Recreational Reading

Genre: Children's Books

566 titles found

... and now Miguel Joseph Krumgold ; illustrated by Jean Charlot. PZ7.K947 An 1953b Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability When you act like an adult but get treated like a child, what else can you do but keep your wishes secret and pray that they come true?
1950s Richard A. Schwartz. E169.12 .S385 2003 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Chronicles historical events and personalities of the 1950s in a year-by-year account, focusing primarily on the United States, and including firsthand accounts from diaries, speeches, letters, and newspaper articles.
474 science activities for young children Moira D. Green. Q164 .G74 1996 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Integrates 23 science units with whole language learning for teachers and parents of children aged 3 to 6. In addition to a host of science projects, each unit provides a fully rounded curriculum which includes math, language, art, music, movement, dramatic play and other activities. Desi...
99 jumpstarts for kids' science research Peggy J. Whitley and Susan Williams Goodwin. Q182.3 .W52 2006 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Provides assistance to students in grades three through eight on researching science topics, featuring ninety-nine jumpstarts in ten categories, each with a list of new words, a short introduction to the topic, suggestions for writing, and lists of print and Internet resources.
A to Z, do you ever feel like me? : a guessing alphabet of feelings, words, and other cool stuff text by Bonnie Hausman ; photographs by Sandi Fellman ; styling by Megan Krieman. BF723.E6 H375 1999 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability For each letter of the alphabet, presents an emotion, a situation in which the reader might feel that emotion, and objects beginning with the same letter.
Abuela by Arthur Dorros ; illustrated by Elisa Kleven. PZ7.D7294 Ab 1991 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability While riding on a bus with her grandmother, a little girl imagines that they are carried up into the sky and fly over the sights of New York City. In a fantastic daydream, Rosalba imagines that she and her grandmother take a journey over Manhattan. They fly high above the city among floc...
Achievement gap Karen Miller, book editor. LB1062.6 .A33 2010 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability From Booklist: "Each volume in the Opposing Viewpoints Series could serve as a model-not only providing access to a wide diversity of opinions, but also stimulating readers to do further research for group discussion and individual interest. Both shrill and moderate, the selections-by exp...
Addie on the inside James Howe. PZ7.5.H69 Ad 2011 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Outspoken thirteen-year-old Addie Carle learns about love, loss, and staying true to herself as she navigates seventh grade, enjoys a visit from her grandmother, fights with her boyfriend, and endures gossip and meanness from her former best friend.
Africa dream by Eloise Greenfield ; illustrated by Carole Byard. PZ7 .G845 Af Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A black child's dreams are filled with the images of the people and places of Africa.
Afterlife Gary Soto. PZ7.S7242 Af 2003 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A senior at East Fresno High School lives on as a ghost after his brutal murder in the restroom of a club where he had gone to dance.
Alice Yazzie's year by Ramona Maher ; illustrated by Shonto Begay. PZ7.M2764 Al 2003 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Describes each month of a year in the life of an eleven-year-old Navajo girl, Alice Yazzie, from January, Yas Nilt'ees, to December, Nilch'itsoh.
Almost to freedom by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson ; illustrations by Colin Bootman. PZ7.N43773 Aj 2003 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Tells the story of a young girl's dramatic escape from slavery via the Underground Railroad, from the perspective of her beloved rag doll.
Always come home to me Belle Yang. PZ7.Y1925 Alw 2007 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A pair of young twins, living with their parents in a small town in northern China, are devastated when the doves they love and care for are given to their uncle and determine to find a way to get them back.
Amazing Grace Mary Hoffman ; illustrated by Caroline Binch. PZ7 .H67562 am 2007 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability The international bestseller in which Grace learns that she can be anything she wants.		Amber spyglass Philip Pullman. PZ7.P968 Am 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Lyra and Will find themselves at the center of a battle between the forces of the Authority and those gathered by Lyra's father, Lord Asriel.
American odyssey : the United States in the twentieth century Gary B. Nash. E741 .N36 1999 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A history of the United States in the twentieth century, featuring sociological and cultural events, as well as strictly historical, and using many pertinent literary excerpts.
Amos Fortune, free man Elizabeth Yates ; illustrated by Nora S. Unwin. E185.97.F73 Y3 1989 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability The life of the eighteenth-century African prince who, after being captured by slave traders, was brought to Massachusetts where he was a slave until he was able to buy his freedom at the age of sixty.
Angel child, dragon child story by Michele Maria Surat ; pictures by Vo-Dinh Mai. PZ7.S9656 A54 1989 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Ut, a Vietnamese girl attending school in the United States, lonely for her mother left behind in Vietnam, makes a new friend who presents her with a wonderful gift.
Anne Frank : her life in words and pictures from the archives of the Anne Frank House Menno Metselaar and Ruud van der Rol ; translated by Arnold J. Pomerans. DS135.N6 F7349513 2009 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Photos of the famous diary, school pictures, and the rooms in which she lived with her family while hiding from the Nazis for two years are compiled in this moving biography about the short life and enduring spirit of this young girl and talented writer.
Annie John Jamaica Kincaid. PR9275.A583 K5634 1986 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability "Episodes from the young life of Annie John, aged 10 to 17, as she grows up on the Caribbean island of Antigua. This is a magical coming-of-age tale, ripe with the special ambience of its tropical setting and sustained by Annie's far from naive awareness of the world around her. Death, il...
Annie and the Old One. Illustrated by Peter Parnall. PZ7.M5944 An Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A Navajo girl unravels a day's weaving on a rug whose completion, she believes, will mean the death of her grandmother.
Ansel Adams : America's photographer ; a biography for young people Beverly Gherman. TR140.A3 G54 2002 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Ansel Adams led a rich life inspired by the miracles of nature. This biography takes us from the earthquake that broke his nose to the valley that shaped his world, revealing the humorous, artistic, and thoughtful personality behind his legendary work.
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria Patrick G. Guilfoile ; founding editor, I. Edward Alcamo ; foreword by David Heymann. QR177 .G85 2007 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability "Provides a comprehensive discussion of the types of antibiotics, the ways bacteria develop resistance to these drugs, and the countermeasures scientists are developing for the future"--P. [4] of cover.
Antonio's card story, Rigoberto González ; illustrations, Cecilia Concepción Alvarez = La tarjeta de Antonio / cuento, Rigoberto González ; ilustraciones, Cecilia Concepción Alvarez. PZ73 .G59155 2005 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability With Mother's Day coming, Antonio finds he has to decide about what is important to him when his classmates make fun of the unusual appearance of his mother's partner, Leslie.
Apples from heaven : multicultural folktales about stories and storytellers Naomi Baltuck. GR69 .B35 1995 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A collection of international folktales about storytelling and the role of stories in transmitting information, history, and values.
Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe Benjamin Alire Sáenz. PZ7.S1273 Ar 2012 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
Arrorró, mi niño : Latino lullabies and gentle games selected and illustrated by Lulu Delacre ; musical arrangements by Cecilia Esquivel and Diana Sáez. PZ74.3 .A77 2004 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability An illustrated collection of nursery rhymes, finger play games, and lullabies from the major Latino groups living in the United States today.
Ask me no questions Marina Budhos. PZ7.B8827 A84 2006 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Fourteen-year-old Nadira, her sister, and their parents leave Bangladesh for New York City, but the expiration of their visas and the events of September 11, 2001, bring frustration, sorrow, and terror for the whole family.
Baba Yaga : a Russian folktale retold by Eric A. Kimmel ; illustrated by Megan Lloyd. PZ8.K527 Bab 1991 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability When a terrible witch vows to eat her for supper, a little girl escapes with the help of a towel and comb given to her by the witch's cat. A girl survives an ordeal and proves that kindness is rewarded.
Back to front and upside down! Claire Alexander. PZ7.A37666 Bac 2012 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
Barrio streets, carnival dreams : three generations of Latino artistry edited by Lori Marie Carlson. PZ5 .B27 1996 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A collection of Latino literature, poetry, artwork, and commentary celebrating the contributions of three generations of twentieth century Americans of Mexican, Caribbean, and South American descent.
Baseball in April and other stories Gary Soto. PZ7.S7242 Bas 1991 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A collection of eleven short stories focusing on the everyday adventures of Hispanic young people growing up in Fresno, California.
Baseball saved us written by Ken Mochizuki ; illustrated by Dom Lee. PZ7.M71284 Bas 1993 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A Japanese American boy learns to play baseball when he and his family are forced to live in an internment camp during World War II, and his ability to play helps him after the war is over.
Battle of Jericho Sharon M. Draper. PZ7.D78325 Bat 2003 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A high school junior and his cousin suffer the ramifications of joining what seems to be a "reputable" school club.
Beautiful blackbird Ashley Bryan. PZ8.1.B838 Bg 2003 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability In a story of the Ila people, the colorful birds of Africa ask Blackbird, whom they think is the most beautiful of birds, to decorate them with some of his "blackening brew."
Beauty queens Libba Bray. PZ7.B7386 Be 2011 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability When a plane crash strands thirteen teen beauty contestants on a mysterious island, they struggle to survive, to get along with one another, to combat the island's other diabolical occupants, and to learn their dance numbers in case they are rescued in time for the competition.
Becoming Naomi León Pam Muñoz Ryan. PZ7.R9553 Be 2004 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability When Naomi's absent mother resurfaces to claim her, Naomi runs away to Mexico with her great-grandmother and younger brother in search of her father.
Before John was a jazz giant : a song of John Coltrane Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Sean Qualls. ML3930.C535 W43 2008 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability This lyrical picture-book biography of John Coltrane focuses on his childhood and how he interpreted sounds before he made his music.
Before we were free Julia Alvarez. PZ7.A48 Be 2002 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability In the early 1960s in the Dominican Republic, twelve-year-old Anita learns that her family is involved in the underground movement to end the bloody rule of the dictator, General Trujillo.
Benito's bizcochitos by Ana Baca ; illustrations by Anthony Accardo ; Spanish translation by Julia Mercedes Castilla = Los bizcochitos de Benito / por Ana Baca ; ilustraciones por Anthony Accardo ; traducción al español por Julia Mercedes Castilla. PZ73 .B243 1999 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability As they prepare to make the traditional Christmas cookies known as bizcochitos, Christina's grandmother tells her the story of how a magical butterfly first introduced these sweet treats to her great grandfather, a shepherd in the hills of New Mexico.
Best of Latino heritage 1996-2002 : a guide to the best juvenile books about Latino people and cultures Isabel Schon. Z1609.C5 S34 2003 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Provides bibliographic information about noteworthy books which provide information on the people, history, art, and culture, as well as the political, social, and economic problems of Latin America, Spain, and the United States.
Birthday surprises : ten great stories to unwrap edited by Johanna Hurwitz. PZ5 .B486 1995 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A collection of stories about birthdays.
Black Indians : a hidden heritage William Loren Katz. E98.R28 K37 1997 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Traces the history of relations between blacks and American Indians, and the existence of black Indians, from the earliest foreign landings through pioneer days.
Black books galore! : guide to great African American children's books Donna Rand, Toni Trent Parker, Sheila Foster. Z1361.N39 R33 1998 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability These are exciting times for African American children's literature. Never before have there been so many titles available. Now the three mothers who founded Black Books Galore! --the nation's leading organizer of festivals of African American children's books-- share their expert advice ...
Blizzard! : the storm that changed America Jim Murphy. F128.47 .M96 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Presents a history, based on personal accounts and newspaper articles, of the massive snow storm that hit the Northeast in 1888, focusing on the events in New York City.
Blues singers : ten who rocked the world Julius Lester ; illustrated by Lisa Cohen. ML3929 .L47 2001 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Highlights the careers of Bessie Smith, Robert Johnson, Mahalia Jackson, Muddy Waters, Billie Holiday, B.B. King, Ray Charles, Little Richard, James Brown, and Aretha Franklin.
Book fiesta! : celebrate Children's Day/book day = Celebremos el día de los niños/el día de los libros by Pat Mora ; illustrated by Rafael López. PZ73 .M635 2009 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Children read aloud in various settings to celebrate of El día de los niños, or Children's Day, in this bilingual story. Includes facts about Mexico's annual celebration of children and the book fiestas that are often included.
Borreguita and the coyote : a tale from Ayutla, Mexico retold by Verna Aardema ; illustrated by Petra Mathers. PZ8.1.A213 Bo 1991 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A little lamb uses her clever wiles to keep a coyote from eating her up.
Boy who didn't want to be sad written and illustrated by Rob Goldblatt. PZ7.G56448 Bo 2004 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A boy gets rid of everything that might make him sad and is sad anyway until he realizes that those things are also what makes him happy, and one emotion is impossible without the other.
Boyfriends with girlfriends Alex Sanchez. PZ7.S19475 Bo 2011 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability When Lance begins to date Sergio, who's bisexual, he's not sure that it'll work out, and when his best friend Allie, who has a boyfriend, meets Sergio's lesbian friend, she has unexpected feelings which she struggles to understand.
Breaking through Francisco Jiménez. PZ7.J57525 Br 2001 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Having come from Mexico to California ten years ago, fourteen-year-old Francisco is still working in the fields but fighting to improve his life and complete his education.
Bridge to Terabithia Katherine Paterson ; illustrated by Donna Diamond. PZ7.P273 Br 1987x Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm.
Broken flute : the Native experience in books for children edited by Doris Seale and Beverly Slapin. E77.4 .B76 2005 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
Bronx masquerade by Nikki Grimes. PZ7.G88429 Br 2002 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
Brothers torres Coert Voorhees. PZ7.V943 Tor 2008 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Sophomore Frankie finally finds the courage to ask his long-term friend, Julianne, to the Homecoming dance, which ultimately leads to a face-off between a tough senior whose family owns most of their small, New Mexico town, and Frankie's soccer-star older brother and his gang-member frien...
Bud, not Buddy Christopher Paul Curtis. PZ7.C94137 Bu 1999 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids.
Build your own underwater robot and other wet projects by Harry Bohm and Vickie Jensen ; illustrations: Nola Johnston. VM150 .B63 1997 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
Buried onions Gary Soto. PZ7.S7242 Bu 1999 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability When nineteen-year-old Eddie drops out of college, he struggles to find a place for himself as a Mexican American living in a violence-infested neighborhood of Fresno, California.
Call me Henri : a novel by Lorraine M. López. PZ7.L876363 Cal 2006 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Faced with family problems, difficulty in school, and gangs in the barrio, Enrique dreams of some day reaching the "other America" depicted on television, while sympathetic teachers help him cope by supporting his fight to study French instead of ESL.
Calling the doves = El canto de las palomas story by Juan Felipe Herrera ; pictures by Elly Simmons. PS3558.E74 Z464 1995 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability In this bilingual autobiography, the Mexican American poet Juan Felipe Herrera describes his childhood in California as the son of migrant workers. The author recalls his childhood in the mountains and valleys of California with his farmworker parents who inspired him with poetry and son...
Camino de Amelia por Linda Jacobs Altman ; ilustrado por Enrique O. Sánchez ; traducido por Daniel Santacruz. PZ73 .A4935 1993 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Tired of moving around so much, Amelia, the daughter of migrant farm workers, dreams of a stable home.
Cat in the hat by Dr. Seuss. PZ8.3.G276 Cat 1957 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Two children sitting at home on a rainy day are visited by the Cat in the Hat who shows them some tricks and games.
Central coast missions in California by June Behrens. F868.P33 B44 2008 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Describes the historical, Spanish missions of the California's central coast.
Cesar Chavez edited by Ilan Stavans. HD6509.C48 C473 2010 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
Chance to dance for you Gail Sidonie Sobat. PZ7 .S685224 Cha 2011 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Ian is openly gay in his bigoted high school. He has been training in dance for a long time, and has plans to leave town and train to become a professional. Then he falls in love with Jess, the high school quarterback.
Chanticleer and the fox adapted and illustrated by Barbara Cooney. PZ8.2.C47 Ch Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
Charlotte's web by E. B. White ; pictures by Garth Williams. PZ7.W58277 Ch 1980 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.
Chato's kitchen by Gary Soto ; illustrated by Susan Guevara. PZ7.S7242 Ch 1995 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability To get the "ratoncitos," little mice, who have moved into the barrio to come to his house, Chato the cat prepares all kinds of good food: fajitas, frijoles, salsa, enchiladas, and more.
Child of the owl by Laurence Yep. PZ7.Y44 C5 1990 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A twelve-year-old girl who knows little about her Chinese heritage is sent to live with her grandmother in San Francisco's Chinatown.
