| Title, Creators, Comments / Reviews | Ages | Date Added | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. The Magician's Elephant (Hardcover) Author: Kate Dicamillo Illustrator: Yoko Tanaka Publisher: Candlewick |
Ages 9-12 |
10/9/2009 Add | |||
| Nancy said: When I was reading this book, I thought it would make a great play. When I finished, I read the back jacketflap and the illustrator said something similar. This is a wonderful book for boys or girls...more tags: I read , Inspired me , I recommend | |||||
| 4,112 Reviews | |||||
| 2. The Graveyard Book (Hardcover) Author: Neil Gaiman Illustrator: Dave McKean Publisher: HarperCollins |
Ages 9-12 |
10/3/2009 Add | |||
| Nancy said: Newbery Winner 2009. I intensely disliked the first 1/2 of this book. It moved too slow. There seemed like there were too many characters. The imagery was good however. The second 1/2 moved much q...more tags: I read | |||||
| 34,169 Reviews | |||||
| 3. #01 the Case of the Stinky Socks (Milo and Jazz Mysteries) (Paperback) Author: Lewis B. Montgomery Illustrator: Amy Wummer Publisher: Kane Press |
Ages 4-8 |
9/23/2009 Add | |||
| Nancy said: Kids who like Cam Jensen or Encyclopedia Brown would like these little mysteries. There are great activities in the back of the book that would enhance a book club discussion. I would suggest this t...more tags: I read , Inspired me | |||||
| 20 Reviews | |||||
| 4. Life-Size Zoo: From Tiny Rodents to Gigantic Elephants, An Actual Size A... Publisher: Seven Footer Press |
Ages 4-8 |
9/22/2009 Add | |||
| Nancy said: Parents Choice Award - Gold - 2009. A great book for booktalking to elementary aged students. Pictures are wonderful life size of animal heads with colorful illustrations as well. Interesting tid-bi...more tags: I read , Inspired me , I recommend | |||||
| 106 Reviews | |||||
| 5. SkippyJon Jones (Hardcover) Author: Judy Schachner Publisher: Dutton Juvenile |
Ages 4-8 |
9/9/2009 Add | |||
| Nancy said: The text and pictures are delightful. Adults would appreciate the humor too. I would suggest this book to an early elementary age child. The basic premise is one of an adventurous cat trying to do ...more tags: I read , I recommend | |||||
| 1,937 Reviews | |||||
| 6. Mercy Watson: Something Wonky This Way Comes (Hardcover) Author: Kate Dicamillo Illustrator: Chris Van Dusen Publisher: Candlewick |
Ages 4-8 |
8/25/2009 Add | |||
| Nancy said: Laugh out loud funny. Parents will enjoy the humor alongwith the children. Now you will want to eat toast and hot buttered popcorn! Leaves me wishing I had seen the movie they were talking about in...more tags: I read , Inspired me , I recommend | |||||
| 78 Reviews | |||||
| 7. Slither and Crawl: Eye to Eye with Reptiles (Hardcover) Author: Jim Arnosky Publisher: Sterling |
Ages 4-8 |
8/25/2009 Add | |||
| Nancy said: On the front of the book "Features Giant fold-out pages of Life-size reptiles." Not all fold-outs picture the whole reptile, i.e. the head might be life-sized. The illustrations are nice. I would su...more tags: I read | |||||
| 10 Reviews | |||||
| 8. Mouse Guard: Winter 1152 (Hardcover) Author: David Petersen Publisher: ARCHAIA STUDIOS PRESS |
Ages 9-12 |
8/25/2009 Add | |||
| Nancy said: Graphic Novel. The art work is wonderful. However, I had some trouble figuring out what was happening in some of the pictures. I also had some trouble following the story. This is book 2 of the ser...more tags: I read | |||||
| 498 Reviews | |||||
| 9. Night Catch (Hardcover) Author: Brenda Ehrmantraut Illustrator: Vicki Wehrman Publisher: Bubble Gum Pr |
Ages 4-8 |
8/18/2009 Add | |||
| Nancy said: A wonderfully comforting book for a young child whose father is far away in military service. What I like best about this book is that it takes the reader's mind off the military service and focuses ...more tags: Inspired me , I read , I recommend | |||||
| 89 Reviews | |||||
| 10. Hurt Go Happy (Mass Market Paperback) Author: Ginny Rorby Publisher: Starscape |
Ages 9-12 |
8/18/2009 Add | |||
| Nancy said: Schneider Family Book Award 2008. Joey is a 13 year old girl who is deaf. The mystery as to how she became deaf is not revealed until the end of the book. This factor is driving the dysfunction bet...more tags: I'm reading , I read , Inspired me , I recommend | |||||
| 434 Reviews | |||||
| 11. Waiting for Normal (Hardcover) Author: Leslie Connor Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books |
Ages 9-12 |
8/4/2009 Add | |||
| Nancy said: Schneider Family Book Award 2009 winner for middle grades ages 9-13. Our main character is Addison, a girl in 6th grade. Her mother and step-father have divorced. She has two little sisters from th...more tags: I read , Inspired me , I recommend | |||||
