Fictional Fathers

(Young Readers)

Avi.
Abigail Takes the Wheel. 1999.
When the first mate of the freight boat Neptune falls ill, it is up to Abigail, the captain's daughter, to steer the ship up the Hudson River from New Jersey to New York City.
[Education Storage: S. Av51a]

Cleary, Beverly.
Ramona and Her Father. 1977.
The family routine is upset during Ramona's year in second grade when her father unexpectedly loses his job.
[Education Storage: S. C581rf]

Mandrell, Louise.
The Best Man for the Job. 1993.
Mitzi's father, heavy and clumsy and not her image of the ideal father, wreaks havoc in his attempts to be a good dad until the true meaning of Father's Day becomes clear.
[Education Storage: Q. S.M3126B]

Nolan, Janet.
A Father's Day Thank You. 2007.
Harvey the Bear searches for the perfect Father's Day present and decides that thanking his dad is the best gift of all.
[Education S Collection: SE. N7115f]

(Middle/High School Readers)

Cullen, Lynn.
I am Rembrandt's Daughter. 2008.
In Amsterdam in the mid-1600s, Cornelia's life as the child, born out of wedlock, of renowned painter Rembrandt is marked by plague, poverty, and despair at ever earning her father's love, until she sees hope for a better future in the eyes of a wealthy suitor.
[University High Library: Fiction C897i]

Evetts-Secker, Josephine.
The Barefoot Book of Father and Son Tales. 1999.
Folktales collected from various cultures illuminate the father-son relationship.
[Education Storage: S.398.27 Ev29bf]

Pearsall, Shelley.
All Shook Up. 2008.
When thirteen-year-old Josh goes to stay with his father in Chicago for a few months, he discovers--to his horror--that his dad has become an Elvis impersonator.
[Education S Collection: S. P316a]

Wilson, Jacqueline.
Candyfloss. 2007.
When her mother plans to move to Australia with her new husband and baby, Floss must decide whether her loyalties lie with her mother or her father, while at the same time, her best friend begins to make fun of her and reject her.
[Center for Children's Books: S. W6942c]

Home Made Gifts for Dad

King, Penny.
Making Presents. 1998.
Gives instructions for making ten simple items that can be given as presents, including an egg cup, a decorated mirror, and candle holders.
[Education Storage: S.745.5 K586M]

Ross, Kathy.
All New Crafts for Mother's Day and Father's Day. 2007.
A necktie book mark, #1 Dad door hanger, and eraser magnets are just a few of the gifts you can make with stuff you have at home.
[Education S Collection: S.745.594 R733all]

Ross, Kathy.
Gifts to Make For Your Favorite Grownup. 1996.
Provides instructions for making fifty crafts suitable as gifts for adults.
[Center for Children’s Books: Q. S.745.5 R733g]

Ross, Kathy.
Step by Step Crafts for Gifts. 2007.
Kathy Ross offers more hand made gift ideas, with instructions and drawings.
[Education S Collection: Q. S.745.5 R733sg]

Fathers of the Animal Kingdom

Collard, Sneed.
Animal Dads. 1997.
Illustrations and simple text describe how the males of different species help take care of their young.
[Center for Children's Books: S.591.563 C684A]

Cutchins, Judy and Ginny Johnston
Parenting Papas: Unusual Parenting Fathers. 1994.
Describes animal fathers that take care of their offspring.
[Education Storage: S.591.56 C971P]

Freedman, Russell.
Animal Fathers. 1977.
Discusses the child care behavior of fifteen animal fathers including the seahorse, Darwin's frog, emperor penguin, and gray wolf.
[Education Oak St. Facility: S.590 F875A]

And the nominees for this year’s awards are…

Grades K-2 category:

Staake, Bob.
The Donut Chef. 2008.
In this delicious tale, a baker hangs out his shingle on a small street and soon the line for his donuts stretches down the block. But it’s not long before the competition arrives and a battle of the bakers ensues.
[Education S Collection SE. St111d]

Himmelman, John.
Katie Loves the Kittens. 2008.
When Sara Ann brings home three little kittens, Katie the dog's enthusiasm frightens the kittens away, until she learns that quiet patience is sometimes needed to begin a friendship.
[Education S Collection SE. H576k]

Willems, Mo.
The Pigeon Wants a Puppy! 2008.
The pigeon really, really wants a puppy, but when a puppy arrives the pigeon changes its mind.
[Education S Collection SE. W667pp]

Mariconda, Barbara.
Sort it Out! 2008.
Packy the Packrat's mother has had enough! It's time that he sorts through his ever-growing collection of trinkets and puts them away.

Rubin, Adam.
Those Darn Squirrels! 2008.
Old Man Fookwire is a grump. The only thing he likes to do is paint pictures of the birds that visit his backyard. So he decides to get them to stay by putting up beautiful birdfeeders filled with seeds and berries. Unfortunately, the squirrels like the treats, too, and make a daring raid on the feeders.

Grades 3-4 category:

Holm, Jennifer.
Babymouse #8: Puppy Love. 2007.
Babymouse doesn't exactly have a great history with pets–even her goldfish ran away from home. But all that’s about to change. Will Babymouse get the dog of her dreams?

Swain, Ruth Freeman.
Underwear: What We Wear Under There. 2008.
With uproarious illustrations by John O'Brian, Ruth Freeman Swain sets out to discover the truth behind this curious topic. A time line is included.

Williams, Dinah.
Spooky Cemeteries. 2008.
Do the dead tell tales? Readers will find out in this scary trip through 11 of the world's spookiest graveyards!

Brennan-Nelson, Denise.
Willow. 2008.
Miss Hawthorn doesn't like painting out of the lines, until new student Willow joins the class. Magical things can happen when your imagination is allowed to run wild, and for Miss Hawthorn the notion of what is art and what is possible is forever changed.

DK Publishing.
One Million Things: A Visual Encyclopedia. 2008.
Featuring gorgeous photographs that illustrate and educate, this visual encyclopedia is jam-packed with thousands and thousands of images that bring more than one million things to light.

Grades 5-6 category:

Claybourne, Anna.
100 Most Dangerous Things on the Planet. 2008.
Kids will learn how to handle natural disasters, extreme weather, dangerous animals, and being lost in the wild. From asteroid strikes to avalanches, being lost in a cave to being attacked by an alligator, this is the ultimate survival guide!

Kibuishi, Kazu.
Amulet: The Stonekeeper. 2008.
Emily's and Narvin's mother is kidnapped and dragged into a strange and magical world where, it seems, the children's great-grandfather has been before. It's up to the children to set things right and save their mother's life.
[Center for Children’s Books S. K533s]

Boos, Ben.
Swords: An Artist's Devotion. 2008.
Illustrated with breathtaking intricacy, a celebration of swords and swordsmen spans history and cultures to review the ancient warriors who lived by the sword, from Beowulf to medieval knights, and from stealthy ninja and samurai to legendary maidens of war.
[Education S Collection Q. S.623.441 B64449s]

Lupica, Mike.
The Big Field. 2008.
When fourteen-year-old baseball player Hutch feels threatened by the arrival of a new teammate named Darryl, he tries to work through his insecurities about both Darryl and his remote and silent father, who was once a great ballplayer too.
[Education S Collection S. L973b]

Myracle, Lauren.
Thirteen. 2008.
Winnie's thirteenth year brings many joys and challenges as she negotiates her relationship with her first boyfriend and realizes that change is inevitable in her friends, family, and even herself.
[Education S Collection S. M996th]

Teen Category:

Meyer, Stephenie.
Breaking Dawn. 2008.
In the fourth and final book in the #1 bestselling teen vampire Twilight Saga, questions will be answered and the fate of Bella and Edward will be revealed.
[Uni High M5758b]

Collins, Suzanne.
The Hunger Games. 2008.
In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place.
[Education S Collection S. C696h]

Dessen, Sarah.
Lock and Key. 2008.
When she is abandoned by her alcoholic mother, high school senior Ruby winds up living with Cora, the sister she has not seen for ten years, and learns about Cora's new life, what makes a family, how to allow people to help her when she needs it, and that she too has something to offer others.
[Education S Collection S. D472l]

Greer, John.
Paper Towns. 2008.
One month before graduating from his Central Florida high school, Quentin "Q" Jacobsen basks in the predictable boringness of his life until the beautiful and exciting Margo Roth Spiegelman, Q's neighbor and classmate, takes him on a midnight adventure and then mysteriously disappears.
[Education S Collection S. G823p]

Cabot, Meg.
Airhead. 2008.
Sixteen-year-old Emerson Watts, an advanced placement student with a disdain for fashion, is the recipient of a "whole body transplant" and finds herself transformed into one of the world's most famous teen supermodels.
[Education S Collection S. C1125ai]

* Descriptions of books not yet in our collection are taken from the publishers' websites. Books listed without call numbers are being ordered for the S-Collection.

Children's Day/Book Day, also known as El día de los niños/El día de los libros (or simply Día), is a celebration of children, families, and reading held annually on April 30. The celebration emphasizes the importance of literacy for children of all linguistic and cultural backgrounds.

