tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35660973089723326282011-09-23T19:21:46.702-07:00Library Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06510524800167489174noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566097308972332628.post-68023299731040650532007-02-05T08:39:00.000-08:002007-02-05T08:51:06.623-08:00Antle, Nancy and Sandford, John.<br /><strong>The good bad cat</strong>.<br /><br />Benjamin, Cynthia and Rogers, Jacqueline.<br /><strong>Footprints in the snow</strong>.<br />Pictures and simple text depict forest animals' tracks in the snow as they rush to their homes during a winter storm.<br /><br />Berenstain, Stan and Berenstain, Jan.<br /><strong>Old hat, new hat.</strong><br />Can the perfect old hat really be replaced by a new one?<br /><br />Berenstain, Stan and Berenstain, Jan.<br /><strong>The Berenstain Bears : Big bear, small bear.<br /></strong>Papa and Brother Bear demonstrate the difference between big and small with a variety of objects from hats and heads to suits of clothes.<br /><br />Berenstain, Stan and Berenstain, Jan.<br /><strong>The Berenstain Bears ride the Thunderbolt.<br /></strong>The Bear family goes on a roller coaster ride.<br /><br />Blevins, Wiley.<br /><strong>Clifford Phonics Fun, book 3 : Happy Birthday, Clifford!<br /></strong>Whare are Clifford's friends?<br /><br />Bridwell, Norman.<br /><strong>Clifford makes a friend.</strong><br />Because Clifford, the big red dog, imitates everything the boy does, he quickly makes a friend.<br /><br />Brown, Margaret Wise and Karas, G. Brian.<br /><strong>I like bugs.</strong><br />In brief rhyming text, lists all the types of insects the narrator likes.<br /><br />Brown, Margaret Wise and Paley, Joan.<br /><strong>I like stars.</strong><br />A simple poem describing all kinds of stars that appear in the night sky.<br /><br />Capucilli, Alyssa Satin and Schories, Pat.<br /><strong>Biscuit.<br /></strong>A little yellow dog wants ever one more thing before he'll go to sleep.<br /><br />Capucilli, Alyssa Satin and Schories, Pat.<br /><strong>Biscuit finds a friend.</strong><br />A puppy helps a little duck find its way home to the pond.<br /><br />Capucilli, Alyssa Satin and Schories, Pat.<br /><strong>Biscuit's big friend.<br /></strong>Biscuit, a little puppy, and Sam, a big dog, play together despite their difference in size.<br /><br />Capucilli, Alyssa Satin and Schories, Pat.<br /><strong>Biscuit goes to school.</strong><br />A dog follows the bus to school, where he meets the teacher and takes part in the activities of the class.<br /><br />Cohen, Caron Lee and Schindler, S. D.<br /><strong>How many fish?<br /></strong>A school of fish and a group of children frolic in the bay.<br /><br />Coxe, Molly.<br /><strong>Hot dog.<br /></strong>A dog tries to find a way to cool off on a hot summer day on a farm.<br /><br />Coxe, Molly.<br /><strong>Big egg.</strong><br />A mother hen wakes up one morning to find a gigantic egg among the others in her nest and goes in search of the egg's origin.<br /><br />Coxe, Molly.<br /><strong>Cat traps.</strong><br />A hungry cat, wanting a snack, tries to catch different animals without much success.<br /><br />Foster, Kelli C and Gifford, Kerri.<br /><strong>Find Nat.</strong><br />Through illustrations and a rhyming text the reader is invited to look for Nat the gnat among a group of animals.<br /><br />Gave, Marc and Rogers, Jacqueline.<br /><strong>Monkey see, monkey do.</strong><br />Rhyming text relates the antics of monkeys that play all day.<br /><br />Gregorich, Barbara and Sandford, John.<br /><strong>The gum on the drum.<br /></strong>A bear who loves gum and plays the drums, finds himself in a sticky situation.