Suggested Summer Reading List-Rising 4th-5th Graders
Dear Parents and Students,
Summer is a great time for reading! There are many excellent children’s books available, including the titles
We have recommended on this reading list. The public library and local bookstores are also wonderful sources
of information. One key to your child’s reading success is making their reading experience entertaining,
relaxing, and enjoyable. This Summer Reading List will help you find books your child should love.
REQUIRED READING:
1. The Borrowers by Mary Norton
2. Wonder by R.J. Palacio
REQUIRED STUDY GUIDES: will be posted shortly
REQUIRED are at least 5 other books of student choice
 Parents must fill out a reading log for documentation, and
 Students must complete a simple book report for each book including characters, setting, plot, and
overall discussion.
 We will ask for these on the first day of school this fall but may be turned into the front office early
Newbery Award Winners
2013: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
2011: Moon over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
2010: When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
2009: The Graveyard by Neil Gaimon
2008: Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! by Laura Schlitz
2007: The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
2006: Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins
2005: Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata *has profanity *
2004: The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
2003: Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi
2002: A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
2001: A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck (read in 5th grade)
2000: Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
1999: Holes by Louis Sachar
1998: Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse (read in 5th grade)
1997: The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
1996: The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
1995: Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
1994: The Giver by Lois Lowry (read in 5th grade)
1993: Missing May by Cynthia Rylant
1992: Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
1991: Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
(may read in class)
1990: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
1989: Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman
1988: Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman
1987: The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
1986: Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
1985: The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
1984: Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary (*not 4th grade)
1983: Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt
1982: A Visit to William Blake's Inn by Nancy Willard
1981: Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson
1980: A Gathering of Days by Joan W. Blos
1979: The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin (may read in class)
1978: Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
1977: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
1976: The Grey King by Susan Cooper
1975: M. C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton
1974: The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox
1973: Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
1972: Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien (may read in class)
1971: Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars
1970: Sounder by William H. Armstrong (read in 5th grade)
1969: The High King by Lloyd Alexander
1968: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg (may read in class)
1967: Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt
1966: I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino
1965: Shadow of a Bull by Maia Wojciechowska
1964: It's Like This, Cat by Emily Neville
1963: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
1962: The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
1961: Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
1960: Onion John by Joseph Krumgold
1959: The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth G. Speare
1958: Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith (Crowell)
1957: Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorenson
1956: Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
1955: The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong
1954: ...And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold
1953: Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark
1952: Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes
1951: Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates
1950: The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli
1949: King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry
1948: The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du Bois
1947: Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
1946: Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski
1945: Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson
1944: Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
1943: Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray
1942: The Matchlock Gun by Walter Edmonds
1941: Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry
1940: Daniel Boone by James Daugherty
1939: Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright
1938: The White Stag by Kate Seredy
1937: Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer
1936: Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
1935: Dobry by Monica Shannon
1934: Invincible Louisa by Cornelia Meigs
1933: Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Lewis
1932: Waterless Mountain by Laura Adams Armer
1931: The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth
1930: Hitty, Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field
1929: The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly
1928: Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji
1927: Smoky, the Cowhorse by Will James
1926: Shen of the Sea by Arthur Bowie Chrisman
1925: Tales from Silver Lands by Charles Finger
1924: The Dark Frigate by Charles Hawes
1923: The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
1922: The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon
Georgia Book Award Nominees for 2013-2014
Ada, A. F Dancing Home
Buyea, R Because of Mr. Terupt
Epstein, A. J The Familiars
Frost, J. Hidden
Garza, X. Maximilian: The Mystery of the Guardian Angel
George, J. D. Tuesdays at the Castle
Gidwitz, A. A Tale Dark and Grimm
Jacobson, J. R. Small As An Elephant
Kerz, A. Better Than Weird
Meloy, M. The Apothecary
Palacio, J. R. Wonder
Pyron, B. A Dog’s Way Home
Ursu, A. Breadcrumbs
Weeks, S. Pie
Realistic Fiction
Blume, Judy. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing.
Peter finds his demanding two-year- old brother an ever-increasing problem. Series (F Blu)
Cleary, Beverly. Ramona Forever.
Ramona's year in third grade is highlighted by the arrival of Howie's rich uncle, a change in her afterschool situation, a
surprise wedding, a death and a new arrival in the family, and her father's getting a job. (F Cle)
Clements, Andrew. The Report Card.
