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LEARNER PROFILE

INQUIRERS Their natural curiosity has been nurtured. They have acquired the skills necessary to conduct

purposeful, constructive research. They actively enjoy learning and this love of learning will be

sustained throughout their lives.

Book title Author Summary

Dumpling soup Jama Kim Rattigan A girl helps her “mixed-up” family make

dumplings for their traditional New Year’s

Eve meal. This is a slice of Korean-Chinese-

Japanese-Hawaiian-Anglo life, which is as

warm and comforting as “homemade soup”.

Elephant’s Child Rudyard Kipling Because of his “ ‘satiable’ curtiosity” about

what the crocodile has for dinner, the

elephant’s child and all elephants thereafter

have long trunks.

Goin’ Someplace Special Patricia McKissack In segregated 1950’s Nashville, a young

African American girl braves a series of

indignities and obstacles to get to one of the

few integrated places in town: the library.

Based on author’s childhood. Authors note at

end of story.

My Great-Aunt Arizona Gloria Houston Picture-book biography of an Appalachian

girl, Arizona Houston Hughes. She grows up

to become a teacher who influences

generations of schoolchildren.

Peace One Day Jeremy Gilley Jeremy Gilley describes his efforts to gather

support for the creation of World Peace Day, a

plan adopted by the united Nations, which set

aside September 21 as an annual plea for a

global ceasefire and cay of nonviolence.

She’s Wearing a Dead

Bird on Her Head!

Kathryn Lasky A fictionalized account of the activities of

Harriet Hemenway and Minna Hall, founders

of the Massachusetts Audubon Society, a late

nineteenth-century Audubon Society that

would endure and have impact on the bird-

protection movement.

Don’t Haircuts Hurt? Melvin and Gilda

Berger

Provides answers to a variety of questions

about the human body, including “Why do

you blush?”-“Why do you need two ears?” –

“How strong is hair?” and “what are goose

bumps?”

Seeker of Knowledge –

the Man who Deciphered

Egyptian Hieroglyphs

James Rumford A biography of the French scholar whose

decipherment of the Egyptian hieroglyphic

language made the study of ancient Egypt

possible. Wonderful colored illustrations.

THINKERS They exercise initiative in applying thinking skills critically and creatively to make sound

decisions and to solve complex problems.


Artist in Overalls the Life

of Grant Wood

John Duggleby Follows the life of the Iowa farm boy who

struggled to realize his talents and who painted

in Paris but returned home to focus on the land

and the people he knew best.

Baseball Saved Us Ken Mochizuki A Japanese American boy learns to play

baseball when he and his family are forced to

live in an internment camp during World War

II, and his ability to play helps him after the

war is over.

Best Beekeeper of

Lalibela

Christina Kessler In the Ethiopian mountain village of Lalibela,

famous for its churches and honey, a young

girl determines to find a way to be a beekeeper

despite being told that is something only men

can do.

Counting on Grace Elizabeth Winthrop Twelve-year-old Grace and her friend are

taken out of school and put to work in a

Vermont textile mill in 1910, are championed

by their teacher who urges them to write the

National Child Labor Committee, an action

only Grace seems to realize will have serious

repercussions. 227 pages

Daniel’s Story Carol Matas Daniel, whose family suffers as the Nazis rise

to power in Germany, describes his

imprisonment in a concentration camp and his

eventual liberation. 136 pages

Dot, The Peter H. Reynolds Vachti believes that she cannot draw, but her

art teacher’s encouragement leads her to

change her mind.

Fever 1793 Laurie Halse

Anderson

In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda

Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns

about perseverance and self-reliance when she

is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow

fever epidemic. 243 pages

Going Home Eve Bunting A family has moved from Mexico to

California. When Carlos and his family go to

his parents’ village for Christmas, Carlos

realizes the sacrifices his parents have made in

leaving behind a beloved home to do brutally

hard work so that their children may have

better lives.

Home Place Crescent

Dragonwagon

While out hiking, a family comes upon the

site of an old house and finds some clues

about the people that once lived there.

Keep the Lights Burning,

Abbie

Peter Roop In the winter of 1856, a storm delays the

lighthouse keeper’s return to an island off the

coast of Maine, and his daughter Abbie must

keep the lights burning by herself.

