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Ages 4-10 • Early <strong>Readers</strong>/Chapter Books<br />
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112<br />
MY firSt fieLd GUideS<br />
Illustrated by Debrah Drew-Brook<br />
and Tim Haggerty<br />
Compact reference guides covering<br />
popular science topics, these books are a<br />
great resource for any elementary school<br />
science class.<br />
LOOKING AT BUGS<br />
By Laura Driscoll<br />
5 x 7 64 pp. 2001<br />
978-0-448-42487-3 $5.99<br />
LOOKING AT ROCKS<br />
By Jennifer Dussling<br />
5 x 7 64 pp. 2001<br />
978-0-448-42516-0 $6.99<br />
LOOKING AT THE SKY<br />
By Jennifer Frantz<br />
5 x 7 64 pp. 2001<br />
978-0-448-42488-0 $5.99<br />
NAKANO, DOKUOHTEI<br />
EASY ORIGAMI<br />
Translated by Eric Kenneway<br />
Make boats that float, wiggling snakes,<br />
tumbling acrobats, a jumping frog,<br />
and more. Easy-to-follow, step-by-step<br />
instructions and clear diagrams introduce<br />
you to the magic of origami. “Children<br />
will be delighted....The title says it all.”<br />
—School Library Journal<br />
Rec: BL, RB, SLJ<br />
10 x 8 64 pp. 1994<br />
978-0-14-036525-2 $6.99<br />
PHILLIPS, LOUIS<br />
HAUNTED HOUSE JOKES<br />
Illustrated by James Marshall<br />
“For those who like humor with a dash<br />
of the macabre, this is a deliciously<br />
outrageous compendium of spectral<br />
jokes, puns, and riddles starring Dracula,<br />
werewolves, skeletons, and ghosts.”<br />
—The Horn Book<br />
Rec: H<br />
Puffin Chapters<br />
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 64 pp. 1999<br />
978-0-14-130650-6<br />
See index for more titles by James Marshall.<br />
$3.99<br />
TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE<br />
BRAIN BUSTERS: JUST HOW<br />
SMART ARE YOU, ANYWAY?<br />
Illustrated by James Stevenson<br />
Put your brain in high gear with tricky<br />
teasers, verbal vagaries, and mathematical<br />
mind-manglers. Witty illustrations add<br />
to the fun.<br />
Rec: BL, SLJ<br />
4 3/8 x 7 1/8 72 pp. 1985<br />
978-0-14-031875-3 $4.99<br />
See index for more titles by James Stevenson.<br />
QUINDLEN, ANNA<br />
HAPPILY EVER AFTER<br />
Illustrated by James Stevenson<br />
“Kate is a fourth-grader who plays<br />
shortstop for her Little League team<br />
and runs faster than anyone in her class.<br />
She also loves fairy tales. One day while<br />
reading...Kate wishes she were a princess<br />
and is granted her wish. After saving<br />
herself from the requisite dragon, witch,<br />
and black knight, Kates teaches the<br />
Ladies-in-Waiting and serving maids to<br />
play baseball and then happily returns to<br />
the present....[A] lively and entertaining<br />
treatment.” —School Library Journal<br />
Rec: BKL, BL, HG, NYT, SLJ<br />
Puffin Chapters<br />
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 64 pp. 1999<br />
978-0-14-038706-3 $4.99<br />
See index for more titles by James Stevenson.<br />
STEVENS, CARLA<br />
ANNA, GRANDPA,<br />
AND THE BIG STORM<br />
Illustrated by Margot Tomes<br />
The whole city of New York is blanketed<br />
by snow. But it’s the final day of the<br />
spelling bee, and snow or no snow, Anna<br />
has to get to school. It’s not as easy as<br />
she expected!<br />
Rec: H, NC, PW, SLJ<br />
Puffin Chapters<br />
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 64 pp. 1986/1998<br />
978-0-14-130083-2 $5.99<br />
See index for more titles by Margot Tomes.<br />
VAN LEEUWEN, JEAN<br />
HANNAH OF FAIRFIELD<br />
Illustrated by Donna Diamond<br />
“The first of a trilogy about nine-yearold<br />
Hannah Perley and her family during<br />
the Revolutionary War in Fairfield, Connecticut...will<br />
give middle-grade readers<br />
a strong sense of what it was like to be a<br />
young girl then.” —Booklist<br />
Rec: BL, K, SLJ<br />
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 96 pp. 2000<br />
978-0-14-130499-1 $5.99<br />
HANNAH’S HELPING HANDS<br />
Illustrated by Donna Diamond<br />
“In the course of the simply written but<br />
involving and evocative novel, Hannah<br />
learns that she also has helping hands, a<br />
way with animals, and a gift for healing.<br />
The story ends with a robust climax<br />
based on a true historic event—the razing<br />
of Fairfield, Connecticut, by British<br />
soldiers.” —Kirkus<br />
Rec: BL, K, SLJ<br />
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 96 pp. 2000<br />
978-0-14-130500-4 $5.99<br />
HANNAH’S WINTER OF HOPE<br />
Illustrated by Donna Diamond<br />
It’s the winter of 1780 and and Hannah’s<br />
beloved brother Ben, a soldier, has<br />
been captured by the British. Hannah<br />
can’t help but worry about Ben until<br />
a stranger arrives bringing unexpected<br />
news.<br />
Rec: BL<br />
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 96 pp. 2001<br />
978-0-14-130950-7 $4.99<br />
See index for more titles by Jean Van Leeuwen.<br />
See index for more titles by Donna Diamond.<br />
YARBROUGH, CAMILLE<br />
CORNROWS<br />
Illustrated by Carole Byard<br />
“‘Storytellin’ time’ is a daily affair...as the<br />
children sit to have their hair braided,<br />
they hear the regal history of cornrowing.<br />
Grammaw and Mama describe it as<br />
ancient and symbolic, a sign of clan, religion,<br />
or social status, and come slavery<br />
times, a sign of disgrace.” —Booklist<br />
Rec: BL, CRI, E, H, K, NC, NYC, PW, W<br />
Coretta Scott King Award<br />
9 1/2 x 8 1/2 48 pp. 1997<br />
978-0-698-11436-4 $6.99<br />
YOLEN, JANE<br />
SLEEPING UGLY<br />
Illustrated by Diane Stanley<br />
Princess Miserella is beautiful on the outside,<br />
ugly on the inside. Plain Jane is just<br />
the opposite. When a slightly muddled<br />
Good Fairy takes a hand, things get put<br />
right in a most unexpected way. “Light<br />
bright twist on the romantic tale.”<br />
—Kirkus<br />
Rec: BKL, C, K, NYC, SLJ<br />
5 7/8 x 8 1/2 64 pp. 1997<br />
978-0-698-11560-6 $6.99<br />
See index for more titles by Jane Yolen.<br />
See index for more titles by Diane Stanley.
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