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General Holiday Books

*  Holiday Units with reproducible little books: Presents – Chauncey – PRO 372.8 CHA

*  Monkeyshines on Cultures and Customs from around the World – Goldman – PRO 306.03 MON

*  World Holiday: a Watts guide for children – Moehn – REF 394.26 MOE

*  Light the Candle! Bang the Drum!: a book of holidays from around the world – Morris –294.26  MOR

*  Celebration of Light, a Year of Holidays around the World – Luenn – 394.2 LUE

*  Fiestas con velas 1 2 3 – Gillis – 394.26 GIL (counting bks- holidays with candles)

*  Winter Holidays: ethnic traditions –SVE – videorecording (VHS)

                                      Seasons/Months    Back to School/August

Back to School

                                                    Back to 'School' ChartRules

* Seguir las reglas- Mayer- 179 MAY

* Know and Follow Rules- Meiners- 649 MEI

* Following Rules- Nelson- 170 NEL

* Obedecer las reglas- Nelson - 170 NEL

* David Gets in Trouble- Shannon -E SHA

* David se mete en líos- Shannon -E SHA

* No, David! Shannon- 1 book in E SHA and 1 big book in the big book area

* ¡No, David! (Spanish)- Shannon- E SHA

Back to 'School' ChartCharacter Education

* Hands Are Not for Hitting- Agassi- 372.17 AGA

* Feelings- Aliki- 152.4 ALI

* The Berenstain Bears and the In-Crowd- Berenstain- E BER

* How to Be a Friend: A Guide to Making Friends and Keeping Them- Brown- 158.2 BRO

* I Did It, I'm Sorry- Buehner- E BUE

* Cooperation Ranch - videorecording (VHS)

* ¡No es mi culpa! Carlson- E CAR

* I'm Furious- Crary- 152.4 CRA

* Mean Soup- Everitt- E EVE

* Barbie: No Teasing Allowed! Gikow- E GIK

* Barbie: Be Proud of Yourself! Gikow- E GIK

* Compartimos (Sharing)- Gordon- 177 GOR

*   We Listen=Escuchamos – Gordon – 372.18 GOR

* Because of You: A Book of Kindness- Hennessy- E HEN

* Franklin and the Cookies (sharing)- Jenkins- E JEN

* Dealing with Insults- Johnston- 158 JOH

* Dealing with Anger- Johnston- 154 JOH

* Room to Share- Jones- E JON

* That's Mine, Horace- Keller- E KEL

* Being Jealous- Levete- 152.4 LEV

* Being Responsible- Nelson- 179 NEL

* Treat Me Right! Kids Talk About Respect- Loewen- 179 LOE

* Las rosas inglesias - Madonna- FIC MAD (upper grades - jealousy)

* Enemy Pie- Munson- E MUN

* Pastel para enemigos- Munson- E MUN

* Being Fair- Nelson- 179 NEL

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

* Está bien ser diferente- Parr- E PAR

* Peacefulness- Raatma- 179 RAA

* Leadership- Raatma- 158 RAA

* Consideration- Raatma- 177 RAA

* Self-Respect- Raatma- 155.4 RAA

* Respect- Raatma- 177 RAA

* Cookies: Bite-Sized Life Lessons- Rosenthal- 179.9 ROS

* I Am Responsible (2 copies)- Schuette- 179 SCH

* I Am Respectful (2 copies)- Schuette- 179 SCH

*  I Am a Leader - Schuette- 158.4 SCH

* I Am Patriotic- Schuette- 323.6 SCH

* I Am Patient- (2 copies) Schuette- 179 SCH

* I Am Honest (2 copies)- Schuette -179.9 SCH

* I Am Cooperative- (2 copies) Schuette- 179.9 SCH

* I Am Caring- (2 copies) Schuette- 177.7 SCH

* Consideration - Schuette- 177.7 SCH

* I'm Really Sorry- Simons- E SIM

* Sharing Can Be Fun- Simons- E SIM

 * Ser responsables: Un libro sobre la responsabilidad- Small - 179 SMA

* Ser respetuosos: Un libro sobre el respeto- Small- 179 SMA

* Thanks and Giving All Year Long- Thomas- SC THA

* Feet are Not for Kicking- Verdick- 649 VER

* Teeth are Not for Biting- Verdick- 305.232 VER

* Words are Not for Hurting- Verdick- 177 VER

* Tails are Not for Pulling- Verdick- 636.088 VER

* Germs are Not for Sharing- Verdick- 613 VER

* Dealing with Choices- Vogel- 153.8 VOG

* Winnie the Pooh: Working Together (2 copies) - videorecording (VHS)

