Children & early adolescent literature books database
Children & early adolescent literature database (1990 to 1999)
Overview
Database of books for eductors, librarians, media experts, and others who want to create their own database or seek books to recommend to readers, which will encourage reading and literacy for all, paricularly to encourage non readers to become readers. Books included in these lists are books which I have noted over many years that some readers, across a large range of varing interests, have read and commented on enjoying. While I would encourage those who have interests related to each book's topic to read them, I would not select many of them as required reading or for a read aloud to a whole class. Those I would select from my five star list.
Title | Author | Publication date | Summaries & Notes | Genre & themes |
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Friends | Rachael Isadora | 1990 |
One word on each page with illustrations of children visiting, playing, laughing, building, drawing, and jumping. |
picture book friends words |
Thunder Cake | Patricia Polacco | 1990 | The Butterfly ( Junkyard Wonders Chicken Sunday Mrs. Katz and Tush (1992) The Keeping Quilt (1988) Picnic At Mudsock Meadow (1992) Thunder Cake (1990) Pink and Say (1994) Thank you, Mr. Falker (1998) |
picture book |
The Great Kapok Tree | Lynne Cherry | 1990 | picture book science rain forest environment | |
The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System | Joanna Cole | 1990 | nonfiction magic science solar system astronomy | |
Who is the Beast? | Keith Baker | 1990 | picture book concept book animals science beasts | |
Two Tiny Mice | Alan Baker | 1990 | Visualization, number value 2 and relative size |
picture book visualization, number value 2, mathematics |
North Country Night | Daniel San Souci | 1990 | ||
Something Big Has Been Here | Jack Prelutsky | 1990 | Poetry collection | poetry collection |
Home Place | 1990 | picture book archeology family | ||
The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks | Katherine Paterson | 1990 | Legend | picture book legend |
The Frog Alphabet Book | Jerry Pallotta | 1990 | picture book concept book alphabet book animals frog |
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On The Far Side Of The Mountain | Jean Craighead George | 1990 | realistic fiction |
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One Day in the Tropical Rain Forest | Jean Craighead George | 1990 | nonfiction concept book science rain forest environment | |
The Boys' War Confederate & Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War | Jim Murphy | 1990 | Historically accurate information about the often times forgotten boys that fought in the American Civil War. Well written with pictures and cohesive story that can move the reader through the book. | nonfiction war children Civil War |
The Cow That Went OINK | Bernard Most | 1990 | Bilingual ESl ESS |
picture book misfit bilingual ESl ESS immigration |
One Gorilla: A Counting Book | Mathew Price | 1990 | Beautifully illustrated highly colorful counting book where young children are mildly challenged to find the different numbers of animals within their realistic habits. That is for all the animals depicted except for the gorilla that meanders through the entire story encouraging the children to count the the other animals. | picture book counting book mathematicsnumber value |
The Story of Z | Jeanne Modesitt | 1990 | ||
Barbie A Picnic Surprise | McGuire | 1990 | realistic fiction picture book very poor literature | |
The Road to Memphis | Mildred D. Taylor | 1990 | Won Coretta Scott King Award and is the third novel in a series: Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry Let the Circle Be Unbroken The Road to Memphis It begins with Cassie of the Logan family(1941) beginning her senior year in a Jackson, Mississippi high school, and her older brother Stacey has his first car. Events, include pregnancy, death and Pearl Harbor and World War II. Strength of the family and community encourage each other to keep the family strong and fulfill their dreams. Cassie s, dream is to become a lawyer. |
historical fiction Black america 1941 family race |
How Big Is A Foot? | Rolf Myller | 1990 | Standard unit of measurement |
mathematics measurement |
Life in the Polar Lands | Monica Byles | 1990 | nonfiction concept book science polar regions | |
Earrings! | Judith Viorst | 1990 | realistic fiction picture book |
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One Sun A Book of Terse Verse | Bruce Mc Millan | 1990 | poetry one line verse | |
Taking a Walk | Rebecca Emberley | 1990 | picture book |
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One Bear With Bees In His Hair | Jakki Wood | 1990 | ||
Color Farm | Lois Ehlert | 1990 | concept book shape color animals, colors mathematics | |
When Zachery Beaver Came to Town | Kimberly Willis Holt | 1990 | realistic fiction relationships overweight | |
The Seven Chinese Brothers | Margaret Mahy | 1990 | Chinese fairy tale | |
Wally the Worry Warthog | Barbar Shook Hazen | 1990 | Wally is a wort-hog that worries about everything even Wilberforce. One day they meet on Suspension Bridge and find that they both have worries and begin to overcome them together. Pictures in the first few pages show a furry coat fading into a grizzly bear, a curtain into a ghost, and a plate of peas into little green men from Mars. Great story and art |
picture book animal fantasy worry fear self personal development visualization anxiety classroom management |
The Big Book for Peace | Ann Durell & Marilyn Sachs | 1990 | An anthology of stories for the purpose to contribute to the celebration of peace. While there have been numerous books and stories that celebrate war and acts of violence there have been less that celebrate ideas and actions that contribute to the maintenance of peace and a peaceful state. This book is an initial start to initiate a change in this condition with stories that one after another powerfully tell a story of discoveries of peace. | anthology historical fiction realistic fiction poetry peace multicultural |
Shrek | William Steig | 1990 | His mother was ugly and his fatgher was ugly, but Shrek was uglier than the two of them put together. Is the opening line of the book. Spit fire 99 yards and vent smoke from both ears. Lived in a swamp. Any snake dumb enough to bite him convulsled and instantly died. Parents sent out in the world to do his share of damage. Continues to the end with the same delightful language. A regular Uncle Festure of the Adam s family. Great Ugly beats dragon, meets donkey, fights knight, meets an Uglier Princess, fail in love and marry. Great story. |
picture book fairy tale beauty is in the eye of the beholder love love yourself for what you are multimedia |
Pond and Brook | Michael J. Caduto | 1990 | Designed specifically for the amateur naturalist and filled with hands-on projects and activities, Pond and Brook introduces the readers to the intriguing world of freshwater life. |
nonfiction |
Biology for Every Kid | Janice VanCleave | 1990 | ||
Marie Curie | Ibi Lepscky | 1990 | ||
Feathers for Lunch | Lois Ehlert | 1990 | Excellent picture book with torn paper pictures of 12 common North AMerican birds. Guide beginning guide to watch birds in your neighborhood. Birds include: American Robin, Blue Jay, Northern Cardinal, House Wren, Red-headed Woodpecker, Red Winged Blackbird, Northern Oriole, Mourning Dove, Northern Flicker, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, House Sparrow, & American Goldfinch. |
picture book birds field guide torn paper art |
A Fire in My Hands | Soto, Gary | 1990 | ||
Look! The Ultimate Spot the Difference Book | A. J. Wood | 1990 | ||
More, More, More said the Baby | Vera B. Williams | 1990 | ||
How big? How fast? How Hungry? | Waverly | 1990 | ||
What Comes in 2's, 3's, & 4's? | Suzanne Aker | 1990 | Number value 2, 3, 4 |
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Possum Come A-Knockin | Nancy Van Laan | 1990 | ||
Just a Dream | Chris Van Allsburg | 1990 | Walter believes the future is going to be wonderful, filled with robots and other amazing inventions. Why would anyone want a tree for their birthday? He finds out in a dream. |
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Frank and Ernest Play Ball | Alexandra Day | 1990 | Baseball Glosary of terms |
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A Storyteller's Ghost Stories Book 2 | Duane Hutchinson | 1990 | ||
Hunting for Hector and 100's of other things | Anthony Tallarico | 1990 | ||
Good Books Good Times | Lee Bennett Hopkins | 1990 | ||
The Day We Walked On The Moon | George Sullivan | 1990 | ||
Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye | Lois Lowry | 1990 |
Natalie Armstrong has everything, but the knowledge of who her birth mother is. While she discover her biological mother? And what will happen if she does and they meet? |
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Harry's Mom | Barbara Ann Porte | 1990 |
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Something Good | Robert Munsch | 1990 | Tyya, Andrew and Julie go grocery shopping with dad, but dad won’t buy anything good. |
