http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/ Reading Circle Catalog XHEMS 20050506 RD http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0476.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0476.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Presidents of the United States Author:  Time for Kids Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Want to know which President was the tallest? Who was the youngest to take the oath of office? This is another book in the series of great resources for children from Time-Life. This gives a brief biography of each U.S. President, along with some little known facts that children love to discover. ISBN 006081554X Price: $17.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0475.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0475.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Explore the Tropical Rain Forest Author: Linda Tagliaferro Publisher: Capstone Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Another in the series of Fact-Finders books that is easy for elementary aged students to understand. The photographs of the actual areas and animals make it very interesting and easy to learn the information. ISBN 0736864075 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0474.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0474.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: You Wouldn't Want to be a Roman Soldier Author: David Stewart Publisher: Watts Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Cartoon-like illustrations and interesting fracts about Roman times make this book a good addition to the series��You wouldn�t want to be.� ISBN 0531124231 Price: $12.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0473.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0473.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Cats to the Rescue Author: Marilyn Singer Publisher: Henry Holt Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: This is a collection of true stories about cats. From attack cats to brave mother cats we hear about tales of felines that will impress and inspire. ISBN 0805074333 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0472.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0472.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Travel of Thelonious, The Author: Susan Schade Publisher: Simon & Schuster Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: This is the first book in the Fog Mound series. It introduces Thelonious, a young squirrel with a taste for legends and is swept away by a flood and left in the Ruined City. He meets a porcupine librarian and a helicopter-flying bear and they take a dangerous journey to the Fog Mound, an idyllic land holding clues to humanity�s disappearance. The chapters alternate between illustrated prose and detailed sequential art display. ISBN 068987684X Price: $14.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0471.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0471.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Muhannad Ali, the Greatest Author: Jeff Savage Publisher: Capstone Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: One of the biographies in the Fact Finders Series. This is a short biography about the life and career of Muhammad Ali. It describes his childhood in Louisville, Kentucky and his early introduction to boxing followed by him becoming a professional prizefighter. ISBN 0736854444 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0470.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0470.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Journey, Stories of Migration, The Author: Cynthia Rylant Publisher: Scholastic Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Buttrflies, locusts, whales, caribou, and other animals move from place to place their whole lives. This is an introduction to migration with beautiful paintings of the animals� journeys. ISBN 0590307177 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0469.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0469.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: One Left Behind, The Author: Willo Davis Roberts Publisher: Atheneum Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Eleven-year-old Mandy is accidentally left at home alone for the weekend. She is remembering her twin sister, Angel, who has been dead for about a year. Someone breaks into the house and steals food. Mandy investigates and draws courage by doing what she thinks Angel would have done. She finds a teenager, Zander and his toddler brother in an abandoned cottage up the road. Zander says they are trying to get away from kidnappers and Mandy must determine what is truth and what is not. ISBN 0689850751 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0468.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0468.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Electricity Author: Adele Richardson Publisher: Capstone Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Questions and answers are given on pages with simple but accurate illustrations. ISBN 0736854517 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0467.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0467.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Night Boat to Freedom Author: Margot T. Raven Publisher: FSG Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Christmas John, encouraged by Granny Judith, rows slaves to freedom across the river from Kentucky to Ohio. Granny is a weaver and creates her own colors for the dyes she uses. With every passenger she asks what color they are weaving. Then she incorporates that color into a quilt that she says will be a rainbow bridge from one side to the other side. Beautiful illustrations. ISBN 0374312664 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0466.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0466.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Freedom Ship Author: Doreen Rappaport Publisher: Hyperion Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Based on an actual event in American history, a nine member crew of slaves kidnapped a ship and delivered it to the Union Army. Five women and three children also escaped. Samuel was one of the children and he tells the story. It�s risky but worth it as they race for freedom. ISBN 0786806451 Price: $15.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0465.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0465.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: American Slave, American Hero Author: Laurence Pringle Publisher: Calkins Creek Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: This nonfiction record closely follows historical records. York�s life from childhood to maturity in depicted in the watercolor illustration by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu. York takes an active role in providing food for the expedition and coping with emergencies, as well as, clowning around with laughing Arikara children. ISBN 1590782828 Price: $17.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0464.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0464.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Moon Shadow Author: Chris Platt Publisher: Peachtree Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Callie helps to rescue an orphaned filly whose mother was part of a herd of mustangs brought in from the Nevada desert. She begs her parents for the little mustang not knowing if it will survive. A great horse story! ISBN 156145382X Price: $14.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0463.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0463.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: You Wouldn't Want to Work on the Great Wall of China! Author: Jacqueline Morley Publisher: Watts Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: You are an unlucky peasant who is sent by the emperor of China to build the Great Wall. There are 1000 of you that will build a wall that is 1800 miles long. Life is difficult but you are part of a change in China, and the 300,000 troops who eventually get the wall up. ISBN 0531124495 Price: $12.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0462.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0462.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Extraordinary Adventures of Ordinary Basil Author: Wiley Miller Publisher: Blue Sky Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Basil, 12-year-old, meets an eccentric professor with a flying boat. They take a journey into the clouds where they find a floating city filled with unusual inventions and ideas. ISBN 0439856655 Price: $14.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0461.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0461.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Marvelous Mattie Author: Emily A. McCully Publisher: FSG Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: :How Margaret E. Knight Became and Inventor. This biography tells the story of Margaret Knight who created the machine that makes paper grocery sacks. To get her invention noticed she had to be strong and battle the gender roles. She is the first woman to receive a U.S. patent. ISBN 0374348103 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0460.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0460.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: ESP: Extrasensory Perception Author: Michael Martin Publisher: Capstone Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Sometimes called the �Sixth Sense� this book gives an easy to understand version of the background and study of ESP, as well as serving as a resource for Web sites and other books on the subject. ISBN 0736854517 Price: $17.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0459.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0459.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Slippery Slimy Baby Frogs Author: Sandra Markle Publisher: Walker Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: This book gives a good look at all kinds of frogs and their special adaptations for staying alive. Real photographs on every page and intermediate reading level make this a good addition to a science shelf. ISBN 0802780628 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0458.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0458.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Grandfather's Dance Author: Patricia MacLachlan Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: This story completes the tale of the Witting family on the prairie. They celebrate a wedding, entertain three aunts from Maine, and have pretend weddings. Cassie experiences joy, sorrow, and Grandfather�s special dance. ISBN 006027560X Price: $14.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0457.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0457.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Wings Author: William Loizeaux Publisher: FSG Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review:  In the summer of 1960, Nick finds a mockingbird that he names Marcy. Nick nurtures and cares for Marcy while other areas of his life take up and downs. When Nick and his mother go on vacation Marcy flies away. His mother lets Nick know that he is finding his independence and so is Marcy. �You did the right thing�You loved what you�d lose with all your might. And the love, I think, is worth the sorrow. You can�t have the one without the other.� ISBN 0374348022 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0456.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0456.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Heroes of Baseball Author: Robert Lipsyte Publisher: Atheneum Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: This is a book with biographical material on sportswriter Lipsyte�s favorite players. He gives an overview of baseball history that uses ey-catching design with red-bordered test and many photographs. ISBN 0689867477 Price: $20.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0455.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0455.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Man in the Moon-fixer's Mask, The Author: JonArno Lawson Publisher: Wordsong Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Real and imaginary creatures are the focus of this collection of Poems by JonArno Lawson. They are witty and whimsical, a delight to hear and fun to see the drawings of Sherwin Tjia. ISBN 1932425829 Price: $14.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0454.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0454.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Emma Dilemma and the New Nanny Author: Patricia Hermes Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review:  Emma O�Fallon has many adventures. Many of them revolve around her pet ferret, Marmaduke, who is consently missing. When Emma�s mother finds Marmaduke in her mattress, she threatens to return him to the pet store unless Emma can show some responsibility. Emma also wants to be part of a soccer team but is afraid her mother won�t let her play if she isn�t more responsible. A new nanny comes and Emma knows she has an ally. ISBN 0761452869 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0453.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0453.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Sounds of Rain: Poems of the Amazon Author: David L. Harrison Publisher: Wordsong Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: This is a collection of short poems that describe the beauty and sounds of the Rain Forrest in Amazon. Each poem is accompanied with a beautiful photograph of the subject matter. ISBN 1590784421 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0452.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0452.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Wonder Kid, The Author: George Harrar Publisher: Houghton Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Jesse James McLean can�t play with other kids during the summer of 1954 because his mom�s afraid he�ll catch polio. He can�t seem to please his dad who is a Fuller Brush salesman. Polio does strike him and his legs are paralyzed. Bedridden and bored, a girl who becomes his best friend encourages him to draw comics. He does, they�re published and Jesse becomes a poster child. Jesse finds that he has more in common with his dad then he thought. ISBN 0618563172 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0451.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0451.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Amazing Flight of Darius Frobisher, The Author: Bill Harley Publisher: Peachtree Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review:  Darius has a good life with his absent-minded, much loved housekeeper until his dad goes away and does not return. Lawyers take him away from Miss Hastings and he goes to live with his cranky, miserable aunt. He lives in her dark, damp basement and discovers there an old rusty bicycle. The magic begins!! Storyteller, author Bill Harley spins an amazing story. ISBN 1561453811 Price: $14.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0450.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0450.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Man Who Named the Clouds, The Author: Julie Hannah Publisher: Albert Whitman Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Not only is this the biography of Luke Howard, the man who named the clouds but it also gives lots of information about the study of weather and its history. Inserts are from a young girl from �our� time who keeps a weather journal for her science fair project. Full of interesting weather facts with illustrations that will hold young readers attention. ISBN 0807549746 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0449.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0449.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Satch & Me Author: Dan Gutman Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review:  Who is the fastest pitcher in baseball history? Joe Stosh�s coach brings a radar gun to practice to see how fast 13-year-old Joe can pitch. They have a discussion and using baseball cards, they go back in time and time the fastball of famous Negro League pitcher Satchel Paige in 1942. They see racial discrimination at a diner and the travel to the big game in Pittsburgh. ISBN 0060594918 Price: $15.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0448.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0448.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Homework Machine, The Author: Dan Gutman Publisher: Simon & Schuster Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Kids will love this title. An unlikely group of four kids share a secret�the homework machine. The secret becomes overwhelming and the four of them are in a raqce to keep from going to jail. ISBN 0689876785 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0447.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0447.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Kids Cook 1-2-3 Author: Rozanne Gold Publisher: Bloomsbury Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: This is an easy child friendly cookbook that children can prepare almost all by themselves. It has great ideas for child creativity. ISBN 1582347352 Price: $17.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0446.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0446.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Emil and Karl Author: Yankev Glatshteyn Publisher: Roaring Brook Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: This book was written for children in 1940 in Yiddish. This is the first translation into English. It is about two friends, Emil and Karl who witness horrendous acts of cruelty by the Nazis. The boys are nine.They are taken by a group of resisters and a sense of stability. ISBN 1596431199 Price: $17.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0445.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0445.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Boy Who Saved Cleveland, The Author: James Cross Giblin Publisher: Henry Holt Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Based on a true event this is the story of how Seth Doan kept his family and neighboring families alive during a malaria epidemic. He carried corn to the mill and had it ground into cornmeal, and earned the respect of all. ISBN 0805073558 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0444.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0444.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Moving Day Author: Ralph Fletcher Publisher: Boyds Mills Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review:  Fletch�s family is moving to Ohio. An autobiographical book of poems that address most topics connected to moving�including Bubble wrap and Deep Cleaning. Heartfelt and beautifully illustrated. ISBN 1590783395 Price: $17.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0443.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0443.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Mouth Moths Author: Douglas Evans Publisher: Front Street Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: A classroom rule as common as �Raise your hand before you speak� is still hard for some to follow until confetti-like moths come flying out of your mouth instead of words! The W.T. Melton Elementary School has lots of surprising mysterious things happening. Wait until you read to find what happens when you can�t sit in your chair, or you but in the front of the line. ISBN 1932425233 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0442.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0442.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: September 11 Author: Mary Englar Publisher: Compass Point Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Young readers will be attracted to this book and the story that it tells. Pictures and graphics are average but the subject is high interest. ISBN 075652029 Price: $18.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0441.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0441.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Phineas L. Macguire Erupts Author: Francis O. Dowell Publisher: Atheneum Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review:  Phineas (better known as Mac) is looking forward to doing the fourth grade science fair project with his best friend. Mrs. Tuttle pairs the students up and due Mac�s best friend having to move, he is assigned the new kid, Mac R. This is unbelievable! Mac R. is obnoxious but they have to work together. Mac learns that Mac R. is an artist and a decent guy. Mac even helps him have a fresh start with his classmates. ISBN 1416901957 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0440.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0440.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: You Wouldn't Want to be at the Boston Tea Party Author: Peter Cook Publisher: Watts Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review:  Lots of information makes this a wlcome addition to elementary social studies American Revolutionary War curriculum. Maps, sidebars, glossary, and index make this resource book user friendly. ISBN 0531124223 Price: $12.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0439.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0439.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Bright Path: Young Jim Thorpe Author: Don Brown Publisher: Roaring Brook Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: The Oklahoma prairie was where Jim Thorpe called home and the government Indian schools he attended as a child and youth. His tribal name meant �Bright Path� but his way was not always bright or clear. Brown takes us through Thorpe�s life through his 1912 Olympics. The story is followed by an endnote with illustrations and photographs about the discussion of his amateur status. ISBN 1596430419 Price: $17.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0438.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0438.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Flamings on the Roof Author: Calef Brown Publisher: Houghton Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: A book of Poems and Paintings by Calef Brown A collection of Child-friendly silly poems and painted illustrations to accompany poems about A Burly Biker named Bob who built a Chopper in a Bottle and Flamingos who appear on rooftops shortly after midnight on December 23rd! ISBN 0618562982 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0437.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0437.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Across the Blue Pacific: A World War II Story Author: Louise Borden Publisher: Houghton Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Molly and her brother Sam are attending Beechwood Elementary School and their next door neighbor, Ted, is far away serving aboard the USS Albacore. On his leave he builds a snowsailor with her and teaches her how to polish her Sunday shoes. Molly writes many letters to Ted during her fourth grade year and keeps track of his whereabouts on a huge map her class paints. Large water color illustrations and easy to read text make this an interesting way to read about history. ISBN 0618339221 Price: $17.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0436.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0436.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Ancient Chinese Author: Tristan B. Binns Publisher: Compass Point Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: This book is a quick and easy summary of ancient China, its history and its people. It covers brief discussions and illustrations covering: Great Inventions, Arts & Crafts, Buildings, Beliefs and Festivals, as well as everyday life in rural areas and major cities. ISBN 0756516471 Price: $20.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0435.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0435.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: You Wouldn't Want to Travel with Captain Cook Author: Mark Bergin Publisher: Watts Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: What would it be like to sail in 1768 with James Cook? You, the reader, will find out as your parents who know Capt. Cook, have persuaded him to let you go. Colorful, cartoon-like illustrations with handy hints posted in the sidebars will help you find out how it might have been on the long 3 year trip. That�s how long it took you go around the world! ISBN 0531124215 Price: $12.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0434.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0434.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Infernal Devices Author: Phillip Reeve Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: The third installment of the series that began with Mortal Engines, this book finds Wren becoming a captive, a slave, and then the bait that leads Tom and Hester back into perilous waters. ISBN 0439963923 Price: $12.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0433.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0433.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Avielle of Rhia Author: Dia Calhoun Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Avielle is a Rhian princess who has inherited the silver skin and hair of her great-great-grandmother, a Dredonian who used her evil magic against Rhia. Because she fears she inherited the black magic of her ancestor also, Avielle avoids contact with the world. The Dedonians attack, killing all of the royal family except Avielle, who is taken in by a kind weaver. As she tries to hide Avielle struggles to accept her heritage, her magic and her duty. She finds the courage to come forward and save her people. ISBN 0761453202 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0432.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0432.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: It's a Mall World After All Author: Janette Rallison Publisher: Walker Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Though Charlotte�s intentions are good, trying to find out if her best friend�s boyfriend is cheating on her, the way she goes about it is one social disaster after another for the heroine in this story. Laugh out loud funny especially for someone who can identify with the embarrassing mishaps that befall her. ISBN 080278853X Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0431.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0431.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Green Jasper Author: K.M. Grant Publisher: Walker Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: This is the middle book of a trilogy in the time frame of the Crusades. England is in turmoil over who will be king. This is a story of two brothers who fight for home, love, and country. ISBN 0802780733 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0430.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0430.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Thieves Like Us Author: Stephen Cole Publisher: Bloomsbury Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Jonah Wish, genius code breaker and computer hacker, is broken out of jail by a group of teenage misfits. He has been chosen to become part of an elite group of gifted teenagers�Con for mesmerism; Patch�master safe-cracker and cat burglar; Motti�navigating and developing security; Tye�human lie detector. Jonah can�t decide whether the group being manipulated by a criminal mastermind or a group of junior James Bonds. The story is fast paced and sure to keep the reader wanting more. ISBN 1582346534 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0429.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0429.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Death Collector, The Author: Justin Richards Publisher: Bloomsbury Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: The setting for this book is in 19th century England, the Victorian Era. Robot dinosaurs have been invented to terrorize London. Four unusual people will join together to fight against this industrialist invention. ISBN 1582347212 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0428.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0428.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Missing in Tokyo Author: Graham Marks Publisher: Bloomsbury Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: When his sister disappears while on a round the world trip with a friend, Adam gets tired of the inability of anyone to find answers. Finally he takes matters into his own hands, taking an ill conceived trip to Tokyo to track down his sister�s traveling companion and get answers. He is befriended by a cute Japanese girl, whom he unwittingly puts in danger when they tangle with the Japanese mob. ISBN 158234907X Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0427.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0427.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Face Value Author: Catherine Johnson Publisher: Walker Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Told in alternating chapters, �Lauren Now,� �Nessa Then,� this book explores the glamour and beauty of the London fashion scene. Up-and-coming models experience that world as well as the underworld of people trying to lure them in with money, parties, and designer clothes. ISBN 080278920X Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0426.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0426.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Real Question, The Author: Adrian Fogelin Publisher: Peachtree Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Imagine having a dad who is also your guidance counselor and is constantly getting onto you about your SAT scores. While his dad is out of town, Fisher is talked into taking a weekend trip with a drifter, which turns out to be more than he bargains for. As the unexcused absences start piling up, Fisher obsesses about all the things going wrong in this funny, sometimes sad story. ISBN 1561453838 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0425.