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fy2005-2006: July 1, 2005 - June 30, 2006

Children's Books: Materials obtained with departmental, library-internal, replacement, reference, continuations funds, gift funds, and items given to the library. 

  • A apple pie / art by Gennady Spirin New York : Philomel Books, c2005  Juvenile Collection   SPIRIN   
  • Aesthetic approaches to children's literature : an introduction / Maria Nikolajeva Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, c2005  General Collection  PS490 .N55 2005   
  • The American hero in children's literature : a standards-based approach / Carol M. Butzow and John W. Butzow Westport, Conn. : Teacher Ideas Press, 2005  General Collection  PS490 .B87 2005   
  • Animals in flight / by Steve Jenkins & Robin Page Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2001  Juvenile Collection   573.7 J521a   
  • Anne Frank / Josephine Poole ; illustrations by Angela Barrett New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2005  Juvenile Collection   940.53 P8221a   
  • Are you going to be good? / Cari Best ; pictures by G. Brian Karas New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005  Juvenile Collection   BEST   
  • Babar and the ghost / Laurent de Brunhoff New York : Harry N. Abrams, 2001  Juvenile Collection   BRUNHOFF   
  • The baby on the way / Karen English ; pictures by Sean Qualls New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005  Juvenile Collection   ENGLISH   
  • Becoming biliterate : young children learning different writing systems / Charmian Kenner Stoke on Trent, [England] ; Sterling, VA : Trentham Books, 2004  General Collection  LC3715 .K46 2004   
  • The Bible and its influence / Cullen Schippe, Chuck Stetson, general editors New York : BLP Pub., c2006  Juvenile Collection   220 B582   
  • Big Bad Wolf is good / Simon Puttock ; illustrated by Lynne Chapman New York : Sterling Pub. Co., 2002, c2001  Juvenile Collection   PUTTOCK   
  • A blue so blue / Jean-Francois Dumont New York : Sterling Pub. Co., 2005  Juvenile Collection   DUMONT   
  • Boy, were we wrong about dinosaurs! / Kathleen V. Kudlinski ; illustrated by S.D. Schindler New York : Dutton Children's Books, c2005  Juvenile Collection   567.9 K957b   
  • Building blocks : cells, organs, and body systems / Patricia Macnair Boston : Kingfisher, 2005  Juvenile Collection   612 M169b   
  • Building literacy with love : a guide for teachers and caregivers of children from birth through age 5 / Betty S. Bardige and Marilyn Segal Washington, D.C. : Zero to Three Press, c2005  General Collection  LC149 .B264 2005   
  • Children's book corner : a read-aloud resource with tips, techniques, and plans for teachers, librarians, and parents : level grades 3 and 4 / Judy Bradbury ; photographs by Gene Bradbury Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, 2005  General Collection  LB1573.5 .B73 2005   
  • The children's book of virtues / edited by William J. Bennett ; illustrated by Michael Hague New York : Simon & Schuster, c1995  Juvenile Collection   808.8 C536   
  • The children's illustrated Bible / retold by Trevor Barnes Boston : Kingfisher, c2005  Juvenile Collection   220.9 B261c   
  • Conrad's fate / Diana Wynne Jones New York : Greenwillow Books, c2005  Juvenile Collection   JONES   
  • Criss cross / by Lynne Rae Perkins New York : Greenwillow Books, 2005  Juvenile Collection   PERKINS   
  • Dad's dinosaur day / Diane Dawson Hearn New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 1999  Juvenile Collection   HEARN   
  • Dark sons / Nikki Grimes New York : Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, c2005  Juvenile Collection   GRIMES  This title came on the standing order for Award Winning Books
  • Day of tears : a novel in dialogue / Julius Lester New York : Hyperion Books for Children, c2005  Juvenile Collection   LESTER  This title came on the standing order for Award Winning Books
  • Dinosaurs : encyclopedia prehistorica / Robert Sabuda & Matthew Reinhart Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 2005  Juvenile Collection   567.9 S118d   
