief librarian at the Central Library in Basra, Iraq. It tells the story of how she tried to save the books from destruction during the Iraq War. Author: Stamaty, Mark Alan HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading Amelia to Zora: Twenty-Six Women Who Changed the World Minute biographies of 26 illustrious women with quotes from each. Discover woman who have changed people's lives and read about their childhood, hardships and successes to inspire girls and women of all ages. Author: Chin-Lee, Cynthia HSE Descriptors: social studies Amelia to Zora: Twenty-Six Women Who Changed the World Minute biographies of 26 illustrious women with quotes from each. Discover woman who have changed people's lives and read about their childhood, hardships and successes to inspire girls and women of all ages. Author: Chin-Lee, Cynthia HSE Descriptors: social studies As Good as Anybody Martin Luther King Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, who had both experienced discrimination, joined forces in the Civil Rights Movement. Author: Michelson, Richard HSE Descriptors: social studies Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal The life of Bass Reeves, from slavery to US marshal, the most feared and respected lawman in the territories. This is a story of a remarkable African-American hero of the Old West. Actual photos, western vocabulary, timeline,further reading/websites, res Author: Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux HSE Descriptors: social studies Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal The life of Bass Reeves, from slavery to US marshal, the most feared and respected lawman in the territories. This is a story of a remarkable African-American hero of the Old West. Actual photos, western vocabulary, timeline,further reading/websites, res Author: Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux HSE Descriptors: social studies Black Pioneers This well-researched history of African American pioneers, freedom fighters, and participants in the Underground Railroad tells little known stories of brave people who settled the midwest against great odds. The book contains archival photographs, a map Author: Katz, William Loren HSE Descriptors: social studies Bread and Roses, Too. This is a fictionalized history of the 1912 Lawrence, Massachusetts, factory strike. The main characters are two children, a girl whose family is active in the strike, and a homeless boy. Aspects of the strike itself and of outsiders' attempts to help the Author: Paterson, Katherine HSE Descriptors: social studies Bucking the Sarge Teenage Luther, who is exploited by his slumlord mother, keeps his equilbrium through many humorous misadventures before finding his own way. Author: Curtis, Christopher Paul Dear One, The 15-year-old, pregnant Rebecca arrives at her mother's college friend's house to await the birth of her baby. She and others in the house learn to embrace differences and develop friendships. Author: Woodson, Jacqueline Dream of Freedom, A This well written and comprehensive documentation of the Civil Rights Movement, its background, issues, and confrontations is told by a white Southern woman of privilege who grew up during that period. Photographs and fact boxes, index, bibliography, and Author: McWhorter, Diane HSE Descriptors: social studies Eleanor This biography of Eleanor Roosevelt's early life conveys the emotionally impoverished childhood amid wealth and power. The book captures the indomitable spirit of the woman who would become the greatest and most beloved First Lady and a leader in her own Author: Cooney, Barbara HSE Descriptors: social studies Eleanor Roosevelt Freedman relates this biography of Eleanor Roosevelt with the interest of suspense fiction which is accompanied by extensive archival photographs. The book traces her evolution from a shy young girl from an unhappy home to America's most acclaimed First Author: Freedman, Russell HSE Descriptors: social studies Eleanor, Quiet No More The author tells the story of Eleanor Roosevelt's life simply, each phase emphasizing a quote of hers. In addition to lovely, soft illustrations, the author includes a timeline, selected bibliograph, and web sites. Author: Rappaport, Doreen HSE Descriptors: social studies Eleanor, Quiet No More The author tells the story of Eleanor Roosevelt's life simply, each phase emphasizing a quote of hers. In addition to lovely, soft illustrations, the author includes a timeline, selected bibliograph, and web sites. Author: Rappaport, Doreen HSE Descriptors: social studies Fiery Vision: The Life and Death of John Brown Brown is one of the controversial figures in American history who continues today to evoke both anger and admiration. This gripping biography of John Brown, abolitionist and crusader for equality of races, describes the events of his life that led to Har Author: Cox, Clinton HSE Descriptors: social studies Fiery Vision: The Life and Death of John Brown Brown is one of the controversial figures in American history who continues today to evoke both anger and admiration. This gripping biography of John Brown, abolitionist and crusader for equality of races, describes the events of his life that led to Har Author: Cox, Clinton HSE Descriptors: social studies Firefly Letters: A Suffragette's Journey to Cuba, The This powerful book shares the plight of women and slavery in Cuba, a beautiful, lush island with many ugly truths. The early feminist, Fredrika Bremer, travels from Denmark to record life in this society and finds a great deal of prejudice and wrongs. Dur Author: Engle, Margarita HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading Francie This engaging novel shows a slice of life in small-town Alabama in the 1940s, as told from the perspective of 13-year-old Francie. Francie, her mother, and her brother anxiously await a chance to join her father in Chicago. In the meantime, Francie comes Author: English, Karen Freedom Riders This book, illustrated with historical photographs, tells the story of two young men, one white and one black, whose common goal in life is to bring equality between the races. Their story is set during the historic freedom rides of the Civil Rights Move Author: Bausum, Ann HSE Descriptors: social studies Friend on Freedom River This is the story of young Louis, who decides to do what his father would do and help runaway slaves make it across the Detroit River to Canada. Author: Whelan, Gloria HSE Descriptors: social studies Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez This is a picture biography of Cesar Chavez. It focuses on his childhood and initial efforts at organizing farm workers in the mid-60s, creating The National Form Workers Association. Author: Krull, Kathleen HSE Descriptors: social studies Heavenly Village, The This is subtitled "A Novel," but it's really more a loosely connected set of short stories, all of which take place in the "Heavenly Village," a place for those who have died but are not quite yet ready to leave earth behind. (Note: religious overtones, i Author: Rylant, Cynthia HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Hero Beowulf, The This prose retelling of the first part of the earliest poem in English (Anglo Saxon, actually) has strong, vibrant illustrations and helpful supplementary material. Author: Kimmel, Eric A. HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Martin's Big Words Brief and easy-to-read biographical statements are accompanied by MLK's words and award-winning illustrations. An abbreviated Civil Rights chronology and bibliography conclude the book. Author: Rappaport, Doreen HSE Descriptors: social studies Monster 16-year-old Steve Harmon is on trial for murder. This riveting book tells his story in the form of his journals and a film script he is writing. Author: Myers, Walter Dean Nobody Particular A graphic novel format depicts the activist Diane Wilson and her fight against water pollution along the Gulf Coast of Texas. The illustrations contain diagrams to explain problems of pollution. Author: Bang, Molly HSE Descriptors: science Number the Stars In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis. It is about the power of the Danish Resistance, heroes of a nation, the power of human decency over th Author: Lowry, Lois HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading Only Passing Through Strong illustrations help tell this biography of Sojourner Truth. An Author's Note updates the relevance of Sojourner Truth and provides a helpful timeline. Author: Rockwell, Anne HSE Descriptors: social studies Rosa Giovanni tells the story of Rosa Parks' infamous bus ride. In the telling, the author speaks to the strength of the African-American community in their struggle for equal rights. The author weaves other tales (Emmett Till) into the story to give the rea Author: Giovanni, Nikki HSE Descriptors: social studies Si, Se Puede (Yes, We Can!) Text in both English and Spanish on each page tells the story of a mother who becomes active in union organization. This story is based on the 2000 janitors' strike in Los Angeles. An essay by Luis J. Rodriguez describes a real-life activist whose goals a Author: Cohn, Diana HSE Descriptors: social studies Sir Gawain & the Green Knight The author retells this famous tale of one of the knights of King Arthur's famous Roundtable, in which Gawain accepts a challenge of a giant green knight that leads to further trials at the end of one year. Vivid illustrations contribute to the sense of Author: Morpurgo, Michael HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Somewhere In the Darkness Jimmy, a teenager, lives in the city with Mama Jean. Then he meets Crab, a "man with something to prove. Maybe Crab's not sure what it is; maybe Jimmy's not sure he wants to know. But it may be the last chance Crab has to tell Jimmy who he was, and who Author: Myers, Walter Dean HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Sundiata With roots in the 13th Century history of Mali in West Central Africa, the legend of Sundiata and how he gains the kingship prophesied at his birth is illustrated with exquisite cut paper artwork. Historical facts are included in the endmatter and a beau Author: Wisniewski, David HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Touching Spirit Bear Cole, a juvenile "delinquent," is offered jail or "circle justice," a system based on Native American traditions that attempts to provide healing for the criminal, his victim, and the community. Cole's time at a remote Alaskan island and his interactions Author: Mikaelsen, Ben When Harriet Met Sojourner The author imagines the meeting of two brave activists for the freeing of slaves --Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman when they were in Boston in 1864. The story is told with the aid of very powerful artwork. Author: Clinton, Catherine HSE Descriptors: social studies Women of Hope The author wrote essays on thirteen African American women to accompany photographs of the Bread and Roses Cultural Project. The essays feature inspiring women who exhibited courage in overcoming barriers of race and gender in fighting for rights we all Author: Hansen, Joyce HSE Descriptors: social studies Wreath for Emmett Till, A Told in a poetic form known as heroic crown sonnets, the thoughtfully illustrated poem causes the reader to experience the murder of 14 year old