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Maniac Magee | Jerry Spinelli | 1990 | Maniac Magee is a folk tale about Jeffrey Lionel - a very special kid. According to the author he - ... is one part fact, two parts legend, and three parts snowball. His desire to bring people together by finding a way to bridge differences between race and find a place without racism. |
Title | Author | Publication date | Summaries & Notes | Genre & themes |
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Hide and Snake | Keith Baker | 1991 | ||
Who Says That? | Arnold L. Shapiro | 1991 | ||
A Picture Book of Eleanor Roosevelt | David A. Adler | 1991 | ||
Knights of the Kitchen Table | Jon Scieszka | 1991 | ||
The Frog Prince... Continued | Jon Scieszka | 1991 | ||
Whales & Dolphins | Della Rowland | 1991 | ||
Fabulous Facts About the 50 States | Wilma S. Ross | 1991 | ||
Ten Little Rabbits | Virginia Grossman & Sylvia Long | 1991 | Prejudice Why use Indians? |
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Left or Right? | Karl Rehm and Kay Koike | 1991 | ||
Ruby the Copycat | Peggy Rathmann | 1991 | Story about a new girl, Ruby, who seems to copy another girl in her class. A very tolerant teacher is very patient in letting Ruby do her thing until it begins to trouble her classmates. Then the teacher steps in to help Ruby be herself. | |
The Not-So-Jolly Roger | Jon Scieszka | 1991 | ||
Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree | Eileen Christelow | 1991 | ||
The Monument | Gary Paulsen | 1991 | realistic fiction |
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Year of Impossible Goodbyes | Choi, Sook Nyul | 1991 | ||
There s A Girl In My Hammerlock | Jerry Spinelli | 1991 | ||
The Underwater Alphabet Book | Jerry Pallotta | 1991 | picture book alphabet book science underwater | |
The Furry Alphabet Book | Jerry Pallotta | 1991 | picture book alphabet book animals fur | |
What Are Scientists? | Rita Gelman & Susan Buxbaum | 1991 | science, scientists | |
A Monkey Grows Up | Rita Golden Gelman | 1991 | Follows the life of a vervet monkey and her troop from her birth until she is two years old. |
nonfiction |
Show and Tell | Robert Munsch | 1991 | Ben creates a stir when he takes his baby siter for show n tell. |
picture book humor school show and tell |
Wonders of Science | Melvin Berger | 1991 | nonfiction science nature of science | |
That's Good! That's Bad! | Margery Cuyler | 1991 | ||
Grandfather Twilight | Barbara Berger | 1991 | picture book pattern book legend pattern book | |
Eating Fractions | Bruce McMillan | 1991 | Whole, halves, thirds, & fourths |
picture book concept book fractions , 1/3, mathematics |
Fritz and the Mess Fairy | Rosemary Wells | 1991 | picture book animal fantasy |
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Monkey Island | Paula Fox | 1991 | Homeless boy struggles to find his parents. Set in New York. |
realistic fiction homeless |
From One to One Hundred | Teri Sloat | 1991 | Counting book from 1,2,3-10,20,30-100 |
concept book counting mathematics |
The Star Fisher | Laurence Yep | 1991 | Joan Lee (15) and her family are Chinese Americans who move to Clarksburg, West Virginia in 1927. They are not accepted into the community whose prejudice cause the town folk not to welcome their new laundry business or Joan at school. There is also a strong relationship between Joan and her mother, other family members, and a Miss Lucy. | historical fiction Chinese american family adjustment prejudice |
The Family Read-Aloud Holiday Treasury | Stories, poems, songs selected by Alice Low | 1991 | A collection of short stories that are arranged around the calendar. A story of two for each significant date of the year. Delightful stories from key authors and illustrated with recognized child illustrators. A great book to have available for all those holidays. | anthology holidays family read alouds |
The Wretched Stone | Chris Van Allsburg | 1991 | a strange glowing stone is picked up by a sailing ship's crew and they become entranced by it. |
picture book fantasy enchantment sea stories |
Discovering Science Secrets | Sandra Markle | 1991 | nonfiction science, activities, experimenting | |
Wanted... Mud Blossom | Betsy Byars | 1991 | ||
The Monsters' Picnic | Liza Alexander | 1991 | ||
Mistakes That Worked | Chorlotte Foltz Jones | 1991 | Forty familiar inventions and how they came to be |
nonfiction inventions |
Physics for Every Kid | Janice VanCleave | 1991 | nonfiction science, physics, activities | |
Sound Science | Etta Kaner | 1991 | nonfiction science, sound, activities | |
The Environmental Crisis | David L. Bender & Bruno Leone | 1991 | nonfiction science, opposing viewpoints | |
Tuesday | David Wiesner | 1991 | fantasy fiction picture book Caldecott winner |
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Free Fall | David Wiesner | 1991 | A young boy dreams about adventure with dragons and castles in a faraway land. Illustrations take the viewer along. | fantasy fiction picture book |
Planet Hood | Benjamin B. Ferencz & Ken Keyes, Jr. | 1991 | nonfiction science, resource to living | |
The Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket | Sonia Levitin | 1991 | fairy tale love | |
Astronomy for Every Kid | Janice VanCleave | 1991 | nonfiction science astronomy, activities | |
Everybody Cooks Rice | Norah Dooley | 1991 | ||
Protecting Trees & Forests | Felicity Brooks | 1991 | nonfiction conservation science | |
Indian Chiefs | Russell Freedman | 1991 | nonfiction Native American | |
The Brave | Robert Lipsyte | 1991 | realistic fiction boxing sports aggression conflict resolution adolescence native American | |
The Woman Who Outshone The Sun | Alejandro C. Martinez | 1991 | ||
Chrysanthemum | Kevin Henkes | 1991 | picture book realistic liking yourself name | |
The Wright Brothers | Russell Freedman | 1991 | Excellent story about engineering of airplanes and how time and scientific data was used to develop it. Whole story of development over years to marketing the plane and winning a government contract to personal, family, and travel of Wright Brothers through their life. | nonfiction airplane engineering persistence family economics history |
Keepers of the Animals | Michael J. Caduto & Joseph Bruchac | 1991 | A collection of 15 Native American stories about animals with related activities for children to promote responsible stewardship toward all animals on Earth, including humans. It is an interdisciplinary program of study about animals, culture, ecology, environmental issues, and sustainability. Activities include art, theater, reading, writing, science, social studies, math, and sensory awareness. |
Native American wildlife animals activities ecology environmental issues sustainability culture |
Children of the Earth and Sky | Stephen Krensky | 1991 |
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historical fiction Native American |
Counting on Frank | Rod Clement | 1991 | mathematics | |
Santa Cows | Cooper Edans | 1991 | Similar to Night Before Christmas |
animal fantasy Christmas, Pattern book |
Protecting Rivers & Seas | Kamini Khanduri | 1991 | Environment, pollution | |
The Loner | Ester Wier | 1991 | ||
One, Two, One Pair! | Bruce McMillan | 1991 | Number value 1, 2, pair |
picture book number value 1, 2, pair mathematics |
Take Me To Your Liter | Charles Keller (compiler) | 1991 | metric measurement | |
The Boxcar Children #20 | Gertrude Chandler Warner | 1991 | realistic fiction |
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Mouse Count | Ellen Stoll Walsh | 1991 | ||
Lost Girls Alone! | Linda Williams Aber | 1991 | ||
All About You | Anholt, Catherine & Laurence | 1991 | picture book classroom management | |
Emma Bean | Jean Van Leeuwen | 1991 | ||
Brother Eagle, Sister Sky | Susan Jeffers | 1991 |
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fiction folk tale Native American environmental |
Shiloh | Phyllis Reynolds Naylor | 1991 | fantasy fiction |
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Undying Glory: The Story of the Massachusetts 54th Regiment | Clinton Cox | 1991 | historical fiction |
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Life in the Ghetto | Anika Thomas | 1991 | Anika Thomas entered her story of her life in a national contest and won. The prize was to have her book and illustrations in it published. Her story is a first person telling of her life as a thirteen year old teenager in uptown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She describes boarded up houses and buildings, drugs, drunks, teenage pregnancy, arson, apathy, dope houses, bullying, violence, poverty, fighting, school, religion, and learning how to fight back to win. After describing her life she describes her dreams and hopes for herself and families future. | autobiography ghetto, poverty |
Amazing Grace | Mary Hoffman | 1991 | picture book African American Black experience multicultural relationships | |
Lyddie | Katherine Paterson | 1991 | realistic fiction |
