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Media Log

For each of the award categories listed below you must review at least 2 items. For the remaining items you may select any materials – print, audio, video, kits, 3-D items, etc. You may also want to explore additional award categories at:

The list of companies provided for the Order #1 assignment will also be helpful. As you complete your Material Order assignments and the Review assignments you may also include those items in your log. You may add rows as needed to any of the categories.

Caldecott Award

|Title |Author/Producer/Date |Summary |Additional Awards |Why/Curriculum Connection |

|Hello, Goodbye |By Norton Juster; illustrated by Chris|A little girl tells the story about a window at | | |

|Window |Raschka, Hyperion 2005 |her grandparents house. This window is special | | |

| | |because so many wonderful things happen looking | | |

| | |in and looking out of it. | | |

|Flotsam |By David Wiesner, Clarion Books, 2006 |This is a wordless book that tells the adventures|Best Illustrated | |

| | |of a piece of flotsam or marine debris. The |Children’s Book Awards | |

| | |featured flotsam is a camera that has film that | | |

| | |depicts it’s many adventures through time. | | |

|First the Egg |By Laura Vaccaro Seeger, Roaring Book |This simple story is a delight. The author |Theodor Seuss Geisel |Science |

| |Press, 2007 |shares of many firsts in the animal community. |Honor |Writing- Introducing Process |

| | |Cutouts in the illustrations add to the charm of | | |

| | |this book. | | |

|Zen Shorts |By Jon J. Muth, Scholastic, 2005 |A panda befriends his neighbors and uses tales to| |Literature- Folktales |

| | |help them contemplate issues in their lives. | | |

Newbery Award

|Title |Author/Producer/Date |Summary |Additional Awards |Why/Curriculum Connection |

|Feathers |By Jacqueline Woodson, G.P. Putnam’s |A young girl navigates her way through a complex | | |

| |Sons, 2007 |adolescence. | | |

|A Single Shard |By Linda Sue Park, Clarion Books, |A young orphan boy desires to learn to create | | |

| |2001 |pottery. He is given the opportunity in order to | | |

| | |repay a debt but learns about much more than an | | |

| | |artistic craft. | | |

|Everything on a |By Polly Horvath, Farrar Straus |This is the story of a quirky young girl whose | | |

|Waffle |Giroux, 2001 |parents are lost at sea. It shares her adventures| | |

| | |in her new small town home and the interesting | | |

| | |characters that live there. | | |

|The End of the |By Avi; Illustrations by Tricia Tusa,|A modern day fable about a snail who discovers | | |

|Beginning |Harcourt, 2004 |some important life lessons in a day’s journey. | | |

Coretta Scott King Award

|Title |Author/Producer/Date |Summary |Additional Awards |Why/Curriculum Connection |

|Elijah of Buxton |By Christopher Paul Curtis, |The first free born boy born in Buxton is |Newberry Medal Winner | |

| |Scholastic, 2007 |outwitted by a crafty neighbor. He decides to get| | |

| | |what is owed him no matter what it takes. | | |

|Rosa |By Nikki Giovanni, Illustrated By |A unique version of Rosa Parks and the day she |Caldecott Honor Book |Social Studies- Segeration, |

| |Bryan Collier, Scholastic, 2005 |refused to give up her seat on the bus. | |Civil Rights |

|November Blues |By Sharon M. Draper, Atheneum Books, |A teenage girl deals with pregnancy after the | | |

| |2007 |death of her boyfriend. | | |

|Almost to Freedom |By Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, |This is a freedom story told from the perspective | | |

| |Illustrations By Colin Bootman, |of a doll. She was property of a girl who escaped| | |

| |Carolhoda Books, 2003 |using a house that was a part of the Underground | | |

| | |Railroad. | | |

Michael Printz Award

|Title |Author/Producer/Date |Summary |Additional Awards |Why/Curriculum Connection |

|The White Darkness|By Geraldine McCaugrehean | | | |

|American Born |By Gene Luen Yang, | | | |

|Chinese | | | | |

|The First Last |By Angela Johnson | | | |

|Part | | | | |

Batchelder Award

|Title |Author/Producer/Date |Summary |Additional Awards |Why/Curriculum Connection |

|Nicholas and the |By Goscinny & Sempe, Phaidon, 2007 |A young boy shares his daily adventures in and out| | |

