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Yom Kippur- October 8-9, 2008 Fire Prevention Week        Columbus Day Fair Day Red Ribbon Week
Self-Esteem Books Simchat and Torah Sukkot Halloween Day of the Dead

*  A Picnic in October - Bunting - E BUN

*  ‘Tiempo de calabazos!  (It's Pumpkin Time!) Hall- E HAL

*  The Runaway Pumpkin - Lewis- E LEW

* October Smiled Back- Peters- E PET

*   Snow Pumpkin – Schaefer – E SCH

 

                                                    Back to October   Fire Prevention Week- Oct. 5-11, 2008

Safety

Davis Elementary Kindergarteners Fire Safety iMovie
Firefighters and Fire Safety for Kids PowerMedia Plus video - 15 min.
Sparky's ABCs of Fire Safety Flash Cards
Fire Safety Fire Safety for Kids
Kennesaw WebTech Fire Safety Links



* A Kid’s Guide to Staying Safe Around Fire – Boelts – 628.9 BOE

* Cuando hay fuego – Carter – 628.9 CAR

* Fire Safety for Kids – Children’s Video Development –363.37 Kit (videorecording, sound cassette, booklet)

* Stop, Drop and Roll – Cuyler – E CUY

* Fire! Fire! – Gibbons – 628.9 GIB

* The Fire Station – National Geographic Society – 363.3 FIR

* Safety at Home (includes fire safety) – Raatma – 613.6 RAA


Fire Engines/Firefighters/ Firestations

Sparky the Fire Dog Fire Truck Exploration



* Firefighters – Bourgeois – 363.37 BOU

* A Day in the Life of a Fightfighter – Bowman – 628.9 BOW

* Arthur’s Fire Drill – Brown – E BRO

* Fire Engines – Freedman – 628.9 FRE

* A Day in the Life of a Firefighter – Hayward – 628.9 HAY

* The Fire Station – Hoena – 628.9 HOE

* Tito, the Firefighter - Tito el bombero- Hoppey- E HOP

* Let’s Visit the Fire Station – Johnston - 363.37 JOH

* Camiones de bomberos/Fire Trucks – Lindeen – 638.9 LIN

* Fire! – Masoff – 363.37 MAS

* Fire Fighting – Moignot – 628.9 FIR

* What Happens at a Firehouse?= ΏQuι pasa en una estacion de bomberos? (2 copies) – Pohl – 628.9 POH

* Bomberos y bomberos – Ready – 628.9 REA

* Fire Engines – Rockwell – 628.9 ROC

* Firefighters – Simon – 363.37 SIM

 

                                                                           

                                                                    Back to October  Yom Kippur- October 8-9, 2008

 

Celebrate Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur- Heiligman- (2007)

* Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur- Marx- 296.4 MAR

* Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur- Rau- 296.4 RAU

* Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur- Schlessinger videorecording (VHS)

CLCD Database Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur Children's Book Reviews

 

                                                                        Back to October  Columbus Day

Where Do You Think You're Going, Christopher Columbus? Fritz PowerMedia Plus streaming video
Animated Hero Classics: Christopher Columbus Discovery Education streaming video (30 mins.)
Christopher Columbus Timeline BBC
The Story of Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus video Brainpop

*  A Picture Book of Christopher Columbus - Adler- B COL

*  Westward with Columbus - Dyson- 910.4 DYS

*  Columbus Day - Fradin- 970.01 FRA (Gr. 3-6)

*  Where Do You Think You're Going, Christopher Columbus?  Fritz- B COL

*   Where Do You Think You’re Going, Christopher Columbus? – Fritz – videorecording (VHS)

*  Columbus Day - Gardeski- 394.2 GAR

* Christopher Columbus- Larkin- B COL (K-3)

* Columbus Day- Liestman- 970.01 LIE

*   The Discovery of the Americas – Maestro – 917.04 MAE

*  Christopher Columbus - Nest - video recording (VHS)

*  Discovering Christopher Columbus: How History is Invented - Pelta- 970.01 PEL (Gr. 6-9)

*  Christopher Columbus- Schaefer- B COL

*  Encounter (3 copies)- Yolen- E YOL (Columbus)