Fifth grader Nora Rowley has always hidden the fact that she is a genius from everyone because all she wants is to be
normal, but when she comes up with a plan to prove that grades are not important, things begin to get out of control. (F
Cle)
Christopher, Matt. Tough to Tackle.
Disappointed at first by not being large enough to make quarterback, Boots discovers that there is as much challenge in
playing tackle. (F Chr)
Creech, Sharon. Granny Torrelli Makes Soup.
With the help of her wise old grandmother, twelve-year-old Rosie manages to work out some problems in her relationship
with her best friend, Bailey, the boy next door. (F Cre)
Feiffer, Jules. The Man in the Ceiling.
Although not very good at sports or in his schoolwork, Jimmy can draw and dreams of being a great cartoonist and that
dream seems within reach when star athlete Charley Beemer suggests that they create comics together. (F Fei)
Fitzhugh, Louise. Harriet the Spy.
Harriet, a sixth grader who lives on Manhattan’s upper east side, has two loves – her nursemaid, and her notebook
packed full of insights on the people in her life. (Fic Fit) Sequels: Harriet Spies Again by Helen Ericson. (F Eri) and
Harriet the Spy, Double Agent by Maya Gold (F Gol)
Fleischman, Paul. Seedfolks.
One by one, a number of people of varying ages and backgrounds transform a trash-filled inner-city lot into a productive
and beautiful garden, and, in doing so, the gardeners are themselves transformed. (F Fle)
Hurwitz, Johanna. Hot and Cold Summer.
Two inseparable ten-year-old boys discover there is room in their friendship for another person and it really doesn’t matter
that she is a girl. Series (F Hur)
Lord, Cynthia. Rules.
Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, twelve-year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence but her world is further
complicated by a friendship with a young paraplegic. (F Lor)
Lowry, Lois. Anastasia Krupnik.
Anastasia’s tenth year has some good things like falling in love and really getting to know her grandmother and some bad
things like finding out about an impending baby brother. Series (F Low)
Mass, Wendy. 11 Birthdays.
After celebrating their first nine same-day birthdays together, Amanda and Leo, having fallen out on their tenth and not
speaking to each other for the last year, prepare to celebrate their eleventh birthday separately but peculiar things begin
to happen as the day of their birthday begins to repeat itself over and over again. (F Mas)
Park, Barbara. Mick Harte was Here.
Thirteen-year-old Phoebe recalls her younger brother Mick and his death in a bicycle accident. (F Par)
Ruckman, Ivy. Night of the Twisters.
A fictional account of the night freakish and devastating tornadoes hit Grand Island, Nebraska, as experienced by a boy,
his family, and his friends. (F Ruc)
Rylant, Cynthia. The Van Gogh Café.
The Van Gogh Café, located in Flowers, Kansas, has magic in its walls, causing strange and mysterious events to occur
there. (F Ryl)
Smith, Robert Kimmel. Bobby Baseball.
Ten-year-old Bobby is passionate about baseball and convinced that he is a great player – the only
problem is, can he get a chance to prove his skill, especially to his father. (F Smi)
Spinelli, Jerry. Fourth Grade Rats.
Suds learns that his best friend is wrong. You don’t have to be a tough guy, a “rat,” to be a grown up fourth grader. (F Spi)
Wiles, Deborah. Love, Ruby Lavender.
When her quirky grandmother goes to Hawaii for the summer, nine-year-old Ruby learns to survive on her own in
Mississippi by writing letters, befriending chickens as well as the new girl in town, and finally coping with her grandfather’s
death. (F Wil)
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Anderson, M.T. Whales on Stilts.
Racing against the clock, shy middle- school student Lily and her best friends, Katie and Jasper, must foil the plot of her
father’s conniving boss to conquer the world using an army of whales. Series (F And)
Avi. The Book Without Words: a Fable of Medieval Magic.
Having tried for years to unlock the secrets of the magical Book Without Words, old man Thorston dies in failure and the
book is passed on to his servant, Sybil, and her magical raven who eagerly begin the process of breaking the code.
(F Avi)
Baker, E.D. The Frog Princess.