|Gang | |of school. | | |

|Brave Story |By Miyuki Miyabe, | | | |

|The Cat or How I | | | | |

|Lost Eternity | | | | |

Pura Belpre Award

|Title |Author/Producer/Date |Summary |Additional Awards |Why/Curriculum Connection |

|Dona Flor |By Pat Mora, Illustrated by Raul |A gentle giant named Dona Flor helps villagers | |Multicultural Literature- |

| |Colon, Borzoi Books, 2005 |solve a problem. | |Folktale |

|The Tequila Worm |By Viola Canales, Random House |A Mexican American girl must make a decision about| | |

| |Chidren’s Books, 2005 |leaving her family to attend a fancy boarding | | |

| | |school. She also learns negotiate a life with | | |

| | |Hispanic heritage and American culture. | | |

|Becoming Naomi |By Pam Munoz Ryan, Scholastic, 2004 |An orphaned girl is reunited with her mother and | | |

|Leon | |is kidnapped by her grandmother in search of her | | |

| | |father. | | |

|Martina the |Retold by Carmen Agra Deedy, |A young cockroach is ready to get married and uses| | |

|Beautiful |Illustrated by Michael Austin, |the advice of her grandmother to find the right | | |

|Cockroach |Peachtree Publishers, 2007 |suitor. | | |

Carnegie Award Videos

|Title |Author/Producer/Date |Summary |Additional Awards |Why/Curriculum Connection |

|The Other Side of |By Beverly Naidoo, Harper Collins, |A Nigerian girl and her brother are the children | | |

|Truth |2000 |of a journalist who speaks out against | | |

| | |governmental injustices. They must flee their | | |

| | |home after their mother is murdered. Lost in | | |

| | |London they learn to speak the truth in order to | | |

| | |save and become reunited with their father. | | |

|Ruby Holler |By Susan Creech, Haper Collins, 2002 | | | |

| | | | | |

Georgia Children’s Book Award

|Title |Author/Producer/Date |Summary |Additional Awards |Why/Curriculum Connection |

|Hedgie’s Surprise |By Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, |A young boy keeps taking the eggs of a hen who | | |

| |2000 |desperately wants chicks. A hedgehog befriends | | |

| | |her and helps her come up with a solution to her | | |

| | |problem. | | |

|Flush |By Carl Hiaasen, Alfred A. Knopf, |A young boy must up with a unique plan to free his| | |

| |2005 |father from jail. | | |

|Runt |By Marion Dane Bauer, Clarion Books, |A small wolf tries to make his father proud and | | |

| |2002 |live beyond the confines of his name. | | |

Additional materials

|Title |Author/Producer/Date |Summary |Additional Awards |Why/Curriculum Connection |

|Pssst! |By Adam Rex Harcourt, 2007 |A little girl goes to the zoo and gets several | |Language Arts: Readers |

| | |unusual requests from the animals. | |Theater, Types of Sentences, |

| | | | |Dialogue |

| | | | |Grades: 1-5 |

|Diary of a Spider |By Doreen Cronin; Pictures by Harry |A friendly young spider keeps a journal about | |Science: Animals |

| |Bliss, Harper Collins, 2005 |all the things he does and learns about on a day| |Grades: 1-3 |

| | |to day basis. | | |

|Diary of a Worm |By Doreen Cronin; Pictures by Harry |A friendly young worm keeps a journal about all | |Science: Animals |

| |Bliss, Harper Collins, 2003 |the things he does and learns about on a day to | |Grades: 1-3 |

| | |day basis. | | |

|Diary of a Fly |By Doreen Cronin; Pictures by Harry |A friendly young fly keeps a journal about all | |Science: Animals |

| |Bliss, Harper Collins, 2007 |the things he does and learns about on a day to | |Grades: 1-3 |

| | |day basis. | | |

|First Year Letters |By Julie Danneberg; Illustrated by |This is the sequel to Danneberg’s First Day | |Language Arts- Letter Writing|

| |Judy Love, Charlesbridge, 2003 |Jitters. Mrs. Hartwell’s students and others | | |

| | |share letters about adventures in her class. | | |

|Last Day Blues |By Julie Danneberg; Illustrated by |This is a companion to the others written by | | |

| |Judy Love, Charlesbridge, 2006 |Danneberg about a quirky teacher named Sara Jane| | |