*  Encuentro- Yolen- E YOL (Columbus)

 

 

Back to October  Fair Day

*  Pigs at Odds: Fun With Math and Games – Axelrod – A AXE

*   Market Day – Bunting – E BUN

 

*   The Pumpkin Fair – Bunting – E BUN

*  Blue-Ribbon Henry – Calhoun – E CAL

*  Country Fair- Cooper- E COO

*  Maisy at the Fair – Cousins – E COU

Dooby Dooby Moo – Cronin  

*   Dubi dubi muu (paperback)– Cronin – E CRO

*  It’s a Fair Day, Amber Brown – Danziger – E DAN   (K-3)

*  The Cotton Candy Catastrophe at the Texas State Fair – Enderle – E END

Fair Park, TX The State Fair of Texas 2008
The State Fair of Texas Big Tex Website

Back to October   Sukkot - Oct. 13-20, 2008

Online Learning Haven Festival of Sukkot
CLCD Database Children's Literature About Sukkot
Books 4 Jewish Kids Sukkot and Simchat Torah Chlildren's Books

 

Back to October    Simchat and Torah- Oct. 20-22, 2008

Books 4 Jewish Kids Sukkot and Simchat Torah Chlildren's Books
Fun Social Studies Learn About Simchot Torah

 

Back to TopRed Ribbon Week - Oct. 21-27, 2008

*  Danger: Alcohol- Chier- 362.29 CHI

* Danger: Cocaine- Chier- 362.29 CHI

*  Danger: Crack- Chier- 362.29 CHI

* Danger: Inhalants- Chier- 362.29 CHI

* Danger: Marijuana- Chier- 362.29 CHI

* Danger: Tobacco- Chier- 362.29 CHI

*  Alcohol Drug Dangers- Clayton- 362.292 CLA

*   Drugs – Deboo – 613.8 DEB (2008)

*  My Lungs- Furgang- 612.2 FUR

*   Let’s Talk about Alcohol Abuse – Johnston – 362.29 JOH

*  Let's Talk About Drug Abuse- Johnston- 362.29 JOH

*  Let's Talk About Drug Abuse- Kreiner- 362.29 KRE (1996)

*  Red Ribbon Carnival-Nana Puddin'- Lee- 362.29 videorecording- VHS

*  What's in a Name?  Lee- 929.4 WHA- videorecording- VHS

*  The Lovables in the Kingdom of Self-Esteem- Loomans- E LOO

*  Tobacco and Nicotine Drug Dangers- MacDonald- 362.29 MAC

*  Alcohol- McGruire- 362.292 MCG

*  Lungs- Parker- 612.2 PAR

*  Danger: Drugs in Your Neighborhood- Picard- 362.29 PIC

*  Drinking: A Risky Business- Pringle- 362.292 PRI

*  Self-Respect- Raatma- 155.4 RAA

* Drugs- Sanders- 362.292 SAN (Gr. 2-6)

*   Danger. Caffeine – Sevastiades – 615 SEV

*   The Respiratory System – Silverstein – 612.2 SIL

*   Lungs:  Your Respiratory System – Simon – 612.2 SIM

*  Marijuana Drug Dangers- Somdahl- 362.29 CHI

*   The Respiratory System – Stille – 612.2 STI 

PTA: Connecticut website Role-Play: Saying "No" to Drugs
McGruff.org What You Need to Know About Drugs and Alcohol
Red Ribbon Week 2008 Activities for Communities
KidScoop Red Ribbon Week Webliography

                                        Fiction Chapter Books Dealing with Alcohol

* The Heart of a Chief- Burchac- FIC BRU

*  Joey Pigza Loses Control- Gantos- FIC GAN

*  Buddy is a Stupid Name for a Girl- Roberts- FIC ROB

*  The Spider's Web - Williams- FIC WIL

                                                    Family Center Books

Just Say No: A Book About Saying "No" to Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco- Hazen- FC

Red Ribbon Week (videorecording) - Working Toward a Drug-Free School and Community- Red Ribbon Resource- FC

Parenting and Prevention:  How to Raise a Child to Say No to Alcohol and Other Drugs- Wilmes- FC

