The Library League Newsletter
For Parents,
Teachers and Caregivers
Welcome to the Library League Newsletter for Parents, Teachers and Caregivers. Our goals are to introduce you to books and other materials for use at home or in the classroom as well as give you titles to recommend to the most reluctant of readers. Please remember that not all books are meant for all ages or audiences so please review books you wish to use for their appropriateness.
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| Introducing... | Discover Dewey |
| Picture Books for the Older Set | Series Spotlight |
Introducing…Math & ScienceSimple math and science concepts are interwoven in these books for young children. |
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Great Blue House – Banks, Kate
The Little Island – Brown, MargaretWise
Great Divide – Dodds, Dayle Ann
Minnie’s Diner: A Multiplying Menu – Dodds, Dayle Ann
In My World – Ehlert, Lois
Each Orange had 8 Slices – Giganti, Paul
Whose Garden Is It? – Hoberman, Mary Ann
Actual Size – Jenkins, Steve
The Whole Green World – Johnston, Tony
Double the Ducks – Murphy, Stuart
Animals on Board – Murphy, Stuart J.
How Hungry Are You? – Napoli, Donna Jo
Sixteen Runaway Pumpkins – Ochiltree, Dianne
Remainder of One – Pinczes, Elinor Jo
Five for a Little One – Raschka, Christopher
Hardworking Puppies – Reiser, Lynn
Senses at the Seashore - Rotner, Shelley
Nine Animals and the Well – Rumford, James
This is the Sunflower – Schaefer, Lola M.
One Less Fish – Toft, Kim Michelle
When Winter Comes – Van Laan, Nancy
Do Lions Live on Lily Pads? – Walsh, Melanie
Looking for something to entertain a young child in the car while running errands?
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Try our new books with CD titles.
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Read alongs on compact disc for children
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Bringing the world of information to kids, these selected non-fiction titles may be just what is needed to hook a kid on books. |
Marc Aronson and John W. Glenn take the stance that the year 1492 was pivotal in that it was the “first encounter between advanced civilizations that had developed an ocean apart.” They use this thought process through out their book, The World Made New: Why the Age of Exploration Happened and How it Changed the World, to illustrate how 1492 really began a global connection in which foods, religions and even fashions were exchanged.
Rudyard Kipling’s classic and powerful poem finds new life with photos by Charles R. Smith Jr. Using filtered light and shadows, athletes in various sports are depicted as virtues of self-trust, patience and others in If: A Father’s Advice to His Son. The graphically pleasing pages make this a book teachers and parents will enjoy sharing.
Science and sport meet in Bobby Mercer’s The Leaping, Sliding, Sprinting, Riding Science Book: 50 Super Sports Science Activities. While avid science buffs will find this book entertaining, teachers will find a wealth of ideas for the classroom.
Written to help children and families in periods of change, Families Change: A Book for Children Experiencing Termination of Parental Rights, is meant for foster, birth or adoptive families. The first part of the book is meant to be used with a child to reassure them and the remainder is for adults and caregivers.
Introduce your next field trip to a museum with Lee Bennett Hopkins, Behind the Museum Door: Poems to Celebrate the Wonders of Museums. Fourteen well chosen poems combined with illustrations of multicultural children wiggling and dancing in an effort to suppress their excitement and this book is perfect for sharing before school bus leaves.
The Real Story of Stone Soup according to Ying Chang Compestine lies in China and her version is narrated by a Chinese fisherman. Illustrations by Stéphane Jorisch tell a different story than that of the Chinese fisherman and children will delight in the humor.
Tiki and Ronde Barber use episodes from their childhoods to highlight how supporting each other, persevering through injuries and practicing the correct way led to them to the NFL.
By My Brother’s Side
Game Day
Teammates
Series Spotlight -Ghosts, Haunted Houses and other Mischief Makers |
Ghosthunters
Cornelia Funke, author of Inkspell and Dragon Rider, introduces nine-year-old Tom, who with the help of a world-renowned ghosthunter, takes on annoying ghosts.
Edgar and Ellen
The Adamms Family meets Pippi Longstocking in Charles Ogden’s series in which Edgar and Ellen are always up to mischief, often in an effort to save their home and the town dump.
Allie Nichols
In these companion novels by Cynthia DeFelice, Allie Nichols is a “ghost magnet” who solves mysteries for and with the help of ghosts.
Araminta Spookie
Araminta Spookie is not afraid of haunted houses, she lives in one complete with ghosts, bats and dark secret passage ways.
Johnny Dixon and Lewis Barnavelt
- Johnny Dixon books by John Bellairs – Johnny Dixon and his friend Professor Childermass work to solve many baffling events.
- Lewis Barnavelt books by Brad Strickland based on character by John Bellairs – After the death of his parents Lewis is sent to live with his Uncle Jonathan, a modern day wizard.
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