Children of Asian America the Asian American Coalition. PZ5 .C43547 1995 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A collection of stories which reflect the experiences and feelings of young people from various Asian American ethnic communities.
Children of the Dust Bowl : the true story of the school at Weedpatch Camp Jerry Stanley ; illustrated with photographs. LC5152.C2 S73 1992 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Describes the plight of the migrant workers who traveled from the Dust Bowl to California during the Depression and were forced to live in a federal labor camp and discusses the school that was built for their children.
Children of the Great Depression Russell Freedman. HQ792.U5 F738 2005 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Life was hard for children during the Great Depression: kids had to do without new clothes, shoes, or toys, and many couldn't attend school because they had to work. Even so, life still had its bright spots. Take a closer look at the lives of young Americans during this era.
Children of the river Linda Crew. PZ7.C86815 Ch 1991 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Having fled Cambodia four years earlier to escape the Khmer Rouge army, seventeen-year-old Sundara is torn between remaining faithful to her own people and enjoying life in her Oregon high school as a "regular" American.
Children through the ages : a history of childhood Barbara Kaye Greenleaf. HQ781 .G67 1978 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A history of childhood from earliest times to today focusing on infancy, the middle years, and adolescence and discussing toys, games, food, diseases, discipline, clothing, health care, and education.
Children's rights : a reference handbook Beverly C. Edmonds, William R. Fernekes. HQ789 .E35 1996 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A reference handbook on the current status of children's rights throughout the world, containing an overview of the topic, a chronology, biographical sketches, a directory of organizations and agencies, annotated lists of print and nonprint resources, a glossary, and an index.
Chili-chili-chin-chin Belle Yang. PZ7.Y1925 Ch 1999 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Chili-chili-chin-chin, a free-spirited donkey, tells of his love for the boy who named him after the sound his bells make.
Chimpanzees I love : saving their world and ours Jane Goodall. QL737.P96 G5848 2001 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability In a compelling, personal narrative, Dr. Goodall recounts the exciting adventure of her work with chimpanzees, now an endangered species.
Christmas gift = El regalo de Navidad Francisco Jiménez ; illustrated by Claire B. Cotts. PZ7.J57525 Ch 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability When his family has to move again a few days before Christmas in order to find work, Panchito worries that he will not get the ball he has been wanting.
Chʻi-lin purse : a collection of ancient Chinese stories retold by Linda Fang ; pictures by Jeanne M. Lee. PZ8.1.F19 Ch 1997 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Nine lively stories from China present unusual characters.
Circle of wonder : a Native American Christmas story N. Scott Momaday. PZ7.M7355 Ci 1999 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A mute Indian child has an extraordinary experience one Christmas when, following a figure who seems to be his beloved dead grandfather, he becomes part of a circle in which he, animals, nature, and all the world join in a moment of peace and good will.
Clever boy and the terrible, dangerous animal = El muchachito listo y el terrible y peligroso animal Idries Shah ; traducido por Rita Wirkala ; [illustrated by Rose Mary Santiago]. PZ8 .S47 C1 cl 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A Sufi teaching tale of a boy who visits another village and helps the townspeople deal with their fear of something that they have mistaken for a terrible, dangerous animal.
Color of me Linda L. McDunn ; illustrated by Barbara Knutson. PZ7.M4784465 Co 2004 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability When people start to argue about the color of God, a beautiful rainbow reveals that God is the color of everyone and everything that He created.
Color of my words Lynn Joseph. PZ7.J77935 Co 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability When life gets difficult for Ana Rosa, a twelve-year-old would-be writer living in a small village in the Dominican Republic, she can depend on her older brother to make her feel better--until the life-changing events on her thirteenth birthday.
Coming on home soon by Jacqueline Woodson ; illustrated by E.B. Lewis. PZ7.W868 Co 2004 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability After Mama takes a job in Chicago during World War II, Ada Ruth stays with Grandma but misses her mother who loves her more than rain and snow.
Corner of the universe Ann M. Martin. PZ7.M3567585 Cq 2002 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability The summer that Hattie turns twelve, she meets the childlike uncle she never knew and becomes friends with a girl who works at the carnival that comes to Hattie's small town.
Cornrows by Camille Yarbrough ; illustrated by Carole Byard. PZ7.Y1955 Co Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Explains how the hair style of cornrows, a symbol in Africa since ancient times, can today in this country symbolize the courage of outstanding Afro-Americans.
CrashBoomLove : a novel in verse Juan Felipe Herrera. PZ7.H432135 Cr 1999 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability After his father leaves home, sixteen-year-old Cesar Garcia lives with his mother and struggles through the painful experiences of growing up as a Mexican American high school student.
Crazy horse's vision by Joseph Bruchac ; illustrated by S.D. Nelson. PZ7.B8882816 Cr 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A story based on the life of the dedicated young Lakota boy who grew up to be one of the bravest defenders of his people.
Creative nonfiction : how to live it and write it Lee Gutkind. PN3377.5.R45 G88 1996 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Through writing samples, anecdotes, and exercises, explains how to write nonfiction in an entertaining way.
Crispin : the cross of lead Avi. PZ7.A953 Cr 2002 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Falsely accused of theft and murder, an orphaned peasant boy in fourteenth-century England flees his village and meets a larger-than-life juggler who holds a dangerous secret.
Cuba 15 : a novel by Nancy Osa. PZ7.O785 Cu 2003 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Violet Paz, a Chicago high school student, reluctantly prepares for her upcoming "quince," a Spanish nickname for the celebration of an Hispanic girl's fifteenth birthday.
Dad and me in the morning Patricia Lakin ; illustrated by Robert G. Steele. PZ7.L1586 Dad 1994 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A deaf boy and his father share a special time as they watch the sun rise at the beach.
Daddy's roommate by Michael Willhoite. PZ7.W655485 Dad 1991 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A young boy discusses his divorced father's new living situation, in which the father and his gay roommate share eating, doing chores, playing, loving, and living.
Daily life of Native Americans from post-Columbian through nineteenth-century America Alice Nash and Christoph Strobel. E77.4 .N36 2006 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Organised by geographical region, this book examines the real history of Native Americans. How did Natives interact with European settlers? Did they really have pow-wows? Where did Indian children go
Daniel's ride = El paseo de Daniel Michael P. ; illustrated by = ilustrado por Lee Ballard. PZ73.P47 Dan 2005 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Riding in his big brother's classic 1963 Chevrolet Impala convertible is one of Daniel's favorite things to do, so when Hector promises to give Daniel the car when he graduates from high school, Daniel resolves to do just that. -- Pasear en el descapotable Chevy clásico de su hermano ma...
Day of the dead : a Mexican-American celebration Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith ; photographs by Lawrence Migdale. GT4995.A4 H69 1994 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Describes the activities associated with the Mexican holiday known as the Day of the Dead.
Dear Mr. Henshaw Beverly Cleary ; illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky. PZ7.C5792 De 1983 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability In his letters to his favorite author, ten-year-old Leigh reveals his problems in coping with his parents' divorce, being the new boy in school, and generally finding his own place in the world.
Degas and the dance : the painter and the petits rats, perfecting their art Susan Goldman Rubin. ND553.D3 R83 2002 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Explores the life and work of the nineteenth-century French artist who devoted most of his artwork to the subject of ballet.
Devil's arithmetic by Jane Yolen. PZ7.Y78 De 1990 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Hannah resents the traditions of her Jewish heritage until time travel places her in the middle of a small Jewish village in Nazi-occupied Poland.
Dia's story cloth written by Dia Cha ; stitched by Chue and Nhia Thao Cha ; compendium by Joyce Herold. DS509.5.H66 D53 1996 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability The story cloth made for the author by her aunt and uncle chronicles the life of the Hmong people in their native Laos and their eventual emigration to the United States.
Dicey's song by Cynthia Voigt. PZ7.V874 Di 1982 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Now that the four abandoned Tillerman children are settled in with their grandmother, Dicey finds that their new beginnings require love, trust, humor, and courage.
Diego [illustrations] by Jeanette Winter ; text by Jonah Winter ; translated from the English by Amy Prince. ND259.R5 W48 1994 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Discusses the childhood of Diego Rivera and how it influenced his art.
Diego : bigger than life Carmen T. Bernier-Grand ; illustrated by David Diaz. ND259.R5 B47 2009 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability "The life and work of the artist Diego Rivera is told through chronological poems that capture salient points in his life"--Provided by publisher.
Different & alike written by Nancy P. McConnell ; illustrated by Nancy Duell. HV3011 .M26 1982 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
Digging for bird-dinosaurs : an expedition to Madagascar Nic Bishop. QE862.D5 B525 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability The story of Cathy Forster's experiences as a member of a team of paleontologists who went on an expedition to the island of Madagascar in 1998 to search for fossil birds.
Dizzy by Jonah Winter ; illustrated by Sean Qualls. ML3930.G47 W56 2006 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability After arriving in New York, John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was soon playing with the famous Cab Calloway Band, but his clowning around got him fired. Dizzy kept trying out his new music which took over the world of jazz. He had invented "bebop!"
Do you remember the color blue? : and other questions kids ask about blindness Sally Hobart Alexander. HV1598 .A38 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Children ask questions of an author who lost her vision at the age of twenty-seven, including "How did you become blind?" "How can you read?" and "Was it hard to be a parent when you couldn't see your kids?"
Don't laugh at me by Steve Seskin & Allen Shamblin ; illustrations by Glin Dibley. PZ8.3.S4745 Do 2002 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Illustrated version of a song pointing out that in spite of our differences, we are all the same in God's eyes.
Donovan's big day by Lesléa Newman ; illustrations by Mike Dutton. PZ8.3.N4655 Don 2011 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability From the moment Donovan wakes in the morning, he painstakingly prepares for his special role in the wedding ceremony of his two mothers.
Down, down, down : a journey to the bottom of the sea Steve Jenkins. QL122.2 .J46 2009 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Provides a top-to-bottom look at the ocean, from birds and waves to thermal vents and ooze.
Dragon's gate Laurence Yep. PZ7.Y44 Dqr 1993 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability When he accidentally kills a Manchu, a fifteen-year-old Chinese boy is sent to America to join his father, an uncle, and other Chinese working to build a tunnel for the transcontinental railroad through the Sierra Nevada mountains in 1867. Sequel to "Mountain light."
Draw 50 creepy crawlies Lee J. Ames with Ray Burns. NC783 .A44 1992 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Step-by-step instructions for drawing fifty different insects, spiders, and other crawling or flying creatures.
Drita, my homegirl by Jenny Lombard. PZ7.L83315 Dri 2006 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability When ten-year-old Drita and her family, refugees from Kosovo, move to New York, Drita is teased about not speaking English well, but after a popular student named Maxine is forced to learn about Kosovo as a punishment for teasing Drita, the two girls soon bond.
Duffy and the devil : a Cornish tale retold by Harve Zemach ; with pictures by Margot Zemach. PZ8.1.Z38 Du3 1973 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability The spinning and knitting the devil agrees to do for her win Duffy the Squire's name and a carefree life until it comes time for her to guess the devil's name.
Eight mules from Monterey by Patricia Beatty. PZ7.B380544 Ei 1982 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability During the summer of 1916 thirteen-year-old Fayette and her brother accompany their widowed mother on a mule trip into the California mountains, where she is to establish library outposts in isolated communities.
El Chino Allen Say. GV1108.E5 S39 1990 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A biography of Bill Wong, a Chinese American who became a famous bullfighter in Spain.
Elijah of Buxton Christopher Paul Curtis. PZ7.C94137 El 2007 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom.
Elijah's tears : stories for the Jewish holidays by Sydelle Pearl ; illustrated by Rossitza Skorthcheva Penney. PZ7.P31656 El 1996 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability The prophet Elijah appears in five stories about special Jewish days, including Hanukkah, Yom Kippur, Succot, Pesach, and shabbat.
Elinda who danced in the sky : an Estonian folktale adapted by Lynn Moroney ; illustrated by Veg Reisberg. PZ8.1.M826 El 1990 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability An Estonian folk tale about the sky goddess Elinda, who overcomes her disappointment at losing Prince Borealis by continuing her work of guiding the birds in their migrations.
Ella Fitzgerald : the tale of a vocal virtuosa by Andrea Davis Pinkney with Scat Cat Monroe ; illustrated by Brian Pinkney. ML3930.F5 P56 2002 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A brief recounting of the career of this jazz musician in the voice of "Scat Cat Monroe."
Empty pot story and pictures by Demi. PZ8.1.D38 Em 1990 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability When Ping admits that he is the only child in China unable to grow a flower from the seeds distributed by the Emperor, he is rewarded for his honesty.
Enchantress from the stars Sylvia Louise Engdahl ; foreword by Lois Lowry ; illustrations by Leo and Diane Dillon. PZ7.E6985 En 2001 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability When young Elana unexpectedly joins the team leaving the spaceship to study the planet Andrecia, she becomes an integral part of an adventure involving three very different civilizations, each one centered on the third planet from the star in its own solar system.
Encounter written by Jane Yolen ; illustrated by David Shannon. PZ7.Y78 En 1992 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A Taino Indian boy on the island of San Salvador recounts the landing of Columbus and his men in 1492.
Encounters in the New World : a history in documents [edited by] Jill Lepore. E59.F53 E53 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A collection of documents illustrating encounters between Native American peoples and a variety of European newcomers from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries. Includes maps, journals, advertisements, and letters.
Enormous crocodile Roald Dahl ; illustrated by Quentin Blake. PZ7.D1515 En 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability The enormous crocodile devises secret plans and a few clever tricks to secure his lunch only to have them foiled by his neighbors.
Esperanza rising Pam Muñoz Ryan. PZ7.R9553 Es 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.
Estrella's quinceañera Malín Alegría. PZ7 .A37338 Est 2006 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Estrella's mother and aunt are planning a gaudy, traditional quinceañera for her, even though it is the last thing she wants. Estrella Alvarez is turning fifteen, and she's not happy about it. For as long as she can remember, her mother has been planning an elaborate quinceañera, comp...
Everett Anderson's goodbye by Lucille Clifton ; illustrated by Ann Grifalconi. PZ8.3.C573 Evh 1988x Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Everett Anderson has a difficult time coming to terms with his grief after his father dies.
Everything on a waffle Polly Horvath. PZ7.H79224 Ev 2001 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Eleven-year-old Primrose living in a small fishing village in British Columbia recounts her experiences and all that she learns about human nature and the unpredictability of life in the months after her parents are lost at sea.
Exploring the Pacific states through literature edited by Carol A. Doll ; state editiors Katherine L Spangler, Alaska ... [et al]. Z1251.P2 E95 1994 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
Extraordinary friends Fred Rogers ; photographs by Jim Judkis. HV888 .R63 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Focuses on people who are different, who might use equipment such as wheelchairs or special computers, who are more like you than you might think, and suggests ways to interact with them.
Fables written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel. PZ8.2.L6 Fab 1980 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A collection of twenty original fables about and array of animal characters from crocodile to ostrich.
Face at the window by Regina Hanson ; illustrated by Linda Saport. PZ7.H1989 Fac 1997 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability When Dora goes to take a mango from Miss Nella's tree, she is frightened by the woman's strange behavior. Dora learns to overcome her fears of a mentally ill woman who lives in her community in this gentle and compassionate story set in contemporary Jamaica, West Indies.
Family pictures paintings by Carmen Lomas Garza ; stories by Carmen Lomas Garza ; as told to Harriet Rohmer ; version in Spanish, Rosalma Zubizarreta = Cuadros de familia / cuadros de Carmen Lomas Garza ; relatos de Carmen Lomas Garza ; escritos por Har E184.S75 L66 1990 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability The author describes, in bilingual text and illustrations, her experiences growing up in a Hispanic community in Texas.
Farolitos for Abuelo Rudolfo Anaya ; illustrated by Edward Gonzales. PZ7.A5186 Fap 1998 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability When Luz's beloved grandfather dies, she places luminaria around his grave on Christmas Eve as a way of remembering him.
Farthest shore Ursula K. Le Guin. PZ7.L5215 Far 2001 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A young prince joins forces with a master wizard on a journey to discover a cause and remedy for the loss of magic in Earthsea. Darkness Threatens to overtake Earthsea. As the world and its wizards are losing their magic, Ged -- powerful Archmage, wizard, and dragonlord -- embarks on a sa...
Feathers Jacqueline Woodson. PZ7.W868 Fe 2007 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability When a new, white student nicknamed "The Jesus Boy" joins her sixth grade class in the winter of 1971, Frannie's growing friendship with him makes her start to see some things in a new light.