* Winnie the Pooh: Making Friends- videorecording (VHS)

Back to 'School' ChartSafety

* The Berenstain Bears Learn About Strangers- Berenstain- E BER

* A Kid's Guide to Staying Safe on the Streets- Boelts- 613.6 BOE

* A Kid's Guide to Staying Safe on Bikes- Boelts- 796.602 BOE

* A  Kid's Guide to Staying Safe at School- Boelts- 363.11 BOE

* A Kid's Guide to Staying Safe at Playgrounds- Boelts- 796.06 BOE

* A Kid's Guide to Staying Safe Around Water- Boelts- 797.2 BOE

* A Kid's Guide to Staying Safe Around Fire- Boelts- 628.9 BOE

* Flash, Crash, Rumble, and Roll - Branley- 551.55 BRA (safety during a storm)

* Arthur's Fire Drill- Brown- E BRO

* En casa- Carter- 613.6 CAR

* Cuando hay fuego- Carter- 628.9 CAR

* Street Safety Hints- Caviezel- E CAV

* Stop, Drop, and Roll- Cuyler- E CUY

* The Fire Station- National Geographic videorecording- VHS

* Treasure at Sea for Dragon and Me: Water Safety for Kids (and Dragons)- Pendziwol- 797.2 PEN

* Safety on the Playground- Raatma-796.06 RAA

* Safety at Home- Raatma- 613.6 RAA

* Safety Around Strangers- Raatma- 613.6 RAA

* Safety on the School Bus- Raatma - 363.12 RAA

* Officer Buckle and Gloria (2 copies) Rathmann- E RAT

* Officer Buckle and Gloria - Rathmann- videorecording (VHS)

* Safety Awareness- 613.6- Schlessinger videorecording (VHS)

* Staying Safe- Silverstein- 613.6 SIL

Back to 'School' ChartManners/Etiquette

* Manners- Aliki- 395 ALI

* Mary Louise Loses Her Manners- Cuneo- E CUN

* Manners in the Classroom- DeGezelle- 395.1 DEG

* Whoopi's Big Book of Manners- Goldberg- 395.1 GOL

* Emily's Everyday Manners (2 copies) - Post- 395.1 POS

* Politeness- Raatma- 395.1 RAA

* Let's  Talk About Good Manners- Shaughnessy- 395.1 SHA

* Time to Say "Please!" -Willems- 395.122 WIL

funny/manners

* It's A Spoon, Not a Shovel- Buehner- 395 BUE

* What Do You Say, Dear? Joslin- 395 JOS

* My Dog Never Says Please- Williams- E WIL

* How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? Yolen- E YOL

 * ¿Como comen los dinosaurios? Yolen- E YOL

Back to 'School' ChartProblem Solving

* ¡Sonrie! Carlson- E CAR

Back to 'School' ChartThe First Day of School

* Cam Jansen and the First Day of School Mystery- Adler- FIC ADL

*  Marianthe's Story: Painted Words, Spoken Memories - Aliki- E ALI

*   Junior Goes to School – Berger – E BER (Gr. PK-2)

* Arthur's Back-to-School Surprise- Brown- E BRO

* Look Out, Kindergarten, Here I Come! Carlson- E CAR

* The First Day Jitters - Danneberg- E DAN

* ¡Qué nervios! El primer día de escuela- Danneberg- E DAN

* Pa Lia's First Day- Edwards- FIC EDW

* What Did You Do Today? The First Day of School- Forward- E FOR

* Kindergarten Countdown- Hays- E HAY

* Wemberly Worried-(2 copies)  Henkes- E HEN

* Prudencia se preocupa- Henkes- E HEN

* Jessica- Henkes- E HEN (imaginary friend and then real friend in kindergarten)

* Off to School, Baby Duck! Hest- E HES

* Pinky Dinky Doo: Back to School is Cool! Jinkins- E JIN

*   School Fun from A to Z – Kalman – 373.2 KAL (GR.1-2)

