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Short Story Fiction

Week 1

Unit 1- Short Story Introduction

COL-listed short stories:

Shadows and Moonshine: Stories- Aiken/Johnson

A Good Story: A Collection of Short Short Stories- Foster

Adventures in the Grove: A Collection of Children's Short Stories- Gillam

Marcy and Her Friends - Lankowitz

Animal Tales: A Collection of Short Stories- Leach

Tripping Over the Lunch Lady and Other School Stories- Mercado

Short Stories for Children- Singer

*  Each Living Thing- Rylant- E RYL

* my suggestions: (see short story selections on display)

* A Necklace of Raindrops and Other Stories- Aiken - SC AIK

* Math Rashes and Other Classroom Tales- Evans - SC EVA

* It's Fine to Be Nine- SC ITS

* The Spotted Pony: A Collection of Hanukkah Stories- Kimmel- SC KIM

* Frog and Toad series- Lobel- E LOB

* Sapo y sepo series- Lobel- E LOB

* Mouse Soup/Mouse Tales series- Lobel- E LOB

* Uncle Elephant- Lobel- E LOB

* Búho en casa- Lobel- E LOB

* Sopa de Ratón (paperback)- Lobel- E LOB

* The Story Tree: Tales to Read Aloud- Lupton- 398.2 LUP

* Great Children's Stories: The Classic Volland Edition- SC RIC

* Poppleton series- Rylant- E RYL

* Henry and Mudge series- Rylant- E RYL

* High-Rise Private Eyes mystery series- Rylant- E RYL

* Mr. Putter and Tabby series- Rylant - E RYL

* Thimbleberry Stories- Rylant- E RYL

* Say Good Night to Illiteracy: 7th edition- SC SAY

* A Forest of Stories: Magical Tree Tales from Around the World- Singh- 398.24 SIN

Lesson 2 - characteristics of short stories

Lesson 3- four major components of short stories/picture books

Lesson 4- using a plot map

Lesson 5- Let's Talk About Picture Books

Chester the Worldly Pig- Peet

alternate suggestion: * Cock-A-Doodle Dudley- Peet- E PEE

Week 2

Lesson 6 -structure of a picture book

Chester the Worldly Pig- Peet

* Cock-A-Doodle Dudley- Peet- E PEE

Lesson 7- characteristics of picture books -Part I

* Chester's Way- Henkes- E HEN

Lesson 8- characteristics of picture books- Part II

* Jessica- Henkes- E HEN

Lesson 9- presentation of a story: point-of-view (1st/3rd person)

* Earrings! Viorst- E VIO

Lesson 10- illustrations partnered with text

* The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash - Kellogg- E KEL

* The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash- Kellogg- DVD- located w/ 4th grade UBD books

Week 3

Lesson 11- characterization

* Thundercake- Polacco- E POL and VHS- located w/ 4th grade UBD books

Lesson 12- looking at plot: conflict

NOTE: All of the conflict books for Lessons 13-16 are already separated under the

magazine racks by type of conflict

* The Lorax- Seuss- E SEU

* El Lorax- Seuss- E SEU

Lesson 13- looking at conflict: character vs. self

* The Lorax- Seuss- E SEU

* El Lorax- Seuss- E SEU

other suggestions:

* The Little Rabbit Who Wanted Red Wings - Bailey- E BAI

Darkness and the Butterfly- Grifalconi

* Wemberley Worried- Henkes- E HEN

* Prudencia se preocupa- Henkes- E HEN

* Sheila Rae, the Brave- Henkes- E HEN

The Dog Who Cried Wolf- Kasza

* Goggles! Keats- E KEA

* Listen, Buddy! Lester- E LES

* There's An Alligator Under My Bed- Mayer- E MAY

* There's a Nightmare in My Closet (2 copies)- Mayer- E MAY

Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine- Ness

* Thundercake- Polacco- E POL

* Thundercake- Polacco (videorecording)- VHS

* Ira Sleeps Over- Waber- E WAB

* Ira Sleeps Over- Waber- audiocassette/book KIT

* Quique duerme fuera de casa- Waber- E WAB

* Shy Charles- Wells- E WEL

The Parrot Tico Tango- Witte

* El loro Tico Tango- (paperback)- Witte- E WIT

* Elbert's Bad Word- Wood- E WOO

* Hey, Al- Yorinks- E YOR

Lesson 14- conflict: character vs. character

* The Ugly Duckling- Anderson- located w/ 4th gr. UBD books

other suggestions:

Fiona's Lunch- Bateman

* Willy el timido- Browne- E BRO

* How to Lose All Your Friends-  Carlson- E CAR

* Oliver Button is a Sissy- DePaola- E DEP

* Oliver Button es una nena- DePaola- E DEP

* Mean Soup- Everitt- E EVE

* Harriet, You'll Drive Me Wild! Fox- E FOX

Rumpelstiltskin- Brothers Grimm

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs- Brothers Grimm

* Weekend with Wendell- Henkes- E HEN

A Bargain for Frances- Hoban

* Amazing Grace- Hoffman- E HOF

* La asombrosa Graciela- Hoffman- E HOF

* Un león en la biblioteca- Knudsen - E KNU

Harriet and the Promised Land- Lawrence

*  Hooway for Wodney Wat- Lester- E LES

* Me First! Lester- E LES

It's Mine! Lionni

* Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon- Lovell- E LOV

* The Hundred Penny Box- Mathis- FIC MAT

* The Wartville Wizard- Mattern- E MAT

* Enemy Pie- Munson- E MUN

* Pastel para enemigos- Munson- E MUN

* El pez arco iris y la cueva de los monstruos- Pfister- E PFI

* The Tale of Peter Rabbit- Potter- E POT

The Basket Moon- Ray

* The Butter Battle Book- Seuss- E SEU

* "The Zax" story - located in The Sneetches- Seuss- E SEU

Angel Child, Dragon Child- Surat

* The Sweetest Fig- van Allsburg- E VAN

* El higo mas dulce- van Allsburg- E VAN

Lesson 15- conflict: character vs. nature

* The Great Kapok Tree- Cherry- E CHE

* El gran capoquero- Cherry- E CHE

other suggestions:

High as a Hawk- Barron

* Twister- Beard- E BEA

Coyote Cry- Byrd

* The Great Kapok Tree- Cherry- E CHE

* El gran capoquero- Cherry- E CHE

* The Legend of the Bluebonnet- DePaola- 398.2 DEP and videorecording (VHS)

* La leyenda la flor el conejo- (paperback)- DePaola- E DEP

* The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush- DePaola- 398.2 DEP

Ming Lo Loves the Mountain- Lobel

Stella and the Berry Thief- Mason

 * The Wartville Wizard- Mattern- E MAT

The Last Dinosaur- Murphy

* The Wump World- Peet- E PEE

* The Wump World - Peet- audiocassette/book KIT

* Milo and the Mysterious Island- Pfister- E PFI

* Milo y la ilsa mysteriosa- Pfister- E PFI

Peggony Po: A Whale of a Tale- Pinkney

* The Lorax- Seuss- E SEU

* El Lorax-(2 copies) Seuss- E SEU

* The Giving Tree- Silverstein- E SIL

* El arbol generoso- Silverstein- E SIL

Papi's Gift- Stanton

* Brave Irene- Steig- E STE

* Irene, la valiente- Steig- E STE

* Just a Dream- van Allsburg- E VAN

* Abbie Against the Storm (2 copies)- Vaughan- E VAU

Week 4

Lesson 16- conflict: character vs. society

* Old Henry- Blos- E BLO

 other suggestions:

* Old Henry- Blos- E BLO

* The Little House- Burton- E BUR

* The Little House- Burton- audiocassette/book KIT

* La casita- Burton- E BUR

* Teammates- Golenbock- 920 GOL

* Companeros de equipo- Golenbock- 920 GOL

* Tight Times- B.S.Hazen- E HAZ

Chachaji's Cup- Krishnaswami

The Story of Ferdinand- Leaf

* El cuento de Ferdinando- Leaf- audiocassette/book KIT

* Baseball Saved Us- Mochizuki- E MOC

* El béisbol nos salvó- Mochizuki- E MOC

* Wings- Myers- E MYE

Have a Good Day Cafe- Park

* The Big Orange Splot- Pinkwater- E PIN

The Island of the Skog- Steig

* The Widow's Broom- van Allsburg- E VAN

* La escoba de la viuda- (2 copies) -van Allsburg E VAN

* The Biggest Bear- Ward- audiocassette/book KIT

Lesson 17- identifying events that form rising action

Ming Lo Loves the Mountain- Lobel

Lesson 18- climax

* The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig- Trivizas- 398.2 TRI

Lesson 19- falling action

Lesson 20- resolution: ending the story

Week 5

Lesson 21- story setting

Lesson 22- putting it all together: plot map

* Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel- Burton -E BUR

* Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel- Burton - listening center KIT

* Mike Mulligan y su máquina maravillosa- Burton- E BUR

Lesson 23- understanding narrative arc/theme

* Aunt Isabel Tells a Good One- Duke- E DUK

Lesson 24- Looking at the Text

Lesson 25- features of a picture book cover

                            Back to Lang. Arts UBD Writing Lessons

Week 1

Lesson 1- picture book structure

Lesson 2- generating ideas for a short story

Lesson 3- What kind of picture book?

Lesson 4- build the story around a character

Lesson 5- make the character real

Week 2

Lesson 6- thinking about plot

Lesson 7- What is the problem?

* Eve Bunting books- E BUN- these are already separated on the magazine racks

Lesson 8- focus on verbs

Lesson 9- think about setting

 Lesson 10- think about theme

Week 3

Lesson 11- storyboarding

Lesson 12- setting up a storyboard

Lesson 13-15- working the storyboard Pts. I-III

Week 4

Lesson 16- revising the story: looking at characterization

Lesson 17- revision: character

Lesson 18- revision: examine point-of-view

Lesson 19- revision: eliminating unnecessary text

Lesson 20- filling in gaps/elaboration

Week 5

Lesson 21- choosing specific words

Lesson 22- imagery

Lesson 23- theme

Lesson 24- putting it together: publishing tips

Lesson 25- designing the cover

General COL Language Arts

*  Beautiful Blackbird - Bryan- 398.2 BRY

* The Little House- Burton- E BUR

*  The Little House- Burton- audiocassette/book KIT

*  La casita- Burton- E BUR

*  Hairy, Scary, Ordinary- Cleary- 428.2 CLE

*  To Root, To Toot, To Parachute- Cleary- 428.2 CLE

Duck for President- Cronin

Pato para presidente- Cronin

*  Apples- Gibbons- 634 GIB

*  The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses- Gobel- E GOB

*  Many Luscious Lollipops- Heller- 428.1 HEL

*  Many Luscious Lollipops- Heller- videorecording VHS

Merry-Go-Round: A book About Nouns - Heller

*  Sheila Rae the Brave- Henkes- E HEN

*  Insectlopedia- Florian- 811 FLO

*  Abe Lincoln's Hat- Brenner- B LIN

*  Family Pictures/Cuadros de Familia- 306.85 LOM

*  All the Places to Love - MacLachlan - E  MAC

Flossie and the Fox- McKissack

*  Black Cat- Meyers- E MEY

*  The All-New Amelia- Moss- FIC MOS

*  Amelia Works It Out- Moss- FIC MOS

*  Tar Beach- Ringgold- E RIN

Mice and Beans- Ryan

* Arroz con frijoles ratones- Ryan- E RYA

*  The Giving Tree- Silverstein- E SIL

*  The Giving Tree- videorecording- VHS

El arbol generoso - Silverstein

*  Brave Potatoes- Speed- E SPE

*  The Mysterious Matter of I.M. Fine - Stanley - FIC STA

* Sylvester and the Magic Pebble- Steig - E STE

*  Silvestre y la piedrecita magica- Steig- E STE

Cornflakes: poems- Stevenson

*  Owl Moon- Yolen- E YOL

*  Encounter- Yolen- E YOL

Encuentro- Yolen

Peter Rabbit

*  The Tale of Peter Rabbit- E POT

*  Dear Peter Rabbit- Ada- E ADA

*  Querido Pedrin- Ada- E ADA (paperback)