Felita by Nicholasa Mohr ; pictures by Ray Cruz. PZ7.M7276 Fe 1990 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability The everyday experiences of an eight-year-old Puerto Rican girl growing up in a close-knit, urban community.
Fernando's gift = El regalo de Fernando Douglas Keister. PZ73 .K43 1995 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability One day young Fernando, who lives in the rain forest of Costa Rica with his family, goes with his friend Carmina to look for her favorite climbing tree only to find it cut down.
Figli del pescatore = The fisherman's children : the account of a Monterey California family's journey through the decades written and illustrated by Judith Rogers Swartz. F868.M7 S83 1998 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
Fire in Oakland, California : billion-dollar blaze Carmen Bredeson. F869.O2 B74 1999 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Describes the devastating fire that swept through Oakland, California, in 1991 and the experiences of fire fighters, police officers, and ordinary citizens during this disaster.
Fire in the streets Kekla Magoon. PZ7.M2739 Fir 2012 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
First crossing : stories about teen immigrants edited by Donald R. Gallo. PZ5 .F924 2004 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Stories of recent Mexican, Venezuelan, Kazakh, Chinese, Romanian, Palestinian, Swedish, Korean, Haitian, and Cambodian immigrants reveal what it is like to face prejudice, language barriers, and homesickness along with common teenage feelings and needs.
First day in grapes by L. King Pérez ; illustrated by Robert Casilla. PZ7.P4256 Fi 2002 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability When Chico starts the third grade after his migrant worker family moves to begin harvesting California grapes, he finds that self confidence and math skills help him cope with the first day of school.
Flash! Bang! Pop! Fizz! : exciting science for curious minds Janet Parks Chahrour ; illustrated by Ann Humphrey Williams. Q164 .C415 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Presents the procedures and concepts involved in twenty-five physical science experiments that can be done at home with readily available materials, exploring gases, density, fluid dynamics, gravity, and motion.
Flotsam David Wiesner. PZ7.W6367 Fl 2006 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability When a young boy discovers a camera on the beach and develops the film, he finds with his microscope many layers of pictures within the photographs.
Forbidden schoolhouse : the true and dramatic story of Prudence Crandall and her students. Suzanne Jurmain. LA2317.C73 J87 2005 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability They threw rocks and rotten eggs at the school windows. Villagers refused to sell Miss Crandall groceries or let her students attend the town church. Mysteriously, her schoolhouse was set on fire-by whom and how remains a mystery. The town authorities dragged her to jail and put her on tr...
Forged by fire Sharon M. Draper. PZ7.D78325 Fo 1997 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Teenage Gerald, who has spent years protecting his fragile half-sister from their abusive father, faces the prospect of one final confrontation before the problem can be solved. When Gerald was a child he was fascinated by fire. But fire is dangerous and powerful, and tragedy strikes. His...
Fossil fish found alive : discovering the coelacanth Sally M. Walker. QL638.L26 W36 2002 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Describes the 1938 discovery of the coelacanth, a fish previously believed to be extinct, and subsequent research about it.
Freedom on the menu : the Greensboro sit-ins by Carole Boston Weatherford ; paintings by Jerome Lagarrigue. PZ7.W3535 Fr 2005 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability The 1960 civil rights sit-ins at the Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, are seen through the eyes of a young Southern black girl.
Freedom river Doreen Rappaport ; pictures by Bryan Collier. E450 .R23 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Describes an incident in the life of John Parker, an ex-slave who became a successful businessman in Ripley, Ohio, and who repeatedly risked his life to help other slaves escape to freedom.
Freedom walkers : the story of the Montgomery bus boycott Russell Freedman. F334.M79 N43 2006 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Covers the events surrounding and including the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the end of segregation on buses.
Freewill Chris Lynch. PZ7.L979739 Fr 2001 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A teenager trying to recover from the tragic death of his father and stepmother believes himself to be responsible for the rash of teen suicides occurring in his town.
Frida by Jonah Winter ; illustrated by Ana Juan. ND259.K33 W56 2002 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Discusses the childhood of Frida Kahlo and how it influenced her art.
Friends from the other side = Amigos del otro lado story by Gloria Anzaldúa ; pictures by Consuelo Méndez. PZ73 .A59 1993 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Joaquín, un niño mexicano que ha cruzado el Río Grande con su mamá recibe ayuda de su nueva amiga, Prietita. Having crossed the Rio Grande into Texas with his mother in search of a new life, Joaquín receives help and friendship from Prietita, a brave young Mexican American gir...
Friendship for today by Patricia C. McKissack. PZ7.M478693 F75 2007 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability In 1954, when desegregation comes to Kirkland, Missouri, ten-year-old Rosemary faces many changes and challenges at school and at home as her parents separate.
From exiles to immigrants : the refugees from southeast Asia Ronald Takaki ; adapted by Rebecca Stefoff with Carol Takaki. E184.I43 T35 1995 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Discusses southeast Asian immigrants and the difficulties they must overcome.
From the notebooks of Melanin Sun Jacqueline Woodson. PZ7.W868 Fr 1995bx Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Fourteen-year-old Melanin Sun's comfortable, quiet life is shattered when his mother reveals she has fallen in love with a woman.
Funny little woman retold by Arlene Mosel ; pictures by Blair Lent. PZ8.1.M8346 Fu 1986 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability While chasing a dumpling, a little lady is captured by wicked creatures from whom she escapes with the means of becoming the richest woman in Japan.
Garden of Abdul Gasazi written and illustrated by Chris van Allsburg. PZ7.V266 Gar Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability When the dog he is caring for runs away from Alan into the forbidden garden of a retired dog-hating magician, a spell seems to be cast over the contrary dog.
Gathering of days : a New England girl's journal, 1830-32 : a novel by Joan Blos. PZ7.B6237 Gat 1979 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability The journal of a 14-year-old girl, kept the last year she lived on the family farm, records daily events in her small New Hampshire town, her father's remarriage, and the death of her best friend. In the 1830s, a young teenager faces adjusting to a new stepmother. A fictional diary kept b...
Gemini bites Patrick Ryan. PZ7 .R95534 Ge 2011 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability When their parents announce they are taking in a fellow student for a month, 16-year-old twins Kyle and Judy sit up and take notice. Kyle has just come out of the closet to his family and fears he'll never know what it is like to date a guy. Judy is pretending to be born-again to attract ...
Gentle Willow : a story for children about dying written by Joyce C. Mills ; illustrated by Cary Pillo. PZ7.M63977 Ge 2004 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Amanda the squirrel is upset that she is going to lose her friend Gentle Willow, but the tree wizards give advice that help both her and Gentle Willow accept the change that comes with death.
Getting near to baby Audrey Couloumbis. PZ7.C8305 Gg 1999 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Although thirteen-year-old Willa Jo and her Aunt Patty seem to be constantly at odds, staying with her and Uncle Hob helps Willa Jo and her younger sister come to terms with the death of their family's baby.
Gettysburg address by Abraham Lincoln ; illustrated by Michael McCurdy ; foreword by Garry Wills. E475.55 .L7 1995 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Illustrates the power and force of Lincoln's speech.
Girl overboard Justina Chen Headley. PZ7.H3424 Gir 2008 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability After a snowboarding accident, Syrah Cheng, a billionaire's daughter, must rehabilitate both her knee and her self-esteem while forging relationships with those who accept her for who she is.
Girl who loved wild horses story and illustrations by Paul Goble. PZ8.G537 Gi 1993 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Though she is fond of her people, a girl prefers to live among the wild horses where she is truly happy and free. "There was a girl in the village who loved horses... She led the horses to drink at the river. She spoke softly and they followed. People noticed that she understood horses in...
Girl who married the Moon : tales from Native North America told by Joseph Bruchac and Gayle Ross. E98.F6 R68 1994 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Sixteen compelling stories that celebrate the passage from childhood to womanhood among these Indian women of North America.
Give me liberty! : the story of the Declaration of Independence Russell Freedman. E221 .F84 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Describes the origins, applications of, and challenges to the ten amendments to the United States Constitution that comprise the Bill of Rights.
Giver Lois Lowry. PZ7.L9673 Gi 1993 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
Glorious flight : across the Channel with Louis Blériot, July 25, 1909 Alice and Martin Provensen. TL721.B5 P76 1987 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A biography of the man whose fascination with flying machines produced the Bleriot XI, which in 1909 became the first heavier-than-air machine to fly the English Channel.
Goats Brock Cole. PZ7.C67342 Go 1992 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Stripped and marooned on a small island by their fellow campers, a boy and a girl form an uneasy bond that grows into a deep friendship when they decide to run away and disappear without a trace.
Goin' someplace special Patricia C. McKissack ; [illustrated by] Jerry Pinkney. PZ7.M478693 Go 2001 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability In segregated 1950s Nashville, a young African American girl braves a series of indignities and obstacles to get to one of the few integrated places in town: the public library.
Going North Janice N. Harrington ; pictures by Jerome Lagarrigue. PZ7.H23815 Go 2004 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A young African American girl and her family leave their home in Alabama and head for Lincoln, Nebraska, where they hope to escape segregation and find a better life.
Going solo Roald Dahl. PR6054.A35 Z464 1999 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability As a young man working in East Africa for the Shell Company, Roald Dahl recounts his adventures living in the jungle and later flying a fighter plane in World War II.
Gold dust Chris Lynch. PZ7.L979739 Go 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability In 1975, twelve-year-old Richard befriends Napoleon, a Caribbean newcomer to his Catholic school, hoping that Napoleon will learn to love baseball and the Red Sox, and will win acceptance in the racially polarized Boston school.
Golden compass Philip Pullman. PZ7.P968 Go 1996 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North.
Gone wild : an endangered animal alphabet David McLimans. QL83 .M355 2006 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Illustrated numbers from one to ten mimick the physical features of ten underwater animals and information is provided about the habitat, aquatic region, and endangerment status of each example.
Gone, gone, gone Hannah Moskowitz. PZ7.M8495 Go 2012x Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
Good hunting, Blue Sky by Peggy Parish ; pictures by James Watts. PZ7.P219 Gm 1991 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Blue Sky, a young Indian boy, goes hunting to bring food home only to have the food bring him home instead.
Goodnight moon by Margaret Wise Brown ; pictures by Clement Hurd. PZ7.B8163 Go 1982 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability The book tells the story of a young bunny who, at bedtime, says goodnight to everything in his room and all the stars and the moon.
Gorilla walk Ted & Betsy Lewin. QL737.P96 L49 1999 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Describes an expedition into the field in southern Uganda to observe mountain gorillas in their native habitat.
Gracias por Pat Mora ; ilustraciones por John Parra ; traducción por Adriana Domínguez = Thanks / by Pat Mora ; illustrations by John Parra ; translation by Adriana Domínguez. PZ73 .M6363 2009 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A young multiracial boy celebrates family, friendship, and fun by telling about some of the everyday things for which he is thankful.
Grandfather's journey written and illustrated by Allen Say. PZ7.S2744 Gr 1993 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A Japanese American man recounts his grandfather's journey to America which he later also undertakes, and the feelings of being torn by a love for two different countries.
Grandma Fina and her wonderful umbrellas = La abuelita Fina y sus sombrillas maravillosas Benjamin Alire Sáenz ; [illustrated by] Geronimo Garcia ; [Spanish translation by Pilar Herrera]. PZ73 .S247 1999 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability After her friends and family all notice that her favorite yellow umbrella is torn, Grandma Fina gets quite a surprise on her birthday.
Great Depression : an eyewitness history David F. Burg. E806 .B9 1996 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Compiles a history of the Great Depression, including the events that led up to it and the New Deal that followed, with chronologies, personal narratives, and documents.
Great big book of families by Mary Hoffman ; pictures by Ros Asquith. HQ744 .H54 2011 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Features illustrations and descriptions of different types of families and how their lives are similar and different.
Grey king by Susan Cooper ; illustrations by Michael Heslop. PZ7.C7878 Gt 1975b Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A strange boy and dog remind Will Stanton that he is an immortal, whose quest is to find the golden harp which will rouse others from a long slumber in the Welsh hills so they may prepare for the ultimate battle of Light versus Dark.
Grouchy ladybug Eric Carle. PZ7.C21476 Gr 1996 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability The Grouchy ladybug: A grouchy ladybug, looking for a fight, challenges everyone she meets regardless of their size or strength. Bright beetle: Follows the life cycle of the small insects known as ladybugs, from egg through larva and pupa stages to fully developed adult. There's a ladybu...
Guardian Julius Lester. PZ7.L5629 Gu 2008 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability In a rural southern town in 1946, a white man and his son witness the lynching of an innocent black man. Includes historical note on lynching.
Half and half : writers on growing up biracial and bicultural edited and with an introduction by Claudine C. O'Hearn. HQ777.9 .H34 1998 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Eighteen biracial and bicultural writers address the difficulties and benefits of growing up different in the United States. As we approach the twenty-first century, biracialism and biculturalism are becoming increasingly common. Skin color and place of birth are no longer reliable signif...
Hana's suitcase : a true story by Karen Levine. DS135.C97 B6655 2003 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A biography of a Czech girl who died in the Holocaust, told in alternating chapters with an account of how the curator of a Japanese Holocaust center learned about her life after Hana's suitcase was sent to her.
Hand in hand : ten Black men who changed America by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; paintings by Brian Pinkney. E185.86 .P56 2012 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
Handbook of Japanese mythology Michael Ashkenazi. BL2203 .A86 2003 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Provides an introduction to the mythology of Japan, viewing the myths in their social, historical, and cultural context.
Handmade alphabet Laura Rankin. HV2480 .R36 1991 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
Handmade counting book Laura Rankin. HV2477 .R363 1998 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Shows how to count from one to twenty and twenty-five, fifty, seventy-five, and one hundred using American Sign Language.
Hannah is my name Belle Yang. PZ7.Y1925 Han 2004 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A young Chinese girl and her parents immigrate to the United States and try their best to assimilate into their San Francisco neighborhood while anxiously awaiting the arrival of their green cards.
Happy birthday to you! by Dr. Seuss . PZ8.3.G276 Hap Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Describes a birthday celebration in Katroo presided over by the Birthday Bird.
Harlem's little blackbird Renée Watson ; illustrated by Christian Robinson. ML3930.M63 W37 2012 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling ; illustrations by Mary GrandPré. PZ7.R79835 Haj 1999 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been released on the school.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling ; illustrations by Mary GrandPré. PZ7.R79835 Halm 2003 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability When the government of the magic world and authorities at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry refuse to believe in the growing threat of a freshly revived Lord Voldemort, fifteen-year-old Harry Potter finds support from his loyal friends in facing the evil wizard and other new terr...
Harry Potter and the goblet of fire by J.K. Rowling ; illustrations by Mary GrandPré. PZ7.R79835 Hal 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Fourteen-year-old Harry Potter joins the Weasleys at the Quidditch World Cup, then enters his fourth year at Hogwarts Academy where he is mysteriously entered in an unusual contest that challenges his wizarding skills, friendships and character, amid signs that an old enemy is growing str...
Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling. PZ7.R79835 Ham 1999 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability During his third year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter must confront the devious and dangerous wizard responsible for his parents' deaths.
Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone by J.K. Rowling ; illustrations by Mary GrandPré. PZ7.R79835 Har 1998 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability 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 Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Harvest George Ancona. HD1525 .A63 2001 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Text and photos explain how migrant workers pick many of the fruits and vegetables we eat every day.
Harvesting hope : the story of Cesar Chavez Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by Yuyi Morales. HD6509.C48 K78 2003 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A biography of Cesar Chavez, from age ten when he and his family lived happily on their Arizona ranch, to age thirty-eight when he led a peaceful protest against California migrant workers' miserable working conditions.
Hawk, I'm your brother by Byrd Baylor ; illustrated by Peter Parnall. PZ7.B3435 Haw 1986 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Determined to learn to fly, Rudy adopts a hawk hoping that their kinship will bring him closer to his goal.
Heather has two mommies written by Lesléa Newman ; illustrated by Diana Souza. PZ7.N47988 He 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability When Heather goes to playgroup, at first she feels bad because she has two mothers and no father, but then she learns that there are lots of different kinds of families and the most important thing is that all the people love each other.
Hector lives in the United States now : the story of a Mexican-American child by Joan Hewett ; photographs by Richard Hewett. E184.M5 H46 1990 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Text and photographs document the day-to-day happenings and milestones in the life of a young Mexican boy whose family seeks amnesty in the United States under the Immigration Reform and Control Act.