Mailing May Michael O. Tunnell In 1914, because her family cannot afford a

train ticket to her grandmother’s town, May

gets mailed and rides the mail car on the train

to see her grandmother.

Miraculous Journey of

Edward Tulane

Kate DiCamillo Edward Tulane, a cold-hearted and proud toy

rabbit, loves only himself until he is

separated from the little girl who adores him

and travels across the country, acquiring new

owners and listening to their hopes, dreams

and histories.

Miss Bridie Chose a

Shovel

Leslie Connor Miss Bridie immigrates to America in 1856

and chooses to bring a shovel, which proves

to be a useful tool throughout her life.

My Chinatown Kam Mak A boy adjusts to city life away from his home

in Hong Kong in the Chinatown of his new

American city.

Name Jar, The Yangsook Chol Unhei has just come with her family from

Korea. She feels awkward about her name

after some teasing on the bus. Her classmates

help her decide on a name but in the end she

comes to realize that she likes her Korean

name best.

Parvana’s Journey Deborah Ellis With Kabul, Afghanistan in ruins from the

Taliban control, Parvana dresses as a boy and

sets out to leave Afghanistan in search of her

family. Story gives insight into some of the

recent traumatic events in Afghanistan. 194

pages

Rent Party Jazz William Miller When Sonny’s mother loses her job in New

Orleans during the Depression, Smilin’ Jack,

a jazz musician, tells him how to organize a

rent party to raise the money they need.

Sally Jean, the Bicycle

Queen

Cari Best When Sally Jean outgrows her beloved

bicycle, Flash, she experiments with various

ideas for acquiring a new, bigger one.

Wearing a Dead Bird on

Her Head!

Kathryn Lasky A fictionalized account of the activities of

Harriet Hemenway and Minna Hall, founders

of the Massachusetts Audubon Society, a late

nineteenth-century Audubon Society that

would endure and have impact on the bird-

protection movement.

Wallace’s Lists Barbara Bottner Devoted to making lists about everything in

his life, Wallace the mouse discovers the joys

of spontaneity and adventure when he

becomes friends with his neighbor Albert.

Walt Whitman Barbara Kerley A biography of the American poet whose

compassion led him to nurse soldiers during

the Civil War, to give voice to the nation’s

grief at Lincoln’s assassination, and to capture

the true American spirit in verse. Beautiful

illustrations.

Wings Christopher Myers Ikarus Jackson, the new boy in school, is

outcast because he has wings, but his resilient

spirit inspires one girl to speak up for him and

recognize his individuality.

Worry Stone, The Marianna Dengler When a small, serious boy joins Amanda on

the park bench, she remembers that once she

was small and serious too, but she had

Grandfather – and his wonderful stories.

Zabbit, The Jim Walkow Story of an extraordinary rabbit who is teased

because of his stripes and very long ears. He

learns to believe in himself, saves his own life

and becomes a hero to all of the animals who

had teased him.

COMMUNICATORS They receive and express ideas and information confidently in more than one language,

including the language of mathematical symbols.


Artist in Overalls the Life

of Grant Wood

John Duggleby Follows the life of the Iowa farm boy who

struggled to realize his talents and who painted

in Paris but returned home to focus on the land

and the people he knew best.

Cleversticks Bernard Ashley When Ling Sung starts school, he decides he

doesn’t like it as everyone can do things that

he can’t do. However, all his problems

disappear when he discovers there is

something he can do that others can’t- he can

use chopsticks.

Color of Home, The Mary Hoffman Hassan, newly arrived in the United States and

feeling homesick, paints a picture at school

that shows his old home in Somalia as well as

the reason his family had to leave.

Counting on Grace Elizabeth

Winthrop

Twelve-year-old Grace and her friend are

taken out of school and put to work in a

Vermont textile mill in 1910, are championed

by their teacher who urges them to write the

National Child Labor Committee, an action

only Grace seems to realize will have serious

repercussions. 227 pages

Day’s Work, A Eve Bunting Francisco’s grandfather has moved to

California from Mexico and cannot speak

English. When the boy obtained a job for his

grandfather by falsely claiming that his

grandfather knows gardening, the old man

honorable rectifies their mistakes.

