4 BOOKS FRee! - Junior Library Guild

*NEW* Any Which Wall
by Laurel Snyder • drawings by LeUyen Pham
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BL, H, K, SLJ
“Everyone agreed: the wall was ‘wow.’ It looked like
something from another place and time, ancient
and mysterious, leaning over them. They just stood.
Gaping. Up.” A boring, hot day in Quiet Falls, Iowa,
has suddenly become interesting for siblings Henry
and Emma and their neighbors Susan and Roy.
Though they’re not yet sure they believe in magic, the
four instinctively know that this structure, standing
free in the middle of a cornfield, is begging to be
claimed. Its purpose, hinted at by a keyhole with
no door, is ripe for discovery. Black-and-white line
illustrations.
Isbn: 9780375955600 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 256 pp
sRC level: 5.3 • sRC Points: 11 • lexile: 810l
JLG: $13.25 • Random House: $19.99 • JlG Month: seP 2009
Art from Her Heart: Folk Artist Clementine Hunter
by Kathy Whitehead • illustrated by Shane W. Evans
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, SLJ, WC
“Clementine waited until her work in the Big House
was done and the twinkle of stars filled the night sky
above the Cane River. She was ready to paint, like
the artists she cooked and cleaned for on Melrose
Plantation. . . . Instead of canvas, she used window
shades, glass bottles, black iron skillets, and old
boards—whatever she could find. In the middle of
her hundred years, Clementine Hunter had decided
to paint.” Hunter’s work, inspired by memories of
picking cotton and pecans, wash days, weddings, and
baptisms, now hangs in museums across the country.
Bibliography. Author’s note. Full-color mixed-media
illustrations.
Isbn: 9780399242199 • Dewey: 759.13 b • 8" x 10" • 32 pp
aR level: 5.3 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 3.6 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 870l
JLG: $9.00 • Putnam’s: $16.99 • JlG Month: oCT 2008
The Art of Freedom: How Artists See America
by Bob Raczka
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BL, CL, HG, K
“America is a country. America is an idea. America
is farms. America is cities.” America is a large and
varied nation, full of natural wonders and manmade
marvels, open roads and crowded towns. The
author has selected famous American paintings,
photographs, and sculptures and paired them with
descriptions of the diverse aspects of the United
States. He has included Jasper Johns’s Map, Georgia
O’Keefe’s Brooklyn Bridge, Edward Hopper’s Early
Sunday Morning, and Gilbert Stuart’s portrait of
George Washington, among others. Brief biography
of each artist. Full-color art.
Isbn: 9780822575085 • Dewey: 704.9/49973 • 10 5/8" x 8 7/8" • 32 pp
lexile: aD60l
JLG: $9.00 • Millbrook: $18.95 • JlG Month: aPR 2008
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Awful Ogre Running Wild
by Jack Prelutsky • illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BL, WC
How does Awful Ogre spend his summer days?
Going on picnics, taking dips in the neighborhood
pond, and visiting his grandmother, just like everyone
else. Except his picnic basket is full of lizard-stuffed
skunk, his swimming partner is a piranha, and
Grandma is two thousand and seventy-three years
old. “She loves to complain of her aches and her
pains / Yet while she’s complaining, she’ll grin. / She
feeds me a snack of dried weasel remains / And tickles
me under the chin.” Full-color art.
Isbn: 9780066238678 • Dewey: 811/.54 • 9" x 12" • 40 pp
aR level: 5.2 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 4.2 • sRC Points: 2 • lexile: nP
JLG: $9.00 • Greenwillow: $18.89 • JlG Month: aUG 2008
Baby Brains and RoboMom
written and illustrated by Simon James
P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BL, HG, KH, SLJ
When Baby Brains sees how tired his parents are,
he invents the ultimate solution: a RoboMom. She
irons, she cooks, she cleans; she even washes the car.
Soon, she’s bathing Baby and putting him to bed,
too, and Mr. and Mrs. Brains don’t know how to stop
her. “She’s doing too much,” Mrs. Brains complains.
“And what’s all that smoke coming out of her head?”
asks Mr. Brains. Then, one morning, RoboMom
serves nuts and bolts for breakfast—and it’s clear that
Baby Brains’ solution has a problem. Watercolor and
ink illustrations.
Isbn: 9780763634636 • Dewey: e • 9 1/16" x 11" • 32 pp
aR level: 3.5 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 4.3 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 700l
JLG: $9.00 • Candlewick: $15.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2008
Backbeard: Pirate for Hire
written and illustrated by Matthew McElligott
P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: HG, K
Backbeard, the smelliest, hairiest, and most
outrageously dressed pirate who ever lived, is
summoned by the Pirate Council. “Crabcakes!”
he says. They give him an ultimatum: dress like a
normal pirate, replace that pig on your shoulder
with a parrot, or find a new job. Refusing to change,
Backbeard disbands his crew and looks for work.
The fishmonger doesn’t like him and the blacksmith
won’t hire him, but a nice old lady in a tearoom is
hiring. . . . Full-color illustrations done using pencil,
fabric, photography, and digital techniques.
Isbn: 9780802796332 • Dewey: e • 8" x 11" • 32 pp
aR level: 2.7 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.5 • sRC Points: 3 • lexile: 480l
JLG: $9.00 • Walker: $17.85 • JlG Month: oCT 2007
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