New Books Have Arrived in the Library Media Center
Take a look at the video showing the book covers and the topics the books cover. Below is a bibliography for the books that includes a short summary for each book.
Bibliography
Date: 20170214
Christensen, Bonnie. The daring Nellie Bly : America's star
reporter, New York, Dragonfly Books, 2009, c2003.
Summary: Introduces the life of
Nellie Bly who, as a "stunt reporter" for the New
York World newspaper in the late
1800s, championed women's rights and traveled
around the world faster than anyone
ever had.
Waber, Bernard. Courage, Boston, MA, Houghton Mifflin,
[2002].
Summary: Provides examples of the
many kinds of courage found in everyday life
and in unusual circumstances, from
tasting the vegetable before making a face to
being a firefighter or police
officer.
Lowery, Lynda Blackmon. Turning 15 on the road to freedom :
my story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March, New York, Dial Books, an imprint
of Penguin Group
(USA) LLC, [2015].
Summary: "By the time I was
fifteen years old, I had been in jail nine times." The
youngest participant in the 1965
civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery,
Alabama, tells her story.
Krull, Kathleen. Harvesting hope : the story of Cesar
Chavez, San Diego, Harcourt, inc, c2003.
Summary: A biography of Cesar
Chavez, from age ten when he and his family
lived happily on their Arizona
ranch, to age thirty eight
when he led a peaceful
protest against California migrant
workers' miserable working conditions.
Winter, Jonah. Sonia Sotomayor : a judge grows in the Bronx
= la juez que crecio en
el Bronx, New York, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2009.
Summary: A biography of U.S.
Supreme Court judge, Sonia Sotomayor.
Ancona, George. Can we help? : kids volunteering to help
their communities, Somerville, Mass, Candlewick Press, 2015.
Summary: Describes how children can
help their communities in different ways, from tending a community garden and
training service dogs to volunteering to help people with disabilities and
mentoring younger students.
Demi. The empty pot, New York, H. Holt, c1990.
Summary: When Ping admits that he
is the only child in China unable to grow a
flower from the seeds distributed
by the Emperor, he is rewarded for his honesty.
Stockdale, Susan. Stripes of all types, Atlanta, Ga,
Peachtree, c2013.
Summary: A patterned parade of
animals reveals why stripes occur so often in nature in a story that combines
alliterative rhymes with illustrations and a glossary of animal facts.
Dickmann, Nancy. What you need to know about allergies,
North Mankato, Minnesota, Capstone Press, [2016].
Summary: "This book looks at
causes, symptoms, and treatments of allergies with
Reallife examples from kids who
have experienced them" Provided
By publisher.
Kamkwamba, William. The boy who harnessed the wind, New
York, Dial Books for Young Readers, c2012.
Summary: "When 14yearold William
Kamkwamba's Malawi village was hit by a drought in 2001, everyone's crops
began to fail. His family didn't have enough money for food, let alone school,
so William spent his days in the library. He came
across a book on windmills and
figured out how to build a windmill that could bring electricity to his village.
Everyone thought he was crazy but William persevered and managed to create a functioning
windmill out of junkyard scraps. Several
years later he figured out how to
use the windmill for irrigation purposes" Provided by publisher.
Osborne, Mary Pope. Pilgrims : a nonfiction companion to
Thanksgiving on Thursday, New York, Random House, c2005.
Summary: Describes the life of the
Pilgrims who settled in New Plymouth Colony and the historical events and
people involved in the early years of the colony.
Boelts, Maribeth. A Bike Like Sergio's, Somerville,
Massachusetts, Candlewick Press, 2016.
Summary: Ruben feels like he's the
only kid without a bike. He wishes he could get a bike like his friend
Sergio's, but wishes won't make money appear. One day, when Ruben sees a dollar bill fall
out of someone's purse, he picks it up and puts it in his pocket it's only a dollar.