<br /><br />Haskins, Lori and Mathieu, Joseph.<br /><strong>Too many dogs</strong>.<br />A man's barbecue is interrupted when he is visited by a bevy of dogs from the neighborhood.<br /><br />Haskins, Lori and Petrone, Valeria.<br /><strong>Ducks in muck</strong>.<br />Ducks escape from trucks that are stuck in the muck.<br /><br />Herman, Gail and McCue, Lisa.<br /><strong>The lion and the mouse.<br /></strong>An adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when he rescues the King of the Jungle.<br /><br />Karlin, Nurit.<br /><strong>I see, you saw</strong>.<br />Two cats take a stroll and find a seesaw, which one of them saws.<br /><br />Mayer, Mercer.<br /><strong>Skating day.</strong><br />Little Critter enjoys a day of ice skating with his family and friends.<br /><br />Packard, David and Alley, R. W.<br /><strong>The ball game.<br /></strong>A young player steps up to bat at a crucial point in a baseball game and succeeds in making the play that wins the game.<br /><br />Ziefert, Harriet and Gorbaty, Norman.<br /><strong>Sleepy dog.</strong><br />Simple text and illustrations portray a small dog getting ready for bed, sleeping, dreaming, and waking up.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Also see these Phonics Readers<br /></strong><br />ER BRIDWELL <strong>Clifford Phonics Fun</strong><br />ER MASLEN <strong>The Bob Books</strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3566097308972332628-6802329973104065053?l=anniegii.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Library Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06510524800167489174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566097308972332628.post-77197914411315693572007-02-05T08:23:00.000-08:002007-02-05T08:38:59.300-08:00<strong>ADVENTURE STORIES<br /></strong>Avi. <strong>Windcatcher</strong><br />Creech, Sharon. <strong>The Wanderer<br /></strong>Korman, Gordon. <strong>Island</strong><br />Korman, Gordon. Everest<br />Ruckman, Ivy. <strong>Night of the Twisters<br /></strong><br /><strong>CAT STORIES<br /></strong>Cleary, Beverly. <strong>Socks<br /></strong>Coatsworth, Elizabeth. <strong>The Cat Who went to Heaven</strong><br />LeGuin, Ursula. <strong>Catwings<br /></strong>Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. <strong>The Grand Escape<br /></strong><br /><strong>DOG STORIES</strong><br />Bunting, Eve. <strong>The Summer of Riley<br /></strong>Byars, Betsy. <strong>Tornado<br /></strong>Cleary, Beverly. <strong>Strider<br /></strong>Cleary, Beverly. <strong>Risby</strong><br />Dover, Roddy. <strong>The Giggler Treatment</strong><br />Gardiner, John Reynolds. <strong>Stone Fox</strong><br />Gipson, Fred. <strong>Old Yeller</strong><br />Hesse, Karen. <strong>Sable<br /></strong>Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. <strong>Shiloh Season</strong><br />Graeber, Charlotte Towner. <strong>Fudge<br /></strong><br /><strong>ESPECIALLY FOR GIRLS</strong><br />Blume, Judy. <strong>Are you there God? It’s me Margaret<br /></strong>Blume, Judy. <strong>Just as long as we’re together<br /></strong>Cleary, Beverly <strong>Fifteen</strong><br />Cabot, Meg. <strong>The Princess Diaries</strong><br />Lowry, Lois. <strong>Anastasia Krupnik</strong><br />Yee, Lisa. <strong>Millicient Min: Girl Genius</strong><br /><br /><strong>FAMILY STORIES<br /></strong>Fitzgerald, John Dennis. <strong>The Great Brain</strong><br />Horvath, Polly. <strong>Everything on a waffle<br /></strong><br /><strong>HORSE STORIES<br /></strong>Farley, Walter. <strong>The Black Stallion<br /></strong>Henry, Margaurite. <strong>Misty of Chincoteaque<br /></strong><br /><br /><strong>FANTASTIC