*  The Tale of Peter Rabbit- Potter- E POT

*  The Tale of Peter Rabbit- Potter- audiocassette/book KIT

WORD STUDY

Final k sound: c, k, ke, ck, que

*  A Dark, Dark Tale- Brown- E BRO- located in the Spooky book section

*  Beautiful Blackbird - Bryan- 398.2 BRY

*  Duck and Goose- Hills- E HIL

*  Earthquake Terror- Kehret- FIC KEH

*  Black Cat- Myers- E MYE

*  Earthquake in the Early Morning -Osborne- FIC OSB

Action Words

*  To Root, To Toot, To Parachute- Cleary- 428.2 CLE

*  Swish!  Sampson & Martin Jr. -E MAR

*  Busy Penguins-(small board book)- Schindel- 598.47 SCH

*  Rimshots- Smith- 818 SMI

Describing words

*  Hairy, Scary, Ordinary:  What Is An Adjective?  Cleary- 428.2  CLE

*  Many Luscious Lollipops- Heller- 428.1 HEL

*  Many Luscious Lollipops- Heller- videorecording VHS

Nouns

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

A Mink, a Fink, as Skating Rink – Cleary

*  A Cache of Jewels and Other Collective Nouns – Heller – 428.1 HEL

*  Merry-Go-Round: A Book about Nouns –Heller -  428.1 HEL

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

Long A Sound

*  Ella Takes the Cake - D'Amico- E DAM

*  Sheila Rae the Brave- Henkes- E HEN

*  Spot Bakes a Cake- Hill- E HIL

*  Froggy Bakes a Cake- London- E LON

One Monday Morning- Shulevitz

Onomotopoeia

*  Chicka Chicka Boom Boom – Archambault – E ARC DVD

*  Chicka Chicka Boom Boom – Archambault – E ARC

Plink, Plink, Plink – Baylor

Marsh Music – Berkes

Bravo, Maurice! - Bond

The Country Noisy Book – Brown

The Korean Cinderella – Climo – 398.2 CLI

*  Vroomaloom Zoom- Coy- E COY

Cows in the Kitchen – Crebbin

*  Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type – Cronin – videorecording- DVD

*  Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type – Cronin – E CRO

*Giggle, Giggle, Quack – Cronin – E CRO

*  Roar!  The Noisy Counting Book- Edwards- E EDW

*  A Story About Ping- Flack- E FLA

Night Noises- Fox

Crash, Bang, Boom- Gibson

The Jazz Fly: Starring the Jazz Bugs - Gollub

The Porcelain Cat- Hearn

Good Night, Owl – Hutchins

*  Crocodile Beat – Jorgensen - E JOR

*  Listen to the Rain- Martin- E MAR

Quiet Farmer-  McGee

Mirandy and Brother Wind – McKissack

Peace at Last – Murphy

50 Below Zero- Munsch

Alphabeep- Pearson

* How Droofus the Dragon Lost His Head- Peet- E PEE

JoJo’s Flying Side Kick – Pinkney

Charlie Parker Played Be Bop! – Raschka

*  Clickety Clack – Spence – E SPE

Crash, Bang, Boom – Spier

Gobble, Browl, Grunt – Spier

Gobble, Gobble, Slip, Slop- Spier

*  Car Wash – Steen – E STE

Gerald McBoing Boing - Seuss

Rain Drop Splash- Tresselt

Shh, Listen Again – Victor

Little Dogs Say “Rough!” - Walton

Welcome to the Green House- Yolen

Plurals for Words Ending in O

*  Laughing Tomatoes and Other Spring Poems: Jitomates risuenos y otros poemas de primavera - Alarcon- 811.54 ALA