Dumpling soup Jama Kim Rattigan A girl helps her “mixed-up” family make

dumplings for their traditional New Year’s

Eve meal. This is a slice of Korean-Chinese-

Japanese-Hawaiian-Anglo life, which is as

warm and comforting as “homemade soup”.

Emma’s Rug Allen Say A young artist finds that her creativity comes

from within when the rug that she had always

relied upon for inspiration is destroyed.

Fireflies in the Dark Susan Goldman

Rubin

Covers the years during which Friedl Dicker, a

Jewish woman from Czechoslovakia, taught

art to children at the Terezin Concentration

Camp.

Freedom Walkers Russell Freedman Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. 110

pages

Grandfather’s Dream Holly Keller In a story set in contemporary Vietnam, Nam,

a young boy, adopts his grandfather’s dream

that newly constructed dikes will work to

flood the wetlands around their village,

rebuilding a home for the many Sarus cranes

driven away by the war.

Haitian Story of Hope:

Selavi, A

Youme A homeless boy on the streets of Haiti joins

other street children, and together they build a

home and a radio station where they can care

for themselves and for other homeless

children. Based on true facts.

How My Parents Learned

to Eat

Ina r. Friedman An American sailor courts a Japanese girl and

each tries, in secret, to learn the other’s way

of eating.

If A Bus Could Talk-the

story of Rosa Parks

Faith Ringgold A biography of the African American woman

and civil rights worker whose refusal to give

up her seat on a bus led to boycott which

lasted more than a year in Montgomery,

Alabama

Journey of Oliver K.

Woodman

Darcy Pattison Oliver K. Woodman, a man made of wood,

takes a remarkable journey across America,

as told through the postcards and letters of

those he meets along the way.

Koala Lou Mem Fox A young koala, longing to hear her mother

speak lovingly to her as she did before other

children came along, plans to win her

distracted parent’s attention.

Miss Rumphius Barbara Cooney Great-aunt Alice Rumphius was once a little

girl who loved the sea, longed to visit

faraway places, and wished to do something

to make the world more beautiful.

Molly’s Pilgrim Barbara Cohen Told to make a Pilgrim doll for the

Thanksgiving display at school, Molly is

embarrassed when her mother tries to help

her out by creating a doll dressed as she

herself was dressed before leaving Russia to

seek religious freedom.

Ruby’s Wish Shirin Yim

Bridges

This is a true story. In China, at time when

few girls are taught to read or write, Ruby

dreams of going to university with her

brothers and male cousins.

Sadako Eleanor Coerr Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb

disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races

against time to fold on thousand paper cranes

to verify the legend that by doing so a sick

person will become healthy.

Say Something Peggy Moss A child who never says anything when other

children are being teased or bullied finds

herself in their position one day when jokes

are made at her expense and no one speaks up.

Sitti’s secrets Naomi Shihab Hye A young girl describes a visit to see her

grandmother in a Palestinian village on the

west Bank.

Three Little Wolves and

the Big Bad Pig

Eugene Trivizas An altered retelling of the traditional tale

about the conflict between pig and wolf. The

wolves final house is built from flowers, and it

is their lovely scent that causes the pig to

change his nasty ways and all live together as

friends happily ever after.

What Mary Jo Shared Janice May Uory Six-year-old Mary Jo has trouble deciding

what to share with her class at show and tell.

Where the Red Fern

Grows

Wilson Rawls The adventures of a ten-year-old boy and the

two dogs he bought with money he had

earned.





RISK-TAKERS They approach unfamiliar situations without anxiety and have the confidence and independence

of spirit to explore new roles, ideas and strategies. They are courageous and articulate in

defending those things in which they believe.


Amazing Grace Mary Hoffman Although classmates say that she cannot play

Peter Pan in the school play because she is

black and a girl, Grace discovers that she can

do anything she sets her mind to do.

Ballot Box Battle Emily Arnold

McCully

Cordelia learns a lesson about the rights and

abilities of girls and women when she spends

time taking care of Jules, a horse belonging to

nineteenth-century feminist, Elizabeth Cady

Stanton. Brief biography of Stanton is at end

of story.

Bent & the Egg William Joyce A shy, singing frog is left in charge of a very

special egg that changes his life.