Helen Keller : her life in pictures George Sullivan ; foreword by Keller Johnson Thompson. HV1624.K4 S853 2007 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability The fascinating life of one of the most popular historical figures is told through images -- most rarely, if ever, seen -- from the American Foundation for the Blind and The Perkins School for the Blind. The images trace Keller's life from birth, to childhood with Annie Sullivan in the co...
Hello, amigos! by Tricia Brown ; photographs by Fran Ortiz. F869.S39 M537 1986 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Follows a day, a birthday, in the life of a Mexican American child, who lives with his family in the Mission District of San Francisco.
Henry hikes to Fitchburg D.B. Johnson. PZ7.J6316355 He 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability While his friend works hard to earn the train fare to Fitchburg, a bear, modeled on a young Henry Thoreau, walks the thirty miles through woods and fields, enjoying nature and the time to think great thoughts. Includes biographical information about Thoreau.
Here is my kingdom : Hispanic-American literature and art for young people edited by Charles Sullivan ; foreword by Luis R. Cancel. PS508.H57 H47 1994 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Art. Minority.
Here's looking at me : how artists see themselves Bob Raczka. N7618 .R33 2006 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Fourteen famous artists' self-portraits illustrating their different styles and views of themselves.
Hero and the crown Robin McKinley. PZ7.M1988 He 1985 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Aerin, with the guidance of the wizard Luthe and the help of the Blue Sword, wins the birthright due her as the daughter of the Damarian king and a witchwoman of the mysterious, demon-haunted North.
Hey, Al story by Arthur Yorinks ; pictures by Richard Egielski. PZ7.Y819 He 1986 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A city janitor and his treasured canine companion are transported by a large colorful bird to an island in the sky, where their comfortable paradise existence threatens to turn them into birds as well. Al, a janitor, and his faithful dog, Eddie, live in a single room on the West Side. The...
Higher power of Lucky by Susan Patron ; with illustrations by Matt Phelan. PZ7.P27565 Hig 2006 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Fearing that her legal guardian plans to abandon her to return to France, ten-year-old aspiring scientist Lucky Trimble determines to run away while also continuing to seek the Higher Power that will bring stability to her life.
Hiroshima : a novella by Laurence Yep. PZ7.Y44 Hi 1995 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Describes the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, particularly as it affects Sachi, who becomes one of the Hiroshima Maidens.
Hobbit, or, There and back again by J.R.R. Tolkien. PZ7.T5744 Ho 2001 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return.
Holes Louis Sachar. PZ7.S1185 Ho 1998 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
Home at last written by Susan Middleton Elya ; illustrated by Felipe Dávalos. PZ7.E562 Ho 2002 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability When she and her family move from Mexico to the United States, eight-year-old Ana helps her mother adjust to the new situation by encouraging her to learn English.
Home of the brave Katherine Applegate. PZ7.A6485 Hom 2007 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Kek, an African refugee, is confronted by many strange things at the Minneapolis home of his aunt and cousin, as well as in his fifth grade classroom, and longs for his missing mother, but finds comfort in the company of a cow and her owner.
Home to Medicine Mountain written by Chiori Santiago ; illustrated by Judith Lowry. E99.M18 S36 1998 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Two young Maidu Indian brothers sent to live at a government-run Indian residential school in California in the 1930s find a way to escape and return home for the summer.
Homeboyz by Alan Lawrence Sitomer. PZ7.S6228 Ho 2007 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Seventeen-year-old Teddy Anderson, who is known on the streets as T-Bear, decides to seek revenge on the person responsible for his little sister's death, which was caused by a stray bullet from a semiautomatic handgun.
Homework machine by Dan Gutman. PZ7.G9846 Hnw 2006 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability 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.
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen. PZ7.H52 Ho 2002 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.
Hope was here Joan Bauer. PZ7.B32615 Ho 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability When sixteen-year-old Hope and the aunt who has raised her move from Brooklyn to Mulhoney, Wisconsin, to work as waitress and cook in the Welcome Stairways diner, they become involved with the diner owner's political campaign to oust the town's corrupt mayor.
House of the scorpion Nancy Farmer. PZ7.F23814 Mat 2002 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patrón, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.
How I learned geography Uri Shulevitz. PZ7.S5594 Ho 2008 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability As he spends hours studying his father's world map, a young boy escapes the hunger and misery of refugee life. Based on the author's childhood in Kazakhstan, where he lived as a Polish refugee during World War II.
How many days to America? : a Thanksgiving story by Eve Bunting ; illustrated by Beth Peck. PZ7.B91527 Ho 1988 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Refugees from a Caribbean island embark on a dangerous boat trip to America where they have a special reason to celebrate Thanksgiving.
Huckabuck family and how they raised popcorn in Nebraska and quit and came back Carl Sandburg ; pictures by David Small. PZ7.S1965 Hu 1999 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability After the popcorn the Huckabucks had raised explodes in a fire and Pony Pony Huckabuck finds a silver buckle inside a squash, the family decides it is time for a change.
Hunted mammals of the sea Robert M. McClung ; ill. by William Downey. QL713.2 .M3 1978 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Discusses the characteristics of whales, porpoises, polar bears, and other mammals of the sea, the human exploitation of these animals, and efforts to preserve and increase their numbers.
Hunter : a Chinese folktale retold by Mary Casanova ; illustrations by Ed Young. PZ8.1.C22783 Hu 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability After learning to understand the language of animals, Hai Li Bu the hunter sacrifices himself to save his village.
Huntress Malinda Lo. PZ8.L773 Hun 2011 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Seventeen-year-olds Kaede and Taisin are called to go on a dangerous and unprecedented journey to Tanlili, the city of the Fairy Queen, in an effort to restore the balance of nature in the human world.
I am J by Cris Beam. PZ7.B362 Iaj 2011 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability An emotional, heartbreaking, and ultimately inspiring story of a transgender teen.		I am an American : a true story of Japanese internment by Jerry Stanley. D769.8.A6 S73 1994 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Minority. History. Describes the experiences of one Japanese American citizen in the Japanese internment camps authorized by President Roosevelt on February 19, 1942 during World War II.
I can sign my ABCs Susan Gibbons Chaplin ; illustrated by Laura McCaul. HV2476 .C46 1986 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability An introduction to the alphabet in sign language with the manual alphabet handshape, a picture, the name, and the sign of object beginning with that letter for each of the twenty-six letters of the alphabet.
I face the wind by Vicki Cobb ; illustrated by Julia Gorton. QC931.4 .C63 2003 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Introduces the characteristics and actions of the wind through simple hands-on activities.
I look like a girl Sheila Hamanaka. PZ8.3.H17 Il 1999 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability In her imagination, a young girl assumes many shapes and forms, from dolphin and condor to wolf and jaguar.
I speak English for my mom Muriel Stanek ; illustrations by Judith Friedman. PZ7.S78637 Ias 1989 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Lupe, a young Mexican American, must translate for her mother who speaks only Spanish until Mrs. Gomez decides to learn English in order to get a better job.
I thought my soul would rise and fly : the diary of Patsy, a freed girl by Joyce Hansen. PZ7.H1933 Iaj 1997 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Twelve-year-old Patsy keeps a diary of the ripe but confusing time following the end of the Civil War and the granting of freedom to former slaves.
I'm deaf, and it's okay Lorraine Aseltine, Evelyn Mueller, Nancy Tait ; pictures by Helen Cogancherry. HV2392 .A84 1986 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A young boy describes the frustrations caused by his deafness and the encouragement he receives from a deaf teenager that he can lead an active life.
I'm the big sister now Michelle Emmert ; illustrated by Gail Owens. RJ496.C4 E46 1989 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Nine-year-old Michelle describes the joys, loving times, difficulties, and other special situations involved in living with her older sister Amy Emmert, who was born severely disabled with cerebral palsy.
I, Juan de Pareja Elizabeth Borton de Treviño. PZ7.T7327 I 1991 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability The slave of the 17th century Spanish painter Velazquez becomes a painter in his own right.
Iggie's house by Judy Blume. PZ7.B6265 Ig Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability When an African American family with three children moves into her white neighborhood, eleven-year-old Winnie learns the difference between being a good neighbor and being a good friend.
In darkness Nick Lake. PZ7.L15857 In 2012 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
In my family paintings and stories by Carmen Lomas Garza ; as told to Harriet Rohmer ; edited by David Schecter ; Spanish translation by Francisco X. Alarcón = En mi familia / cuadros y relatos de Carmen Lomas Garza ; contados a Harriet Rohmer ; edita E184.S75 L67 1996 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability The author describes, in bilingual text and illustrations, her experiences growing up in an Hispanic community in Texas.
In our mothers' house Patricia Polacco. PZ7.P75186 Mv 2009 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Three young children experience the joys and challenges of being raised by two mothers.
In search of the spirit : the living national treasures of Japan by Sheila Hamanaka and Ayano Ohmi ; illustrations by Sheila Hamanaka ; calligraphy by Ayano Ohmi. NX584.A1 H34 1999 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Describes the creations of some of Japan's Living National Treasures, artists who are involved in various Japanese arts, including Yuzen dyeing, bamboo basket weaving, Bunraku puppetmaking, swordmaking, Noh theater, and neriage ceramics.
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson Bette Bao Lord ; illustrations by Marc Simont. PZ7.L8773 In 1984 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Shirley Temple Wong sails from China to America with a heart full of dreams. Her new home is Brooklyn, New York. America is indeed a land full of wonders, but Shirley doesn't know any English, so it's hard to make friends. Then a miracle-baseball-happens. It is 1947, and Jackie Robinson, ...
In the days of the vaqueros : America's first true cowboys by Russell Freedman. F790.M5 F74 2001 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Recounts the history of the vaqueros in the Spanish New World who mastered the art of cow herding and taught it to the inexperienced settlers of the American West three hundred years later.
In the night kitchen Maurice Sendak ; [lettering by Diana Blair]. PZ7.S47 In 1995 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A little boy's dream-fantasy in which he helps three fat bakers get milk for their cake batter.
In the time of the drums Kim L. Siegelson ; illustrated by Brian Pinkney. PZ7.S56657 In 1999 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Mentu, an American-born slave boy, watches his beloved grandmother, Twi, lead the insurrection at Teakettle Creek of Ibo people arriving from Africa on a slave ship.
Indian chiefs Russell Freedman. E89 .F73 1987 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Biographies of six Western Indian chiefs who led their people in a historic moment of crisis, when a decision had to be made about fighting or cooperating with the white pioneers encroaching on their grounds.
Indian way : learning to communicate with Mother Earth Gary McLain ; paintings by Gary McLain ; illustrations by Michael Taylor. E98.S7 M27 1990 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Describes how Native Americans viewed the environment, lived within it in harmony and respect, and how we today can learn from and practice Indian ways.
Inside out & back again Thanhha Lai. PZ7.5.L35 In 2011 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama.
Investigating natural disasters through children's literature : an integrated approach Anthony D. Fredericks. GB5005 .F74 2001 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Tap into students' inherent awe of storms, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, floods, avalanches, landslides, and tsunamis to open their minds to the wonders and power of the natural world. Using quality children's literature as a springboard to learning, this guide e...
Invisible Princess Faith Ringgold. PZ7.R4726 In 1999 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Mama and Papa Love have a child, the Invisible Princess, who saves them and the other plantation slaves from their cruel master so that they can all find happiness in the Invisible Village of Peace, Freedom, and Love.
Invisible hunters : a legend from the Miskito Indians of Nicaragua = Los cazadores invisibles : una leyenda de los indios miskitos de Nicaragua Harriet Rohmer, Octavio Chow, Morris Vidaure ; illustrations/ilustraciones, Joe Sam ; version in Spanish/vers F1529.M9 R64 1987 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability This Miskito Indian legend set in seventeenth-century Nicaragua illustrates the impact of the first European traders on traditional life.
Isabel Allende : recuerdos para un cuento por Raquel Benatar ; ilustrado por Fernando Molinari ; traducido al inglés por Patricia Petersen = Isabel Allende : memories for a story / by Raquel Benatar ; illustrated by Fernando Molinari ; translated into PQ8098.1.L54 Z55 2002 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A simple description of the childhood and youth of the Chilean author Isabel Allende.
Island like you : stories of the barrio Judith Ortiz Cofer. PZ7.O765 Is 1995 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Twelve stories about young people caught between their Puerto Rican heritage and their American surroundings.
Island of the Blue Dolphins. PZ7.O237 Is Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability The gripping story of young Karana, an Indian girl who survives by herself for eighteen years on a deserted island off the California coast. A quiet acceptance of fate characterizes her ordeal.
It doesn't have to be this way : a barrio story story by Luis J. Rodriguez ; illustrations by Daniel Galvez = No tiene que ser así : una historia del barrio / escrito por Luis J. Rodriguez ; ilustrado por Daniel Galvez. PZ73 .R62925 1999 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Reluctantly a young boy becomes more and more involved in the activities of a local gang, until a tragic event involving his cousin forces him to make a choice about the course of his life.
Jacob have I loved Katherine Paterson. PZ7.P273 Jac 1980b Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Feeling deprived all her life of schooling, friends, mother, and even her name by her twin sister, Louise finally begins to find her identity.
Jambo means hello; Swahili alphabet book, by Muriel Feelings. Pictures by Tom Feelings. PL8701 .F4 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Presents a word, with English translation, for each of the twenty-four letters in the Swahili alphabet. Brief explanation of each word introduces an East African custom.
Jesse by Gary Soto. PZ7.S7242 Je 1994 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Two Mexican American brothers hope that junior college will help them escape their heritage of tedious physical labor.
Jessie De La Cruz : a profile of a United Farm Worker Gary Soto. HD6509.D4 S64 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Profiles the Mexican American woman who spent her early years as a migrant farm worker and later became the first female organizer for the United Farm Workers.
Jingle dancer Cynthia L. Smith ; illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu. PZ7.S64464 Ji 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Jenna, a member of the Muscogee, or Creek, Nation, borrows jingles from the dresses of several friends and relatives so that she can perform the jingle dance at the powwow. Includes a note about the jingle dance tradition and its regalia.
Joan of Arc Josephine Poole ; illustrated by Angela Barrett ; research by Vincent Helyar. DC103.5 .P66 1998 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A biography of the fifteenth-century peasant girl who led a French army to victory against the English, witnessed the crowning of King Charles VII, and was later burned at the stake for witchcraft.
Joseph had a little overcoat Simms Taback. PZ7.T1115 Jo 1999 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A very old overcoat is recycled numerous times into a variety of garments.
Journey : Japanese Americans, racism and renewal painting and text by Sheila Hamanaka ; book design by Steve Frederick. E184.J3 H35 1990 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Text and photographed details of a mural depict the history of the Japanese people in America.
Journey to Gold Mountain : the Chinese in 19th-century America Ronald Takaki ; adapted by Rebecca Stefoff. E184.C5 T35 1994 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
Julie of the wolves. Pictures by John Schoenherr. PZ7.G2933 Ju Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability While running away from home and an unwanted marriage, a thirteen-year-old Eskimo girl becomes lost on the North Slope of Alaska and is befriended by a wolf pack.
Jumping tree : a novel René Saldaña, Jr. PZ7.S149 Ju 2001 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Rey, a Mexican American living with his close-knit family in a Texas town near the Mexican border, describes his transition from boy to young man. These lively stories follow Rey Castaneda from sixth through eighth grade in Nuevo Penitas, Texas. One side of Rey's family lives nearby in Me...
Just a minute : a trickster tale and counting book by Yuyi Morales. PZ8.1.M7955 Ju 2003 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability In this version of a traditional tale, Senor Calavera arrives at Grandma Beetle's door, ready to take her to the next life, but after helping her count, in English and Spanish, as she makes her birthday preparations, he changes his mind.
Just in case Yuyi Morales. PZ7.M7881927 Ju 2008 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability As Señor Calavera prepares for Grandma Beetle's birthday he finds an alphabetical assortment of unusual presents, but with the help of Zelmiro the Ghost, he finds the best gift of all.
Just one flick of a finger by Marybeth Lorbiecki ; illustrated by David Diaz. PZ8.3.L865 Ju 1996 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A young boy takes a gun to school to scare off the bully who has been tormenting him, and the gun is accidentally fired during a scuffle.