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Prairie Vision The Life and Times of Solomon Butcher | Pam Conrad | 1991 | A story about a photographer who photographed Nebraska. If you have seen pictures of Nebraska and Kansas frontier life during the time of the sod houses, then the pictures you were looking at were probably taken by Butcher. Read the tales that go with the pictures and events that preceded and followed the click of the shutter. An important source for not only a look at this period in time, but the often overlooked significance of photography and how it changed culture and the way people looked at and wanted to be looked at by themselves and others Look for the turkey in the photo and read the text about it. |
nonfiction Nebraska history pictures photography |
Of Men And War | John Hersey | 1991 | ||
Eye Spy - A Mysterious Alphabet | Linda Bourke | 1991 | picture book alphabet book concept book alphabet | |
Eating the Plates: A Pilgrim Book of Food and Manners | Lucille Recht Penner | 1991 |
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food pilgrim manners |
The Fisherman's Song | Carly Simon | 1991 |
A fisherman casts a spell over a young island woman to maintain his solitary life. However, she sees things differently. |
picture book poetry song book multimedia |
Title | Author | Publication date | Summaries & Notes | Genre & themes |
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Hello, Amigos! | Tricia Brown | 1992 |
Invitation to share Frankie Valdez's birthday and his culture in the Mission District of San Francisco. |
Spanish American nonfiction |
The Ancient One | T. A. Barron | 1992 |
Kate travels to Oregon to visit Aunt Melanie where she discovers of a grove of giant redwood trees in Lost Crater. She decides to help protect the redwood forest from loggers, and ends up five hundred years earlier facing the evil Gashra, who also wants to destroy the same forest. She discovers all living things are connected, in ways she never expected, and true friendship can reach across cultures and centuries. |
tune travel fantasy sustainability |
The Widow's Bloom | Chris Van Allsburg | 1992 | Great! ... Read-aloud! Witch out smarts close minded neighbors. | fiction, scary, witch, tall tale, picture book |
Franklin Is Lost | Paulette Bourgeois | 1992 | picture book turtle lost | |
Picnic At Mudsock Meadow | Patricia Polacco | 1992 | The Butterfly ( Junkyard Wonders Chicken Sunday Mrs. Katz and Tush (1992) The Keeping Quilt (1988) Picnic At Mudsock Meadow (1992) Thunder Cake (1990) Pink and Say (1994) Thank you, Mr. Falker (1998) |
picture book Halloween acceptance |
The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor | Joanna Cole | 1992 | nonfiction science oceanography ocean | |
Missing May | Cynthia Rylant | 1992 | ||
Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky | Faith Ringgold | 1992 |
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historical fiction underground railroad slavery |
Mrs. Katz and Tush | Patricia Polacco | 1992 | picture book Jewish Passover life death | |
Alice | Whoopi Goldberg | 1992 | Alice lives in the city, has an invisible rabbit friend, Salvado De Rabbit, and wants to be rich. You know all the bling that ou see when a swank vehicle or limo pulls up and you get a peak inside or what you see in those downtown department store display windows. The fastest way would be to win ... So she entered every contest she could and waited by the mailbox. Until one day the letter came. And that s when I guess you could say Alice went down the rabbit hole. The rest of the story is about Alice s adventure through town in search of her prize. A crazy tale set in a city with surrealistic illustrations to go with the story. It is a fun and creative read and if you are a fan of Whoopi Goldberg as you read the lines you can imagine her saying them with her raspy voice. An excellent story in a setting that to often absent from quality literature in the fantasy genre. | modern fantasy growing up modern day fairy tale myth legend |
June 29, 1999 | David Wiesner | 1992 | A preview (in 1992) of a future of gigantic vegetable proportions. | modern fantasy science fiction future |
Breakthrough in Science | Isaac Asimov | 1992 | Twenty-six discoveries and the twenty-nine scientists who made them. From Archimedes to Goddard. |
nonfiction science history discoveries |
Don t Wake Up Mama! | Eileen Christelow | 1992 | ||
The King's Equal | Katherine Paterson | 1992 | A twist in the stereotypical fairy tale where the princess is rescued by the handsome prince and they marry and live happily ever after. This Princess is truly the King s Equal. | fairy tale fantasy relationships male female equals classroom management personal relationships |
A River Ran Wild | Lynne Cherry | 1992 | The history of a New England Nashua River and the effect it had on people and the effect people had on the river. The book is illustrated with the life along the river as well as the technology of the people through time. From the rivers first encounter with Native Americans up to present day. Not only is the story of the river and its relationship with humans told both in text and beautiful illustrations, but borders are embedded with color pencil drawings of the cultural artifacts of the people during the time being depicted. A great story with enough detail and inspiration stirrings to motivate readers to deeper research into history of this river or other more personal histories of the reader. while the story has utility for historical research and historical understanding the book is more significant in its contribution for being a ground breaking children s story about water pollution. | nonfiction environment historical technology water colors and pencil illustrations |
The Icky Bug Counting Book | Jerry Pallotta | 1992 | piccture book concept book counting insects mathematics number value | |
Each Orange Had 8 Slices | Paul Giganti Jr. | 1992 | Number value, skip counting, multiples, addition, problem solving |
picture book concept book number value skip counting multiples addition , problem solving mathematics fractions |
George Washington A Picture Book Biography | James Cross Giblin | 1992 |
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Washington |
Thunder Rolling in the Mountains | Scott O' Dell and Elizabeth Hall | 1992 | The story of the Nez Perce told in first person by Sound of Running in the Mountains, the daughter of Chief Joseph. Scott worked on this book up till two days before his death with his wife Elizabeth Hall finishing it. Extensive research based on survivors words were used in the writing along with the authors traveling the trail taken by Chief Joseph and his band. The information in the story is important for middle schools students to know. It is a good fourth grade read aloud with information that is available for older students in the original sources. Writing style is choppy and doesn t flow well at times and the character development is not strong. Scott continued to work on this manuscript until two days before his death. Characters based on actual Nex Perce and most words and deeds are from tellings of the survivors. Swan Necklace as a character in the book is created from three warriors - Swan Necklace, Strong Eagle, and Yellow Wolf (Chief Joseph s nephew). Other books used - Luculllus V. McWhorter books - Yellow Wolf: His Own Story and Hear Me, My Chiefs - eyewitness accounts from both sides And others... Old Joseph gave her a rifle. when became a women 14, learned to use it. Shot hole in the bottom of a pan of a woman settler. |
historical fiction Nez Perce Chief Joseph |
Man-Eaters | Lorraine Jean and Christopher Hopping Egan | 1992 | nonfiction science, animals, | |
Discovering Mars | Melvin Berger | 1992 | nonfiction science planets astronomy | |
A Million Fish More or Less | Patricia C. McKissack | 1992 | picture book fall tale number value estimation mathematics large numbers million | |
Draw Me a Star | Eric Carle | 1992 | picture book artist , family | |
Just Me and My Cousin | Gina and Mercer Mayer | 1992 | picture book realistic fiction amily relationships | |
Rachel Parker Kindergarten Show-Off | Ann Martin | 1992 | realistic fiction classroom management, showoff | |
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales | John Scieszka | 1992 | retellings fairy tales humorous | |
Letting Swift River Go | Jane Yolen | 1992 | A story based on the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir from the Swift River for the demand of water in the town of Boston. A story where the main character grows up in a town on the river and has to relocate because of the flooding of her town. She later returns in a boat to view her past under water and realizes the past is gone and its time to move on. A thought provoking book on how to reconcile past and present and the needs of different groups of people. | picture book historical fiction letting go moving on sacrifice for the good of many |
Science in a Bag | Sandra Markle | 1992 | nonfiction science activities experimenting | |
1000 Facts About Wild Animals | Butterfield, Moira | 1992 | nonfiction science animals | |
Marvin Redpost Kidnapped at Birth? | Louis Sachar | 1992 | realistic fiction family kidnapped First chapter book easy reader | |
The Practical Entomologist | Rick Imes | 1992 | nonfiction science insects | |