ANIMAL STORIES<br /></strong>Avi. <strong>Poppy</strong><br />Avi. <strong>Poppy and Rye</strong><br />Avi. Perloo the <strong>Bold<br /></strong>Howe,Deborah. <strong>Bunnicula<br /></strong>O’Brien, Robert C. <strong>Mrs. Risby and the rats of NIMH<br /></strong>Jacques, Brian. <strong>Redwall<br /></strong>Wallace, Bill. <strong>Upchuck and the Rotten Willy</strong><br />Wise, William. <strong>Christopher Mouse: A tale of a small traveler<br /></strong><br />SPORTS STORIES<br />Avi. <strong>S.O.R. Losers</strong><br />Bowen, Fred. <strong>Off the Rim</strong><br />Carter, Anne Laurel. <strong>In the Clear<br /></strong>Christopher, Matt. <strong>Wingman on Ice<br /></strong>Gutman, Dan. <strong>The Million Dollar Shot<br /></strong><br /><strong>SUPERNATURAL STORIES</strong><br />Nimmo, Jenny. <strong>Midnight for Charlie Bone<br /></strong><br />W<strong>OLF STORIES<br /></strong>Avi. <strong>The Good Dog<br /></strong>Casanova, Mary. <strong>Wolf Shadows</strong><br />London, Jack. <strong>The Call of the Wild<br /></strong>Morey, Walt. <strong>Kavik the Wolf Dog<br /></strong><br />**<strong>HISTORICAL FICTION STORIES</strong><br />Avi. <strong>Who Was That Masked Man Anyway</strong><br />Drucker, Malka. <strong>Jacob’s Rescue</strong><br />Ho, Minfong. <strong>Rice without rain</strong><br />Ho, Minfong. <strong>The Clay Marble</strong><br />Leviton, Sonia. <strong>Journey to America</strong><br />Park. Linda Sue. <strong>The Kite Fighters<br /></strong>Paterson, Katherine. <strong>The Sign of the Chrysanthemum.</strong><br /><br />**See also <strong>The Royal Diaries</strong> by various authors<br /><br /><br />**<strong>OTHER LIBRARIAN FAVORITES</strong><br />Avi. <strong>Who Stole the Wizard of Oz</strong><br />Babbitt, Natalie. <strong>The Search for Delicious<br /></strong>Coerr, Eleanor. <strong>Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes</strong><br />Levine, Gail Carson. <strong>Ella Enchanted</strong><br />North, Sterling. <strong>Rascal<br /></strong>White, E.B. <strong>The Trumpet of the Swans</strong><br />Winters, Kay. <strong>Voices of Ancient Egypt</strong><br /><br /><strong>NEWBERY AWARD WINNERS<br /></strong>Kadohata, Cynthia. <strong>Kira, Kira</strong> (2005).<br />DiCamillo, Kate. <strong>The Tale of Despereaux</strong> (2004).<br />Park, Linda Sue. <strong>A Single Shard</strong> (2002).<br />Sachar, Louis. <strong>Holes</strong> (1999).<br />Lowry, Lois. <strong>The Giver</strong> (1994).<br />Lowry, Lois. <strong>Number the Stars</strong> (1990).<br />Paterson, Katherine. <strong>Jacob Have I Loved</strong> (1981).<br />Paterson, Katherine. <strong>The Bridge to Terabithia</strong> (1978)<br />Konigsburg, E.L.<strong> From the Mixed up Files of Mrs. E. Basil Frankweiler</strong> (1967)<br />L'Engle, Madeleine. <strong>A Wrinke in Time</strong> (1963)<br />O’Dell, Scott. <strong>Island of the Blue Dolphins</strong> (1961)<br />Speare, Elizabeth George. <strong>The Witch of Blackbird Pond</strong> (1959)<br /><br /><strong>BOOKS THAT ARE ON ALL THE READING LISTS</strong><br />Doris, Michael. <strong>Morning Girl<br /></strong>Giff, Patricia Rielly. <strong>Nory Ryan’s Song</strong><br />Lewis, C.S. <strong>The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe</strong><br />Rawls, Wilson. <strong>Where the Red Fern Grows<br /></strong><br /><strong>BIOGRAPHY</strong><br />Cox, Clinton. <strong>Houdini<br /></strong>Dyer, Daniel. <strong>Jack London : A Biography.<br /></strong>Freeman, Russell. <strong>Lincoln Photobiography</strong><br />Freeman, Russell. <strong>Eleanor Roosevelt</strong><br />Sis, Peter. <strong>Tree of Life</strong><br /><br /><br />**<strong>See also many Nonfiction Science books by Seymour Simon</strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3566097308972332628-7719791441131569357?l=anniegii.