* Countdown to Kindergarten- McGhee- E MCG

* Moses Goes to School- Millman- E MIL (school for the deaf/hard of hearing)

* The Kissing Hand- Penner - E PEN

* The Kissing Hand- Penner- audiocassette/book KIT

* A Pocketful of Kisses- Penner- audiocassette/book KIT

* Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten- Slate- E SLA

* Little Cliff's First Day of School- Taulbert- E TAU

* Mouse's First Day of School- Thompson- E THO

* Emily's First 100 Days of School- Wells- E WEL

* Los 100 primeros días de escuela de Emilia- Wells - E WEL

* Mama, Don't Go! Wells- E WEL

* Tucker's Four-Carrot School Day- Winget- E WIN

* Don't Go! Zalben- E ZAL

Back to 'School' ChartBeing New at a School

*  Marianthe's Story: Painted Words, Spoken Memories - Aliki- E ALI

* Billy and the Big New School- Anholt- E ANH

* Arnie and the New Kid- Carlson- E CAR

* The Brand New Kid- Couric- E COU

* Hey, New Kid! Duffey- FIC DUF

* I'm New Here- Howlett- 371.97 HOW - new to the country

* Franklin and the New Teacher- Jennings- E JEN

* My Name is Bilal- Mobin-Uddin- E MOB

* First Day in Grapes- Pérez- E PER - migrant worker family

* Me llamo Yoon- Recorvits- E REC- new to the country

* Augustine- Watt- E WAT

* Augustina se muda al Polo Norte-(2 copies) Watt - E WAT

Back to 'School' ChartSchool - General

* School Trouble for Andy Russell- Adler- FIC ADL

* Good Luck, Mrs. K! Borden- E BOR (teacher has cancer)

* The Frog Principal- Calmenson- E CAL

*  Biscuit Goes to School- Capucilli- E CAP

* El mejor maestra del mundo- Chardlet- E CHA

* I Am Too Absolutely Small for School- Child- E CHI

* Soy demasiado pequeña para ir al colegio- (2 copies) Child- E CHI

* Room One: A Mystery or Two- Clements- FIC CLE

* The Report Card- Clements- FIC CLE

* Frindle - Clements- FIC CLE

* Fríndel- (Spanish)- Clements- FIC CLE- located in Spanish book section

* A Fine, Fine School- Creech- E CRE

* School Bus- Crews - E CRE

*  Don't Read This Book, Whatever You Do!  More Poems About School - Dakos -811 DAK

* Amber Brown Goes Fourth- Danziger- FIC DAN

*  School ABC: An Alphabet Book - Doering- 371 DOE

*   Little Brown Bear Won’t Go to School – Dyer – E DYE

* Miss Malarkey Doesn't Live in Room 10- Fincher- E FIN

* Miss Malarkey Leaves No Reader Behind- Fincher- E FIN

* Rabbit and Turtle Go to School- Floyd- 398.2 FLO- located in Fairy Tale section-Fables- Tortoise & Hare

*  El regreso a clases de Roberta- Francia- E FRA

* Can I Bring My Pterodactyl to School, Miss Johnson? Grambling- E GRA

* Miss Daisy is Crazy! Gutman- FIC GUT

* Chrysanthemum- Henkes- 2 copies- E HEN

* Cristanemo- Henkes- 2 copies - E HEN and 1 videorecording (VHS)

*   Spot Goes to School(2 copies) – Hill – E HIL

*   Spot Goes to School – Hill – E HIL- videorecording- VHS

* Spot va a la escuela-(paperback) Hill- E HIL

* Starting School- Hurwitz- FIC HUR

* A One-Room School- Kalman- 370.19 KAL

Amy's Award*  Leo the Late Bloomer- Kraus- E KRA

Amy's Award* Leo, el retoño tardío- Kraus- E KRA

* Lionel at School- Krensky- E KRE

* My Creature Teacher- Leuck- E LEU (Halloween-themed book)

*   Geese Find the Missing Pieces:  School Time Riddles – Maestro – 818 MAE

* From Anne to Zach - M.J.Martin- E MAR (alphabet book about names)