Emmett Till in Mississippi. The author provides an introduction to the poetic form, biographical information Author: Nelson, Marilyn HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > life choices > sacrifice 9-11 Artists Respond: Volume One Over 100 graphic artists draw their reactions to the 9-ll attack on the World Trade Center. There are as many styles and points-of-view as artists. Although graphic in nature, some texts would be difficult for beginning readers due to size and type face Author: No author cited HSE Descriptors: social studies Buddha The beautifully illustrated story of how the young prince Siddhartha became a Buddha. Author: Demi HSE Descriptors: social studies Buddha The beautifully illustrated story of how the young prince Siddhartha became a Buddha. Author: Demi HSE Descriptors: social studies Coal Miner's Bride, A: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska In journal format, the life of a thirteen year old girl in 1896 comes to life. Anetra Kaminska is sold to an older widower of three children in a mining town, for the price of her and her brother's tickets from Poland to America. Her life is extremely ha Author: Bartoletti, Susan Campbell HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | language arts - writing | social studies Hitler Youth By following a dozen German youth, the author examines the attraction and occasionally the resistance of the role of the Hitler youth movement in Nazi Germany. The author includes additional material for further exploration. Author: Bartoletti, Susan Campbell HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading | science Joan of Arc The author weaves together historical fact and fiction in the story of a modern French girl who idolizes Joan of Arc. An historical map and beautiful illustrations enhance the stories. Author: Morpurgo, Michael HSE Descriptors: social studies My Sister's Keeper Set in modern day Rhode Island, this novel tells the story of two sisters: Kate, the elder sister, has a rare form of leukemia and Anna, the younger sister, was conceived as a bone marrow donor for her sister. This book deals with medical and moral ethics Author: Picoult, Jodi Nazi Olympics, The Published by the U. S. National Holocaust Museum, this history documents the manipulation of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin by Hitler and the Nazi party and presents the controversy of whether to participate or not on the part of nations and individuals. Ar Author: Bachrach, Susan HSE Descriptors: social studies One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II One family in the USA begins an effort to help those in Europe suffering from the aftermath of WWII by sending shoes and other needed supplies. Author: Judge, Lita HSE Descriptors: social studies Rose Blanche A young girl shares her food with those behind barbed wire in Nazi Germany. The title was the name of the German resistance movement during Hitler's regime. Author: Innocenti, Roberto HSE Descriptors: social studies Truce Ostensibly writing about the real "Christmas truce" of Dec. 25, 1914, the author provides excellent historical material about the origins and maneuvers of this period of World War I. Photographs give immediacy to the text and back pages and maps provide Author: Murphy, Jim HSE Descriptors: social studies Truce Ostensibly writing about the real "Christmas truce" of Dec. 25, 1914, the author provides excellent historical material about the origins and maneuvers of this period of World War I. Photographs give immediacy to the text and back pages and maps provide Author: Murphy, Jim HSE Descriptors: social studies Veil of Snows, The In the absence of her husband who has not returned from battle, the queen prepares her city for assault. Aided by a small force of loyal soldiers and the Singer of Tales who narrates the story, the queen escapes the besieged city and heads for the safety Author: Helprin, Mark HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > life choices > second chances Birches On each page Ed Young illustrates trees and forests and the countryside, in browns and sepia tones, and presents them along with several lines of Robert Frost's well-known poem, "Birches." The poem is printed in its entirety again on the last two pages. Author: Frost, Robert HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Chance of Sunshine, A The pictures tell most of the story in this almost-wordless book. Two people chance to meet, become separated, and eventually find their way back together. Author: Liao, Jimmy Dear One, The 15-year-old, pregnant Rebecca arrives at her mother's college friend's house to await the birth of her baby. She and others in the house learn to embrace differences and develop friendships. Author: Woodson, Jacqueline Dog Lost An eleven-year old boy and pit bull terrier become best of friends. In an angry rage, the father throws the dog out into the street and the dog is forced to survive. Eventually the boy and his dog are reunited but not before the dog becomes a local hero Author: Lee, Ingrid HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Gowanus Dogs A homeless man meets some homeless dogs. The meeting changes everyone's life. Author: Frost, Jonathan Hammerin' Hank Grenberg: Baseball Pioneer The story of Hank Greenberg, first Jewish ballplayer inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Sommer explores the world of baseball as it became more inclusive and gives details of how Greenberg was an exceptional player. Author: Sommer, Shelley HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading Heavenly Village, The This is subtitled "A Novel," but it's really more a loosely connected set of short stories, all of which take place in the "Heavenly Village," a place for those who have died but are not quite yet ready to leave earth behind. (Note: religious overtones, i Author: Rylant, Cynthia HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Hired Hand, The When Old Sam hires a new hand to work at the sawmill, the hired hand teaches Sam's lazy son a lesson when the son tries to con an old man. Retold from an oral African American tale, the story is beautifully illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. Author: San Souci, R. HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Noah's Ark Well-known author-illustrator Jerry Pinkney retells the story of Noah and the ark that survives the flooding of the earth in a simple narrative and wonderfully detailed pictures. Author: Pinkney, Jerry Reappearance of Sam Webber, The With the help of adult friends, eleven-year-old Sam Webber adjusts to the disappearance of his father and the reduced circumstances of life in Baltimore. Although the story is told from Sam's perspective, every reader can identify with the ultimately upb Author: Fuqua, Jonathon Scott Riding the Tiger This is an allegory that features a bored, lonely 10-year-old's who is offered a ride by an exciting and somewhat scary tiger and discovers that it is easier to get on the tiger than to get off. Author: Bunting, Eve HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Same Stuff as Stars, The Angel and her little brother Bernie are dropped off at their great-grandma's house. Dad is in jail, and mom is an alcoholic and selfishly unable to be a mother. Together, the new family learns to live together in the crumbling Vermont farmhouse. Author: Paterson, Katherine Touching Spirit Bear Cole, a juvenile "delinquent," is offered jail or "circle justice," a system based on Native American traditions that attempts to provide healing for the criminal, his victim, and the community. Cole's time at a remote Alaskan island and his interactions Author: Mikaelsen, Ben What Jamie Saw The power and lyricism of this remarkable book is evident in the opening sentence. "When Jamie saw him throw the baby, saw Van throw the little baby, saw Van throw his little sister Nin, when Jamie saw Van throw his baby sister Nin, then they moved." Jam Author: Coman, Carolyn Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > life choices > taking risks Alice Ramsey's Grand Adventure Alice Ramsey and three other women face floods, mud, and travel without maps as they drive from New York to San Francisco--in 1909. The charming watercolors add realistic humor to the narrative. Author: Brown, Don HSE Descriptors: social studies Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart Informative account of Amelia Earhart's life and death, separating fact from fiction. A leader in women's rights, Amelia was an independent woman who proved women could fly! But, could she have done it without male support? Bibliography and source notes Author: Fleming,Candace HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Ann and Seamus This story of a real event in 1828 alternates chapters in free verse of the two characters of the title. Ann, a real teenager, wants to experience the world beyond Newfoundland, and Seamus, a fictional Irish immigrant, wants to find fortune and a wife. Author: Major, Kevin HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Anne Frank If you wonder why read another book on Anne Frank, look at this beautifully and realistically illustrated story that simply relates the political situation and gives the characters more three-dimensional personalities. A chronology in the end papers adds Author: Poole, Josephine HSE Descriptors: social studies Anne Frank If you wonder why read another book on Anne Frank, look at this beautifully and realistically illustrated story that simply relates the political situation and gives the characters more three-dimensional personalities. A chronology in the end papers adds Author: Poole, Josephine HSE Descriptors: social studies Antarctica: Journeys to the South Pole This non-fiction, photographic picture book tells the history of the Antarctic. The pictures are all accompanied by true stories of heroism and adventure. Author: Myers, Walter Dean HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - writing | language arts - reading Bearing Witness This selection of powerful personal stories of the Holocaust in various literary and artistic forms gives testimony of the extraordinary bravery of ordinary people. A map of concentration camps, a bibliography, and brief introductory notes for each excer Author: Rochman, Hazel & McCampbell, Darlene (Eds.) HSE Descriptors: social studies Big Mouth and Ugly Girl In this engrossing 266-page book, Matt, age 17, is falsely accused of trying to blow up his high school. His friends desert him, but a girl who calls herself "Ugly Girl" befriends him, and together they weather public opinion, the police, parents, teache Author: Oates, Joyce Carol Black Pioneers This well-researched history of African American pioneers, freedom fighters, and participants in the Underground Railroad tells little known stories of brave people who settled the midwest against great odds. The book contains archival photographs, a map Author: Katz, William Loren HSE Descriptors: social studies Blanche on the Lam A spunky African-American woman, who works as a housekeeper for a wealthy southern family with many secrets, must solve a murder in order to clear herself. Blanche relies on her own intelligence and an "old girl" network of domestics. The language is oc Author: Neely, B. HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Breadwinner, The This