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Hooray for Inventors!
Illustrated by Marcia Williams
Candlewick Press 2005
Ages: 7 to 10
Topic: Biographies
In a creative, artistic comic book style, Marcia Williams spotlights inventors of the airplane, lightbulb, cosmetics and even the band aid. An index of inventors and inventions appears at the end. This format would fascinate those learning English MORE...
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Tiny Bird
by Robert Burleigh
Illustrated by Wendell Minor
Henry Holt and Co. 2020
Ages: 7 to 10
Topic: Great Read Alouds: Stories You Won't Want to Miss
Topic: Informational Books
A detailed diary of a hummingbird’s migratory journey. The hummingbird manages to survive the winter after an arduous journey to the warm Gulf of Mexico. The book poetically details the flight of the bird with nature. MORE...
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Look Up! Birdwatching in Your Own Backyard
by Annette Leblanc Cate
Candlewick Press 2013
Ages: 7 to 10
Topic: Books You'll Want to Give as Gifts to Everyone
A fun guide for what you need to watch birds and colorful illustrations to help identify some birds. Introduces the reader to language used in birdwatching and tips and tricks to get started. It shows you which feathers and sounds match which bird. MORE...
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America My New Home
by Monica Gunning
Illustrated by Ken Condon
Boyds Mills Press 2004
Ages: 7 to 10
Topic: Poems and Rhymes
These poems bring to light the longing a child has for her Caribbean home and life in Jamaica as well as the excitement of the welcoming new home in America. It is the same theme that Pearl Buck once wrote about in her novel My Several Worlds, Monica Gunning captures the new life of an immigrant in America in an upbeat manner. She writes about the library, the symphony, the Statue of Liberty and the fresh new fallen snow. The chalk illustrations enrich the poems. MORE...
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A Kick in the Head : An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms
by Paul B. Janeczko
Illustrated by Chris Raschka
Candlewick 2005
Ages: 7 to 10
Topic: Poems and Rhymes
Following their starred book, A Poke in the I, which focused on concrete poems, this special volume explores poetic forms, all 29 of them, one or two poems per spread. This is an incredible resource for your child and especially for writer's workshop in schools. It can be used as a primer for beginning and budding poets. The parade of creative collage and pen and ink illustrations marches through the pages and accents each poem perfectly. MORE...
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Izzy Gizmo and the Invention Convention
by Pip Jones
Illustrated by Sara Ogilvie
Peachtree Publishing company 2020
Ages: 7 to 10
Topic: Books about School
Topic: Great Read Alouds: Stories You Won't Want to Miss
Imaginative story about a beginning engineer. Every creative girl wants to tinker with nuts and bolts and make believe a machine that will build the impossible dream. Izzy Gizmo is that kind of a mysterious builder. The story touches on the importance of making do with what you have and letting your creativity shine. MORE...
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Gooney Bird Is So Absurd
by Lois Lowry
Illustrated by Middy Thomas
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children 2009
Ages: 7 to 10
Topic: Books You'll Want to Give as Gifts to Everyone
If you want a good laugh as well as a wonderful story, this book is it. Gooney Bird Greene amuses her second-grade class and Mrs. Pigeon, her teacher, when she wears frilly underpants on her head to warm her brain. Mrs. Pigeon is the kind of teacher everyone should have, who accepts her for her idiosyncrasies and teaches them poetry. It ends with a memorable poem and is my recommended read-aloud for all families. MORE...
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The Life and Times of the Ant
by Charles Micucci
Houghton Mifflin 2003
Ages: 7 to 10
Topic: Informational Books
All the things you would ever want to know about ants are laid out with intriguing illustrations in this wonderful book, Some of the chapters are: Inside an Ant Hill, Kinds of Ants, The Ant's Body and even how ants evolved. Informative, stimulating and exciting, this informational book will surely wow your whole family. MORE...
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Amelia's Book of Notes & Note Passing
by Marissa Moss
Illustrated by Marissa Moss
Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books 2006
Ages: 7 to 10
Topic: Great Reads for Teenagers and Young Adults
Kids love this wonderful series which looks like it was written by a fifth grader in a writer's notebook. It can be read in snippets and also used for ideas on what to put in your own notebooks. MORE...
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The King's Equal
by Katherine Paterson
Illustrated by Curtis Woodbridge
HarperTrophy 1999
Ages: 7 to 10
Topic: Books You'll Want to Give as Gifts to Everyone
A young prince, Raphael. hears the words of his dying father, "You will not wear my crown until the day you marry a woman who is equal in beauty, intelligence and wealth." He has trouble finding such a young woman, until one day, a maiden, Rosamund, is sent to him by a mysterious talking wolf. She dazzles him with her beauty, her intelligence (she recognizes that he is lonely) and yes, her wealth. (She does not want or need anything.) She tells him that he must earn her love. MORE...
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Eleanor, Quiet No More: The Life of Eleanor Roosevelt
by Doreen Rappaport
Illustrated by Gary Kelley
Hyperion Books for Children 2009
Ages: 7 to 10
Topic: Biographies
With fascinating quotes from diaries, Doreen Rappaport in her elegant style writes a biography of Eleanor Roosevelt, whose life was a beacon for women everywhere. "We must be able to disagree and to consider new ideas and not be afraid." With important dates, selected research sources, and interesting facts, this biography should be the first introduction to this great lady. MORE...
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Kamishibai Man
by Allen Say
Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books 2005
Ages: 7 to 10
Topic: Life in Other Countries
I have been a long admirer of Allen Say's art work and his master watercolor illustrations add a special luminous quality to this touching story set in Japan.
In Japanese, kami means "paper" and shibai is "theater". This story tells the importance of the itinerant storytellers who used to travel on bicycles and gather children for shows of their paper theater stories, rewarding them with homemade candies afterwards. This dying art of the kamishibai storytellers is captured in a moving story of a retired man who wants to relive this experience with one last performance. MORE...
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The Treasure
by Uri Shulevitz
Square Fish 1986
Ages: 7 to 10
Topic: Great Read Alouds: Stories You Won't Want to Miss
Isaac travels the world to find a treasure, only to find it back at home. Uri Shulevitz draws a man who is innocent enough to have faith in a dream, and wise enough to understand the greatest reward of all. MORE...
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