Thirteen Moons on Turtle s Back | Joseph Bruchac & Jonathan London | 1992 | picture book Native American Myth | |
Amazing Armored Animals | Dorling Kindersle | 1992 | nonfiction concept book life science animals protection | |
Me First | Helen Lester | 1992 | ||
Weather & Climate | Fiona Watt & Francis Wilson | 1992 | nonfiction weather science | |
Magical Science | Eric Ladizinsky | 1992 | nonfiction science magic activities | |
Are there any questions | Denys Cazet | 1992 | Field Trip Questions | |
Red Light Green Light | Margaret Wise Brown | 1992 | picture book patterns | |
The Last Basselope | Berkeley Breathed | 1992 | Zany story of adventure and escape from the media blitz. Dandelion eating Basselope and Opus the great hunter. |
picture book imagination |
Fern Gully | Dianna Young | 1992 | ||
Lunch | Denise Fleming | 1992 |
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Trouble with Trolls | Jan Brett | 1992 | Trevi climbs a mountain with her dog and has trouble with trolls. Using her creative ability she wins the day. | picture book ingenuity, self dependence, trolls, myth legend |
Mike Fink | Steven Kellogg | 1992 | legend tall tale picture book |
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Winter at Long Pond | William T. George | 1992 | Environmental picture book that show what Long Pond is like through the seasons. | nonfiction picture book science, pond, environment, seasons |
Talking with Artists | Pat Cummings editor | 1992 | nonfiction artists, painting, autobiography | |
Beauty and The Beast | Jerrard, Jane | 1992 | ||
Shortcut | Donald Crews | 1992 | ||
Dreamcatcher | Sudrey Osofsky | 1992 | Ojibway tale about a mother who makes a dreamcatcher and what happens when it is placed on her baby's backboard. | fantasy fiction picture book Native American, Indian, Ojibway, dreams, dreamweaver soft pastel chalk drawings |
The Real McCoy | Wendy Towle | 1992 | A story about a black American inventor. Elijah McCoy, son of a fugitive slaves who settles in Ontario, Canada, where Elijah is born in 1844. Elijah love to take things apart and put them back together led him to Scotland where he becomes an engineer. He goes to the United States after the Civil War, where the only job he can get is as a fireman with a train company. The story continues with his life, inventions 50 patents, community involvement. |
nonfiction history biography cience inventor Black The Real McCoy African American black experience multicultural engineer |
Pterodactyls and Pizza | Lee Bennett Hopkins | 1992 | poetry collection |
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Doctor De Soto Goes To Africa | William Steig | 1992 |
Title | Author | Publication date | Summaries & Notes | Genre & themes |
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The Dragons Are Singing Tonight | Jack Prelutsky | 1993 | poetry collection | |
Grandfather's Journey | Allen Say | 1993 | Story of a man who visits the U. S. and learns to love it. He has a daughter who grew up in California by the San Francisco Bay. However, when the girl was nearly grown he misses his homeland, of Japan, and returns. After awhile he wants to return to America, but the war stops him. He never returns, but his grandson does. The text is supported with beautiful colored paintings with a Japanese style. |
nonfiction picture book immigration Japan multicultural family |
Wanna Bet? Science Challenges to Fool You | Cobb, Vicki and Darling, Kathy | 1993 | nonfiction concept book science activities | |
Spiders | Gail Gibbons | 1993 | nonfiction concept book science spiders | |
All About Water | Berger, Melvin | 1993 | nonfiction concept book science water | |
I Want To Be | Thylias Moss | 1993 | picture book poetry self identity classroom management | |
The Man Who Counted: A Collection of Mathematical Adventures | Tahan | 1993 | mathematics | |
Cookies | Jaspersohn | 1993 | mathematics | |
Twelve Ways to Get to Eleven | Merriam, Eve | 1993 | mathematics | |
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt | Deborah Hopkinson | 1993 | Sara makes a quilt that becomes the key to escaping slavery. | historical fiction mathematics spatial relationship geometry patterns number value science relative position mapping African American black experience multicultural |
Benny's Pennies | Pat Brisson | 1993 | Benny shops and buys five objects for the family. |
picture book fiction mathematics |
Tracks in the Sand | Loreen Leedy | 1993 | The life cycle of the loggerhead sea turtle, an endangered species, is told as it follows an instinct more than a million years old. Illustrated with realistic chalk drawings in browns, greys, and blues. | picture book nonfiction environment |
Raven | Gerald McDermott | 1993 | ||
In the Small, Small Pond | Denise Fleming | 1993 | nonfiction science pond environment | |
Tracks in the Wild | Betsy Bowen | 1993 | nonfiction science nature animals tracks | |
Night John | Gary Paulsen | 1993 | Sarny (12) brutal life as a slave becomes more dangerous when a newly arrived slave offers to teach her to read. |
historical fiction slavery reading America south |
Just A Thunderstorm | Gina and Mercer Mayer | 1993 | picture book realistic fiction |
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Marvin Redpost: Why Pick on Me? | Louis Sachar | 1993 | realistic fiction first chapter book easy reader | |
Outside and Inside Trees | Sandra Markle | 1993 | nonfiction science plants trees | |
Meet the Authors and Illustrators Volume 2 | Deborah Kovacs and James Peller | 1993 | nonfiction authors artists illustrators 60 creators | |
One Hundred Hungry Ants | Elinor J Princzes | 1993 | How fast to picnic in lines of 1, 2, 10 |
picture book fantasy fiction mathematics multiples factors |
Is A Blue Whale The Biggest Thing There Is? | Robert E. Wells | 1993 | Size of the Universe, really big numbers |
picture book whale science size length proportion measurement mathematics |
Ship | David Macaulay | 1993 | This is two books in one. A fictionalize story of a ship and its construction in medieval Europe as described by the main character who visits the shipyard during its construction. The second part of the book describes an archeological expedition and its recovery of the same ship. Accurate descriptions provide insight into the vessel as well as how archeology can help uncover our history previously forgotten. Curiously it could be both fiction and nonfiction. |
nonfiction historical fiction Europe medieval, building , architecture structures archeology record keeping |
Marvin Redpost Is He a Girl? | Louis Sachar | 1993 | Casey Hampton (girl) tells Marvin Redpost that if he kisses the outside part of his elbow he will turn into a girl.... |
realistic fiction boy girl relationship First chapter book easy reader |
Wanna bet? Science Challenges to Fool You | Vicki Cobb & Kathy Darling | 1993 | nonfiction science group experiments | |
And So They Build | Bert Kitchen | 1993 | building | |
Bill Nye the Science Guy's Big Blast of Science | Bill Nye | 1993 | nonfiction science activities | |
The Amateur Meteorologist Explorations and Investigations | H. Michael Mogil and Barbara G. Levine | 1993 | nonfiction science weather activities | |
Seas and Oceans | Felicity Brooks | 1993 | picture book concept book nonfiction sea ocean science | |
Moose and Friends | Jim Latimer | 1993 | fantasy fiction |
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Tom | Tomie de Paola | 1993 | picture book autobiography |
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Weather | Seymore Simon | 1993 | nonfiction concept book weather science | |
Time for Bed | Mem Fox | 1993 | Australian author All animals going to sleep, sweet dreams my darling goodnight Also Harriet You ll Drive Me Wild Koala Lou Hattie and the Fox Time for Bed |
picture book fiction poetry family going to sleep global Australian |
Dragon's Gate | Laurence Yep | 1993 | ||
Look Closer | Brian and Rebecca Wildsmith | 1993 | ||
Where's That Reptile? | Barbara Brenner & Bernice Chardiet | 1993 | picture book concept book nonfiction science reptile animals |
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Where's That Insect? | Barbara Brenner & Bernice Chardiet | 1993 | picture book nonfiction science insects camaflouge | |
The Giver | Lois Lowry | 1993 | A novel that draws readers into it with determination to explain what is happening and to use all available means to discover along with Jonas the workings of the community. What is going on? Does Jonas have special powers? are they gifts or not? Can he change or is change impossible? What must he do to have his freedom? Must he escape or adapt? What are possibilities of a better future depending on the choices he makes? Main character - Jonas Chapter 3 Chapter 6 Chapter 8 |
science fiction destopican society ecoming an adult society growing up social |
Easy Science Experiments | Diane Molleson and Sarah Savage | 1993 | nonfiction science experiments activities | |
Goodnight Opus | Berkeley Breathed | 1993 | Bedtime story begins with grandmother telling a fairly ordinary talek, and then Opus takes over. Both learn to depart from the text! |
picture book being creative adventure |