                                               Back to Oct.    Self-Esteem Books

* Just Call Me Stupid – Birdseye – FIC BIR

* The Important Book – Brown – E BRO (1990)

* Me gusto como soy – Carlson – E CAR

* Think Big! – Carlson – E CAR ( 2005)

* Piensa en grande! – Carlson – E CAR (2005)

* The Little Red Ant and the Great Big Crumb – Climo – E CLI (1995) high school

* I’m Gonna Like Me: Letting Off a Little Self-Esteem – Curtis – E CUR

Me gusto: nunca viene mal un poquito de autoestima – Curtis (at Thompson)

* I, Amber Brown – Danziger – FIC DAN

* Be Proud of Yourself – Gikow – E GIK

* Ugly Truckling – Gordon – E GOR

* Owen Foote, Second Grade Strongman – Greene – FIC GRE

* A Valentine for Norman Noggs – Gregory – E GRE

* Self-esteem: I Like Being Me: Poems for Children, about Feeling Special, Appreciating Others, and Getting Along – Lalli – 811 – LAL

* Red Ribbon Carnival – Lee – 362.29 videorecording (VHS)

* The Lovables in the Kingdom of Self-Esteem – Looomans – E LOO

* You’re All my Favorites – McBratney – E MCB

* Todos son mis favoritos – McBratney – E MCB

* The Talking Cloth – Mitchell – E MIT

* What’s in a Name? – Lee – 929.4 WHA – videorecording (VHS)

* It’s Okay to Be Different – Parr – E PAR

* Estα bien ser diferente – Parr – E PAR

* Self-Respect – Raatma – 155.4 RAA

* I’m a Pig – Weeks – E WEE
 

Back to TopHalloween

By the Light of the Halloween Moon PowerMedia Plus video

PowerMedia Plus video

PowerMedia Plus video
The Magic School Bus Spins a Web (Spiders)
The Magic School Bus Goes Batty

*  El susto de los fantasmas - ADA - audiocassette/book kit

*  The Halloween Play - Bond- E  BON

*  Clifford y el dia de Halloween- Bridwell- E BRI

*  El primer Halloween de Clifford - Bridwell - E BRI

*  Arthur's Halloween -Brown- E  BRO

*  Arthur's Halloween- Brown- BRO audiocassette/book kit

*  Scary, Scary Halloween - Bunting - E BUN

* Celebrate Halloween and the Day of the Dead with Christine and Her Blue Bunny- Campoy- E CAM

* Celebra el Halloween y el Dνa de Muertos con Cristina y su conejito azul- Campoy- E CAM

*  Who Said Boo?  Halloween Poems for the Very Young -  Carlston-811 CAR

* Maisy's Halloween- Cousins- E COU

*  Room on the Broom - Donaldson- E  DON

* Calabazas – Farmer – 635 FAR (K-gr.3)

*  Halloween - Flanagan- 394.264  FLA (1986)

*  Pumpkin Eye (2 copies) -Fleming- E  FLE

* Halloween – Fradin – 394.2 FRA

* Who Stole Halloween? – Freeman – FIC FRE

* Rotten Ralph’s Trick or Treat! – Gantos – E GAN

*  Halloween - Gibbons- 394.2  GIB

*  My Working Mom- Glassman- E GLA -mom is a good witch

* Say Boo- Graham-Barber- E GRA

*  Tiempo de calabazos!  Hall- E HAL

*  Hoy es Halloween!  Hallinan- E HAL

*  Halloween Night- Hatch- E HAT

*  Spooky Riddles -Helmer- 818 HEL

*  Corduroy's Halloween - Hennessy- E HEN

*  Excuse Me...Are You a Witch? - Horn- E  HOR

* Trick or Treat Countdown – Hubbard – E HUB

*  Very Scary - Johnston- E  JOH

* Ready Freddy: Halloween Fraidy Cat – Klein – E KLE


* Horrible Harry at Halloween – Kline – FIC KLI


* Cinderhazel: The Cinderella of Halloween – Lattimore – 398.21 LAT


* The Runaway Pumpkin – Lewis – E LEW


* Celebrations – Livingston – 811 LIV


*  Froggy's Halloween - London- E  LON

* A Beasty Story (2 copies) Martin- E MAR

*  Woo! The Not-So-Scary Ghost -Martin-  E  MAR

*  Halloween - Marx- 394.2  MAR

* Trick or Treat, Little Critter- Mayer- E MAY

*  Trick or Treat, Little Critter- Mayer- E MAY- located in Scary Book Fiction Section