Boat to Nowhere, A Maureen Crane

Wartski

Fleeing from agents of the new communist

government in Vietnam, an old man and three

children begin an endless and seemingly

hopeless struggle for survival as boat people.

153 pages.

Coolies Yin A boy listens to his grandmother tell the story

of how her great-grandfather and his brother

came from China to California in 1865 to work

on the transcontinental railroad. The Chinese

were treated unfairly and they tried to stand up

for themselves but were force to back down.

Wonderful pictures.

Emil and Karl Yankev Glatshteyn In Vienna, Austria, in 1940, two nine-year-old

boys, one Jewish and one Aryan, are

classmates and best friends when events of the

Nazi occupation draw them even closer

together as they fight to survive and escape

together. 194 pages

Fever 1793 Laurie Halse

Anderson

In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda

Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns

about perseverance and self-reliance when she

is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow

fever epidemic. 243 pages

Gift Horse A Lakota

Story

S.D. Nelson Relates the story of a Lakota youth whose

father gives him a horse in preparation for his

making the transition from boyhood into

manhood and becoming a Lakota Warrior.

Gleam and Glow Eve Bunting After his home is destroyed by war, eight-

year-old Viktor finds hope in the survival of

two very special fish.







better lives.

If A Bus Could Talk-the

story of Rosa Parks

Faith Ringgold A biography of the African American woman

and civil rights worker whose refusal to give

up her seat on a bus led to boycott which

lasted more than a year in Montgomery,

Alabama

Katie’s Wish Barbara Shook

Hazen

Soon after Katie wishes for her potatoes to

disappear during supper, a potato famine

ravages her native Ireland, forcing her to leave

for America.

Knots on a Counting

Rope

Bill Martin A grandfather and his blind grandson, Boy-

Strength-of-Blue-Horses, reminisce about the

young boy’s birth, his first horse and an

exciting horse race.

Mailing May Michael O.

Tunnell

In 1914, because her family cannot afford a

train ticket to her grandmother’s town, May

gets mailed and rides the mail car on the train

to see her grandmother.

Memory Coat, The Elvira Woodruff In the early 1900s, two cousins leave their

Russian Shtetl with the rest of their family to

come to America, hopeful that they will all

pass the dreaded inspection at Ellis Island.

Parvana’s Journey Deborah Ellis With Kabul, Afghanistan in ruins from the

Taliban control, Parvana dresses as a boy and

sets out to leave Afghanistan in search of her

family. Story gives insight into some of the

recent traumatic events in Afghanistan. 194

pages

Peace One Day Jeremy Gilley Jeremy Gilley describes his efforts to gather

support for the creation of World Peace Day, a

plan adopted by the united Nations, which set

aside September 21 as an annual plea for a

global ceasefire and cay of nonviolence.

Rosa Nikki Giovanni Presents an illustrated account of Rosa Parks’

refusal to give up her seat on a bus in

Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, and the

subsequent bus boycott by the black

community.

Ruby’s Wish Shirin Yim

Bridges

This is a true story. In China, at time when

few girls are taught to read or write, Ruby

dreams of going to university with her

brothers and male cousins.

Underground Man Milton Meltzer A courageous young white man aids slaves

escaping from Kentucky in pre-Civil War

days. 261 pages

Upstairs Room, The Johanna Reiss A Dutch Jewish girl describes the two-and-

one-half years she spent in hiding in the

upstairs bedroom of a farmer’s house during

World War II. 179 pages

Weekend With Wendell,

A

Kevin Henkes Sophie does not enjoy energetic, assertive

Wendell’s weekend visit until the very end,

when she learns to assert herself and finds out

Wendell can be fun to play with after all.

You want Women to Vote,

Lizzie Stanton?

Jean Fritz A biography of suffragist Elizabeth Cady

Stanton from her childhood, to her fight for

the end of slavery, to her death 18 years

before women were granted the right to vote.

KNOWLEDGEABLE They have spent time in our schools exploring themes that have global relevance and

importance. In so doing, they have acquired a critical mass of significant knowledge.



Rubin

Covers the years during which Friedl Dicker,

a Jewish woman from Czechoslovakia, taught


Camp.

If You Hopped Like a

Frog

David M. Schwartz Introduces the concept of ratio by comparing

what humans would be able to do if they had

bodies like different animals.