Blue Potatoes, Orange Tomatoes- Heller

*  Tomatoes- Landau- 635 LAN

*  Tornadoes- Simon- 551.55 SIM

*  Brave Potatoes- Speed- E SPE

Variety of Plurals

*  Mice Make Trouble- Bloom- E BLO

*  The Golly Sisters Go West- Byars- E BYA

*  First Graders from Mars- Corey- E COR

*  Merry-Go-Round: A Book About Nouns- Heller- 428.1 HEL

* Tumble Bunnies- Lasky- E LAS

*  Potatoes, Potatoes- Lobel- E LOB

*  Elk- Martin- 599.6 MAR

*  Five Silly Foxes- Moran- E MOR

*  Flying Feet- Stevenson- E STE

*  Cherry Pies and Lullabies- Reiser- E REI

Feathers: Poems About Bird- Spinelli

Cornflakes:  Poems- Stevenson

*  The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig- Triviza/Oxenbury- 398.24 TRI

Comparisons with -er and -est

Alphabeasts- Edwards

Much Bigger Than Martin- Kellogg

*  Bigger, Better, BEST! Murphy- 516 MUR

* The Cat's Quizzer: Are You Smarter Than the Cat in the Hat?  Seuss- E SEU

*  Is a Whale the Biggest Thing There Is? Wells- 530.8 WEL

Back to Top  Social Studies

Unit 6:  People Working in a Community

My First Job - Allen

I Love You, Mom - Arno

*  Pigs Go to Market:  Fun with Math and Shopping - Axelrod- E AXE

Coaches - Bagley

Bank Tellers  - Bagley

Cashiers - Bagley

*  We Need Librarians - Bauld - 027.809 BAU

*  Plumbers - Boraas - 696.023 BOR

*  School Principals - Boraas - 371.2 BOR

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

*  We Need Custodians - Bauld - 372.16 BAU

*  We Need Teachers - Bauld - 972.11 BAU

*  Firefighters - Bourgeois - E BOU

*  Postal Workers - Bourgeios - E BOU

* The Life of a Emergency Medical Technician - Bowman- Kruhm - 610.69 BOW

Pretend You're a Community Helper - Bryant-Mole

*  Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon!  Cummings- E CUM

*  Bakers - Deedrick - 641.8 DEE

Garbage Collectors - Deedrick - 628.402 DEE

Construction Workers - Deedrick

Here Come Our Firefighters - Demarest

*  City Green - DiSalvo-Ryan - E  DIS

I Like Computers:  What Can I Be?  Dubois

*  Manuela's Gift - Estes - E EST

Electricians - Firestone

Buying a Pet from Ms. Chavez - Flanagan

Mr. Yee Fixes Cars - Flanagan

Choosing Eyeglasses with Mrs. Koutris - Flanagan

Here Comes Mr. Eventoff With the Mail!  Flanagan

Letter Carriers - Flanagan

Mayors - Flanagan

Carpenters - Franchino

*  Leah's Pony - Friederich - E FRI

We Need Water - Frost

*  New Road!  Gibbons -625.7 GIB

Child Care Workers - Gibson

Emergency Medical Technicians - Gibson

Pharmacists - Gibson

*  My Dad's Job - Glassman- E GLA

*  My Working Mom - Glassman-  E GLA

*  Saturday Market - Grossman - E GRO

Grocers Sell Us Food - Greene

Police Officers Protect People - Greene

Librarians Help Us Find Information - Greene

Dental Hygenists - Hodgkins

* Let's Talk About Going to the Dentist - Johnston - 617.6 JOH

*  Let's Visit the Police Station - Johnston - 363.2 JOH

*  Community Helpers from A to Z - Kalman - 331.7 KAL

*  I Live On a Farm - Kehoe - 307.72 KEH

*  School Cafeteria Workers - Klingel - 642 KLI

School Bus Drivers - Klingel

School Principals - Klingel

School Secretaries - Klingel

School Media Specialists - Klingel

*  The Paperboy - Kroeger - E KRO