*  Halloween Hotel Haunt- (paperback) McCann- E MCC

* The Witches’ Supermarket – Meddaugh – E MED

*  Pumpkin Heads!  Minor- E  MIN

*  Los Gatos Black on Halloween- Montes- E MON

*  Junie B., First Grader: Boo...And I Mean It!  Park -E  PAR, housed in FIC PAR

*  Pssssst!  Its Me... the Bogeyman - Park- E  PAR

*  The Hallo-Wiener- Pilkey- E PIL

*  The Perfectly Horrible Halloween- Poydar- E POY

*  Wild Witches' Ball - Prelutsky- E  PRE

*  Halloween - Rau- 394.26 RAU

*  Halloween Mice!- Roberts- E ROB

*  Halloween Day- Rockwell- E ROC

*  Pumpkinhead -Rohmann- E  ROH

* Crafts for Halloween -Ross- 745.594  ROS

*  Make Yourself a Monster!:  A Book of Creepy Crafts - Ross - 745.5 ROS

*  In A Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories -398.25  SCH - located in the Scary Book Fiction section

* Costumes- Schaefer- 508 SCH

*  Masks- Schaefer- 391.4 SCH

*  Jack-O'-Lanterns -Schaefer- 745.594  SCH

* Halloween – Schlessinger – videorecording (1994) VHS

* Scholastic’s The Magic School Bus Creepy Crawly Fun! (includes The Haunted House) – Scholastic - DVD

* The Magic School Bus: Inside the Haunted House (2 copies) – Scholastic - videorecording- VHS

*  Happy Halloween, Great Pumpkin (2 copies)- Schulz- E SCH

*  Plumply, Dumply Pumpkin (2 copies)- Serfozo- E  SER

* Face Painting- Silver-745.5 SIL


* By the Light of the Halloween Moon – Stutson – videorecording 1993 VHS

* One Halloween Night -Teague- E TEA

 * Mouse’s First Halloween – Thompson – E THO

* Five Little Pumpkins – Van Rynback – 398.8 VAN
 

*  Halloween People - Wells- E WEL

*  The Halloween Parade - Wells -E WEL

*   A Rattle of Bones:  A Halloween Book of Collective Nouns – West – 428.2 WES 

*  ‘Feliz Halloween, Gus!  Williams- E WIL

* The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything- Williams- E WIL and audiovisual KIT

* La viejecita que no le tenia miedo a nada- Williams- E  WIL

*  Let's Get Ready for Halloween- Winne- 394.2 WIN

*  The Teeny Tiny Ghost and the Monster - Winters- E  WIN

*  The Magic School Bus:  Inside the Haunted House - (2) video recordings

 

*  Scholastic's The Magic School Bus Creepy Crawly Fun! (includes The Haunted House)- DVD

*  Hey, Irma!  It's Halloween - Ziefert- E  ZIE

*  One Halloween Night- Ziefert- E ZIE

 

Back to TopDay of the Dead

* Celebrate Halloween and Day of the Dead with Christina and Her Blue Bunny- Campoy- E CAM

* Celebra el Halloween y el Dνa de Muerto con Cristina y su conejito azul- Campoy- E CAM

* El Dνa de Muertos- Da Coll- E DA

*  Day of the Dead -Johnston - E  JOH

*  Day of the Dead: A Mexican-American Celebration - Hoyt-Goldsmith -394.264 HOY

* I Remember Papa: A Day of the Dead Story = Yo Recuerdo a Abuelito: Un cuento del Dνa de los Muertos- Levy- E LEV

*  El festival de las calaveras- San Vincente- FIC SAN

El Dia de los Muertos- M. Dodson Wade

*  Calavera Abecedario- A Day of the Dead Alphabet Book- Winter- 394.266 WIN

Mr. Donn's website Day of the Dead History and Activities