MicroAliens Dazzling Journey's with an Electron Microscope | Howard Tomb and Dennis Kunkel | 1993 | nonfiction science electron microscope observation | |
12 Ways To Get To 11 | Eve Merriam | 1993 | Sums of 11 |
concept book sums of 11, addition mathematics number value |
The Bully Brothers | Mike Thaler | 1993 | ||
One, Two, Three, Count With Me | Catherine & Laurence Anholt | 1993 | mathematics, counting | |
Pass it on | Wade Hudson | 1993 | ||
Stellaluna | Janell Cannon | 1993 | picture book fantasy bats animals | |
The Boggart | Susan Cooper | 1993 | Emily and Jessup get more than they bargained for when they travel with their parents to Scotland to deal with the Castle Keep their parents inherited. When they decide to ship some furniture and books as keep sakes back to Canada the Boggart, from Scottish tradition, hides in a desk. When the desk is opened an all ready exciting adventure switches into high gear. The Boggart creates all kinds of mischief on Halloween and during the opening of her father's Shakespeare's play Cymbeline. Maggie and Robert discuss having Emily sent to a mental hospital with Mr. Stigmore, The gang of five help, Tommy, from Scotland helps, and Jess communicates with the Boggart through the computer, it goes into a black hole. Jess downloads it onto a computer disk and mails it home to the Castle Keep, It's is released by Tommy and arrives home to fine a new owner with a puppy and two children. Do I smell a sequel? | fiction ghost story Scottish children family boggart |
My Mother's Getting Married | Joan Drescher | 1993 |
remarriage stepfamilies | |
Barnyard Dance | Sandra Boynton | 1993 | Picture book with musical verses for a banyard dance with the barnyard animals as partners. Stomp your feet! Clap your hands! Everybody ready for a barnyard dance! Animals include: horse, cow, pig, bunny, duck, chickens, mice, donkey, sheep, chicks,turkey, frog, dog, and some of the sounds they make. 2008 edition had CD single with the song - audio on sound cloud |
music song picture book barnyard animals dance |
One, Two, Three | Sandra Boynton | 1993 | Costs with rhymes to ten and back to one. |
picture book counting book rhyme book |
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In the Woods: Who's Been Here? | Lindsay Barrett George | 1995 |
Cammy and William don't see any wildlife as they walk through the woods, yet there are signs everywhere that animals have been around. Join in the search for Who's been here? |
science nature picture book |
The Butterfly Alphabet book | Brian Cassie & Jerry Pollotto | 1995 |
Learnabout butterflies |
alphabet science nature butterflies picture book |
Math Curse | Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith | 1995 | A delightful story about one student believes he or she has developed a math curse. A math curse in that everything in the world becomes a math problem. Was it simply because Mrs. Fibonacci said, You know, you can think of almost everything as a math problem. Then the next day the problem started? Travel through through this book and see examples of how math is in the world and how if you ever find yourself with the math curse it is simply a matter of use a couple of fractions to remove the curse and make math understandable for you. | picture book fiction problem solving mathematics math anxiety |
Down the Road | Alice Schertle | 1995 | Picture story about a young girl who begs her parents to let her go to the store on her own. When she does instead of coming home with eggs she ends up with apples. A very touching story where the parents deal with a problem in a most creative and appropriate way to foster growth. Theme - don't cry over spilt eggs! | picture book realistic fiction parenting making the best of a worse situation classroom management families apples African American black experience multicultural |
Venus Among the Fishes | Elizabeth Hall and Scott O Dell | 1995 | fantasy fiction |
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Questions and Answers About Bees | Betty Polisar Reigot | 1995 | nonfiction bees insects animals science | |
Officer Buckle and Gloria | Peggy Rathmann | 1995 | picture book fiction classroom management relationships teamwork | |
Math in the Bath | Sara Ethereally | 1995 | picture book mathematics sink float capacity density | |
The Worst Person in the World | James Stevenson | 1995 |
Funny story about what happens when the sourest, meanest, Worst Person in the World meets the Ugliest Thing in the World. |
enjoying |
Hold Fast to Dreams | Andrea Davis Pinkney | 1995 | Andrea Davis Pinkney tells a powerful story about good and bad relationships between people and particularly this family of four. The setting is a Connecticut town and the plot is about a black family that moves into this town of Wexford where everyone is white. Pinkney tells their struggle to belong by describing the characters experiences and feelings as they go about their daily lives at school, work, and in the community. The tone and style that is totally realistic and believable, without succumbing to the use of sensationalism, yet compels you to read and leaves you with an emotional transaction and understanding of the character s feelings as they struggle to find a place. | realistic fiction African American black experience multicultural prejudice, family relationships, black and white relationships excellent read |
The Tent | Gary Paulsen | 1995 | realistic fiction family relationships, religion | |
The Gorgon Slayer | Gary Paulsen | 1995 | fantasy fiction |
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A Wasp Is Not a Bee | Marilyn Singer | 1995 | ||
A Whale Is Not A Fish and Other Animal Mix-ups | Melvin Berger | 1995 | nonfiction science whale animals | |
The Great Fire | Jim Murphy | 1995 | Chicago, Old Lady Leary, and a lantern in the shed... Truth or ... Great story that goes back to try to answer the proverbial question with facts. | nonfiction Chicago fire |
Shoes, Shoes, Shoes | Ann Morris | 1995 | 28 Illustrations of shoes from around world. | picture book mathematics patterns multicultural |
The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds | Cole, Joanna | 1995 | nonfiction science plants seeds life science | |
A Remainder of One | Elinor J. Pinczes | 1995 | Division, matrix multiplication |
concept book mathematics numbers division patterns |
A Quarter From the Tooth Fairy | Caren Holtzman | 1995 | Quarter and equivalent coins |
fantasy fiction mathematics money |
The Golden Compass | Philip Pullman | 1995 | The first in a trilogy (The Dark Materials - 1. The Golden Compass, 2. The Subtle Knife & 3. The Amber Spyglass) is an epic fantasy with witches, talking bear kings and a daemon for each person in animal form representing the inner self or souls. Pullman begins his story in Oxford England at a time when England was supreme, starting the industrial revolution, politically powerful government, church, and educational center of the world. Within this setting Lyra is coming of age; expanding her explorations into the organizations that vie to rule the world - government and religion. How people can be good and evil, how they conduct themselves, make choices and what should be her role in her life and death. His Dark Materials Book 1
Plot Lyra Belacqua (Silvertongue) and her daemon Pantalaimon, hide in wardrobe listen... Discover - alethiometer and an attempt on Lord Asriel (snow leopard) Uncle, to poison him They are forming a party to rescue the children. Lord Asriel 135 helped Gyptians... How to use the alethiometer, create party... |
science fiction good vs evil fantasy adventure parent child relationships |
The Well: David's Story | Mildred Taylor | 1995 | David Logan - Cassie, Stacey, Christopher-John, and Little-man s father in the Logan family. |
historical fiction Black experience American south |
Magnet Science | Glen Vecchione | 1995 | nonfiction science magnets | |
Anno s Magic Seeds | Mitsumasa Anno | 1995 | Double, +,- |
picture book doubles mathematics addition subtraction multiplication functions patterns |
Alexander, Who s Not Do you hear me? I Mean it! Going to Move | Judith Viorst | 1995 | picture book realistic fiction moving family home | |
Storms and Hurricanes | Kathy Gemmell | 1995 | nonfiction storms and hurricanes weather science | |
Silly Science | Shar Levine & Leslie Johnstone | 1995 | nonfiction science projects science | |
Who Eats What? | Patricia Lauber | 1995 | Science energy cycle energy chain food chain | |
You Can't Eat Your Chicken Pox, Amber Brown | Paula Danziger | 1995 | This is a sequel to Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon. It begins as eight year old Amber is finishing third grade and reminiscing about the year. Particularly how everyone has suffered through the Pox plague - Chicken Pox except Amber Brown. As the title suggests, Amber gets hers over the summer when she is home alone with Aunt Pam getting ready for their trip to London to visit and then on to Paris to visit her dad. It seems her plans to stop her parent s divorce are going to he ruined. Amber is smart, perky, and thoroughly likable. While Amber passes time recovering from chicken pox she writes letters to her friend, Justin; plays Monopoly, Yatzee, and other games with her aunt; and gets trapped in an elevator. Children love Amber s antics, interests, perceptions, and penchant for gross humor. | fiction third grade aunts divorce chicken pox London |