Just so stories, for little children Rudyard Kipling ; with illustrations by the author ; edited with an introduction by Lisa Lewis. PR4854 .J83 1995 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
Kaleidoscope : a multicultural booklist for grades K-8 Rudine Sims Bishop, editor ; and the Multicultural Booklist Committee of the National Council of Teachers of English. Z1361.E4 K34 1994 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
Keepers of life : discovering plants through Native American stories and earth activities for children Michael J. Caduto and Joseph Bruchac ; foreword by Marilou Awiakta ; story illustrations by John Kahionhes Fadden and David Kanietakeron Fadden ; chap E98.F6 C117 1997 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A collection of Native American stories that provide information about botany, plant ecology, and natural history, accompanied by activities for children.
Keepers of the earth : native American stories and environmental activities for children Michael J. Caduto and Joseph Bruchac ; foreword by N. Scott Momaday ; illustrations by John Kahionhes Fadden and Carol Wood. E98.F6 C12 1988 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A selection of traditional tales from various Indian peoples, each accompanied by instructions for related activities dealing with aspects of the environment.
Kids explore America's Hispanic heritage Westridge Young Writers Workshop. E184.S75 K53 1992 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Presents writings by students in grades three to seven on topics of Hispanic culture, including dance, cooking, games, history, art, songs, and role models.
Kids explore America's Japanese American heritage Westridge Young Writers Workshop. E184.J3 K454 1996 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Presents writings by students in grades three to seven on topics of Japanese American culture, including sports, cooking, history, and art.
King & King Linda de Haan & Stern Nijland. PZ7.H11132 Ki 2002 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability When the queen insists that the prince get married and take over as king, the search for a suitable mate does not turn out as expected.
Kira-kira Cynthia Kadohata. PZ7.K1166 Ki 2004 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Chronicles the close friendship between two Japanese-American sisters growing up in rural Georgia during the late 1950s and early 1960s, and the despair when one sister becomes terminally ill.
Kit's wilderness David Almond. PZ7.A448 Ki 1999 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Thirteen-year-old Kit goes to live with his grandfather in the decaying coal mining town of Stoneygate, England, and finds both the old man and the town haunted by ghosts of the past.
Kitten's first full moon Kevin Henkes. PZ7.H389 Ki 2004 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability When Kitten mistakes the full moon for a bowl of milk, she ends up tired, wet, and hungry trying to reach it.
Koko-love! : conversations with a signing gorilla by Francine Patterson ; photographs by Ronald H. Cohn. QL795.G7 P38 1999 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability The real life experience of Koko, a gorilla in California who uses sign language.
La Causa : the migrant farmworkers' story by Dana Catharine de Ruiz and Richard Larios ; illustrations by Rudy Gutierrez. HD6515.A292 U544 1993 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Describes the efforts in the 1960s of Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta to organize migrant workers in California into a union which became the United Farm Workers.
Land Mildred D. Taylor. PZ7.T21723 Lan 2001 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability After the Civil War Paul, the son of a white father and a black mother, finds himself caught between the two worlds of colored folks and white folks as he pursues his dream of owning land of his own.
Landmarks of African American history James Oliver Horton. E185 .H6444 2005 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Describes a variety of landmarks and buildings that represent the experiences and accomplishments of African Americans throughout the history of the United States. In Landmarks of African American History, James Oliver Horton chooses thirteen historic sites to explore the struggles and tr...
Langston Hughes reader. PS3515.U274 A6 1958 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
Latinos in the struggle for equal education James D. Cockcroft. LC2669 .C63 1995 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Describes the struggle of Hispanic Americans to get an equal education, with an emphasis on New York City and the Southwest.
Leaving Yesler : a novel by Peter Bacho. PZ7.B132174 Le 2010 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Bobby, a sensitive seventeen-year-old living in the projects of Seattle in 1968, copes with his mother's death from cancer and his brother's death in Vietnam, and tries to determine his own identity in the midst of many challenges.
Leon's story Leon Tillage, with pictures by Susan L. Roth. F264.F86 T55 1997 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability The son of a North Carolina sharecropper recalls the hard times faced by his family and other African Americans in the first half of the twentieth century and the changes that the civil rights movement helped bring about.
Less than half, more than whole by Kathleen and Michael Lacapa ; illustrated by Michael Lacapa. PZ7.L117 Le 1994 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A child who is only part Native American is troubled by his mixed racial heritage.
Let's talk about race by Julius Lester ; illustrated by Karen Barbour. E184.A1 L464 2005 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability The author introduces the concept of race as only one component in an individual's or nation's "story."
Leyenda del pincel Indio recontada e ilustrada por Tomie dePaola. E78.G73 D418 1993 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Little Gopher follows his destiny, as revealed in a Dream-Vision, of becoming an artist for his people and eventually is able to bring the colors of the sunset down to earth.
Liberty Lynn Curlee. F128.64.L6 C87 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Discusses all the planning and efforts that went into the construction of one of the most famous symbols of the United States, the Statue of Liberty.
Like it is : facts and feelings about handicaps from kids who know by Barbara Adams ; photography by James Stanfield. HV904 .A4 1979 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A group of handicapped youngsters discuss their disabilities and how they cope with them on a day-to-day basis.
Lincoln: a photobiography, by Russell Freedman. E457.905 F73 1987 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
Listen to the wind : the story of Dr. Greg and Three cups of tea by Greg Mortenson and Susan L. Roth ; collages by Susan L. Roth. LC5148.P18 M67 2009 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Tells the true story of a man who became lost and delirious after an unsuccessful trek to the top of K2, was saved by the locals of a remote Himalayan village, and kept his vow to return one day to build them a new school as a gesture of sincere appreciation and gratitude for what they di...
Literature-based science : children's books and activities to enrich the K-5 curriculum Christine Roots Hefner and Kathryn Roots Lewis. LB1585 .H44 1995 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
Little Gold Star : a Cinderella cuento = Estrellita de oro retold in Spanish & English by Joe Hayes ; illustrated by Gloria Osuna Perez and Lucia Angela Perez. PZ74 .H39 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability In this variation of the Cinderella story, coming from the Hispanic tradition in New Mexico, Arciá and her wicked stepsisters have different encounters with a magical hawk and are left physically changed in ways that will affect their meeting with the prince.
Little weaver of Thái-Yên village = Cô bé thợ-dệt làng Thái-yên written in Vietnamese by Trần-Khánh-Tuyết ; illustrated by Nancy Hom ; translated into English by Christopher N.H. Jenkins & Trần-Khánh-Tuyết. PZ90.V5 T7 1987 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A young Vietnamese girl maintains her own cultural identity while struggling to adjust to the United States.
Local news Gary Soto. PZ7.S7242 Lo 1993 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A collection of thirteen short stories about the everyday lives of Mexican American young people in California's Central Valley.
Lon Po Po : a Red-Riding Hood story from China translated and illustrated by Ed Young. PZ8.1.Y84 Lo 1989 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Three sisters staying home alone are endangered by a hungry wolf who is disguised as their grandmother.
Longitude prize Joan Dash, pictures by Dusan Petricic. QB107 .D28 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability The story of John Harrison, inventor of watches and clocks, who spent forty years working on a time-machine which could be used to accurately determine longitude at sea.
Los Angeles area missions by Dianne M. MacMillan. F869.L88 A238 2008 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Describes the historical, Spanish missions of the Los Angeles area.
Lost garden Laurence Yep. PS3575.E6 Z47 1996 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability While describing her humorous adventures with a blacksnake, Betsy Byars recounts childhood anecdotes and explains how she writes a book.
Luba : the angel of Bergen-Belsen as told to Michelle R. McCann by Luba Tryszynska-Frederick ; illustrations by Ann Marshall. D804.34 .M34 2003 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A biography of the Jewish heroine, Luba Tryszynska, who saved the lives of more than fifty Jewish children in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp during the winter of 1944/45.
Lupita Mañana Patricia Beatty ; afterword by Lucas Guttentag. PZ7.B380544 Lu 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability To help her poverty-stricken family, 13-year-old Lupita enters California as an illegal alien and starts to work while constantly on the watch for "la migra."
M.C. Higgins, the great Virginia Hamilton. PZ7.H1828 Mac 1999 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability As a slag heap, the result of strip mining, creeps closer to his house in the Ohio hills, fifteen-year-old M.C. is torn between trying to get his family away and fighting for the home they love.
Magic horse written by Idries Shah ; illustrated by Julie Freeman. PZ8.1.S47 Mag 1998 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A Sufi teaching tale in which two very different princes find their hearts' desires: one in a wondrous, mechanical fish, the other in a magical wooden horse.
Magic horse written by Idries Shah ; illustrated by Julie Freeman. PZ8.1.S47 Mag 1998 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A Sufi teaching tale in which two very different princes find their hearts' desires: one in a wondrous, mechanical fish, the other in a magical wooden horse.
Magic windows cut-paper art and stories by Carmen Lomas Garz a ; as told to Harriet Rohmer ; edited by David Schecter ; Spanish translation by Francisco X. Alarcón = Ventanas mágicas / papel picado y relatos de Carmen Lomas Garza ; contados a Harrie E184.M5 L59 1999 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability In Spanish and English, Carmen Lomas Garza portrays her vamil's Mexican customs through cut out paperwork.
Maldonado miracle Theodore Taylor. PZ7 .T2186 Mal 1986 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A twelve-year-old Mexican crosses the border illegally to join his father in California.
Mama and Papa have a store story and pictures by Amelia Lau Carling. PZ7.C216354 Mam 1998 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A little girl describes what a day is like in her parents' Chinese store in Guatemala City.
Mama does the mambo story by Katherine Leiner ; illustrated by Edel Rodriguez. PZ7.L5346 Mam 2001 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Following the death of her Papa, Sophia fears that her Mama will never find another dancing partner for Carnival.
Mama zooms written and illustrated by Jane Cowen-Fletcher. PZ7.C8358 Mam 1993 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A boy's wonderful mama takes him zooming everywhere with her, because her wheelchair is a zooming machine.
Mama, do you love me? by Barbara M. Joosse ; illustrated by Barbara Lavallee. PZ7.J7435 Mam 1991 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A child living in the Arctic learns that a mother's love is unconditional.
Mammoth magic : story written by Shelley Gill and illustrated by Shannon Cartwright. PZ7.G3994 Mam 1986 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Story intertwining Eskimo legend and the magic of an Alaskan night. How a small boy overcomes his fear of the dark with the help of his grandfather and a pinch of Mammoth Magic. Suitable grades 4 and up.
Man and the fox by Idries Shah. PZ8.1.S47 Mal 2006 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Relates how a clever fox outwits the man who set a trap for him by promising him a chicken.
Man who walked between the towers Mordicai Gerstein. GV551 .G47 2003 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A lyrical evocation of Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers.
Man with bad manners by Idries Shah ; [illustrated by Rose Mary Santiago]. PZ8.1.S47 Man 2003 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A clever boy and other villagers devise a plan to improve the manners of one of their neighbors. Based on a folktale from Afghanistan.
Maniac Magee : a novel by Jerry Spinelli. PZ7.S75663 Man 1990 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability From the Publisher: He wasn't born with the name Maniac Magee. He came into this world named Jeffrey Lionel Magee, but when his parents died and his life changed, so did his name. And Maniac Magee became a legend. Even today kids talk about how fast he could run; about how he hit an insid...
Many moons by James Thurber ; illustrated by Louis Slobodkin. PZ7.T422 Man 1970 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Though many try, only the court jester is able to fulfill Princess Lenore's wish for the moon.
Marching for freedom : walk together, children, and don't you grow weary Elizabeth Partridge. E185.93.A3 P37 2009 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability This book recounts the three months of protest that took place before Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s landmark march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery to promote equal rights and help African-Americans earn the right to vote.
Mariquita malhumorada Eric Carle ; [revised translation by Teresa Mlawer]. PZ73 .C368 1996 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A grouchy ladybug who is looking for a fight challenges everyone she meets regardless of their size or strength. Text in Spanish.
Martin's Big words : the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. Doreen Rappaport ; illustrations by Bryan Collier. E185.97.K5 R36 2001 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A brief biographical sketch of Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the greatest figures in the American civil rights movement.
Mexican whiteboy Matt de la Peña. PZ7.P3725 Mex 2008 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
Mi hija, mi hijo, el aguila, la paloma : un canto Azteca por Ana Castillo ; ilustrado por S. Guevara. F1219.76.F65 C3718 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A time-honored tribute to a child on his or her way to adulthood, adapted from ancient Aztec chants.
Middle Ages : an illustrated history Barbara A. Hanawalt. D117 .H26 1998 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A history of the Middle Ages, including the merger of Roman, Christian, and Germanic cultures; the transformation of the Roman Empire; and social, economic, religious, and cultural aspects of medieval life.
Midwife's apprentice by Karen Cushman. PZ7.C962 Mi 1995 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability In medieval England, a nameless, homeless girl is taken in by a sharp-tempered midwife, and in spite of obstacles and hardship, eventually gains the three things she most wants: a full belly, a contented heart, and a place in this world.
Miles to go for freedom : segregation & civil rights in the Jim Crow years Linda Barrett Osborne. E185.61 .O827 2012 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
Ming Lo moves the mountain written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel. PZ7.L7795 Mi 1982 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A wise man tells Ming Lo how to move the mountain away from his house.
Miracle's boys Jacqueline Woodson. PZ7.W868 Mi 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Twelve-year-old Lafayette's close relationship with his older brother Charlie changes after Charlie is released from a detention home and blames Lafayette for the death of their mother.
Mirette on the high wire Emily Arnold McCully. PZ7.M478415 Mi Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Mirette learns tightrope walking from Monsieur Bellini, a guest in her mother's boarding house, not knowing that he is a celebrated tightrope artist who has withdrawn from performing because of fear.
Misoso : once upon a time tales from Africa retold by Verna Aardema ; illustrated by Reynold Ruffins. PZ8.1 .M665 1994 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A collection of twelve folktales from different parts of Africa. A fine collection of African tales, with each story preceded by a map showing its locale and a glossary of unfamiliar words. Annotation. Illustrated in full color. From Angola to Zanzibar, this treasury is as varied and boun...
Missing May by Cynthia Rylant. PZ7.R982 Mj 1992 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability After the death of the beloved aunt who has raised her, twelve-year-old Summer and her uncle Ob leave their West Virginia trailer in search of the strength to go on living. Twelve-year-old Summer, her classmate Cletus, and her grieving Uncle Ob set off across West Virginia in search of a ...
Mission San Juan Bautista Allison Stark Draper. F869.S3947 D73 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Discusses the mission at San Juan Bautista from its founding in 1797 to the present day, including the reasons for Spanish colonization in California and the effects of colonization on the Mutsun (a tribe of the Costanoan) Indians.
Mission Santa Cruz Kim Ostrow. F869.S48 O88 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability The history of this California mission from its founding in 1791, through its development and use in serving the Ohlone Indians, and its secularization and function today.
Missions of the Monterey Bay Area Emily Abbink. F868.M7 A23 1996 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Charts the histories of the missions of Carmel, Santa Cruz, and San Juan Bautista, and briefly describes life among the Ohlone Indians before the arrival of the Spaniards.
Monday is one day by Arthur A. Levine ; illustrated by Julian Hector. PZ8.3.L577 Mo 2011 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A rhyming countdown of the days of the week as a father and child find ways to spend time together while waiting for the weekend.
Money boy Paul Yee. PS8597 E3 M65 2011 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Young immigrant Ray Liu is struggling to adjust to North American life. When his father discovers Ray has been cruising gay websites, the teen is kicked out of the family home. He heads to downtown Toronto, where the harsh reality of street life hits him.
Money hungry Sharon G. Flake. PZ7.F59816 Mo 2001 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability All thirteen-year-old Raspberry can think of is making money so that she and her mother never have to worry about living on the streets again.
Morning Girl Michael Dorris. PZ7.D7287 Mo 1999 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Morning Girl, who loves the day, and her younger brother Star Boy, who loves the night, take turns describing their life on an island in pre-Columbian America. In Morning Girl's last narrative, she witnesses the arrival of the first Europeans to her world.
Moses : when Harriet Tubman led her people to freedom Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson. E444.T82 W43 2006x Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Describes Tubman's spiritual journey as she hears the voice of God guiding her north to freedom on that very first trip to escape the brutal practice of forced servitude. Tubman would make nineteen subsequent trips back south, never being caught, but none as profound as this first one.
Mrs. Frisby and the rats of Nimh Robert C. O'Brien ; illustrated by Zena Bernstein. PZ10.3.O19 Mi Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Having no one to help her with her problems, a widowed mouse visits the rats whose former imprisonment in a laboratory made them wise and long lived.