According to the Association for Library Service for Children (ALSC), Día is an enhancement of Children’s Day, which began in 1925. Children’s Day was designated as a day to bring attention to the importance and well-being of children. In 1996, nationally acclaimed children’s book author Pat Mora proposed linking the celebration of childhood and children with literacy to found El día de los niños/El día de los libros.

The S-collection presents a selection of Pat Mora’s charming books for children in honor of Día, and in honor of her constant efforts to improve literacy for Spanish and English speaking children alike.

Abuelos. 2008.
Young Ray and Amelia move to a new village and experience the fright and fun of "los abuelos" for the first time.The tradition of "los abuelos" comes from northern New Mexico. In the cold months of midwinter, village men disappear to disguise themselves as scary old men and then descend on the children, teasing them and asking if they’ve been good.
[Education S-Collection Q. S. M792a]

The Bakery Lady. 2001.
Monica, who wants to be a baker like her grandmother, finds the doll hidden in the bread on the feast for the Three Kings and thus gets to bake cookies for the next fiesta. Text is in both English and Spanish.
[Education Storage Q. SE. M79ba]

Dona Flor: A Tale About a Giant Woman With a Big Heart. 2005.
Dona Flor, a giant lady with a big heart, sets off to protect her neighbors from what they think is a dangerous animal, but soon discovers the tiny secret behind the huge noise.
[Education S-Collection Q. SE. M79d]

Join Hands! The Ways We Celebrate Life. 2008.
A pantoum, a Malaysian poetic form, captures the joys of children playing together.
[Education S-Collection S.811 M79j]

Marimba! Animals from A to Z. 2006.
Rhyming text reveals the antics of an alphabet full of zoo animals as they enjoy a night of singing, dancing, feasting, and playing musical instruments while their keepers sleep. Includes pronunciation and translation guide to Spanish words that appear throughout the text.
[Education S-Collection Q. SE. M 79m]

The Rainbow Tulip. 1999.
A Mexican-American first-grader experiences the difficulties and pleasures of being different when she wears a tulip costume with all the colors of the rainbow for the school May Day parade. Text is in English and Spanish.
[Education Storage SE. M79r]

The Race of Toad and Deer. 1995.
This Guatemalan folk tale is retold by Pat Mora, with illustrations by Maya Itzna Brooks. With the help of his friends, Tio Sapo, the toad, defeats the overconfident Tio Venado, the deer, in a race.
[Education S-Collection S.398.2 M79R]

Tomas and the Library Lady. 1997.
While helping his family in their work as migrant laborers far from their home, Tomás finds an entire world to explore in the books at the local public library. Text is in both English and Spanish.
[Center for Children’s Books SE. M79t]

Uno, Dos, Tres: One, Two, Three. 1996.
Pictures depict two sisters going from shop to shop buying birthday presents for their mother. Rhyming text presents numbers from one to ten in English and Spanish.
[Education Storage Q. SE. M79u]

ALSC leads the way in forging excellent library service for all children by supporting the profession of children's librarianship through education, advocacy and collaboration. For more information about ALSC awards, projects and events, visit www.ala.org/alsc, or contact the ALSC office at 800-545-2433, ext. 2163, alsc@ala.org.

For more information on Día, and to find a celebration and events at a library near you, please visit the ALSC/ Día website at http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/initiatives/diadelosninos

Cookbooks for Young Chefs

Learning to prepare simple but tasty meals can be a catalyst for children of all ages to inquire about nutrition, gardening, chemistry, or the daily life and customs of other cultures. However, finding age appropriate titles can be daunting if you aren’t familiar with the way catalogs organize books by subject. To search for cookbooks appropriate for children in the UIUC online catalog, start with the “advanced search” option. Enter “cookery” in the “search for” box, and select “subject words” from the drop down box to the right. In the next row down, enter “juvenile literature” in the “search for” box, and select “subject words” from the drop down box to the right. Be sure to include “literature” with “juvenile” in the second box, or your results will also include fiction books about cooking. This strategy should give you a fairly wide selection of cookbooks for kids of all ages.

We encourage you to explore our extensive collection, but to get you started, we list below a few of our favorite cookbooks for young chefs:

Brennan, Georgeanne.
Green Eggs and Ham Cookbook: Recipes Inspired by Dr. Seuss! 2006.
Recipes inspired by the stories and characters of Dr. Seuss.
[Education S-Collection Q. S.641.5 B75g]

Dahl, Roald.
Roald Dahl’s Even More Revolting Recipes. 2001.
The author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory presents fun and easy recipes, accompanied by creative illustrations and photographs.
[Education S-Collection S.652.5 D137r]

Gold, Roseanne.
Kids Cook 1-2-3: Recipes for Young Chefs Using Only 3 Ingredients. 2006.
Don’t let the title fool you; using 3 ingredients does not have to be bland or boring. Dishes like farfalle pasta with broccoli or roasted chicken are delicious and simple.
[Education S-Collection S.641.5123 G563k]

Gunderson, Mary.
American Indian Cooking Before 1500. 2001.
Part of the Exploring History through Simple Recipes series, this cookbook includes cooking help and recipes. Organized by regions of the United States.
[Education Storage Q. S.394.108997 G955a]

Hardesty, Constance.
Grow Your Own Pizza. 2000.
Provides plans and instructions for growing twenty-six different gardens, with recipes for using what is grown. Gardens and recipes are divided by difficulty level, from easy to advanced.
[Education S-Collection S.635.083 H218g]

Hughes, Meredith Sayles.
Flavor Foods: Spices and Herbs. 2000.
Describes the historical origins, uses, and growing requirements of various spices and herbs, such as pepper, vanilla, nutmeg, horseradish, licorice, and ginger. Includes recipes.
[Education Storage S.633.83 H874f]

Kalman, Bobbie.
Lunch Munch. 2003.
Explores why and how to have a delicious and healthy lunch through nutrition facts and easy recipes for nourishing foods.
[Education S-Collection S.641.5 K126l]

Keller, Thomas.
What’s cooking? A Cookbook for Kids. 2007.
Featuring Disney’s small and unlikely chef, the character Ratatouille, this cookbook shows children how to cook a variety of simple dishes and desserts.
[Education S-Collection S.641.5 W5584]

Lagasse, Emeril.
Emeril’s There’s a Chef in My World! Recipes that Take you Places. 2006.
The popular television chef takes young cooks on an international tour of breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks.
[Education S-Collection S.641.59 L135e]

Parnell, Helga.
Cooking the South American Way. 2003.
An overview of South American cookery, including information about the continent’s holidays and festivals. Features simple recipes, menu planning, and information about low-fat cooking and vegetarian options
[Education Storage S.641.598 P242c2003]

Pearce, Q.L.
Experiments You Can Do In Your Kitchen. 2004.
Less of a cookbook and more of a chemistry manual for beginning scientists, this title features over 60 experiments using common household ingredients.
[Education S-Collection Q. S.507 Exp718]

Smithsonian Institution.
Food and the Kitchen. 1993.
Provides instructions for a variety of experiments and activities involving food, including the making of cheese, the growing of leaves from cut vegetables, and the testing of different foods for their fat content.
[Education S-Collection S.641.5 F739]

White, Linda.
Cooking on a Stick. 1996.
Describes the basic procedures and equipment needed in preparing and cooking simple foods in an outdoor setting. Gives instructions for preparing two dozen foods while outdoors. Includes safety guidelines and basic campfire instructions.
[Education S-Collection S.641.578 W584c]

Yu, Ling.
Cooking the Chinese Way. 2002.
Includes instructions on special ingredients, eating with chopsticks, and low-fat and vegetarian options.
[Education S-Collection S.641.5951 Y9c]

In honor of the election of Barack Obama, the United States’ first African-American president, the S-Collection presents a sampling of some of our children’s books about the presidency. What is the job of the president? What’s it like to live in the White House? Why is it called the White House, anyway? The following titles explore life in the White House, past and present.