Rocket Science | Jim Weise | 1995 | nonfiction mechanical science | |
She s Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head! | Kathryn Lasky | 1995 | nonfiction science Audubon Society animals environment | |
Slower Than a Snail | Anne Schreiber | 1995 | Number value and the concept of motion, time position, and maybe speed. | picture book concept book measurement number value counting time concept book Marilyn Burns mathematics sctivity book |
Tops and Bottoms | Janet Stevens | 1995 | Trickster, lazy/worker |
realistic fiction top bottom trickster spacial relationships |
Her Stories | Virginia Hamilton | 1995 | African American black experience multicultural | |
Walk Two Moons | Sharon Creech | 1995 | realistic fiction |
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More Than Anything Else | Marie Bradby | 1995 | More than anything else Booker T. Washington wants to learn to read. Works in a salt mine and mom buys book. |
picture book learning to read biographical Booker T. Washington salt mine |
The Stories Huey Tells | Cameron, Ann | 1995 | Collection of short stories |
realistic fiction collection short stories African American black experience multicultural creativity short stories writing |
Water | Frank Ash | 1995 | nonfiction water science nature | |
The School Mouse | Dick King-Smith | 1995 | fiction fntasy life and death reading mice survival | |
Where's That Cat? | Barbara Brenner & Bernice Chardiet | 1995 | ||
Biggest, Strongest, Fastest | Steve Jenkins | 1995 | Animal records of size, speed |
nonfiction picture book |
Mirette on the High Wire | Emily Arnold McCulley | 1995 | Good picture book about a girl that wants to learn how to walk on the high wire. | picture book fiction balance practice |
The Midwife s Apprentice | Karen Cushman | 1995 | fiction fantasy |
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In a Circle Long Ago | Nancy Van Laan | 1995 | ||
Mick Harte Was Here | Barbara Park | 1995 | Story about a girl whose brother, Mick Harte is killed riding a bicycle without a helmet. | realistic historical fiction safety bike helmet death |
An American Safari | Jim Brandenburg | 1995 | Fantastic illustrated story of North American prairie. Beautifully accurate photos of plants and animals in their natural habitat. Interesting information that selected animals and plants from e prairie habitat that will be or should be familiar to anyone who has lived on the prairie. However, the illustrations, story,, and history of both is woven together into a seamless comprehensive tale that compels the reader to take this safari through the North America states of Nebraska, the Dakotas, and Minnesota. Illustrated with incredibly clear up close photographs of animals in their native habit. As if the animals let him walk right up to them and take their pictures doing what they do naturally. | picture book nonfiction nature wildlife animals prairie |
Our Changing Planet | 1995 | nonfiction environment science Earth | ||
A Walk To The Great Mystery | Virginia A. Stroud | 1995 |
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Tops and Bottoms | Janet Stevens | 1995 | picture book trickster lazy worker mathematics patterns | |
The Magic School Bus in the Haunted Museum | Joanna Cole | 1995 | ||
The Magic School Bus Hops Home | Joanna Cole | 1995 | ||
The Magic School Bus Gets Baked In a Cake | Joanna Cole | 1995 | ||
The Van Gogh Cafe | Cynthia Rylant | 1995 | A collection of short stories centered on a Cafe in Kansas. Each story seems to be more creative and profound that the previous. A must read for middle school or junior high if you can find it. | realistic fiction short stories creative writing small town |
Title | Author | Publication date | Summaries & Notes | Genre & themes |
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Falling Up | Shel Silverstein | 1996 | poetry humor | |
The Magic School Bus Gets Eaten | Joanna Cole | 1996 | science anatomy | |
The Freshwater Alphabet Book | Jerry Pallotta | 1996 | concept book alphabet book fish science | |
The 100th Day of School | Angela Shelf Medearis | 1996 | Number value 100 |
concept book mathematics, number value, Number value 100 |
Stay in Line | Teddy Slater | 1996 | Field trip 12 students in different patterns |
realistic fiction concept book mathematics patterns |
Science Surprises | Sandra Markle | 1996 | nonfiction science activities | |
Healing the Bereaved Child | Alan Wolfelt | 1996 | nonfiction death grieving dying classroom management | |
Crash | Jerry Spinelii | 1996 | Fanciful tale of Wesley who was being teased by classmates and didn't fit in. He decided to grow his own staple crop and things began to change for the better and he created a new culture around his staple crop "swist". |
fiction modern fantasy bully learning compassion family friendship |
Detective Science | Jim Wiese | 1996 | nonfiction forensic science | |
How Many Feet? How Many Tails? | Marilyn Burns | 1996 | picture book number sense mathematics counting concept book | |
Even Steven and Odd Todd | Kathryn Cristaldi | 1996 | picture book even and odd numbers, mathematics | |
Give me Half | Stuart Murphy | 1996 | picture book simplest fractions mathematics half | |
Welcome to the Sea of Sand | Jane Yolen | 1996 | Pretty is as pretty does | |
EarthDance | Joanne Rudes | 1996 | Science Ecology | |
Remaking the Earth | Paul Goble | 1996 | Native American | |
Bonjour, Lonnie | Faith Ringold | 1996 | African American Jewish boy traces his ancestry with the help of the Love Bird of Paris. |
picture book mixed race parentage black white love bird magic African American black experience multicultural Jewish |
Sports Math Mania | Lorraine Jean and Christopher Hopping Egan | 1996 | Cool stats & number facts are presented in a question and answer format |
nonfiction mathematics, sports, Cool stats and number facts |
Incredible Inventions | Nick Griffiths Ed. Nicole Carmichael | 1996 | nonfiction reference |
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The Boggart and the Monster |
Susan Cooper | 1997 |
Emily and Jess Volnikhaven't visited the Boggart at the ancient Castle Keep in Scotland for two years. On a trip to Loch Ness, the fun-loving Boggart comes along for the ride to help its cousin Nessie, trapped in the monster shape from being discovered. Modern science v. Boggart ancient magic. |
fantasy science fiction |
Chasing Redbird | Sharon Creech | 1997 |
Zinny Taylor, attempting to escape from her crazy chaotic family life discovers a long forgotten trail into the woods. It' the beginning of a journey that leads her to unravel the dark secrets of hers and her aunt's life. |
realistic fiction friendship |
Oceans | Andrew & Barbara Taylor Haslam | 1997 | nonfiction science ocean earth science reference and activity book | |
Waiting for the Rain: A Novel of South Africa | Sheila Gordon | 1997 | Tengo, black, grew up on Frikkie Uncle s farm and didn t go t school. Frikkie, white, lived in the city, went to school, which he took for granted, and liked visiting his uncle s farm. It was during the visits that the two boys became friends. Since Tengo has been on the farm he doesn t know about apartheid and discrimination so when he discovers it the two boys have to come to grips with the realities of their country. The book is rather didactic and over talks its messages about discrimination and apartheid. Could have been written better - plot and tone. | fiction prejudice South Africa multicultural |
The Best Bug Parade | Stuart J. Murphy | 1997 | Big, bigger, biggest; Small ; long short ; good, better, best |
concept book big bigger biggest small long short good better best mathematics |
Three Pigs, One Wolf, and Seven Magic Shapes | Grace Maccarone | 1997 | Retelling of 3 pigs with tangrams |
fiction fantasy tangrams mathematics |
The Subtle Knife | Philip Pullman | 1997 | His dark material book 2
Go to Lord Asriel... witches unite... Lee, Grumman, witches, were found because of ring and attacked... |
science fiction fantasy good vs evil fantasy adventure parent child relationships |
Great Critical Thinking Puzzles | Michael A. Dispezio | 1997 | puzzle and riddle book puzzles critical thinking | |
Friendly Dolphins | Allan Fowler | 1997 | nonfiction dolphins water animals | |
Out of Dust | Karen Heese | 1997 |
Out of the Dust is written in a mix of short lines, long lines, and blank lines that creates a unique rhythmic style and imagery that fits well with the historical dust bowl setting and suffocating tone of the harsh times and personal tragic events. A long-legged red headed girl is born in 1920 and named Billie Jo Kelby, because her father wanted a boy. Fast forward to 1934 when she is 14 and the dust bowl begins its years long brutal attack of hardship interspersed with brief infrequent showers of rain to mock hope. Karen's style and tone gives a glimpse of the suffering many endured during these times and the determination, ingenuity, and adaptability required for people, who did stay with the land until better times.