  • Doña Flor : a tall tale about a giant woman with a great big heart / by Pat Mora ; illustrated by Raul Colón New York : Knopf, 2005  Juvenile Collection   MORA   
  • The foot book / by Dr. Seuss New York : Random House, 1996, c1968  Juvenile Collection   SEUSS   
  • Fox / Margaret Wild and Ron Brooks [illustrator] La Jolla, CA : Kane/Miller Book Publishers, 2001  Juvenile Collection   WILD   
  • The game of silence / Louise Erdrich New York : HarperCollins, c2005  Juvenile Collection   ERDRICH  This title came on the standing order for Award Winning Books: Scott O’Dell Award, 2006
  • Geography crafts for kids : 50 cool projects & activities for exploring the world / Joe Rhatigan & Heather Smith New York : Lark Books, c2002  Juvenile Collection   372.89 R468g   
  • George Foreman : let George do it! / by George Foreman and Fran Manushkin ; illustrated by Whitney Martin New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2005  Juvenile Collection   FOREMAN   
  • Handbook of children, culture, and violence / edited by Nancy E. Dowd, Dorothy G. Singer, Robin Fretwell Wilson Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2006  General Collection  HQ784.V55 .H34 2006   
  • Handbook of resilience in children / edited by Sam Goldstein and Robert B. Brooks New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, c2005  General Collection  BF723.R46 .H36 2005   
  • The hello, goodbye window / story by Norton Juster ; pictures by Chris Raschka [New York, NY] : Hyperion Books for Children, c2005  Juvenile Collection   JUSTER   
  • Here lies the librarian / Richard Peck New York : Dial Books, 2006  Juvenile Collection   PECK   
  • The hidden folk : stories of fairies, dwarves, selkies, and other secret beings / by Lise Lunge-Larsen ; illustrated by Beth Krommes Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2004  Juvenile Collection   398.2 L963h   
  • Hitler Youth : growing up in Hitler's shadow / Susan Campbell Bartoletti New York : Scholastic Nonfiction, 2005  Juvenile Collection   943 B292h   
  • Honey, I love : and other love poems / by Eloise Greenfield ; pictures by Diane and Leo Dillon New York : HarperCollins, [2003?], c1978  Juvenile Collection   811 G83h  Replacement for missing item
  • Hop on Pop / by Dr. Seuss New York, Beginner Books, c1963  Juvenile Collection   SEUSS  Gift Of: Rebecca Mitlin
  • Hot air : the (mostly) true story of the first hot-air balloon ride / Marjorie Priceman New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2005  Juvenile Collection   PRICEMAN  This title came on the standing order for Award Winning Books: Caldecott Honor Books, 2006
  • I see a kookaburra! : discovering animal habitats around the world / Steve Jenkins & Robin Page Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2005  Juvenile Collection   591.7 J521i   
  • I wonder why pine trees have needles : and other questions about forests / Jackie Gaff Boston : Kingfisher, 2005  Juvenile Collection   574.5 G131i   
  • I wonder why volcanoes blow their tops : and other questions about natural disasters / Rosie Greenwood Boston : Kingfisher, 2004  Juvenile Collection   363.3 G816i   
  • The inclusive learning center book for preschool children with special needs / Christy Isbell and Rebecca Isbell ; illustrations by Stacy Larsen and Kathy Dobbs ; photographs by Michael O. Talley Beltsville, Md. : Gryphon House, c2005  General Collection  LC1201 .I73 2005   
  • Jane Eyre / Charlotte Bronte ; adapted by Malvina G. Vogel ; illustrations by Pablo Marcos Edina, Minn. : Abdo Pub., 2005  Juvenile Collection   VOGEL   
  • Jazz A-B-Z / Wynton Marsalis and Paul Rogers ; with biographical sketches by Phil Schaap Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2005  Juvenile Collection   811 M363j   
  • Jitterbug jam / Barbara Jean Hicks ; pictures by Alexis Deacon New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004  Juvenile Collection   HICKS   
  • Jonathan Swift's Gulliver / retold by Martin Jenkins ; illustrated by Chris Riddell Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2005  Juvenile Collection   JENKINS  This title came on the standing order for: Award Winning Books: Kate Greenway Award Winner