| | |Hartwell. The students try to find ways to | | |

| | |cheer her up about the end of the school year. | | |

|What Athletes are Made|By Hanoch Piven, Simon & Schuster, |Collage art introduces popular athletes to young| |Biographies |

|Of |2006 |children. Factual information is also given | | |

| | |about their accomplishments. | | |

|Sahara Special |By Esme Raji Codell, Scholastic, 2003|This is the story of a troubled fifth grade | | |

| | |student who has to deal with divorce, lack of | | |

| | |self esteem, and her love of writing. Her | | |

| | |teacher Mrs. Pointy helps her to discover and | | |

| | |express herself throughout the school year. | | |

|No Talking |By Andrew Clements, Simon & Schuster,| | | |

| |2007 | | | |

|Whoops! But it wasn’t |By Lauren Child, Penguin Group, 2006 |Charlie’s precocious younger sister Lola is told| | |

|me | |not to play with his skyscraper. When it gets | | |

| | |broken she insists it was not her that broke it.| | |

|Chiggers |By Hope Larson, Simon & Schuster, |A graphic novel about a girl who goes to camp |Etsner Award Winner | |

| |2008 |and makes some new and unusual friends. | | |

|We Live Here Too! |By Nacy Loewen, Picture Windows |Students write letters to an animated character | | |

| |Books, 2003 |asking questions about their lives related to | | |

| | |citizenship. | | |

|Voting in Elections |By Terri DeGezelle, Capstone Press, |Basic information written at a very low level to| | |

| |2005 |explain the voting process. | | |

|Body Language |By Karen Price Hossell, Heinemann, |Very informative book about nonverbal | | |

| |2002 |communication in the US and around the world. | | |

|There Is a Bird on |By Mo Williems, Hyperion Books for |An elephant deals with having a bird on his head|Theodor Seuss Geisel | |

|Your Head! |Children, 2007 |while his friend the pig looks on. |Award | |

|Not a Box |By Antoinette Portis, Harper Collins |An imaginative tale about how a box can be used |Theodor Seuss Geisel | |

| |Publishers, 2006 |as much more than a box. |Award | |

|The Memory String |By Eve Bunting, Illustrated by Ted |A little girl deals with the pain of losing her | | |

| |Rand, Clarion Books, 2000 |mother by keeping a memory string of buttons | | |

| | |that tell stories of special memories. | | |

|Crispin and the 3 |By Ted Dewan, Random House, 2002 |Crispin, a young pig, must get used to life with| | |

|Little Piglets | |his 3 new siblings. He is very reluctant at | | |

| | |first but then learns to enjoy them. | | |

|Cinderella |By Barbara McClintock, Scholastic |A familiar retelling of the popular fairy tale. | | |

| |Press, 2005 | | | |

|Cinderella’s Dress |By Nancy Willard, Illustrated by Jane|A pair of birds are the secret caretakers of | | |

| |Dyer, Blue Sky Press, 2003 |this Cinderella. They make a beautiful paper | | |

| | |dress for her to wear to the ball. When it’s | | |

| | |ruined by her stepsisters she is given her | | |

| | |mother’s magic ring that changes her life. | | |

|Too Many Monsters |By Eve Bunting, Illustrated by James |A boy seeks his parents assistance in riding | | |

| |Bernardin, BridgeWater Books, 2001 |monsters from his room. | | |

|Emma’s Turtle |By Eve Bunting, Illustrated Marsha |A young girl has a pet turtle who is fansinated | | |

| |Winborn, Boyds Mills Press, Inc. 2007|by her tales of places around the world. He | | |

| | |decides to leave his pen and explore the world. | | |

|Willy’s Pictures |By Anthony Browne, Candlewick Press, |A young monkey boy creates pictures that are |Hans Christian Andersen |Art |

| |2000 |some variation of famous works of art. |Medal | |

|My Brother |By Anthony Browne, Doubleday, 2007 |This story is about a younger brother who | | |

| | |admires his older brother. | | |

|The Days of Summer |By Eve Bunting, Illustrated By |Two sisters have to deal with the end of summer | | |

| |William Low, Harcourt, 2001 |and their grandparents divorcing. | | |

|Carrot Soup |By John Segal, Simon & Schuster, 2006|A rabbit looks forward to enjoying carrot soup. | |Science-growing and planting |