Mufaro's beautiful daughters : an African tale John Steptoe. PZ8.S585 Mu 1987 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Mufaro's two beautiful daughters, one bad-tempered, one kind and sweet, go before the king, who is choosing a wife.
Muhammad Ali, the man who could float like a butterfly and sting like a bee story by Ntozake Shange ; illustrated by Edel Rodriguez. GV1132.A44 S43 2002 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability An introduction to the legendary boxer, Muhammad Ali, including his accomplishments as a fighter and his contributions to society.
Multicultural picture books : art for understanding others by Sylvia and Kenneth Marantz. Z1037 .M267 1994 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Selection of picture books which reflect the art and culture of different countries and cultures.
My buddy by Audrey Osofsky ; illustrated by Ted Rand. PZ7.O8347 My 1992 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A young boy with muscular dystrophy tells how he is teamed up with a dog trained to do things for him that he can't do for himself.
My diary from here to there story, Amada Irma Pérez ; illustration, Maya Christina Gonzalez = Mi diario de aquí hasta allá / cuento, Amada Irma Pérez ; ilustraciones, Maya Christina Gonzalez. PZ73 .P4654 2002 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A young girl describes her feelings when her father decides to leave their home in Mexico to look for work in the United States.
My dream of Martin Luther King by Faith Ringgold. E185.97.K5 R56 1995 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability African-American writers tell folktales and stories from the past that feature the theme of dreams and accomplishments.
My heartbeat Garret Freymann-Weyr. PZ7.W5395 My 2002 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability As she tries to understand the closeness between her older brother and his best friend, fourteen-year-old Ellen finds her relationship with each of them changing.
My name is Celia : the life of Celia Cruz = Me llamo Celia : la vida de Celia Cruz written by Monica Brown ; illustrated by Rafael López. ML3930.C96 B76 2004 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A bilingual portrait of the "Queen of Salsa" describes her childhood in Cuba, her musical career, and her move to the United States, and explains how her music brought her native Cuba to the world.
My name is Yoon Helen Recorvits ; pictures by Gabi Swiatkowska. PZ7.R24435 My 2003 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Disliking her name as written in English, Korean-born Yoon, or "shining wisdom," refers to herself as "cat," "bird," and "cupcake," as a way to feel more comfortable in her new school and new country.
My name is not easy Debby Dahl Edwardson. PZ7.E2657 My 2011 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Alaskans Luke, Chickie, Sonny, Donna, and Amiq relate their experiences in the early 1960s when they are forced to attend a Catholic boarding school where, despite different tribal affiliations, they come to find a sort of family and home.
My name was Hussein Hristo Kyuchukov ; illustrated by Allan Eitzen. PZ7.K798 Mn 2004 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Although they have kept their Islamic traditions living in their Bulgarian village for many generations, when an army takes over their village, a Muslim boy and his family are forced to take Christian names.
My two uncles Judith Vigna. PZ7.V67 Myt 1995 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Elly's grandfather has trouble accepting the fact that his son is gay.
My uncle's wedding written by Eric Ross ; illustrated by Tracy K. Greene. HQ1033 .R677 2011 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
Myths and hero tales : a cross-cultural guide to literature for children and young adults Alethea K. Helbig and Agnes Regan Perkins. BL313 .H45 1997 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
Nadia's hands by Karen English ; illustrated by Jonathan Weiner. PZ7.E7232 Nad 1999 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A Pakistani-American girl takes part in her aunt's traditional Pakistani wedding.
Napping house Audrey Wood ; illustrated by Don Wood. PZ7.W846 Nap 1984 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Features a cozy bed, a snoring granny, a dreaming child, a dozing dog, and a snoozing. This title includes a CD that begins with a reading of the story and follows with six original songs.	Navajo long walk : the tragic story of a proud people's forced march from their homeland by Joseph Bruchac ; with illustrations and captions by Shonto Begay. E99.N3 B744 2002 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Describes how, in the 1860s, U.S. soldiers forced thousands of Navajos to march to a desolate reservation four hundred miles from their homeland, only to have hundreds die along the way and the rest find unspeakable living conditions at their destination.
Neverending story Michael Ende ; translated by Ralph Manheim. PZ7.E6964 Ne 1997 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Shy, awkward Bastian is amazed to discover that he has become a character in the mysterious book he is reading and that he has an important mission to fulfill.
Night Flying Woman : an Ojibway narrative by Ignatia Broker ; illustrated by Steven Premo ; with a foreword by Paulette Fairbanks Molin. E99.C6 B79 1983 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability In the accounts of the lives of several generations of Ojibway people in Minnesota is much information about their history and culture.
Nightjohn Gary Paulsen. PZ7.P2843 Nj 1993 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Twelve-year-old Sarny's brutal life as a slave becomes even more dangerous when a newly arrived slave offers to teach her how to read. Sarny, a female slave at the Waller plantation, first sees Nightjohn when he is brought there with a rope around his neck, his body covered in scars. He h...
Nilda : a novel by Nicholasa Mohr ; with pictures by the author. PZ7.M7276 Ni 1986 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A young girl growing up in Spanish Harlem in the 1940's watches the secure world of her childhood years slowly erode away.
No laughter here Rita Williams-Garcia. PZ7.W6713 No 2004 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability In Queens, New York, ten-year-old Akilah is determined to find out why her closest friend, Victoria, is silent and withdrawn after returning from a trip to her homeland, Nigeria.
Noah's ark illustrated by Peter Spier. BS1238.N6 S64 1979 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Retells in pictures how a pair of every manner of creature climbed on board Noah's ark and thereby survived the Flood. The bee and the fox, the sheep and the ox--two of each kind trudged aboard Noah's famous vessel. Peter Spier uses his own translation of a seventeenth-century Dutch po...
Number the stars Lois Lowry. PZ7.L9673 Nu 1989 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.
Ocean ridges and trenches Peter Aleshire ; foreword, Geoffrey H. Nash, geologist. GC87 .A44 2007 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Provides information about the formation of ocean ridges and trenches. Includes ten examples of ridges and trenches from around the world.
October mourning : a song for Matthew Shepard Lesléa Newman. PZ7.5.N49 Oct 2012 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
Odd boy out : young Albert Einstein by Don Brown. QC16.E5 B76 2004 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability An introduction to the work and early life of the twentieth-century physicist whose theory of relativity revolutionized scientific thinking.
Of thee I sing : a letter to my daughters Barack Obama ; illustrated by Loren Long. BJ1631 .O23 2010 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability "In this tender, beautiful letter to his daughters, President Barack Obama has written a moving tribute to thirteen groundbreaking Americans and the ideals that have shaped our nation. From the artistry of Georgia O'Keeffe, to the courage of Jackie Robinson, to the patriotism of George Wa...
Ohlone of California Jack S. Williams. E99.O32 W56 2003 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Describes the culture, government, arts, and religion of the Ohlone people of the central California coastal region, through over one thousand years of their history.
Once upon a heroine : 450 books for girls to love Alison Cooper-Mullin and Jennifer Marmaduke Coye. Z1037 .C77 1998 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Contains over 450 entries that describe books that have female heroines; includes publishing information, a short overview of the plot, and recollections from famous women about what their favorite book was as a child.
Once upon a heroine : 450 books for girls to love Alison Cooper-Mullin and Jennifer Marmaduke Coye. Z1037 .C77 1998 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Contains over 450 entries that describe books that have female heroines; includes publishing information, a short overview of the plot, and recollections from famous women about what their favorite book was as a child.
One and only Ivan Katherine Applegate ; illustrations by Patricia Castelao. PZ7.A6483 On 2012 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
One fine day by Nonny Hogrogian. PZ7.H6844 On 1997 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability After the old woman cuts off his tail when he steals her milk, the fox must go through a long series of transactions before she will sew it back on again.
One grain of rice : a mathematical folktale Demi. PZ8.1.D38 On 1997 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A reward of one grain of rice doubles day by day into millions of grains of rice when a selfish raja is outwitted by a clever village girl.
Onion John. Illustrated by Symeon Shimin. PZ7.K946 On Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
Only passing through : the story of Sojourner Truth by Anne Rockwell ; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. E185.97.T8 R63 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Biography of Sojourner Truth, who was born into slavery, freed in 1827, and became famous for her courage, quick wit, and ready challenge as she campaigned for abolition and women's rights in New York and the Midwestern States.
Out of the dust Karen Hesse. PZ7.H4364 Ou 1997 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability In a series of poems, fifteen-year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family's wheat farm in Oklahoma during the dust bowl years of the Depression. Exquisitely written, this Newbery Medal-winner is a poetic, compelling, and often melancholy novel of a young girl growing ...
Owen & Mzee : the true story of a remarkable friendship told by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff, and Paula Kahumbu ; photographs by Peter Greste. QL737.U57 H38 2006 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A one-year-old hippo calf christened Owen was found alone and dehydrated by wildlife rangers near the Indian Ocean at Malindi, Kenya, in the days after the Asian Tsunami. He was placed in an enclosure
Owl moon by Jane Yolen ; illustrated by John Schoenherr. PZ7.Y78 Ow 1987 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability On a winter's night under a full moon, a father and daughter trek into the woods to see the Great Horned Owl.
Ox-cart man by Donald Hall ; pictures by Barbara Cooney. PZ7.H14115 Ox 1979 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Describes the day-to-day life throughout the changing seasons of an early 19th-century New England family.
Pablo's tree by Pat Mora ; illustrated by Cecily Lang. PZ7.M78819 Pab 1994 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Each year on his birthday, a young Mexican American boy looks forward to seeing how his grandfather has decorated the tree he planted on the day the boy was adopted. Ever since his daughter adopted young Pablo, grandfather decorates a tree on the anniversary of the boy's arrival.
Paper crane Molly Bang. PZ7.B2217 Pap 1985 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A mysterious man enters a restaurant and pays for his dinner with a paper crane that magically comes alive and dances.
Parrot in the oven : mi vida : a novel by Victor Martinez. PZ7.M36718 Par 1996 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Manny relates his coming of age experiences as a member of a poor Mexican American family in which the alcoholic father only adds to everyone's struggle.
Passage to freedom : the Sugihara story written by Ken Mochizuki ; illustrated by Dom Lee ; afterword by Hiroki Sugihara. D804.3 .M63 1997 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Tells the true story of Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat stationed in Lithuania in 1940 who risked the safety of his own family members and put his job on the line by issuing visas to as many as 10,000 Jews who were facing death at the hands of the Nazis.
Paul Robeson, hero before his time Rebecca Larsen. E185.97.R63 L37 1989 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Surveys the personal life and career of the singer, actor, and political activist.
People shall continue written by Simon Ortiz ; illustrated by Sharol Graves. E77.4 .O77 1988 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Traces the progress of the Indians of North America from the time of the Creation to the present.
Pepita talks twice = Pepita habla dos veces by Ofelia Dumas Lachtman ; illustrated by Alex Pardo DeLange. PZ73 .L23 1995 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Pepita, a little girl who can converse in Spanish and English, decides not to "speak twice" until unanticipated problems cause her to think twice about her decision.
Perfect Ellen Hopkins. PZ7.5.H67 Per 2011 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Northern Nevada teenagers Cara, Kendra, Sean, and Andre, tell in their own voices of their very different paths toward perfection and how their goals change when tragedy strikes.
Perilous journey of the Donner Party by Marian Calabro. F868.N5 C33 1999 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Uses materials from letters and diaries written by survivors of the Donner Party to relate the experiences of that ill-fated group as they endured horrific circumstances on their way to California in 1846-47. On April 14, 1846, the Donner Party set out from Springfield, Illinois, in searc...
Pictures of Hollis Woods Patricia Reilly Giff. PZ7.G3626 Pk 2002 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A troublesome twelve-year-old orphan, staying with an elderly artist who needs her, remembers the only other time she was happy in a foster home, with a family that truly seemed to care about her.
Pie-Biter = Pʻai wang A-hai = Comepasteles written by Ruthanne Lum McCunn ; illustrated by You-shan Tang ; Chinese translation by Ellen Lai-shan Yeung ; Spanish translation by Teresa Mlawer. PZ7.M478416 Pi 1998 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability In the nineteenth century, a young Chinese comes to the United States to work on the railroad and develops a fondness for pies that becomes legendary.
Pink Lili Wilkinson. PZ7.W652 Pin 2011 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Sixteen-year-old Ava does not know who she is or where she belongs, but when she tries out a new personality--and sexual orientation--at a different school, her edgy girlfriend, potential boyfriend, and others are hurt by her lack of honesty.
Pinocchio Carlo Collodi ; illustrated by Gioia Fiammenghi ; translated by E. Harden. PZ8 .C7 Pi 1996 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability The adventures of a talking wooden puppet whose nose grew longer whenever he told a lie.
Planting the trees of Kenya : the story of Wangari Maathai Claire A. Nivola. SB63.M22 N58 2008 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability "This is the story of Wangari Maathai, winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize and founder of the Green Belt Movement, Wangari came home from college to find the streams dry, the people malnourished, and the trees gone. How could she alone bring back the trees and restore the gardens and the...
Polar Express written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg. PZ7.V266 Po 1985 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa Claus.
Politics in George Orwell's Animal farm Dedria Bryfonski, book editor. PR6029.R8 A763 2010 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Several essays discuss social themes, politics, and contemporary issues found in George Orwell's Animal farm.
Postcards from no man's land Aidan Chambers. PZ7.C3557 Po 2002 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Alternates between two stories--contemporarily, seventeen-year-old Jacob visits a daunting Amsterdam at the request of his English grandmother--and historically, nineteen-year-old Geertrui relates her experience of British soldiers's attempts to liberate Holland from its German occupation...
Pot that Juan Built by Nancy Andrews-Goebel ; pictures by David Diaz. NK4210.Q49 A87 2002 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A cumulative rhyme summarizes the life's work of renowned Mexican potter, Juan Quezada. Additional information describes the process he uses to create his pots after the style of the Casas Grandes people.
Princess Smartypants by Babette Cole. PZ8.C667 Pr 2005 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Princess Smartypants discovers that it is easier to capture evildoers and rule the kingdom of Totaloonia than to control one small baby.
Proud of our feelings written and illustrated by Lindsay Leghorn. BF723.E6 L44 1995 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Priscilla introduces her friends, each of whom is feeling and expressing a different emotion.
Pueblo girls : growing up in two worlds Marcia Keegan. E99.T35 K44 1998 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Text and photographs depict the home, school, and cultural life of two young Indian girls growing up on the San Ildefonso Pueblo in New Mexico.
Puente hasta Terabithia Katherine Paterson ; traducción de Barbara McShane y Javier Alfaya ; ilustraciones de Donna Diamond. PZ7.P273 Pu 1996 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm.
Purely Rosie Pearl Patricia A. Cochrane. PZ7.C63973 Pu 1997 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability In 1936 twelve-year-old Rosie Pearl Bush and her family of migrants endure the hardships of the Great Depression as they find work picking fruit in the California Valley.
Putting makeup on the fat boy Bil Wright. PZ7.W9335 Pu 2011 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Sixteen-year-old Carlos Duarte is on the verge of realizing his dream of becoming a famous make-up artist, but first he must face his jealous boss at a Macy's cosmetics counter, his sister's abusive boyfriend, and his crush on a punk-rocker classmate.
Queer : the ultimate LGBT guide for teens Kathy Belge and Marke Bieschke. HQ76.27.Y68 B45 2011 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Teen life is hard enough with all of the pressures kids face, but for teens who are LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender), it's even harder. When do you decide to come out? Will your friends
Quilted landscape : conversations with young immigrants Yale Strom. E184.A1 S896 1996 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Twenty-six young people of different ages and nationalities describe their experience of leaving their countries and immigrating to the United States.
Radio Man = Don Radio : a story in English and Spanish Arthur Dorros ; translation by Sandra Dorros. PZ7.D7294 Rad 1993 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Diego y su familia son trabajadores migratorios que se trasladan de un estado a otro de acuerdo con el tiempo de las cosechas. Pero, no importa donde Diego vaya, él siempre lleva su radio. As he travels with his family of migrant farmworkers, Diego relies on his radio to provide him w...
Rainbow tulip by Pat Mora ; illustrated by Elizabeth Sayles. PZ7.M78819 Rai 1999 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A Mexican-American first-grader experiences the difficulties and pleasures of being different when she wears a tulip costume with all the colors of the rainbow for the school May Day parade.
Rap a tap tap : here's Bojangles think of that! Leo & Diane Dillon. PZ8.3.D585 Rap 2002 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability In illustrations and rhyme describes the dancing of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, one of the most famous tap dancers of all time.