Nonfiction

Aldridge, Rebecca.
The Presidency. 2004.
Surveys the person and the office of the president of the United States, covering such aspects as its history, the role of the first lady, the vice presidency, life in the White House, and campaigning.
[Education Storage S.352.23 Al248p]

Bausum, Ann.
Our Country’s Presidents. 2001.
Historical details of US presidents including the dramatic results of the 2000 election.
[Education S Collection Q. S.973 B328o]

Grace, Catherine O’Neill.
The White House: An Illustrated History. 2003.
Explores the history, architecture, and symbolism of the White House, which serves as a museum, office, ceremonial site, and a home to presidents and their families.
[Education Storage S.975.3 G753w]

Harris, Nancy.
What’s a President and Vice-President? 2007.
Part of the First Guide to Government series, this title explains the interactions of the executive, judicial, and legislative branches.
[Education S Collection Call Number: S.352.230973 H24w]

Fiction

Harness, Cheryl.
Ghosts of the White House. 1998.
George Washington’s ghost pulls a girl out of her school White House tour and takes her on a personal tour of the building, introducing her to the ghosts of previous presidents and to the history of the White House and of the United States.
[Education Remote Storage S.973.099 H226g]

Leiner, Jane.
First Children: Growing up in the White House. 1996.
Anecdotes from the lives of children who have lived in the White House from the time of George Washington to the present (1996).
[Education Storage Q. S.973.099 L533F]

O’Connor, Jane.
If the Walls Could Talk: Family Life at the White House. 2004.
Funny, surprising stories and more about the most famous home in America and the extraordinary families who have lived in it.
[Education S Collection S.973.09 Oc55i]

Presidents of the Past

Armstrong, Jennifer.
Thomas Jefferson: Letters from a Philadelphia Bookworm. 2000.
An educated, inquisitive young girl in Philadelphia corresponds with President Thomas Jefferson about current events, including the Lewis and Clark expedition, new inventions, and life at Monticello.
[Education Storage S.Ar573t]

Gutman, Dan.
Mr. Macky is Wacky! 2007
Mr. Macky dresses up as Abraham Lincoln to get the students at Ella Menty School excited about their Presidents’ Day oral reports.
[Education S-Collection S. G985mr]

Sandak, Cass.
The Tafts. 1993.
Examines the private life and political career of the only president to also serve as Supreme Court justice and describes the influence of his wife, Nellie.
[Education Remote Storage S.973.9120922 T125S]

Strasser, Todd.
Abe Lincoln for Class President. 1995.
When Max uses his friend’s computer to do a last-minute President’s Day assignment, he accidently triggers a time machine that brings Abraham Lincoln into the present.
[Education Storage S.ST812AB]

Presidents of the Future?

DiPucchio, Kelly.
Grace for President. 2008.
When Grace discovers that there has never been a female U.S. president, she decides to run for school president.
[Education S-Collection Q. SE. D626g]

Perkins, Mitali.
First Daughter: White House Rules. 2008.
Once sixteen-year-old Sameera Righton’s father is elected president of the United States, the adopted Pakistani-American girl moves into the White House and makes some decisions about how she is going to live her life in the spotlight.
[Education S-Collection S. P419fd]

Smith, Lane.
Madam President. 2008.
A little girl imagines what her day would be like if she were President of the United States.
[Education S-Collection SE. Sm618m]

Thomas, Helen and Chip Bok.
The Great White House Break Out. 2008.
With his mother as president, the rules and restrictions become too confining, until the day that Sam and his pets, Warren the cat and Leonard the rat, decide to escape and explore Washington D.C.
[Education S-Collection SE. T3614g]

New to the S-Collection

McCollough, David, ed.
Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out. 2008.
More than one hundred leading authors and illustrators donate their talents to a collection of essays, personal accounts, historical fiction, and poetry which looks at America’s history through the prism of the White House.
[Education S-Collection – in process. To see this book, please use the request option through the online catalog.]

Allende, Isabel
Kingdom of the Golden Dragon. 2004.
Sixteen-year-old Alexander Cold accompanies his grandmother, a writer for a geography magazine, to the remote Forbidden Kingdom in the Himalayas to help locate a sacred statue of a golden dragon before it is stolen by a greedy outsider.
[Education S Collection: S. Al547k]

Alvarez, Julia
The Secret Footprints. 2000.
A story based on Dominican folklore, about the Ciguapas, a tribe of beautiful underwater people whose feet are attached backwards, with their toes pointing in the direction from which they have come.
[Education S Collection: Q. S.398.2 Al86s]

Angelou, Maya
My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me. 1994.
A South African girl describes her pet chicken, painting special designs on her house, dressing up for school, and her mischievous brother.
[Education S Collection: S.704.042 AN43M]

Barry, Dave and Pearson, Ridley
Peter and the Starcatchers. 2004.
Soon after Peter, an orphan, sets sail from England on the ship Never Land, he befriends and assists Molly, a young Starcatcher, whose mission is to guard a trunk of magical stardust from a greedy pirate and the native inhabitants of a remote island.
[Center for Children’s Books: S. B279p]

Chabon, Michael
Summerland. 2002.
Ethan Feld, the worst baseball player in the history of the game, finds himself recruited by a 100-year-old scout to help a band of fairies triumph over an ancient enemy.
[Education S Collection: S.C342s]

Clark, Mary Higgins
Ghost Ship: a Cape Cod Story. 2007.
While visiting his grandmother on Cape Cod, nine-year-old Thomas encounters a ship's cabin boy from centuries past.
[Education S Collection: SE. C5472g]

Dorris, Michael
Morning Girl. 1992.
Morning Girl, who loves the day, and her younger brother Star Boy, who loves the night, take turns describing their life on an island in pre-Columbian America; in Morning Girl's last narrative, she witnesses the arrival of the first Europeans to her world.
[Center for Children’s Books: S. D737M]

Erdrich, Louise
The Birchbark House. 1999.
Omakayas, a seven-year-old Native American girl of the Ojibwa tribe, lives through the joys of summer and the perils of winter on an island in Lake Superior in 1847.
[Education S Collection: S. Er292b]

Gaiman, Neil
The Wolves in the Walls. 2003.
Lucy is sure there are wolves living in the walls of her house, although others in her family disagree, and when the wolves come out, the adventure begins.
[Uni High Graphic Novels: GN G127wo]

Goodman, Allegra
The Other Side of the Island. 2008.
Born in the eighteenth year of Enclosure, ten-year-old Honor lives in a highly regulated colony with her defiant parents, but when they have an illegal second child and are taken away, it is up to Honor and her friend Helix, another "unpredictable," to uncover a terrible secret about their island and the corporation that runs everything.
[Education S Collection: S. G621o]

Hiaasen, Carl
Hoot. 2002.
Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.
[Education S Collection: S.H52h]

Hoffman, Alice
Moondog. 2004.
When a family adopts a well-behaved puppy that they name Angel, everything is fine until the next full moon.
[Education S Collection: SE. H675m]

Hornby, Nick
Slam. 2007.
At the age of fifteen, Sam Jones's girlfriend gets pregnant and Sam's life of skateboarding and daydreaming about Tony Hawk changes drastically.
[Education S Collection: S. H783s]

Koontz, Dean
The Paper Doorway: Funny Verse and Nothing Worse. 2001.
A collection of humorous poetry for children.
[Education Storage: S.811 K837p]

Mitchard, Jacquelyn
Ready, Set, School! 2007.
After Rory the raccoon conquers his fear of spending an entire night away from home, he is prepared to tackle the challenge of starting school just one week later, whether his parents are ready or not.
[Education S Collection: Q. S. M691re]

McCall Smith, Alexander
The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean. 2006.
When her absent-minded inventor father suddenly remembers that he has five sisters, nine-year-old Harriet Bean, who has never heard of them before, determines to find her unknown aunts so that the unfinished family portrait can be completed.
[Education S Collection: S. S. M124f]

Morrison, Toni
The Big Box. 1999.
Because they do not abide by the rules written by the adults around them, three children are judged unable to handle their freedom and forced to live in a box with three locks on the door.
[Education S Collection: Q. SE. M8341b]

Oates, Joyce Carol
After the Wreck, I Picked Myself Up, Spread My Wings, and Flew Away. 2006.
Blaming herself for the car accident on the Tappan Zee Bridge that killed her mother, fifteen-year-old Jenna undergoes a difficult physical and emotional recovery.
[Education S Collection: S. Oa8a]

Pratchett, Terry
Nation. 2008.
After a devastating tsunami destroys all that they have ever known, Mau, an island boy, and Daphne, an aristocratic English girl, together with a small band of refugees, set about rebuilding their community and all the things that are important in their lives.
[Education S Collection: S. P887n]

Prose, Francine
Leopold, the Liar of Leipzig. 2005.
After a scientist accuses him of lying, Leopold, who has told tales in Leipzig’s zoo for many years, is surprised to find that he must explain the nature of storytelling.
[Center for Children’s Books: SE. P945l]

Tan, Amy
The Moon Lady. 1992.
Nai-nai tells her granddaughters the story of her outing, as a seven-year-old girl in China, to see the Moon Lady and be granted a secret wish.
[Education S Collection: Q.SE. T1532M]

Updike, John
A Child's Calendar. 1999.
A collection of twelve poems describing the activities in a child's life and the changes in the weather as the year moves from January to December.
[Education S Collection: S.811 Up1c1999]

Walker, Alice
There is a Flower at the Tip of My Nose Smelling Me. 2006.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker invites readers young and old to see the world -- and our place in it -- through new eyes. Glowing colors and radiant images accompany this joyous celebration of the connections and interconnections between self, Nature, and creativity.
[Education S Collection: Q. S. W1521th]

Picture Books

Alsenas, Linas
Mrs. Claus Takes a Vacation. 2006.
Tired of all the snow at the North Pole, Mrs. Claus takes a world tour before Christmas one year.
[Education S Collection: Q. SE. Al783m]