* Once Upon an Ordinary School Day- McNaughton- E MCN

* Chalkroom Chuckles: A Book of Classroom Jokes- Moore- 818 MOO

* If You Take a Mouse to School- Numeroff- E NUM

* Si llevas un ratón a la escuela- Numeroff- E NUM

* Schools- National Geographic Society videorecording (VHS)

* Junie B. en primer grado (¡por fin!) Park- SP PB E PAR- Spanish chapter book section

* Mr. Lincoln's Way- Polacco- E POL

* Thank You, Mr. Falker- Polacco- E POL

* Gracias, Sr. Falker- Polacco- E POL

* The Best School Year Ever- Robinson- FIC ROB

* Blue Goes to School- Santomero- E SAN

* Blue va a la escuela - Santomero- E SAN

* Richard Scarry's Great Big Schoolhouse- Scarry- E SCA

*  A Lizard Meets Ivana the Terrible – Scoth – FIC SCO

* Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! Seuss- E SEU

* David Goes to School- Shannon- E SHA

* David va al colegio- Shannon -E SHA

* One Happy Classroom- Simon- E SIM

* My School's A Zoo- Smith- E SMI

* Elizabeti's School- Stuve-Bodeen- E STU

* The School Nurse from the Black Lagoon- Thaler- E THA

* The Music Teacher from the Black Lagoon- Thaler- E THA

* La bibliotecaria del pantano negro - Thaler- E THA

* Yoko- Wells- E WEL (English)

* Yoko- Wells- E WEL (Spanish)

* Listos para leer- Wells- 372.41 WEL

 *  Eduardo y el primer dia de colegio- Wells- E WEL (paperback)

*  McDuff at School- Wells- E WEL

* My Teacher for President- Winters- E WIN

* Morris Goes to School - Wiseman-E  WIS

* How Do Dinosaurs Go to School? Yolen- E YOL

Back to 'School' ChartBooks About Different Grade Levels

Back to Grade LevelsPreschool

* Don't Go! Zalben- E ZAL

Back to Grade LevelsKindergarten

* Look Out, Kindergarten, Here I Come! Carlson- E CAR

* Ms. Bitsy Bat's Kindergarten- Edwards- E EDW

* Kindergarten Countdown- Hays- E HAY

* Jessica- Henkes- E HEN (imaginary friend and then real friend in kindergarten)

* When You Go to Kindergarten- Howe- 372.21 HOW

* Countdown to Kindergarten- McGhee- E MCG

*   Junie B. Jones tiene un “pío pío” en el bolsillo – E PAR  (K-3)

*   Junie B. Jones tiene un “pío pío” en el bolsillo(PB) – FIC PAR

* The Kissing Hand- Penner- E PEN

* The Kissing Hand- Penner- audiocassette/book KIT

* Tiptoe into Kindergarten- Rogers- E ROG

* Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten- Slate- E SLA

* One Happy Classroom- Simon- E SIM

Back to Grade LevelsFirst Grade

* Starring First Grade- Cohen- E COH

* First Graders from Mars: Episode I - Horus' Horrible Day- Corey- E COR

* Junie B. en primer grado (¡por fin!) Park- SP PB E PAR- Spanish chapter book section

* Little Cliff's First Day of School- Taulbert- E TAU

The Night Before First Grade - Wing

Back to Grade LevelsSecond Grade

* Pa Lia's First Day- Edwards- FIC EDW

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

Back to Grade LevelsThird Grade

* I Was a Third Grade Bodyguard- Auch- FIC AUC

* I Was a Third Grade Spy- Auch- FIC AUC

* I Was a Third Grade Science Project- Auch- FIC AUC

* Good Luck, Mrs. K! Borden- E BOR (teacher has cancer)

* Third Grade Pet- Cox- FIC COX

* First Day in Grapes- Pérez- E PER - migrant worker family

*   Lizard Meets Ivan the Terrible – Scott – FIC SCO (Gr. 2-4)

* Welcome to Third Grade, Gus! Williams- E WIL

Back to Grade LevelsFourth Grade

* Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing- Blume- E BLU

* It's Fine to Be 9- Blume- SC ITS

* Amber Brown Goes Fourth- Danziger- FIC DAN

* Fourth Grade Wierdo-Freeman-  FIC FRE

Back to Grade LevelsFifth Grade

* Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade- (2 copies) DeClements- FIC DEC