coming-of-age story, told from the point of view of a young Afghan girl left to fend for her family in the times of repressive Taliban influence is both moving and suspenseful. Author: Ellis, Deborah HSE Descriptors: social studies Breadwinner, The This coming-of-age story, told from the point of view of a young Afghan girl left to fend for her family in the times of repressive Taliban influence is both moving and suspenseful. Author: Ellis, Deborah HSE Descriptors: social studies Chuck Close Up Close This biography of the contemporary artist Chuck Close captures his inventiveness in text and vivid color photographs. An index of illustrations, an essay on portraits, a bibliography, and a list of museums that display the artist's work provide informati Author: Greenberg, Jan & Jordan, Sandra HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Daisy Bates: Civil Rights Crusader Although she is best known for shepherding the "Little Rock Nine" through the dangers and stresses of the first school integration test, Daisy Bates pursued a life of community crusading despite obstacles and personal difficulties before and after Little Author: Polakow, Amy HSE 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 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. No textbook description of slavery could have even a tiny portion of the power of this chilling account. Author: McCurdy, Michael (Ed.) HSE Descriptors: social studies Far Beyond the Garden Gate Don Brown has written another intriguing book about an extraordinary woman, one who perservered in her desire to explore Tibet never seen by a Western woman. An author's note, a bibliography, and a map extend the possibilities of this beautifully illustr Author: Brown, Don HSE Descriptors: social studies Finding Lincoln Louis needs to write an essay but in Alabama in 1951, he's not allowed in the "whites only" library. Lewis solves his dilemma with bravery and the help of a kind librarian. Historical notes are included at the end of the story. Author: Malaspina, Ann HSE Descriptors: social studies Finding Lincoln Louis needs to write an essay but in Alabama in 1951, he's not allowed in the "whites only" library. Lewis solves his dilemma with bravery and the help of a kind librarian. Historical notes are included at the end of the story. Author: Malaspina, Ann HSE Descriptors: social studies Fire in Their Eyes Color photographs and lively text follow a group of special wildfire firefighters called "hotshots" through training to their drop by parachute into wildfire zones. Author: Biel, Karen HSE Descriptors: science Flight This beautifully illustrated book tells the story of Lindbergh's daring flight over the Atlantic in 1927. It opens with a brief historical note by author Jean Fritz. Author: Burleigh, Robert HSE Descriptors: social studies Forbidden Schoolhouse With the help of her family and a few powerful friends, Prudence Crandall began a school for African-American girls in Canterbury, Connecticut, in 1833 despite boycotts, vandalism, and legal battles. An appendix provides historical research on the student Author: Jurmain, Suzanne HSE Descriptors: social studies Freedom on the Menu The author portrays the 1960's Civil Rights sit-ins at the Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina through the eyes of a young Southern black girls. Richly muted paintings illustrate the story. Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston HSE Descriptors: social studies Freedom Riders This book, illustrated with historical photographs, tells the story of two young men, one white and one black, whose common goal in life is to bring equality between the races. Their story is set during the historic freedom rides of the Civil Rights Move Author: Bausum, Ann HSE Descriptors: social studies Freedom River In this true story, John Parker, an ex-slave in Ripley, Ohio, helps a family on the Underground Railroad. Beautiful watercolor collages illustrate the story. Historical notes, additional books, suggested websites, and maps make this useful in the classr Author: Rappaport, Doreen HSE Descriptors: social studies Friend on Freedom River This is the story of young Louis, who decides to do what his father would do and help runaway slaves make it across the Detroit River to Canada. Author: Whelan, Gloria HSE Descriptors: social studies Gandhi The remarkable life of Mahatma Gandhi is told through simple text and beautiful Moghul-inspired illustrations. An author's note includes additional information and maps locate the principle places involved in his life. Author: Demi HSE Descriptors: social studies Hero and the Minotaur, The This retelling of the Greek hero Theseus' journey to the island of Crete to slay the minotaur and his return to become King of Athens is magnificently illustrated in the style and colors that recall Greek pottery designs. Stylized maps decorate the end Author: Byrd, Robert HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Hoot This charming and funny young adult mystery by the well-known adult mystery writer, Carl Hiassen, involves corporate greed, suburban expansion, environmental protection, child abuse and neglect, bullying, and social protest. Author: Hiassen, Carl Into the Volcano Two brothers face an erupting volcano and a variety of other troubles in their search for their mother. Author: Wood, Don Into the Volcano Two brothers face an erupting volcano and a variety of other troubles in their search for their mother. Author: Wood, Don Invisible Enemies This well-written but long book describes seven deadly diseases--Small Pox, Leprosy, Plague, Tuberculosis, Malaria, Cholera, and AIDS--the epidemics they caused, and the treatments developed by courageous scientists. The author includes a glossary, a bib Author: Farrell, Jeanette HSE Descriptors: science Let It Shine These ten essays on African American women introduce well-know and some lesser known freedom fighters. The colorful illustrations, the informative text, and the chatty tone will attract readers. The author's introducation and suggestions for further read Author: Pinkney, Andrea HSE Descriptors: social studies Librarian of Basra, The A true story of the librarian of Basra, Iraq, who saved the books in the town library during the current war. In an end note, the author brings the reader up-to-date on the librarian. Author: Winter, Jeanette Lily Cupboard, The A Dutch farm family hides a Jewish girl, who in turn wants to protect a rabbit. Author: Oppenheim, Shulamith L. HSE Descriptors: social studies Luba, the Angel of Bergen-Belsen This is the story of Luba Tryszynska, a prisoner at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp who hid 52 abandoned Jewish children until the camp was liberated. Front and back matter establish the historical context with a map and a bibliography. An epilogue tel Author: McCann, Michelle R. HSE Descriptors: social studies Man Who Walked Between the Towers, The The book celebrates in pictures and text Philippe Petit's highwire walk between the Trade Center Towers on Aug. 7, 1974. Author: Gerstein, Mordicai Moses The author's note describes this book on Harriet Tubman as a "fictionalized spiritual journey" comparing her answering the call of God to lead her people out of slavery to Moses leading the Israelites out of bondage in Egypt. The author includes a forewo Author: Weatherford, Carole HSE Descriptors: 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 just before the outbreak of the Korean War. The story is told simply with superb illustrations. Author: Park, Frances and Park, Ginger HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Nellie Bly This biography recounts the life of the woman who opened up the field of journalism to women through her undercover investigative reporting during the turn of the century through WW I. Author: Fredeen, Charles HSE Descriptors: social studies North by Night Lucy Spencer and her Ohio farm family are involved in the Underground Railroad in 1851, a time when The Fugitive Slave Act levied severe punishment and fines for harboring runaway slaves. Lucy makes a courageous decision that changes her life and that of Author: Ayres, Katherine HSE Descriptors: social studies North Star to Freedom This book is subtitled "The Story of the Underground Railroad," and it is that, but it's also more-- the history of slavery is presented, biographies of key figures are provided, lesislation is discussed. The author is Canadian, so this provides an intere Author: Gorrell, Gena K. HSE Descriptors: social studies Only Passing Through Strong illustrations help tell this biography of Sojourner Truth. An Author's Note updates the relevance of Sojourner Truth and provides a helpful timeline. Author: Rockwell, Anne HSE Descriptors: social studies Parvana's Journey Disguised as a boy, Parvana rescues a baby and joins with a young boy as she travels through war-torn Afghanistan searching for her family. The telling of the story through the child's perspective allows the reader to approach a sensitive current event an Author: Ellis, Deborah HSE Descriptors: social studies Picture Book of Jesse Owens, A This very readable biography tells the life story of Jesse Owens, the 1936 Olympic star, and the prejudice he combated throughout his life. The book ends with a page of notes and a page of dates. Author: Adler, David HSE Descriptors: social studies Queen of the Falls An engaging story about the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel - a 63 year old school teacher. Van Allsburg combines sepia toned illustrations with a smooth and flowing text while using tension to hold the reader's interest. Author: Van Allsburg, Chris HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Real Benedict Arnold, The This well-researched biography examines the facts and rumors of the life of the hero, then traitor, Benedict Arnold against the background of the Continental Congress and the Revolutionary War. Maps and portraits illustrate the text. End notes, sources, Author: Murphy, Jim HSE Descriptors: social studies Riding the Tiger This is an allegory that features a bored, lonely 10-year-old's who is offered a ride by an exciting and somewhat scary tiger and discovers that it is easier to get on the tiger than to get off. Author: Bunting, Eve HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Rosa Giovanni tells the story of Rosa Parks' infamous bus ride. In the telling, the author speaks to the strength of the African-American community in their struggle for equal rights. The author weaves other tales (Emmett Till) into the story to give the rea Author: Giovanni, Nikki HSE Descriptors: social studies Ruth Law Thrills a Nation The author recounts in easy text and wondrful watercolor illustrations the 1919 flight of Ruth Law from Chicago to New York. Author: Don Brown HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - writing School for Pompey Walker, A At the dedication of a school named for him, Pompey Walker tells how he and a white friend, Jeremiah, raised money to build a school for ex-slave children. With the help of his friend, Pompey allows himself to be sold over and over again, escaping each t Author: Rosen, Michael J. HSE Descriptors: social studies She Would Not Be Moved Kohl tells the historically correct version of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and Rosa Park's role in it. This revised biography of Rosa Parks