DePaola, Tommie.
Guess Who’s Coming to Santa’s for Dinner? 2004.
A houseful of relatives turns "Mrs. C." and Santa's Christmas into a string of surprises, from the arrival of a pet polar bear to Cousin James B.'s flaming plum pudding.
[Education S Collection: Q. SE. D44g]

Dunham, Terri
The Legend of Papa Noel: a Cajun Christmas Story. 2006.
This Cajun version of Santa's Christmas Eve deliveries tells of Papa Noël living in a Louisiana swamp and bringing gifts in a boat pulled by alligators along the Mississippi River.
[Education S Collection: Q. SE. D92l]

Frazee, Marla
Santa Claus: the World’s Number One Toy Expert. 2005.
Santa Claus has his own ways of knowing more about children and toys than anyone else in the world.
[Center for Children’s Books: Q. SE. F869s]

Joyce, William
Santa Calls. 1993.
Art Aimesworth receives a mysterious summons from Santa Claus and he shares a Christmas adventure with his sister that brings them closer together.
[Education Storage: Q.SE. J856S]

Koontz, Dean
Robot Santa: the Further Adventures of Santa’s Twin. 2004.
Bob Claus tries to make up for last year's Christmas havoc by building an android to help his brother, Santa, by delivering toys in a gorilla-driven sleigh, but despite his good intentions, things go horribly wrong.
[Education S Collection: Q. S. K837r]

Krensky, Stephen
How Santa Lost His Job. 2001.
Frustrated by Santa's slowness at Christmastime, Muckle the elf creates a mechanical replacement called the Deliverator and proposes a series of contests to prove that it can do Santa's job better than he can.
[Education Storage: SE. K882ho]

Pallota, Jerry
Who Will Help Santa This Year? 2007.
Santa Claus needs help in his workshop, so he advertises for applicants. But the mermaids get the toys wet and the wizards turn Santa into a frog. Just when things look desperate, the elves arrive to save the day, in this humorous peek behind the scenes at the North Pole.
[Education S Collection: Q. SE. P179w]

Polacco, Patricia
Welcome Comfort. 1999.
Welcome Comfort, a lonely foster child, is assured by his friend the school custodian that there is a Santa Claus, but he does not discover the truth until one wondrous and surprising Christmas Eve.
[Education Storage: Q. SE. P756w]

Primavera, Elise
Auntie Claus and the Key to Christmas. 2002.
When Chris expresses doubt about the existence of Santa Claus, his older sister Sophie reveals that their aunt is really Santa's sister and helper and then sends him on a strange journey.
[Education Storage: Q. S. P935a]

Slangerup, Erik Jon
Santa and Me. 2005.
Mrs. Merrie H. Claus's scrapbook shows her life with her husband, Santa Claus, and describes his many Christmas-related activities.
[Education Storage: Q. SE. Sl13s]

Solheim, James
Santa's Secrets Revealed: All Your Questions Answered About Santa's Super Sleigh, His Flying Reindeer, and Other Wonders. 2004.
After Stevie tells a reporter that he does not believe in Santa Claus, Santa himself pays him a visit, takes him to the North Pole to show him his operation, and proves that he uses magic as well as science.
[Education S Collection: Q. SE. So43s]

Weninger, Brigitte
A Letter to Santa Claus. 2000.
When he learns of Santa Claus from an old calendar, a poor young boy sends off his Christmas wishes tied to a balloon and gets a surprising response.
[Education Storage: Q. SE. W486lu:E]

Wheeler, Lisa
Where, oh Where, is Santa Claus? 2007.
Santa Claus is missing, and a host of arctic animals searches for him in the snow.
[Education S Collection: Q. SE. W5612w]

For Older Readers

Abbott, Tony
Kringle. 2005.
In the fifth century A.D., as order retreats from Britain with the departing Roman Army, orphaned, twelve-year-old Kringle determines to rescue his beloved guardian from the evil goblins who terrorize the countryside by kidnapping and enslaving humans. In the process, with the help of elves and others along the way, Kringle discovers his true destiny.
[Education S Collection: S. Ab292k]

Baum, L. Frank
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus. 1986.
Describes the life of Santa Claus from birth through old age and into immortality.
[Education Storage: S. B327LIF1986]

Funke, Cornelia
When Santa Fell To Earth. 2006.
When he and his caravan come crashing down to earth during a thunderstorm two weeks before Christmas, Santa is befriended by two children, Charlotte and Ben, who try to help him save the holiday from the tricks and moneymaking schemes of Gerold Geronimus Goblynch and to take off in time for his annual rounds.
[Center for Children’s Books: S. F964a:E]

Paulsen, Gary
A Christmas Sonata. 1992.
When a little boy spends Christmas with his dying cousin, they discover that Santa really does exist.
[Education Storage: S. P285CH1994]

Ryan, Brittany
The Legend of Holly Claus. 2004.
Santa Claus's daughter, Holly, comes to Earth seeking an end to the curse cast upon her and the Land of the Immortals by an evil wizard, whose own punishment will end only if Holly willingly gives him her pure heart.
[Education Storage: S. R952l]

Tolkien, J.R.R.
The Father Christmas Letters. 1976.
A collection of illustrated letters from Father Christmas recapping the activities of the preceding year at the North Pole. The letters were written by the author to his children.
[Undergrad Call Number: 823 T57FA]

Picture Books

Bunting, Eve
Jin Woo. 2001.
Davey is dubious about having a new adopted brother from Korea, but when he finds out that his parents still love him, he decides that having a baby brother will be fine.
[Education S Collection: SE. B886ji]

Carlson, Nancy.
My Family Is Forever. 2004.
A young girl recounts how she came to be part of an adoptive family.
[Education S Collection: SE. C197my]

Curtis, Jamie Lee
Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born. 1996.
A young girl asks her parents to tell her again the cherished family story of her birth and adoption.
[Education Storage: SE. C944t]

Lewis, Rose A.
Every Year on Your Birthday. 2007.
Each year on the birthday of her adopted Chinese daughter, a mother recalls the moments they have shared, from the first toy to the friends left behind in China.
[Education S Collection: SE. L5852e]

Parr, Todd.
We Belong Together: a Book About Adoption and Families. 2007.
Aimed at young children, this book celebrates the variety of families touched by adoption.
Education S Collection: SE. P246w

Thomas, Eliza
The Red Blanket. 2004.
Tells the story of a single woman who goes to China to adopt a baby.
[Education S Collection: SE. T362r]

Turner, Anne Warren
Through Moon and Stars and Night Skies. 1989.
A boy who came from far away to be adopted by a couple in this country remembers how unfamiliar and frightening some of the things were in his new home, before he accepted the love to be found there.
[Education Storage: SE. T851T]

Middle Grades

Caldwell, V.M.
Tides. 2001.
While spending the summer with her new siblings and cousins at their grandmother's house by the ocean, Elizabeth begins to feel that she belongs to her adoptive family.
[Education Remote Storage: S.C1271t]

Cummings, Priscilla
Saving Grace. 2003.
"After her family is evicted from their Washington, D.C., home in 1932, eleven-year-old Grace is sent to a mission and taken in by a well-off family who wants to adopt her." -- Description from the Horn Book Guide
[Education S Collection: S.C9124s]

Hicks, Betty
Get Real. 2006.
Destiny, a thirteen-year-old control freak who feels alienated in her messy, haphazard family, helps her adopted best friend when she finds her birth mother and decides to have a relationship with her.
[Center for Children's Books: S. H529g]

Johnson, Angela
Heaven. 1998.
Fourteen-year-old Marley's seemingly perfect life in the small town of Heaven is disrupted when she discovers that her father and mother are not her real parents.
[Education S Collection: S. J6313h]

Little, Jean
Emma's Yucky Brother. 2000.
Emma finds out how hard it is to be a big sister when her family adopts a four-year-old boy named Max.
[Center for Children's Books: S.L724e]

McKay, Hilary
Saffy's Angel. 2002.
After learning that she was adopted, thirteen-year-old Saffron's relationship with her eccentric, artistic family changes, until they help her go back to Italy where she was born to find a special memento of her past.
[Education Storage: S.M1922s]

Young Adult

Alvarez, Julia
Finding Miracles. 2004.
Fifteen-year-old Milly Kaufman is an average American teenager until Pablo, a new student at her school, inspires her to search for her birth family in his native country.
[Center for Children's Books: S. Al866f]

Kearney, Meg.
The Secret of Me. 2005
While trying to find her place within her adoptive family and within the wider world, fourteen-year-old Lizzie reveals her secret wishes and fears in a collection of blues poems, list poems, sonnets, sestinas, and free verse.
[Center for Children's Books: S. K214s]

Leavitt, Caroline.
Girls in Trouble. 2004.
Abandoned by her boyfriend and at odds with her parents for choosing open adoption, Sara, a sixteen-year-old honor student, is sustained by her relationship with her daughter's adoptive parents until they become threatened by her increasing obsession with the baby and make a decision that has devastating consequences for everyone. (For mature readers)
[Main Stacks: 813 L489g]