| 1,571 Reviews | |||||
| 12. A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams (Hardcover) Author: Jennifer Bryant Illustrator: Melissa Sweet Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers |
Ages 9-12 |
8/1/2009 Add | |||
| Nancy said: Caldecott Honor 2009. Very interesting story and illustrations. Some of his poetry is printed inside back cover. There are biograpical notes at the end of the book. This makes me want to read his ...more tags: I read , Inspired me | |||||
| 385 Reviews | |||||
| 13. How I Learned Geography (Hardcover) Author: Uri Shulevitz Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) |
Ages 4-8 |
8/1/2009 Add | |||
| Nancy said: Caldecott Honor book 2009. Beautifully illustrated, tenderly told. From the author's experience during the Warsaw Blitz in 1939, he tells his story of how his imagination and a map helped him surviv...more tags: Inspired me , I read | |||||
| 379 Reviews | |||||
| 14. Whirligig (Hardcover) Author: Paul Fleischman Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) |
Young Adults |
7/30/2009 Add | |||
| Nancy said: A complex story but interesting. A teenage boy "chasing popularity" wants to kill himself when driving a car but accidentally kills another motorist. He faces the victim's family and lives his out t...more tags: I read | |||||
| 625 Reviews | |||||
| 15. Sue MacDonald Had a Book (Hardcover) Author: Jim Tobin Illustrator: Dave Coverly Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) |
Ages 4-8 |
7/29/2009 Add | |||
| Nancy said: I have to read this book. tags: Inspired me | |||||
| 34 Reviews | |||||
| 16. The Tomorrow Code (Paperback) Author: Brian Falkner Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers |
Ages 9-12 |
7/29/2009 Add | |||
| Nancy said: I need to read this book. It sounds exciting! tags: Inspired me | |||||
| 84 Reviews | |||||
| 17. Piano Starts Here: The Young Art Tatum (Hardcover) Author: Robert A. Parker Illustrator: Robert A. Parker Publisher: Schwartz & Wade |
Ages 4-8 |
7/29/2009 Add | |||
| Nancy said: Schneider Family Book Award 2009. This book has a picture book style of presentation. I can see this book being helpful in a setting where diversity is being taught with elementary aged children. A...more tags: I read , I recommend | |||||
| 54 Reviews | |||||
| 18. Nibble Nibble (reillustrated) (Hardcover) Author: Margaret Wise Brown Illustrator: Wendell Minor Publisher: HarperCollins |
Ages 4-8 |
7/28/2009 Add | |||
| Nancy said: Phonological awareness for storytime. I plan on making this interactive by asking the parents & kids to repeat the alliterative text. Actions could be added for some parts. The whole book doesn't ha...more tags: I read , Inspired me , I recommend | |||||
| 43 Reviews | |||||
| 19. Garmann's Summer (School & Library Binding) Author: Stian Hole Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers |
Ages 4-8 |
7/28/2009 Add | |||
| Nancy said: This was originally published in Sweden and was translated by Don Bartlett. It is a 2009 Batchelder Honor book. I was looking for cultural differences when reading this and the one I noticed is that...more tags: I read , Inspired me , , I recommend | |||||
| 125 Reviews | |||||
| 20. The House in the Night (Hardcover) Author: Susan Marie Swanson Illustrator: Beth Krommes Publisher: Houghton Mifflin |
Ages 4-8 |
7/25/2009 Add | |||
| Nancy said: Beautifully predictable for young readers. Illustrations are attention grabbing for children of all ages. Caldecott winner 2008. tags: I read , Inspired me | |||||
| 1,447 Reviews | |||||
| 21. A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever (Hardcover) Author: Marla Frazee Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books |
Ages 4-8 |
7/25/2009 Add | |||
| Nancy said: Very funny and appropriate to read to early elementary grades. They will get the humor. Caldecott honor 2008. tags: I read , Inspired me | |||||
| 306 Reviews | |||||
| 22. Kami and the Yaks (Hardcover) Author: Andrea Stenn Stryer Illustrator: Bert Dodson Publisher: Bay Otter Press |
Ages 4-8 |
7/25/2009 Add | |||
| Nancy said: The author draws you into the experience of the little deaf boy whose family are sherpas. A storm is coming and the family's yaks are not coming home as usual. Kami is brave and won't give up once h...more tags: I read , Inspired me , I recommend | |||||
| 58 Reviews | |||||
| Bestselling order determined by Amazon.com SalesRank(tm) | |||||
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