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0425.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Startled by his Furry Shorts Author: Louise Rennison Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: The seventh in the Georgia Nicolson series offers the same embarrassing parents, annoying little sister, diabolical cats, and inaccessible boys. Georgia is a reluctant participate in a school production of Macbeth. Massimo, the gorgeous Italian is playing hard to get. Georgia is beginning to realize that the grass might be greener closer to home. This book will be requested by the teens who have read the previous books and will want to see what trouble she gets into next. ISBN 0060853840 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0424.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0424.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: After the Wreck Author: Joyce Carol Oates Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Jenna, 15, believes that she caused the auto accident that killed her beloved mother and after rehab is sent to liver with her maternal aunt. Life is hard for Jenna; she gets mixed up with the wrong friends and makes stupid choices. However, there is one of her new �bad news� friends who helps her. This is sure to be popular. ISBN 0060735252 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0423.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0423.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Your Eyes in Stars Author: M.E. Kerr Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: The time is 1934, the place is Germany, and the story is about how little we really know about events and people around us. Great details on the time period make the reader question what really happened to Elisa. Is what we know or think we know really the truth? ISBN 0060756829 Price: $15.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0422.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0422.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Life as we Knew It Author: Susan B. Pfeffer Publisher: Harcourt Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Miranda & her family are in survival mode after an asteroid hits the moon & forces it nearer earth resulting in a change of gravitational pull which changes tides & weather patterns. Miranda�s journal keeps us on edge as we see how she & her family cope with the mounting difficulties of deprivation and danger. This is excellent in every way! ISBN 0152058265 Price: $17.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0421.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0421.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Sharp North Author: Patrick Cave Publisher: Atheneum Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Mira really hasn�t question her remote existence in the North of Scotland until a woman appears in her village, only to be gunned down. Mira finds a list the woman was carrying with her name on it, along with several others. She makes it her mission to try to find the other people on the list, who may all be clones. Very dramatic story as Mira risks her life to find the answers she so desperately seeks. ISBN 1416912223 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0420.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0420.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Alice in the Know Author: Phyllis Reynold Naylor Publisher: Atheneum Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Alice continues growing up in the 21st book of the Alice series as she relates the events of the summer before her junior year in high school. As always Naylor doesn�t shy away from tough issues facing teens�humiliation in being tricked into revealing personal info on the computer, being fired from her summer job because of a mistake, defending her friends, dealing with a friend with cancer, etc. It�s another winner. ISBN 0689870922 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0419.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0419.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Easy Author: Kerry C. Hoffman Publisher: Simon & Schuster Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Readers might initially be put off by Jessica�s sexually acting out behavior at the beginning of the story. However, as they get to know the character, the author�s intent becomes clearer in showing how the young girl�s low self esteem and family dynamics have left her feeling unloved. ISBN 1416914250 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0418.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0418.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Vandal Author: Michael Simmons Publisher: Roaring Brook Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Will might seem like a typical teenage, but two things set him apart: he plays in a band with men who portray the rock group KISS, and he has an unstable brother with a history of explosive behavior. Despite all the weird and violent things his brother has done in the past, Will offers him a job as a roadie for the band, which sets into motion a tragic mishap. ISBN 1596430702 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0417.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0417.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Dead Connection Author: Charlie Price Publisher: Roaring Brook Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: In this high school mystery, it the suspense that surrounds three teenagers into a story about the disappearance of Nikki Parker, cheerleader, that causes the conflict. A teenage loner Murry finds comfort in visiting with the dead in the cemetery. The unusual setting keeps the reader guessing in more ways than one. ISBN 1596431148 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0416.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0416.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Summer of Kings, A Author: Han Nolan Publisher: Harcourt Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Esther begins to struggle with the bitterness between her gifted well-to-do family and the African-American childhood friend of her mother�s. In 1963, the march in Washington, D.C. highlights this time of unrest. Esther deals with these differences with humor and a genuine need to be responsible. ISBN 0152051082 Price: $17.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0415.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0415.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Aftershocks Author: William Lavender Publisher: Harcourt Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Jessie, daughter of a prominent San Francisco physician, searches the streets of Chinatown for answers when a chance encounter reveals a shocking secret. Story of family, love, and history. ISBN 0152058826 Price: $17.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0414.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0414.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Queen's Soprano Author: Carol Dines Publisher: Harcourt Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Inspired by the life of a real court singer in late-17th- century Rome, this historical novel, tells of the power struggle between Queen Christina of Sweden and Pope Innocent XI. The pope proclaims that women must not sing in public while Christina, a great patron of music, opens an opera house. Angelica Voglia has the voice of an angel which attracts admirers from artisans to cardinals. Her mother intends to use the girl�s gift to secure a wealthy husband thus raising the family�s status. To avoid her mother�s marriage plans, Angelica runs away to the court of Queen Christina. Rich historical details and Angelica�s determination make this a good read. ISBN 0152054774 Price: $17.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0413.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0413.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Endgame Author: Nancy Garden Publisher: Harcourt Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Gray Wilton is ready for a new start in a new school; he was bullied in his old school and responded violently. Now with a new school he�s hoping things will be different. Unfortunately, there is no change and every adult, including his parents, turns a blind eye to his suffering and the result is tragedy. ISBN 0152054162 Price: $17.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0412.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0412.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Seeker Author: William Nicholson Publisher: Harcourt Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: The first in a series Seeker is a boy who is supposed to become a teacher on the island, Anacrea, but he wants to become a Nomana, the Noble Warriors who protect the god, Nom. His brother is a Noble Warrior so Seeker rebels and goes to the monastary only to see his brother disgraced and sent into exile. This starts a chain of events in which Seeker and the friends he encounters along the way are the only ones to vanquish the powers who want to destroy Nom. A definite winner. ISBN 0152057684 Price: $17.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0411.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0411.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Eva Underground Author: Dandi D. Mackall Publisher: Harcourt Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: In 1978 Eva Lott finds her normal life in a comfortable Chicago suburb uprooted when her father moves them to Communist Poland to help with a radical underground movement. Everywhere she goes, the government is watching. ISBN 0152054626 Price: $17.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0410.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0410.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Ithaka Author: Adele Geras Publisher: Harcourt Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: This book reads of the strong determination of Penelope as she awaits her husband Odysseus, to return home. Chaos erupts as she is forced to contemplation remarriage. ISBN 0152056033 Price: $17.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0409.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0409.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Night My Sister Went Missing, The Author: Carol Plum-Ucci Publisher: Harcourt Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: At a senior party on the broken pier that the police have warned kids to stay off of, there are shots fired and Kurt�s sister, Casey, disappears in the ocean. Where is Casey? Who fired the gun? What secrets are being concealed. This is an excellent portrayal of group dynamics and human nature in crisis. ISBN 0152047581 Price: $17.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0408.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0408.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Desert Crossing Author: Elise Broach Publisher: Henry Holt Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Lucy Martinez, her brother, & his friend Kit are traveling from Kansas to Arizona to spend spring break with their father in Phoenix. The guys have a beer while driving in a fierce rain when they hit something. Thinking it�s dog, they go back to discover it�s a young girl who is dead. This starts a chain of life-threatening and life-changing events for all three of the teens. ISBN 0805077626 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0407.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0407.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Accidents of Nature Author: Harriet M. Johnson Publisher: Henry Holt Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Jean, a girl with cerebral palsy, is mainstreamed at a regular school. Her first exposure to other handicapped young people comes at Camp Courage, or �Crimp Camp� as her new friend Sara calls it. Sara presents a very different perspective about the life of a handicapped person. ISBN 0805076344 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0406.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0406.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Headlock Author: Joyce Sweeney Publisher: Henry Holt Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Kyle Bailey pursues his dream to become a WWE superstar by enrolling in a school for professional wrestlers. He shows promise and after graduation lands a beginner�s role in an established routine. On the brink of fulfilling his dream, the teen has to give up his fledgling career to care for his grandmother, who raised him after his mother abandoned him. The book focuses mainly on Kyle�s relationships with his mother, grandmother, and older girlfriend. The resolution is a little too pat and glib but most readers will find the book a satisfying read. ISBN 080508018X Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0405.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0405.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Higher Geometry, A Author: Sharelle B. Moranville Publisher: Henry Holt Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: This is a great picture of life in the 1950�s when girls were expected to get married and raise a family even if they had great talent as did Anna. Her ability in math enable her to win a state-wide contest to get a college scholarship, but will she be allowed to use it? A well-written book with love interest, expectations, & loss. ISBN 0805074708 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0404.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0404.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Returnable Girl Author: Pamela Lowell Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Abandoned by her drug and alcoholic mom at age 11, Ronnie has been in a succession of foster homes. She is currently living with a child psychologist who wants to adopted Ronnie. Ronnie is torn by her desire to be reunited with her mother and brother. In middle school she has been accepted by the �in� crowd at her school which puts her on the outs with her self-destructive neighbor. The challenges Ronnie faces help her to grow as a person and to make a choice to begin to heal. It is well written without banal. ISBN 0761453172 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0403.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0403.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Keturah and Lord Death Author: Martine Leavitt Publisher: Front Street Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Keturah follows a stag into the forest and meets Lord Death. Because she doesn�t want to die she bargains with him and as result changes her life and her entire village as she seeks her one true love to escape Lord Death and the bargain she has struck. Romance & adventure! ISBN 1932425292 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0402.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0402.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Skybreaker Author: Kenneth Oppel Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Following up on his award winning book, Airborn, Oppel gives us the further adventures of young Matt Cruse, who dreams of someday piloting his own airship. Soon he, his girlfriend, a Gypsy girl, and a captain and his crew are on the adventure of a lifetime, trying to track down and salvage a airship that has been lost for forty years. ISBN 0060532270 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0401.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0401.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Drawing a Blank Author: Daniel Ehrenhaft Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Carlton Dunne IV lives in a prep school, feeling isolated from his father who has become so eccentric that he has driven Carlton�s step-mom and half sister away. But when his father is kidnapped in Scotland as part of feud going back for generations, he must find a way to rescue his father. Part cartoon, part novel, this story is hilariously funny. ISBN 0060752521 Price: $15.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0400.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0400.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Viking Warrior, Strongbow Saga Book I Author: Judson Roberts Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: How does a teen become a warrior? In this first of a series, one fines the ways to accomplish this very thing. The story is graphic in blood and gore but gives an accurate look at the way of life in the Dark Ages. This book is very good historical fiction. ISBN 006079996X Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0399.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0399.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Store Bought Baby Author: Sandra Belton Publisher: Greenwillow Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Leah�s older adopted brother seems to have everything to live for, so when he is killed in a tragic automobile accident she can�t seem to stop asking questions. Her hope is to restore the family, including getting her mother to acknowledge her existence during this grief filled time. ISBN 0060850876 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0398.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0398.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Darkhenge Author: Catherine Fisher Publisher: Greenwillow Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Rob�s having an awful summer; his younger fourteen year old sister is lying in a coma following a riding accident. Nearby is an archeolgical dig which may hold a key to her recovery. Druids, magic, and ancient ways pave the path for Rob to rescue his sister but not before he faces some hard truths about himself. ISBN 0060785829 Price: $15.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0397.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0397.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Gunstories Author: S. Beth Atkin Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: In this well-balanced book the author compiles interviews with young people whose lives have been directly impacted by guns, whether being involved in a gang, a victim of a drive by shooting, or earning college scholarships in competitions with rifles or handguns. The author just presents the stories and leaves it up to the reader to come to their own conclusions on gun control. ISBN 0060526599 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0396.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0396.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Raiders Night Author: Robert Lipsyte Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: In his senior year Matt has finally achieved his dream of being captain of his high school football team. When a talented new boy moves to town and tries out, one of Matt�s friends feels threatened, leading to a horrible hazing incident, which Matt feels partially responsible for, not to mention his father is micromanaging the team, he�s using steroids, and having girlfriend problems. ISBN 0060599472 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0395.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0395.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: How to be Popular Author: Meg Cabot Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Ever since the sixth grade when she split a red Super Big Gulp on a popular classmate, Steph Landry�s name has been synonymous for �klutz�. Now an eleventh grade she is trying to repair her image by studying an old book entitled, How to be Popular. While the advise is dated, the ideas help Steph overcome her reputation. She finds that sitting at the popular kids� table where she wants to be. It is a light, fun read for even young teens. ISBN 0060880120 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0394.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0394.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: You, Maybe Author: Rachel Vail Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: The story of fiercely independent Josie who does not care what anyone thinks about her, especially guys. Then Carson Gold, the hottest senior, decides he is interested in her, and Josie�s world changes drastically. ISBN 0060569174 Price: $15.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0393.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0393.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Bad Kitty Author: Michele Jaffe Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Sixteen-year-old Jasmine has always wanted to be a police detective, but her father has worried about this career choice. So she gave up a police department internship to come on the family vacation at a posh Las Vegas hotel resort. Jasmine wants nothing more than to be the perfect Hallmark card daughter and has promised to do no detective work. However, when a young boy and his cat are almost murdered in her presence at the pool, Jasmine can�t resist from helping with the investigation. This is a humorous and exciting book�nothing heavy, but lots of excitement. ISBN 0060781084 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0392.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0392.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Forbidden Author: Judy Waite Publisher: Atheneum Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Elinor and her friends are members of a Cult called the Cause. She doesn�t question the lifestyle her mother brought her into years before, or that she is one of the Chosen, who will become one of the brides of the elderly founder. While selling religious tracts in the nearly English town, she meets a young man that makes her question her long held beliefs. ISBN 0689876424 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0391.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0391.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Blind Faith Author: Ellen Wittlinger Publisher: Simon & Schuster Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Liz has always felt closer to her grandmother, Bunny, than her mother, but when her Bunny dies, Liz�s mother slips into a deep depression, shutting Liz out even more than normal. When Liz�s mother turns to a new age spiritual church to try to communicate with Bunny, the family disintegrates, leaving Liz to deal with a life that is spinning out of control. ISBN 1416902732 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0390.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0390.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Alphabet of Dreams Author: Susan Fletcher Publisher: Atheneum Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Mitra and Babak are children of royalty, yet must hide and life as beggars until Mitra discovers her little brother has a talent for dream interpretation. Soon they are hunted for Babak�s talent, but find relative safety traveling in a caravan with the Magi, who are looking for a bright star that has been reveled to them. ISBN 0689850425 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0389.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0389.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Listening at the Gate Author: Betsy James Publisher: Atheneum Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: In this epic of love, identity, and change, Kat, an outsider in both her father�s and mother�s villages, must confront an earthly battle between the two tribes as well as the struggle within herself and with the man she loves. A classic coming-of-age tale. ISBN 0689850689 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0388.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0388.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Everlost Author: Neal Shusterman Publisher: Simon & Schuster Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: When Allie and Nick are both killed in the same car accident, they find themselves in a place called Everlost, not quite heaven or hell, and not quite dead. The two have many interesting adventures trying to navigate this strange new world they�ve found themselves in. ISBN 0689872372 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0387.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0387.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Here, There Be Dragons Author: James A. Owen Publisher: Simon & Schuster Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Three strangers board the ship, Indigo Dragon, where they must learn to overcome their fears and trust in one another if they are to defeat the dark forces that threaten the destiny of two worlds. A journey of myth, magic, and mystery. ISBN 1416912274 Price: $17.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0386.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0386.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Return of Buddy Bush, The Author: Shelia P. Moses Publisher: McElderry Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: This is a sequel to The Legend of Buddy Bush. A young girl tells the story of her uncle. He hides in Harlem, after being accused of raping a white woman. ISBN 0689874316 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0385.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0385.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Burned Author: Ellen Hopkins Publisher: McElderry Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: This is a riveting book written in verse in which a Mormon girl questions her father�s brutality toward his wife and children. Pattyn makes terrible choices in her rebellion but has a chance to see another life when she is sent to live with an aunt. This is a can�t-put-it-down book. ISBN 1416903542 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0384.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0384.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Unrivalled Spangles, The Author: Karen Wallace Publisher: Atheneum Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Ellen, 16, has always been in the circus in 19th century England; she�s part of a horse-riding act with her sister. But she wants something more�to be a governess. However, after her sister dies trying a risky trick and her father is badly burned, Ellen is forced to re-think her goals. ISBN 1416915036 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0383.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0383.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: I Don't Want to be Crazy Author: Samantha Schutz Publisher: Push Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: This is a book of poems about a college freshman girl�s feeling of alienation and detachment during her freshman year in college. Her condition turns into a panic disorder and everything seems quite bleak. However, the book gives a hopeful portrait of such a debilitating condition. ISBN 043980518X Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0382.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0382.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Road of the Dead, The Author: Kevin Brooks Publisher: Chicken House Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: An intense, dark story of two half-Gypsy teenagers who try to solve the mystery of their sister�s death, in order to bring her body back for burial from the small English village where she was murdered. The youngest brother, Ruben, has a sixth sense where he can feel what has happened, while brother, Cole, has a violent past and is quick to act. ISBN 0439786231 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0381.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0381.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Dirty Liar Author: Brian James Publisher: Push Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: After escaping from a bad situation with his mother and her abusive boyfriend, Benji moves in with his father, stepmother, and half-sister. Benji hangs out with the other losers in his new high school until he meets a girl that makes him yearn for a normal life. When his stepmother reads his journals and finds out the horror his previous life entailed, the healing process begins. ISBN 0439796237 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0380.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0380.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Sir Thursday Author: Garth Nix Publisher: Scholastic Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: In this book 4 in the Keys to the Kingdom series, Arthur, unable to reenter his own world is drafted into the Army of Sir Thursday and unable to use his powers as he tries to free Part 4 of the Will. Strong characters and plot twists keep fans of the series wanting more. ISBN 0439700870 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0379.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0379.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Yellow Star Author: Jennifer Roy Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: This not-to-be missed book written in free verse details the author's Aunt Sylvia's experiences in the Lodz, Poland ghetto under Nazi occupation from 1939-1945. Entering the ghetto with her family at age 4 1/2, Sylvia is one of only twelve children who survived until the family was finally liberated in 1945. An excellent choice for classroom use in a study of the Holocaust, the book contains historical notes before each chapter that set the tone for Sylvia's haunting story. ISBN 076145277X Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0378.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0378.