* Jack on the Tracks: Four Seasons of Fifth Grade- Gantos- FIC GAN

Back to 'School' ChartSchool Workers

* We Need Custodians- Bauld- 372.16 BAU

* We Need Librarians- Bauld- 072.8 BAU

* We Need Principals- Bauld- 371.2 BAU

* School Principals- Boraas- 371.2 BOR

* A Day in the Life of a Coach- Bowman-Kruhm- 796.07 BOW

* Learning is Fun with Mrs. Perez- Flanagan- 370.117 FLA

* A Day in the Life of a Teacher- Hayward- 372.11 HAY

* Quiero ser maestro- Liebman- 371.1 LIE

* Maestro- Miller- 371.1 MIL

* School Bus Drivers- Ready- 371.8 REA

* Choferes de autobuses escolares- Ready- 371.8 REA

Back to 'School' ChartProfessional Section-  Teacher Resources

* The Art of Teaching Writing- Calkins-  PRO 808 CAL

* Literacy Work Stations- Diller- PRO 372.6 DIL

* Quantum Teaching: Orchestrating Student Success- DePorter - PRO

* Teaching with Love and Logic: Taking Control of the Classroom- Jim Fay- PRO 371.5 FAY

* Writer's Workshop- Fletcher - PRO FLE

* Teaching the Youngest Writers: A Practical Guide- Freeman- PRO FRE

* ESL/EFL Teaching -Freeman and Freeman- PRO FRE

*  Kingore Observation Inventory: 2nd Edition- Kingore- PRO KIN

* Assessment: Time-Saving Procedures for Busy Teachers- Kingore- PRO KIN

* Using Models to Teach Expository Writing- McElveen and Dierking- PRO 372.62 MCE

* Framework for Understanding Poverty- Payne- PRO PAY

* Understanding Learning: How, Why What- Payne- PRO PAY

* Are They Thinking? Rasmussen- PRO RAS

* Teaching Tall Tales- Scholastic- PRO 051 SCH

* Teaching Young Gifted Children in the Regular Classroom- Ages 4-9- Smutny- PRO 371.95 SMU

* Books, Lessons, and Ideas for Teaching the Six Traits- Spandel- PRO SPA

* 101 Ways to Make Your Classroom Special- Sutton- PRO SUT

* Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom - Winebrenner- PRO 371.95 WIN

* The First Days of School- Wong- PRO WON

* Literacy Strategies Across the Subject Areas- Wood- PRO WOO

Back to 'School' ChartBooks for the Substitute

* Miss Nelson is Missing! Allard- E ALL

* Miss Nelson is Missing! Allard- audiocassette/book KIT

* Miss Nelson is Back! Allard- audiocassette/book KIT

* La senorita Nelson ha desaparecido! Allard- E ALL

* Miss Malarkey Won't Be in Today-(2 copies)  Fincher- E FIN

                                     Seasons/Months    Fall Books

*  Clifford's Autumn - Bridwell- E BRI

* Calabazas- Farmer- 635 FAR

*  How Do You Know It's Fall? (K-1) 508 FOW

*  It's Fall!  E  GLA

*  Fall Leaves Fall!  Hall E HAL

*  Tiempo de calabazas!  E  HAL

*  Autumn/Otono- Macken- 508.2 MAC

*  A to Z of Autumn- Maurer- 428.1 MAU

*  When Autumn Falls - Nidey- E NID

*  Lucky Leaf - O'Malley - E  OMA

*  When Autumn Falls - Nidey- E NID

* Autumn Leaves - Robbins- E ROB

*  Crafts to Make for Fall - 745.5  ROS

*  Autumn - 793.73  SCH

*  Otono  - Whitehouse - 508.2 WHI

                                     Seasons/Months    September

                          Back to September   Labor Day

*   Labor Day – Bredeson – 394.2 BRE

                                 Back to SeptemberRamadan

*   Ramadan – Ghazi – 297 GHA (Gr. K-3)

Celebrating Ramadan Eid Al Fitr- Helligman

*   Celebrating Ramadan - Hoyt-Goldsmith – 297.3 HOY (Gr. 3-6)

My First Ramadan- Katz

*   Ramadan and Id al-Fitr – MacMillan – 297 MAC (Gr. 3-6)

*   Ramadan – Marx – 297.2 MAR (Gr.1-2)