  • The king in the window / Adam Gopnik New York : Hyperion Books For Children, c2005  Juvenile Collection   GOPNIK   
  • The Kingfisher children's atlas / [written by Belinda Weber ; cartography by Anderson Geographics Limited] Boston : Kingfisher, 2004  Juvenile Collection   912 W373k   
  • The Kingfisher first picture atlas / written by Deborah Chancellor ; illustrated by Anthony Lewis Boston : Kingfisher, 2005  Juvenile Collection   912 C454k   
  • Klondike gold / Alice Provensen New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2005  Juvenile Collection   PROVENSEN   
  • Let's sing and learn in Spanish / Neraida Smith New York : McGraw-Hill, c1991  Juvenile Collection   784.2 S656l   
  • Liberty or death : the American Revolution, 1763-1783 / by Betsy Maestro ; illustrated by Giulio Maestro New York : HarperCollins, c2005  Juvenile Collection   973.3 M186l   
  • Lies and other tall tales / collected by Zora Neale Hurston ; adapted and illustrated by Christopher Myers New York : HarperCollins, c2005  Juvenile Collection   398.2 M996l   
  • Life in ancient Rome / Simon Adams ; foreword by Lindsey Davis Boston : Kingfisher, 2005  Juvenile Collection   937 A211l   
  • The lightning thief / Rick Riordan New York : Miramax Books/Hyperion Books for Children, c2005  Juvenile Collection   RIORDAN   
  • Literacy tutoring handbook : a guide to teaching children and adults to read and write / by Raymond P. Siljander, Jacqueline Reina, Roger A. Siljander ; with a foreword by Thomas F. McDonald Springfield, Ill. : C.C. Thomas, c2005  General Collection  LC151 .S55 2005   
  • The little prince / written and illustrated by Antoine de Saint-Exupery ; translated from the French by Richard Howard Orlando : Harcourt, 2000  Juvenile Collection   SAINT-EXUPERY  Replacement for missing item
  • Little Stevie Wonder / by Quincy Troupe ; illustrated by Lisa Cohen Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2005  Juvenile Collection   811.5 T861l   
  • Madam president / by Catherine Thimmesh ; illustrated by Douglas B. Jones Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2004  Juvenile Collection   329 T443m   
  • Magic / Peter Eldin New York : Kingfisher, c1997  Juvenile Collection   793.8 E377m   
  • Maritcha : a nineteenth-century American girl / Tonya Bolden New York : Harry N. Abrams, 2005  Juvenile Collection   974.7 B687m  This title came on the standing order for Award Winning Books
  • The Norton anthology of children's literature : the traditions in English / Jack Zipes, general editor ... [et al.] New York : W.W. Norton, c2005  Reference   PN1009.A1 .N67 2005   
  • Odd boy out : young Albert Einstein / by Don Brown Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2004  Juvenile Collection   E357b   
  • Oh say, I can't see / by Jon Scieszka ; illustrated by Adam McCauley New York : Viking, 2005  Juvenile Collection   SCIESZKA   
  • The old African / Julius Lester ; illustrated by Jerry Pinkney New York : Dial Books, c2005  Juvenile Collection   LESTER   
  • Opera / text, Alessandro Taverna ; illustrations by Andrea Ricciardi ... [et al. ; English translation by Marion Lignana Rosenberg] Hauppauge, NY : Barron's Educational Series, c1999  Juvenile Collection   782 T233o   
  • The other side / Istvan Banyai San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c2005  Juvenile Collection   BANYAI   
  • Peter and the Starcatchers / by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson ; illustrations by Greg Call New York : Disney Editions/Hyperion Books for Children, c2004  Juvenile Collection   BARRY   
  • Polkabats and octopus slacks : 14 stories / by Calef Brown Boston : Houghton Mifflin, [2001]  Juvenile Collection   811.5 B877p   
  • Powerful magic : learning form children's responses to fantasy literature / Nina Mikkelsen ; foreword by Laurence Yep New York : Teachers College Press, c2005  General Collection  Z1037.A1 .M55 2005   
  • Princess Academy / Shannon Hale New York : Bloomsbury Children's Books : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, 2005  Juvenile Collectionf   HALE   