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Wright 3, The Author: Blue Balliett Publisher: Scholastic Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Fans of Balliett's prior Chasing Vermeer will be delighted to see the sleuths Petra and Calder return in this sequel, which covers another mystery involving a Frank Lloyd Wright architectural masterpiece. The class attempt to save a landmark from demolition results in supernatural influences as ghosts seem to be protecting hidden treasure in this fast-paced mystery filled with twists and turns of plot. ISBN 0439693675 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0377.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0377.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Winter Road, The Author: Terry Hokenson Publisher: Front Street Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Willa feels totally alone since her older brother died in this survival adventure story. Willa survives more than two weeks in the wintry wilderness of Ontario after crash-landing her uncle's plane. ISBN 1932425454 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0376.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0376.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Wind Tamer Author: P.R. Morrison Publisher: Bloomsbury Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Much to his parent�s dismay, just as Archie Stringweed is turning 10 Uncle Rufus shows back up at their house in Scotland. With his help and the powerful artifacts he�s been sending over the years, it is up to Archie to break the curse put upon all the first born men in the family. ISBN 1582347816 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0375.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0375.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Weedflower Author: Cynthia Kadohata Publisher: Atheneum Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: 12-year-old Sumiko tells the story of family and security living with her aunt & uncle on a California flower farm until the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Moved to a confinement camp in Arizona the Japanese accept, adapt and try not to forget their dreams in this heartfelt story. ISBN 0689865749 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0374.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0374.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Up Before Daybreak Author: Deborah Hopkinson Publisher: Scholastic Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: This book makes history come alive as it traces the history of the cotton industry in America through the centuries, from colonial times to the middle of the twentieth century. Photos throughout the text show cotton in different eras, to say nothing of different mill workers throughout the decades. ISBN 0439639018 Price: $18.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0373.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0373.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Uncharted Waters Author: Leslie Bulion Publisher: Peachtree Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Jonah�s lies about failing English and his secret fear of the sea weighs heavily on his mind. This leads to more deceptions and a great summer escapade. ISBN 156145365X Price: $14.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0372.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0372.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Two Steps Forward Author: Rachel Cohn Publisher: Simon & Schuster Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: In this sequel to The Steps, the four stepsiblings meet up again, this time in Los Angeles. This novel is told from multiple perspective and deals with issues relevant to young adults � blended families, crushes, fashion, and divorce. ISBN 0689866143 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0371.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0371.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Truth and Salsa Author: Linda Lowery Publisher: Peachtree Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: While her parents are separated and trying to get their lives back in order, Hayley stays with her quirky aunt in Mexico. Here she learns not only about the culture, but also about family unity and self while helping families of migrant workers in the States get paid. ISBN 1561453668 Price: $14.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0370.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0370.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: True and Faithful Narrative Author: Katherine Sturtevant Publisher: FSG Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: This book is a sequel to At the Sign of the Star, and the heroine, Meg, now age sixteen, is contemplating the direction of her life: should she marry or try to become a published author? How Meg resolves her dilemma makes fascinating reading, and fans of the series will eagerly await another thrilling account of the next chapter of Meg's life. ISBN 0374378096 Price: $17.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0369.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0369.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Team Moon Author: Catherine Thimmesh Publisher: Houghton Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Enhanced by dozens of color photographs and offering fresh insight and a new perspective into this historic event of the 20th century, this delightful nonfiction book depicts the extraordinary efforts given by thousands of people to make Apollo 11 and our first trip to the moon a success. While people around the world sat spellbound watching the drama unfolding on the moon, thousands of people were working behind the scenes to fix problems that arose and to ensure that the astronauts were able to complete their mission and return safely to earth. ISBN 0618507573 Price: $19.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0368.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0368.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Tanglewreck Author: Jeanette Winterson Publisher: Bloomsbury Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Time is no longer a constant in 11-year-old Silver�s world since her parents disappear in a Time Tornado, children disappear on a school bus and a wooly mammoth appears in London. It is up to Silver to protect the Timekeeper and restore time to normal, but first she must find it. ISBN 1582349193 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0367.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0367.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Taiwan Enchantment of the World Author: David C. King Publisher: Children's Press Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Focus is more on the details about the nations� different ethnic groups, environmental issues and wildlife and information about the current political situation rather than major events or people. Books contain full-color photographs, statistics, time lines and Web sites. The current information makes them accessible and useful for reports. ISBN 0516248561 Price: $36.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0366.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0366.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Summer Sherman Loved Me Author: Jane St. Anthony Publisher: FSG Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: This refreshing coming-of-age story set in the 1960s describes the wonderful summer when Margaret�s next-door neighbor, Sherman, declares his love for her. This novel is chock-full of incidents; some will make you laugh out loud while some will have you in tears. ISBN 0374372896 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0365.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0365.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Summer of the War Author: Gloria Whelan Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review:  Fourteen year-old Belle has always enjoyed the summers spent on Turtle Island, Michigan, with her family. However, the summer of 1942 brings many unwelcome changes when the war in Europe comes to Turtle Island in the form of fifteen-year-old Caroline, their European cousin who marches to her own tune and disrupts the tranquil summer routine so dear to Belle and her siblings. When tragedy strikes, Belle learns that summers at Turtle Island will never be the same again. ISBN 0060080723 Price: $15.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0364.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0364.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Strange Birds Author: Judith Gilliland Publisher: FSG Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Anna�s parents disappear at sea and Aunt Formaldy moves in, turns their home into a historical showplace and ignores Anna. A new friend, Sam, and the wonderful mysterious tree outside her window offer Anna an amazing journey testing what she fears, yet knows to be true. ISBN 0374372756 Price: $17.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0363.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0363.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Squampkin Patch, The Author: J.T. Petty Publisher: Simon & Schuster Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: After escaping from the Urchin Orphanage, Milton and his sister, Chloe settle into the empty house of a candy maker where they encounter a very sinister pumpkin patch. Avoiding the typical happily-ever-after orphan story clich�s, Petty shows his gift for humor. The ending is rushed but readers will enjoy the author�s use of language in this horror but humorous story. ISBN 1416902740 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0362.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0362.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Spirit Walker Author: Michelle Paver Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Torak, a boy who can talk to wolves, must travel across the waters to the Seal Clan to find a cure for the sickness that is killing the clans. In this the 2nd book of the Cronicles of Ancient Darkness series, Torak learns more of the ways of Native American tribes and his own special powers as he continues his quest to conquer the Soul Eaters. ISBN 0060728298 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0361.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0361.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: South Africa Enchantment of the World Author: Ettagale Blauer Publisher: Children's Press Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Focus is more on the details about the nations� different ethnic groups, environmental issues and wildlife and information about the current political situation rather than major events or people. Books contain full-color photographs, statistics, time lines and Web sites. The current information makes them accessible and useful for reports. ISBN 0516248537 Price: $36.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0360.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0360.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Somebodies, The Author: N.E. Bode Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Final book in the trilogy. The Anybodies inhabit a city under Manhattan but Fern, a royal Anybody with transformative powers, live above ground in a house entirely of books. Although defeated in an earlier book, the evil Blue Queen is back but this time it is up to Fern to the Anybodies from her and the Somebodies. Escapes, villains and captured souls will keep the pages turning. Puzzles, anagrams and references to other books add a sleuthy dimension to the story. Sure to please Lemony Snickets and Harry Potter fans. ISBN 006079111X Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0359.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0359.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Small White Scar, The Author: K.A. Nuzum Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Will, age 15, has always been in charge of looking after his twin brother Denny, who is disabled. Will feels that his father ignores his other talents and sees him entirely as a babysitter rather than a cowhand. He is determined to escape his job as his brother�s keeper, live his dream to rodeo, and spend his days as a cowboy. ISBN 006075639X Price: $15.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0358.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0358.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Shug Author: Jenny Han Publisher: Simon & Schuster Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Girls, boys, a dysfunctional family and junior high make the best and hardest time in a young girl�s life. Annemarie, �Shug� to her family, struggles to balance friendships lost and gained along with teasing and emotions that ring true in her small hometown. ISBN 1416909422 Price: $15.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0357.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0357.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Shadow Thieves, The Author: Anne Ursu Publisher: Atheneum Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: First novel of the Cronus Chronicles. After her cousin Zee arrives from England, thirteen-year-old Charlotte and him must set out to save human kind from denizens of the Underworld, nightmares, death, pain and a really nasty guy named Phil. Tale filled with Greek gods, sick and shadowless children and a plot to overthrow the Lord of the Dead. Readers go on a quick-paced, danger filled journey from the Midwest to Hades. Silly but serious. A great addition to the newly popular Greek myth genre. ISBN 1416905871 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0356.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0356.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Flyte Author: Angie Sage Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Book two of �Septimus Heap�. When Princess Jenna is pursued by a dark wizard, it is the apprentice, Septimus Heap, who must save her while enduring such terrors as a night in the Forest with hungry wolverines and carnivorous trees. Readers will be quickly immersed in the imaginative world, going from one adventure to the next at a mysterious pace. Fans of series will not be disappointed. ISBN 0060577347 Price: $17.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0355.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0355.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Semiprecious Author: D. Anne Love Publisher: McElderry Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Uprooted and living with an aunt in 1969�s Oklahoma, 13 yr. old Garnet and her older sister, Opal, brave their mother�s desertation and their father�s recovery from an accident, learning that �the best home of all is the one you make inside yourself.� Descriptions that make you �see� a different time and place along with the many references to music and events of the 1960�s takes you back. The first person narrative is of hurt, hearling, adjustment and costs of pursuing ones dreams. ISBN 0689856385 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0354.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0354.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Sea of Monsters Author: Rick Riordan Publisher: Hyperion Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Percy, as the half-human son of Poseidon, is looking forward to a peaceful summer at Camp Half-Blood. The Gods are warring making the camp vulnerable so Percy, with the help of Annabeth and Tyson, his new-found brother, must travel to the Sea of Monsters to retrieve the Golden Fleece in this light and entertaining second book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. ISBN 0786856868 Price: $17.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0353.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0353.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Sand Dollar Summer Author: Kimberly K. Jones Publisher: McElderry Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Twelve-year-old Lise and her five-year-old brother, who is a selective mute, have had very little contact with the ocean, but that is all about to change when their mother decides to move back to Fiddle Beach, Maine, for the summer to recuperate from her injuries in a car crash. Missing her friends and upset about her mother's injuries, Lise must come to terms with the changes in her life. A summer hurricane provides an exciting conclusion to this novel as well as some welcome solutions to some of the problems in Lise's family. ISBN 1416903628 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0352.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0352.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Rules Author: Cynthia Lord Publisher: Scholastic Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review:  Longing for a magic pill that would cure her brother's autism, twelve-year-old Catherine seeks normalcy by making rules. Then she meets Jason, a paraplegic who can communicate only by pointing at word pictures in a book. As Catherine uses her artistic talent to add new words to Jason's book, he in turn open's Catherine's eyes to a new meaning of "normal." ISBN 0439443822 Price: $15.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0351.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0351.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Rocks and Fossils Author: Margaret Hynes Publisher: Kingfisher Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Short fact-filled chapters that explore key ideas in two-page spreads will hook the reader. Digital artwork and photography are used throughout the books. Great presentation along with chapter summaries, bibliographies, web links, information on locations, and career information will entice the students to go beyond the book. ISBN 0753459744 Price: $12.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0350.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0350.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Return of Skeleton Man, The Author: Joseph Bruchac Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: This second scary tale about the monster Skeleton Man is set at the world famous resort in the Hudson Valley known as Mohonk Mountain House where Molly and her parents are vacationing. When strange things begin to happen, the family suspects that Skeleton Man may be getting ready to make another appearance. While the story is a bit hard to follow in places, the scary encounter with Skeleton Man and the brevity of the book will appeal to readers. ISBN 0060580902 Price: $15.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0349.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0349.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Probably the World's Best Story about a Dog and Girl Author: D. James Smith Publisher: Atheneum Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: It is the summer of 1951, Paolo has a plan to make money. He will manage his little brother, Georgie, who will do yard work and other jobs around the neighborhood. Georgie will get a percentage of the money earned, while Paolo will keep his rather large share for being the manager. The boys land a paper route. Making money seems much less important when Paola receives a ransom note for the beloved family dog Rufus. The boys carry through with their route while trying to figure out how to save their dog. This novel follows the young boy�s life showing the daily trials and tribulations that are part of being 12. Each chapter begins with a term that is related to the subject of the chapter along with how to express that word or phrase in sign language. ISBN 0689850751 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0348.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0348.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Pirate Curse Author: Kai Meyer Publisher: McElderry Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: When her pirate ship home is destroyed 14-year old Jolly is washed up on shore and finds another polliwog, one able to walk on water. Together she and Monk must challenge a sea monster, a ship of ghost pirates and perform daring deeds. ISBN 1416924213 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0347.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0347.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Peter and the Shadow Thieves Author: Dave Barry Publisher: Hyperion Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Sequel to Peter and the Starcatchers. An evil force is once again trying to obtain starstuff, the magical substance that, among many other qualities, enables, Peter to fly and to remain eternally youthful. It takes the efforts of Peter, Tinker Bell, and Molly to ensure that it is returned to outer space. Filled with rollicking, death-defying adventures. Breathless chases, near-death experiences and packed into short chapters. Appeal to fantasy and adventure fans alike. ISBN 078683787X Price: $18.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0346.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0346.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Party Princess Author: Meg Cabot Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Book seven of Princess Diaries. Class president, Princess Mia Themopolis is in hot water when funds for commencement have been wiped out. Her queen grandmother helps by producing a school musical starring Mia. Mia�s dilemmas are not as involved as in previous books but readers will enjoy the cast reunion. ISBN 0060724536 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0345.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0345.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Part of Me Author: Kimberly W. Holt Publisher: Henry Holt Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: The author has written a collection of stories about succeeding generations of the McGee family between the years of 1939-2004, as seen through the eyes of Rose, who quit school and gave up her dream of becoming a writer to help support the family. It seems that the love of books is passed to someone of each generation in the family, and Rose, who is 79 years of age at the end of the book, may just get her chance to become a published author after all. ISBN 0805063609 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0344.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0344.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Parent Swap Author: Terence Blacker Publisher: FSG Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Because his life is a bit of a mess, thirteen-year-old, Danny Bell, agrees to let Parent-Swap try to match him with his ideal parents, but soon realizes that the company is about more than giving adolescents a new start. Interviews intermixed with the narrative serve to give the clues as to what is really going on. Both humorous and tender, the story examines how young people feel in a world controlled by adults while taking a fun look at the unreality of reality TV. ISBN 0374-357528 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0343.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0343.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Outside Groove, The Author: Erik E. Esckilsen Publisher: Houghton Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Seventeen-year-old Casey LaPlante, tired of feeling invisible next to her race car driving brother Wade "the Blade" LaPlante, decides to grab the limelight by entering the local racing circuit herself. Enlisting the aid of her uncle, Casey begins her racing career and finds that there is much more to racing than just a series of left turns and crossing the finish line first. Racing fans will cheer for Casey as she tries to find her rightful place in her family and tests her new skills against her brother in a race at the local track. ISBN 0618668540 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0342.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0342.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: One-handed Catch Author: M.J. Auch Publisher: Henry Holt Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: "Dad asked me to give him a hand, and that's exactly what I was doing." (quote from p. 6). While working in his father's butcher shop on July 4, 1946, sixth-grader Norman loses his hand in the meat grinder. Based on the life of the author's husband, readers follow Norm's progress as he struggles to learn to be self-sufficient, to realize his dreams, and ultimately to triumph over his misfortune. ISBN 0805079009 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0341.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0341.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Nightsong: the Legend of Orpheus and Eurydice Author: Michael Cadnum Publisher: Orchard Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Orpheus, a fine musician, attempts to use his talent to rescue his wife Eurydice from the Underworld. Hades allow him to retrieve his love, but warns him not to look back at her, Oprheus cannot help himself and looks back losing Eurydice forever. ISBN 0439545358 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0340.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0340.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Night of the Burning Author: Linda Wulf Publisher: FSG Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Still sad and frightened after living in Poland through WWII and the Russian Revolution, twelve-year-old Devorah Lehman, her younger sister and other Jewish orphans travel with Isaac Ochberg to South Africa and make a new start. First-person narrative swings back and forth between Devorah�s struggle to accept her new home, the memories of what she left behind, and her quilt. The story is gripping. The history of persecution and immigration will parallel many American families. ISBN 0374364192 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0339.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0339.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: New Prophecy Warriors Twilight Author: Erin Hunter Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: In this continuing saga of cats, the questing cats return to forest devastated by the Twolegs, where they must find a way to convince their Clans to leave in search of a new home. Once arriving at their new home, they set about exploring and fighting over the unfamiliar territory. Once at harmony, they fight until a common enemy � the badger � invades. Danger level is high in each volume of this series rooted from Hunter�s first �Warriors� novel. Great read for cat lovers. ISBN 0060827645 Price: $15.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0338.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0338.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: New Prophecy Warriors Starlight Author: Erin Hunter Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: In this continuing saga of cats, the questing cats return to forest devastated by the Twolegs, where they must find a way to convince their Clans to leave in search of a new home. Once arriving at their new home, they set about exploring and fighting over the unfamiliar territory. Once at harmony, they fight until a common enemy � the badger � invades. Danger level is high in each volume of this series rooted from Hunter�s first �Warriors� novel. Great read for cat lovers. ISBN 0060827580 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0337.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0337.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: New Prophecy Warriors Dawn Author: Erin Hunter Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: In this continuing saga of cats, the questing cats return to forest devastated by the Twolegs, where they must find a way to convince their Clans to leave in search of a new home. Once arriving at their new home, they set about exploring and fighting over the unfamiliar territory. Once at harmony, they fight until a common enemy � the badger � invades. Danger level is high in each volume of this series rooted from Hunter�s first �Warriors� novel. Great read for cat lovers. ISBN 0060744553 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0336.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0336.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Monkey Town Author: Ronald Kidd Publisher: Simon & Schuster Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: A remarkable story told through Frances Robinson�s eyes where we get to meet all the major players in the Scopes Trial. Her father convinces John Scopes to admit that he has taught evolution in order to bring publicity to sleepy Dayton, Tennessee. ISBN 1416905723 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0335.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0335.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Million Dollar Putt Author: Dan Gutman Publisher: Hyperion Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Bogie is a visually impaired teenager with a lot of insight when it comes to new ventures, and eventually mastering the game of golf. His dad supports all of his interests except one: golf. Family secrets are revealed when Bogie enters the amateur tournament. ISBN 0786836415 Price: $15.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0334.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0334.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Manny Files, The Author: Christian Burch Publisher: Atheneum Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Keats is a boy whose family has hired a male nanny, know to the family and readers simply as the manny. While Keats forms a wonderful relationship with the manny, Lulu keeps careful record of everything the manny does wrong. These are the Manny Files. Throughout the book, a relationship is forming between Keats� Uncle Max and the manny, and at the end the reader learns that the manny is more to the family than just a nanny. Keats learns about having confidence in himself even when the normal events in life make it tough. ISBN 141690039X Price: $15.