Magid Fasts for Ramadan- Matthews

*   Ramadan – Schlessinger – videorecording - VHS (Intermediate Grades)

*   What Do We Know about Islam? – Shakrukh – 297 SHA (Gr. 4-7)

Ramadan Islamic Holy Month- Sievert

Fasting and Dates- Zucker

                                    Back to SeptemberHispanic American Heritage Month

*  Gathering the Sun:  An Alphabet in Spanish and English- Ada- 861 ADA

* Ser vecinos - Ajmera & Ivanko- 307.3 AJM

*  Amelia's Road- Altman- E ALT

* El Camino de Amelia- Altman- E ALT

*  Fiesta USA- Ancona- 920 ANC

*  The Pinata Maker - Ancona -745.594 ANC

*  The Pot That Juan Built - Andrews-Goebel -738 AND

Magda's Tortillas- Chavarria-Chairez

*  Domitila:  A Cinderella Tale from the Mexican Tradition - J. Reinhart Coburn- 398.209 COB

* Salsa - Colon-Villa- E COL

* M is for Mexico- Flor de Maria Cordero- 972 COR

* Where Fireflies Dance: Ahi, donde bailan las luciérnagas- Corpi- FIC COR- located w/ E COR

* Quinito's Neighborhood/El Vecindario de Quinito- Cumpiano - E CUM

*  Salsa Stories - Delacre - FIC DEL

*  Adelita:  A Mexican Cinderella Story - de Paola -398.209 DEP

*  Abuela (2)- Dorros- E DOR

*  Abuela- Dorros- videorecording- VHS

  *  Dia de mercado- Ehlert- E EHL (K-1)

*  Market Day- Ehlert- E EHL

*  Cuckoo=Cucu- Ehlert -398.2 EHL

*  Pinata!  Emberley - E EMB

*  Speak English for Us, Marisol!  English- E ENG

* Noelle the Bulldog- Estefan- E EST

*  Mexico - Ganeri - 745.5 GAN

*  Saturday Market - Grossman - E GRO

*  Watch Out for Clever Women!  Cuidado con las mujeres astutas! - Hayes -398.2 HAY

*  Juan Verdades: The Man Who Couldn't Tell a Lie- Hayes- 398.2 HAY

* The Upside Down Boy: El Niño de cabeza- Herrera- B HER

*  Las Posadas: A Hispanic Celebration - Hoyt-Goldsmith- 394.266 HOY

*  The Tale of Rabbit and Coyote - Johnston -398.208 JOH

My Mexico/México Mío- Johnston

*  Mexico, The Land - Kalman - 972 KAL

*  Mexico, The Culture - Kalman  - 306.08 KAL

*  Aunt Elaine Does the Dance from Spain - Komaiko- E KOM (paperback)

* How My Family Lives in America - Kuklin- 305.8 KUK

*  Pepita Talks Twice- Pepita habla dos veces- Lachtman- E LAC

*  Family Pictures = Cuadros de Familia - Garza - 306.85 LOM

*  In My Family = En mi familia - Garza - 306.85 LOM

* The Harvest Birds:  Los pajaros de la cosecha - Lopez de Mariscal -398.2 LOP

*  Mexican Independence Day and Cinco de Mayo - MacMillan - 394.2 MAC

*  Coming to America:  The Mexican-American Experience - E. Coonrod Martinez - 973 MAR

*  Alphabet Fiesta: An English/Spanish Alphabet Story - Miranda- E MIR

*  Manana, Iguana - A. Whitford Paul - E PAU

* I Am Latino: The Beauty in Me- Pinkney- E PIN

*  Uncle Nacho's Hat:  El Sombrero del Tio Nacho - Rohmer - 398.2 ROH

*  Mama Provi and the Pot of Rice- Rosa-Casanova- E ROS

*  Mexican-American Heritage - Schlessinger video- VHS

*  Central American Heritage- Schlessinger video- VHS (2 copies)

*  Tomando Partido- Soto- FIC SOT

*  Too Many Tamales-  Soto- E SOT (hardback) and E SOT(paperback)