Linnea in Monet’s

Garden

Christina Bjork A little girl visits the home and garden of

Claude Monet at Giverny, France, and learns

about the artist’s paintings and his life.

Illustrations include photographs of the

painter and his family as well as examples of

his work.

My Name Is York Elizabeth Van

Steenwyk

A slave describes the journey he makes with

his master, Captain William Clark, into the

uncharted territory of the American West to

find a water passageway to the Pacific Ocean.

P is for Passport Devin Scillian A passport and rhyming text celebrate the

author’s adventures discovering differences as

well as similarities, from “A” for the variety

of animals that populate the planet to “Z” for

the time zones that mark the days around the

world.

Seeker of Knowledge – the Man who Deciphered

Egyptian Hieroglyphs

James Rumford A biography of the French scholar whose

decipherment of the Egyptian hieroglyphic

language made the study of ancient Egypt

possible. Wonderful colored illustrations.

Snowflake Bentley Jacqueline Briggs

Martin

A biography of a self-taught scientist who

photographed thousands of individual

snowflakes in order to study their unique

formations.

Weslandia Paul Fleischman Wesley’s garden produces a crop of huge,

strange plants, which provide him with

clothing, shelter, food and drink; thus helping

him create his own civilization and changing

his life.

You want Women to

Vote, Lizzie Stanton?



the end of slavery, to her death 18 years

before women were granted the right to vote.

PRINCIPLED They have a sound grasp of the principles of moral reasoning. They have integrity, honesty and

a sense of fairness and justice.


Arthur and the True

Francine

Marc Brown Francine and Muffy are good friends until

Muffy lets Francine take the blame for

cheating on a test.

Ballot Box Battle Emily Arnold

McCully

Cordelia learns a lesson about the rights and

abilities of girls and women when she spends

time taking care of Jules, a horse belonging to

nineteenth-century feminist, Elizabeth Cady

Stanton. Brief biography of Stanton is at end

of story.

Coolies Yin A boy listens to his grandmother tell the story

of how her great-grandfather and his brother

came from China to California in 1865 to

work on the transcontinental railroad. The

Chinese were treated unfairly and they tried to

stand up for themselves but were force to back

down. Wonderful pictures.

Dancing at the

Odinochka

Kirkpatrick Hill Erinia Pavaloff’s life at a trading post in

Russian America in the 1860s becomes more

complicated when the region is annexed to the

United States and Members of the small

community become American Alaskans.

Day’s Work, A Eve Bunting Francisco’s grandfather has moved to

California from Mexico and cannot speak

English. When the boy obtained a job for his

grandfather by falsely claiming that his

grandfather knows gardening, the old man

honorable rectifies their mistakes.

Empty Pot, The Demi When Ping admits that he is the only child in

China unable to grow a flower from the seeds

distributed by the Emperor, he is rewarded for

his honesty.

Frog Prince Brothers Grimm A retelling of the classic tale of a beautiful

princess who makes a promise to a frog which

she does not intend to keep.

Goin’ Someplace Special Patricia McKissack In segregated 1950’s Nashville, a young

African American girl braves a series of

indignities and obstacles to get to one of the

few integrated places in town: the library.

Based on author’s childhood. Authors note at

end of story.


Selavi, A






Heat Mike Lupica Pitching prodigy Michael Arroyo is on the run

from social services after being banned from

playing Little League baseball because rival

coaches doubt he is only twelve years old and

he has no parents to offer them proof.

220pages

If You Could Wear My

Sneakers!

Sheree Fitch Contains fifteen illustrated poems for children

based upon the United Nations Convention on

the Rights of the child. A book about

children’s rights.

Juan Verdades – The

Man Who Couldn’t Tell a

Lie

Joe Hayes A wealthy rancher is so certain of the honesty

of his foreman that he wagers his ranch.

Mama Panya’s Pancakes

(A village tale from

Kenya)

Mary and Rich

Chamberlin

Mama Panya has just enough money to buy

ingredients for a few pancakes, so when her

son invites many friends to share in this meal,

she is sure they will not have enough food.

But each guest brings something to add to the

meal.

My Secret Bully Trudy Ludwig A girl confides to her mother that her best

friend is treating her badly, and together they

figure out what to do about it.