| | |He plants, waters, weeds, and prepares to | |seeds |

| | |harvest seeds only to find that all of his | | |

| | |carrots are gone. They’ve been gathered by his | | |

| | |friends who are at his home with a party and | | |

| | |carrot soup. | | |

|But I Want To! |By Karl Ruhmann, Illustrated by John |A little boy imagines a day with no rules. | | |

| |A. Rowe, Translated by J. Allison | | | |

| |James, North-South Books, 2002 | | | |

|The Sunday Blues |By Neal Layton, Candlewick Press, |A little boy does not want summer to end and | | |

| |2001 |school to begin. In the end, he learns that | | |

| | |school may not be so bad. | | |

|Drive |By Nathan Clement, Front Street, 2008|This is the story of a father who is a truck | | |

| | |driver. Excellent illustration depict his daily| | |

| | |actions. | | |

|Clancy The Courageous |By Lachie Hume, Greenwillow Books, |Two herds of cows learn to get along with the | |Social Studies/ Health- |

|Cow |2006 |help of an unlikely cow. | |Equality |

|Jin Woo |By Eve Bunting, Illustrated by Chris |An adopted boy must adjust to his family | | |

| |Soentpiet, Clarion Books, 2001 |welcoming in another child. | | |

|Max’s Words |By Kate Banks, Pictures by Borid |A young boy wants to collect something just like| |Loved it. Ending was abrupt |

| |Kulikov, Francis Foster Books, 2006 |his brothers. He begins to collect words and | |and left me wanting me more. |

| | |finds this to be very rewarding. | | |

|Sleepy Cadilliac |By Thacher Hurd, Harper’s Collins, |This is the story of a cadilliac that takes | |Different, okay. Not for me |

| |2005 |passengers high into the sky to help them sleep.| |but maybe for kids. |

|Daffodil, Crocodile |By Emily Jenkins, Pictures by Tomek |Daffodil is a triplet who wants to stand out and| |A triplet who wants to be an |

| |Bogacki, Frances Foster Books, 2007 |not be a “pretty little, clean little flower of | |individual. I like it. |

| | |a girl.” She decides to become the polar | |Didn’t like the ending. |

| | |opposite at home and school. | | |

|Timothy Cox Will Not |By Robert Kinerk, Pictures by Stephen|Timothy Cox is a boy who follows through. When | |Loved the rhyme and the |

|Change His Socks |Gammell, Simon & Schuster Books, 2005|he decides to wear the same pair of socks for 1 | |message. Some diversity in |

| | |month his tenacity begins to cause trouble for | |the illustrations. |

| | |his family, friends, and community. | | |

|Too Small for Honey |By Gil Lobel, Illustrated by |Little Fox deals with getting used to his new | |Nice. Didn’t like the use of|

|Cake |Sebastien Braun, Harcourt, 2005 |sibling taking away his father’s attention. | |the word “cross.” Did like |

| | | | |the father/son relationship. |

|My Ddima Wears a Sari |By Kashmira Sheth, Illustrated by |A little girl explores why her grandmother wears| |Yes! |

| |Yoskido Jaeggi, Peachtree Publishers,|a sari and all of its wonderful uses. | | |

| |2007 | | | |

|Just in Case |By Judith Viorst, Illustrated by |Charlie is a boy who is always prepared but | |Cute. Nice. Okay. |

| |Diana Cain Bluthenthal, Atheneum |learns that sometimes the unexpected can be | | |

| |Books, 2006 |wonderful. | | |

|Squirrel and John Muir|By Emily Arnold McCully, Farrar |Based on the lives of John Muir and Floy | |Great author. I expected not|

| |Straus Giroux, 2004 |“Squirrel” Hutchings and their adventures in the| |to enjoy it but I did. It’ll|

| | |great outdoors. | |appeal to certain types and |

| | | | |perhaps unexpectedly to |

| | | | |others. |

|Sherman Crunchley |By Laura Numeroff and Nate Evans, |Sherman Crunchley is a dog who doesn’t want to | |Best one yet. (5th book read)|

| |Illustrated by Tim Bowers, Dutton |be the chief of police in his town. He has to | |Wacky, funny, good lesson, |

| |Children’s Books, 2003 |tell his father that this is not his dream. | |great illustrations, easy to |

| | | | |follow. Will appeal to |

| | | | |children. |

|Jingle the Brass |By Patricia Newman, Pictures by |A boy takes a ride on a train and learns the | |I liked it. It jumped right |

