Sunday, December 28, 2008

Picture Books about Giant Food

The Giant Jam Sandwich by John Vernon Lord
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
Pickles to Pittsburg by Judi Barrett

The Three Little Pigs... many different ways

Big and Bad by Etienne Delessert
Three Little Cajun Pigs by Mike Artell
The Three Horrid Little Pigs by Liz Pichon
The Three Little Pigs by Margot Zemach
The Three Little Javelinas by Luna Rising Editors
The Three Pigs by David Wiesner
The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! by A. Wolf as told by Jon Scieszka

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Picture Books about Libraries

Favorite: What Happened to Marion's Book? by Brook Berg

Beverly Billingsly Borrows a Book by Alexander Stadler
The Boy who was raised by Librarians by Carla Morris
D.W.'s Library Card by Marc Brown
Goldie Socks the Three Libearians by Jackie Mims Hopkins
I.Q. Goes to the Library by Mary Ann Fraser
"L" is for Library by Sonya Terry
The Librarian from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
Our Librarian Won't Tell Us Anything by Toni Buzzeo
Stella Louella's Runaway Book by Lisa Campbell Ernst
What Happened to Marion's Book? by Brook Berg

Easy Readers - Level One

(Brand New Readers)
Meet Dinah Dinosaur by B.G. Hennessy
Wow, It's Worm! by Kathy Caple
Silly Ruby by Catherine Friend
Monkey Trouble by David Martin

Go Dog, Go! by P.D. Eastman
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Fantasy Books for 4th and 5th Grade

The Companions Quartet (Secret of the Sirens, The Gorgon's Gaze, etc.) by Julia Golding

The Harry Potter Series by J. K. Rowling

Percy Jackson & the Olympians (The Lightening Thief, The Sea of Monsters, The Titan's Curse, The Battle of the Labyrinth) by Rick Riordan

The Princess Academy by Shannon Hale

The Prydain Chronicles by Lloyd Alexander

The Shamer Chronicles by Lene Kaaberbol

Fantasy Books for 6th grade and up

City of Ember 4 Book Set (City of Ember, People of Sparks, Prophet of Yonwood, Diamond of Darkhold)

The Harper Hall Trilogy (Dragonsinger, Dragonsong, Dragondrums) by Anne McCaffery

His Dark Materials Trilogy (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass) by Philip Pullman

Inkheart, Inkdeath, Inkspell by Cornelia Funke

Graphic Novels for 6th and 7th Grade (Manga)

CardCaptor Sakura by Clamp
Hikaru No Go by Yumi Hotta and Takeshi Obata
Howl's Moving Castle Film Comic Volumes 1-4 by Hayao
Rapunzel's Revenge by Shannon Hale

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Math Concept Picture Books - Large Numbers

Great Estimations by Bruce Goldstone
How Much is a Million? by David M. Schwartz
How Big is a Million by Anna Milbourne
A Million Dots by Andrew Clements
On beyond a million: an amazing math journey by David M. Schwartz