But when he gets home, Ruben discovers that it's actually a hundred dollar bill,
more than enough for the bike he's been hoping for.
Brown, Skila. Caminar, Somerville, Mass, Candlewick Press,
2016.
Summary: In 1981 with the arrival
of soldiers in his Guatemalan village, Carlos must flee and join a band of guerillas who head to the mountains where his grandmother lives to warn her about
the soldiers.
Ludwig, Trudy. The invisible boy, New York, Alfred A. Knopf,
c2013.
Summary: Brian has always felt
invisible at school, but when a new student, Justin, arrives, everything
changes.
Bell, Cece. El Deafo, New York, NY, Amulet Books, 2014.
Cameron, Ann. The stories Julian tells, New York, Random
House, 2006.
Summary: Relates episodes in seven year
old Julian's life which include getting into trouble with his younger brother
Huey, planting a garden, what he did to try to grow taller, losing a tooth, and
finding a new friend.
Fleming, Virginia M. Be good to Eddie Lee, New York, Paper Star,
1997, c1993.
Summary: Although Christy considers
him a pest, when Eddie Lee, a boy with Down Syndrome, follows her into the
woods one day, and shares his understanding of nature with her,
she learns a new appreciation for him.
Hale, Bruce. Clark the Shark, New York, Harper, c2013.
Summary: Clark finds everything
about school fun and exciting, but his enthusiasm causes problems until he
begins inventing rhymes to remind himself to stay cool at school.
Henkes, Kevin. Lilly's purple plastic purse, New York, Greenwillow Books, c1996.
Summary: Lilly loves everything
about school, especially her teacher, but when he asks her to wait a while before
showing her new purse, she does something for which she is very sorry later.
Levy, Dana Alison. The misadventures of the family Fletcher,
New York, A Yearling Book, 2015, c2014.
Summary: "Relates the
adventures of a family with two fathers, four adopted boys, and a variety of pets as they
make their way through a school year, Kindergarten through sixth grade,
and deal with a grumpy new neighbor" Provided
by publisher.
Lovell, Patty. Stand tall, Molly Lou Melon, New York,
Putnam's, c2001.
Summary: Even when the class bully
at her new school makes fun of her, Molly remembers what her grandmother told
her and she feels good about herself.
Lin, Grace. Dim sum for everyone!, New York, Dell Dragonfly
Books, 2003, c2001.
Summary: A child describes the
various little dishes of dim sum that she and her family enjoy on a visit to a
restaurant in Chinatown.
Lionni, Leo. Swimmy, [New York], Pantheon, [1963].
Summary: Swimmy, a small black
fish, finds a way to protect a school of small red fish from their natural enemies.
Mayer, Mercer. I was so mad, New York Racine, Wis, Golden
Books Western Publishing, c1983.
Summary: Little Critter feels so
frustrated that he thinks of running away. He also tries a variety of ways to dissolve
his anger.
Flying lessons & other stories, New York, Crown, 2017.
Summary: From basketball dreams and
family fiascos to first crushes and new neighborhoods, this anthology,
written by award winning children's authors, celebrates the
uniqueness and universality in all of us.
Paterson, Katherine. The Great Gilly Hopkins, New York,
Harper Trophy, 2004, c1978.
Summary: An eleven year old foster
child tries to cope with her longings and fears as she schemes against everyone
who tries to be friendly.
Rhodes, Jewell Parker. Bayou magic, New York, Little, Brown
and Co, 2016.
Summary: Visiting her grandmother
in the Louisiana bayou, ten year old Maddy begins to realize that she
may be the only sibling to carry on the gift of her family's magical legacy.
Rosenberg, Liz. What James said, New York, Roaring Brook
Press, 2015.
Summary: A little girl ignores her
best friend James after she hears rumors that he has been talking about her, but
soon realizes that she misses his friendship.
Schlein, Miriam. The year of the panda, New York, Crowell,
c1990.