| |Michael Chesworth, Farrar Straus and |lingo. | |in and I didn’t get it but it|

| |Giroux, 2004 | | |was neat to use context and |

| | | | |pics to figure out what they |

| | | | |meant. Not sure about |

| | | | |relevancy for today’s child. |

|The First Music |As Told By Dylan Pritchettt, |The animals of Africa explain how they first | |Hate the illustrations. |

| |Illustrated by Erin Bennett Banks, |made music. | |Didn’t find them to be |

| |August House Publishers, 2006 | | |appealing to children. |

| | | | |Children might find this an |

| | | | |enjoyable read aloud. Lots |

| | | | |of onomonopoeia. |

|Flip, Float, Fly: |By Jo Ann Early Macken, Illustrated |Informational text about different types of | |Good info but my gut says not|

|Seeds on the Move |by Pam Paparone, Holiday House, 2008 |seeds and how they travel. | |the greatest writing. |

|Just Add One Chinese |By Patricia McMahon and Conor Clarke |A family goes to China to adopt a child. This | |Good story. A bit confusing |

|Sister |McCarthy, Illustrated by Karen A. |story revisits the adoption and early days of | |for young kids as a read |

| |Jerome, Boyds Mills Press, 2005 |the adopted daughter. | |alone. Took me awhile to get|

| | | | |into the rhythym with all the|

| | | | |back and forth. |

|Tire Mountain |Andrea Cheng |A boy lives in a city near his father’s auto | |Cute. Different. Appealing |

| | |shop. Mom wants to move away so he can have a | |to many. |

| | |clean place to play. He’s resourceful and | | |

| | |builds a tire playground | | |

|Stink Soup |Jill Esbaum |Cute cute story about a sis and bro who visit | | |

| | |granny’s farm. She’s a tomotao freak, sis has | | |

| | |to work bro is a troublemaker. They make soup | | |

| | |to get skunk smell away. | | |

|Gigi and Lulu’s |Pamela Duncan Edwards. |A pig and mouse are friends and have a fight and| |Cute for younger students. |

|Gigantic Fight | |find out they’re not quite the same they end up | |Not appealing to older |

| | |as friends at the end. | |children. |

|Belinda and the Glass |By Amy Young, Penguin Group, 2006 |Belinda must deal with the jealously of another | | |

|Slipper | |ballet dancer. | | |

|The Horned Toad Prince|By Jackie Mims Hopkins, Illustrated |A young cowgirl learns the importance of keeping| | |

| |by Michael Austin, Peachtree |good on a promise. She also learns that you | | |

| |Publishers, 2000 |don’t always get what you want. | | |

|Yesterday I Had the |By Jeron Ashford Frame, Illustrations|A boy explores the moods of his family by |Ezra Jack Keats Book | |

|Blues |by R. Gregory Christine, |relating them to colors. Vivid descriptions and|Award | |

| | |illustrations that made the author’s words come | | |

| | |to life. | | |

|So Sleepy Story |By Uri Shulevitz, Farrar Strus |A bedtime story that starts off with a slow | |Need more of a plot. |

| |Giroux, 2006 |sleepy night. It moves on to everyone and | | |

| | |everything in the house waking up and then going| | |

| | |to sleep again. | | |

|Freedom on the Menu |By Carole Boston Weatherford, |A young girl learns first hand the evils of | |Two Thumbs Up |

| |Paintings by Jerome Lagarriugue, Dial|segregation when she cannot get a banana split | | |

| |Books for Young Readers, 2005 |at a store lunch counter. She is further | | |

| | |frustrated when she learns that she’s too young | | |

| | |to participate in the Civil Rights Movement. | | |

|Setting the Turkeys |By W. Nikola-Lisa, Illustrated by Ken|A child illustrates a picture and then tells a | |No, not exactly sure why, |

|Free |Wilson-Max, Hyperion Books for |story to go along with it. | |just no! |

| |Children, 2004 | | | |

|Goose Moon |By Carolyn Arden, Illustrated by Jim |A young girl misses the lazy days of summer. | |Not for GA children. Brought|

| |Postier, Boyd Mills Press, 2004 |She spends the seasons with her grandfather | |back MI memories |

| | |waiting for the return of the Goose Moon which | | |

| | |precedes summer. | | |

|Even More Parts |By Tedd Arnold, Dial Books for Young |The story of a boy who is afraid of leaving his | |Love it! Great teaching tool|