stresses her activist background and the violent environment of racism to counter the prevailing picture of her as a Author: Kohl, Herbert HSE Descriptors: social studies Sky Pioneer This biography of American aviatrix Amelia Earhart traces her interest in aviation from childhood to her disappearance on a round-the-world flight in 1937. Photographs, journal entries, maps, a chronology, an afterword, a bibliography, and an index sugge Author: Szabo, Corinne HSE Descriptors: social studies Sold Lakshmi is a thirteen-year-old girl who lives with her family in a village in Nepal. Her stepfather sells her into sexual slavery and her life of prostitution begins in a large city in India. The book is written in short paragraphs, sentences, and phrases Author: McCormick, Patricia HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading Speak This compelling story recounts Melinda's freshman year in high school. She is an outcast because she called the police to an end-of-the-summer party. Her reasons for doing this and her gradual emotional acceptance and psychological healing are the focus o Author: Anderson, Laurie Steamboat! The Story of Captain Blanche Leathers The story of Blanche Leathers, the country's first female steamboat captain, sailing on the Mississippi River. Author: Gilliland, Judith Heide HSE Descriptors: social studies Team Moon This fact-filled book commemorates the achievement of 400,00 people of "team moon" who were responsible for the first walk in space in July, 1969. Color photographs, biographies, annotated source material, websites for further information, a glossary, a Author: Thimmesh, Catherine HSE Descriptors: science They Called Her Molly Pitcher This is an historical/legendary account of Molly "Pitcher" Hays McCauly, who followed her husband to fight in the Revolutionary War and was made a sergeant by General Washington for her courage and bravery. A biography and timeline accompany the colorful Author: Rockwell, Anne HSE Descriptors: social studies We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March Tells the story of the Birmingham Children's March through four participants. As the events unfold, the different perspectives and motivations of the participants shed light on the dynamics of the civil rights movement. In addition to the personal stori Author: Levinson, Cynthia HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Wideness and Wonder: The Life and Art of Georgia O'Keeffe Factual, informative account of Georgia O'Keeffe's interesting journey from farm girl to artist and her stubborn dedication to making art her own way. Illustrated with her works and Alfred Stieglitz's photographs of her. Excellent reference for artists. Author: Rubin, Susan Goldman HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | language arts - writing | social studies Women of Hope The author wrote essays on thirteen African American women to accompany photographs of the Bread and Roses Cultural Project. The essays feature inspiring women who exhibited courage in overcoming barriers of race and gender in fighting for rights we all Author: Hansen, Joyce HSE Descriptors: social studies Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > morality Borning Room, The The narrator remembers growing up in southern Ohio in the 19th century, remembers farm life, celebrates her relatives with their varying ideas about slavery and religion, remembers her part in hiding slaves. Author: Fleischman, Paul HSE Descriptors: social studies Heavenly Village, The This is subtitled "A Novel," but it's really more a loosely connected set of short stories, all of which take place in the "Heavenly Village," a place for those who have died but are not quite yet ready to leave earth behind. (Note: religious overtones, i Author: Rylant, Cynthia HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Houdini: The Handcuff King This graphic novel presents a possible explanation for the success of one of Houdini's famous escapes. Author: Lutes, Jason & Bertozzi, Nick Stone-Cutter, The A man gets what he wishes for, but then oversteps his bounds because of his desire to show off his power. Illustrations are bold color collages. Author: McDermott, Gerald Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > physical issues Heart is Big Enough, The Each of these five stories focuses on a protagonist with special challenges who is approaching adolescence. As author Steven Kellogg notes on the dust jacket, these stories "bring illumination and enjoyment to those of us who have already passed through" Author: Rosen, Michael Piano Starts Here This wonderfully illustrated picture book reads in the first person like a reminiscence, but actually was written long after jazz pianist Art Tatum died. It tells the story of his childhood, his family,his terrible eyesight, and his journey to success. T Author: Parker, Robert Andrew HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading Strongest Man in the World, The: Louis Cyr The text of this book goes far beyond just being the biography of a famous 20th century strong man, Louis Cyr. It is a description of early health mores and an evolution of the circus concept. Additionally, we learn a little about the other famous circus Author: Debon, Nicolas HSE Descriptors: social studies Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > physical issues > gender Brave Harriet The story of Harriet Quimby, the first woman to earn a pilot's license and the first woman to fly across the English Channel, is told in the first person. An author's note adds historical facts. Author: Moss, Marissa HSE Descriptors: social studies Coast to Coast with Alice A fictionalized account of the real 1909 journey of four women who crossed the country in a Maxwell car becoming the first women to do so. Written as a journal by Minna Jahns, the 15-year-old friend of Alice Ramsey, the narrative includes the physical dif Author: Hyatt, Patricia Rusch HSE Descriptors: social studies Girls The subtitle, A History of Growing Up Female in America, tells it all. The 10 chapters cover history from colonial America to the Millennium. A good index and Selections for Further Reading make this a good reference text. The author selects girls from Author: Colman, Penny HSE Descriptors: science Library for Juana, A This beautifully illustrated imaginative biography (little is known) focuses on the early life of Juana Ramirez de Asbaje, who became the first and one of the greatest Mexican poets known as Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz. The author includes a glossary, furt Author: Mora, Pat HSE Descriptors: social studies More Spice Than Sugar: Poems about Feisty Females All the poems in this collection are about women and girls, some famous and some not. The three sections of the book are "When I Am Me," "She's a Winner" (about sports), and "Against the Odds." Work from some famous poets is included. Author: Morrison, Lillian (comp.) HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard On the night of October 6, 1998, a gay twenty-one year old University of Wyoming student named Matthew Shepard, was beaten, tied to a fence and left to die. The book is a collection of 68 poems from various perspectives concerning this crime. Author: Newman, Leslea HSE Descriptors: social studies Rosie the Riveter This carefully researched book tells the story of the millions of women who worked in factories during WW II, how they got there, and how they were persuaded to return home after the war was over. The volume is illustrated with archival photographs and c Author: Colman, Penny HSE Descriptors: social studies Ruby's Wish The author tells the story of her Chinese grandmother, Ruby, who yearned for learning and the opportunity to attend the university, which was against custom. Author: Bridges, Shirin Yim Separate Battle, A: Women and the Civil War This must-have addition to a Civil War collection weaves together stories of slave women, abolitionists, women's rights leaders, and famous and not-so-famous women to offer a look at women's experiences during the Civil War. Diaries and letters are frequ Author: Chang, Ina HSE Descriptors: social studies Steamboat! The Story of Captain Blanche Leathers The story of Blanche Leathers, the country's first female steamboat captain, sailing on the Mississippi River. Author: Gilliland, Judith Heide HSE Descriptors: social studies Wreck of the Zanzibar, The When Laura Perryman dies, her great-nephew Michael gets her diary. The diary reveals remarkable stories about a time when people lived off the bounty (and at the mercy) of the ocean. This story "of a family bound by respect for nature seamlessly blends Author: Morpurgo, Michael Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > physical issues > health American Plague, An Subtitled "The True and Terifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793," this account focuses on the 1793 outbreak in Philadelphia but also addresses the politics of medical research. It won several awards. Author: Murphy, Jim HSE Descriptors: social studies Bluish This is a warm, easy to read story of three young girls and their developing friendship. Natalie, whom the children call Bluish, suffers from leukemia. Author: Hamilton, Virginia Can't Get There from Here This fictional story of homeless teens trying to survive on NYC streets in winter recounts the perils of drugs, sex, starvation, cold, and the help of a few who try to intervene. This is a gripping story, but not for the faint of heart. Author: Strasser, Todd Charles and Emma Charles Darwin's struggles with religious beliefs and his developing theory of evolution are the backdrop for this domestic biography of the Darwins. The author includes a genealogy chart, extensive source notes, a bibliography, and a thorough index. Author: Heligman, Deborah HSE Descriptors: science Charles and Emma Charles Darwin's struggles with religious beliefs and his developing theory of evolution are the backdrop for this domestic biography of the Darwins. The author includes a genealogy chart, extensive source notes, a bibliography, and a thorough index. Author: Heligman, Deborah HSE Descriptors: science Growing Up in Coal Country Based on primary documents and oral histories, this book tells the stories of life in the coal mines in eastern Pennsylvania around the turn of the 20th century. Author: Bartoletti, Susan HSE Descriptors: social studies Invisible Enemies This well-written but long book describes seven deadly diseases--Small Pox, Leprosy, Plague, Tuberculosis, Malaria, Cholera, and AIDS--the epidemics they caused, and the treatments developed by courageous scientists. The author includes a glossary, a bib Author: Farrell, Jeanette HSE Descriptors: science Jim the Boy In a coming-of-age story set in Appalachia, Jim grows up as a town boy with his mother and uncles but finally makes friends with a mountain boy and meets his mountain grandfather. Author: Early, Tony Run Far, Run Fast When a mother tells a young girl in 14th C Europe to "run far, run fast" to escape the pestilence, the girl discovers that she cannot outrun the plague but is helped by a friendly man. The exquisite pen and ink drawings are integral to the story. The on Author: Decker, Timothy HSE Descriptors: social studies Run Far, Run Fast When a mother tells a young girl in 14th C Europe to "run far, run fast" to escape the pestilence, the girl