4 BOOKS FRee! - Junior Library Guild

*NEW* Louisa: The Life of Louisa May Alcott
by Yona Zeldis McDonough • illustrated by Bethanne Andersen
BE GROUP (GRADES 2–6)
Louisa May Alcott grew up in a loving, progressive
family that cared about nature, education, and those
less fortunate than themselves. Louisa and her sisters
loved to write and act out plays. Later, Louisa’s
stories began to be published in magazines. Her most
famous work, Little Women, gained her a permanent
place in children’s literature. Quotes from Louisa
May Alcott. Two poems. Interesting facts. Recipe.
Chronology. Bibliography. Full-color gouache and
pastel illustrations.
Isbn: 9780805081923 • Dewey: 813/.4 b • 7" x 11" • 48 pp
JLG: $13.25 • Holt: $17.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2009
*NEW* Lucky Breaks
by Susan Patron • illustrated by Matt Phelan
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5)
Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, K, PW, SLJ, WC
Life in Hard Pan, California (population 43),
feels a bit ordinary to almost-eleven-year-old
Lucky. Her best friend, Lincoln, is a boy, and his
preoccupation with tying knots seems, well, boring.
Then Lucky meets Paloma, who is visiting Hard Pan
with her geologist uncle, and Lucky realizes that
what she wants is a girl best friend, an adventurous
girl. “And without even knowing that she’d been
looking, now Lucky longed for that girl to be
Paloma.” Unfortunately, Paloma lives two hundred
miles away, and her mother is so overprotective she
might not let Paloma return to Hard Pan. Black-
and-white illustrations.
Isbn: 9781416939986 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 192 pp
aR level: 6 • aR Points: 6 • sRC level: 7.5 • sRC Points: 11 • lexile: 960l
JLG: $13.25 • atheneum: $16.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2009
*NEW* Luke on the Loose
written and illustrated by Harry Bliss
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, K, SLJH
Luke is walking through the park with his father
when he notices the cooing of a nearby flock of
pigeons. While his father is lost in “blah-dee boring
blah blah” dad talk, Luke cries, “Yaaah!” And just
like that, Luke is on the loose, chasing pigeons all
over New York City while his dad, the police, and a
crew of firefighters scramble to catch up. But Luke
is determined to catch the pigeons—even if it means
climbing to the roof where they roost. Full-color,
comic-book style illustrations.
Isbn: 9781935179009 • Dewey: 741.5/973 • 6" x 9" • 32 pp
aR level: 1.4 • aR Points: 0.5
JLG: $13.25 • Toon: $12.95 • JlG Month: JUn 2009
“Luke’s a splendidly admirable
little juggernaut.”
—The Bulletin of the Center for
Children’s Books
*NEW* Maggie’s Monkeys
by Linda Sanders-Wells • illustrated by Abby Carter
P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BCCB, K, SLJ
“Last week, a family of pink monkeys moved into
our refrigerator. At least that’s what my little sister,
Maggie, said. Nobody else could see any monkeys,
but that didn’t seem to matter to anyone but me.”
Jack is annoyed at how his family plays along with his
sister’s imaginary monkeys. His father is careful not
to shut the refrigerator door on their tails, his mother
dishes out pudding for them, and his older sister
helps dress the monkeys in invisible clothes. Why
can’t they see that the monkeys aren’t real? Full-color
illustrations in black colored pencil and gouache.
Isbn: 9780763633264 • Dewey: e • 8 7/16" x 10 1/4" • 32 pp
aR level: 2.7 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 3.4 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD710l
JLG: $13.25 • Candlewick: $16.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2009
Maggie’s Monkeys—JLG Activity Guide
JLG Activity Guides give you the tools to use JLG
selections in the classroom or library to meet specific
learning objectives for both whole-class settings and
for individual students. Each guide includes:
• activities based on national and state standards
• reinforcements for reading and writing skills
• connections to other content areas
• library applications
• specific correlations to National Standards
• and much more!
You will also find the Answer Key at the back of each
JLG Activity Guide.
JLG: $5.00 • Isbn: 9780982296462
Magical Kids:
The Smallest Girl Ever; the Boy Who Could Fly
written and illustrated by Sally Gardner
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, SLJ
Ruby’s mother is a magician, and her father is a
genie, but it takes Ruby a while to embrace her own
abilities. Meanwhile, she just keeps getting smaller
and smaller. . . . Read Ruby’s story, then flip the
book over for another magical tale, in which a most
unusual fairy grants Thomas Top a birthday wish.
Imagine Thomas’s surprise when he discovers that the
wish actually came true—and he can fly! Black-andwhite
illustrations.
Isbn: 9780803731592 • Dewey: f • 5 1/8" x 8" • 224 pp
aR level: 4.8 • aR Points: 3 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 7 • lexile: 730l
JLG: $9.00 • Dial: $16.99 • JlG Month: Jan 2009
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