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0333.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0333.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Loud Silence of Francine Green, The Author: Karen Cushman Publisher: Clarion Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: In 1949, thirteen-year-old, Francine goes to Catholic school in Los Angeles where she becomes best friends with a girl who questions authority and is frequently punished by the nuns, causing Francine to question her own values. Cushman creates a character who is planted in her time and who grows in courage, self-awareness and conviction. She capture the era with references to �Dragnet�, to duck and cover drills in schools, to the building of bomb shelters in backyards. A rich, satisfying story about early adolescence. ISBN 0618504559 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0332.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0332.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Little Divas Author: Philana M. Boles Publisher: Amistad Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Preteens who enjoy the "Alice" books by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor may enjoy this contemporary book about two seventh grade African American cousins adapting to changes in their lives brought on by divorce, strict parents, and boyfriends. While the tone and the dialogue of the book are lighthearted, some mature subject matter is included so the book may not be suitable for all collections. ISBN 0060732998 Price: $15.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0331.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0331.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Listen! Author: Stephanie S. Tolan Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: First the loss of her mother and now 2 years later a car accident leaves Charly having to spend her summer taking long walks to strengthen her legs and her spirit while her friends are away and her father is working long days. She befriends and attempts to tame a stray dog which begins to open her heart again. ISBN 0060579357 Price: $15.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0330.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0330.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Lights, Camera, Amalee Author: Dar Williams Publisher: Scholastic Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Sequel to Amalee. When 7th grader, Amalee uses an inheritance to make a movie about endangered species. In the process of making the film, she goes through life�s ups and downs and discovers a link with the mother she never knew. She grows in many ways which is evident throughout the novel. A very satisfying story. ISBN 0439803527 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0329.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0329.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: La Linea Author: Ann Jaramillo Publisher: Roaring Brook Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: 15-year-old Miguel describes the dangerous attempt to cross with his sister, illegally from Mexico into the United States to join their parents in California. Robbed, threatened and struggling to stay alive, this is for more mature students than the Will Hobbs, Crossing the Wire. ISBN 1596431547 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0328.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0328.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Kiss Me Tomorrow Author: Susan Shreve Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Starting middle school is tough enough plus dealing with family and friends while emotions are flaring. When her best friend, Jonah, gets arrested for shoplifting 13-year-old Blister ends up in the middle. ISBN 0439680476 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0327.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0327.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Killing Sea, The Author: Richard Lewis Publisher: Simon & Schuster Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: This novel is a survival story that puts a human face on a shocking disaster of the tsunami of 2004 in Sumatra. Told from the point of view of Ruslan, an Indonesian boy and and Sarah, an American girl. Ruslan is searching for his father and Sarah is trying to get medical treatment for her sick brother. ISBN 1416911650 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0326.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0326.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Just for You to Know Author: Cheryl Harness Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Carmen Cathcart, a thirteen year old girl with a dream of her own is sure to capture the hearts of young readers! The oldest girl in a family of 8, Carmen is appalled to find out her mother is pregnant again. ISBN 0060783133 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0325.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0325.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Just Another Day in My Insanely Real Life Author: Barbara Dee Publisher: McElderry Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: If your library is in need of another book about a dysfunctional family, then your readers will enjoy and maybe even identify with the problems encountered by seventh grader Cassie Emerson as she struggles to hold the family together since her father left the family.Saddled with an older sister who won't pull her share of the load and a younger brother who always needs attention, Cassie struggles to rebuild her life. ISBN 1416908616 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0324.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0324.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Jumping the Scratch Author: Sarah Weeks Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: After moving with his mother to a trailer park to care for an injured aunt, eleven-year-old, Jamie Reardon struggles to cope with a deeply buried secret. Captures not only the quilt, shame, and pain of the abused boy but the point of view of a new student who is friendless, targeted and belittled by a teacher. ISBN 0060541091 Price: $15.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0323.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0323.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Julia's Kitchen Author: Brenda Ferber Publisher: FSG Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: When her mother and sister are killed in a fire, Cara struggles with confusion about her faith, her fragile relationship with her grieving father, and her questions about how to hold on to the memories of her mother and sister and still move forward in life. ISBN 0374399328 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0322.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0322.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Japan, Enchantment of the World Author: Ann Heinrichs Publisher: Children's Press Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Focus is more on the details about the nations� different ethnic groups, environmental issues and wildlife and information about the current political situation rather than major events or people. Books contain full-color photographs, statistics, time lines and Web sites. The current information makes them accessible and useful for reports. ISBN 0516248510 Price: $36.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0321.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0321.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Israel, Enchantment of the World Author: Martin Hintz Publisher: Children's Press Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Focus is more on the details about the nations� different ethnic groups, environmental issues and wildlife and information about the current political situation rather than major events or people. Books contain full-color photographs, statistics, time lines and Web sites. The current information makes them accessible and useful for reports. ISBN 0516248545 Price: $36.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0320.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0320.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Iraq, Enchantment of the World Author: Byron Augustin Publisher: Children's Press Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Focus is more on the details about the nations� different ethnic groups, environmental issues and wildlife and information about the current political situation rather than major events or people. Books contain full-color photographs, statistics, time lines and Web sites. The current information makes them accessible and useful for reports. ISBN 0516248529 Price: $36.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0319.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0319.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Icefire Author: Chris D'Lacey Publisher: Orchard Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: David is learning about the Artic as Gwyneth appears to �help� with the new dragon that has the power to grant wishes as long as they benefit dragons. It is David�s task to learn how Lucy�s wish for snow relates to the last known dragon as the series turns somewhat darker and more dangerous. ISBN 0439672450 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0318.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0318.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Hurricanes, Tsunamis and other natural disasters Author: Andrew Langley Publisher: Kingfisher Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Short fact-filled chapters that explore key ideas in two-page spreads will hook the reader. Digital artwork and photography are used throughout the books. Great presentation along with chapter summaries, bibliographies, web links, information on locations, and career information will entice the students to go beyond the book. ISBN 075345752 Price: $12.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0317.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0317.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Home, and other Big, Fat Lies Author: Jill Wolfson Publisher: Henry Holt Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Whitney is a foster child that has been shuffled through 11 homes throughout her life. Now she�s moving to the 12th foster home in a place like no where she�s ever lived before. She is a city girl, and her new home is in the middle of a forest in a community built on the logging industry. Circumstances of why her new foster parents have agreed to take her in seem mysterious until she starts finding out about her new community. Whitney�s humorous tone makes this story fun to read while showing the many problems faced between those whose lives depend on trees and those who live to protect the wildlife that depends on the trees. ISBN 0805076700 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0316.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0316.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Hearts of Iron Author: Kathleen Duble Publisher: McElderry Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: This novel is set in 1820 in mountainous western Connecticut community dependent on their ironworks. Jesse dreams of a life in the Navy but is torn between his need to leave and his love for Lucy while Lucy's dad plots to for her to marry better and move to Boston. ISBN 1416908501 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0315.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0315.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: He Will Go Fearless Author: Laurie Lawlor Publisher: Simon & Schuster Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Determined to find the father he as never met, fifteen-year-old Billy leaves St. Joseph, Missouri, at the close of the Civil War and heads for Virginia City. Not wanting to make the trip alone, Billy signs on as a teamster and battles weather, river crossings, outlaws and other problems in his quest to find his father. Based loosely on diaries of western artist William Henry Jackson, readers will cheer for Billy as he struggles toward Virginia City and steps into adulthood. ISBN 0689865794 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0314.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0314.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Hard Hit Author: Ann Turner Publisher: Scholastic Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Mark has a desirable life as the star pitcher in school, with a new girlfriend, best friend and decent family. When his father is diagnosed with cancer, Mark's world is devastated and everything he takes for granted or believes in is questioned. ISBN 0439296803 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0313.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0313.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Gregor and the Marks of Secret Author: Suzanne Collins Publisher: Scholastic Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Book 4 of the Underland Chronicles does not disappoint fans of the series. When the mice who saved Queen Luxa start disappearing she, along with Gregor, and Temp must travel the Underworld and face the challenges of Bane. ISBN 0439791456 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0312.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0312.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Gossamer Author: Lois Lowry Publisher: Houghton Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: A sensitive tale of how our dreams come to us through the gossamer touch of �The Littlest� as she tries to help a young boy in a foster home. A wonderful read for all. ISBN 0618685509 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0311.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0311.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Good Fortune Author: Li Keng Wong Publisher: Peachtree Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: It is 1933 and Li Keng Gee and her family move to Chinatown, San Francisco from China to join their father. This is a child�s tale of the hardships and happiness of a close family in �gold mountain�, the United States. ISBN 1561453676 Price: $14.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0310.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0310.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Give Me Liberty Author: L.M. Elliott Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Befriended by a kindly schoolmaster named Basil, thirteen-year-old Nathaniel Dunn begins a new life in Williamsburg, Virginia, in 1774 and becomes embroiled in the events leading up to the Revolutionary War. Well researched to the point of sometimes reading like a history text, readers will experience the struggles our forefathers endured to purchase our freedom as seen through Nathaniel's eyes. ISBN 0060744212 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0309.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0309.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Georgie's Moon Author: Chris Woodworth Publisher: FSG Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Before Georgie�s father left for Vietnam, he gave her standing orders never to let anyone mess with her, and she won�t. Worst of all, Georgie�s father has been gone a long time � and even though he promised to send her his love every night on the moon, sometimes that�s not enough. ISBN 0374333068 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0308.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0308.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Fly by Night Author: Frances Hardinge Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review:  Readers will delight in the intrigue, danger and unexpected plot twists in this medieval English tale about an orphaned twelve-year old girl, Mosca Mye, as she makes her way to the city of Mandelion in pursuit of an education at a school with ties to her late father. The author uses the story to teach many philosophical truths, which sometimes bogs down the plot, but mature readers willing to struggle with the intense language will be enchanted with Mosca Mye, the plucky heroine. ISBN 0060876272 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0307.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0307.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Floating Island Author: Elizabeth Haydon Publisher: Starscape Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: In this delightful epic fantasy, Ven is ambushed by pirates, lost at sea and near death, he is rescued by a passing ship and travels to Floating Island. Ven is sent to an inn, run by the captain�s wife, which is filled with fascinating boarders�among them a talking cat, fairies, orphans, and a ghost. ISBN 0765308673 Price: $17.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0306.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0306.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Firehorse Author: Diane L. Wilson Publisher: McElderry Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Rachel is asked to take care of a mare and the horse is severely burned and needs help. This tough old mare, queen of the firehorse team, eventually shows her gentler side to Rachel. Moreover, at the same time Rachel discovers she can pursue her dream to become a vet in the late 1800s. ISBN 1416915516 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0305.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0305.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Finest Kind Author: Lea Wait Publisher: McElderry Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: The Panic of 1837 causes the affluent Webber family to trade their posh Boston home for a derelict cabin in Wiscasset, Maine, where Mr. Webber finds employment in the lumber camps. With the help of neighbors and his own innate sense of ingenuity, twelve-year-old Jake must learn to exist in Maine, provide food for the family, and take care of his retarded brother, Frank. ISBN 0416909521 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0304.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0304.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Far from Normal Author: Kate Klise Publisher: Scholastic Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Through a magazine article Charles writes about their experience living on their decrepit houseboat, the Bargain Bonanza chain blackmails the family into becoming their spokesfamily. Sequel to Deliver Us from Normal. ISBN 0439794471 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0303.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0303.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Fairest Author: Gail C. Levine Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Aza is blessed with a beautiful voice in the land of Ayortha where singers are rewarded, but physical beauty comes with the help of a magical mirror and a high toll. Queen Ivi will do anything to remain the fairest in the land. ISBN 0060734084 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0302.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0302.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Evil Star Author: Anthony Horowitz Publisher: Scholastic Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: In this, book 2 of the Gatekeepers, 14-year-old Matt travels to Peru where another opening to the Underworld is predicted to open. With the help of Pedro, the second gatekeeper, their mental powers and the Inca Warriors they pull you into the deadly battle. ISBN 0439679966 Price: $9.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0301.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0301.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Escaping into the Night Author: D. Dina Friedman Publisher: Simon & Schuster Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: This is an eloquent tale of a young girl living during the Holocaust who flees from the Nazi-controlled Ghettos and takes refuge in the woods with other Jews. A very thoughtful, well-written first-person account of a little-known aspect of the Holocaust, the danger-filled account of one girl's strength in the face of destruction brings teens close to a part of Holocaust history seldom told. ISBN 1416902589 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0300.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0300.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Eclipse Author: Andrea Cheng Publisher: Front Street Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: It's 1952, and Gabor's family has just escaped Hungary via Australia, they have finally obtained visas and are on their way to live in the two-bedroom apartment with Peti's family until they can get established. The arrangement is anything but easy, as tensions rise, Peti begins to wish that it had been his loving grandfather Apa who made the trip instead of his sometimes mean cousin. ISBN 1932425217 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0299.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0299.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Dogboy Author: Christopher Russell Publisher: Greenwillow Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: In 1346, 12 yr. old Brind, an orphaned kennel boy, raised with hunting dogs at an English manor, accompanies his master, along with half the manor�s prized mastiffs, to France, where he must fend for himself when both his master and the dogs are lost at the decisive battle at Crecy. Fast-paced action includes narrow escapes at every turn. Riveting plainspoken writing about the brutality and absurdity of battle. Readers who favor medieval adventures are sure to enjoy. ISBN 0060841168 Price: $15.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0298.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0298.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Desperate Journey Author: Jim Murphy Publisher: Scholastic Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Jim Murphy builds in lots of suspense to the story, and you feel as if you're traveling along the Erie Canal in 1848 with the family of 12-year-old Maggie Haggerty. Maggie is a truly compelling character who, with her family, triumphs against all odds. ISBN 0439078067 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0297.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0297.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Deep Cut Author: Susan Spain Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Titled after a natural gorge and based upon true events in the lives of the author's ancestors, this book chronicles thirteen-year-old Lonzo's life at Culpepper, Virginia during the Civil War as his family struggles through the dangers and deprivations of war. Abhoring the killing that is being done by both Union and Confederate troops, Lonzo must decide where his loyalties lie when he discovers that his Aunt Mariah intends to feed poison biscuits to the Yankee soldiers quartered in her inn. This is a gripping story of one family's experiences in the Confederate South. ISBN  0761453164 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0296.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0296.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Dark Water Rising Author: Marian Hale Publisher: Henry Holt Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: While salvaging and rebuilding in the aftermath of the Galveston Flood of 1900, 16 yr. old Seth proves himself in a way that his previous efforts never could, but she still must face his father man to man. This coming of age story is quick paced with sharp and focused descriptions. Fact and fiction are blended into Seth�s narrative by using personal accounts and journals. This historical fiction has something for almost everyone. ISBN 0805075852 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0295.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0295.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Dairy Queen, a Novel Author: Catherine G. Murdock Publisher: Houghton Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: D. J. does all the heavy work on their Wisconsin dairy farm since her father broke his hip and her two brothers left for college. Between milking cows, mucking out the barn, and mowing clover, D.J. takes on training Brian, the rival high school's quarterback. Then a tryout for her own school's football team develops and D.J. becomes the talk of the town. ISBN 0618683070 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0294.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0294.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Crossing the Wire Author: Will Hobbs Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: This is a compelling drama of illegal immigrants crossing the border between the U.S. and Mexico. Overwhelmed in the knowledge that his mother and little brother will soon end up living on the streets Victor decides that he must sneak across the American border where there is hope he can make enough money to send home. ISBN 0060741384 Price: $15.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0293.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0293.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Crispin at the Edge of the World Author:  Avi Publisher: Hyperion Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Crispin and Bear, now free men, hope to lead a normal life, but these hopes are quickly dashed when they discover that members of Bear's secret brotherhood want him dead. This conflict sets the stage for another wonderful adventure story with the advent of some new characters, namely a disfigured girl named Troth. Readers of Crispin, Cross of Lead won't want to miss this book. ISBN 078685152X Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0292.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0292.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Confessions from the Principal's Chair Author: Anna Myers Publisher: Walker Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: When Robin �Bird� Miller enrolls in her new middle school in Prairie Dog, Oklahoma the secretary mistakes her for the new principal with the same name. Bird takes advantage of her 2 days as principal to make changes in the school, herself, and take a stand against bullying. ISBN 0802795609 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0291.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0291.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Chew on This Author: Eric Schlosser Publisher: Houghton Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: This book is designed to make people aware of what they are buying and eating and awareness is key to the choices you make. It is to inform kids about what's in fast food and how fast-food restaurants are run, and encourages kids to make their OWN well-informed decisions. ISBN 0618710310 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0290.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0290.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Charlie Bone and the Hidden King Author: Jenny Nimmo Publisher: Orchard Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Charlie and his friends have to work together to get behind the shadow and to the Red King himself in order to protect his parents. Charlie learns more about his family and the struggle with good and evil in this 5th book in the series. ISBN 0439545303 Price: $9.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0289.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0289.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Caddy Ever After Author: Hilary McKay Publisher: McElderry Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Fourth novel about the Cassson family. The story is told to us by the three youngest member. The events that occur leading up to the attempted marriage of the oldest sister Caddy are both touching and hilarious. Does not stand alone. The Reader will need previous knowledge of the characters and storyline of the family. ISBN 1416909303 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0288.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0288.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Bread and Roses, Too Author: Katherine Paterson Publisher: Clarion Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Seen through the eyes of Rosa's Italian immigrant family and native-born Jake Beale, Katherine Paterson uses her considerable talent to relate the story of the Bread and Roses strike of 1912 in the textile mills of Lawrence, Massachusetts. As tensions in the city escalate, Rosa and Jake Beale find themselves shipped out of harm's way to sympathetic people in Vermont. Readers will be captivated by this riveting story. ISBN 0618654796 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0287.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0287.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Boy Who Ate Stars, The Author:  Kochka Publisher: Simon & Schuster Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: 12-year-old Lucy meets Matthew, a 4-year-old autistic boy who lives upstairs in her apartment building. Lucy takes it upon herself to work with Matthew and help him see the world and be around people as she begins to understand what it means to be autistic. ISBN 1416900381 Price: $12.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0286.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0286.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Blue Djinn of Babylon Author: P.B. Kerr Publisher: Orchard Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Book two of the Children of the Lamp series. Twelve-year-old twins, Philippa and John, descendants of a long line of djinn, must travel to Istanbul to recover the book Solomon Grimorie. A book that contains incantations that gives the user limitless power over all djinns. Full of suspense and action, exotic locations, magic and evil villains this sequel can stand on its own. ISBN 0439670217 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0285.