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Dust bowl 1930's poetry imagery rhythm Texas Oklahoma hardship survival |
Ella Enchanted | Gail Carson Levine | 1997 | An interesting twist on the Cinderella story. Bewitched at birth by the fairy Lucinda whose spell makes her do exactly what she is told. Her mother dies and her indifferent father relies on her stepmother and two stepsisters to care for her. Ella is clever and full of desire to track down Lucinda and seek her freedom so she might discover who she really is. There are ogres, elves, a prince, and of course a fairy godmother. However, Levine twists the usual fairy tale female stereotypes and provides Ella enough moxie to take the usual stereotypical female role and twist and turn it to empower Ella and create relationships of mutual respect. Lucinda put a spell on Ella so that she had to do what she was asked. |
fairy tale fantasy responsibility fair good evil growing up |
The Next Place | Warren Hanson | 1997 | picture book poetry death | |
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone | J. K. Rowling | 1997 | ! Writing from the viewpoint of young people (the books is written mainly through Harry, even though it is not in first person) ! Missing parent syndrome (the Dursley s are far from parents to Harry throughout the novel) ! Optimism is shown with characters making worthy accomplishments (Harry achieves quite a bit throughout the novel). Mary Sprakel |
modern fantasy witches |
Oceans | Andrew Haslam & Barbara Taylor | 1997 | nonfiction oceans science | |
Measuring Penny | Loreen Leedy | 1997 | picture book measurement mathematics concept book | |
Sir Cumference and the First Round Table | Cindy Neuschwander | 1997 | picture book circumfrence circles Pi mathematics | |
Golem | Davis Wisniewski | 1997 | Jewish folk tale | |
The View from Saturday | E. L. Konigsburg | 1997 | ||
The Koufax Dilemma | Steven Schnur | 1997 | Being Jewish Sandy Koufax was conflicted with the dilemma of refusing to pitch when he was scheduled on Yom Kippur. However, this story isn t about Sandy, his blazing fast ball or precise accuracy. It is about Danny whose mother wants him to attend the first night of Passover which is on the first day of his season opener. Sometimes over reaching complaining with adults who are generally supportive. However, it is probably on target for the audience which can be a bit melodramatic and self centered. |
realistic historical fiction Jewish religion, divorce acceptance of duty |
Stardust | Neil Gaiman | 1997 | Every bit as good as the movie or is the movie every bit as good as the book? | modern fantasy movie love good evil |
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G is for Googol: A Math Alphabet Book | David Schwartz | 1998 | Informational book |
nonfiction mathematics |
Bones: Our Skeletal System | Seymour Simon | 1998 | nonfiction |
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A Dozen Dozens | Harriet Ziefert | 1998 | Number value, dozen, ½ dozen |
concept book math dozen twelve |
Graveyards of the Dinosaurs | Shelley Tanaka | 1998 | nonfiction picture book dinosaurs archeology fossils prehistoric animals | |
Prairie Dogs Kiss and Lobsters Wave: How Animals Say Hello | Marilyn Singer | 1998 | nonfiction reference animal behavior greetings | |
The NBA Book of Big and Little | James Preller | 1998 | picture book non standard measurement NBA ratio big little concept book | |
The Transall Saga | Gary Paulsen | 1998 | science fiction deserts planets | |
Pete's A Pizza | William Steig | 1998 | Pete wants to go outside and play ball but it is raining. His father decides to make Pete into a Pizza to cheer him up until it stops raining and he can go out and play. |
picture book rainy days bored |
Today I Fell Silly and Other Moods That Make My Day | Jamie Lee Curtis | 1998 | Great illustrations for changing moods. |
picture book moods silly sad mad excited angry |
A Handful of Beans: Six Fairy Tales Retold by Jeanne Steig | Jeanne Steig | 1998 |
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retelling fairy tales |
The Jewel Kingdom The Jewel Princesses and the Missing Crown | Jahnna N. Malcolm | 1998 | Roxanne, Sabrina, Emily, and Demetra all are sisters. The royal secretary Twitter was left in charge by their parents of Jewel Palace and the Great Jeweled Crown. Sisters use their powers together to regain the crown. |
fiction fantasy sisters adventure cooperation helping |
Cartoon & Animation | Matthew Parselle Editor | 1998 | nonfiction how to book cartoon animation drawing flip books creating charaters arts and crafts | |
Holes | Louis Sachar | 1998 | Setting Green Lake Camp in Texas desert. Main Character Stanley Yelnats Minor characters Warden, Elya/pig-stealing-great-great grandfather, Kissin Kate Barlow, Gypsy/Madame Zeroni, Stanley s father, Mr. Pendanski (counselor), X-ray, Squid, Jose /Magnet, Theodore/Armpit, Ricky/Zigzag, Zero, Clyde Livingston/Sweet Feet, Plot Stanley was sentenced to Green Lake Camp for stealing Clyde Livingston s sneakers that were donated to the shelter to be auctioned. He chose the camp over jail and he and his mom thought it would be like the summer camp that the rich kids went to during their summer vacation. He arrived at the camp and found there was no lake. There was nothing but a desert for miles around. He meet the seven room mates and was told by Mr. Pendanski that his job was to dig a hole five feet deep and five feet in diameter each day. He would start at 4:30 and if he worked hard enough he would be done before the sun rose into the afternoon sky. Chaper 7 you learn about how the curse was put on his pig-stealing-great-great grandfather, Elya. He wanted to marry Myra Menle and didn't have a pig like Igor Barkov. So he went to the Gypsy to ask for help. She gave him a baby pig and told him to carry the pig up the hill to drink from a stream each day and on the day of Myra s fifteenth birthday. She also wanted him to do one more thing. Come carry her up the hill as she didn t have a left foot, so she could drink from the stream and he would sing the family song to her. He said he could not carry her and she asked if he could carry the pig today, yes, tomorrow, yes and each day you will grow stronger and I will be easy to carry. He agreed. On the day of Myra s birthday he did not carry the pig up the mountain as he did not want to smell of pig when he went to Myra. Myra s father could not decide who should get his daughter as both had pigs, Elya convinced him to have Myra decide. However, addle-brained Myra could not and had them pick a number between 1-10. So Elya decided to leave for America. Since he didn t fulfill his promise the Gypsy s curse was put on him and his family. In America he fell in love with Sarah Miller. She had Elya sing the pig lullaby and when she had a baby Stanley Yelnats she would sing it to him every night. Stanley dug holes, got nickname Caveman, learned about dangers Yellow-spoted-lizards one bite dead. Wrote letters to Mom, found fish fossil, found gold case with heart and K.B., Taught Zero to read, Zero dug hole, said stole sunflower seeds from Mr. Sir. Took to warden finger nail polish scratched Mr. Sir s face. Taught Zero to read and zero dig part of hole. Dr Hawthorn, Sam onion man, Mary Lou donkey, eats nothing but raw onions, Miss katherine Barlow. Bought onions like Sam but Negro, School teacher kissed the onion picker. Trout Walker shouted devil woman, poisoning children s brains with books, burnt booksSheriff drunk woundn t help ask for kiss, said law for negro to kiss a white woman, hang him, unless you kiss me, ran to row boat, Trout Walker s motor boat shot donkey, three days after sam s death Miss Katherine shot the shariff in the head applied a fresh coat of lipstick and kissed him. She became one of the most feared outlaws in the West. Zero s real