After reluctantly kissing a frog, an awkward, fourteen-year-old princess suddenly finds herself a frog,
too, and sets off with the prince to seek the means—and the self-confidence—to become human
again. Series (F Bak)
Brittain, Bill. The Wish Giver.
When a strange little man comes to the church social promising he can give people exactly what they ask for, three young
believers-in-magic each make a wish that comes true in the most unexpected ways. (F Bri)
Colfer, Eoin. Artemis Fowl.
When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold,
the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll. Series (F Col)
Coville, Bruce. The Skull of Truth.
Charlie, a sixth grader with a compulsion to tell lies, acquires a mysterious skull that forces its owner to tell only the truth,
causing him some awkward moments before he understands its powers. (FCov)
Dahl, Roald. The BFG.
Sophie is snatched from her orphanage by a BFG (a “Big Friendly Giant”), and concocts a plan with the giant to save the
world from nine other man-gobbling cannibal giants. (F Dah)
Duane, Diane. So You Want to Be a Wizard?
Thirteen-year-old Nita, tormented by a gang of bullies because she won’t fight back, finds the help she needs in a library
book on wizardry which guides her into another dimension. Series (F Dua)
Eager, Edward. Half Magic.
Four children spending their summer in the city enjoy a series of fantastic adventures by double wishing on an ancient
coin. Series (F Eag)
Fox, Helen. Eager.
Unlike Grumps, their old-fashioned robot, the Bell family’s new robot, Eager, is programmed to not merely obey but to
question, reason, and exercise free will. (Fic Fox)
Gutman, Dan. The Homework Machine.
Four fifth-grade students—a geek, a class clown, a teacher’s pet, and a slacker—as well as their teacher and mothers,
each relate events surrounding a computer programmed to complete homework assignments. (F Gut)
Ibbotson, Eve. The Secret of Platform 13.
Odge Gribble, a young hag, accompanies an old wizard, a gentle fey, and a giant ogre on their mission through a magical
tunnel from their Island to London to rescue their King and Queen’s son, who had been stolen as an infant. (F Ibb)
Juster, Norton. The Phantom Tollbooth.
A journey through a land where Milo learns the importance of words and numbers provides a cure for his boredom.
(F Jus)
Lewis, C.S. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
Four children find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden
lion, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with eternal winter. Series (F Lew)
Nimmo, Jenny. Midnight for Charlie Bone.
Charlie Bone’s life with his widowed mother and two grandmothers undergoes a dramatic change when he discovers that
he can hear people in photographs talking. (F Nim)
Nimmo, Jenny. The Snow Spider.
Gifts from Gwyn’s grandmother on his tenth birthday open up a whole new world to him, as he discovers he has magical
powers that help him heal the breach with his father that has existed ever since his sister’s mysterious disappearance four
years before. Series (F Nim)
Ogilvy, Ian. Measle and Wrathmonk.
Twelve-year-old orphan Measle Stubbs is shrunk down to half an inch tall and placed in a toy train set by his evil
guardian, the Wrathmonk. (F Ogi)
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.
Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while
attending Hogwarts School for Wizards and Witches. Series (F Row)
Travers, P.L. Mary Poppins.
An extraordinary English nanny blows in on the East Wind with her parrot-headed umbrella and magic carpetbag and
introduces her charges, Jane and Michael, to some delightful people and experiences. Series (F Tra)
Ullman, Barb. The Fairies of Nutfolk Wood.
After her parents divorce and she moves to the country with her mother, fourth-grader Willa Jane, anxious and unhappy
with the changes in her life, discovers a world of little people called Nutfolk living in the woods around her new home.
(F Ull)
Historical Fiction
Brink, Carol. Caddie Woodlawn.
The adventures of an eleven-year-old tomboy growing up on the Wisconsin frontier in the mid nineteenth century. (F Bri)
Byars, Betsy. Trouble River.
When he builds his raft, a twelve-year-old boy never dreams that it will serve as the sole means of escape for himself and
his grandmother when hostile Indians threaten their prairie cabin. (F Bya)
Crisp, Marty. White Star: A Dog on the Titanic.
Twelve-year-old Sam, a passenger on the Titanic’s maiden sea voyage, volunteers to help care for the dogs in the ocean
liner’s kennel and becomes fast friends with the Irish setter of J. Bruce Ismay, the ship’s owner. (F Cri)
Fisher, Dorothy. Understood Betsy.
