| genre | themes | myRating | WebComments | author | bookTitle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| picture book | mathematics number value patterns problem solving | Three Stars | Greg Tang | The Grapes of Math | |
| nonfiction | mathematics calculator | Two Stars | Hirschmann, Kris | All New Calculator Math Tricks | |
| anthology | collection of short stories first day school | Three Stars | Collection | School s In | |
| nonfiction | Not yet | Everything You Need to Know The Answer Book for School Survival | |||
| nonfiction | European discoveries in America history exploration diversity humor | Four Stars | Humerous - Great stories - A must read | Levy, Elizabeth | Are We There Yet? |
| biography | Edison invention electric engineers | Three Stars | George Sullivan | Thomas Edison | |
| picture book | Science animals life science form and function | Three Stars | Singer, Marilyn | A Pair of Wings | |
| Historical fiction | history Betsy Ross revolutionary war reference biographical | Three Stars | Peter and Connie Roop | Betsy Ross | |
| fantasy fiction | Adoption family life London angels extraterrestrial beings good and evil | Four Stars | Set in London, England Who has the right to be human? What is human. Adventure of alien intrigue and survival War of the Worlds without the explosions and Earth ripping actions. |
Terence Blacker | The Angel Factory |
| picture book | Space Astroids Comets astronomy comets | Eva Hans | Spinning through Space: Comets and Astroids | ||
| biography | Scientists | Not yet | Paul Mason | Isaac Newton | |
| fantasy fiction | inventions science Jimmy Neutron Nickelodeon | Three Stars | Simon Spotlight / Nickelodeon | Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: my book of inventions | |
| fairy tale | Ogre fairy tale fantasy book based on movie | Four Stars | Ellen Weiss | Shrek the Novel | |
| nonfiction | Mammoth archeology, reference | Five Stars | Great story and reference about a wooly mammoth found frozen in Siberia... | Windsor Chorlton | Wooly Mammoth: Life, Death, and Rediscovery |
| fantasy fiction | child prodigy adventure | Four Stars | Colfer, Eoin | Artemis Fowl | |
| nonfiction | Chimpanzees environmental concerns endangered species arthropologist life science | Five Stars | Jane Goodall - introduces the reader to the chimpanzees she documented and see how she uses ethnographic scientific inquiry method to teach the world about chimpanzees. Big word, but basically means she had the curiosity and desire to wake up early one morning, sneak out of the house and into the chicken coop to sit patiently and discover where eggs came from. | Jane Goodall | The Chimpanzees I Love: Saving Their World and Ours |
| No Rating | Margaret Musgrove | The Spider Weaver - A Legend of Kente Cloth | |||
| picture book fantasy | three pigs | Five Stars | David s story starts as the usual Three Little Pigs story, but a fortunate huff and puff blows the first little pig out of the story book. The story book says ... and ate the pig up. However, the first pig has found a life outside the pages of the book and coaxes the second little pig into this world. So it is on to the next little pig and further exploits beyond the pages. A chance meeting with the Cat and the Fiddle and a Dragon soon to be slayed how our three snout faced friends choose to arrange the rest of their story? Super creative exploration of the possibilities when the figurative and literal interpretations are intertwined. | David Wiesner | The Three Pigs |
| series ready - for - chapters | bully classroom management self help skills | Five Stars | A creative story of Jake (fourth grade) who has made it his life ambition to study the bully and the bully bait to help both to learn how to coexist. Well it isn t quite that simple. It takes a little under a hundred pages for him to discover it. Language, character development, and plot is strong enough to keep readers reading to the end. | Andrew Clements | Jake Drake - Bully Buster |
| fiction | blind sight Aunt Candy-May | Four Stars | Lisa Rowe Fraustino | The Hickory Chair |