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American Revolution (DK Eyewitness Books)
American Revolution (DK Eyewitness Books)
Author: Stuart Murray
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
 2
Review Date: 3/31/2007


Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Books - full color illustrations and photographs with informative captions throughout the book. Middle school reading level.


Carl's Christmas
Carl's Christmas
Author: Alexandra Day
Book Type: Board book
  • Currently 4.6/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 5/6/2007


Wordless board book edition adapted for preschoolers from the picture book.


Caves
Caves
Author: Jenny Wood
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
 2
Review Date: 3/31/2007


Reading Level - 4th grade. A 32-page nonfiction book on caves includes full color illustrations, glossary, index, test-yourself quiz. Five pages devoted to Lascaux.


Dragonball Z Extreme (Dragonball Z)
Dragonball Z Extreme (Dragonball Z)
Author: Jeff O'hare
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 1/5 Stars.
 1
Review Date: 3/31/2007


Activity book with Dragonball Z puzzles, games, activities and 2 full pages of glow-in-the-dark DBZ stickers. Good book for a Dragonball Z fan stuck in the back seat on a long road trip.


Earthquake! A Story of Old San Francisco (Once Upon America)
Review Date: 4/19/2007


"Designed to introduce to younger readers the concept that ordinary people and the events of their lives are as much a part of history as wars or rulers or explorers." "A well-told slice of American history." Reading level: 3


Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
Author: Lynne Truss
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 5/5/2007
Helpful Score: 2


"This is a book for people who love punctuation and get upset when it is mishandled." It sure is, and I learned that I am not alone.


Egyptian life (Early civilizations)
Egyptian life (Early civilizations)
Author: John Guy
Book Type: Unknown Binding
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 4/11/2007


Paperback book with full-color cover, illustrated with more than 100 color pictures. Find out why the Egyptian civilization was one of teh greatest of all the ancient cultures. Contents: Who were the ancient Egyptians?, Life for the rich, Life for the poor, Food and drink, Pastimes, Fashion, art and architecture, Health and medicine, Love and marriage, Women and children, War and weaponry, Crime and punishment, Transport and science, Religion, Legacy of the past, Did you know?, Index.


Gathering Blue (Giver, Bk 2)
Gathering Blue (Giver, Bk 2)
Author: Lois Lowry
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 4/17/2007


Reading group discussion guide at the end of this book.


Happy Birthday, Jesse Bear!
Happy Birthday, Jesse Bear!
Author: Nancy White Carlstrom, Bruce Degen (Illustrator)
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.7/5 Stars.
 3
Review Date: 3/31/2007


A picture book for early childhood, text rhymes (good for teaching/learning phonemic awareness).


Interesting Life
Interesting Life
Author: Bailey White
Book Type: Audio Cassette
  • Currently 2.5/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 5/5/2007
Helpful Score: 1


"Ever since Bailey White began telling her stories on National Public Radio's All Things Considered in the summer of 1990, the letters and phone calls have been pouring in. 'I just gotta get more of Bailey white,' one listener wrote. Another told us: 'Bailey White is a national treasure, a Southern find.... She leave me laughing out loud. Please, ' she finished, 'Tell me how I can get a tape of her NPR broadcasts.' At last, it is here. A collection of the South Georgia school teacher's finest essays."


Missing May
Missing May
Author: Cynthia Rylant
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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Review Date: 4/25/2007
Helpful Score: 1


RL 5.8, ages 10 and up. Winner of the 1993 Newbery Award.


Mrs. Piggle Wiggle's Magic (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, Bk 2)
Review Date: 4/6/2007


The stories in this second Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle book are: Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic, The Thought-You-Saiders Cure, The Tattletale Cure, The Bad-Table Manners Cure, The Interrupters, The Heedless Breaker, The Never-Want-to-Go-to-Schooler, The Waddle-I-Doers.


Oliver Button Is a Sissy
Oliver Button Is a Sissy
Author: Tomie dePaola
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
 2
Review Date: 3/31/2007


A story with a happy ending for the protagonist - a boy who is talented in the fine arts (dancing, in this case).


On the day you were born
On the day you were born
Author: Debra Frasier
Book Type: Unknown Binding
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
 5
Review Date: 3/31/2007


A spiritual, but non-sectarian, celebration of earth's newest resident - baby. "Welcome to the spinning world" ... "Welcome to the green Earth" ... "We are so glad you've come!"


Only Human: Why We Are the Way We Are (Brown Paper School)
Review Date: 5/6/2007


Written for middle school age and up with cartoon illustrations and with a light, humorous touch. Explores physical anthropology, evolution, a dash of genetics, and introduces ideas from cultural anthropology.


Pocahontas
Pocahontas
Author: Ingri D'Aulaire, Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
Book Type: Paperback
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Review Date: 4/6/2007


A current reprint (in paperback) of the 1946 book. Recommended by The American Library Association, The National Council of Teachers of English, and The Association for Childhood Education International.


Saint George and the Dragon
Review Date: 4/6/2007


1984 Caldecott Medal winner


Secrets in Stone:  All About Maya Hieroglyphs
Secrets in Stone: All About Maya Hieroglyphs
Author: Kaurie Coulter
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 1.8/5 Stars.
 2
Review Date: 4/12/2007


Full color covers and illustrations throughout - NICE quality paper. Nice book for ages 9+ to introduce Mayan culture and archaeology.


See You Later, Gladiator (Time Warp Trio, Bk 9)
Review Date: 4/27/2007


One minute the guys are wrestling around in Joe's room. The next minute The Book has transported them back to ancient Rome - an face-too-face with one big 'ol gladiator. ... Will our trusty heroes be able to find The Book and hightail it out of there, or will the Romans turn them into mincemeat? Ages 7-11


Shake My Sillies Out (Raffi Songs to Read)
Review Date: 4/11/2007


Picture book version of Raffi's song of the same name from "More Singable Songs". Book illustrates the first verse of the recording. Includes music and words to the other verses of the song. "This Song to Read is a natural bridge between singing and reading. Once children know a song, they find it's fun and easy to follow it in pictures and in words."


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