Rent Party Jazz William Miller When Sonny’s mother loses her job in New

Orleans during the Depression, Smilin’ Jack, a

jazz musician, tells him how to organize a rent

party to raise the money they need.

Rosa Nikki Giovanni Presents an illustrated account of Rosa Parks’

refusal to give up her seat on a bus in

Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, and the

subsequent bus boycott by the black

community.

Sadako Eleanor Coerr Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb

disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races

against time to fold on thousand paper cranes

to verify the legend that by doing so a sick

person will become healthy.

William’s Doll Charlotte Zolotow William’s father gives him a basketball and a

train but these do not make him want a doll

less.

You want Women to

Vote, Lizzie Stanton?



the end of slavery, to her death 18 years before

women were granted the right to vote.

Zabbit, The Jim Walkow Story of an extraordinary rabbit who is teased

because of his stripes and very long ears. He

learns to believe in himself, saves his own life

and becomes a hero to all of the animals who

had teased him.

Zora Hurston and the

Chinaberry Tree

William Miller Picture-book biography concentrates on one

period in Hurston’s life and explores the

African-American writer’s relationship with

her mother, who nurtured her daughter’s

independent spirit. The book ends with nine-

year-old Hurston grieving her mother’s death.

CARING They show sensitivity towards the needs and feelings of others. They have a sense of personal

commitment to action and service.


Angel child, Dragon

Child

Michele Maria

Surat

Ut, a Vietnamese girl attending school in the

United States, lonely for her mother left behind

in Vietnam, makes a new friend who presents

her with a wonderful gift.

Arnie and the New Kid Nancy Carlson When an accident requires Arnie to use

crutches, he begins to understand the limits

and possibilities of his new classmate, who has

a wheelchair.

Babe & I, The David A. Adler While helping his family make ends meet

during the Great Depression by selling

newspapers, a boy meets Babe Ruth.

Benty & the Egg William Joyce A shy, singing frog is left in charge of a very

special egg that changes his life.

Boy who Saved

Cleveland

James Cross Giblin During a malaria epidemic in late eighteenth-

century Cleveland, Ohio, ten-year-old Seth

Doan surprises his family, his neighbors, and

himself by having the strength to carry and

grind enough corn to feed everyone. Based on

a true story. 64 pages

Dear Bear Joanna Harrison Katie is afraid of the bear that lives under the

stairs in her house, until they exchange letters

and she finally gets to meet him.

Dot, The Peter H. Reynolds Vachti believes that she cannot draw, but her

art teacher’s encouragement leads her to

change her mind.

Elizabeti’s Doll Stephanie Stuve-

Bodeen

When a young Tanzanian girl gets a new baby

brother, she finds a rock, which she names

Eva, and makes it her baby doll. Wonderful

pictures show the Tanzanian way of life.

Emily Michael Bedard When a mother and her child pay a visit to

their reclusive neighbor, Emily, who stays in

her house writing poems, there is an exchange

of special gifts. An afterward of Emily

Dickenson’s life is at the end of the story.


Rubin

Covers the years during which Friedl Dicker, a

Jewish woman from Czechoslovakia, taught


Camp.

Frog and Toad Are Friends Arnold Lobel Five tales recounting the adventures of two

best friends – frog and toad.


Selavi, A






Keep the Lights Burning,

Abbie

Peter Roop In the winter of 1856, a storm delays the

lighthouse keeper’s return to an island off the

coast of Maine, and his daughter Abbie must

keep the lights burning by herself.

Keeping Quilt, The Patricia Polacco A homemade quilt ties together the lives of

four generations of an immigrant Jewish

family, remaining a symbol of their enduring

love and faith.

Knots on a Counting Rope Bill Martin A grandfather and his blind grandson, Boy-

Strength-of-Blue-Horses, reminisce about the

young boy’s birth, his first horse and an

exciting horse race.

Little Engine that Could,

The

Watty Piper Although she isn’t very big, the Little Blue

Engine agrees to try to pull a stranded train

full of toys over the mountain.

Mean Soup Betsy Everitt Horace feels really mean at the end of a bad

day until he helps his mother make Mean

Soup.

Memory Coat, The Elvira Woodruff In the early 1900s, two cousins leave their

Russian Shtetl with the rest of their family to

come to America, hopeful that they will all

pass the dreaded inspection at Ellis Island.