Summary: A Chinese boy rescues a
starving baby panda and, in the process, learns why pandas are endangered
and what the government is doing to save them.
Torres, Jennifer. Stef Soto, taco queen, New York Boston,
Little, Brown and Company, 2017.
Summary: "Mexican American Stef
Soto is hoping to break free from her over protective parents and
embarrassing reputation from her family's taco truck business, but she soon learns that
family, friendship, and the taco truck are important and wonderful parts of
her life" Provided by publisher.
Woodson, Jacqueline. Each kindness, New York, Nancy Paulsen
Books, c2012.
Summary: When Ms. Albert teaches a
lesson on kindness, Chloe realizes that she and her friends have been wrong
in making fun of new student Maya's shabby clothes and refusing to play with
her.
Gagne, Tammy. Women in computer science. Minneapolis, Minnesota,
Core Library, [2017].
Summary: Explores the lives and
work of a number of women active today in the field of computer science and how
they are changing industry practices and making great technological advances,
such as in coding, working for Google, and designing new smartphones.
Slater, Lee. Navy SEALs. Minneapolis, Minnesota, Checkerboard Library,
[2016].
Summary: Briefly overviews the
history of the U.S. Navy SEALs, the kind of trainingSEALs go through, and the
types of missions they are usually sent on.
Naber, Therese. The science of survival. Minneapolis, Minnesota, Core
Library, [2017].
Summary: Investigates the ways
animals and humans have adapted to survive in extreme heat, cold, and harsh
environments on Earth.
Lee, Calee M. Discover helicopters. Irvine, CA, Xist Publishing, [2012].
Summary: Introduces what
helicopters do with color photographs and simple text.
Felix, Rebecca. Steven Spielberg : director and producer of the Jurassic
Park series. Minneapolis, Minnesota, Checkerboard Library, [2017].
Summary: Presents an introduction
to the life and career of movie director and producer, Steven Spielberg.
Includes a timeline, a glossary, a website for further information, and color
photographs.
Gitlin, Marty. Olympic trivia. Minneapolis, Minnesota, SportsZone, [2016].
Summary: Presents a broad range
of trivia and facts about the Olympic Games, such as stats on who has won the
most gold medals, who has the only perfect scores in different game events, and
which cities have hosted the modern Olympics the most times.
Dunn, Joeming W. Iwo Jima. Minneapolis, Minnesota, Magic Wagon, [2016].
Summary: In graphic novel format,
describes the planning, execution, and aftermath of the battle of Iwo Jima
during World War II. Includes a map, timeline, glossary, and biographical
sketches.
Sherman, Jill. The American identity. Minneapolis, Minnesota, Core Library,
[2017].
Summary: Introduces the different
symbols and emblems that Americans use to show their identity and patriotism.
Hamilton, John. Florida : the Sunshine State. Minneapolis, Minnesota,
Abdo & Daughters,
[2017].
Summary: Presents a brief
exploration of the history, culture, government, climate, and landscape of the
state of Florida.
Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock. The little lame prince. Tustin, CA, Xist
Publishing, [2015].
Summary: Little Prince Dolor is
locked away and pronounced dead so that his jealous uncle may rule the kingdom.
A fairy godmother gives him a magical traveling cloak, which enables him to go
where his lame legs won't carry him, and ultimately he recovers his kingdom.
Wallace, Rich. Lost in the dark. Minneapolis, MN, Spellbound, [2017].
Summary: When a boy named Stu
gets lost near a quarry one night, he finds himself protected by the spirit of
a dog that drown in the dark water along with a teenage boy years before.
StrattonPorter, Gene. A girl of the Limberlost. Tustin, CA, Xist Publishing,
[2015].
Summary: Deeply wounded by her
embittered mother's lack of sympathy for her aspirations, Elnora finds comfort
in the nearby Limberlost Swamp, whose beauty and rich abundance provide her
with the means to better her life.
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