Supermarket: New York - Krull

*  Hola, Doctor - Marx - E MAR

Doctors Help People - Moses

*  Animals on the Farm - Morgan - 636 MOR

*  What Mommies Do Best/What Daddies Do Best - Numeroff- E NUM

*  Farm Animals - Perols - 636 FAR

*  Going to the Dentist - Frost - 617.6 FRO

*  Worksong- Paulsen- E PAU

The Ant and the Grasshopper - Poole

*  Farm Animals - video recording

My Dad Takes Care of Me - Quinlan

Chefs - Quiri

*  Nurses - Ready - 610.73 REA

*  School Bus Drivers - Ready - 371.8 REA

*  Doctors - Ready - 610.69 REA

*  Librarians - Ready - 023 REA

*  Police Officers - Ready - 363.209 REA

Dentists - Ready

Everybody Works - Rotner

*  What Do People Do All Day?  Scarry -331.7 SCA

If You Were a Police Officer - Schomp

Parents - Saunders-Smith

Wash Day - Simon

Home Tools - Snyder

*  Around Town - Soentpiet- 307.76 SOE

Growing Up on a Farm - Stone

Farm Animals - Stone

Kitchen - Tuxworth

*  Alexander Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday - Viorst - E VIO

Bunny Money - Wells

*  A Chair for My Mother - Williams - E WIL

What Moms Can't Do - Wood

What Dads Can't Do - Wood

Back to Top  Biographies

Paul Bunyan

 * Paul Bunyan- Blair- 398.2 BLA

*  Paul Bunyan -(Spanish) -Blair- 398.2 BLA

*  Paul Bunyan - Disney - 398.2 PAU

*  Paul Bunyan- Johnston- 398.2 JOH

*  Paul Bunyan, A Tall Tale- Kellogg -398.22 KEL

*  Paul Bunyan Swings His Axe- McCormick- 398.22 MCC

* American Tall Tales- Osborne- 398.22 OSB

*  Paul Bunyon [sic]- Enchanted Learning videorecording- VHS

Davy Crockett

*  A Picture Book of Davy Crockett- Adler- B CRO

*  Davy Crockett- Johnston- B CRO

* Davy Crockett, Hero of the Wild Frontier- Moseley- B CRO

Daniel Boone

*  The Legend of Daniel Boone- Blair- B BOO

*  La leyenda de Daniel Boone- Blair- B BOO

*  Daniel Boone- Johnston- B BOO

*  Bewildered for Three Days: As to Why Daniel Boone Never Wore His Coonskin Cap- Glass- E GLA

Jane Addams

*  Peace and Bread: The Story of Jane Addams -McPherson- B ADD

*  Jane Addams:  Pioneer Social Worker- Simon- B ADD

Christopher Columbus

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

*  Westward with Columbus- Dyson- 910.4 DYS

*  Columbus Day- Fraden- 970.01 FRA

*  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- B COL

*  Christopher Columbus- Larkin- B COL

*  Columbus Day- Liestman- 970.01 LIE

* Christopher Columbus- Nest Entertainment videorecording- VHS

*  Discovering Christopher Columbus:  How History is Invented- Pelta- 970.01 PEL

*  Christopher Columbus- Schaefer- B COL

*  Encounter- Yolen- E YOL

Encuentro- Yolen

Robinson Crusoe

William Clark

*  York’s Adventures with Lewis and Clark: African American’s past in the great expeditions -  Blumbert – B YOR

*  The Back of Beyond:  A Story about Lewis and Clark – Bowen – 917.804 BOW

*  Cooking on the Lewis and Clark Expedition – Gunderson – 641.597 GUN

*   Seaman: The Dog Who Explored the World with Lewis and Clark – Karwoski – FIC KAR

*  Lewis and Clark:  Explorers of the American West – Kroll – 917.804 KRO

*   The Journal of Augustus Pelletier: the Lewis and Clark Expedition – Lasky – FIC LAS