Lowry, Lois
Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye. 1978.
Seemingly a girl who has everything, Natalie, at seventeen, goes in pursuit of her birth mother.
[Education Remote Storage: S.L9551f]

Pennebaker, Ruth
Don't Think Twice. 1996.
Seventeen years old and pregnant, Anne lives with other unwed mothers in a group home in rural Texas where she learns to be herself before giving her child up for adoption.
[Education Storage: S. P381d]

Reinhardt, Dana.
A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life. 2006.
Sixteen-year-old atheist Simone Turner-Bloom's life changes in unexpected ways when her parents convince her to make contact with her biological mother, an agnostic from a Jewish family who is losing her battle with cancer.
[Education S Collection: S. R275b]

Picture Books

Christelow, Eileen
Vote! 2003.
Using a campaign for mayor as an example, shows the steps involved in an election, from the candidate's speeches and rallies, to the voting booth where every vote counts, to the announcement of the winner.
[Center for Children's Books: S.324.973 C461v]

Cronin, Doreen
Duck For President. 2004.
When Duck gets tired of working for Farmer Brown, his political ambition eventually leads to his being elected President.
[Education S Collection: SE. C881d]

DiPucchio, Kelly
Grace For President. 2008.
When Grace discovers that there has never been a female U.S. president, she decides to run for school president.
[Education S Collection: Q. SE. D626g]

Smith, Lane.
Madam President. 2008.
A little girl imagines what her day would be like if she were President of the United States.
[Education S Collection: SE. Sm618m]

Stier, Catherine.
If I Ran For President. 2007.
Discusses the presidential election process.
[Education S Collection: S.324.70973 St524i]

St. George, Judith.
So You Want To Be President? 2004 (Revised and Updated Edition)
This new version of the Caldecott-winning classic by illustrator David Small and author Judith St. George is updated with current facts and new illustrations to include our forty-second president, George W. Bush. Hilariously illustrated by Small, this celebration by St. George shows us the foibles, quirks and humanity of forty-two men who have risen to one of the most powerful positions in the world.
[Education S Collection: Q. S.973.099 St23s2004]

Middle Grades

Gephart, Donna
As if Being 12 3/4 Isn't Bad Enough, My Mother is Running for President! 2008.
Preparing for spelling bees, having a secret admirer, and waiting for her chest size to catch up with her enormous feet are pressure enough, but twelve-year-old Vanessa must also deal with loneliness and very real fears as her mother, Florida's Governor, runs for President of the United States.
[Education S Collection: S. G299a]

Gorman, Carol
Dork For President. 2002.
Having reluctantly agreed to run for sixth-grade president, Jerry, who has been trying to change his image as a dork, finds his opponent playing dirty tricks on him.
[Education Storage: S.G68d]

Howe, James
The Misfits. 2001.
Four students who do not fit in at their small-town middle school decide to create a third party for the student council elections to represent all students who have ever been called names.
[Education S Collection: S.H8382mi]

Morris-Lipsman, Arlene
Presidential Races: the Battle for Power in the United States. 2008.
Describes how election campaigns for the office of President of the United States have changed from the time of George Washington to the Bush vs. Kerry campaign of 2004.
[Education S Collection: S.324.973 M831p]

Thimmesh, Catherine
Madam President. 2004
A collective biography of women involved in politics in the United States and abroad. A story about a girl who is ridiculed for wanting to be president frames the introduction to the many women who have cleared the path that will eventually lead to a female president.
[Education S Collection: Q. S.320 T348m]

Young Adult

Bauer, Joan
Hope Was Here. 2000.
When sixteen-year-old Hope and the aunt who has raised her move from Brooklyn to Mulhoney, Wisconsin, to work as waitress and cook in the Welcome Stairways diner, they become involved with the diner owner's political campaign to oust the town's corrupt mayor.
[Education Storage: Education Storage: S.B326h]

Cabot, Meg
All-American Girl. 2002.
A sophomore girl stops a presidential assassination attempt, is appointed Teen Ambassador to the United Nations, and catches the eye of the very cute First Son.
[Education S Collection: S.C1125a]

McKissack, Pat
To Establish Justice: Citizenship and the Constitution. 2004.
America was founded on the idea of liberty for all. But it has not always achieved that ideal. To Establish Justice is an honest and powerful examination of the Supreme Court's role in legalizing-or negating-civil rights for various groups. From the struggles of Native Americans at the country's birth to the African American civil rights movement of the 1960s, from the vote for women to the internment of the Japanese during World War II, To Establish Justice shows how the Supreme Court has paved the way for both justice and discrimination, and how this important arm of our government has impacted all of our lives.
[Education S Collection: S.342.7308 M459t]

Perkins, Matali
First Daughter: Extreme American Makeover. 2007.
During her father's presidential campaign, sixteen-year-old Sameera Righton, who was adopted from Pakistan at the age of three, struggles with campaign staffers who want to give her a more "all-American" image and create a fake weblog in her name.
[Education S Collection: S. P419f]

Schmidt, Gary.
First Boy. 2005.
Dragged into the political turmoil of a presidential election year, fourteen-year-old Cooper Jewett, who runs a New Hampshire dairy farm since his grandfather's death, stands up for himself and makes it clear whose first boy he really is.
[Center for Children's Books: S. Sch53f]

Lynch, Chris
Political Timber. 1996.
High school senior Gordon Foley runs for mayor at the behest of his grandfather, an old-style politician scheming to regain power while he's in prison for fraud.
[Education Storage: S. L991P]

Contemporary Hispanic Life

Americanos: Latino Life in the United States (La Vida Latina en los Estados Unidos). 1999.
More than 200 black-and-white and color photographs accompany description of Latino life in the United States. (age 13 to adult)
[Modern Languages: Q. 305.868076 Ol5a]

Argueta, Jorge
Moony Luna (Luna Lunita Lunera). 2005.
Five-year old Luna doesn't want to go to school, but when her parents assure her that she will have a wonderful time playing and learning, she decides to give it a try.
[Education S Collection: SE. Ar38m]

Campos, Tito
Muffler Man (El Hombre Mofle). 2001.
Chuy works hard at the muffler shop to earn enough money to join his father in America, where together they create an army of "muffler men," statues made from old muffler parts, that they scatter around the city.
[Education S Collection: Q. SE. C157m:SP]

Reiser, Lynn
Margaret and Margarita, Margarita y Margaret. 1993.
Margaret, who only speaks English, and Margarita, who only speaks Spanish, meet in the park and have fun playing together even though they have different languages.
[Education S Collection: SE. R277M]

Folklore, Poetry, and Traditions

Ada, Alma Flor
Half-Chicken (Mediopollito). 1995.
A Mexican folk tale which explains why the weather vane has a little rooster on one end that spins around to let us know which way the wind is blowing.
(Spanish and English on opposite pages.)
[Education Storage: Q. SE. Ad11me]

Gonzalez, Lucia M.
The Bossy Gallito (El gallo de bodas). 1994.
In this cumulative Cuban folktale, a bossy rooster dirties his beak when he eats a kernel of corn and must find a way to clean it before his parrot uncle's wedding. Includes a glossary of Spanish words and information about the different birds in the story
[Education Storage: Q.S. 398.21 G589B]

Levy, Janice.
The Spirit of Tio Fernando: a Day of the Dead Story (El Espirito Del Tio Fernando: Un Cuento Del Dia de la Muerto). 1995.
As he prepares to celebrate the Day of the Dead, a young boy remembers all the things he liked about his favorite uncle.
[Education S Collection: S. L5796s]

MacCracken, Joan.
Trisba & Sula: a Miskitu Folktale From Nicaragua. 2005.
A young Miskitu man loses his father and must provide for his mother. Initially, he hunts too many deer. With a magical twist, his love for a beautiful young woman helps him realize his unwise practice.
[Education S Collection: Q. S.398.2 M137t]

Mora, Pat
The Desert Is My Mother (El Desierto Es Mi Madre). 1994.
A poetic depiction of the desert as the provider of comfort, food, spirit, and life.
[Education S Collection: Q. S.811 M792d]

The Tree Is Older Than You Are: a Bilingual Gathering of Poems & Stories From Mexico With Paintings By Mexican Artists. 1998.
Bilingual collection of more than 60 Mexican poems and stories with illustrations.
[Education Storage: S.860.81 T714]

Biographies and Autobiographies

Brown, Monica
My name is Gabriela : the life of Gabriela Mistral = Me llamo Gabriela : la vida de Gabriela Mistral. 2005.
Gabriela Mistral loved words, sounds and stories. Born in Chile, she would grow to become the first Nobel Prize-winning Latina woman in the world. As a poet and a teacher, she inspired children across many countries to let their voices be heard.
[Education S Collection: SB. M678b]

Garza, Carmen Lomas.
Family Pictures: Stories & Pictures (Cuadros de Familia: Cuadros y Relatos). 2005.
The author describes, in bilingual text and illustrations, her experiences growing up in a Hispanic community in Texas.
[Education S Collection: Q.S.306.8508968 L837f2005]

Griswold del Castillo, Richard.
Cesar Chavez: the Struggle For Justice (Cesar Chavez: la Lucha Por la Justicia). 2002.
A simple biography of the man who worked to win fairer treatment of the migrant farm workers in California in the 1960s and to establish the United Farm Workers union.
[Undergrad: Q. 331.8813092 C398g:E]

Herrera, Juan Felipe
The Upside Down Boy (El Nino de Cabeza). 2000.
The author recalls the year when his farm worker parents settled down in the city so that he could go to school for the first time.
[Education S Collection: S.811 H433u]

Tip: To Find more bilingual titles in the online catalog use the Subject Heading "Spanish language materials --Bilingual" and choose the heading type "LC subject headings for children."