discovers that she cannot outrun the plague but is helped by a friendly man. The exquisite pen and ink drawings are integral to the story. The on Author: Decker, Timothy HSE Descriptors: social studies Saying It Out Loud Mindy is a typical 16-year-old teenager when her mother develops a serious medical problem. This touching story alternates between Mindy's current feelings and actions and flashbacks to earlier memories to show her reaction to this terrible tragedy. Author: Abelove, Joan Snake Pits, Talking Cures, and Magic Bullets: A History of Mental Illness This is a roughly chronological history of thinking about and treatment for persons with mental illness. Boxed text throughout focuses on special issues. End material offers many opportunities for follow-up. Author: Kent, Deborah HSE Descriptors: science | social studies That Summer A boy looks back on the summer that his brother became ill and died. Author: Johnston, Tony Working Children The author presents the history of child labor in America in four chapters, written with two easy-to-read paragraphs per page , and illustrated with archival black-and-white photogaphs. What distinguishes this book for use in a classroom is the back matt Author: Saller, Carol HSE Descriptors: social studies Young Teddy Roosevelt A biography of the life of Theodore Roosevelt up to the time of his presidency has illustrations that are as interesting as the well-written text. Author: Harness, Cheryl HSE Descriptors: social studies Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > physical issues > physical disability Bells of Christmas, The This long picture book may be read slowly, although it is not broken into chapters. It is a reminiscence of an African-American family's celebration of Christmas in the 1890s and is set in the farmlands of Ohio. Author: Hamilton, Virginia HSE Descriptors: social studies Black Book of Colors, The This book is written in Braille alphabet so the sighted reader can share the reading experience with the blind reader. The books is printed in black pages to further simulate the reading experience of the blind reader. This books has been printed around Author: Cottin, Menena HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Chuck Close Up Close This biography of the contemporary artist Chuck Close captures his inventiveness in text and vivid color photographs. An index of illustrations, an essay on portraits, a bibliography, and a list of museums that display the artist's work provide informati Author: Greenberg, Jan & Jordan, Sandra HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Cool Moonlight, A Lila, who has an allergy to sunlight, lives with her disability helped by her family and friends, real and imaginary. The author uses lyrical language deftly to tell the story with great sensitivity and lightness. Author: Johnson, Angela Down the Colorado: John Wesley Powell, the One-Armed Explorer This biography of John Wesley Powell, son of an Ohio abolitionist, a teacher who lead a group of the first exploration of the treacherous Colorado River in 1869--despite the loss of an arm in the Civil War. A timeline, bibliography, and an author's note Author: Ray, Deborah Kogan HSE Descriptors: science | social studies Down the Colorado: John Wesley Powell, the One-Armed Explorer This biography of John Wesley Powell, son of an Ohio abolitionist, a teacher who lead a group of the first exploration of the treacherous Colorado River in 1869--despite the loss of an arm in the Civil War. A timeline, bibliography, and an author's note Author: Ray, Deborah Kogan HSE Descriptors: science | social studies Franklin Delano Roosevelt Russell Freedman scores his usual high marks for this biography of FDR, complete with excellent archival photographs and bibliographical information for further study. Author: Freedman, Russell HSE Descriptors: social studies Franklin Delano Roosevelt Russell Freedman scores his usual high marks for this biography of FDR, complete with excellent archival photographs and bibliographical information for further study. Author: Freedman, Russell HSE Descriptors: social studies I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly Patsy, a 12-year-old slave girl, keeps a diary during 1865, describing the changes in the plantation that come with the Emancipation Proclamation. The author appends historical notes, archival photographs, the wording of Constitutional Amendments 13,14, Author: Hansen, Joyce HSE Descriptors: social studies Jack's Path of Courage: The Life of John F. Kennedy This biography of John Kennedy follows his life from his childhood to his White House years. The book is laced with many eloquent quotations from Kennedy and those close to him to craft a lyrical portrait of JFK. Vivid artwork. Author: Rappaport, Doreen HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Mind's Eye This is a novel in play form. Courtney, 16 and paralyzed, learns about the power of the mind from an elderly blind woman and a game they play--taking an imaginary trip to Italy using a 1910 Baedeker's guidebook. Author: Fleischman, Paul HSE Descriptors: social studies Miss Spitfire Using real letters and records, the author vividly imagines the early days of the relationship between Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan from the teacher's perspective. Author: Miller, Sarah Miss Spitfire Using real letters and records, the author vividly imagines the early days of the relationship between Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan from the teacher's perspective. Author: Miller, Sarah Out of the Dust Set in Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl years of the Depression, this powerful book tells in unobtrusive blank verse the story of personal tragedy and community hardship through the experiences of Billy Jo, a 15-year-old girl. The book is so credible that Author: Hesse, Karen HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | 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 through his brain, Phineas Gage provided scientists an opportunity to study the brain and the biological basis of behavior. Photographs, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index Author: Fleischman, John HSE Descriptors: science Printer, The A son retells the story of his father, a deaf printer working in a newspaper plant in the 1940's who used sugn language to save his co-workers from a fire. In addition, the author gives biographical information about his father who was the model for the Author: Uhlberg, Myron Ray Charles In a beautiful reprint of a 1973 book, the author tells the story of the legendary blind musician Ray Charles. An Afterword updates the earlier version. Author: Mathis, Sharon HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Sees Behind Trees A blind Native American boy learns to "see behind trees", guided by his mother, to use his other senses. He uses his gift to help an old warrior find a land of mystery and beauty that he'd discovered years ago, and could not find again himself. Author: Dorris, Michael HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Thank you, Mr. Falker While in 5th grade, Trisha, the central, autobiographical character, encounters a new teacher who helps her overcome her difficulties with reading that had caused her such humiliation since first grade. Author: Polacco, Patricia Under the Shadow of Wings Obie, a developmentally disabled boy dies causing a variety of emotional response from his friend Tatnall, an 11-year-old girl. Author: Banks, Sara Young Teddy Roosevelt A biography of the life of Theodore Roosevelt up to the time of his presidency has illustrations that are as interesting as the well-written text. Author: Harness, Cheryl HSE Descriptors: social studies Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > physical issues > safety Boy of the Deeps On his first day in the coal mines, a boy with his father survive an accident. Author: Wallace, Ian HSE Descriptors: social studies Can't Get There from Here This fictional story of homeless teens trying to survive on NYC streets in winter recounts the perils of drugs, sex, starvation, cold, and the help of a few who try to intervene. This is a gripping story, but not for the faint of heart. Author: Strasser, Todd Cheap Raw Material: How Our Youngest Workers Are Exploited and Abused This book is a chronological nonfiction account of children as laborers. Child labor in the U.S. is the focus, but historical background (e.g., Rome, England) is also provided. This history is chronicled through quotations from primary sources, stories Author: Meltzer, Milton HSE Descriptors: social studies Just One Flick of the Finger Young Jack brings his father's gun to school hoping to scare a bully, but events take an unexpected and violent turn. Author: Lorbiecki, Marybeth Librarian of Basra, The A true story of the librarian of Basra, Iraq, who saved the books in the town library during the current war. In an end note, the author brings the reader up-to-date on the librarian. Author: Winter, Jeanette Monster 16-year-old Steve Harmon is on trial for murder. This riveting book tells his story in the form of his journals and a film script he is writing. Author: Myers, Walter Dean Printer, The A son retells the story of his father, a deaf printer working in a newspaper plant in the 1940's who used sugn language to save his co-workers from a fire. In addition, the author gives biographical information about his father who was the model for the Author: Uhlberg, Myron Something out of Nothing: Marie Curie and Radiation This is a very readable biography of Marie Curie and her discovery of radiation. Author: McClafferty, Carla HSE Descriptors: science Stitches: A Memoir An autobiographical graphic novel that profoundly describes the author's disturbing and often horrific childhood. This is a riveting and groundbreaking work by children's book illustrator David Small. Author: Small, David HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | language arts - writing Stolen Dreams This collection of photographic essays on child labor around the world explores the physical and political conditions, the economic and health effects, and what can be done to reduce it. The author/photographer includes a list of questions, a bibliograph Author: Parker, David HSE Descriptors: social studies Under the Shadow of Wings Obie, a developmentally disabled boy dies causing a variety of emotional response from his friend Tatnall, an 11-year-old girl. Author: Banks, Sara Wolf on the Fold Six linked storeis follow an Australian family from 1935 to 2002 as different generations cope with discord and violence. The use of flashbacks may cause some readers difficulty. Author: Clarke, Judith Working Children The author presents the history of child labor in America in four chapters, written with two easy-to-read paragraphs per page , and illustrated with archival black-and-white photogaphs. What distinguishes this book for use in a classroom is the back matt Author: Saller, Carol HSE Descriptors: social studies Your Move When gang initiation threatens his younger brother, James summons the courage to make up his own mind. Author: Bunting, Eve Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > physical issues > sexuality Bee & Jacky A brother and sister suffer the effects of their father's Vietnam trauma and their mother's ineffectualness by resuming a