Friday, September 20, 2013

PICTURE BOOKS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL READERS

Social Studies:
Bunting, Eve.  The Blue and the Gray.  New York:  Scholastic Press, 1996.  ISBN  0-590-60197-0  (Civil War)
Bunting, Eve.  So Far from the Sea.  New York: Clarion Books, 1998.  ISBN  0-395-72095-8  ( World War II – Japanese Internment)
Cleary, Brian P.  Jamaica Sandwich?  Minneapolis:  Lerner Publications, 1996.  ISBN  0-8225-2114-8  (Geography)
Coerr, Eleanor.  Sadako.  New York:  G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1993.  ISBN  0-399-21771-1  (World War II)
Colman, Penny.  Rosie the Riveter.  New York:  Random House, 1995.  ISBN  0-517-59790-X  (World War II)
Dooling, Michael.  Thomas Jefferson:  A Picture Book Biography.  New York:  Scholastic, 1994.  ISBN  0-590-44838-2 (American Revolution)
Gates, Phil.  The History News: Medicine. New York: Scholastic, 1999.  ISBN  0-439-25729-6 (medical history)
Granfield, Linda.  High Flight.  Canada: Tundra Books, 1999.  ISBN 0-88776-469-X  (World War II)
Granfield, Linda.  In Flanders Fields.  Canada: Stoddart Books, 1995. ISBN 0-7737-2991-7  (World War I)
Hall, Francie.  Appalachian ABCs.  Tennessee:  The Overmountain Press, 1998.  ISBN  1-57072-087-8  (WV History)
Hoestlandt, Jo.  Star of Fear, Star of Hope.  Canada: Allen & Son, 1993.       ISBN  0-8027-8373-2  (World War II)
Hunt, Jonathan.  Illuminations.  New York: Aladdin Books, 1989.  ISBN  0-689-71700-8  (Middle Ages & Illuminated Text)
Innocenti, Roberto.  Rose Blanche.  New York:  Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1985.  ISBN  1-55670-207-8  (World War II)
Keller, Laurie.  The Scrambled States of America.  New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1998.  ISBN  0-8050-5802-8  (geography)
Krull, Kathleen.  V is for Victory.  New York:  Alfred A. Knopf, 1995.  ISBN  0-679-86198-X  (World War II)
Langley, Andrew & Philip De Souza.  The Roman News.  Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 1996.  ISBN  0-7636-0055-5  (Ancient Rome)
McGill, Alice.  Molly Bannaky.  Boston:  Houghton Mifflin, 1999.  ISBN  0-395-72287-X  (Colonial America)
Mochizuki, Ken.  Baseball Saved Us.  New York:  Lee & Low Books Inc., 1993.           ISBN  1-880000-01-6  (World War II)
Mochizuki, Ken.  Passage to Freedom.  New York:  Lee & Low Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN  1-880000-49-0  (World War II)
Oppenheim, Shulamith Levey.  The Lily Cupboard.  New York:  Harper Collins, 1992.  ISBN  0-06-024669-3  (World War II)       
Polacco, Patricia.  The Butterfly.  New York: Philomel Books, 2000. ISBN 0-399-23170-6  (World War II)
Polacco, Patricia.  Pink and Say.  New York: Philomel Books, 1994. ISBN 0-399-22671-0  (Civil War)
Powell, Anton & Philip Steele.  The Greek News.  Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 1996.  ISBN  1-56402-874-7  (Ancient Greece)
Sim, Dorrith.  In My Pocket. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1996.  ISBN 0-15-201357-1   (World War II)
Spedden, Daisy Corning.  Polar, The Titanic Bear.  Boston:  Little, Brown & Co., 1994.  ISBN  0-316-80625-0  (Early 1900’s)
Steedman, Scott.  The Egyptian News.  New York: Scholastic, 1997.  ISBN  0-590-26617-9  (Ancient Egypt)
Tsuchiya, Yukio.  Faithful Elephants.  Boston:  Houghton Mifflin, 1951.           ISBN 0-395-46555-9  (World War II)
Wells, Rosemary.  The Language of Doves.  New York: Dial Books, 1996. ISBN 0-8037-1471-8  (World War I)
Wild, Margaret & Julie Vivas. Let the Celebrations Begin!  New York: Orchard Books, 1991.  ISBN 0-531-07076-X (World War II)