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Library Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06510524800167489174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566097308972332628.post-90718173812573801782007-02-05T08:17:00.000-08:002007-02-05T08:21:18.437-08:00EASY TO READ PICTURE BOOKS<br />For Beginners<br /><br />E ALL Who sank the boat?<br />E APP Rain dance<br />E ASC The Earth and I<br />E BAR Things that are most in the world<br />E BEM Madeline<br />E BRO Goodnight moon<br />E BRO The runaway bunny<br />E BRO Two little trains<br />E BUN Flower garden<br />E BUN Scary, scary Halloween<br />E CAP Happy birthday, Biscuit!<br />E CAR Have you seen my cat?<br />E CAR The very hungry caterpillar<br />E CAR Do you want to be my friend?<br />E CAR The very busy spider<br />E CAR The very quiet cricket<br />E CAR I like me!<br />E COO Little monster did it!<br />E COU Maisy’s Bedtime<br />E COU Maisy’s pool<br />E COU Maisy on the farm<br />E COU Maisy dresses up<br />E CRE Freight train<br />E CRE Bicycle race<br />E EHL Growing vegetable soup<br />E EHL Planting a rainbow<br />E EHL Eating the alphabet<br />E EMB Go away big green monster<br />E FLE In the tall, tall grass<br />E FLE In a small, small pond<br />E FLE Barnyard banter<br />E FLE Lunch<br />E FOX Night noises<br />E FOX Boo to a goose<br />E FOX Zoo-looking<br />E FRE One lonely sea horse<br />E GLA Round the garden<br />E GOM My Friend<br />E GUA Is your Mama a Llama?<br />E HUT Good night owl<br />E HUT Titch<br />E HUT The wind blew<br />E HUT Rosie’s walk<br />E KIR Hush little alien<br />E KIR Little Miss Spider<br />E KIT Animal Alphabet<br />E KRA Mouse in love<br />E LEN The little farm<br />E LEO Once I was<br />E LIO Little Blue and Little Yellow<br />E MAR Chicka Chicka Boom Boom<br />E NUM If you give a mouse a cookie<br />E PAR Stripe<br />E RAT Good night, gorilla<br />E SEN Alligators all around<br />E SEN Chicken soup with rice<br />E SEN Where the wild things are<br />E SHA No! David<br />E SHA David gets in trouble<br />E SHA David goes to school<br />E SHA Sheep in a jeep<br />E SHA Sheep out to eat<br />E SHA Sheep in a shop<br />E SHA It looked like spilt milk<br />E SIL The missing piece<br />E SIM Come along, Daisy!<br />E SIM Daisy and the beastie<br />E SIM Daisy and the egg<br />E STI Dinosaur Roar!<br />E TAB Joseph had a little overcoat<br />E YAC Zoom! Zoom! Zoom! Off to the moon<br />E WAL Mouse count<br />E WAR Cookies week<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3566097308972332628-9071817381257380178?l=anniegii.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Library Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06510524800167489174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566097308972332628.post-59106612388182065392007-02-05T08:03:00.000-08:002007-02-05T08:13:59.305-08:00Beginning Chapters<br />For Grades 2 and 3<br /><br />The following are series titles unless otherwise indicated.<br /><br /><strong>SCHOOL STORIES<br /></strong>Cohen, Miriam. <strong>Second grade friends</strong>.