physical relationship. This moving, psychologically honest book is difficult to read because the real or imagined incest is portraye Author: Coman, Carolyn Buried Alive This collection of linked poems explores the rich, puzzling and painful experiences of love from teenagers' points of view. Author: Fletcher, Ralph HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This A moving story of the friendship between two motherless 12-year-old girls--one black and one white--presents issues of racial prejudice, poverty, and child abuse. Author: Woodson, Jacqueline Like Sisters on the Homefront When 14-year-old Gayle gets into "trouble," she and her baby Jose leave New York City to live with family in rural Georgia. At first bored with and distressed about her situation, Gayle eventually makes friends with her cousin Cookie. Through "tellings" b Author: Williams-Garcia, Rita HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Now Sheba Sings the Song This book consists of one long poem and dozens of sketches of African-American women. It is a sensuous book that celebrates the sexuality, the history, and the strength of Black women. Author: Angelou, Maya October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard On the night of October 6, 1998, a gay twenty-one year old University of Wyoming student named Matthew Shepard, was beaten, tied to a fence and left to die. The book is a collection of 68 poems from various perspectives concerning this crime. Author: Newman, Leslea HSE Descriptors: social studies Perfect Shot, The Ostensibly a murder mystery, this book explores many issues--civil rights, prejudice, judicial system, stereotyping, meaningful teaching--while offering exciting descriptions of basketball. Brian must decide whether to speak out when his girlfriend, her Author: Alphin, Elaine Marie HSE Descriptors: social studies Persepolis 2 This graphic novel sequel to Persepolis, depicts the author's rebellious adolescence and early adulthood among dissident outsider friends in Vienna and her voluntary return to her family in fundamentalist Tehran. Readers should be cautioned about referen Author: Satrapi, Marjane HSE Descriptors: social studies Sigmund Freud This biography introduces the history of the study of the physical and emotional aspects of the mind as well as the colorful life of Sigmund Freud. Additional resources include an appendix, a bibliography, web sites, and an index. Author: Krull, Kathleen HSE Descriptors: science True Believer This is not exactly a sequel to Make Lemonade, but the style is similar and many of the characters are the same-- LaVaughn, her mother, Jolly and her children [they have a minor role in this book]. LaVaughn is 15, lives in the inner city, and str Author: Wolff, Virginia Euwer With a Hammer for My Heart When 15-year-old Lawanda befriends a WW II veteran living in an old school bus, she sets in motion events that will change her life and all those around her. The well-written story unfolds with each chapter telling the story from the point of view of eac Author: Lyon, George Ella Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues >individual> physical issues > sexuality > homosexuality October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard On the night of October 6, 1998, a gay twenty-one year old University of Wyoming student named Matthew Shepard, was beaten, tied to a fence and left to die. The book is a collection of 68 poems from various perspectives concerning this crime. Author: Newman, Leslea HSE Descriptors: social studies Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > resourcefulness Adventures of Marco Polo, The The author recounts the 13th Century life and exploration of the famous Venetian, Marco Polo. The fascinating illustrations reflect the style of the time and place of each segment of the story. The author includes ample supplemental information on the a Author: Freedman, Russell HSE Descriptors: social studies Baboon King, The Set in Africa, this powerful book explores the themes of the importance of community through the exile of Morengaru from his tribe and survival, not against but with nature, in his life with a group of baboons. Author: Quintana, Anton Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal The life of Bass Reeves, from slavery to US marshal, the most feared and respected lawman in the territories. This is a story of a remarkable African-American hero of the Old West. Actual photos, western vocabulary, timeline,further reading/websites, res Author: Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux HSE Descriptors: social studies Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal The life of Bass Reeves, from slavery to US marshal, the most feared and respected lawman in the territories. This is a story of a remarkable African-American hero of the Old West. Actual photos, western vocabulary, timeline,further reading/websites, res Author: Nelson, Vaunda Micheaux HSE Descriptors: social studies Blanche on the Lam A spunky African-American woman, who works as a housekeeper for a wealthy southern family with many secrets, must solve a murder in order to clear herself. Blanche relies on her own intelligence and an "old girl" network of domestics. The language is oc Author: Neely, B. HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Breadwinner, The This coming-of-age story, told from the point of view of a young Afghan girl left to fend for her family in the times of repressive Taliban influence is both moving and suspenseful. Author: Ellis, Deborah HSE Descriptors: social studies Breadwinner, The This coming-of-age story, told from the point of view of a young Afghan girl left to fend for her family in the times of repressive Taliban influence is both moving and suspenseful. Author: Ellis, Deborah HSE Descriptors: social studies Bucking the Sarge Teenage Luther, who is exploited by his slumlord mother, keeps his equilbrium through many humorous misadventures before finding his own way. Author: Curtis, Christopher Paul Cat with the Yellow Star, The: Coming of Age in Terezin Ela Weissberger's life before, during, and after she and her family were forced to live in the Jewish ghetto of Terezin during WWII. Photographs reinforce Ela's memories of survival and hope. Author: Rubin, Susan Goldman HSE Descriptors: social studies Chicken Sunday Two African-American boys and their white friend, a girl, try to earn enough money to buy Miss Eula Mae the Easter bonnet she's been longing for. The children befriend a Jewish shopkeeper who helps them succeed. Author: Polacco, Patricia Children of the Dust Bowl The book recounts the migration of the "Okies" during the Great Depression to the camps in California. School Superintendent Leo Hart began the Weedpatch School where children of the migrants escaped the ostracism of the locals in a model learn-by-doing Author: Stanley, Jerry HSE Descriptors: social studies Coast to Coast with Alice A fictionalized account of the real 1909 journey of four women who crossed the country in a Maxwell car becoming the first women to do so. Written as a journal by Minna Jahns, the 15-year-old friend of Alice Ramsey, the narrative includes the physical dif Author: Hyatt, Patricia Rusch HSE Descriptors: social studies Danger Along the Ohio The Dunn family is traveling down the Ohio River in 1793. The children become separated from their father and must fend for themselves while heading toward Marietta. Author: Willis, Patricia HSE Descriptors: social studies Elijah of Buxton Eleven-year-old Elijah, the first to be born free in a Canadian settlement for runaway slaves at the end of the Underground Railroad, though considered "fra-gile" and talkative by adults, performs an heroic feat with his chucking stones. Author: Curtis, Christopher Paul Fannie in the Kitchen Accompanied by delightful Victorian-style illustrations, this biography of Fannie Farmer, the cookbook writer, is told in a storybook format with a recipe and cooking tips thrown in for good measure. Author: Hopkinson, Deborah Far Beyond the Garden Gate Don Brown has written another intriguing book about an extraordinary woman, one who perservered in her desire to explore Tibet never seen by a Western woman. An author's note, a bibliography, and a map extend the possibilities of this beautifully illustr Author: Brown, Don HSE Descriptors: social studies George Washington Carver This biography of George Washington Carver, known as the "peanut man," is illustrated with his art work and archival photographs and includes notes, bibliographical resources and an afterword. Author: Bolden, Tanya HSE Descriptors: social studies | science George Washington Carver This biography of George Washington Carver, known as the "peanut man," is illustrated with his art work and archival photographs and includes notes, bibliographical resources and an afterword. Author: Bolden, Tanya HSE Descriptors: social studies | science Grand Mosque of Paris: A Story of How Muslims Rescued Jews During the Holocaust, The Although the authors found little documentary evidence to substantiate the oral stories of how Jews were sheltered in the Grand Mosque and given Arab identity cards during the Nazi occupation of Paris in WW II, they tell an important story with excellent Author: Ruelle, Karen Gray HSE Descriptors: social studies Grand Mosque of Paris: A Story of How Muslims Rescued Jews During the Holocaust, The Although the authors found little documentary evidence to substantiate the oral stories of how Jews were sheltered in the Grand Mosque and given Arab identity cards during the Nazi occupation of Paris in WW II, they tell an important story with excellent Author: Ruelle, Karen Gray HSE Descriptors: social studies Houdini: The Handcuff King This graphic novel presents a possible explanation for the success of one of Houdini's famous escapes. Author: Lutes, Jason & Bertozzi, Nick In Our Mothers' House Marmee and Meema, two wonderfully innovative, creative mothers, provide a loving home for adopted children and are the glue for a community-oriented neighborhood, except for one family who snubs them for being different. Author: Polacco, Patricia HSE Descriptors: social studies In Our Mothers' House Marmee and Meema, two wonderfully innovative, creative mothers, provide a loving home for adopted children and are the glue for a community-oriented neighborhood, except for one family who snubs them for being different. Author: Polacco, Patricia HSE Descriptors: social studies In the Days of the Vaqueros Russell Freedman has created another interesting non-fiction book, this time on the vaqueros, who were the forerunners of cowboys. As usual, the author illustrates his essays with paintings, archival photographs and includes useful resources in a bibliog Author: Freedman, Russell HSE Descriptors: social studies In the Promised Land From Asser Levy in 1654 to Steven Spielberg today, this book provides one-page illustrated biographies of thirteen famous Jews. In addition, the author includes other print and web resources. Author: Rappaport, Doreen HSE Descriptors: social studies Invention of Hugo Cabret, The Part fiction, part graphic novel, this winner of the 2008 Caldecott Medal tells the story of an orphaned boy who maintains and repairs clocks in a Paris train station and discovers the history of an automaton and its maker. When he meets a mysterious toy Author: Selznick, Brian HSE