Science:
Cherry, Lynne.  The Great Kapok Tree.  Florida:  Harcourt Brace, 1990.  ISBN  0-15-200520-X  (Rainforest)
Hummon, David.  Animal Acrostics.  California: Dawn Publications, 1999.  ISBN  1-883220-92-0  (animals and acrostic poetry)
Jordan, Martin & Tanis.  Amazon Alphabet.  New York:  Kingfisher, 1996.  ISBN1-85697-666-1  (Rainforest)
Jordan, Martin & Tanis.  Journey of the Red-Eyed Tree Frog.  New York:  Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1991.  ISBN  0-671-76903-0  (Rainforest)
Mazer, Ann.  The Salamander Room.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991.  ISBN  0-394-82945-X  (habitat)
Mullins, Patricia.  V is for Vanishing: An Alphabet of Endangered Species.  Australia: Hamilton Books, 1993.  ISBN  0-06-443471-0 (endangered species)
Pallotta, Jerry.  The Airplane Alphabet Book.  Watertown, MA:  Charlesbridge Publishers, 1997.  ISBN  0-88106-907-8  (airplanes)
Pallotta, Jerry.  The Jet Alphabet Book.  Watertown, MA:  Charlesbridge Publishing, 1999.  ISBN  0-88106-916-7
Pallotta, Jerry.  The Underwater Alphabet Book.  Watertown, MA:  Charlesbridge Publishing, 1991.  ISBN  0-88106-455-6  (Oceans)
Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw.  Flashy, Fantastic Rain Forest Frogs.  New York:  Walker & Company, 1997.  (Rainforest)
Pomeroy, Diana.  Wildflower ABC.  New York:  Harcourt Brace, 1997.  ISBN  0-15-201041-6  (Wildflowers)
Pratt, Kristen Joy.  A Fly in the Sky.  California:  Dawn Publications, 1996. ISBN  1-883220-39-4  (flying things)
Pratt, Kristen Joy.  A Swim Through the Sea.  California: Dawn Publications, 1994.  ISBN  1-883220-04-1  (Ocean animals)
Pratt, Kristen Joy.  A Walk in the Rainforest.  California: Dawn Publications, 1992.  ISBN  1-878265-53-9  (rainforest animals)
Rice, David L.  Lifetimes.  California:  Dawn Publications, 1997.  ISBN  1-883220-59-9 (Life Cycles)
Sierra, Judy.  There’s a Zoo in Room 22.  New York: Harcourt, Inc., 2000.  ISBN  0-15-202033-0  (animals)
Van Allsburg, Chris.  The Stranger.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986.  ISBN  0-395-42331-7  (changing to autumn)
Van Allsburg, Chris. Two Bad Ants.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988. ISBN0-395-48668-8  (ants and perspective in art)
Wick, Walter.  A Drop of Water.  New York: Scholastic, 1997.  ISBN  0-590-22197-3  (molecules, viscosity, forms of matter)

Math:
Axelrod, Amy.  Pigs on a Blanket: Fun with Math and Time.  New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996.  ISBN  0-689-80505-5  (time)
Axelrod, Amy.  Pigs Will Be Pigs: Fun with Math and Money.  New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994.  ISBN  0-02-765415-X (money)
Birch, David.  The King’s Chessboard.  New York: Dial Books, 1988.  ISBN  0-14-054880-7  (geometric progression)
Burns, Marilyn.  The Greedy Triangle.  New York: Scholastic, 1994.  ISBN  0-590-48991-7 (geometry)
Clement, Rod.  Counting on Frank.  Milwaukee: Gareth Stevens Publishing, 1991.  ISBN  0-8368-0358-2 (estimation)
Cole, Barbara Hancock.  Texas Star.  New York: Orchard Books, 1990.  ISBN  0-531-05820-4  (patterns – quilts)
Demi.  One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale.  New York: Scholastic, 1997.  ISBN  0-590-93998-X  (geometric progression)
Friedman, Aileen.  A Cloak for the Dreamer.  New York: Scholastic, 1994.  ISBN  0-590-48987-9  (geometry)
Jonas, Ann.  Round Trip.  New York: Greenwillow Books, 1990.  ISBN  0-688-09986-6  (flips and slides)
Morgan, Rowland.  In the Next Three Seconds.  New York: Lodestar Books, 1997.  ISBN  0-525-67551-5  (math extrapolations)
Neuschwander, Cindy.  Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi.  Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge Publishers, 1999.  ISBN  1-57091-164-9 (geometry)
Neuschwander, Cindy.  Sir Cumference and the First Round Table.  Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge Publishers, 1997.  ISBN  1-57091-152-5 (geometry)
Pinczes, Elinor J.  One Hundred Hungry Ants.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993.  ISBN  0-395-63116-5  (multiples)
Pinczes, Elinor J.  A Remainder of One.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985.  ISBN  0-395-69455-8  (division)
Schwartz, David M.  G is for Googol: A Math Alphabet Book.  California:  Tricycle Press, 1998  ISBN  1-883672-58-9  (Math Vocabulary)
Scieszka, Jon & Lane Smith.  Math Curse.  New York: Viking Press, 1995.  ISBN  0-670-86194-4  ( math phobia)
Tompert, Ann.  Grandfather Tang’s Story.  New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1990.  ISBN  0-517-57487-X  ( Tangrams and geometry)

