Bread and Roses, Too
School Library Journal Review: Starred Review. Gr 5-8?Paterson has drawn upon the facts of the famous 1912 Bread and Roses strike in the mills of Lawrence, MA, and the sympathetic response of the citizens of Barre, VT, to tell the story of two children enmeshed in complex events. Rosa Serutti???s mother and older sister work […]
Hoof Beat
Fairest
School Library Journal Review: Starred Review. Gr 6 Up?In a world in which elegance, beauty, and singing ability are revered, Aza is bulky, awkward, and homely. Her saving grace is that she can sing and has a gift of voice manipulation that she calls ??illusing.?? Through a chance meeting at her family???s inn, a duchess […]
Horse Wise
Ocean!
The Loud Silence of Francine Green
Children's Literature – Valerie O. Patterson: Set between August 1949 and June 1950, Karen Cushman's latest historical novel depicts post-World War II California as the US confronts the Communist scare. Francine Green and her friend Sophie Bowman dream of movie star Montgomery Clift and attend eighth grade at All Saints School. New to Catholic school, […]
The Magic School Bus and the Science Fair Expedition
FROM THE PUBLISHER: What do Galileo, Isaac Newton, Louis Pasteur, and Albert Einstein have in common? They've all ridden on the Magic School Bus, of course! Ms. Frizzle is back in action and she has a mission: her students need science fair projects – and fast. What better way to get ideas than to learn […]
Up Before Daybreak : Cotton and People In America
School Library Journal Review: Starred Review. Gr 4-8?Making excellent use of primary sources (even noting when these sources may be less than accurate) and extended with black-and-white photos and period reproductions, this excellent work gives a detailed picture of the effect of cotton production on the social structure of the United States. From 1607, when […]
Team Moon : How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 On the Moon
School Library Journal Review: Gr 5 Up?In infectiously hyperbolic prose that's liberally interspersed with quotes and accompanied by sheaves of period photos, Thimmesh retraces the course of the space mission that landed an actual man, on the actual Moon. It's an oft-told tale, but the author tells it from the point of view not of […]
Clay
Printz Award-winner Almond presents a remarkable novel about creation. One day, as Davie looks on, Stephen brings a tiny clay figure to life. What has Davie helped unleash on the world?