Descriptors: science | social studies Lost: A Story in String Using string figures, a grandmother tells a story of the uses of imagination and resourcefulness. Beautiful black-and-white clayboard and ink illustrations and clear diagrams and resources encourage readers to try the string figures. Author: Fleischman, Paul Love, Loss, and What I Wore The author reminisces indirectly by depicting and describing outfits she wore at times of loss in her life. This clever book has a limited audience: urban (especially New York), women, and people interested in fashion design. Author: Beckerman, Ilene Lugalbanda This retelling of the oldest recorded story ever found from Sumer (now Iraq) recounts the journey of a young prince as he crosses the mountains to join a war and find his brothers, overcoming obstacles on his way. The book includes interesting historical Author: Henderson, Kathy HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Make Lemonade When fourteen-year-old LaVaughn takes a job baby-sitting for seventeen-year-old Jolly's two children, neither girl realizes how much she'll learn from the other. Despite no job, a lousy apartment, and a bleak future, Jolly, with the help of LaVaughn and Author: Wolff, Virginia Euwer Mary Smith Before the advent of alarm clocks, Mary Smith's job was to wake the workers of her village with her trusty peashooter. Author: U'Ren, Andrea Mermaid Summer, The Jon and Ana, brother and sister, display intelligence and courage as they break a mermaid's curse on their grandfather and the fishing community. Author: Hunter, Mollie My Brothers' Flying Machine This biography of Wilber and Orville Wright is told by their younger sister. Author: Yolen, Jane HSE Descriptors: science Ninth Ward This is a powerful reenactment of the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and how it affected the poor section of the ninth ward. The hurricane and subsequent levee failure come to life through the eyes of a twelve year old special girl. The voi Author: Rhodes, Jewell Parker HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies | science Queen of the Falls An engaging story about the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel - a 63 year old school teacher. Van Allsburg combines sepia toned illustrations with a smooth and flowing text while using tension to hold the reader's interest. Author: Van Allsburg, Chris HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Raft, The A city boy spends a magical summer in the woods with an unusual grandmother and discovers not only the creatures of the woods and river but himself as well. This is a beautifully illustrated portrait of a childhood we all might like to claim. Author: LaMarche, Jim Remembering Manzanar Shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. government ordered forced evacuation of Japanese Americans who lived in the western U.S. This is the story of one relocation camp, Manzanar. The text is supported with archival photographs, end notes, Int Author: Cooper, Michael L. HSE Descriptors: social studies Safekeeping Radley returns home to Vermont from a volunteer stay in Haiti to complete chaos. She begins a long trek to try to find her parents and some sense of normalcy in a country becoming completely dysfunctional.The underling message is articulated, as a vision Author: Hesse, Karen HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading | language arts - writing Shooting for the Moon This beautifully illustrated biography of Annie Mozee, known to the world as the sharpshooter, Annie Oakley, describes her impoverished childhood as well as her career as a performer. Author: Krensky, Stephen Story in String, A When their apartment loses power, Grandma tells the story of a little girl who gets lost in the snow looking for her dog. To illustrate the story, Grandma uses a piece of her knitting yarn to make string figures. Author: Fleischman, Paul Story of the Three Kingdoms, The This colorfully illustrated fable celebrates the gift of storytelling. Author: Myers, Walter Dean Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt Based on a true incident, this story tells of a young slave girl's brainstorm of sewing a map of the Underground Railroad onto a quilt so that others could find their way to freedom. Author: Hopkinson, Deborah HSE Descriptors: social studies Symphony of Whales, A This book is based on the true story of a "whale rescue" by a group of Siberian villagers in the mid-1980s. Author: Schuch, Steve HSE Descriptors: social studies | science This Vast Land A fictional account of a young man on the real Lewis and Clark Expedition emphasizes and personalizes the confrontation of races and the conflict between civilization and the wilderness. There are allusions to sex, though minimal. Author: Ambrose, Stephen HSE Descriptors: social studies Trapped:How the World Rescued 33 Miners from 2,000 Feet Below the Chilean Desert An in-depth recounting of the collapse of a Chilean copper mine in 2010 that entombed 33 miners for 69 days, their heroic struggle to survive and the efforts of those who saved them. The book is riveting in detail and even inspirational. Book contains ex Author: Aronson, Marc HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | language arts - writing | science Uncommon Traveler Mary Kingsley, who grew up in Victorian England, isolated, without formal education but with her Father's library, made trips to explore West Africa, where she accomplished many firsts and survived many adventures. The beautiful watercolor illustrations, Author: Brown, Don HSE Descriptors: social studies Under the Sun After his father sends him and his mother to relatives outside Sarajevo to escape the perils of the war in the former Yugoslavia, 13-year-old Ehmet must find the way through land mines, burned villages, and hostile bands of armed men to his grandparents i Author: Dorros, Arthur HSE Descriptors: social studies Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story From Africa The true story of how Wangari Maathai, a Kenyan educated in the USA, started a movement to replant trees in Kenya, one seedling at a time. Wangari won the Nobel Peace Prize for replenishing of the forests in her country. Author: Winter, Jeanette HSE Descriptors: science | social studies Weave of Words, A A young king uses his literacy and weaving skills to send a message to the queen who frees him from his captors. The copyright page contains information on the origins of this Armenian tale. Author: San Souci, Robert Words West: Voices of Young Pioneers Diary and journal excerpts and archival photographs enliven a well-written text about the Westward Movement as seen from the perspective of children. The book includes short biographies of the children who are quoted often as well as a chronology, furthe Author: Wadsworth, Ginger HSE Descriptors: social studies Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > responsibilities Alice Ramsey's Grand Adventure Alice Ramsey and three other women face floods, mud, and travel without maps as they drive from New York to San Francisco--in 1909. The charming watercolors add realistic humor to the narrative. Author: Brown, Don HSE Descriptors: social studies Black Ships Before Troy This beautifully illustrated book retells Homer's epic poem The Iliad about the Trojan War. A glossary of names is included. Author: Sutcliff, Rosemary HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Boy Who Saved Cleveland, The During a malarial epidemic in the late 18th century Cleveland, Ohio, ten-year-old Seth Doan surprises his family, his neighbors, and himself by having the strength to carry and grind enough corn to feed everyone. Author: Giblin, James Cross HSE Descriptors: social studies 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's castle in 13th Century England. Notes for the Reader contains additional historical information. Author: Platt, Richard HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - writing Eleanor Roosevelt Freedman relates this biography of Eleanor Roosevelt with the interest of suspense fiction which is accompanied by extensive archival photographs. The book traces her evolution from a shy young girl from an unhappy home to America's most acclaimed First Author: Freedman, Russell HSE Descriptors: social studies Fish The story of the difficult and dangerous journey a family must make out of a country hit with drought and civil unrest. The story is told from the point of view of the family's youngest member who decides to take a live fish on the journey. Author: Matthews, L. S. HSE Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies Gowanus Dogs A homeless man meets some homeless dogs. The meeting changes everyone's life. Author: Frost, Jonathan Miss Rumphius The Lupine Lady, the great-aunt of the narrator, travels around the world but returns to Maine to plant lupines and make her world a better place. Author: Cooney, Barbara HSE Descriptors: social studies Moon Over Tennessee A boy accompanies his father into the Confederate Army in the Civil War, eventually arriving at the battle of Gettysburg. The story-poem is told in a format of journal entries. Somber black and white woodcuts contribute to the tragic tone. A map and an Author: Crist-Evans, Craig HSE Descriptors: social studies Moving Mama to Town Enterprising Freddy James moves his mother and younger brother to town after his father leaves and the farm fails. He works at the local saloon where he learns from everyone he meets. Author: Young, Ronder Thomas My Sister's Keeper Set in modern day Rhode Island, this novel tells the story of two sisters: Kate, the elder sister, has a rare form of leukemia and Anna, the younger sister, was conceived as a bone marrow donor for her sister. This book deals with medical and moral ethics Author: Picoult, Jodi Night the Bells Rang, The This short novel (76 pages), told from the point of view of a farm boy, tells the story of Mason's struggles with a bully, and of his growing up. Although the book has the feel of a reminiscence, the emotions are complex and the characters ring true. Author: Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie Princess of the Press This biography of Ida Wells- Barnett chronicles her remarkable career in civil rights as a journalist against lynching, publisher of African American newspapers, speaker and activist for women's right to vote, and founder of the National Association for t Author: Medearis, Angela HSE Descriptors: social studies Relatively Speaking Centered around a family reunion, a boy speaks about his older brother, his parents, grandparents, and extended family in short, easily accessible free verse. Author: Fletcher, Ralph Saying It Out Loud Mindy is a typical 16-year-old teenager when her mother develops a serious medical problem. This touching story alternates between Mindy's current feelings and actions and flashbacks to earlier memories to show her reaction to this terrible tragedy. Author: Abelove, Joan Under the Shadow of Wings Obie, a developmentally disabled boy dies causing a variety of emotional response from his friend Tatnall, an 11-year-old girl. Author: Banks, Sara Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > self-esteem Blacker the Berry, The The author explores all the warm colors of skin tones in delicious to the tongue words and images. Author: Thomas, Joyce Carol Blacker the Berry, The The