  • Robert's snowflakes : artists' snowflakes for cancer's cure / compiled by Grace Lin and Robert Mercer New York : Viking, 2005  Juvenile Collection   811 R643   
  • Rosa / Nikki Giovanni ; illustrated by Bryan Collier New York : Henry Holt, 2005  Juvenile Collection   323 G512r   
  • Scary, scary Halloween / Eve Bunting ; pictures by Jan Brett New York : Clarion Books, c1986  Juvenile Collection   BUNTING  This item replaces a lost & paid copy
  • Show way / Jacqueline Woodson ; illustrated by Hudson Talbott New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, c2005  Juvenile Collection   WOODSON   
  • The silent witness : a true story of the Civil War / by Robin Friedman ; illustrated by Claire A. Nivola Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2005  Juvenile Collection   973.7 F911s   
  • So you want to be an explorer? / Judith St. George ; illustrated by David Small New York : Philomel Books, c2005  Juvenile Collection   910.9 S853s   
  • So you want to be an inventor? / by Judith St. George ; illustrated by David Small New York, NY : Philomel Books, c2002  Juvenile Collection   608 S853s   
  • Song of the water boatman : & other pond poems / written by Joyce Sidman ; illustrated by Beckie Prange Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2005  Juvenile Collection   811 S568s  This title came on the standing order for Award Winning Books
  • Stars and planets / Carole Stott, foreword by Sir Patrick Moore Boston : Kingfisher, c2005  Juvenile Collection   520 S888s   
  • The story of King Arthur / retold by Robert Lister ; illustrated by Alan Baker Boston : Kingfisher, 2005  Juvenile Collection   398.2 L773s   
  • The story of Robin Hood / retold by Robert Leeson ; illustrated by Barbara Lofthouse Boston : Kingfisher, 2005  Juvenile Collection   398.2 L487s   
  • The tequila worm / Viola Canales New York : Wendy Lamb Books, 2005  Juvenile Collection   CANALES  This title came on the standing order for Award Winning Books
  • Terrific / story and pictures by Jon Agee [New York, NY] : Hyperion Books For Children, 2005  Juvenile Collection   AGEE   
  • Under the mango tree [sound recording] : stories from Spanish speaking countries / [stories adapted and performed by Elida Guardia Bonet]. Southlake, TX : Zaratí­ Press, 1998.  Juvenile Collectionnf  398.2 U54   
  • Whittington / by Alan Armstrong ; illustrated by S.D. Schindler New York : Random House, c2005  Juvenile Collection   ARMSTRONG   
  • Who was Johnny Appleseed? / by Joan Holub ; illustrated by Anna DiVito New York, N.Y. : Grosset & Dunlap, 2005  Juvenile Collection   A648h   
  • Who was Thomas Alva Edison? / by Margaret Frith ; illustrated by John O'Brien New York, N.Y. : Grosset & Dunlap, c2005  Juvenile Collection   E237f   
  • The world according to dog : poems and teen voices / Joyce Sidman ; with photographs by Doug Mindell Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2003  Juvenile Collection   810.8 W927   
  • World geography [videorecording] / Discovery Channel School ; Discovery Communications, Inc. ; Travel Channel Silver Spring, MD : Discovery Communications ; New York : [Distributed by] Insight Media, 2004  Juvenile Collection   910 W9273   
  • The world of ballet / Kate Castle Boston : Kingfisher, 2005  Juvenile Collection   792.8 C353w   
  • The world of castles / Philip Steele Boston : Kingfisher, 2005  Juvenile Collection   940.1 S814w   
  • The world of dinosaurs / Michael Benton Boston : Kingfisher, 2004  Juvenile Collection   567.9 B478w   
  • The world of pirates / Philip Steele Boston : Kingfisher, c2004  Juvenile Collection   910.4 S814w   
  • The world of pyramids / Anne Millard Boston : Kingfisher, 2004  Juvenile Collection   932 M645w   
  • A wreath for Emmett Till / Marilyn Nelson ; illustrated by Philippe Lardy Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2005  Juvenile Collection   811 N424w  This title came on the standing order for Award Winning Books
  • Zen shorts / by Jon J. Muth New York : Scholastic Press, 2005  Juvenile Collection   MUTH   
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