* ¡Que montón de tamales! Soto- E SOT

*  Hispanic Holidays - Winchester - 394.2 WIN

                                                     Back to SeptemberHispanic American Biographies

*  Hispanic American Biography -(2)  Nagel- 920 HIS

*  Beisbol!  Pioneros y leyendas del Beisbol Latino- Winter- 920 WIN

                                       Hisp.Amer. Bio.  Christina Aguilera  

  *  Christina Aguilera (Ecuadorian)– Talmadge – B AGU

                                        Hisp.Amer. Bio.  Judy Baca

*  Judy Baca (Spanish)- Olmstead- B BAC

                                       Hisp.Amer. Bio.  Joan Baez

*  Joan Baez:  Folksinger for Peace – Romero – B BAE

                                        Hisp.Amer. Bio.  Cesar Chavez                         

*  Cesar Chavez (Spanish) – Brown -  B CHA

*  First Worker’s Friend:  The Story of Cesar Chavez – Collins – B CHA

*  Harvesting Hope:  The Story of Cesar Chavez – Krull – B CHA

           *  Cesar Chavez:  Fighter in the Fields – Mathews – B CHA

*  Cesar Chavez – Schaefer – B CAH

*  Cesar Chavez:  A Champion of Workers – Schumacher – 331-99 SCH

*  Cesar Chavez:  Leader of Migrant Farm Workers – Shea – B CHA

*  Learning about Justice from the Life of Cesar Chavez – Strazzabosco – B CHA

                                        Hisp.Amer. Bio.  Henry Cisneros

*  Henry Cisneros – Martinez – B CIS

*  Henry Cisneros:  A Man of the People – Romero – B CIS

                                        Hisp.Amer. Bio.  Roberto Clemente

*  Roberto Clemente:  Baseball Hero – Macht – B CLE

*  Roberto Clemente (Spanish)- Olmstead- B CLE

                                       Hisp.Amer. Bio.   Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

*  Francisco Vasquez de Coronado – Hurwicz – B COR

*  Francisco Coronado – Nardo – B COR

                                        Hisp.Amer. Bio.  Celia Cruz    

* Me Llamo Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz=My Name is Celia: La vida de Celia Cruz- Brown- B CRU

*  Azucar!  (Celia Cruz Biography)- Da Coll- B CRU

                                        Hisp.Amer. Bio.  Jamie Escalante

*  Jamie Escalante:  Inspiring Educator – Romero – B ESC

                                        Hisp.Amer. Bio.  Gloria Estefan

*  Learning about Determination from the Life of Gloria Estefan – Strazzabosco – B EST

                                        Hisp.Amer. Bio.  Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

*Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla:  Father of Mexican Independence – DeVarona – B HID

                                        Hisp.Amer. Bio.  Frida Kahlo

*  Frida Kahlo: Painter of Strength- Johnston- E KAH

* Frida Kahlo- Venezia- B KAH

*  Frida- Winter- B KAH

                                                    Hisp.Amer. Bio.  George Lopez

                                                    Hisp.Amer. Bio.  Jennifer Lopez

*  Jennifer Lopez: Realizando los Sueno- T. Smith Weber- B LOP

                                        Hisp.Amer. Bio.  Luis Munoz Marin

*  Luis Munoz Marin – George – B MUN

                                        Hisp.Amer. Bio.  Ellen Ochoa

*  Ellen Ochoa- Iverson- B OCH

*  Ellen Ochoa:  pioneering astronaut – Johnston – B OCH

*  Ellen Ochoa (Spanish)- Olmstead- B OCH

*  Ellen Ochoa:  The First Hispanic Woman Astronaut – Romero – B OCH

                                        Hisp.Amer. Bio.  Edward James Olmos

*  Edward James Olmos – Martinez – B OLM

                                        Hisp.Amer. Bio.  Diego Rivera

*  Diego Rivera:  Artist and Muralist- Schoeneberger- B RIV

*  Diego Rivera – Venezia – B RIV

* Diego- Winter- B RIV

                                        Hisp.Amer. Bio.    Alex Rodriguez

*  Jonron! - Rodriguez- E ROD

*  Out of the Ballpark- Rodriguez- E ROD

*  Alex Rodriguez: Gunning for Greatness- Stewart- E ROD

                                        Hisp.Amer. Bio.  Selena (Perez)

*  Selena – Marvis – B SEL

*  Selena Perez:  Queen of Tejano Music – Romero – B SEL

                                        Hisp.Amer. Bio.  Shakira

*  Shakira- Rivera- B SHA (Cuban)

