4 BOOKS FRee! - Junior Library Guild

Clementine’s Letter u
by Sara Pennypacker • pictures by Marla Frazee
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BL, H, HGs, KH, SLJH
The principal secretly nominated Clementine’s
teacher, Mr. D’Matz, for the Adventures for Teachers
competition and—surprise!—he’s a finalist and has
a chance to study in Egypt for the rest of the year!
Other kids seem happy about this “tremendous
opportunity” and are eager to write a letter to the
judges about why Mr. D’Matz should win, but
Clementine can’t celebrate. She was just getting the
hang of third grade, and besides, he promised he’d
be her teacher for the whole year. How can she make
sure he won’t leave? Black-and-white illustrations.
Winner of the 2009 Christopher Award.
Isbn: 9780786838844 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2” x 7 3/4” • 144 pp
aR level: 4.0 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 3.4 • sRC Points: 6 • lexile: 600l
JLG: $9.00 • Hyperion: $14.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2008
Colors! / ¡Colores! u
by Jorge Luján • illustrated by Piet Grobler
translated by John Oliver Simon
PS GROUP (GRADES K–3) • Reviews: CRH, BL, HG, SLJ
In these poems about colors, “Yellow / rolls / through
/ the / sky / like / a / warm / gold / coin,” and “The color
pink, / bright as a little girl’s nose, / makes everything /
smell like a rose. / El color rosa, / lo mismo que las rosas,
/ perfuma / hasta alas más pequeñas cosas.” Watercolor
illustrations show amarillo, rosa, naranja, beige, azul,
and six other colors described in English and Spanish.
Isbn: 9780888998637 • Dewey: 861/.7 • 11" x 8 1/4" • 36 pp
aR level: 1.8 • aR Points: 0.5
JLG: $9.00 • Groundwood: $17.95 • JlG Month: aPR 2008
Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars:
Space Poems and Paintings u
written and illustrated by Douglas Florian
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4)
Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, HGs, KH, PW, SLJH
“The universe is every place, / including all the
e m p t y space. / It’s every star and galaxy, / All
objects of astronomy, / . . . All persons throughout
history—including you, including me.” These twenty
playful and informative poems about space touch
on everything from constellations that are a “zoo up
in the sky,” to space exploration, to Pluto’s recent
woes: “. . . Pluto was a planet. / Pluto was admired.
/ Pluto was a planet. / Till one day it got fired.” Fullcolor
gouache and collage with die cuts. Glossary.
Bibliography.
Isbn: 9780152053727 • Dewey: 811.54 • 10" x 10" • 56 pp
aR level: 3.1 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.0 • sRC Points: 2 • lexile: nP
JLG: $9.00 • Harcourt: $16.00 • JlG Month: MaY 2007
Cork & Fuzz: Finders Keepers
by Dori Chaconas • illustrated by Lisa McCue
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: K, SLJ, WC
Cork is a small muskrat who loves to find things such
as rocks, feathers, and stones. His best friend, Fuzz,
is a tall possum who loves to keep things. Sometimes
Fuzz even keeps things that belong to others. One
day, Cork finds a beautiful green stone and then loses
it. Fuzz finds the stone and claims, “Finders keepers.”
Cork is upset and begs Fuzz to give him the stone.
Then the two friends meet a chipmunk who takes it.
Will Cork ever get his stone back? Full-color art.
Isbn: 9780670011131 • Dewey: e • 6" x 9" • 32 pp
aR level: 2.2 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.2 • sRC Points: 2 • lexile: 350l
JLG: $9.00 • Viking: $13.99 • JlG Month: MaR 2009
Cork & Fuzz: Good Sports u
by Dori Chaconas • illustrated by Lisa McCue
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: SLJ
Cork, a short muskrat, and Fuzz, a tall possum, are
best friends. “I want to have a race,” Cork says one
day. “Me, too!” says Fuzz. “I want to win,” Cork says.
“Me, too!” says Fuzz. They race and play ball games,
but Fuzz wins every time—even when Cork asks him
not to try too hard. Then Cork suggests a race across
the pond. Fuzz doesn’t know how to swim, so Cork is
guaranteed to win, but maybe there’s something that’s
even more important than that. Full-color art.
Isbn: 9780670061457 • Dewey: e • 6" x 9" • 32 pp
aR level: 1.8 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 1.7 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 310l
JLG: $9.00 • Viking: $13.99 • JlG Month: MaR 2007
*NEW* Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa: Horse in the House
by Erica Silverman • paintings by Betsy Lewin
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: K
Cowgirl Kate is alarmed when she wakes up to find
her horse Cocoa in the house. As Kate gets dressed
and goes through her morning routine, she keeps
telling Cocoa that he has to get out of the house
before her parents return. Cocoa, however, stays
focused on his goal: to explore the house. Room by
room, Cocoa looks around, disappointed by the small
rooms, swirling water (a toilet), and wax fruit. But
will Kate ever get him back to the barn after he finds
the refrigerator? Watercolor illustrations.
Isbn: 9780152053901 • Dewey: e • 6 1/4" x 8 3/4" • 44 pp
JLG: $13.25 • Harcourt: $15.00 • JlG Month: JUl 2009
Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa: Rain or Shine u
by Erica Silverman • illustrated by Betsy Lewin
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BL, H, HGs, SLJ
“‘Cocoa,’ said Cowgirl Kate, ‘it’s time for work.’
Cocoa stuck his head out the barn window. ‘But
it’s raining,’ he said.” Cowgirl Kate’s horse, Cocoa,
doesn’t like to work and definitely doesn’t like to
work in the rain. Will the promise of apples and
timothy grass eventually lure him out? Or will
Cowgirl Kate have to ride Cocoa’s rival, Jumper? In
these four short, episodic chapters, Kate and Cocoa
weather the ups and downs of friendship, as well as
some rotten weather. Full-color watercolor art.
Isbn: 9780152053840 • Dewey: e • 6 1/4" x 8 3/4" • 44 pp
aR level: 2.3 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.3 • sRC Points: 3 • lexile: 380l
JLG: $9.00 • Harcourt: $15.00 • JlG Month: MaY 2008
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