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0285.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Blue Author: Joyce M. Hostetter Publisher: Boyds Mills Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: When her father is sent to fight Hitler, Ann Fay puts on the blue overalls he's given her: she's now in charge of tending the house and watching out for her siblings. Unfortunately, there's a polio epidemic and before anyone knows it the dread disease grabs ahold of Ann Fay's family. ISBN 1590783891 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0284.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0284.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Blackthorn Winter Author: Kathryn Reiss Publisher: Harcourt Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Moving to the English coast to be near her mother�s artist friends, adoptee, Juliana and her siblings adjust to being without their father. Juliana takes it upon herself to investigate a murder when the police are quick to arrest the �wrong� person which leads to flashbacks and clues about Juliana�s past. ISBN 0152054793 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0283.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0283.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Bella at Midnight Author: Diane Stanley Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: In a kingdom of knights and peasants, Bella finds joy in life until her father reclaims her years after abandoning her. Caught up in a battle between kingdoms, Bella, complete with the glass slippers, attempts to change destiny. ISBN 0060775735 Price: $15.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0282.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0282.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Behind the Curtain Author: Peter Abrahams Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Once again Peter Abrahams returns to the world of Echo Falls, where a clever young girl learns that mysterious forces are at work in her town -- and exposing them could put her life in jeopardy. Ingrid finds herself investigating steroid use at the local high school, while worrying about her brother's health, the stability of her father's job, and the pressure on her grandfather to sell his farm. ISBN 0060737042 Price: $15.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0281.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0281.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Beast of Noor, The Author: Janet L. Carey Publisher: Atheneum Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: The Beast has been in the Shalem Wood for centuries and has returned to kill. 15-year old Miles and his sister Hanna are determined to kill the Beast of the Otherworld and clear the family name in this mix of suspense, horror and courage. ISBN 0689876448 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0280.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0280.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Ask Me No Questions Author: Marina Budhos Publisher: Atheneum Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: This thought-provoking novel describes the life of one Muslim family living illegally in New York City and the changes that came after the World Trade Center disaster. Told as a first person narrative through the eyes of fourteen-year-old Nadira, the family struggles to find their place in a society that suddenly views all Muslims as suspects. ISBN 97814169-03512 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0279.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0279.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Artemis Fowl: the Lost Colony Author: Eoin Colfer Publisher: Hyperion Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Thousands of years ago, humans and fairies fought a great battle for the Magical island of Ireland. The fairies went underground except for the eighth family, the Demons. Their island was sent into Limbo after a time spell went wrong. The spell is deteriorating and the demons are coming back to earth. The fairies, with the help of Artemis, must try to correct the tainted time spell before the lost demon colony returns violently to Earth. Another winner fro fans of the series. ISBN 0786849568 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0278.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0278.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Among the Free Author: Margaret P. Haddix Publisher: Simon & Schuster Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: This final installment on the Shadow Children series focuses on illegal third-child Luke, who has been working undercover in the Population Police stables with the hope of somehow helping overthrow the oppressive regime. One woman�s refusal to comply to a summons kick starts a revolution. Luke was destined to play a critical role in the revolution. The story moves quickly. A light, easy read that won�t disappoint the fans of the series. ISBN 0689856985 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0277.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0277.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Amazing story of Adolphus Tips, The Author: Michael Morpurgo Publisher: Scholastic Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: The disappearance of Adolphus, the family cat, prompts Lily and her family to befriend Adie, a lonely Black American GI when he rescues the cat after it wanders into the area where Allied troops are practicing for D-Day. Now fifty years later, a chance encounter between Harley-riding grandmother Lily and Adie, prompts Lily to share her childhood experiences with her twelve-year-old grandson so that he will understand the life-changing decisions Lily and Adie make after their chance reunion. ISBN 043979661X Price: $15.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0276.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0276.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Algeria, Enchantment of the World Author: Martin Hintz Publisher: Chidren's Press Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Focus is more on the details about the nations� different ethnic groups, environmental issues and wildlife and information about the current political situation rather than major events or people. Books contain full-color photographs, statistics, time lines and Web sites. The current information makes them accessible and useful for reports. ISBN 0516248553 Price: $36.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0275.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0275.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Alabama Moon Author: Watt Key Publisher: FSG Subject/Category: Middle School Grade Levels:  M - Middle School/Jr High or gr 6-8 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Moon has spent most of his life in a shelter in the forest with his father; Pap has educated him in both academics and survival skills. When Moon�s father dies, Moon follows his father�s last instructions: to travel to Alaska to find others like themselves. ISBN 0374301840 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0274.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0274.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: No Right Turn Author: Terry Trueman Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: When Jordan�s world is turned upside down after the suicide of his father, he begins to isolate himself. But when his mother begins to date again, the new boyfriend has a Corvette. Telling the rest of the story in first person gives an insight into feelings and behaviors that Jordan experiences. ISBN 0060574917 Price: $15.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0273.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0273.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Possibility of Fireflies, The Author: Dominique Paul Publisher: Simon & Schuster Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: After the divorce, Ellie�s mother retreats and her sister acts out. One always reads of drugs, casual sex, and fire but not stated in a graphic way. Ellie learns to turn to those who can give her the support she needs. Good book to show that one does not have to follow the destructive path of others. ISBN 1416913106 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0272.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0272.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Murder of Bindy MacKenzie Author: Jaclyn Moriarty Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: The story of Bindy at a private school in Australia is told through emails, memos, etc. Humor and suspense make the story very readable. The ending will capture new readers to wanting more books from this author. ISBN 0439740517 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0271.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0271.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Rebound Author: Bob Krech Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Polish boys do not play basketball, they wrestle. But Ray is different. This book shows racial conflict and prejudices in a teen way. The book has realistic basketball scenes which will help those who are reluctant to read. ISBN 0761453199 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0270.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0270.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Freaks: Alive on the Inside Author: Annette Klause Publisher: McElderry Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: In 1899, anyone with a deformity is known as a freak. 14 year old Abel, is not but his parents are. He runs away and rescues mistreated freaks and forms a new community. Very unusual setting makes this story of respect and affection a novel reading experience. ISBN 068987037X Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0269.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0269.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Copper Sun Author: Sharon Draper Publisher: Atheneum Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: The book deals with a young girl who is taken by slave traders from her village in Africa. This is a compelling account of the life of an African into slavery in the United States. The issue of the white slavery of indentured servants is characterized too. This is a good book on this issue. ISBN 0689821816 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0268.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0268.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Skin Author: Adrienne Vrettos Publisher: McElderry Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Issues of how one sees oneself, eating disorders, and the relationship between brother and sister make this book relevant to high school readers. ISBN 141690655X Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0267.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0267.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Avalon High Author: Meg Cabot Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: When Ellie has to move to Annapolis, she enrolls at Avalon High. King Arthur and his court become the theme of the novel. Does reincarnation exists? Is King Arthur alive and well in Avalon High? ISBN 0060755865 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0266.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0266.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Search and Destroy Author: Dean Hughes Publisher: Atheneum Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: This is a coming of age story in 1969 is of a young man out of high school who wants to be a writer. He goes to Vietnam and when returns his writing reflects those men and their stories. This book is placed on the senior level because the war scenes are graphic. ISBN 068987023X Price: $14.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0265.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0265.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Estrella's Quinceanera Author: Malin Alegria Publisher: Simon & Schuster Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: This book deals with the Mexican tradition of a girl coming out party at age 15. But it is more, dealing with peer pressure and prejudice. Social and different culture issues make this book timely. ISBN 0689878095 Price: $14.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0264.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0264.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Specials Author: Scott Westerfeld Publisher: Simon & Schuster Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: This is the final book in a trilogy. The book deals with the issues of conformity and brainwashing to achieve an easy going world. The futuristic setting with hoverboards, and super skills give it that fast paced, modern outlook. Those who read Uglies and Pretties will be awaiting this one too. ISBN 0689865406 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0263.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0263.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Rash Author: Pete Hautman Publisher: Simon & Schuster Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: The unusual story idea of sports thriller in a satire setting makes this book unique. It is a world gone mad in government controls and regulations. The reader will have many ideas to ponder. ISBN 0689868014 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0262.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0262.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Tyrell Author: Coe Booth Publisher: Push Subject/Category: High School Grade Levels:  H - Senior High School & above or gr 9-12+ Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: The book explores the life of a street wise, urban student. There are tough situations with language as used on the big city streets. It deals with what real families go through, dealing with real life drama. ISBN 0439838797 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0261.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0261.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Out and About at the Dentist (Field Trip Series) Author: Bitsy Kemper Publisher: Picture Window Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Students go on field trips to various community places including the public library, dentist office, bakery, city hall, orchard, baseball stadium, U.S. mint, etc. Includes text features and resources. Twenty-two books in the series. E books also available in this series. ISBN 140482278X Price: $25.26 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0260.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0260.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: If You Were an Adjective (Word Fun Series) Author: Michael Dahl Publisher: Picture Window Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Grammar can be fun! In this picture book series on parts of speech the vibrant colors and whimsical format make an excellent introduction to grammar. Includes links to grammar games. Great for sharing with teachers. Eight titles in the series. ISBN 140481366X Price: $23.93 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0259.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0259.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Great Math Tattle Battle, The Author: Anne Bowen Publisher: Albert Whitman Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Math whiz Hzrley is the biggest tattle tale in second grade until Emma Jean joins the class. ISBN 0807531634 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0258.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0258.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Pop's Bridge Author: Eve Bunting Publisher: Harcourt Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Robert and Charlie Shu proudly watch the Golden Gate Bridge being built by their fathers who are on the construction crew. ISBN 0152047735 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0257.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0257.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: This Jazz Man Author: Karen Ehrhardt Publisher: Harcourt Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: An introduction to jazz music and ten famous jazz players. Text to the rhumathan of This Old Man. ISBN 0152053077 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0256.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0256.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Bebe Goes Shopping Author: Susan M. Elya Publisher: Harcourt Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: A Bebe and his moma make a trip to the grocery store, included Spanish words. Easy to read for English speaker. Glossary and pronunciation guide. Rhyming in both languages. ISBN 015205426X Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0255.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0255.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: My Book Box Author: Will Hillenbrand Publisher: Harcourt Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: An elephant thinks of several creative uses for his book box. ISBN 0152020292 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0254.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0254.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Once Around the Sun: Poems Author: Bobbi Katz Publisher: Harcourt Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Brightly illustrated poems about each month. ISBN 0152163972 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0253.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0253.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Ugly Fish Author: Kara LaReau Publisher: Harcourt Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Ugly fish, who doesn't play nice, is beat at his own game. ISBN 0152050825 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0252.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0252.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Too Small for Honey Cake Author: Gill Lobel Publisher: Harcourt Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Little Fox's baby brother takes lots of father's time, but Baby Fox is too little to eat honey cake. ISBN 0152060979 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0251.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0251.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: All Aboard the Dinotrain Author: Deb Lund Publisher: Harcourt Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Dinosaurs have an adventurous train ride. Fantastical fiction combines dinosaurs with trains. ISBN 0152052372 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0250.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0250.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Big Brown Bear Goes to Town Author: David McPhail Publisher: Harcourt Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Rat's convertible fills with water everytime it rains, but his friend Brown Bear finds a solution. Beginning chapter book. ISBN 0152053174 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0249.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0249.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Mr. Putter & Tabby Make a Wish Author: Cynthia Rylant Publisher: Harcourt Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: An enjoyable beginning to read book about two neighbors and their pets. ISBN 015205443X Price: $14.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0248.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0248.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa: Partners Author: Erica Silverman Publisher: Harcourt Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Beginning readers will enjoy this chapter book about the adventures of Cowgirl Kate and her horse, Cocoa. ISBN 0152021256 Price: $15.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0247.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0247.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Shiver Me Letters Author: June Sobel Publisher: Harcourt Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: A pirate crew has to find every letter or they walk the plank! ISBN 0152167323 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0246.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0246.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Last Day of School, The Author: Louise Borden Publisher: McElderry Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Third grade has been great in Mrs. Mallory's class. Matthew had a special job of keeping the classroom clock at the correct time. He has a very special present for Mrs. Mallory. ISBN 0689868693 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0245.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0245.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Hurricane Hunters Author: Chris DeMarest Publisher: McElderry Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: A special weather reconnaissance team for the Air Force fly into hurricanes to gather information. Double-page spreads in bright pastels. ISBN 0689861680 Price: $17.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0244.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0244.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Milo, the Really Big Bunny Author: Stephen Krensky Publisher: Simon & Schuster Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Illustrated by Melissa Suber. Milo was not like other bunnies. He knew that he couldn't do the things small bunnies could do and his self esteem suffered. However, the Easter Bunny finds he can't do without Milo one wet and rainy Easter. ISBN 068987345X Price: $14.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0243.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0243.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Talking Vegetables, The Author: Won-Ldy Paye Publisher: Henry Holt Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Everyone in the village pitches in to plant a garden, everyone except spider that is. In this reverse version on the Little Red Hen, the mature talking vegetables rebuff Spider when he comes to harvest. Spider learns a real life lesson about cooperation. Bold lively illustrations. A great read-aloud. ISBN 0805077421 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0242.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0242.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Roasted Peanuts Author: Tim Egan Publisher: Houghton Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Jackson isn't very good at batting, catching or running, but he finds a niche in baseball, proving everyone is good at something. ISBN 0618337180 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0241.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0241.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: All About Marsupials Author: Cathryn Sill Publisher: Peachtree Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: An easy non-fiction book about marsupials with terrific artwork. ISBN 1561453587 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0240.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0240.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Jake Skates Author: Susan Blackaby Publisher: Picture Window Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Jake loves to skate. He even skates in his dreams at night. A great easy reader. ISBN 140482412X Price: $14.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0239.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0239.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Luck Author: Jean C. George Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Paintings by Wendell Minor. "Any bird that sticks its head in a plastic six-pack holder is going to need more luck than love." So begins the migration of a young sandhill crane. What route do cranes take? What guides them on their journey? Human and animal lives are fittingly juxtaposed throughout. The story, as the migration, comes full circle. ISBN 0060744375 Price: $17.89 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0238.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0238.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: In the Garden: Who's Been Here? Author: Lindsay B. George Publisher: Greenwillow Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Jeremy and Christina pick vegetables for their mother. They find evidence of animals and insects that have been in the garden before them. Simple very readable text accompanied by large vivid pictures from varied perspectives make this a great choice for read aloud. Children will love guessing who has been here, especially at the end! ISBN 0060787627 Price: $17.89 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0237.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0237.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Moose Tracks! Author: Karma Wilson Publisher: McElderry Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: There are moose tracks all over the house. As moose remembers his visitors, a moose did not come to visit. Resembles Numeroff's Give a Mouse a Cookie. ISBN 0689834373 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0236.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0236.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Dinosaur Dinosaur Author: Kevin Lewis Publisher: Orchard Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Illustrated by Daniel Kirk. Little dinosaur has so much to accomplish before the sun sets. Written in silly rhyming prose. ISBN 0439603714 Price: $15.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0235.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0235.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Five Little Ducks Author: Mary editor Gruetzke Publisher: Orchard Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Illustrated by Ivan Bates. Bates does a beautiful job of illustrating this familiar children's song. He shows the love between a mother duck and her ducklings. ISBN 0439746930 Price: $12.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0234.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0234.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Dancing with Katya Author: Dori Chaconas Publisher: Peachtree Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Anna creates ballet gloves for her little sister, stricken with polio, so Katya can dance. ISBN 1561453765 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0233.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0233.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Goldminer's Daughter, A Author: Jackie Hopkins Publisher: Peachtree Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: The villanous Banker Bigglebottom is about to foreclose on the Gold Mine. Gracie Pearl isn't about to marry the banker. Can she find another way to save the mine and herself? ISBN 1561453625 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0232.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0232.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Jake's 100th Day of School Author: Lester Laminack Publisher: Peachtree Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Jake's teacher asks everyone to bring in a collection of 100 items to celebrate the 100th day of school. Jake forgets. Great problem resolution. ISBN 1561453595 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0231.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0231.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Slugs in Love Author: Susan Pearson Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Marylou loves herbie but she is too shy to tell him. She begins to let him know by writing him a note. They write to each other and eventually find each other. A happily ever after story. ISBN 0761453113 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0230.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0230.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Mammoths on the Move Author: Lisa Wheeler Publisher: Harcourt Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: The illustrations are charming as mammoths migrate south for the winter. Catchy rhyming prose. Large format appropriate for topic. ISBN 015204700X Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0229.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0229.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Bud and Gabby Author: Anne Davis Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Feline friends Bud (big and bossy) and Gabby (small and meek) seem an unlikely pair, but Bud worries when Gabby gets sick and has to go to the vet. Bud finds a special way to show his friendship when Gabby returns. Silly but sweet story with bold pictures. ISBN 006075351X Price: $16.89 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0228.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0228.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Mixed-up Rooster, The Author: Pamela D. Edwards Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Ned the rooster sleeps through the sunrise and is replaced by the hens who think he is ruining their egg business. Ned parties with the night creatures which ironically puts him in the perfect spot to fend off the snake trying to creep into the henhouse. He may not be a morning bird, but Ned truly saves the day! Bold, expressive illustrations. Energetic read-aloud. ISBN 0060289996 Price: $16.89 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0227.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0227.