                                        Hisp.Amer. Bio. Gary Soto

                                            Back to Sept.   Constitution Day - Sept. 17, 2007

*  The U.S. Constitution- Allen- 342.7302 ALL

*  The Bill of Rights -Burgan- 342.73 BUR

* We the Kids: The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States- Catrow- 342.73 WE

*  Shh! We're Writing the Constitution - Fritz- 342.73 SHH

*  Shh! We're Writing the Constitution- Fritz- videorecording (VHS)

*  U.S. Bill of Rights and Constitutional Amendments- Goldhil Video- videorecording (VHS)

*  U.S. Constitution - Goldhil Video- videorecording (VHS)

*  A More Perfect Union: The Story of Our Constitution- Maestro -342.73 MAE

*  The Constitution- Prolman- 342.73 PRO

*  The Constitution- Quiri- 973.3 QUI

*  U.S. Constitution- Schlessinger videorecording (VHS)

                                             Seasons/Months     October

*  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

                                     Back to October       Columbus Day

*  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

*  Columbus Day - Gardeski- 394.2 GAR

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

* Columbus Day- Liestman- 970.01 LIE

*  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 - 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

*  Blue-Ribbon Henry – Calhoun – E CAL

*  Country Fair- Cooper- E COO

*  Maisy at the Fair – Cousins – E COU

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

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

                                           Back to October      Red Ribbon Week

*  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

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

*  My Lungs- Furgang- 612.2 FUR

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

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

*  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)

*  Marijuana Drug Danger- Somdahl- 362.29 CHI

* I'm a Pig- Weeks- E WEE (self-esteem)

                                        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 October      Halloween

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

*  U.S.A.- Berg- 394.269 BER (includes Halloween)

*  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

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

* Halloween Hotel - E  DIV

*  Room on the Broom - Donaldson- E  DON

*  Halloween - Flanagan- 394.264  FLA

*  Pumpkin Eye -Fleming- E  FLE

*  Halloween - Fradin- 394.2 FRE

*  Halloween - Gibbons- 394.2  GIB

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

*  Tiempo de calabazos!  (It's Pumpkin Time!) 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

*  Bunnicula Strikes Again!  Howe -FIC HOW - in Scary Book Fiction Section

*  Very Scary - Johnston- E  JOH

*  Froggy's Halloween - London- E  LON

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

*  Halloween - Marx- 394.2  MAR

*  A Beasty Story - Martin Jr. and Kellogg- E  MAR

*  Los Gatos Black on Halloween- Montes- E MON

*  The Big Sky - Mora- 811.54 MOR

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

*  Halloween Hotel Haunt- McCann- E MCC

*  Pumpkin Heads!  Minor- E  MIN

*  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

*  Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark - Schwartz- 398.2  SCH - Scary Book Fiction Section

*  More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark - Schwartz- 398.2 SCH - Scary Book Fiction section

* Costumes- Schaefer- 508 SCH

*  Masks- Schaefer- 391.4 SCH

*  Jack-O-Lanterns -Schaefer- 745.594  SCH

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

*  Plumply, Dumply Pumpkin - Serfozo- E  SER

* One Halloween Night -Teague- E TEA

*  Halloween People - Wells- E WEL

*  The Halloween Parade - Wells -E WEL

*  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 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

                                                 Day of the Dead

*  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 Día de los Muertos- Levy- E LEV

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

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

                                     Seasons/Months    November

*  Election Day – Murphy – E MUR (K-3)

*  In November – Rylant – E RYL

* Election Day – Schlessinger – 324.973 (K-4) VR

    Seasons/Months   Veteran’s Day

*  Veteran’s Day – Cotton – 394.264 COT (K-1)

*  I Am Patriotic – Schuette – 323.6 SCH (K-1)

                    *  Memorial Day, Veteran’s Day –Schlessinger – 394.26 MEM

Website for Veterans’ Day, About the Flag, and Memorial Day:

http://www.va.gov/kids/k-5/index:

Seasons/Months    Chanukah (end of Nov.  to end of Dec.)

*  Chanukah in Chelm – Atler – E ATL

*  Chanukah Lights Everywhere – Rosen – E ROS

                                      Seasons/Months    Thanksgiving