| |Readers, 2004 |house because of the literal translation of | |for idioms |

| | |idioms. | | |

|Leonardo the Terrible |By Mo Willems, Hyperion Books for |A monster dreams of finding someone to scare. | |One I finally like by him. |

|Monster |Chldren, 2005 |When he finally finds someone they end up | | |

| | |becoming friends. | | |

|Catcus Soup |By Eric A. Kimmel, Pictures by Phil |Soliders come to a town looking to be fed. The | |Retelling of Stone Soup. |

| |Huling, Marshall Cavendish, 2004 |residents who don’t want to be eaten out of | |Cute. Okay |

| | |house and home hide all their food. The captain| | |

| | |convices them to make cactus soup. They all are| | |

| | |eager to add items to the soup. | | |

|Papa and Me |By Arthur Dorros, Pictures by Rudy |A young boy and his father spend the day | |Great illustrations. Not |

| |Gutierrez, Harper Collins Publishers,|together. He tells of the adventures they have | |moved by the story. |

| |2008 |all day long. | | |

|Barfburger Baby, I Was|By Paula Danziger, Illustrations by |Jonathan is upset by all of the attention his | |Well written, good story but |

|Here First |G. Brian Karas, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, |new baby brother is getting. He sees nothing | |isn’t this the 3rd of the |

| |2004 |good about having a baby brother who just spits,| |same storyline? |

| | |barfs, and passes gas all day. | | |

|Max’s Dragon |By Kate Banks, Pictures by Boris |Max and his brothers are playing outside when he| |Cute, cute sequal to Max’s |

| |Kulikov, Frances Foster Books, 2008 |finds an umbrella that leads to an afternoon of | |Words. |

| | |adventure with rhyming words. | | |

|The one and only |By Judith St. George, Illustrated by |This is the story of the Declaration of | |Good but not a winner. Hard |

|Declaration of |Will Hillenbrand, Philomel Books, |Independence and how it was created and the many| |for K-2. |

|Independence |2005 |travels it’s had from it’s inception until now. | | |

|‘Til the Cows Come |By Jodi Icenoggle, Illustrated by |A cowboy is given a piece of leather and uses it| |I liked it but not |

|Home |Normand Chartier |to create memorable pieces of clothing that see | |overwhelmingly. |

| | |him through major life events. Notes say it is | | |

| | |based on common Jewish folktale. | | |

|Eddie Harold’s Little |By Ed Koch and Pat Koch Thaler, |Eddie wants to be like his super athlethe older | |Good message. |

|Brother |Illustrated by James Warhola, G.P. |brother Harold. He finds that public speaking | | |

| |Putmam’s Sons, 2004 |is his gift. | | |

|Eddie’s Little Sister |By Ed Koch and Pat Koch Thaler, |Patty and Eddie visit a cabin for the weekend. | |Nice but not appealing to |

|Makes a Splash |Illustrated by James Warhola, G.P. |Patty wants to hang out with Eddie and his | |all. Had a childlike |

| |Putmam’s Sons, 2007 |friends. She has to stay home because she can’t| |cadence. |

| | |swim. After deciding to venture off on her own | | |

| | |she almost drowns. Eddie saves her then she | | |

| | |later learns to swim. | | |

|Mr. George Baker |By Amy Hest, Illustrated by Jon J. |A little boy and his neighbor both are going to | |I liked it but it left me |

| |Muth, Candlewick Press, 2004 |school to learn to read. | |wanting just one more |

| | | | |spoonful to feel satisfied. |

|The Giant and the |By Diane Stanley, Harper Collins |A young Jack climbs the beanstalk to steal a hen| |Cute fractured fairy tale |

|Beanstalk |Publishers, 2004 |from a friendly giant’s home. The giant then | |with nursery rhymes. |

| | |visits town to find his beloved hen. He meets | | |

| | |Jack’s from different nursery rhymes. In the | | |

| | |end he finds the right Jack and is reunited with| | |

| | |his hen. | | |

|I Know It’s Autumn |By Eileen Spinelli, Illustrated by |A little girl thinks about all the things she | |Another seasonal tale. Cute.|

| |Nancy Hayashi, Harper Collins |enjoys doing in autumn. | |Sweet. Nothing Special |