*   Lewis and Clark and Me:  A Dog’s Tale – Myers – FIC MYE

*  Lewis and Clark – National Geographic KIT -located in video area

*  The Lewis and Clark Expedition – Quiri – 917.804 QUI

*   Lewis and Clark – Santella – 917.804 SAN

*  How We Crossed the West:  The Adventures of Lewis and Clark – Schanzer – 917.804 SCH

*  The Captain's Dog:  My journey with Lewis and Clark’s Tribe- Smith – FIC SMI

Louis Daguerre (pronounced Dagair)

Henry Ford

*  We’ll Race You, Henry: a story about Henry Ford – Mitchell – B FOR

*  Henry Ford – Schaefer – B FOR

Helen Keller

*  A Picture Book of Helen Keller- Adler- B ADL

*  Helen Keller- Dolan- B KEL

*  Helen Keller: Toward the Light- Graff- B KEL

*  Child of the Silent Night- Hunter- B KEL

* Sisters in Strength: American Women Who Made a Difference- McDonough- 920 MCD

*  Helen Keller- Nest Entertainment videorecording - VHS

Pecos Bill

*  Pecos Bill- Blair - 398.2 BLA

* Pecos Bill- Blair- (2 copies)-398.2 BLA (Spanish)

* Pecos Bill- Kellogg- 398.22 KEL

Harriet Tubman

*  A Picture Book of Harriet Tubman – Adler – B TUB  

*  Go Free or Die – Ferris – B TUB

*  Harriet Tubman – a photo-illustrated biography – McLoone – B TUB

*  Learning about Bravery from the Life of Harriet Tubman – Mosher – B TUB

*  Harriet Tubman – Rustad – B TUB

*  Minty:  A Story of Young Harriet Tubman – Schroeder – B TUB

*  TFK:  Harriet Tubman:  A Woman of Courage – Skelton – B TUB

*  Harriet Tubman – Nest Entertainment – video recording

*  Brittany Meets Harriet Tubman -  Wildflower Products videorecording (VHS)

Back to Top  Science

VI. Matter and Energy

Matter

*  AIMS February 2005- Gr. 4- "states of matter"-periodical

* States of Matter: A Question and Answer Book - Bayrock- 530 BAY

* Stella Brite and the Dark Matter Mystery- Latta- FIC LAT

*  Matter and Materials -Mellett - REF 507 MEL

*  Cool Chemistry:  Great Experiments with Simple Stuff- Moje- 540 MOJ

* Physics Matters! Grolier- REF 530 PHY

*  Solids, Liquids, and Gases - Osborne-530.407  OSB

*  Solid, Liquid, or Gas? Robinson - 530.4 ROB (K-3)

* Sólidos, liquidos y gases- Royston- 530.4 ROY

*  All About Properties of Matter- Schlessinger videorecording- VHS

*  All About Solids, Liquids, and Gases - Schlessinger videorecording- VHS

*  Solids, Liquids, Gases -Simon- 530.4 SIM

*  The Oxford Children's Book of Science- Taylor- 503 TAY

*  Experiments with Solids, Liquids, and Gases -Tocci - 507  TOC

* Matter- Webster- 530 WEB

*  What is the World Made Of? All About Solids, Liquids, and Gases-   Zoehfeld -530.4  ZOE

* Bill Nye: Powerful Forces: All Pumped Up- Disney videorecording (VHS)

* Temperature- Frisch- 536 FRI

* Sun Up, Sun Down- Gibbons- 523.7 GIB

* Full of Energy- Hewitt- 531 HEW

* What if we Run Out of Fossil Fuels? Miller- 333.8 MIL

* Energy and Movement- Oxlade- 531.6 OXL

* Forces and Motion- Pinna- 531 PIN

* Forces- Schlessinger videorecording (DVD) (Gr. 5-8)

* Scholastic's The Magic School Bus Getting Energized- videorecording (VHS)

* The Sun- Simon- 527.3 SIM

* Energy- Woodruff- 531 WOO

* Forces and Movement- Riley- 531 RIL

* Forces and Motion- Royston- 531 ROY

* La temperatura: caliente y frío- Stille- 536 STI (K-3)