Reaching out Francisco Jiménez. PS3560.I55 R43 2008 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Leaving his home in a migrant community, Francisco sets off for college, carrying memories of years of poverty and prejudice.
Red comb by Fernando Picó ; illustrated by María Antonia Ordóñez ; [translation and adaptation by Argentina Palacios]. PZ7.P5529 Re 1994 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability In mid-nineteenth-century Puerto Rico, an old woman and a young village girl conspire to prevent the capture of a runaway African slave.
Red rose box Brenda Woods. PZ7.W86335 Re 2002 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability In 1953, Leah Hopper dreams of leaving the poverty and segregation of her home in Sulphur, Louisiana, and when Aunt Olivia sends train tickets to Los Angeles as part of her tenth birthday present, Leah gets a first taste of freedom.
Red scarf girl : a memoir of the Cultural Revolution Ji-li Jiang ; foreword by David Henry Hwang. DS778.7 .J53 1997 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A twelve year old girl's memoir of her struggles and sacrifices during the Cultural Revolution in China and of her loyalty and love for her family.
Redwall Brian Jacques. PR6060.A36 R43 1998 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability When the peaceful life of ancient Redwall Abbey is shattered by the arrival of the evil rat Cluny and his villainous hordes, Matthias, a young mouse, determines to find the legendary sword of Martin the Warrior which, he is convinced, will help Redwall's inhabitants destroy the enemy.
Return to sender Julia Alvarez. PZ7.A48 Re 2009 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability After his family hires migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure, eleven-year-old Tyler befriends the oldest daughter, but when he discovers they may not be in the country legally, he realizes that real friendship knows no borders.
Road to Paris Nikki Grimes. PZ7.G88429 Ro 2006 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Inconsolable at being separated from her older brother, eight-year-old Paris is apprehensive about her new foster family but just as she learns to trust them, she faces a life-changing decision.
Rock and the river Kekla Magoon. PZ7.M2739 Ro 2009 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability In 1968 Chicago, fourteen-year-old Sam Childs is caught in a conflict between his father's nonviolent approach to seeking civil rights for African Americans and his older brother, who has joined the Black Panther Party.
Roll of Thunder, hear my cry Mildred D. Taylor ; frontiscpiece by Jerry Pinkney. PZ7.T21723 Ro Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
Romina's rangoli by Malathi Michelle Iyengar ; illustrated by Jennifer Wanardi. PZ7.I9575 Rom 2007 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability When her teacher asks each student to bring in something reflecting his or her heritage to display at an open house, Romina struggles over how to represent both her father's Indian culture and her mother's Mexican one.
Ropemaker Peter Dickinson. PZ7.D562 Ro 2001 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability When the magic that protects their Valley starts to fail, Tilja and her companions journey into the evil Empire to find the ancient magician Faheel, who originally cast those spells.
Run for your life Marilyn Levy. PZ7.L58325 Ru 1996 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability While living in a housing project in Oakland, California, thirteen-year-old Kisha joins a track team which helps her discover that she can be a winner. Thirteen-year-old Kisha tries to escape the Oakland projects & her parents' crumbling marriage by joining a track team that has been star...
Sachiko means happiness written by Kimiko Sakai ; illustrated by Tomie Arai. PZ7.S14394 Sac 1990 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Although at first five-year-old Sachiko is upset when her grandmother no longer recognizes her, she grows to understand that they can still be happy together.
Sacred leaf by Deborah Ellis. PZ7.E469 Sac 2007 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Twelve year old Diego escapes from slavery at an illegal cocaine operation and is taken in by the Ricardos, coca farmers.
Sadako and the thousand paper cranes by Eleanor Coerr ; paintings by Ronald Himler. RJ416.L4 C63 1979 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy.
Saint George and the dragon : a golden legend adapted by Margaret Hodges from Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene ; illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman. PZ8.1.H69 Sai 1984 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Celebrating the silver anniversary of a Caldecott Medal-winning picture book with a bold new look!
Saladin A.R. Azzam. DS38.4.S2 A93 2009 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
Samir and Yonatan by Daniella Carmi ; translated by Yael Lotan. PZ7.C21723 Sam 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Samir, a Palestinian boy, is sent for surgery to an Israeli hospital where he has two otherworldly experiences, making friends with an Israeli boy, Yonatan, and traveling with him to Mars where Samir finds peace over his younger brother's death in the war.
Sarah, plain and tall Patricia MacLachlan. PZ7.M2225 Sar 1985 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability When their father invites a mail-order bride to come live with them in their prairie home, Caleb and Anna are captivated by their new mother and hope that she will stay.
Sarny, a life remembered Gary Paulsen. PZ7.P2843 Sar 1997 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Continues the adventures of Sarny, the slave girl Nightjohn taught to read, through the aftermath of the Civil War during which time she taught other Blacks and lived a full life until age ninety-four.
Seashore life on rocky coasts Judith Connor. QL122.2 .C655 1993 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
Secret code by Dana Meachen Rau ; illustrated by Bari Weissman. PZ7.R193975 Sh 1998 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Oscar, who is blind, teaches Lucy how to read his Braille book.
Secret garden Frances Hodgson Burnett ; illustrated by Tasha Tudor. PZ7.B934 Se 1990 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Ten-year old Mary come to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and mysteries of a locked garden.
Security guards Mary Firestone ; consultatn, Greg Endres. Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A simple introduction to the work security guards do, the tool they use, the people who help them, and the contribution they make to the community they serve.
See the ocean by Estelle Condra ; illustrated by Linda Crockett-Blassingame. PZ7.C75916 Se 1994 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Driving through mountain fog to the beach, two young brothers compete to see who will catch the first glimpse of the ocean, but it is their blind sister Nellie who senses it first.
Sequoyah : the Cherokee man who gave his people writing by James Rumford. E99.C5 S3875 2004 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability While walking through a forest of sequoias, a father tells his family the story of the tree's namesake. Sequoyah was a Cherokee man who invented a system of writing for his people. His neighbors feared the symbols he wrote and burned down his home. All of his work was lost, but, still det...
Seven spools of thread : a Kwanzaa story by Angela Shelf Medearis ; illustrated by Daniel Minter. PZ7.M51274 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability When they are given the seemingly impossible task of turning thread into gold, the seven Ashanti brothers put aside their differences, learn to get along, and embody the principles of Kwanzaa. Includes information on Kwanzaa, West African cloth weaving, and instructions for making a belt.
Shadow of a bull. Drawings by Alvin Smith. PZ7.W8182 Sh 1964 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
Shattered : stories of children and war edited by Jennifer Armstrong. PZ5 .S5147 2001 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Stories explore the ways in which children are affected by war, from two Native American soldiers fighting in the Civil War, to an Afghan girl whose village is destroyed by the Soviets.
She loves you, she loves you not-- : a novel by Julie Anne Peters. PZ7.P44158 Sh 2011 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A compelling new love story from National Book Award Finalist Julie Anne Peters.
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. PZ7.N24 Sg 1991 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs.
Shine Lauren Myracle. PZ7.M9955 Sh 2011 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
Should character be taught in school? Noel Merino, book editor. LC268 .S464 2010 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability From the Publisher: Greenhaven Press's At Issue series provides a wide range of opinions on individual social issues. Each volume focuses on a specific issue and offers a variety of perspectives-eyewitness accounts, governmental views, scientific analysis, newspaper and magazine accounts...
Show way Jacqueline Woodson ; illustrated by Hudson Talbott. PZ7.W868 Sh 2005 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability The making of "Show ways," or quilts which once served as secret maps for freedom-seeking slaves, is a tradition passed from mother to daughter in the author's family.
Silent music : a story of Baghdad James Rumford. PZ7.R8878 Si 2008 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability As bombs and missiles fall on Baghdad in 2003, a young boy uses the art of calligraphy to distance himself from the horror of war.
Silver balloon : story and pictures by Susan Bonners. PZ7.B64253 Si 1999 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability When fourth-grader Gregory releases a helium-filled balloon into the sky with his name and address attached, it leads to an unusual friendship and an exchange of mystery gifts.
Single shard Linda Sue Park. PZ7.P22115 Si 2001 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability From the Publisher: Tree-ear, an orphan, lives under a bridge in Ch'ulp'o, a potters' village famed for delicate celadon ware. He has become fascinated with the potter's craft; he wants nothing more than to watch master potter Min at work, and he dreams of making a pot of his own someday...
Sir Walter Ralegh and the quest for El Dorado Marc Aronson. DA86.22.R2 A76 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Recounts the adventurous life of the English explorer and courtier who spelled his name "Ralegh" and led many expeditions to the New World.
Sílbale a Willie Ezra Jack Keats. PZ73 .K354 1992 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Willie longs to be able to whistle for his dog and makes many ingenious attempts.
Skin again written by Bell Hooks ; illustrated by Chris Raschka. PZ7.H762 2004 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability The skin I'm in is just a covering. It cannot tell my story. The skin I'm in is just a covering. If you want to know who I am you have got to come inside and open your heart way wide. Celebrating all that makes us unique and different, Skin Again offers new ways to talk about race and ide...
Slave dancer : a novel by Paula Fox ; with illustrations by Eros Keith. PZ7.F838 Sl 1973 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
Snapshots from the wedding Gary Soto ; illustrated by Stephanie Garcia. PZ7.S7242 Sn 1997 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Maya, the flower girl, describes a Mexican American wedding through snapshots of the day's events, beginning with the procession to the altar and ending with her sleeping after the dance.
Snowflake Bentley Jacqueline Briggs Martin ; illustrated by Mary Azarian. QC858.B46 M37 1998 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A biography of a self-taught scientist who photographed thousands of individual snowflakes in order to study their unique formations.
Snowy day. PZ7.K2253 Sn Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
So you want to be president? by Judith St. George ; illustrated by David Small. E176.1 .S699 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Presents an assortment of facts about the qualifications and characteristics of U.S. presidents, from George Washington to Bill Clinton.
Sofi Mendoza's guide to getting lost in Mexico by Malín Alegría. PZ7.A37338 Sof 2007 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability When Southern California high school senior Sofi Mendoza lies to her parents and crosses the border for a weekend party, she has no idea that she will get stuck in a Mexican village with family she has never met before, unable to return to the United States and the easy life she knew.
Sold Patricia McCormick. PZ7.5 .M43 2006 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
Somebody, please tell me who I am Harry Mazer and Peter Lerangis. PZ7.M47397 Sns 2012 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
Sometimes I feel like a mouse : a book about feelings by Jeanne Modesitt ; illustrated by Robin Spowart. PZ7.M715 So 1992 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A child imagines becoming a variety of animals while experiencing different feelings, a howling wolf for sad, a soaring eagle for proud, a stomping elephant for bold, and others.
Sometimes the Spoon Runs Away With Another Spoon Coloring Book. ND2399 .B86 2010 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A coloring book uses traditional nursery rhymes told in a new way to illustrate changing gender roles.
Song and dance man by Karen Ackerman ; illustrated by Stephen Gammell. PZ7.A1824 So 1992 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Grandpa demonstrates for his visiting grandchildren some of the songs, dances, and jokes he performed when he was a vaudeville entertainer.
Song of the sea otter by Edith Thacher Hurd ; pictures by Jennifer Dewey. QL737.C25 H87 1989 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Traces the early life of a sea otter, from birth to the moment he realizes he has lost his mother's protection.
Song of the swallows by Leo Politi. PZ7 .P753 So 1990z Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Sad when the swallows leave for the winter, young Juan prepares to welcome them back to the old California Mission at Capistrano on St. Joseph's Day the next spring.
Sounder, by William H. Armstrong. Illus. by James Barkley. PZ7.A73394 So Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
Sparks : the epic, completely true blue, (almost) holy quest of Debbie S.J. Adams. PZ7.A21765 Sp 2011 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
Speak Laurie Halse Anderson. PZ7.A54385 Sp 2009 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school.
Speaking out : LGBTQ youth stand up edited by Steve Berman. PZ7 .B45423 Sp 2011 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Stories of overcoming adversity and experiencing life after coming out.
Star fisher Laurence Yep. PZ7.Y44 St 1991 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Fifteen-year-old Joan Lee and her family find the adjustment hard when they move from Ohio to West Virginia in the 1920s.
Stars in the darkness by Barbara Joosse ; illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. PZ7.J7435 St 2001 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A small boy joins with his mother to find a creative way to save his older brother from the dangers of gang violence. Includes a list of organizations and websites dealing with gang prevention.
Step from heaven An Na. PZ7.N1243 St 2001 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A young Korean girl and her family find it difficult to learn English and adjust to life in America.
Stone goddess Minfong Ho. PZ7.H633 Gat 2003 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability After the Communists take over Cambodia and her family is torn from their city life, twelve-year-old Nakri and her older sister attempt to maintain their hope as well as their classical dancing skills in the midst of their struggle to survive.
Story of Babar : the little elephant Jean de Brunhoff ; translated from the French by Merle Haas. PZ7.B828428 St 1961 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability An orphaned baby elephant goes to live in the city with an old lady who gives him everything he wants, but eventually returns to the forest where he is crowned king of the elephants.
Story of Jumping Mouse : a native American legend retold and illustrated by John Steptoe. E78.G73 S78 1984 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability The gifts of Magic Frog and his own hopeful and unselfish spirit bring Jumping Mouse finally to the Far-Off Land where no mouse goes hungry.
Story, a story : an African tale retold and illustrated by Gail E. Haley. PZ8.1.H139 St 1971 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
Strangers at the gates again : Asian American immigration after 1965 Ronald Takaki. JV6455 .T34 1995 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability With the passage of the Immigration Act of 1965, many Asian Americans came to the United States to make their fortunes and made many contributions to American society.
Stray dog : from a true story by Reiko Sassa retold and illustrated by Marc Simont. PZ7.S6058 St 2001 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A family befriends a stray dog, names him Willy, and decides to keep him.
Subtle knife Philip Pullman. PZ7.P968 Su 1997 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability As the boundaries between worlds begin to dissolve, Lyra and her daemon help Will Parry in his search for his father and for a powerful, magical knife.
Summer of the swans Betsy Byars ; illustrated by Ted CoConis. PZ7.B98396 Su 1970 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A teen-age girl gains new insight into herself and her family when her mentally retarded brother gets lost.
Super Cilantro Girl story, Juan Felipe Herrera ; illustrations, Honorio Robledo Tapia = La Superniña del Cilantro / cuento, Juan Felipe Herrera ; iulstraciones, Honorio Robledo Tapia. PZ73 .H46 2003 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Eight-year-old Esmeralda is transformed into a superhero and flies off to rescue her mother, who visited Mexico without her green-card and is not being permitted to return to the United States.
Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie S. Tolan. PZ7.T5735 Su 2002 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Jake, a budding juvenile delinquent, is sent for home schooling to the arty and eccentric Applewhite family's Creative Academy, where he discovers talents and interests he never knew he had.
Sweet Clara and the freedom quilt by Deborah Hopkinson ; paintings by James Ransome. PZ7.H778125 Sw 1993 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A young slave stitches a quilt with a map pattern which guides her to freedom in the North.
Sylvester and the magic pebble by William Steig. PZ 7.S8177 S9 1980 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability In a moment of fright, Sylvester the donkey asks his magic pebble to turn him into a rock but then can not hold the pebble to wish himself back to normal again.
Taking sides Gary Soto. PZ7.S7242 Ta 1991 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Fourteen-year-old Lincoln Mendoza, an aspiring basketball player, must come to terms with his divided loyalties when he moves from the Hispanic inner city to a white suburban neighborhood.
Tale of Despereaux : being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread Kate DiCamillo ; illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering. PZ8.D525 Tal 2003 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability The adventures of Despereaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin.
Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter ; illustrated by Cyndy Szekeres. PZ10.3.P47 Tap 1998 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Peter disobeys his mother by going into Mr. McGregor's garden and almost gets caught.
Tales from Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin. PZ7.L5215 Tal 2001 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Explores further the magical world of Earthsea through five tales of events which occur before or after the time of the original novels, as well as an essay on the people, languages, history and magic of the place.
Talkin' about Bessie : the story of aviator Elizabeth Coleman by Nikki Grimes ; illustrated by E.B. Lewis. TL540.C646 G75 2002 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A biography of the woman who became the first licensed Afro-American pilot.
Tasting the sky : a Palestinian childhood Ibtisam Barakat DS119.7 .B2845 2007 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability "When a war ends it does not go away," my mother says. "It hides inside us . . . Just forget!" But I do not want to do what Mother says . . . I want to remember. In this groundbreaking memoir set in Ramallah during the aftermath of the 1967 Six-Day War, Ibtisam Barakat captures what it i...