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Hansel and Diesel Author: David Gordon Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Brave brother and sister trucks Hansel and Diesel travel into the middle of the junkyard searching for fuel to hellp the family through the winter. They have a frightening encounter with the Wicked Winch. Contemporary take on Hansel and Gretel with special boy appeal. ISBN 0060581220 Price: $16.89 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0226.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0226.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: I'm Dirty! Author: Kate McMullan Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: A must read for kids who have trouble staying clean, and their parents who work so hard to keep them presentable. A little backhoe loves his job. ISBN 0060092939 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0225.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0225.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Fancy Nancy Author: Jane O'Connor Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Pictures by Robin Preiss. Nancy believes more is always better--tiaras, and feathers, and sparkles, and�Nancy is determined to teach her ordinary family members about being fancy. A Fancy Family night out turns the tables. ISBN 0060542098 Price: $16.89 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0224.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0224.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Emily's Everyday Manners Author: Peggy Post Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Illustrated by Steve Bjorkman. Positive descriptions of basic rules of everyday etiquette in a variety of routine and special situations. Accompanied and reinforced by age appropriate text, lots of tips, and cheerful illustrations. Support for "Manners Monday" and character education programs. ISBN 0060761741 Price: $17.89 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0223.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0223.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Oscar the Big Adventure of a Little Sock Monkey Author: Amy Schwartz Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Illustrated by Lenoard Marcu. Oscar, a caring little brown sock monkey, lives in the big city with Susie, a forgetful little girl, and her pet rabbit. Susie takes her rabbit to school for the school pet show without realizing she has left the key to the cage at home. Oscar discovers the key, plans and sets out on a dangerous mission to travel across town to the school and get the key to Susie in time for the pet show. Reminiscient of Curious George, a satisfying adventure of friendship and kindness. ISBN 0060726229 Price: $17.89 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0222.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0222.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Gingerbrread Cowboy, The Author: Janet Squires Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Illustrated by Holly Berry. A fresh new version of the Gingerbread Boy, as a cowboy. Set in the western U.S. this cookie rides and ropes his way across the range and out of reach, until he meets the wily coyote. ISBN 0060560002 Price: $17.89 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0221.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0221.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: I Love Tools Author: Philemon Sturges Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Illustrated by Shari Halpern. A very basic introduction to simple tools and machines for youngest readers. Simple, bright illustrations show how a boy and girl use a variety of tools to make a house for a friendly bluebird. ISBN 0060092874 Price: $14.89 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0220.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0220.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Can You Greet the Whole Wide World? Author: Lezlie Evans Publisher: Houghton Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Learn how to say twelve common phrases in twelve different languages in this very fun book. Great for experimenting with a variety of languages. Map at the end shows where these twelve languages are commonly spoken. A good classroom reference for teachers to use with both students and their families. ISBN 061856327X Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0219.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0219.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Move Author: Robin Page Publisher: Houghton Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Author Page and illustrator Steve Jenkins create a lot of commotion about locomotion in this lively book about the movements of twelve animals. Animals are connected by shared movements in a clever format. An extraordinary combination of text and collage. Lots of appended facts about each animal is included at the back. ISBN 061864637X Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0218.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0218.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Chuck's Truck Author: Peggy Anderson Publisher: Houghton Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: When Chuck's Truck takes too many barnyard friends to town, it breaks down. Luckily, Handy Hugh knows just what to do. A jaunty rhyme perfect for preschoolers through 2nd grade. ISBN 0618668365 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0217.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0217.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Young Man's Dance, A Author: Laurie L. Knowlton Publisher: Boyds Mills Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: This young man hates to visit his grandmother in the nursing home. She can't remember his name. But Grandmother still loves music, the young man finds a way for her to dance again. Fabulous drawings. ISBN 1590782593 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0216.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0216.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Sofie and the City Author: Karima Grant Publisher: Boyds Mills Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Sofie misses her home in Senegal, the city is noisy, has too many people and all of them are unfriendly. Her grandmother tells her she must make the city pretty. ISBN 1590782739 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0215.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0215.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Josias, Hold the Book Author: Jennifer R. Elvgren Publisher: Boyds Mills Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Growing up in Haiti, every member of the family is needed to produce enough foot to eat. Many people are uneducated. Josias' beans don't grow even with TLC. Josias worries his family won't have enough to eat. ISBN 1590783182 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0214.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0214.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Melissa Parkington's Beautiful, Beautiful Hair Author: Pat Brisson Publisher: Boyds Mills Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Melissa Parkington not only has beautiful hair, she's a beautiful person. She makes herself useful by helping and sharing. Then she finds a way to share her beautiful hair. ISBN 159078409X Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0213.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0213.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Clink, clank, clunk! Author: Miriam Aroner Publisher: Boyds Mills Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: As Rabbit drives his old car to town, it makes delightful new noises as his friends climb aboard. A fun read. ISBN 1590782704 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0212.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0212.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Good Boy Fergus! Author: David Shannon Publisher: Blue Sky Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Fergus is your typical Westie. He's independent, stubborn, messy and likes to chase cats. However, Fergus is a "good boy." ISBN 0439490278 Price: $15.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0211.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0211.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Rabbit Ears Author: Amber Stewart Publisher: Bloomsbury Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Hopscotch hates having his ears washed. It makes him sneeze huge shaking sneezes. He went to great lengths to avoid having his ears washed, until his older cousin visited and washed his own ears. ISBN 1582349592 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0210.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0210.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: How to be a Good Dog Author: Gail Page Publisher: Bloomsbury Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Bobo, the dog, has difficulty being good. He is sent to the doghouse but Cat misses him and is determined to teach him good manners. ISBN 1582346836 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0209.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0209.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Cleo's Color Book Author: Stella Blackstone Publisher: Barefoot Books Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: A rhyming text introduces children to colors. Bright illustrations with smooth swaying text. The book concludes with a glossary and putting two colors together to make a different color. ISBN 1905236301 Price: $15.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0208.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0208.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Off We Go to Mexico: An Adventure in the Sun Author: Laurie Krebs Publisher: Barefoot Books Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: An easy read multicultural of Mexico. Rhyming text with vivid illustrations and glossary of Spanish words on each page. Great appendices of a map, timeline and facts of Mexican history. ISBN 1905236409 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0207.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0207.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Counting Cockatoos Author: Stella Blackstone Publisher: Barefoot Books Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Beautiful illustrations. A basic counting book that children will like as they will be interested more in looking at the pictures. ISBN 190523631X Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0206.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0206.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Castaway Cats Author: Lisa Wheeler Publisher: Atheneum Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Can these cats find common ground and work together to survive? In this story written in verse, the cats learn a truth that can benefit humans, too! ISBN 0689862326 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0205.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0205.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Counting Ovejas Author: Sarah Weeks Publisher: Atheneum Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: A young boy counts colorful sheep. Text in Spanish and English. ISBN 0689867506 Price: $17.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0204.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0204.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Uncle Peter's Amazing Chinese Wedding Author: Lenore Look Publisher: Atheneum Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: An engaging story which explains many Chinese wedding rituals told by a young girl who is losing her favorite uncle. ISBN 0689844581 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0203.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0203.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Mr. Pusskins: a Love Story Author: Sam Lloyd Publisher: Atheneum Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Mr. Pusskins leaves a loving home to have some fun. When he is wet, dirty, and cold he realizes what he left behind. ISBN 1416925171 Price: $14.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0202.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0202.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Olivia Forms a Band Author: Ian Falconer Publisher: Atheneum Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Mother is preparing a picnic for the fireworks show. Olivia spends the day gathering instruments for the fireworks band. Olivia decides not to play the instruments; guess where mother finds the instruments? ISBN 141692454X Price: $17.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0201.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0201.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Ella Sets the Stage Author: Carmela d'Amico Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Ella's school is holding a talent show. Ellas is unable to figure out her talent. She lovingly helps all of her friends prepare and by this, realizes her talent is being a friend. ISBN 0439831520 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0200.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0200.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Hurricane Wolf Author: Diane Paterson Publisher: Albert Whitman Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Noah and his family very carefully prepare for a hurricane. This sensitive story of one family's survival includes information about hurricanes, a hurricane plan, and what to inlcude in a hurricane kit. ISBN 0807534382 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0199.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0199.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Substitute Groundhog Author: Pat Miller Publisher: Albert Whitman Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: When groundhog is too sick to accomplish his yearly task, he interviews other animals to do the job. ISBN 0807576433 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0198.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0198.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Are You Quite Polite? Author: Alan Katz Publisher: McElderry Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Silly lyrics about manners to tunes of familiar children's songs. ISBN 0689869703 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0197.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0197.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Smash! Mash! Crash! There Goes the Trash Author: Barbara Odanaka Publisher: McElderry Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Rhyming words create an auditory delight for listeners about sounds on trash day. ISBN 068985160X Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0196.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0196.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Sally and the Some-Thing Author: George O'Connor Publisher: Roaring Brook Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Sally rides her bike to the pond to fish, but meets a some-thing pond creature. Delightful words accompany the spooky illustrations. Nothing scary happens, although the dark swampy illustrations add an edge of impending doom. Sally and the some-thing have to work to find a common interest. The illustrations will create some giggles. This will be a popular read-aloud book. ISBN 1596431415 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0195.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0195.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Great Big Guinea Pigs Author: Susan Roth Publisher: Bloomsbury Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Mother guinea pig tells little guinea pig about their big ancestors in Venszuela millions of years ago. Little guinea pig cannot believe it and is happy to be the loveable pet he is today. Great illustrations. ISBN 1582347247 Price: $17.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0194.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0194.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: One Green Apple Author: Eve Bunting Publisher: Clarion Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Illustrated by Ted Lewin. A metaphor for acceptance, this story of Farah, a young immigrant girl who goes on a school field trip to an orchard to make cider. Language and ethnic differences are obvious, but overcome when Farah and her classmates learn how that one green apple adds special flavor to the cider when blended with the other students' red apples. Classical gentle style and subtle illustrations. ISBN 0618434771 Price: $13.60 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0193.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0193.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Brave Bitsy and the Bear Author: Angela McAllister Publisher: Clarion Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Bitsy, a small toy rabbit and her woodland friends befriend a large woodland bear who falls asleep before reaching the den for winter. The friends are reunited in the spring and the nostalgic illustrations go from cold tones of winter to the warm hues of spring. ISBN 0618639942 Price: $13.60 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0192.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0192.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Flotsam Author: David Wiesner Publisher: Clarion Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Gorgeous illustrations in this wordless picture book featuring a curious boy who goes to the beach to collect and examine flotsam--anything floating and washing ashore. He discovers an underwater camera that contains a collection of unusual pictures. Multiple layers and level allow for a variety of reads, re-reads and retellings. ISBN 0618194576 Price: $14.45 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0191.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0191.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Thanks a Million Author: Nikki Grimes Publisher: Greenwillow Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: How many wonderful ways can you say thank you? Sixteen wonderful ways are presented in this collection of illustrated poems that celebrate the power of thankfulness. Various poetic forms and ethnicities represented in poems and folk art style illustrations. ISBN 0688172938 Price: $16.89 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0190.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0190.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Nosy Rosie Author: Holly Keller Publisher: Greenwillow Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Rosie the fox has a super sense of smell that is good for finding things, but she stops using it when eveyrone begins to call her "Nosy Rosie." How can she be just Rosie? Positive modeling. ISBN 0060787589 Price: $17.89 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0189.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0189.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: What a Day it was at School Author: Jack Prelutsky Publisher: Greenwillow Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: A collection of poems on everything school: heavy backpacks, spelling tests, art and music, the nurse's office, and the cafeteria. Bold, boisterous and energetic poems and illustrations. ISBN 0060791152 Price: $16.89 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0188.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0188.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Play, Mozart, Play Author: Peter Sis Publisher: Greenwillow Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Introduces young children to the child prodigy, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in simple text with illustrations. Includes biographical information. Great support for music curriculum at elementary level. ISBN 0061121827 Price: $17.89 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0187.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0187.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Animal Strike at the Zoo Author: Karma Wilson Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: I read it! It's true, there's a strike at the zoo! Little Sue is broken-hearted when she comes to the zoo and the animals are on strike. Saddened by the hurt they caused, the animals realize they enjoy making visitors like Sue happy by going wild. Hurray! No more strike at the zoo, but�Lively pictures of expressive characters support the quick rhyming text that makes this a fun read or read aloud. ISBN 0060575026 Price: $16.89 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0186.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0186.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Bats at the Beach Author: Brian Lies Publisher: Houghton Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Pack your baskets, buckets, towels and moon tan lotion. The friendly bats are headed to the beach to picnic, surf and snooze under the moonlight. A delightfully fun and clever tale perfect for bedtime. ISBN 061855744X Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0185.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0185.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: What Wheels Do All Day Author: April J. Prince Publisher: Houghton Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Wheels that race, stroll, fly, whiz and spin are all included in this large format book with cut paper collage illustrations and simple rhyming text. Perfect for units on simple machines. A guaranteed fun read for any group of youngsters. ISBN 0618563075 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0184.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0184.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Ten-Gallon Bart Author: Susan S. Crummel Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: It's Ten Gallon Bart's last day as sheriff and Billy the Kid is on his way to town. A charming tale of the old West. ISBN 076145246X Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0183.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0183.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Tunjur! Tunjur! Tunjur! Author: Margaret MacDonald Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: A naughty little pot learns right from wrong after taking things that did not belong to her. ISBN 0761452257 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0182.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0182.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Hippo Goes Bananas! Author: Marjorie D. Murray Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Each animal embellishes the story as they repeat a story about Hippo's actions when he has a bad toothache. ISBN 0761452249 Price: $14.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0181.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0181.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Hero Cat Author: Eileen Spinelli Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: The story of a stray mother cat rescues all five of her kittens from a house fire and the firemen celebrate her heroics and bravery. Inspired by a true story. ISBN 0761452230 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0180.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0180.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Winter is the Warmest Season Author: Lauren Stringer Publisher: Harcourt Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: A young boy shares the delights of winter. Great descriptive language. ISBN 0152049673 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0179.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0179.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Ahwooooo! Author: Yannick Murphy Publisher: Clarion Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Illustrated by Claudio Munoz. Little Wolf is searching for his own voice. He makes several unsuccessful attempts to mimic the sounds of other animals. Love finally leads him to the one who can help in this warm generational story illustrated in soft water colors. ISBN 0618117628 Price: $13.60 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0178.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0178.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Move Over, Rover Author: Karen Beaumont Publisher: Harcourt Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Rover gets unexpected company in his dog house when a thunderstorm moves through. ISBN 0152019790 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0177.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0177.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Look How It Changes! Author: June Young Publisher: Children's Press Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: This book tells about changes in our world by showing chemical changes, matter changes,and changes in time. ISBN 0516259016 Price: $19.50 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0176.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0176.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Who Do I Look Like? Author: Mary Schulte Publisher: Children's Press Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: In this early reader, a little girl asks various family members, "Who do I look like?" She finds out she looks like herself. ISBN 0516249789 Price: $19.50 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0175.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0175.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Germs Author: Judy Oetting Publisher: Children's Press Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Written in prose, this book lets little readers know germs are everywhere! ISBN 0516249800 Price: $19.50 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0174.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0174.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: One Smart Fish Author: Laura Manivong Publisher: Chidren's Press Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: One very smart fish is the one that got away. An easy reader with cute illustrations. ISBN 0516249827 Price: $19.50 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0173.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0173.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Where's My Sock? Author: Joyce Dunbar Publisher: Chicken House Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Pippin had searched and searched for his other yellow sock with clocks. Tog helped him search. After much discussion and sock sorting and pairing, Tog discovers he is wearing the missing sock. Colorful, bright illustrations. ISBN 0439748313 Price: $15.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0172.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0172.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Sponges Author: Jody S. Rake Publisher: Capstone Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Learn about sea sponges. Author skims surface of sponges, but does not tell of their commercial use. One of a series. ISBN 0736863664 Price: $14.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0171.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0171.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Let's Look at Animal Teeth Author: Wendy Perkins Publisher: Capstone Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: This book explains why some animals have sharp teeth, while others have flat teeth. Fabulous photographs. One of a series. ISBN 0736863532 Price: $14.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0170.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0170.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Circles Around Town Author: Nathan Olson Publisher: Capstone Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: All about circles showing real life shapes, this book is one of a series. Excellent photography. ISBN 0736863680 Price: $17.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0169.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0169.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Count Me a Rhyme: Animal Poems by the Number Author: Jane Yolen Publisher: Wordsong Subject/Category: Intermediate Grade Levels:  I - Intermediate or gr 3-5 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Fabulous photographs by Jason Stemple of Wildlife, are accompanied by counting poems by his mother, Jane Yolen. ISBN 159078345X Price: $17.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0168.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0168.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Farley Found It Author: Bruce VanPatter Publisher: Boyds Mills Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Farley, a sheep, has trouble sleeping in the meadow because he's afraid of the dark. Farley discovers Edna's doghouse and sleeps very well there. Everyplace that Edna hides her doghouse, Farley finds it. What's a dog to do? ISBN 1590783514 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0167.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0167.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Young Shepherd, A Author: Cat Urbigkit Publisher: Boyds Mills Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Cass helps care for the family of sheep as well as his own herd on a ranch in Wyoming. Exquisite photos accompany text telling about Cass's life. ISBN 1590783646 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0166.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0166.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Puppies, Puppies, Everywhere! Author: Cat Urbigkit Publisher: Boyds Mills Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Adorable photographs of puppies and puppy actions. Simple reading, rhyming text. ISBN 1590783638 Price: $12.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0165.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0165.