Timid and small for her age, nine-year-old Elizabeth Ann discovers her own abilities and gains a new perception of the
world around her when she goes to live with relatives on a farm in Vermont. (F Fis)
Gutman, Dan. Babe and Me: A Baseball Card Adventure.
With their ability to travel through time using vintage baseball cards, Joe and his father have the opportunity to find out
whether Babe Ruth really did call his shot when he hit that home run in the third game of the 1932 World Series against
the Chicago Cubs. Series (F Gut)
Hill, Kirkpatrick. The Year of Miss Agnes.
In 1948, ten-year-old Fred (short for Frederika), narrates a story of school and village life when Miss Agnes arrived as the
new teacher. (F Hil)
Lord, Bette. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson.
In 1947, a Chinese child comes to Brooklyn where she becomes Americanized at school and discovers her love for
baseball. (F Lor)
Park, Linda Sue. A Single Shard.
Tree-ear, a thirteen-year-old orphan in medieval Korea, lives under a bridge in a potter’s village, and longs to learn how to
throw the delicate celadon ceramics himself. (F Par)
Pausen, Gary. Soldier’s Heart.
Eager to enlist, fifteen-year-old Charley has a change of heart after experiencing both the physical horrors and mental
anguish of Civil War combat. (F Pau)
Peck, Richard. Long Way from Chicago: A Novel in Stories.
A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their larger-than
life grandmother. Series (F Pec)
Peck, Robert Newton. Soup.
The adventures and misadventures of two boys growing up in a small Vermont town. Series. (F Pec)
Stolz, Mary. A Ballad of the Civil War.
Weary of the war, a Union lieutenant recalls his life with his twin brother on their family’s Virginia plantation. (F Sto)
Taylor, Sidney. All-of-a-Kind Family.
The adventures of five sisters growing up in a Jewish family in New York in the early twentieth century. (F Tay)
Wilder, Laura Ingalls. The Little House on the Prairie.
The story of the pioneering Ingalls family and how they moved West in a covered wagon to build a new home on the
Kansas prairie. Series (F Wil)
Williams, Barbara. Titanic Crossing.
In 1912, thirteen-year-old Albert considers his younger sister a pest, but things change when they travel with their mother
and uncle aboard the Titanic and are caught up in its tragic sinking. (F Wil)
Adventures/Mysteries
Avi. Who Stole the Wizard of Oz?
Becky and her brother use some ingenious clues to identify the person who stole five children’s books from the town’s
library. (F Avi)
Baccalario, Pierdomenico. The Door to Time.
After moving from London to an old mansion on the English coast, eleven-year-old twins Jason and Julia discover that
their new home has twisting tunnels, strange artifacts from around the world, and a mysterious, locked door. (F Bac)
Berlin, Eric. The Puzzling World of Winston Breen.
Puzzle-crazy twelve-year-old Winston Breen and his ten-year-old sister Katie find themselves involved in a dangerous
mystery involving a hidden ring. (F Ber)
Bosch, Pseudonymous. The Name of This Book is Secret.
Cassandra and Max find a missing magician’s notebook and start to investigate the fire which burnt down his house and
his mysterious "symphony of smells.". (F Bos)
Buckley, Michael. The Sisters Grimm: Tales From the Hood.
When a kangaroo court, led by Judge Mad Hatter, tries Mr. Canis for his past crimes as the Big Bad Wolf, the Grimms try
to save their friend. (F Buc)
Gutman, Dan. Nightmare at the Bookfair.
When fifth-grader Trip Kindleman, who does not like to read very much, is hit on the head by aheavy box and becomes a
character in a series of different books--from a sports story to a science fiction novel to an adventure tale--his view of
reading is changed forever. (F Gut)
Hahn, Mary Downing. The Doll in the Garden.
After Ashley and Kristi find an antique doll buried in old Miss Cooper’s garden, they discover that they can enter a ghostly
turn- of-the-century world by going through a hole in the hedge. (F Hah)
Higson, Charles. Double or Die: A James Bond Adventure.
Teenage James has forty-eight hours to rescue a kidnapped professor and to keep a powerful weapon from falling into
the wrong hands. (F Hig)
Horowitz, Anthony. Public Enemy Number Two: A Diamond Brothers Mystery.