Ordinary Mary’s

Extraordinary Deed

Emily Pearson A young girl’s good deed is multiplied as it is

passed on by those who have been touched by

the kindness of others.

Peppe the Lamplighter Elisa Bartone Peppe’s father is upset when he learns that

Peppe has taken a job lighting the gas street

lamps in his New York City neighborhood.

Sally Jean, the Bicycle

Queen

Cari Best When Sally Jean outgrows her beloved

bicycle, Flash, she experiments with various

ideas for acquiring a new, bigger one.

Say Something Peggy Moss A child who never says anything when other

children are being teased or bullied finds

herself in their position one day when jokes

are made at her expense and no one speaks

up.

Snowshoe Thompson Nancy Smiler

Levinson

One winter John Thompson skis across the

Sierra Nevada and creates a path upon which

mail and people may travel, thus earning his

nickname “Snowshoe Thompson.” Based on a

true story.

Something Else Kathryn Cave A little creature is ostracized despite his

attempts to fit in, but his experiences enable

him to be accepting of others’ differences.

Thank You, Jackie

Robinson

Barbara Cohen A fatherless white boy, who shares with an

old African-American man an enthusiasm for

the Brooklyn Dodgers and first baseman,

Jackie Robinson, takes a ball autographed by

Jackie to his elderly friend’s deathbed. 125

pages

Train to Somewhere Eve Bunting In the late 1800, Marianne travels westward

on the Orphan Train in hopes of being placed

with a caring family.

Walt Whitman Barbara Kerley A biography of the American poet whose

compassion led him to nurse soldiers during

the Civil War, to give voice to the nation’s

grief at Lincoln’s assassination, and to capture

the true American spirit in verse. Beautiful

illustrations.

When Jessie Came Across

the Sea

Amy Hest A thirteen-year-old Jewish orphan reluctantly

leaves her grandmother and immigrates to

New York City, where she works for three

years sewing lace and earning money to bring

Grandmother to the United States, too.

Where the Red Fern

Grows

Wilson Rawls The adventures of a ten-year-old boy and the

two dogs he bought with money he had

earned.

Wilfred Gordon

McDonald Partridge

Mem Fox A small boy tries to discover the meaning of

“memory” so he can restore that of an elderly

friend.





OPEN-MINDED They respect the views, values and traditions of other individuals and cultures and are

accustomed to seeking and considering a range of points of view.


Angel child, Dragon

Child

Michele Maria

Surat

Ut, a Vietnamese girl attending school in the

United States, lonely for her mother left

behind in Vietnam, makes a new friend who

presents her with a wonderful gift.

Aunt Flossie’s Hats Elizabeth

Fitzgerald Howard

Sarah and Susan share tea, cookies, crab cakes,

and stories about hats when they visit their

favorite relative, Aunt Flossie.

Boys and Girls of the

World

Nuria Roca Shows children how children around the world

are alike and different.

Chester’s Way Kevin Henkes Chester and Wilson share the same exact way

of doing things, until Lilly moves into the

neighborhood and shows them that new ways

can be just as good.

Colors of Us, The Karen Katz Seven-year-old Lena and her mother observe

the variations in the color of their friends’

skin, viewed in terms of foods and things

found in nature.

Country Far Away Nigel Gray Parallel pictures reveal the essential

similarities between the lives of two boys, one

in a western country, and one in a rural

African Village.

Crow Boy Taro Yahima The story of a strange, shy little boy in a

Japanese village school who was ignored by

his classmates until suddenly, and almost too

late, a new teacher showed them that Crow

Boy had much to offer.

Drita My Homegirl Jenny Lombard When ten-year-old Drita and her family,

refugees from Kosovo, move to New York,

Drita is teased about not speaking English

well, but after a popular student named

Maxine is forced to learn about Kosovo as a

punishment for teasing Drita, the two girls

soon bond.







better lives.

Grandma Hekmatt

Remembers

Ann Morris Three Arab-American girls learn about their

family and cultural history from their

grandmother, who grew up in Cairo, Egypt,

and moved to New Jersey after her marriage.

True story

I’m Like You, You’re

Like Me

Cindy Gainer Illustrations and simple text explore ways in

which children are alike and some ways they

may be different.