The National Education Association Web site offers additional reading lists of bilingual material and other related resources.

Picture Books

Broach, Elise
What the No-Good Baby is Good For. 2005.
Tired of all the trouble his no-good baby sister causes, John tells his mother the baby has to go and she agrees, but as John packs the baby's suitcase, he realizes there are some things he likes about his sister, too.
[Education S Collection: SE. B781w]

Enderle, Judith Ross.
Smile, Principessa! 2007.
A sister is jealous when her baby brother starts getting all the attention in the family photographs.
[Education S Collection: SE. En217s]

Henkes, Kevin
Julius the Baby of the World. 1989.
Lilly is convinced that the arrival of her new baby brother is the worst thing that has happened in their house until Cousin Garland comes to visit.
[Education Storage: SE. H389JU]

Palatini, Margie
Broom Mates. 2003.
Gritch the Witch is not pleased when her sister, Mag the Hag, shows up early for the party.
[Education Storage: Q. SE. P172b]

Polacco, Patricia
My Rotten, Redheaded Older Brother. 1994.
After losing running, climbing, throwing, and burping competitions to her obnoxious older brother, a young girl makes a wish on a falling star.
[Education S Collection: Q. SE. P757mb]

Potter, Giselle
Chloe's Birthday . . . and Me. 2004.
When attention must be paid to her little sister Chloe's birthday, Giselle, who lives with her family in France, makes inappropriate gift suggestions and almost spoils the big day.
[Education Storage: SE. P852c]

Reynolds, Peter
The Best Kid in the World. 2006.
Jealous of her older brother's "Best Kid in the World" medal, SugarLoaf tries to figure out how to get one for herself.
[Education S Collection: SE. R336b]

Middle Grades

Ash, Frank
Star Jumper: Journal of a Cardboard Genius. 2006
Alex, a self-proclaimed genius, invents a spaceship in order to escape his annoying younger brother in this humorous story.
[Education S Collection: S. As23s]

Avi
Never Mind! A Twin Novel. 2004.
Twelve-year-old New York City twins Meg and Edward have nothing in common, so they are just as shocked as everyone else when Meg's hopes for popularity and Edward's mischievous schemes coincidentally collide in a hilarious showdown.
[Education Storage: S. Av51nm]

Blume, Judy
Soupy Saturdays with The Pain and The Great One. 2007.
Revisits the sometimes challenging relationship between a six-year-old (The Pain) and his eight-year-old sister (The Great One) through seven chapters featuring such events as learning to ride a bicycle, having a birthday party, and dog-sitting.
[Education S Collection: S. B625su]

Cholodenko, Gennifer
Notes From a Liar and Her Dog. 2001.
Eleven-year-old Ant, stuck in a family that she does not like, copes by pretending that her "real" parents are coming to rescue her, by loving her dog Pistachio, by volunteering at the zoo, and by bending the truth and telling lies.
[Education Storage: S.C453n]

Davies, Jacqueline
The Lemonade War. 2007.
Evan and his younger sister, Jesse, react very differently to the news that they will be in the same class for fourth grade and as the end of summer approaches, they battle it out through lemonade stands, each trying to be the first to earn 100 dollars.
[Education S Collection: S. D2873l]

Hughes, Mark Peter
I Am the Wallpaper. 2005.
Thirteen-year-old Floey Packer, jealous of her attractive and popular older sister, shares her home with two younger cousins and experiences a summer vacation filled with embarrassing events, with herself as the star.
[Education S Collection: S. H874i]

McKissack, Patricia
Loved Best. 2005.
Who Is Loved Best? Because she's the oldest and can do the most, Carolyn is sure she is loved the best. But then she begins to have doubts: Her mom spoils her little sister when she's sick, her parents post her little brother's perfect math quiz on the fridge but barely notice her own perfect paper, and they make a bigger fuss over her brother's and sister's small parts in the spring play than they do her speaking part. But when things don't happen exactly as Carolyn expected, she learns an important lesson about what it means to be loved best.
[Education S Collection: S. M217lo]

Teens

Barrett, Tracy
Anna of Byzantium. 1999.
In the eleventh century the teenage princess Anna Comnena fights for her birthright, the throne to the Byzantine Empire, which she fears will be taken from her by her younger brother John because he is a boy.
[Education Storage: S.B2756a]

Cart, Michael, ed.
Necessary Noise: Stories About Our Families As They Really Are. 2003.
A collection of short stories about contemporary family life. Included are two stories on sibling rivalry, Norma Howe's "Siskiyou Sloan and the Eye of the Giraffe" and Sonya Sones's story in verse, "Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde."
[Uni High: 813.08 N282]

Griffin, Adele
Where I Want To Be. 2004.
Two teenaged sisters, separated by death but still connected, work through their feelings of loss over the closeness they shared as children that was later destroyed by one's mental illness, and finally make peace with each other.
[Education Storage: S. G875w]

Lieberg, Carolyn S.
West With Hopeless. 2004.
Bound for Reno and their divorced father for the summer, two half-sisters leave from Iowa in an old Ford Escort and learn a great deal about the people they encounter and even more about themselves. Carin has always traveled west on airplanes to spend her summers with Dad. But this year her loser half sister, Hope, has to drive, and Carin is stuck riding shotgun. Crazy strangers await them at every stop, and with the strangest one of all behind the wheel, Carin is sure they're headed for disaster. Despite a bumpy start and some comical close calls, the trip becomes a journey of both miles and understanding. Keep one eye on the road and both hands on the wheel as you hit the highway with Carin and Hope, making memories at every turn.
[Center for Children's Books: S. L621w]

Mazer, Norma Fox.
Three Sisters. 1986.
Karen's misplaced romantic feelings for her sister Liz's boyfriend threaten to alienate Liz, but a disturbing revelation from the third sister in the family promises to bind them all together again.
[Oak Street: 813 M457T]

Spinelli, Jerry
Who Put That Hair In My Toothbrush? 1984
The sibling rivalry between twelve-year-old Megin and her older brother Greg intensifies after she ruins his science project and he retaliates by throwing her favorite hockey stick into the pond.
[Education S-Collection: S. SP46W]

Tigelaar, Liz
Pretty Tough. 2007.
Two feuding sisters from Malibu, California, take their rivalry to the soccer field when both girls make the high school team.
[Education S Collection: S. T448p]

Nonfiction

Barr, Gary
Climate change: Is the World in Danger? 2007.
Explores the scientific facts about climate change and the debates over the cause.
[Education S Collection: S.551.6 B271c]

Burns, Loree Griffin
Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion. 2007.
Describes the work of a man who tracks trash as it travels great distances by way of ocean currents.
[Education S Collection: Q.S.551.462 B937t]

Cone, Molly
Come Back, Salmon. 1992.
Describes the efforts of the Jackson Elementary School in Everett, Washington, to clean up a nearby stream, stock it with salmon, and preserve it as an unpolluted place where the salmon could return to spawn.
[Education Storage: S. 639.3755 C756C]

Gore, Albert
An Inconvenient Truth: the Crisis of Global Warming. 2007.
In this juvenile companion to the acclaimed documentary, Gore documents the steeply rising carbon dioxide levels in our atmosphere, and links that to accelerating changes in temperature and precipitation patterns worldwide. Using easy-to-grasp graphics and revealing before-and-after photos, he shows how glaciers and ice shelves are disappearing all over the globe with alarming speed, pointing to profound climate changes and increased danger from rising sea levels in the near future.
[Education S Collection: S.363.73874 G66a]

Maze, Stephanie
I Want To Be an Environmentalist. 2000.
Describes career opportunities within the field of environmentalism and suggests ways to pursue such a career.
[Education S Collection: S.363.70023 M456i]

Pringle, Laurence P.
The Environmental Movement: From Its Roots to the Challenges of a New Century. 2000.
Chronicles the history, key players, and future challenges of the environmental movement.
[Education S Collection: S.363.7052509 P936e]

Rockwell, Anne
Why Are the Ice Caps Melting?: the Dangers of Global Warming. 2006.
Tells about the greenhouse effect, recycling, and what you can do to help fight global warming.
[Center for Children's Books: Q.S. 363.738 R593w]