When thirteen-year-old Nick if framed for a jewel robbery, he and his brother, Tim, attempt to clear his name by capturing
the master criminal known as the Fence. (F Hor)
Howe, James. Bud Barkin, Private Eye.
Howie tries writing a mystery in which he imagines himself as a private investigator and Delilah as the "mysterious dame."
(F How)
Kehret, Peg. Earthquake Terror.
When an earthquake hits an island in California where his family had been camping, twelve-year-old Jonathan must find a
way to keep himself alive. (F Keh)
Korman, Gordon. One False Note.
Join Amy and Dan on a desperate tour of Vienna and Venice with a clue at stake. (F Kor)
Marsh, Carole. The Mystery at Jamestown: First Permanent English Colony in America!
Christina and Grant travel to Jamestown, Virginia, where they learn about colonial America and try to solve a mystery
involving an archaeologist accused of stealing bones. Series (F Mar)
Parish, Peggy. Haunted House.
Three children are uneasy when they learn their parents have bought a reputedly haunted house. Series (F Par)
Peck, Richard. The Ghost Belonged to Me.
In 1913, in the Midwest, a quartet of characters share adventures from exploding steamboats to a ghostly barn haunting.
Series (F Pec)
Petersen, P.J. White Water.
Greg confronts his own fears and assumes a leadership role when his father is bitten by a rattlesnake during a whitewater rafting trip. (F Pet)
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley. The Egypt Game.
A group of children, entranced with the study of Egypt, play a game, are visited by a secret oracle, become involved in a
murder, and befriend a professor before they move on to new interest, such as Gypsies. Sequel: The Gypsy Game.
(F Sny)
Springer, Nancy. The Case of the Missing Marquess: and Enola Holmes Mystery.
Enola Holmes, much younger sister of detective Sherlock Holmes, must travel to London in disguise to unravel the
disappearance of her mother. Series (F Spr)
Wright, Betty Ren. Haunted Summer.
Shy, nine-year-old Abby surprised herself, her equally timid baby-sitter, and her older brother when they are haunted by a
ghost that is trying to reclaim a stolen music box. (Fic Wri)
Animal Stories
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Avi. Poppy.
Poppy the deer mouse urges her family to move next to a field of corn big enough to feed them all forever, but Mr. Ocax, a
terrifying owl, has other ideas. Series (F Avi)
Bauer, Marion. Runt.
Runt, the smallest wolf cub in the litter, seeks to prove himself to his father King and the rest of the pack and to earn a
new name. (F Bau)
Brooke, Lauren. Coming Home.
Until tragedy strikes, Amy and her mother run Heartland, a farm where abused horses are rehabilitated. Series (F Bro)
Bunting, Eve. The Summer of Riley.
Shortly after he gets the perfect dog, Riley, eleven-year-old William must fight for his dog’s life after it is taken away
because it chases and injures an elderly neighbor’s old horse. (F Bun)
DiCamillo, Kate. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.
Edward Tulane, a cold-hearted and proud toy rabbit, loves only himself until he is separated from the little girl who adores
him and travels across the country, acquiring new owners and listening to their hopes, dreams, and histories. (F DiC)
Estes, Eleanor. Ginger Pye.
The disappearance of a new puppy named Ginger and the appearance of a mysterious man in a mustard yellow hat bring
excitement into the lives of the Pye children. (F Est)
Henry, Marguerite. Misty of Chincoteague.
Two youngsters’ determination to own a Chincoteague pony is greatly increased when the Phantom and her colt are
among those rounded up for the annual auction. Series (F Hen)
Hoeye, Michael. Time Stops for No Mouse.
When Linka Perflinger, a jaunty mouse, brings a watch into his shop to be repaired and then disappears, Hermux
Tantamoq is caught up in a dangerous search for eternal youth as he tries to find out what happened to her. (F Hoe)
King-Smith, Dick. Martin’s Mice.
Flora, the world’s most educated mouse, saves her family during a crisis. (F Kin)
Oppel, Kenneth. Darkwing.
Dusk, the world’s first bat, must lead his colony to safety in a time of changing species. Series (F Opp)
Shalant, Phyllis. Bartleby of the Mighty Mississippi.