<br />Dadey, Debbie. <strong>Bailey School Kids</strong> <br />Kline, Suzy. Ho<strong>rrible Harry<br /></strong>Kline, Suzy. <strong>Song Lee</strong><br />Maccarone, Grace. <strong>The Haunting of Grade Three</strong><br />Martin, Ann M. <strong>The Kids in Ms. Coleman’s Class<br /></strong>Sacher, Louis. <strong>Marvin Redpost</strong><br /><br /><strong>FAMILY STORIES<br /></strong>Berenstain, Stan and Jan. <strong>The Berenstain Bears Chapters<br /></strong>Brown, Marc. <strong>Arthur Chapter Books<br /></strong>Byars, Betsy. <strong>My Brother Ant</strong> <br />Howe, James. <strong>Pinky and Rex</strong><br />Peterson, John. <strong>The Littles<br /></strong>Wilder, Laura Ingalls. <strong>Little House Chapter Books<br /></strong><br /><strong>FRIENDSHIP STORIES</strong><br />Van Leeuwen, Jean. <strong>Amanda Pig</strong><br /><strong><br />GHOST STORIES<br /></strong>Gelsey, James. <strong>Scooby Doo Mysteries</strong><br /><br /><strong>HUMOROUS STORIES<br /></strong>Danziger, Paula. <strong>Amber Brown</strong><br />Park, Barbara. <strong>Junie B. Jones</strong><br /><br /><strong>HISTORICAL FICTION</strong><br />Byars, Betsy Cromer. <strong>The Golly Sisters</strong><br />Osborne, Mary Pope. <strong>The Magic Tree House</strong><br />Wilder, Laura Ingalls. <strong>Little House Chapter Books</strong><br /><br /><strong>See also</strong> individual titles<br />Benchley Nathaniel. <strong>George the Drummer Boy</strong><br />Coerr, Eleanor. <strong>Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express</strong><br />Sandlin, Joan. <strong>The Long Way to a New Land</strong><br />Shea, George. <strong>First Flight: The story of the Wright Brothers<br /></strong><br /><br /><strong>MYSTERY STORIES</strong><br />Adler, David. <strong>Cam Jansen</strong><br />Hinter, Parker C. <strong>Clue Jr.<br /></strong>Preller, James. <strong>Jigsaw Jones</strong><br />Roy, Ron. <strong>A to Z Mysteries</strong><br />Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman. <strong>Nate the Great</strong><br />Warner, Gertrude Chandler. <strong>The Adventures of Benny and Watch</strong><br /><br /><strong>SCIENCE FICTION</strong><br />Cole, Joanna. <strong>The Magic School Bus Chapter Books</strong><br />Yolen, Jane. <strong>Commander Toad<br /></strong><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3566097308972332628-5910661238818206539?l=anniegii.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Library Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06510524800167489174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3566097308972332628.post-79328223896413329402007-02-05T07:27:00.000-08:002007-02-05T08:51:48.094-08:00<div align="left">*The annotations herein are original. However, few concepts or ideas have been borrowed from various reviewers on Amazon.com<br /><br /><strong>NEWBERY MEDAL WINNERS</strong><br /><strong>1922 – 2005<br /></strong><br />Awarded by the American Library Association, Newbery Medal and Honor books are awarded based on literary merit and their contribution to children’s literature. These books have rich themes, subjects, language and characterizations.<br /><br />See what other people have to say about these tiles at <a href="http://www.amazon.co.jp/">http://www.amazon.co.jp/</a> or <a href="http://www.amazon.com/">http://www.amazon.com/</a> . Your search may lead you to find other titles you may like.<br /><br /><br />2005: <strong>Kira-Kira</strong> by Cynthia Kadohata. A Japanese family survives hardship and tragedy.<br /><br />2004: <strong>The Tale of Despereaux</strong> by Kate DiCamillo. A young mouse resues a princess.<br /></div><div align="left">2003: <strong>Crispin: The Cross of Lead</strong> by Avi. 14th Century England. A young boy is wrongly accused of a crime.<br /><br />2002: <strong>A Single Shard </strong>by Linda Sue Park. Korea 12th Century. A young boy apprentices for a master potter.<br /><br />2001: <strong>A Year Down Yonder</strong> by Richard Peck. A city girl goes to live with her country grandmother.<br /><br />2000: <strong>Bud, Not Buddy</strong> by Christopher Paul Curtis Searching for his father, Bud, Not Buddy finds a home.