|
|
|
 A Little Help From Your FriendsBy Kim MinafoNo matter your task, it's always good to have a little help from your friends. These books portray friendships of all types. Born Yesterday: The Diary of a Young JournalistBy James Solheim Follow a budding journalist through his first year of life. Written in diary format, this book will have readers chuckling at a tot's pint-size problems, ambitious goals, and unfettered adoration of his big sister. Maybe the baby will have to wait awhile to climb Mount Everest, but students won't want to wait another minute to reread this book. Grades K–4, $15.99. Philomel Books.   Sylvia Jean, Scout SupremeBy Lisa Campbell Ernst Meet Sylvia Jean, a Pig Scout with a big ego. Expecting to amaze her troop by easily earning the Good-Deed badge, Sylvia Jean sets out to help the elderly lady next door. However, Sylvia's timing is terrible and her overzealous approach is disastrous. The pig panics: she simply must earn that badge. But how? The answer surprises even this overconfident Pig Scout. Grades K–4, $16.99. Dutton Children's Books. Wonder Horse: The True Story of the World's Smartest HorseBy Emily Arnold McCully In the early 1900s, many people treated animals without compassion. However, Doc Key treated them with kindness. After years of patient teaching, Doc's horse Jim could identify letters, numbers, and colors. Doc and Jim traveled the country, entertaining audiences and leading many people to change their attitudes and treat animals with more kindness. Grades 2–5, $16.99. Henry Holt Books for Young Readers.   Voyage to the PharosBy Sarah Gauch After much pleading, Papa finally allows Dino to accompany him on a merchant ship bound for Alexandria. At first, Dino is ignored by the busy crew. But he proves how helpful he can be by untangling rigging and running water to exhausted oarsmen. When a storm threatens to smash the ship on the shoals, Dino's size and stamina prove indispensible in bringing the ship to safety. Grades 2–5, $16.99. The Viking Press. Magnus Maximus, a Marvelous MeasurerBy Kathleen T. Pelley Magnus Maximus is known to measure extraordinary things. After he manages to measure a lion on the loose, he is named the town's official measurer. His hobby tilts toward obsession as he measures and counts all day and all night—the stinkiest socks, the floppiest ears, the cherries in the pie, the bristles on his toothbrush. But, unexpectedly, a little boy teaches Magnus that the most marvelous things aren't to be measured at all. Grades 2 and up, $16.99. Farrar Straus Giroux.   Word After Word After WordBy Patricia MacLachlan Evie and her fourth-grade classmates have a visiting author who is simultaneously ordinary and dazzling and who thinks writing is about change. Six weeks of shared experience with Ms. Mirabel reveal that the true change takes place beyond the page: it happens among the participants. This short novel is crafted with layers of life lessons. Grades 2–6, $14.99. Katherine Tegen Books. Please click on the links below to view the products in each category.
Learning Home |
Cross-Curricular |
Arts & Crafts |
Language Arts |
Math | 
|