Team Moon : how 400,000 people landed Apollo 11 on the moon by Catherine Thimmesh. TL789.8.U6 A582546 2006 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Culled from direct quotes from the people behind the scenes, NASA transcripts, national archives and NASA photos, the whole story of Apollo 11 and the first moon landing emerges.
Tell me a picture Quentin Blake. N7440 .B53 2003 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Provides guidance for studying paintings and illustrations from the National Gallery in London to find the story within each.
Tequila worm Viola Canales. PZ7.C161643 Te 2005 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Sofia grows up in the close-knit community of the barrio in McAllen, Texas, then finds that her experiences as a scholarship student at an Episcopal boarding school in Austin only strengthen her ties to family and her "comadres."
Thank you, Mr. Falker Patricia Polacco. PZ7.P75186 Tf 1998 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability At first, Trisha loves school, but her difficulty learning to read makes her feel dumb, until, in the fifth grade, a new teacher helps her understand and overcome her problem.
They dance in the sky : Native American star myths [compiled by] Jean Guard Monroe and Ray A. Williamson ; illustrations by Edgar Stewart. E98.F6 M66 1987 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A collection of legends about the stars from various North American Indian cultures, including explanations of the Milky Way and constellations such as the Big Dipper.
This is not my hat Jon Klassen. PZ7.K6781446 Th 2012 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
This land is my land George Littlechild. E99.C88 L575 1993 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Using text and his own paintings, the author describes the experiences of Indians of North America in general as well as his experiences growing up as a Plains Cree Indian in Canada.
This land is our land : a guide to multicultural literature for children and young adults Alethea K. Helbig and Agnes Regan Perkins. PS509.M5 H48 1994 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
Three pigs David Wiesner. PZ7.W6367 Th 2001 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability The three pigs escape the wolf by going into another world where they meet the cat and the fiddle, the cow that jumped over the moon, and a dragon.
Through Indian eyes : the native experience in books for children edited by Beverly Slapin and Doris Seale. E77.4 .T63 1998 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Contains, from a Native American perspective, essays, poetry, critical book reviews of more than 100 children's books by and about Indian peoples, a guide to evaluating children's books for anti-Indian bias, a recommended bibliography, and a directory of Native publishers and organization...
Through my eyes Ruby Bridges ; articles and interviews compiled and edited by Margo Lundell. F379.N59 N435 1999 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Ruby Bridges recounts the story of her involvement, as a six-year-old, in the integration of her school in New Orleans in 1960.
Thunder Rose Jerdine Nolen ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson. PZ7.N723 Th 2003 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Unusual from the day she is born, Thunder Rose performs all sorts of amazing feats, including building fences, taming a stampeding herd of steers, capturing a gang of rustlers, and turning aside a tornado.
Tikki Tikki Tembo retold by Arlene Mosel ; illustrated by Blair Lent. PZ8.1.M8346 Ti 1989 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability When the eldest son fell in the well and most of the time getting help was spent pronouncing the name of the one in trouble, the Chinese, according to legend, decided to give all their children short names.
To fly : the story of the Wright brothers by Wendie Old ; illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker. TL540.W7 O42 2002 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Traces the work that the two Wright brothers did together to develop the first machine-powered aircraft.
To the mountaintop : my journey through the civil rights movement Charlayne Hunter-Gault. PN4874.H83 A3 2012 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
Tomás and the library lady Pat Mora ; illustrated by Raúl Colón. PZ7.M78819 To 1997 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability While helping his family in their work as migrant laborers far from their home, Tomás finds an entire world to explore in the books at the local public library.
Too many tamales Gary Soto ; illustrated by Ed Martinez. PZ7.S7242 To 1993 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Maria tries on her mother's wedding ring while helping make tamales for a Christmas family get-together. Panic ensues when hours later, she realizes the ring is missing.
Tortillitas para mamá and other nursery rhymes : Spanish and English selected and translated by Margot C. Griego ... [et al.] ; illustrated by Barbara Cooney. PQ6267.E4 N87 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A collection of nursery rhymes, each in both English and Spanish, collected from the Spanish community in the Americas, many with instructions for accompanying finger plays or other activities.
Tree of cranes written and illustrated by Allen Say. PZ7.S2744 Tr 1991 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A Japanese boy learns of Christmas when his mother decorates a pine tree with paper cranes.
Trino's choice Diane Gonzales Bertrand. PZ7.B46357 Tr 1999 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Frustrated by his poor financial situation and hoping to impress a smart girl, seventh grader Trino falls in with a bad crowd led by an older teen with a vicious streak.
Trout are made of trees April Pulley Sayre ; illustrated by Kate Endle. QH541.5.S7 S29 2008 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability "Leaves and bacteria, insects and fish, bears and people, too--we're all part of one big circle of growing and eating and living"--Inside front flap.
True believer Virginia Euwer Wolff. PZ7.W8185545 Tr 2001 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Living in the inner city amidst guns and poverty, fifteen-year-old LaVaughn learns from old and new friends, and inspiring mentors, that life is what you make it--an occasion to rise to.
True north : a novel of the Underground Railroad Kathryn Lasky. PZ7.L3274 Tr 1996 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Because of the strong influence which her grandfather, an abolitionist, has in her life, fourteen-year-old Lucy assists a fugitive slave girl in her escape. Lucy, a 14-year-old girl living in Boston in 1858, & an escaped slave named Afrika travel north to Canada via the Underground Railro...
Truth is a bright star by Joan Price. PZ7.P9304 Tr 1982 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Understanding and finally friendship develop between a twelve-year-old Hopi Indian boy and the fur trapper who bought him from Spanish soldiers in 1832.
Tuck everlasting Natalie Babbitt. PZ7.B1135 Tu 1991 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability The Tuck family is confronted with an agonizing situation when they discover that a ten-year-old girl and a malicious stranger now share their secret about a spring whose water prevents one from ever growing any older.
Tuesday David Wiesner. PZ7.W6367 Tu 1991 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Frogs rise on their lily pads, float through the air, and explore the nearby houses while their inhabitants sleep.
Tyrell Coe Booth. PZ7.B64632 Ty 2006 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Fifteen-year-old Tyrell, who is living in a Bronx homeless shelter with his spaced-out mother and his younger brother, tries to avoid temptation so he does not end up in jail like his father.
Umbrella by Tarō Yashima. PZ7.Y212 Um 1986 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability On her third birthday, Momo (whose name means "Peach" in her parents' native Japan) receives rubber boots and an umbrella. Impatiently she waits for a rainy day so she can try out her new apparel.
Uncle Rain Cloud by Tony Johnston ; illustrated by Fabricio Vanden Broeck. PZ7.J6478 Un 2001 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Carlos tries to help his uncle, who is frustrated and angry at his inability to speak English, adjust to their new home in Los Angeles.
Under our skin : kids talk about race by Debbie Holsclaw Birdseye and Tom Birdseye ; photographs by Robert Crum. E184.A1 B5525 1997 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Six young people discuss their feelings about their own ethnic backgrounds and about their experiences with people of different races.
Understanding American history through children's literature : instructional units and activities for grades K-8 by María A. Pérez-Stable and Mary Hurlbut Cordier. LB1582.U6 P47 1994 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Students connect with Americans of the past through quality works of fiction, nonfiction, biography, folktale, and legend. American history ceases to be remote and unfamiliar and becomes the story of real individuals--colonists, pioneers, Native Americans, immigrants--with diverse cultura...
Uptown Bryan Collier. PZ7.C67759 Up 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A tour of the sights of Harlem, including the Metro-North train, brownstones, shopping on 125th street, a barbershop, summer basketball, the Harlem Boys Choir, and sunset over the Hudson River.
Velveteen rabbit : or, how toys become real by Margery Williams ; illustrations by William Nicholson. PZ7.B4713 V441 1975 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability By the time the velveteen rabbit is dirty, worn out, and about to be burned, he has almost given up hope of ever finding the magic called Real.
Very hungry caterpillar by Eric Carle. PZ7.C21476 1987 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Follows the progress of a hungry little caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep and wakes up a butterfly.
View from Saturday E.L. Konigsburg. PZ7.K8352 Vi 1996 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Four students, with their own individual stories, develop a special bond and attract the attention of their teacher, a paraplegic, who chooses them to represent their sixth-grade class in the Academic Bowl competition. Mrs. Eva Marie Olinski always gave good answers. Whenever she was aske...
Voice that challenged a nation : Marian Anderson and the struggle for equal rights by Russell Freedman. ML3930.A5 F73 2004 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability In the mid-1930s, Marian Anderson was a famed vocalist who had been applauded by European royalty and welcomed at the White House. But, because of her race, she was denied the right to sing at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. This is the story of her resulting involvement in the civi...
Voices from the fields : children of migrant farmworkers tell their stories interviews and photographs by S. Beth Atkin. HV741 .A87 1993b Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Photographs, poems, and interviews with children reveal the hardships and hopes of Mexican American migrant farm workers and their families. Oral histories from 9 children. Each interview demonstrates a strong sense of family devotion & provides a reminder that education is the key to esc...
Vote! Eileen Christelow. JK1978 .C48 2003 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Using a campaign for mayor as an example, shows the steps involved in an election, from the candidate's speeches and rallies, to the voting booth where every vote counts, to the announcement of the winner.
Walk two moons by Sharon Creech. PZ7.C8615 Wal 1994 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother also left.
Wanderer by Sharon Creech ; drawings by David Diaz. PZ7.C8615 Wan 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Thirteen-year-old Sophie and her cousin Cody record their transatlantic crossing aboard the Wanderer, a forty-five foot sailboat, which, along with uncles and another cousin, is en route to visit their grandfather in England.
Water buffalo days : growing up in Vietnam by Huynh Quang Nhuong; pictures by Jean and Mou-sien Tseng. SF401.W34 H88 1997 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability The author describes his close relationship to two water buffalo that were part of his family when he was growing up in a village in the central highlands of Vietnam.
Way I feel written and illustrated by Janan Cain. BF723.E6 C34 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Illustrations and rhyming text portray children experiencing a range of emotions, including frustration, shyness, jealousy, and pride.
We can work it out : conflict resolution for children Barbara K. Polland ; photographs by Craig DeRoy. HM1126 .P67 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Text and photographs designed to create opportunities for children to talk about their experiences of conflict and the varieties of ways to resolve them.
We've got a job : the 1963 Birmingham Children's March written by Cynthia Levinson. F334.B69 N4476 2012 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability
Westing game by Ellen Raskin. PZ7.R1817 We 1978 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance.
Whale rider Witi Ihimaera. PZ7.I273 Wh 2003 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability As her beloved grandfather, chief of the Maori tribe of Whangara, New Zealand, struggles to lead in difficult times and to find a male successor, young Kahu is developing a mysterious relationship with whales, particularly the ancient bull whale whose legendary rider was their ancestor.
What Charlie heard Mordicai Gerstein. ML3930.I94 G47 2002 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Describes the life of American composer Charles Ives, who wrote music which expressed all the sounds he heard in the world, but which was not well received during his lifetime.
What Jamie saw Carolyn Coman. PZ7.C729 Wh 1995 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Having fled to a family friend's hillside trailer after his mother's boyfriend tried to throw his baby sister against a wall, nine-year-old Jamie finds himself living an existence full of uncertainty and fear.
When Marian sang : the true recital of Marian Anderson : the voice of a century libretto [i.e. text] by Pam Muñoz Ryan ; staging [i.e. illustrations] by Brian Selznick. ML3930.A5 R93 2002 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability An introduction to the life of Marian Anderson, extraordinary singer and civil rights activist, who was the first African American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera, whose life and career encouraged social change.
When you reach me Rebecca Stead. PZ7.S80857 Wh 2009 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability As her mother prepares to be a contestant on the 1970s television game show, "The $20,000 Pyramid," a twelve-year-old New York City girl tries to make sense of a series of mysterious notes received from an anonymous source that seems to defy the laws of time and space.
Where do you think you're going, Christopher Columbus? Jean Fritz ; pictures by Margot Tomes. E111 .F79 1980 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Discusses the voyages of Christopher Columbus who determined to beat everyone in the race to the Indies.
Where puddles go : investigating science with kids Michael Strauss ; with illustrations by Lynn Jeffery. QC26 .S77 1995 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Contains a variety of experiments that illustrate such basic principles of physical change as condensation, evaporation, melting and freezing, and crystallization.
Whipping boy by Sid Fleischman ; illustrations by Peter Sis. PZ7.F5992 Wh 1986 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A bratty prince and his whipping boy have many adventures when they inadvertently trade places after becoming involved with dangerous outlaws.
Whistle for Willie. PZ7.K2253 Wh 1964 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A little boy wishes so much that he could whistle.
White Kikuyu, Louis S. B. Leakey by Anne Malatesta and Ronald Friedland. GN21.L37 M34 1978 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A biography of the anthropologist who made important discoveries in eastern Africa concerning man's origins.
Who belongs here? : an American story Margy Burns Knight ; illustrated by Anne Sibley O'Brien. E184.K45 K55 1993 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Describes the new life of Nary, a Cambodian refugee, in America, as well as his encounters with prejudice. Includes some general history of U.S. immigration.
Wilma unlimited : how Wilma Rudolph became the world's fastest woman Kathleen Krull ; illustrated by David Diaz. GV1061.15.R83 K78 1996 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A biography of the African-American woman who overcame crippling polio as a child to become the first woman to win three gold medals in track in a single Olympics.
Wind in the willows Kenneth Grahame ; illustrated by Michael Hague. PZ7.G759 Wi 1980 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability The escapades of four animal friends who live along a river in the English countryside--Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger.
Window by Jeanette Ingold. PZ7.I533 Wi 1996 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability While staying with relatives in Texas, a newly blinded girl time travels to discover secrets about her family. Annotation. A girl, blinded by the auto accident that killed her mother, comes to terms with her disability--and her new life. This is a sensitive and well-told story, inhabited ...
With or without you Brian Farrey. PZ7.F24614 Wi 2011 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability When eighteen-year-old best friends Evan and Davis of Madison, Wisconsin, join a community center group called "chasers" to gain acceptance and knowledge of gay history, there may be fatal consequences.
Woman who outshone the sun : the legend of Lucia Zenteno = La mujer que brillaba aún más que el sol : la leyenda de Lucía Zenteno from a poem by/basado en el poema de Alejandro Cruz Martinez ; pictures by/ilustrado por Fernando Olivera ; story by/ F1221.Z3 C78 1991 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Retells the Zapotec legend of Lucia Zenteno, a beautiful woman with magical powers who is exiled from a mountain village and takes its water away in punishment. Based on a poem by Alejandro Cruz Martinez.
Words by heart Ouida Sebestyen. PZ7.S444 Wo 1986 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A young black girl struggles to fulfill her papa's dream of a better future for their family in the southwestern town where, in 1910, they are the only blacks.
World in 1492 by Jean Fritz ... [et al.] ; with illustrations by Stefano Vitale. D203 .W67 1992 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Introduces the history, customs, beliefs, and accomplishments of people living in Europe, Asia, Africa, Polynesia, and the Americas during the fifteenth century.
Year down yonder Richard Peck. PZ7.P338 Yh 2000 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability In 1937, during the Depression, fifteen-year-old Mary Alice, initially apprehensive about leaving Chicago to spend a year with her fearsome, larger-than-life grandmother in rural Illinois, gradually begins to better understand and admire her grandmother's unusual qualities.
Year of our revolution : new and selected stories and poems Judith Ortiz Cofer. PZ7.O765 Yg 1998 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A collection of poems, short stories, and essays address the theme of straddling two cultures as do the offspring of Hispanic parents living in the United States.
Yesterday I had the blues by Jeron Ashford Frame ; illustrations by R. Gregory Christie. PZ7.F8445 Ye 2003 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability A young boy ponders a variety of emotions and how different members of his family experience them, from his own blues to his father's grays and his grandmother's yellows.
Your move Eve Bunting ; illustrated by James Ransome. PZ7.B91527 Yo 1998 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability When ten-year-old James' gang initiation endangers his six-year-old brother Isaac, they find the courage to say, "Thanks, but no thanks."
Zero to sixty : the motorcycle journey of a lifetime Gary Paulsen. PS3566.A834 Z475 1999 Book Stacks (A-K 3rd Floor, L-Z 2nd Floor) Check availability Exploring the country and the heart, the author buys a Harley Davidson and takes the ride of his life.