<br /><br />1999: <strong>Holes</strong> by Louis Sachar. Wrongly accused of theft, Stanley is sent to a detention center to dig holes.<br /><br />1998: <strong>Out of the Dust</strong> by Karen Hesse. 1920’s Rural America. There’s no place like home. Surviving dust storms.<br /><br />1997: <strong>The View from Saturday</strong> by E.L. Konigsburg. 6th grade Quiz Bowl champions.<br /><br />1996: <strong>The Midwife's Apprentice</strong> by Karen Cushman. Apprentice to a midwife, a homeless girl finds a home.<br /><br />1995: <strong>Walk Two Moons</strong> by Sharon Creech. A young girl comes to understand why her mother disappeared.<br /><br />1994: <strong>The Giver</strong> by Lois Lowry. A pain-free society is a society without color nor memory.<br /><br />1993: <strong>Missing May</strong> by Cynthia Rylant. May’s death enables the family to discover life.<br /><br />1992: <strong>Shiloh</strong> by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. "Doing the right thing" may not mean the same thing to your parents.<br /><br />1991: <strong>Maniac Magee</strong> by Jerry Spinelli. A playful examination of racial tension. A young legendary character lives and plays on both sides of town, the black side and the white side.<br /><br />1990: <strong>Number the Stars</strong> by Lois Lowry. AnneMarie’s bravery demonstrates just how Denmark was able to rescue nearly all it’s Jewish population from the Nazis.<br /><br />1989: <strong>Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices</strong> by Paul Fleischman. Insect Poetry. Poems of insects.</div><div align="left"><br />1987: <strong>The Whipping Boy</strong> by Sid Fleischman. A Prince and the Pauper story.<br /><br />1986: <strong>Sarah, Plain and Tall</strong> by Patricia MacLachlan. A Little House on the Prairie type of story.<br /><br />1985: <strong>The Hero and the Crown</strong> by Robin McKinley. A Princess battles a dragon and invents a recipe for fire repellant.<br /><br />1984: <strong>Dear Mr. Henshaw</strong> by Beverly Cleary. A young boy writes letters to his favorite childhood author.<br /><br />1983: <strong>Dicey's Song</strong> by Cynthia Voigt. A thoughtful novel about real people.<br /><br />1982: <strong>A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers</strong> by Nancy Willard. A book of poems with rich concepts and rich vocabulary.<br /><br />1981: <strong>Jacob Have I Loved</strong> by Katherine Paterson. Living in her sister’s shadow, a young girl defines her self-worth.<br /><br />1980: <strong>A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-1832</strong> by Joan W. Blos. 19th Century American Historical Fiction. Rich in verse. </div><div align="left"><br />1979: <strong>The Westing Game</strong> by Ellen Raskin. A suspenseful murder mystery with a surprise ending.<br /><br />1978: <strong>Bridge to Terabithia</strong> by Katherine Paterson. A poignant (moving) story about friendship.<br /></div><div align="left">1977: <strong>Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry</strong> by Mildred D. Taylor. The ugliness of slavery and prejudice in the deep south of America. A family’s ability to endure. A challenging read for non-native speakers.<br /><br />1976: <strong>The Grey King</strong> by Susan Cooper. A Welsh Fantasy tinged with Arthurian Legend (amazon.com).<br /><br />1975: <strong>M. C. Higgins, the Great</strong> by Virginia Hamilton. Historical Fiction. America. Flashbacks may be confusing.<br /><br />1974: <strong>The Slave Dancer</strong> by Paula Fox. American Historical Fiction. Full of suspense and survival.<br /><br />1973: <strong>Julie of the Wolves</strong> by Jean Craighead George. Julie depends on wolves for survival.