name Hector Zeroni. After 20 years Kate returned to Green Lake and lived for three months. She knew she was mad. Someone broke into her cabin and she could smell Trout Walker s dirty feet. He and his wife Linda Walker took her a gun point to find her loot. Were desperate because it hasn t rained , the livestock, peaches all gone, Shovel against fireplace, Shes buried it. Took her in blue silk pajamas, left boots, loosely tied feet. Walked and walked, when she stopped Linda wacked her with a shovel. Lizard bit her bare ankle. Kate died laughing. Grandfather was robbed by Kissing Kate, wandered in the desert and sought refuge on the thumb of God Zero runs away, Stanley steals pickup truck wrecks in hole runs. Days in desert finally stumbles onto boat and Zero, Drink peach nectar.. Go to Thumb of God rock, dig hole find water, Zero is poisoned from peaches or something, feeds onions, water, sings to him. Spell is broke. Go back to dig for gold, Warden shows up light on lizard on suitcase, stand on lizard nest. Wait tell lawyer there to get out, that he didn t do it, missed them, wait for lizard to kill, tarantula Tried to get out flet claw. Back down. Heard car. Lawyer, need authentification Stanley climbs out of hole, helped Zero out, Suit case had Stanley s name on it, his. Leave Hector, no they ll kill him, may I see his file no, doesn t exist, decided take Hector too. Onion juice seems to repel lizards don t like onion blood. Boys smelled drove with windows down. Dad finally hit how to get rid of smell of sneekers. Peaches? Raindrop? Stanley s father invented cure for foot odor the day after the great-great-grandson of Elya Yelnats carried the great-great-great-grandson of Madame Zeroni up the mountain. Ms Walker sold Camp Green Lake to Girl Scouts. Jewels low quality, stocks, a little less than a million. Super bowl comercial "sweet feet" slide in Sploosh. Hector s mother sings song. |
fiction adolescent growing crime adventure mystery |
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | J. K. Rowling | 1998 | modern fantasy, witches, magic, school | |
The Big Book of Bones and Introduction to Skeletons | Claire Llewellyn | 1998 | nonfiction reference bones skeleton | |
Three Against the Tide | D. Anne Love | 1998 | ficiton fantasy |
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Just Enough Carrots | Stuart Murphy | 1998 | picture book comparing amounts mathematics concept book greater less equal | |
The Z Was Zapped | Chris Van Allsburg | 1998 |
Alphabet book in black and white. |
picture book alphabet fantasy fiction |
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The Big Box | Toni Morrison | 1999 |
Because they do not follow the rules written by the adults, three children are judged unable to handle their freedom and forced to live in a box with three locks on the door. |
picture book |
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning | Lemony Snicket | 1999 | A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning contradicts the idea that children like or need stories with happy endings. The Snicket series certainly has disproved it with a series of bad ending books. Snicket not only writes his books with bad ending, but flaunts it by telling the reader at the beginning of the book and suggesting to stop reading and put it down. Again, Snicket warns the reader a few pages before the ending that if wont be a happy ending, stop because the ending wasn t happy. The warning are reliable. Three Baudelaire children: Violet, Klaus, and Sunny. Executor of estate Mr. Poe found children at the beach and told them that their mansion burnt to the ground and their parents died. |
realistic fiction amily brothers sisters orphans trouble unfortunate events young child s soap opera |
The Mystery of the Mammoth Bones and How It Was Solved | James Cross Giblin | 1999 | nonfiction reference mammoths archeology paleontology mastodon | |
Just Ella | Margaret Peterson Haddix | 1999 | Female coming of age fairy tale | diction fantasy female coming of age fairy tale |
Earthlings Inside and Out: a Space Alien Studies the Human Body | Valerie Wyatt | 1999 | nonfiction human body | |
Exploring the Deep Dark Sea | Gail Gibbons | 1999 | nonfiction sea life exploring | |
Plenty of Penguins | Sonia Black | 1999 | picture book penguins water winter | |
Our Only May Amelia | Jennifer L Holm | 1999 | Sequel The Trouble with May Amelia father believes girls are useless and May Amelia is stupid because she never pays attention. ... he would rather have one boy than a dozen May Amelias because Girls are useless. traveler comes with a get rich scheme and asks May to translate, she is proud, but it is a scam and they loose the farm and did blames her. Washington state 1900. danger illness death... |
historical fiction pioneer in Washington 1899 only girl in family relationships |
Among the Odds and Evens | Priscilla Turner | 1999 | X and Y visit mathland and notice patterns of even and odd numbers. Some problem solving. |
picture book mathematics odd and even number value patterns |
Island of the Aunts | Eva Ibbotson | 1999 | fiction modern fantasy |
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When the Soldiers Were Gone | Vera W. Propp | 1999 | Started out with Henk (Benjamin) living with a family (David Van Sorg and his wife Elsbet and their two children Meip and Pieter that is thought to be his. In a few pages he is meeting his real parents making the reader wonder what happened. Flashback and the author talks about soldiers coming to the house and Henk having to hide in the hamper in the barn. Then one day his Uncle Jan came and yelled the War is over. Allied troops came and gave out chocolate candy. The Allies dropped bombs on Appelhem to get rid of the Nazis and now Benjamin was going to live in an apartment until his home was fixed. Henk meets his brother Carl. Henk is getting used to the name Benjamin as he eats cake for the first time. |
historical fiction Nazi Germany after world war II |
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | J. K. Rowling | 1999 | witches fantasy | |
Bud, Not Buddy | Christopher Paul Curtis | 1999 | realistic fiction |
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26 Fairmont Avenue | Tomie DePaola | 1999 | realistic fiction |
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The Paint Brush Kid | Clyde Robert Bulla | 1999 | fiction |
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A Monarch Butterfly s Life | John Himmelman | 1999 | picture book nonfiction insects monarch butterfly life cycle | |
Getting Near to Baby | Audrey C ouloumbis | 1999 | fiction fantasy |
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The Fairy's Mistake | Gail Levine Carson | 1999 | fiction fantasy |
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Weslandia | Paul Fleischman | 1999 | Fanciful tale of Wesley who was being teased by classmates and didn't fit in. |
picture book staple crops civilization social studies culture |
Start Drawing Wild Animals | Robin Doak | 1999 | nonfiction how to book draw wild animals, science, how to book | |
I Can Count 100 Bunnies and So Can You! | Cyndy Szekeres | 1999 | picture book counting mathematics concept book | |
The History of Counting | Denise Schmandt-Besserat | 1999 | nonfiction counting mathematics history | |
Odious Oceans | Anita Ganeri | 1999 | nonfiction science oceans | |
Beaver | Glen Rounds | 1999 | nonfiction science, beaver, animals | |
The Secret Journey | Peg Kehret |
1999 |
Set in the 1830's. Emma is carefree happy girl until IT happens, her beloved mother gets sick and is going to France for a year to get better. But, Emma isn't, she's supposed to stay with her aunt and brat cousin Odolf. Deciding to stow away, she boards the wrong ship, which is shipwrecked off the coast of Africa. Where she must survive. |
realistic fiction adventure |