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Jack and the Night Visitors Author: Pat Schories Publisher: Front Street Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Although wordless, this book tells the story of visitors to Jack's room one hight. ISBN 1932425330 Price: $13.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0164.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0164.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Fantastic Farm Machines Author: Cris Peterson Publisher: Boys Mills Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: A much needed book about farm implements. The contemporary farm equipment pictured will dazzle youngsters. Excellent explanations of the machine's purpose are included in the text. A must purchase for rural libraries. ISBN 1590782712 Price: $17.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0163.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0163.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Honest Ashley Author: Virginia Kroll Publisher: Albert Whitman Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Ashley procrastinates writing an assignment and is tempted to use an old paper of her brother's. After reading her brother's paper about honesty, Ashley thinks hard about doing the right thing. ISBN 0807533718 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0162.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0162.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Claire and the Unicorn Happy Every After Author: B.G. Hennessy Publisher: Simon & Schuster Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Illustrated by Susan Mitchell. What makes you happy every after? When Claire asks that question of fairy tale characters she discovers that everyone has his or her own answer. A wonderful discussion starter or writing prompt. ISBN 1416908153 Price: $12.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0161.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0161.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Cristina Keeps a Promise Author: Virginia Kroll Publisher: Albert Whitman Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Cristina is faced with a difficult decision when she is offerred a chance to meet a favorite author on the same day she has promised to watch her brother in the special olympics. A delightful ending will leave readers smiling. ISBN 0807513504 Price: $10.85 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0160.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0160.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Boy Who Cried Wolf, The Author: B.G. Hennessy Publisher: Simon & Schuster Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: This timeless fable is complemented by the whimsical illustrations. A winning read-aloud for a variety of ages that is sure to tickle their funny bone. ISBN 0689874332 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0159.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0159.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Fletcher and the Falling Leaves Author: Julia Rawlinson Publisher: Greenwillow Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Fletcher the fox fears his favorite beloved tree is sick when it begins to lose its leaves. Despite his valiant effort to save the leaves they all fall off, but a magic surprise awaits. ISBN 0061134015 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0158.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0158.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Rainy-day Music Author: Judith J. Hyde Publisher: Children's Press Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: It's raining outside and what's a boy to do? Dad comes to the rescue by helping him put together a ghost fiddle. This is a great way to make a hands-on science activity involving sound. ISBN 0516249835 Price: $14.62 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0157.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0157.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Grouping at the Dog Show Author: Simone T. Ribke Publisher: Children's Press Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Rookie Read About Math series. An interesting little non-fiction story about how they group and categorize dogs in a dog show. Shows a Venn diagram as an illustration. ISBN 0516249592 Price: $13.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0156.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0156.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: One Ted Falls Out of Bed Author: Julia Donaldson Publisher: Henry Holt Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Illustrated by Anna Currey. A beloved stuffed bear wants nothing more than to stay in bed with his child. A tumble sends him to the floor and he starts an adventure with three new friends. Will he ever make it back to bed? Large, wam illustrations work equally well for read-aloud or parent lap book for bedtime. ISBN 0805077871 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0155.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0155.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Alfie the Apostrophe Author: Moira R. Donohue Publisher: Albert Whitman Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Alfie the Apostrophe overcomes his insecurities when he shows off his abilities at the Punctuation Talent Show. ISBN 0807502553 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0154.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0154.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: How do you Count a Dozen Ducklings? Author: In-Seon Chae Publisher: Albert Whitman Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: A dozen ducklings is a lot for mama duck to keep track of. She finds clever ways to count her ducklings and trick the hungry wolf that is counting on having them for lunch. ISBN 0807517186 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0153.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0153.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Bear Hug, The Author: Sean Callahan Publisher: Albert Whitman Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Cubby loves to visit Grandpa. The two spend time growling, hibernating by the TV, and finding food at the donut shop, but the best thing about visiting Grandpa is the bear hug! ISBN 080750596X Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0152.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0152.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: This is the Dream Author: Diane Z. Shore Publisher: Amistad Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Bold illustrations are juxtaposed with stark but powerful poem to provide a basic introduction to the leaders, events and issues that made up the civil rights movement in America that led to desegregation. It began as a dream. Good companion to video My Friend Martin. ISBN 0060555203 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0151.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0151.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Pair of Polar Bear Cubs, A Author: Joanne Ryder Publisher: Simon & Schuster Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Twin polar bears were found orphaned in Alaska at only 3 months old. This playful pair are taken in by the San Diego zoo. Great photographs show their development growing up. ISBN 068985871X Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0150.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0150.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Chickens to the Rescue Author: John Himmelman Publisher: Henry Holt Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Farmer Greenstalk and his family are plagued by problems, mischief and mishaps, but never fear, the Chickens are here, a solution is near! But after six straight days even these cluckers get tired. Who can the Greenstalks count on to come day seven? ISBN 0805079513 Price: $15.26 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0149.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0149.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Cars, Rushing! Honking! Zooming! Author: Patricia Hubbell Publisher: Marshall Cavnedish Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Car lovers will enjoy this book of all kinds of cars rushing, honking, and zooming everywhere. ISBN 0761452966 Price: $14.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0148.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0148.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Boo's Dinosaur Author: Betsy Byars Publisher: Henry Holt Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Boo wants attention, but big brother Sammy just wants some peace and quiet. Enter the dinosaur. Boo asks to keep him and eveyrone humors her, but how did she get up so high in that tree, and more imporantly, how does she get down? ISBN 0805079580 Price: $14.36 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0147.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0147.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Batter Up Wombat Author: Helen Lester Publisher: Houghton Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: A humorous story of baseball terms expressed through beautiful laughable illustrations. An Australian wombat joins a baseball team and knows nothing about the game but saves everyone when a tornado strikes. ISBN 0618737847 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0146.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0146.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Rock, Brock and the Savings Shock Author: Sheila Bair Publisher: Albert Whitman Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: This book teaches children the importance of saving their money. Twin brothers approached grandpa's savings plan differently. At the end of ten weeks one has $64 and the other $512. ISBN 080757094X Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0145.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0145.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: What the Sea Saw Author: Stephanie St. Pierre Publisher: Peachtree Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Illustrated by Beverly Doyle. A gorgeous picture book about ecosystems and the interdependence between and within them. The endnotes deal with material found in the brief text. It is a book not to be missed! ISBN 1561453595 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0144.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0144.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Place for Butterflies, A Author: Melissa Stewart Publisher: Peachtree Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Illustrated by Higgins Bond. The simple text about protecting the butterfly opens to talk about the habits and food sources for 12 varieties of butterflies in sidebar discussions. The pictures fairly jump from the pages and engage the reader from the first page. ISBN 1561453579 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0143.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0143.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: U.S. Constitution, The Author: Norman Pearl Publisher: Picture Window Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Simple background information about the U.S. Constitution. Great to use with young students for Constitution Day activities. An index, glossary, and other study helps are included. ISBN 1404826434 Price: $17.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0142.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0142.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Zuzu's Wishing Cake Author: Linda Michelin Publisher: Houghton Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Zuzu makes very creative gifts for the new boy next door. An excellent book about friendship. Delightful, colorful. ISBN 061864640X Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0141.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0141.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Drop of Water, A Author: Gordon Morrison Publisher: Houghton Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Follow a drop of water from a child's fingertips to the clouds, mountains, down through woods, streams, ponds and back to the child in the brook. The illustrations are beautiful. Use for water units. ISBN 0618585571 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0140.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0140.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Snow Sounds Author: David A. Johnson Publisher: Houghton Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Onomatopia about snow storm sounds, the hush of the falling snow, human sounds, the sounds of machines clearing the snow. Soft illustrations create an illusion of show on each page. Delightful! ISBN 0618473106 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0139.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0139.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: First Grade Stinks! Author: Mary Ann Rodman Publisher: Peachtree Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Haley is so excited to be in first grade, but it's very different from kindergarten. In fact, it's so different it stinks, or does it? Compares and contrasts kindergarten and first grade. ISBN 1561453773 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0138.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0138.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Max Goes to the Library/Max va a la biblioteca Author: Adria F. Klein Publisher: Picture Window Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Max, who loves to read, visits the library and discovers all the neat things he can do while he is there. His expressions truly convey the joy he feels during his visit. A darling Read-It! Reader available in both English and Spanish. ISBN 1404811826 Price: $18.60 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0137.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0137.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: What Kind of Sound/Que sonidos hay? Author: Jiminez Vita Publisher: Capstone Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: This yellow reader umbrella book for early readers presents an introduction to sound. Simple bi-lingual text about common sounds. This is one of several books in this series about science topics. ISBN 0736860096 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0136.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0136.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Do Lions Live on Lily Pads? Author: Melanie Walsh Publisher: Houghton Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: This cleverly done question and answer format book helps young readers to demonstrate their knowledge of animal habitats. Bright illustrations, humor and an interactive format make this a perfect choice for a read aloud. ISBN 0618473009 Price: $15.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0135.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0135.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Self-Discipline Author: Connie C. Miller Publisher: Capstone Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Part of the First Facts series. Excellent examples of how students can be self-disciplined: finish your homework before you play, use computers as a tool instead of a toy. ISBN 0736842810 Price: $21.26 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0134.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0134.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: One More Sheep Author: Kelly Mij Publisher: Peachtree Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Sam can't stay awake to count his boring sheep. With a wolf at the door they must count themselves with hilarious effects. ISBN 1561453781 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0133.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0133.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Whoosh Went the Wind Author: Sally Derby Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: When a student is late to school because the wind caused havoc all over town, the teacher doesn't believe his tall tales. Absolutely delightful! ISBN 0761453091 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0132.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0132.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Drawing and Learning About Series Author: Amy B. Muehlenhardt Publisher: Picture Window Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: The perfect series for the drawing book fans. An ingenious combination of informational text and drawing technique. Fun facts about the topic are included with every two-page spread. Twelve titles in the series. ISBN 1404811907 Price: $22.60 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0131.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0131.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Floating & Sinking Author: Ellen S. Niz Publisher: Capstone Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: An introduction to floating and sinking with simple text and illustrations. Includes explanation of buoyancy, displacement and more. Hands-on activitiest the back as well as a glossary, resources and an index. Pzart of the First Facts: Our Physical World series. ISBN 0736854010 Price: $6.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0130.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0130.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Baby Bear's Books Author: Jane Yolen Publisher: Harcourt Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: In this irresistable and charming tale, Baby Bear finds a book for every moment of the day. The rhyming text, happy illustrations and bear's passion for books make this story a must for little ones. ISBN 0152052909 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0129.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0129.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Skunk's Spring Surprise Author: Leslea Newman Publisher: Harcourt Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Skunk's friends are waiting for her to come out of hibernation and have planned a spring surprise; a very thoughtful talent show. As it turns out, Skunk surprises them with a heartfelt poem written by Skunk herself. ISBN 0152056831 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0128.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0128.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Toasty Toes Author: Michael Dahl Publisher: Picture Window Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: A group of children count their toes while spending a day at the beach riding the surf, playing volleyball and building sand castles. The featured numbers are cleverly hidden in the cheery collage style illustrations. A fun introduction to counting by tens. ISBN 1404813209 Price: $22.60 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0127.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0127.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Super Fly Guy Author: Tedd Arnold Publisher: Scholastic Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Oh, no! This time Fly Guy is off to school. Join him in his adventure to the cafeteria. ISBN 0439639042 Price: $5.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0126.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0126.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Shoo Fly Guy Author: Tedd Arnold Publisher: Scholastic Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Fly Guy is off once again. This time he is hunting for his favorite food. ISBN 0439639050 Price: $5.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0125.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0125.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Please Play Safe! Author: Margaret Cuyler Publisher: Scholastic Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Illustrated byuin helps his friends learn playground safety. First they have a few problems and one gets a boink, a thud, a kick, and some other mishaps. ISBN 0439528321 Price: $15.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0124.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0124.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: I Lost My Tooth in Africa Author: Penda Diakite Publisher: Scholastic Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: A little girl from Portland, Oregon visits her extended family in Bamako, Mali, Africa. She learns about their tradition of what happens when a child loses a tooth. ISBN 0439662265 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0123.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0123.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Owen & Mzee: the True Story of a Remarkable Friendship Author: Isabella Hatkoff Publisher: Scholastic Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: When the tsunami happened in Southeast Asia, a little hippo was stranded away from his family in Africa. This story tells of the amazing rescue of little Owen and how he befriends an old tortoise. Mzee kept crawling away but one day they become two great friends. A great companion with easy reader Mama. ISBN 0439829739 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0122.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0122.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Being Me Author: Julie Broski Publisher: Children's Press Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Illustrated by Vincent Vigla. A little girl lets us see that she is happy being who she is. ISBN 0516249754 Price: $19.50 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0121.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0121.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Pancakes for Supper Author: Anne Isaacs Publisher: Scholastic Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Illustrated by Mark Teague. Toby is on the way into town with her mom and dad when the wagon hits a big bump and sends her flying into the woods. She trades her clothing to wild animals tricking them into thinking that each one is the grandest. When her parents find her, she is so hungry she eats 169 pancakes. ISBN 0439644836 Price: $15.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0120.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0120.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: My Senator and Me: A Dog's Eye View of Washington, D.C. Author: Edward M. Kennedy Publisher: Scholastic Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Illustrated by David Small. Splash, Senator Kennedy's dog, takes us on a typical day for his owner and him. A beautifully written, fun way to look at Washington and to hear how a bill becomes a law. ISBN 0439650771 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0119.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0119.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Dear Mr. Rosenwald Author: Carol B. Weatherford Publisher: Scholastic Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Written in poetry, this story is based on the true story of Rosenwald, once a president of Sears, Roebuck and Co. As told from a little girl's perspective, everyone tries to raise money to better their school during the 1920s. Rosenwald donated most of the money while the African American families built the school. ISBN 0439495229 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0118.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0118.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Cha-Cha-Chimps Author: Julia Durango Publisher: Simon & Schuster Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Ten little chimps go dancing when they are supposed to be sleeping. This is a counting book with descriptive rhyming words and delightful artwork. This is a wondeful companion to the story Five Little Monkeys. ISBN 0689864568 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0117.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0117.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Oink? Author: Margie Palatini Publisher: Simon & Schuster Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: If you have ever played dumb, you will understand Thomas and Joseph Pig. They will end up as the smartest animals in the farmyard. ISBN 0689862588 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0116.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0116.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Day Out with Daddy Author: Stephen Cook Publisher: Walker Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: A young boy's version of his day alone with dad. Vivid illustrations make the text dance. ISBN 0802780598 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0115.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0115.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Miss Malarkey Leaves No Reader Behind Author: Judy Finchler Publisher: Walker Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: The school must read 1000 books by June 12, then principal Wiggins will dye his hair purple and sleep on the roof. Miss Malarkey gets everyone to read except for one boy and on the last day of schools she finds a book he loves. ISBN 0802780849 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0114.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0114.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Jake the Philharmonic Dog Author: Karen LeFrak Publisher: Walker Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: A wonderful book to introduce children to instruments played in an orchestra. Jake, the dog, goes with his master to work as a stagehand for an orchestra. Musical terms are used throughout the story. ISBN 0802795528 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0113.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0113.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Winston the Book Wolf Author: Marni McGee Publisher: Walker Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: A magical book showing children the love of reading. Winston, a wolf, loves to eat words. Rosie, a young girl, teaches him how to taste words by eating them with your eyes. Winston learns to read and comes back to the library disguised as Granny and reads stories to the children. ISBN 0802795692 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0112.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0112.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Trouble at the Dinosaur Caf� Author: Brian Moses Publisher: Walker Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Young children will love this rhyming, colorful text of dinosaurs eating at a caf�. Tyrannasaurus enters and wants to eat only meat. The other dinosaurs set into motion to make sure they aren't eaten. ISBN 0802795994 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0111.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0111.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Yoon and the Christmas Mitten Author: Helen Recorvits Publisher: FSG Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Yoon and her family are Korean and do not celebrate Christmas, but Yoon wants to celebrate Christmas like her American classmates. ISBN 0374386889 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0110.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0110.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Abbie in Stitches Author: Cynthia Cotten Publisher: FSG Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Beautifully illustrated story about a young girl in the 1800s who would rather read than learn to embroider to make a sampler, which is expected of all young girls. Abbie conquers the sampler while letting everyone know what she really prefers doing. ISBN 0374300046 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0109.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0109.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: I've Got an Elephant Author: Anne Ginkel Publisher: Peachtree Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: One elephant is lots of fun, maybe two. How many elephants is too many? Counting the new elephants is as much fun as the illustrations. ISBN 1561453730 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0108.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0108.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Inventor McGregor Author: Kathleen Pelley Publisher: FSG Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Wonderful illustrations that help tell the story of an inventor who can invent anything at home but when made to invent in an office in town he cannot invent one thing. He gets his inspiration from his surroundings and family. ISBN 0374336067 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0107.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0107.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Max's Words Author: Kate Banks Publisher: FSG Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Clever idea for a story! Max's brothers have collections and max wants one too so he begins collecting words. He soon has a "pile" of them and uses them to make up sentences and eventually writes stories. Great read-aloud and then have children do the same activity as Max using cutout words. ISBN 0374399498 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0106.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0106.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Moon, The Author: Robert Louis Stevenson Publisher: FSG Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Illustrated by Tracey Campbell Pearson. Beautifully illustrated, children will love listening to this over and over again as well as looking at the lovely illustrations. ISBN 0374350469 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0105.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0105.