English:
Heller, Ruth.  Behind the Mask: A Book About Prepositions.  New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1995.  ISBN  0-448-41123-7 (prepositions)
Heller, Ruth.  A Cache of Jewels and Other Collective Nouns.  New York:  Scholastic, 1987  ISBN  0-590-42586-2  (collective nouns)
Heller, Ruth.  Fantastic! Wow! And Unreal!  A Book About Interjections and Conjunctions.  New York:  Grosset & Dunlap, 1998.  ISBN  0-448-41862-2  (interjections & conjunctions)
Heller, Ruth.  Kites Sail High: A Book About Verbs.  New York:  Grosset & Dunlap, 1988.  ISBN  0=448-40452-4  (verbs)
Heller, Ruth.  Many Luscious Lollipops: A Book About Adjectives.  New York: Scholastic, 1989.  ISBN  0-590-43763-1  (adjectives)
Heller, Ruth.  Merry-Go-Round: A Book About Nouns.  New York:  Grossett & Dunlap, 1990.  ISBN  0-448-40315-3  (nouns)
Heller, Ruth.  Mine, All Mine: A BookAbout Pronouns.  New York:  Grosset & Dunlap, 1997.  ISBN  0-448-41606-9  (pronouns)
Heller, Ruth.  Up, Up and Away: A Book About Adverbs.  New York:  Grossett & Dunlap, 1991  ISBN  0-448-40159-2 (adverbs)
Hepworth, Cathi.  Antics!  New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1992.    ISBN  0-399-21862-9  (Vocabulary and word play)
Levitt, Paul M., Douglas A Burger, and Elissa S. Guralnick.  The Weighty Word Book.  Colorado: Bookmakers Guild, Inc., 1985.  ISBN  0-917665-14-7  (vocabulary building)
Schnur, Steven.  Autumn: An Alphabet Acrostic.  New York: Clarion Books, 1997.  ISBN  0-395-77043-2 (Acrostic poetry)
Tobias, Tobi & Peter Malone.  A World of Words: An ABC of Quotations.  New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1998.  ISBN  0-688-12129-2  (famous literary quotes)

Character Building:
Harshman, Marc.  Only One.  New York: Cobblehill Books, 1993.  ISBN  0-525-65116-0  (being unique)
Hoffman, Mary.  Amazing Grace.  New York: Scholastic, 1991.  ISBN  0-590-46009-9  (never give up)
Wyeth, Sharon Dennis.  Something Beautiful.  New York: Bantam Doubleday, 1998.  ISBN  0-385-32239-9 (community service)

Multicultural Books:
Bruchac, Joseph.  Many Nations: A Native American Alphabet.  New York: Bridgewater Books, 1997.  ISBN  0-8167-4389-4  (Native Americans)
Chin-Lee, Cynthia & Terri de la Pena.  A is for the Americas.  New York: Orchard Books, 1999.  ISBN  0-531-30194-X  (Central Americans)
Climo, Shirley.  The Egyptian Cinderella,  New York: Harper Collins, 1989. ISBN  0-690-04822-X (Ancient Egypt)
Climo, Shirley.  The Korean Cinderella,  New York: Harper Collins, 1993. ISBN  0-06-020432-X  (Korea)
Louie, Ai-Ling.  Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China.  New York: Philomel Books, 1982.  ISBN  0-399-21594-8 (China)
San Souci, Robert D.  Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998.  ISBN 0-689-80668-X (Caribbean)

Just Great Books:
Blake, Robert J.  Akiak: A Tale of the Iditarod.  New York: Philomel Books, 1997.  ISBN  0-399-22798-9  (Alaska)
Bogart, Jo Ellen.  Jeremiah Learns to Read.  New York:  Orchard Books, 1997.  ISBN  0-531-30190-7  (Learning to read in old age)
McCurdy, Michael.  The Sailor’s Alphabet.  Boston:  Houghton Mifflin, 1998.  ISBN  0-395-84167-4  (Parts of a Sailing Ship)
Polacco, Patricia.  Thank You, Mr. Falker.  New York: Philomel Books, 1998.  ISBN  0-399-23166-8  (reading difficulties)
Shaw, Eve.  Grandmother’s Alphabet.  Duluth, MN:  Pfeifer-Hamilton, 1997. ISBN  1-57025-127-4  (Careers)
Van Allsburg, Chris.  The Wretched Stone.  Boston:  Houghton Mifflin, 1991. ISBN  0-395-53307-4  (The evils of TV)


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