Taylor, Barbara
How to Save the Planet. 2001.
Discusses such environmental concerns as depletion of the ozone layer, global warming, air and water pollution, recycling, wildlife conservation, and more.
[Education S-Collection: S.363.7 T212h]

Fiction

Cherry, Lynne
The Great Kapok Tree: a Tale of the Amazon Rainforest. 1990.
The many different animals that live in a great kapok tree in the Brazilian rainforest try to convince a man with an ax of the importance of not cutting down their home.
[Education S-Collection: Q.SE. C424G]

Child, Lauren
What Planet are You From Clarice Bean? 2002.
When Clarice has to do a school project on the environment, she and her family become eco-warriors in an attempt to save a tree on their street.
[Education S-Collection: S.C437w]

Cooper, Susan
Green Boy. 2002.
Twelve-year-old Trey and his seven-year-old brother Lou, who does not speak, cross the barrier between two worlds, that of their island in the Bahamas, and a land called Pangaia, and play a mysterious role in restoring the natural environment in both places.
[Education Storage: S.C787gre]

George, Jean Craighead
Case of the Missing Cutthroats: an Ecological Mystery. 1996.
After Spinner Shafter catches a cutthroat trout in the Snake River, she and her cousin Alligator search the nearby mountains to determine where the endangered fish came from and how it survived.
[Education Storage: S. G292CA]

Hiaasen, Carl
Flush. 2005.
With their father jailed for sinking a river boat, Noah Underwood and his younger sister, Abbey, must gather evidence that the owner of this floating casino is emptying his bilge tanks into the protected waters around their Florida Keys home.
[Center for Children's Books: S. H52f]

Van Allsburg, Chris
Just a Dream. 1990.
When he has a dream about a future Earth devastated by pollution, Walter begins to understand the importance of taking care of the environment.
[Education S-Collection: Q.S. V263J]

Magazines

Envirokids
Published by the Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa, this magazine for children promotes environmental awareness. Each issue is organized around a theme and includes brightly illustrated articles, activities, puzzles and more.
[Education S-Collection non-circulating: Q.S. 333.7205 ENVI]

Ranger Rick
Published by the National Wildlife Foundation for children ages 7 and up, this magazine features colorful photos, funny drawings, and exciting stories about wildlife and nature.
[Education S-Collection non-circulating: S.505 RAR1]

On the Web

The EPA Climate Change Kids Site Includes easy to understand definitions and background on climate change as well as games.

The Lorax's Save the Trees Game Based on the classic Dr. Seuss book, this simple game requires players to catch the truffula seeds and replant the forest.

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Kids' Pages Includes games, fact sheets, coloring pages, stories, puzzles, and quotations.

Fiction:

Chabon, Michael.
Summerland. 2002.
Ethan Feld, the worst baseball player in the history of the game, finds himself recruited by a 100-year-old scout to help a band of fairies triumph over an ancient enemy.
[Education S-Collection: S.C342s]

Garfield, Henry.
Tartabull's Throw. 2001.
In 1967 an encounter with a mysterious young woman from Maine involves a nineteen-year-old baseball player in an investigation of a vicious, murderous werewolf. This book blends fantasy and baseball for older teens.
[Education Storage: S.G18t]

Gutman, Dan.
Honus & Me: a Baseball Card Adventure. 1997.
Joey, who loves baseball but is not very good at it, finds a valuable 1909 Honus Wagner card and travels back in time to meet Honus.
[Education Storage: S.G985h]

Lupica, Mike.
Heat. 2006.
Pitching prodigy Michael Arroyo is on the run from social services after being banned from playing Little League baseball because rival coaches doubt he is only twelve years old and he has no parents to offer them proof.
[Education S-Collection: S. L973h]

Ritter, John H.
The Boy Who Saved Baseball. 2003.
The fate of a small California town rests on the outcome of one baseball game, and Tom Gallagher hopes to lead his team to victory with the secrets of the now disgraced player, Dante Del Gato.
[Education S-Collection: S.R514b]

Shannon, David.
How Georgie Radbourn Saved Baseball. 1994.
After Boss outlaws baseball in America, spring stops coming--until a young boy beats the tyrant at his own game.
[Education Storage: SE. SH194H]

Biographies:

Adler, David A.
Satchel Paige: don't look back. 2007.
Satchel Paige was one of the greatest pitchers in baseball. Take a look at his life and his struggle to be accepted into the major league.
[Education S-Collection: Q.SB.P143a]

Hopkinson, Deborah.
Girl Wonder: A Baseball Story in Nine Innings. 2003.
In the early 1900s, Alta Weiss, a young woman who knows from an early age that she loves baseball, finds a way to show that she can play, even though she is a girl.
[Center for Children's Books: Q. SE. H777g]

McDonough, Yona Zeldis.
Hammerin' Hank: The Life of Hank Greenberg. 2006.
Meet one of America's earliest Jewish-American heroes. The 1930s were a time when "outsiders" were not welcome in Major League Baseball. Henry Benjamin Greenberg began as one of those outsiders, but went on to become one of baseball's greatest right-handed batters.
[Education S-Collection: SB. G798m]

Wise, Bill.
Louis Sockalexis: Native American Baseball Pioneer. 2007.
A biography of Penobscot Indian Louis Sockalexis, who pursued his childhood love of baseball and eventually joined the Major Leagues, where he faced racism and discrimination with humility and courage as the first Native American to play professional baseball.
[Education S-Collection: SB. S6789w]

Winter, Jonah
Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates. 2005.
Spare, evocative language -- and magnificent illustrations -- tell the story of a great athlete and even greater man who rose through the ranks of baseball to become one of the most admired players of all time.
[Education S-Collection: Q. SB. C626wi]

General Nonfiction:

Cho, Alan
World Series. 2008.
This book includes important highlights of the World Series and information on aspects of the game such as the design of the playing field and the equipment used in baseball.
[Education S Collection: S.796.357646 C451w]

Curlee, Lynn.
Ballpark: The Story of America's Baseball Fields. 2005.
From the first ballpark converted from an ice rink in 1862 to the space-aged Houston Astrodome to the league's newest state-of-the-art stadiums, this book tells the history of baseball through its ballparks.
[Center for Children's Books: Q. S.796.357 C928b]

Gibbons, Gail
My Baseball Book. 2000.
An introduction to baseball, describing the equipment, playing field, rules, players, and process of the game that is aimed at younger children.
[Education Storage: S.796.357 G352m]

Kelley, James
Baseball. 2000.
Text and detailed photographs present the history, techniques, and interesting facts of baseball. Part of the DK Eyewitness Books Series.
[Education S-Collection: Q. S.796.357 K287b]

Macy, Sue
A Whole New Ballgame: The Story of the all-American Girls Professional Baseball League. 1993.
Describes the activities of the members of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, the women's professional baseball league that existed between 1943 and 1954.
[Education Storage: S.796.357 M259W]

Rosenthal, Paul.
America at Bat: Baseball Stuff & Stories. 2002.
Examines how the game of baseball has evolved over the years and become woven into American culture and traditions, highlights baseball heroes, and presents trivia questions.
[Education S-Collection: S.796.357 R727a]

Weatherford, Carole Boston.
A Negro League Scrapbook. 2005.
A history of the Negro Leagues which includes brief biographical sketches of notable players. With numerous photographs.
[Education S-Collection: Q. S.796.357 W378n]

On the Web:

Major League Baseball
The official site of Major League Baseball includes links to team websites, the current schedule, audio, video, and much more.

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Includes photographs and video biographies on hall of famers, video highlights of important moments in baseball, and online museum exhibits.

Baseball-Reference
Contains historical and current statistics on players, teams, managers, and games. A comprehensive and through source.

Children's literature is an excellent way to introduce the facts of the Holocaust to young readers. Fictionalized accounts can "personalize" the experience in ways that non-fiction can not by focusing on the emotional experiences of the protagonists. Readers can emphasize and identify with the children in these stories. The following books can be used to convey the horror of the Holocaust and the importance of remembering.