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: My Feet are Laughing Author: Lissette Norman Publisher: FSG Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: A collection of story poems depicting the life of a young girl and her family living in Harlem. A very well written book in a different format with great illustrations. ISBN 0374350965 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0104.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0104.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: No More Pencils, No More Books, No More Teacher's Dirty Looks Author: Diane DeGroat Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Anxious for summer, Gilbert and his first-grade classmates are nervous about their last day of school. They are curious about the awards the teacher will give out, and sad to be leaving their teacher, too. A funny yet reassuring story about change and what makes each of us special. ISBN 0060791144 Price: $16.89 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0103.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0103.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: How Do I Love You Author: Leslie Kimmelman Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Simple, rhyming text with bright, energetic illustrations gives an introduction to counting to twenty. Adorable alligator child and parent interact in familiar ways young readers will easily identify with and relate to. Cheerful loving ending. Supports math curriculum and standards. ISBN 0060012005 Price: $16.89 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0102.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0102.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Russell and the Lost Treasure Author: Rob Scotton Publisher: HarperCollins Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Russell returns in search of the lost treasure of Frogsbottom. He is so determined he invents a "Super-Duper Treasure Seeker" to help in his search. Will he find the treasure? Illustrations in muted colors add a touch of humor to Russell's quest. ISBN 0060598522 Price: $16.89 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0101.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0101.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Now & Ben Author: Gene Barretta Publisher: Henry Holt Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Finally, a book for young readers filled with the sense of wonder and discovery that might make Ben Franklin smile! Eighteenth-century in the twenty-first. Cheerful and energetic, this book shows us how beneficial and useful Benjamin Franklin's inventions were not only now, but then, too. ISBN 0805069771 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0100.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0100.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Turtle Crossing Author: Rick Chrustowski Publisher: Henry Holt Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Why did the turtle cross the road? Get the definitive answer in clear informational text appropriate for young readers. Simple, attractive pictures - some from unique perspectives, provide an introduction to the life cycle of the painted turtle. Author's notes included. ISBN 0805074988 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0099.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0099.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Hippopotamus Stew: and other silly animal poems Author: Joan Horton Publisher: Henry Holt Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Illustrated by JoAnn Adinolfi. Vivid illustrations combine with playful poems about "quirky" animals of all sizes from whales to mosquitos. Laughs a plenty when you read these twenty - poems that is. ISBN 0805073507 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0098.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0098.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Wind-wild dog Author: Barbara Joosse Publisher: Henry Holt Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Illustrated by Kate Kiesler. Every musher knows that a dog like Ziva, born with one blue eye and one brown eye, is half wild. But one Man thinks Ziva is special and takes her home. Ziva learns to trust the man and pull his sled, but when she hears the wolf cry in th wild wind will she choose to stay or go? ISBN 0805070532 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0097.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0097.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Why Do You Cry? Not a sob story Author: Kate Klise Publisher: Henry Holt Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Illustrated by M. Sarah Klise. Little Rabbit will be five - too grown up to cry anymore - and wants to invite only his friends that are also too grown up to cry to his birthday party. The list of guests grows shorter as he learns that people of all ages cry for all sorts of reasons - even at the best birthday parties. ISBN 0805073191 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0096.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0096.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Through Georgia's Eyes Author: Rachel Rodriguez Publisher: Henry Holt Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Illustrated by Julie Paschkis. Painter Georgia O'Keefe viewed the world with wonder and found inspiration in the wide open spaces of the prairies and deserts. This portrait of the artist demonstrates her remarkable use of shape and color through illustrations inspired by her work. ISBN 0805077405 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0095.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0095.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Toolbox Twins Author: Lola M. Schaefer Publisher: Henry Holt Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Illustrated by Melissa Iwai. Vincent and his daddy each have a box filled with just the right tools for every fix-it job around the house. If Dad can fix it, so can Vincent. They're more than a team - they're Toolbox Twins! Bright illustrations and rhyming text follow the team through their work day. Names of tools appear in different colors throughout the text and cool tools spill out to fill the endpages. ISBN 0805077332 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0094.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0094.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Pig Little Author: Mike Thaler Publisher: Henry Holt Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Piglet shares his family's day at the beach through a series of charming poems, each detailed with warm watercolor illustratoins on a double page spread. Exhausted, everyone returns with wonderful memories of their seaside adventure. ISBN 0805069771 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0093.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0093.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Lucy Goose goes to Texas Author: Holly Bea Publisher: H J Kramer Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: It is time for the annual migration of Canada geese. Lucy, a Canada goose with an independent spirit, sets off to make the trip on her own only to discover that there are good reasons to work as a team. Includes factual endnotes and websites for additional information on Canada geese. ISBN 1932073159 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0092.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0092.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Salaam: a Muslim American boy's story Author: Tricia Brown Publisher: Henry Holt Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Describes what life is like for Imram, an American Muslim boy. Clear text supported by excellent photos promotes acceptance through understanding. Would work well as a companion book with One Green Apple by Eve Bunting. ISBN 0805065385 Price: $17.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0091.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0091.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Lilly's Big Day Author: Kevin Henkes Publisher: Greenwillow Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Lilly has big plans to be a flower girl at her teacher's wedding, but he asks her to be the flower girl's assistant. Can Lilly save the day when the flower girl freezes? ISBN 0060742364 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0090.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0090.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Look! Look! Look! Author: Nancy E. Wallace Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: When a mouse family discovers a postcard with a ladies picture on the front, they discover shapes, colors and lines they hadn't seen before. Strong support for primary art curriculum. ISBN 0761452826 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0089.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0089.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Louds Move In, The Author: Carolyn Crimi Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Illustrated by Regan Dunnick. Quiet daily lives are drastically disrupted when a very noisy, boisterous family moves into the neighborhood. They plead for quiet and restraint, but the neighbors learn to be careful about what they ask for in this riotously entertaining book about appreciating change and uniqueness. ISBN 0761452218 Price: $14.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0088.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0088.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: This is the Stable Author: Cynthia Cotten Publisher: Henry Holt Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Illustrated by Delana Bettoli. Georgeous artwork sets the tone for this gentle re-telling of the Nativity. The cummulative story patterned after The House that Jack Built rolls lyrically through a quiet Christmas Eve peopled with multi-ethnic characters. ISBN 0805075569 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0087.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0087.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Epossumondas Saves the Day Author: Colleen Salley Publisher: Harcourt Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Mama needs some sody sallyraytus to make Epossumondas his favorite dessert for his birthday. Epossumondas offers to go to the store to get it but, no, Mama needs him. Different ones go to get it but never return. Epossumondas finally goes and saves them. ISBN 0152057013 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0086.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0086.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Jungle Bullies Author: Steven Kroll Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: A domino effect happens to the animals when Elephant begins with the bullying of Hippo. It trickles down to Monkey and he learns from his mother how to share. ISBN 0761452974 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0085.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0085.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Building with Dad Author: Carol Nevius Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Dad takes his young son to work to see where his new school is being built. We join them to watch from the groundbreaking all the way through until the children come. Great technical language young learners will enjoy. ISBN 0761453121 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0084.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0084.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: No Room for Napoleon Author: Adria Meserve Publisher: FSG Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Napoleon, a demanding dog, takes over an island inspite of losing friends and destroying the vegetation. He learns a valuable lesson on friendship and beauty. Cute story and great illustrations. ISBN 0374355363 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0083.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0083.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: One Potato, Two Potato Author: Cynthia DeFelice Publisher: FSG Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: A re-telling of a Chinese folktale that is very entertaining. The couple is very poor and have only one of everything to share until Mr. O'Grady digs up an old black pot. Once something goes into the pot it comes out double. ISBN 0374356408 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0082.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0082.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Sally Jean, the Bicycle Queen Author: Cari Best Publisher: FSG Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Sally Jean has grown up on bicycles. After she has outgrown her first bike after adjusting the seat, handlebars, etc. she is determined to get another bike by working with her neighbor, a junk collector. Illustrations are great. ISBN 0374363862 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0081.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0081.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Princess and the Pea, The Author: Lauren Child Publisher: Hyperion Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: This frilly retellling of the well-known fairytale is both unique and humorous. Child's clever illustrations are skillfully created using dollhouse furnishings, photos and fabric. Fabulously funny! Details about the illustrators are included at the back. ISBN 0786838868 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0080.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0080.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: John, Paul, George, & Ben Author: Lane Smith Publisher: Hyperion Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: A humerous look at these four founding fathers, along with Thomas Jefferson, before they were famous. They did take liberties along the way. ISBN 0786848936 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0079.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0079.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Little Elephant's Trunk Author: Hazel Lincoln Publisher: Albert Whitman Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Little Elephant learns to walk but his trunk trips him up. Slowly the young elephant learns just how useful his trunk can be. ISBN 0807545910 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0078.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0078.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Peanut-free Caf�, The Author: Gloria Koster Publisher: Albert Whitman Subject/Category: Primary Grade Levels:  P - Primary or PreK-2 Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: When Grant, a new student at Nutley School shares about his peanut allergy, the peanut butter loving students at his school find creative ways to keep him company during lunchtime. ISBN 0807563862 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0077.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0077.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Adam Canfield of the Slash Author: Michael Winerip Publisher: Candlewick Subject/Category: WAW Grade Levels:  WAW Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: While serving as co-editors of their school newspaper, middle-schoolers Adam and Jennifer uncover fraud and corruption in their school and in the city's government. ISBN 0763623407 Price: $15.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0076.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0076.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Black storm comin' Author: Diane Lee Wilson Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Subject/Category: WAW Grade Levels:  WAW Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Twelve-year-old Colton, son of a black mother and a white father, takes a job with the Pony Express in 1860 after his father abandons the family on their California-bound wagon train, and risks his life to deliver an important letter that may affect the growing conflict between the North and South. ISBN 0689871376 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0075.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0075.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Project Mulberry Author: Linda Sue Park Publisher: Clarion Subject/Category: WAW Grade Levels:  WAW Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: While working on a project for an after-school club, Julia, a Korean American girl, and her friend Patrick learn not just about silkworms, but also about tolerance, prejudice, friendship, patience, and more. Between the chapters are short dialogues between the author and main character about the writing of the book. ISBN 0618477861 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0074.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0074.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Defiance Author: Valerie Hobbs Publisher: FSG Subject/Category: WAW Grade Levels:  WAW Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: While vacationing in the country, eleven-year-old Toby, a cancer patient, learns some important lessons about living and dying from an elderly poet and her cow. ISBN 0374308470 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0073.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0073.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Out of order Author: Betty Hicks Publisher: Roaring Brook Subject/Category: WAW Grade Levels:  WAW Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Four youngsters, ages nine to fifteen, narrate one side of the story of their newly blended family's adjustment, interwoven with grief and loss. ISBN 1596430613 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0072.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0072.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Airball: my life in briefs Author: L.D. Harkrader Publisher: Roaring Brook Subject/Category: WAW Grade Levels:  WAW Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Uncoordinated Kansas seventh-grader Kirby Nickel braves his coach's ire and becomes captain of the basketball team in order to help him prove that NBA star Brett McGrew is the father he has never known. ISBN 1596430605 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0071.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0071.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Princess academy Author: Shannon Hale Publisher: Bloomsbury Subject/Category: WAW Grade Levels:  WAW Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: While attending a strict academy for potential princesses with the other girls from her mountain village, fourteen-year-old Miri discovers unexpected talents and connections to her homeland. ISBN 1582349932 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0070.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0070.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Sacrifice, The Author: Kathleen Duble Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Subject/Category: WAW Grade Levels:  WAW Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Two sisters, aged ten and twelve, are accused of witchcraft in Andover, Massachusetts, in 1692 and await trial in a miserable prison while their mother desperately searches for some way to obtain their freedom. ISBN 0689876505 Price: $15.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0069.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0069.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Misadventures of Maude March, The Author: Audrey Couloumbis Publisher: Random House Subject/Category: WAW Grade Levels:  WAW Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: After the death of the stern aunt who raised them since they were orphaned, eleven-year-old Sallie and her fifteen-year-old sister escape their self-serving guardians and begin an adventure resembling those in the dime novels Sallie loves to read. ISBN 0375932453 Price: $17.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0068.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0068.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Shakespeare's secret Author: Elise Broach Publisher: Henry Holt Subject/Category: WAW Grade Levels:  WAW Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Named after a character in a Shakespeare play, misfit sixth-grader Hero becomes interested in exploring this unusual connection because of a valuable diamond supposedly hidden in her new house, an intriguing neighbor, and the unexpected attention of the most popular boy in school. ISBN 0805073876 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0067.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0067.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: On Etruscan time Author: Tracy Barrett Publisher: Henry Holt Subject/Category: WAW Grade Levels:  WAW Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: While spending the summer on an archaeological dig near Florence, Italy, with his mother, eleven-year-old Hector meets an Etruscan boy who needs help to foil his treacherous uncle's plan to make him a human sacrifice--1,000 years in the past. ISBN 0805075690 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0066.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0066.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Wing nut Author: M.J. Auch Publisher: Henry Holt Subject/Category: WAW Grade Levels:  WAW Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: When twelve-year-old Grady and his mother relocate yet again, they find work taking care of an elderly man, who teaches Grady about cars, birds, and what it means to have a home. ISBN 0805075313 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0065.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0065.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Naked mole rat letters, The Author: Mary Amato Publisher: Holiday Subject/Category: WAW Grade Levels:  WAW Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: When her father begins a long-distance romance with a Washington, D.C. zookeeper, twelve-year-old Frankie sends fabricated email letters to the zookeeper in an attempt to end the relationship. ISBN 0823419274 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0064.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0064.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Sixteen years in sixteen seconds: the Sammy Lee Story Author: Paula Yoo Publisher: Lee and Low Subject/Category: WAW Grade Levels:  WAW Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: "A biography of Korean American diving champion Sammy Lee, focusing on how his childhood determination and his father's dreams set the stage for a medical career as well as his athletic achievements which earned him Olympic gold medals in 1948 and 1952" ISBN 158430247X Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0063.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0063.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Each little bird that sings Author: Deborah Wiles Publisher: Gulliver Subject/Category: WAW Grade Levels:  WAW Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Comfort Snowberger is well acquainted with death since her family runs the funeral parlor in their small southern town, but even so the ten-year-old is unprepared for the series of heart-wrenching events that begins on the first day of Easter vacation with the sudden death of her beloved great-uncle Edisto. ISBN 0152051139 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0062.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0062.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Flag with fifty-six stars, The Author: Susan G. Rubin Publisher: Holiday Subject/Category: WAW Grade Levels:  WAW Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: This inspiring account of the liberation of one of the Third Reich's most infamous camps is a tribute to the humanity and hope preserved by the survivors. The paintings by Bill Farnsworth depict the events. Source notes, a bibliography, further resources, an index, and a reproduction of the actual flag are included. ISBN 0823416534 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0061.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0061.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Let them play Author: Margot T. Raven Publisher: Sleeping Bear Subject/Category: WAW Grade Levels:  WAW Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Recounts the true story of spirit and determination from America�s early civil rights history and the Cannon Street all-stars who were not allowed to play in the World Series game. ISBN 1585362603 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0060.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0060.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Dog's life, A Author: Ann M. Martin Publisher: Scholastic Subject/Category: WAW Grade Levels:  WAW Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Squirrel, a stray puppy, tells her life story, from her nuturing mother and brother to making her own way in the world, facing busy highways, changing seasons, and humans both gentle and brutal. ISBN 0439715598 Price: $16.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0059.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0059.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Moon runner Author: Carolyn Marsden Publisher: Candlewick Subject/Category: WAW Grade Levels:  WAW Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: When Mina discovers that she can run faster than her athletic friend, Ruth, she thinks she must choose between running and friendship. ISBN 076362117X Price: $15.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0058.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0058.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Lowji discovers America Author: Candace Fleming Publisher: Atheneum Subject/Category: WAW Grade Levels:  WAW Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: A nine year old East Indian boy tries to adjust to his new life in suburban America. ISBN 0689862997 Price: $15.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0057.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0057.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Missing manatee, The Author: Cynthia DeFelice Publisher: FSG Subject/Category: WAW Grade Levels:  WAW Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: While coping with his parents� separation, eleven year old Skeet spends most of spring break in his skiff on a Florida river, where he finds a manatee shot to death and begins looking for the killer. ISBN 0374312575 Price: $16.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0056.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0056.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Shanghai messenger Author: Andrea Cheng Publisher: Lee and Low Subject/Category: WAW Grade Levels:  WAW Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: A free-verse novel about eleven year old Xiao Mei�s visit with her extended family in China, where the Chinese-American girl finds many differences but also the similarities that bind a family together. ISBN 1584302380 Price: $18.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0055.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0055.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Journey that saved Curious George Author: Louise Borden Publisher: Houghton Subject/Category: WAW Grade Levels:  WAW Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Biography of Margret and H. A. Rey, authors of the Curious George books. Both German born Jews, they must flee France in advance of the Nazi takeover. They take only the manuscripts for Curious George and other books as they make their perious way to the U. S. ISBN 0618339248 Price: $17.00 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0054.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0054.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Seven wonders of Sassafras Springs Author: Betty Birney Publisher: Atheneum Subject/Category: WAW Grade Levels:  WAW Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Eben McAllister searches his small town to see if he can find anything comparable to the real Seven Wonders of the World. ISBN 0689871368 Price: $16.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0053.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0053.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Penderwicks, The Author: Jeanne Birdsall Publisher: Knopf Subject/Category: WAW Grade Levels:  WAW Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: While vacationing with their widowed father in the Berkshire Mountains, four lovable sisters, ages four through twelve, share adventures with a local boy, much to the dismay of his snobbish mother. ISBN 0375931430 Price: $17.99 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0052.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0052.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Childhood on the Farm Author: Pamela Riney-Kehrberg Publisher: University Press of Kansas Subject/Category: KS Grade Levels:  KS Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Good resource. Author retells the stories--both nostalgic and realistic--about the children in the heartland raised on farms. ISBN 0700613889 Price: $34.95 ]]>http://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0051.htmlhttp://www.nea.org/reading-catalog/2007rc0051.htmlWed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT Title: Wildflowers and Grasses of Kansas Author: Michael J. Haddock Publisher: University Press of Kansas Subject/Category: KS Grade Levels:  KS Year Reviewed: 2007 Review: Michael Haddock has assembled a guide to 264 wildflowers along with 59 grasses, sedges, and rushes. These comprise many of the state's most common and conspicuous species-as well as some seldom encountered or listed in field guides-and include many that are found throughout the Great Plains. Spectacular color photos as well as bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0700613706 Price: $19.95 ]]><