<br /><br />1972: <strong>Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH</strong> by Robert C. O'Brien. Fun and adventure. Highly recommended for Grade 4.<br /><br />1971: <strong>Summer of the Swans</strong> by Betsy Byars. A young girl learns from her mentally disabled brother.<br /><br />1970: <strong>Sounder</strong> by William H. Armstrong. Strong spirited individuals battle the evils of prejudice.<br /><br />1969: <strong>The High King</strong> by Lloyd Alexander. A fantasy-filled adventure. For Tolkein fans.<br /><br />1968: <strong>From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler</strong> by E.L. Konigsburg. Adventure in the Metropolitan Museum of Art after closing time. Highly recommended for Grade 4.</div><div align="left"><br />1967: <strong>Up a Road Slowly</strong> by Irene Hunt. A young girl dreams of becoming a writer.<br /><br />1966: <strong>I, Juan de Pareja</strong> by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino. A slave boy apprentices for Master Painter Valezquez. 17th century Spain. </div><div align="left"><br />1965: <strong>Shadow of a Bull</strong> by Maia Wojciechowska. Bullfighting in Spain.<br /><br />1964: <strong>It's Like This, Cat</strong> by Emily Neville. A stray cat has a profound effect on people’s lives.<br /></div><div align="left">1963: <strong>A Wrinkle in Time</strong> by Madeleine L'Engle. Children journey through space and time in search of their lost father.<br /><br />1962: <strong>The Bronze Bow</strong> by Elizabeth George Speare. Galilee 31 A.D. Combination Historical and Biblical Fiction.<br /><br />1961: <strong>Island of the Blue Dolphins</strong> by Scott O'Dell. A survival story with a young female protagonist.<br /><br />1960: <strong>Onion John</strong> by Joseph Krumgold. A homeless man is cared for by the people of Serenity. A feel-good story of friendship. A successful read-aloud.<br /><br />1959: <strong>The Witch of Blackbird Pond</strong> by Elizabeth George Speare. The one friend Kit makes is suspected of witchcraft.<br /><br />1958: <strong>Rifles for Watie</strong> by Harold Keith. American Civil War Historical Fiction.<br /><br />1957: <strong>Miracles on Maple Hill</strong> by Virginia Sorenson. A feel-good Little House of Prairie type of story. Maple sugaring.<br /><br />1956: <strong>Carry On, Mr. Bowditch</strong> by Jean Lee Latham. High Seas Adventure. A fictionalized biography of Nathaniel Bowditch, the famous navigator. “If you liked Holes, you’ll like this (amazon.com).”<br /><br />1955: <strong>The Wheel on the School</strong> by Meindert DeJong. With perseverance and persistence, young school children are determined to change their world, A good read-aloud for Earth Day.<br /><br />1954: <strong>...And Now Miguel</strong> by Joseph Krumgold. Sheepherders in Mexico. With appropriate religious overtones.<br /><br />1953: <strong>Secret of the Andes</strong> by Ann Nolan Clark. An Incan boy searches for his family and his llama. Knowledge of the Spanish Conquest useful.<br /><br />1952: <strong>Ginger Pye</strong> by Eleanor Estes. The family dog is mysteriously missing.<br /></div><div align="left">1951: <strong>Amos Fortune, Free Man</strong> by Elizabeth Yates. An African Prince is subjected to the cruelty of American slavery.<br /></div><div align="left">1950: <strong>The Door in the Wall</strong> by Marguerite de Angeli. Medieval England in old English. Appropriate for the times Christian overtones.<br /><br />1949: <strong>King of the Wind</strong> by Marguerite Henry. An International Seabiscuit-type story.<br /><br />1948: <strong>The Twenty-One Balloons</strong> by William Pène du Bois. Travel in a Hot Air Balloon to an imaginary island. 