Keeping Quilt, The Patricia Polacco A homemade quilt ties together the lives of

four generations of an immigrant Jewish

family, remaining a symbol of their enduring

love and faith.

Let’s Talk About Race Julius Lester The author introduces the concept of race as

only one component in an individual’s or

nation’s “story”.

Masai and I Virginia Kroll Linda, a little girl who lives in the city, learns

about East Africa and the Masai in school,

and imagines what her life might be like if she

were Masai.

My father’s Boat Sherry Garland A Vietnamese-American boy heads off into

the Gulf of Mexico on his father’s shrimp

boat and hears stories of how his grandfather

fished in the South China Sea.

My Librarian is a Camel Margriet Ruurs How books are brought to children around the

world

My Name Is York Elizabeth Van

Steenwyk

A slave describes the journey he makes with

his master, Captain William Clark, into the

uncharted territory of the American West to

find a water passageway to the Pacific Ocean.

Name Jar, The Yangsook Chol Unhei has just come with her family from

Korea. She feels awkward about her name

after some teasing on the bus. Her classmates

help her decide on a name but in the end she

comes to realize that she likes her Korean

name best.

Nine O’clock Lullaby Marilyn Singer While Mama reads a sleepy time tale at 9 pm

in Brooklyn, people have a snack in the pantry

at 2 am in England, the cat knocks over the

samovar at 5 am in Moscow, etc.

Orphan Boy, The Tololwa M. Mollel Though delighted that an orphan boy has

come into his life, an old man becomes

insatiably curious about the boy’s mysterious

powers

Sitti’s secrets Naomi Shihab Hye A young girl describes a visit to see her

grandmother in a Palestinian village on the

west Bank.

This is the Way We go to

School

Edith Baer How children around the world get to school

Throw Your Tooth on the

Roof

Selby B. Beeler Tooth traditions from around the world

Where Do I Live? Neil Chesanow Looks at the places that can be called home,

taking a child from her own room to the

universe and back.

Why Am I Different? Norma Simon Portrays everyday situations in which children

see themselves as “different” in family life,

preferences, and aptitudes, and yet, feel that

being different is all right.

Why does That Man have

Such a Big Nose?

Mary Beth Quinsy Text and pictures of people who are

“different” – short, tall, balding, wrinkled, fat,

handicapped, etc –invite discussion of the

uniqueness and value of each person despite

his/her appearance.

BALANCED They understand the importance of physical and mental balance and personal well being






war is over.

Great Trash Bash, The Loreen Leedy The animal citizens of Beaston discover better

ways to recycle and control their trash.

Our Big Home Linda Glaser Describes the water, air, soil, sky, sun, etc.

that are shared by all living creatures on Earth.

(Reading Rainbow book)

REFLECTIVE They give thoughtful consideration to their own learning and analyze their personal strengths and

weaknesses in a constructive manner.






war is over.

Chester’s Way Kevin Henkes Chester and Wilson share the same exact way

of doing things, until Lilly moves into the

neighborhood and shows them that new ways

can be just as good.

Cloak for the Dreamer Aileen Friedman When a tailor asks each of his three sons to

make a cloak for the archduke, the third son’s

design reveals his desire to travel the world

rather than follow in his father’s footsteps.

Introduces the relationships between

geometric shapes.

Flour Babies Anne Fine When his class of underachievers is assigned

to spend three torturous weeks taking care of

their own “babies” in the form of bags of

flour, Simon makes amazing discoveries about

himself while coming to terms with his long-

absent father. 178 pages

How My Parents Learned

to Eat

Ina R. Friedman An American sailor courts a Japanese girl and

each tries, in secret, to learn the other’s way of

eating.

I’m Terrific Marjorie Weinman

Sharmat

Jason Bear thinks he’s terrific and even

awards himself gold stars for superior

performance in his chores. His friends don’t

like to be around him.

Miraculous Journey of

Edward Tulane

Kate DiCamillo Edward Tulane, a cold-hearted and proud toy

rabbit, loves only himself until he is separated

from the little girl who adores him and travels

across the country, acquiring new owners and

listening to their hopes, dreams and histories.

Petunia Roger Dubiosin Petunia, the goose, learns that possessing

knowledge involves more than just carrying a

book around under her wing

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