author explores all the warm colors of skin tones in delicious to the tongue words and images. Author: Thomas, Joyce Carol Bobbin Girl, The Rebecca, a 10-year-old "bobbin girl" working in the textile factories in Lowell, Massachuesetts in the 1830's must decide if she will participate in the first workers' strike. Author: McCully, Emily Arnold HSE Descriptors: social studies Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea This well illustrated book of poetry uses the metaphor of nurturing tea for the extended family. Author: Thomas, Joyce Carol HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Code Talkers After attending a white boarding school where his Navajo language and culture were belittled and punished, Ned Begay served as a code talker with the US Marines during operations in the Pacific during World War II. The narrator tells his story to his gra Author: Bruchac, Joseph HSE Descriptors: social studies Fannie in the Kitchen Accompanied by delightful Victorian-style illustrations, this biography of Fannie Farmer, the cookbook writer, is told in a storybook format with a recipe and cooking tips thrown in for good measure. Author: Hopkinson, Deborah Fanny's Dream A retelling of the Cinderella story, the book depicts the choices of Fanny Agnes, providing a humorous portrait of a strong woman. Author: Buehner, Caralyn Finding Fish This is the autobiography of Antwone Fisher (basis for a movie made by Denzel Washington). Antwone's childhood was filled with emotional and physical abuse. He found a way to overcome this difficult beginning. Author: Fisher, Antwone Freedom's Children Thirty African Americans tell their youthful experiences in the civil rights movement. The book includes a chronology, a who's who, a list of acronyms, and a bibliography. Author: Levine, Ellen HSE Descriptors: social studies Hammerin' Hank Grenberg: Baseball Pioneer The story of Hank Greenberg, first Jewish ballplayer inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Sommer explores the world of baseball as it became more inclusive and gives details of how Greenberg was an exceptional player. Author: Sommer, Shelley HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading Holes This story-within-a-story tells of Stanley Yelnats (and his distant relatives, one of whom "cursed" the family), mistakenly sent to a juvenile corrections camp in Texas. At the corrections camp, Stanley finds a real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of Author: Sachar, Louis If: A Fathers Advice to His Son Sports themed photographs accompany Kiplings poem about the qualities that make up a mature person. Author: Kipling, Rudyard HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Jump at de Sun This interesting biography of the author and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston emphasizes her unique celebration of black life and language at the turn of the century when such topics were unpopular. Her niece wrote the introduction. Author: Porter, A. P. HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Marvelous Mattie Based on the life of Margaret E. Knight, the book portrays an imaginative girl who overcomes the barriers of poverty and sexism to become an inventor of over 90 inventions with 22 patents. The author's note gives more biographical information while paten Author: McCully, Emily HSE Descriptors: science Midwife's Apprentice, The This award-winning novel, set in 14th century England, tells the story of Brat/Beetle/Alyce, a "homeless waif who became the midwife's apprentice-a person with a name and a place in the world" (book jacket). Author: Cushman, Karen HSE Descriptors: science | social studies My Name is Georgia This simple biography of Georgia O'Keefe describes how she was true to her life-long goal of being an artist and how she gained inspiration for her paintings from the natural world around her. Author: Winter, Jeanette HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Nellie Bly This biography recounts the life of the woman who opened up the field of journalism to women through her undercover investigative reporting during the turn of the century through WW I. Author: Fredeen, Charles HSE Descriptors: social studies Razia's Ray of Hope This is a fictional story about the a young girl in Afghanistan who wants to attend school and the building of the first school for girls in that country.Tolerance and determination are key themes. Author: Suneby, Elizabeth HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Rio Grande Stories In Albuquerque, 7th grade students decide to write a book on their diverse heritage to raise money for the school. As they research traditions and family stories, they learn unexpected things about themselves. Chapters alternate between stories about th Author: Meyer, Carolyn Ruby's Wish The author tells the story of her Chinese grandmother, Ruby, who yearned for learning and the opportunity to attend the university, which was against custom. Author: Bridges, Shirin Yim Stitches: A Memoir An autobiographical graphic novel that profoundly describes the author's disturbing and often horrific childhood. This is a riveting and groundbreaking work by children's book illustrator David Small. Author: Small, David HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | language arts - writing Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > solitude I'm in Charge of Celebrations A desert (Native American?) woman is asked if she is lonely and replies by telling about all the natural wonders she witnesses. The title comes from her idea of marking the calendar for the following year to celebrate whatever she saw. The illustrations Author: Baylor, Bird Me, All Alone, at the End of the World A boy enjoys living quietly by himself at the End of the World until Constantine Shimmer arrives and begins to "improve" the area with an inn and amusement park, demanding that tourists come and have "fun without end. Author: Anderson, M.T. HSE Descriptors: social studies Raft, The A city boy spends a magical summer in the woods with an unusual grandmother and discovers not only the creatures of the woods and river but himself as well. This is a beautifully illustrated portrait of a childhood we all might like to claim. Author: LaMarche, Jim Touching Spirit Bear Cole, a juvenile "delinquent," is offered jail or "circle justice," a system based on Native American traditions that attempts to provide healing for the criminal, his victim, and the community. Cole's time at a remote Alaskan island and his interactions Author: Mikaelsen, Ben Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > success Becoming Billie Holiday Weatherford uses the titles of Billie Holiday songs as titles for poems that tell the story of Billie's life and road to fame. Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston HSE Descriptors: social studies Come See the Earth Turn: The Story of Leon Foucault A sickly child, a poor student and a medical school dropout, Leon Foucault proved that the world rotated by designed the pendulum that proves that the earth moves on its axis, a puzzle that had eluded more learned scientists for decades. Author: Mortensen, Lori HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | science | social studies Houdini: The Handcuff King This graphic novel presents a possible explanation for the success of one of Houdini's famous escapes. Author: Lutes, Jason & Bertozzi, Nick If: A Fathers Advice to His Son Sports themed photographs accompany Kiplings poem about the qualities that make up a mature person. Author: Kipling, Rudyard HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading Jabberwocky With his wonderfully bright, energetic illustrations, Myers gives an Mezo-American and African American spin to the famous poem by Lewis Carroll. Myer's "reimagined" famous poem by Carroll is unique in its contemporary setting of an urban street basket Author: Carroll, Lewis HSE Descriptors: literature and arts Nothing But Trouble: The Story of Althea Gibson Althea Gibson was perpetual motion and perpetual trouble until mentors helped her channel her energy into tennis where she became a champion, and the first African American to win the Wimbledon. The colorful illustrations capture her boundless energy. Author: Stauffacher, Sue HSE Descriptors: social studies Nothing But Trouble: The Story of Althea Gibson Althea Gibson was perpetual motion and perpetual trouble until mentors helped her channel her energy into tennis where she became a champion, and the first African American to win the Wimbledon. The colorful illustrations capture her boundless energy. Author: Stauffacher, Sue HSE Descriptors: social studies Old Musician, The A little girl hears an old man playing a flute and initiates his journey as an ever more popular musician of increasing number of instruments until his celebrity invades his private life. Author: Tornqvist, Rita Queen of the Falls An engaging story about the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel - a 63 year old school teacher. Van Allsburg combines sepia toned illustrations with a smooth and flowing text while using tension to hold the reader's interest. Author: Van Allsburg, Chris HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | social studies Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorothea Lange This biography of photographer Dorthea Lange contains many of her photographs. Lange photographed and helped raise awareness of the poor conditions of the migrant workers during the Depression. Author: Partridge, Ellizabeth HSE Descriptors: literature and arts | social studies Steamboat! The Story of Captain Blanche Leathers The story of Blanche Leathers, the country's first female steamboat captain, sailing on the Mississippi River. Author: Gilliland, Judith Heide HSE Descriptors: social studies Strongest Man in the World, The: Louis Cyr The text of this book goes far beyond just being the biography of a famous 20th century strong man, Louis Cyr. It is a description of early health mores and an evolution of the circus concept. Additionally, we learn a little about the other famous circus Author: Debon, Nicolas HSE Descriptors: social studies Uncle Jed's Barbershop A woman tells the story of her Uncle Jed, an African-American barber who traveled a regular route, saving his money for his own shop. When she became sick, he gave up his money for her operation, and when the Depression came, he lost everything again. F Author: Mitchell, Margaree K. HSE Descriptors: social studies Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom This is an enlightening text illustrating the importance of the bicycle as a way to change the world by cultivating independence. The photographs, newspaper articles, advertisements, etc., beautifully depict the history, ending with a timeline comparing w Author: Macy, Sue HSE Descriptors: social studies | language arts - reading Wideness and Wonder: The Life and Art of Georgia O'Keeffe Factual, informative account of Georgia O'Keeffe's interesting journey from farm girl to artist and her stubborn dedication to making art her own way. Illustrated with her works and Alfred Stieglitz's photographs of her. Excellent reference for artists. Author: Rubin, Susan Goldman HSE Descriptors: language arts - reading | language arts - writing | social studies We welcome your comments
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