75 Amazon.com reviewers give this book Five Stars !!!<br /><br />1947: <strong>Miss Hickory</strong> by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey. A Toy Story. A doll is left behind and must fend for herself.<br /><br />1946: <strong>Strawberry Girl</strong> by Lois Lenski. The backwoods of Florida, early 1900’s. Early American Farm Life.<br /><br />1945: <strong>Rabbit Hill</strong> by Robert Lawson. The animals living on the hill anticipate the arrival of a new family. A Wind in the Willows type of story.<br /><br />1944: <strong>Johnny Tremain</strong> by Esther Forbes. American Revolution.<br /><br />1943: <strong>Adam of the Road</strong> by Elizabeth Janet Gray. "A story of perseverance in the face of discouragement (amazon.com)"<br /><br />1942: <strong>The Matchlock Gun</strong> by Walter Edmonds. Bravery. French-Indian War America.<br /><br />1941: <strong>Call It Courage</strong> by Armstrong Sperry. A survival/advenuture story.<br /><br />1940: <strong>Daniel Boone</strong> by James Daugherty. Frontier and Pioneer life during the move westward.<br /><br />1939: <strong>Thimble Summer</strong> by Elizabeth Enright. Life on a farm is hard work but full of simple pleasures.<br /><br />1938: <strong>The White Stag</strong> by Kate Seredy. European Historical Fiction. Attila the Hun.<br /><br />1937: <strong>Roller Skates</strong> by Ruth Sawyer. 1890’s New York City. A young girl defies propriety.<br /></div><div align="left">1936: <strong>Caddie Woodlawn</strong> by Carol Ryrie Brink. Frontier life. American Civil War.</div><div align="left"><br />1935: <strong>Dobry</strong> by Monica Shannon. Bulgaria 1920’s. Different culture, same dreams (see amazon.com).<br /><br />1934: <strong>Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women</strong> by Cornelia Meigs.</div><div align="left"><br />1933: <strong>Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze</strong> by Elizabeth Lewis. 1920’s China.<br /><br />1932: <strong>Waterless Mountain</strong> by Laura Adams Armer. A young Navajo boy in 1920’s America.<br /><br />1931: <strong>The Cat Who Went to Heaven</strong> by Elizabeth Coatsworth. 1930’s Japan. Buddhism. A cat has a profound effect on an artist’s life.<br /><br />1930: <strong>Hitty, Her First Hundred Years</strong> by Rachel Field. 1800’s. A toy story. The adventures of a world traveler.<br /><br />1929: <strong>The Trumpeter of Krakow</strong> by Eric P. Kelly. Medieval Poland.<br /><br />1928: <strong>Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon</strong> by Dhan Gopal Mukerji. A carrier pigeon raised in India is used during World War I.<br /><br />1927: <strong>Smoky, the Cowhorse</strong> by Will James. A horse story full of rodeos, thieving and adventure.<br /><br />1926: <strong>Shen of the Sea</strong> by Arthur Bowie Chrisman. A collection of short stories. China.<br /><br />1925: <strong>Tales from Silver Lands</strong> by Charles Finger. A collection of tales from Central and South America.<br /><br />1924: <strong>The Dark Frigate</strong> by Charles Hawes. 17th Century England.<br /><br />1923: <strong>The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle</strong> by Hugh Lofting. Wild adventures with animals that can talk.<br /><br />1922: <strong>The Story of Mankind</strong> by Hendrik Willem van Loon. A well written account of prehistory. Not for Creationists</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3566097308972332628-7932822389641332940?l=anniegii.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Library Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06510524800167489174noreply@blogger.com0