After being abandoned in a pond, Bartleby, a pet turtle, meets many other creatures, learns to survive in the wild, and
decides to go in search of his birthplace. (F Sha)
Taylor, Theodore. The Trouble with Tuck.
A young girl trains her blind dog to follow and trust a seeing-eye companion dog. (F Tay)
Informational Books
Davis, Kenneth. Don’t Know Much About the Fifty States.
Provides assorted facts about each of the fifty states in a fun question and answer format. (973 Dav)
Deedy, Carmen Agra. 14 Cows for America.
A tribe in Kenya hears of September 11 and offers a generous gift to the people of the United States. (327.676 Dee)
Floca, Brian. Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11.
Simple text and illustrations describe the flight of Apollo 11. (629.45 Flo)
Gibbons, Gail. The Planets.
Since The Planets was first published in 1993 space exploration has resulted in additional new discoveries which are
included in this new edition. (523.4 Gib)
Goodall, Jane. The Chimpanzees I Love: Saving Their World and Ours.
In her own words, the author brings readers into the world of the chimpanzees. (599.885 Goo)
Green, Jen. The World’s Oceans.
An illustrated overview of the oceans, detailing why the tides are influenced by the moon, how underwater earthquakes
shape the coastlines, the power of tsunamis, and more; and also discusses how global warming will impact ocean waters.
(551.46 Gre)
Hatkoff, Isabella. Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship.
Illustrated text and full-color photographs tell the true story of the unusual relationship between Owen, a baby
hippopotamus orphaned by the tsunami, and Mzee, a 130-year-old giant tortoise. (599.63 Hat)
Hopkins, Lee Bennett. Lives: Poems about Famous Americans.
A collection of poetic portraits of sixteen famous Americans from Paul Revere to Neil Armstrong, by such authors as Jane
Yolen, Nikki Grimes, and X.J. Kennedy. (811 Hop)
Janeczko, Paul. Top Secret: a Handbook of Codes, Ciphers, and Secret Writing.
Presents history, trivia, and code-breaking tales in a guide book to the world of secret writing that includes examples of a
variety of codes and ciphers. (652 Jan)
Jennings, Terry. Earthquakes and Tsunamis.
An illustrated overview of earthquakes and tsunamis, detailing what causes them to occur and form, and describes reallife events with photographs to show the devastation caused by these natural disasters. (551.22 Jen)
Krensky, Stephen. Paul Bunyan.
Relates some of the exploits of Paul Bunyan, a lumberjack said to be taller than the trees whose pet was a blue ox named
Babe. (398.2 Kre)
Lasky, Kathryn. A Voice of Her Own: The Story of Phillis Wheatley, Slave Poet.
A biography of an African girl brought to New England as a slave in 1761 who became famous on both sides of the
Atlantic as the first black poet in America. (B Whe)
Osborne, Mary Pope. Favorite Greek Myths.
Retells twelve tales from Greek mythology, including the stories of King Midas, Echo and Narcissus, the Golden Apples,
and Cupid and Psyche. (292 Osb)
Scarborough, Kate. Pablo Picasso.
Discusses the life, art, and legacy of the artist Pablo Picasso, and includes a timeline linking the events in his life with
world events. (B Pic)
Schanzer, Rosalyn. George vs. George: the American Revolution as Seen by Both Sides.
Explores how the characters and lives of King George III of England and George Washington affected the progress and
outcome of the American Revolution. (973.3 Sch)
Schlitz, Laura Amy. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! : voices from a medieval village.
A collection of short one-person plays featuring characters, between ten and fifteen years old, who live in or near a
thirteenth-century English manor. (812.6 Sch)
Simon, Seymour. Out of Sight: Pictures of Hidden Worlds.
Shows pictures of objects which are too small, too far away, or too fast to see without mechanical assistance such as
microscopes, telescopes, X-rays, and other techniques. (502.2 Sim)
Stanley, Diane. Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare.
A brief biography of the world’s most famous playwright, using only historically correct information. (B Sha)
Stanley, Diane. Leonardo DaVinci.
A biography of the Italian Renaissance artist and inventor who, at about age thirty, began writing his famous notebooks,
which contain the outpourings of his amazing mind. (B Leo)
Sturm, James. Adventures in Cartooning.