Picture Books:

Adler, David
One Yellow Daffodil. 1995.
During Hanukkah two children help a Holocaust survivor to once again embrace his religious traditions.
[Education Storage: SE. AD59O]

Feder, Paula Kurzband
The Feather-Bed Journey. 1995.
As she tries to repair a torn feather pillow, Grandma tells about her childhood in Poland, about the Nazi persecution of Jews during World War II, and about the origin of this special pillow.
[Education Storage: SE. F3171F]

Oppenheim, Shulamith Levy
The Lily Cupboard. 1992.
Miriam, a young Jewish girl, is forced to leave her parents and hide with strangers in the country during the German occupation of Holland.
[Education Storage: SE. OP5L]

For Middle Grades:

Hesse, Karen
The Cats in Krasinski Square. 2004.
Two Jewish sisters, escapees of the infamous Warsaw ghetto, devise a plan to thwart an attempt by the Gestapo to intercept food bound for starving people behind the dark Wall.
[Education S Collection: Q. S. H463c]

Johnston, Tony
The Harmonica. 2004.
Separated from his parents in Poland during World War II, a young Jewish boy enslaved in a concentration camp, keeps hope alive while playing Schubert on his harmonica whenever the camp's commandant orders him to play.
[Education Storage: Q. S.J648h]

Matas, Carol
Daniel's Story. 1993.
Daniel, whose family suffers as the Nazis rise to power in Germany, describes his imprisonment in a concentration camp and his eventual liberation.
[Education Storage: S. M413D]

McDonough, Yona Zeldis
The Doll With the Yellow Star. 2005.
When France falls to Germany at the start of World War II, nine-year-old Claudine must leave her beloved parents and friends to stay with relatives in America, accompanied by her doll, Violette.
[Education S Collection: S. M147d]

Vos, Ida
The Key is Lost. 2000.
When the Germans occupy Holland in 1940 and begin to persecute the Jews there, twelve-year-old Eva and her family assume false names and move from one hiding place to another.
[Education Storage: S. V92k:E]

Williams, Laura E.
Behind the Bedroom Wall. 1996.
Thirteen-year-old Korinna must decide whether to report her parents to her Hitler youth group when she discovers that they are hiding Jews in a secret space behind Korinna's bedroom wall.
[Education S Collection: S. W6734B]

Wolf, Joan M.
Someone Named Eva. 2007.
From her home in Lidice, Czechoslovakia, in 1942, eleven-year-old Milada is taken with other blond, blue-eyed children to a school in Poland to be trained as "proper Germans" for adoption by German families, but all the while she remembers her true name and history.
[Education S Collection: S. W831s]

Yolen, Jane
The Devil's Arithmetic. 1988.
Hannah resents the traditions of her Jewish heritage until time travel places her in the middle of a small Jewish village in Nazi-occupied Poland.
[Center For Children's Books: S. Y78de]

For Young Adults:

Croci, Pascal
Auschwitz. 2003.
The horrors and brutality of the Holocaust are captured in this gripping graphic novel, which follows the story of a couple, Kazik and Cessia, who lose a daughter at Auschwitz and barely survive the concentration camp themselves, in a historical saga based on the reminiscences of actual concentration-camp survivors (Description from NoveList).
[Undergrad: Q.741.5944 C872a]

Napoli, Donna Jo
Stones in the Water. 1997.
After being taken by German soldiers from a local movie theater along with other Italian boys including his Jewish friend, Roberto is forced to work in Germany, escapes into the Ukrainian winter, before desperately trying to make his way back home to Venice.
[Education Storage: S. N162st]

Spinelli, Jerry
Milkweed. 2003
This book captures the hardships and cruelty of life in the ghettos of Warsaw during the Nazi occupation of World War II, through the eyes of a Jewish orphan who must use all his wits and courage to survive unimaginable events and circumstances. (Description from NoveList)
[Education S Collection: S. Sp465m]

Zusak, Markus
The Book Thief. 2006.
Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
[Education S Collection: S. Z89b]

Reference Books:

Sullivan, Edward T.
The Holocaust in Literature For Youth: a Guide and Resource Book. 1999.
[Education Juvenile Reference: S. 016.9405318 Su53h]

Web Resources:

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
The museum has developed a comprehensive guide of topics of study for students.

Anne Frank House Amsterdam
This site includes a timeline of Anne Frank's life and digitized photographs from the Anne Frank House Museum.

Jewish Virtual Library's Holocaust Wing
The Holocaust Wing of the Jewish Virtual Library contains articles, original documents, a holocaust glossary, and a bibliography all written at level that can be understood by older students.

* Baird, Z. M., & Jackson, T. (2007). Got Graphic Novels? More Than Just Superheroes In Tights! Children & Libraries: The Journal of the Association for Library Service to Children, 5(1), 4-7.

Debon, Nicholas
The Strongest Man in the World: Louis Cyr. 2007.
Louis Cyr astounded audiences throughout North America and Europe with his amazing feats and mammoth proportions. Discover the life and times of this extraordinary hero in this biography in the graphic novel format.
[Education S Collection: SB. C997d]

Eisner, Will
Fagin the Jew. 2003.
A retelling of the classic novel Oliver Twist from the perspective of the villain, Fagin.
[Undergrad: 741.5973 Ei87f]

Holm, Jennifer
Babymouse: Queen of the World. 2005.
An imaginative mouse dreams of being queen of the world, but will settle for an invitation to the most popular girl's slumber party. Appropriate for younger children.
[Center for Children's Books: S. H73b]

Masters, Anthony
Horror of the Heights. 2006.
Dean Lambert suffers from a fear of heights--a big deal if your brother is a diving champion and your father runs the Wave Crest Health Club. Someone is out to sabotage the diving board that Dean fears. He needs to expose the saboteur for everyone's sake.
[Education S Collection: S. M393h]

Medley, Linda
Castle Waiting. 2006.
A collection of tales tell the story of an abandoned castle and the humorous fairy tale characters living there.
[Undergrad: 741.59 M469c]

McLeod, Bob
SuperHero ABC. 2006.
Humorous SuperHeroes such as Goo Girl and The Volcano represent the letters of the alphabet from A to Z. For younger children.
[Education S Collection: Q. SE. M225s]

O'Brien, Anne Sibley.
Legend of Hong Kil Dong. 2006.
Graphic novel treatment of the life and career Hong Kil Dong, the Korean equivalent of Robin Hood.
[Education S Collection: Q.S.741.5 Ob62l]

Pilkey, Dave
The Adventures of Captain Underpants: an Epic Novel. 1997.
When George and Harold hypnotize their principal into thinking that he is the superhero Captain Underpants, he leads them to the lair of the nefarious Dr. Diaper, where they must defeat his evil robot henchmen. Appropriate for younger children.
[Education S Collection: S.P644a]

Schwarz, Viviane
Shark and Lobster's Amazing Undersea Adventure. 2006.
Follows the humorous attempts of Shark and Lobster to conquer their fear of tigers. Appropriate for younger children.
[Education S Collection: S.741.5 Sch966s]

Sfar, Joann
Little Vampire Goes to School. 2003.
A lonely little vampire, yearning for a friend, gets permission from the other monsters to go to school and makes the acquaintance of a boy who does not believe that vampires are real. Appropriate for younger children.
[Education S Collection: Q. S. Sf16l]

Shanower, Eric
Age of Bronze: a Thousand Ships. 2001.
The first part in a projected series about the Trojan War.
[Undergrad: 741.5973Sh198a]

Siegel, Siena Cherson (artwork by Mark Siegel)
To Dance: a Memoir. 2006.
The author describes how she first decided she wanted to be a ballerina at the age of six, and how that dream carried her from her home in Puerto Rico to dance class in Boston to performing with the New York City Ballet. Appropriate for younger children.
[Education S Collection: SB. S571s]

Smith, Jeff.
Bone. 2005.
The adventure starts when cousins Fone Bone, Phoney Bone, and Smiley Bone are run out of Boneville and later get separated and lost in the wilderness, meeting monsters and making friends as they attempt to return home. (Description from NoveList.)
[Education S Collection: S.741.5973 Sm613bo]

Spiegelman, Art and Mouly, Francoise (editors)
Little Lit: Strange Stories for Strange Kids. 2001.
A collection of bizarre stories, comics, and features depicting a fantastical world where nothing is what it seems offers contributions from such authors as Maurice Sendak, David Sedaris, Posy Simmonds, Ian Falconer, and Kim Deitch. (Description from NoveList.)
[Education Storage: Q.S.741.5973 L721]

Stamaty, Mark Alan
Too Many Time Machines: Or, the Incredible Story of How I Went Back In Time, Met Babe Ruth, and Discovered the Secret of Home Run Hitting. 1999.
Roger uses his time machine to visit Babe Ruth and learn some of the secrets of The Babe's success, enabling Roger's team to win the championship.
[Education Storage: S.St21t]

Stuck in the Middle: Seventeen Comics From an Unpleasant Age. 2007.
The hardships, dramas, and joys of seventh and eighth grade are presented in a collection of tales, illustrated by an array of graphic novelists, including Daniel Clowes and Ariel Schrag.(Description from NoveList.)
[Education S Collection: Q. S.741.5St937s]

Tan, Shaun.
The Arrival. 2007.
In this wordless graphic novel, a man leaves his homeland and sets off for a new country, where he must build a new life for himself and his family.
[Education S Collection: Q. S.741.595 T153a]

Varon, Sara
Robot Dreams. 2007.
The enduring friendship between a dog and a robot is portrayed in this wordless graphic novel.
[Center for Children's Books: S.741.59 V434r]

Further resources for choosing and using graphic novels:

Weiner, Stephen
The 101 Best Graphic Novels. 2005.
[Undergrad: 016.74159 W431o2005]

Miller, Steve
Developing and Promoting Graphic Novel Collections. 2005.
[Library and Information Science Library: 025.289 M618d]

Lyga, Allyson A.W.
Graphic Novels in Your Media Center. 2004.
[Education Curriculum Collection: CURR.025.56LIBUN2004]