| |Publishers, 2004 | | |though. |

|The Perfect Wizard |By Jane Yolen, Illustrated by Dennis |This book tells about the childhood, youth, and | |Autobiography of Hans |

| |Nolan, 2004 |adult life of the creative genius that was Hans | |Christian Andersen. Good but|

| | |Christian Andersen. His story is punctuated by | |too much information for |

| | |quotes from some of his most famous writings. | |children. |

|Jino and the Signora’s|By Janet Pedersen, Candlewick Press, |An Italian woman who feeds cats in her town is | |Disliked. Didn’t like |

|Pasta |2005 |shunned by one cat who wants something other to | |writing style. |

| | |eat than pasta. He goes all around town trying | | |

| | |to find something new to eat only to find that | | |

| | |the Signora’s pasta made with love is the best | | |

| | |meal of all. | | |

|Mia Hamm Winners Never|By Mia Hamm, Illustrations by Carol |Soccer Mia Hamm tells the story of how she | |No not meaty enough. |

|Quit! |Thompson, Harper Collins, 2004 |wasn’t always committed to her sport as a child.| | |

|Sleeping Cutie |By Andrea Davis Pinkney, Illustrated |A little girl doesn’t want to go to sleep. Her | |Cute book. Didn’t like |

| |by Brian Pinkney, |parents order her a toy that takes her to a | |illustrations. Jazz |

| | |magical dreamland every night. | |background. |

|Flower Hunter |By Deborah Kogan Ray, Frances Foster |Journal accounts based on the true explorations | |Intriguing read for older |

| |Books, 2004 |of the first American naturalist William Bartram| |readers. |

|The Sun’s Daughter |By Pat Sherman, Illustrated by R. |A popular Native American folktale retold that | |Nice folktale about seasons. |

| |Gregory Christie, Clarion Books, 2005|explains the changing seasons. | |Great SS/Sci correlations. |

| | | | |Not sure if young children |

| | | | |would enjoy. |

|Bebop Express |By H.L. Panahi, Pantings by Steve |This story takes you on a train ride to | |I like the rhythym of the |

| |Johnson and Lou Fancher, Harper |different US cities where jazz was born. | |story. |

| |Collins, 2005 | | | |

|The Castle of the Cats|Retold by Eric A. Kimmel, Illustrated|This is a folktale about a young boy who is the | |Folktale retelling. Don’t |

| |by Katya Krenina, Holiday House, 2004|mostly unlikely heir to his father’s farm. His | |like illustrations. Not |

| | |friendship with a castle of cats helps him win | |moved by story. |

| | |his father’s many contests. | | |

|The Grandma Cure |By Pamela Mayer, Illustrated by John |Two grandmothers fight over how best to care for| |Cute story. |

| |Nez, Dutton Children’s Books, 2005 |their sick granddaughter. The young girl must | | |

| | |teach them what she’s learned in kingergarten so| | |

| | |they can get along. | | |

|Lila Bloom |By Alexander Stadler, Frances Foster |Lila has a bad day and decides to quit ballet. | |Ok. A girl has a bad day and|

| |Books, 2003 |When her teacher isn’t moved by her decision she| |wants to quit ballet but |

| | |is motivated to prove that losing her would be a| |doesn’t. |

| | |mistake. She learns to love ballet at the end | | |

| | |and decides not to give up. | | |

|Saving the Liberty |Story By Megan McDonald, |This is the story of how the Liberty Bell was | | |

|Bell |Illustrations by Marsha Gray |transported from Philiadelphia when the British | | |

| |Carrington, Antheneum Books, 2005 |were coming. | | |

|The Three Swingin’ |By Vicky Rubin, Illustrated by Rhode |Three pigs who are jazz superstars across the | | |

|Pigs |Montijo, Henry Holt and Company, 2007|land are sought as a wolf’s dinner. In the end,| | |

| | |the pigs befriend the wolf and help his realize | | |

| | |that music is his one true love. | | |

|Nacho and Lolita |By Pam Munoz Ryan, Illustrated by |A love story about two birds destined to be | | |

| |Claudia Rueda, Scholastic, 2005 |together. This is a variation of a Mexican | | |

| | |folktale. | | |

|Waynetta and the |By Helen Ketteman, Illustrated by |A fractured Jack and the Beanstalk story about a| | |

|Cornstalk |Diane Greenseid, Albert Whitman & |cowgirl in Texas. | | |

| |Company, 2007 | | | |

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