Fiction

PreS-Gr 2—It's Mrs...

K-Gr 2—Ashburn has rewritten nursery rhymes to reflect the activity found on a busy construction site...

Gr 1–2—Can a pet dog belong to one person in a family? Grace believes so, but Sarah disagrees...

Gr 4–8—In this companion to The Buffalo and the Indians (Clarion, 2006), Patent and Muñoz show how the introduction of horses to North America transformed the lives of the Native American tribes living on or near the Great Plains...

PreS-K—From the padded cover with its rickracklike binding and large, block polka-dot letters to the whimsical display of pudgy critters, this appealing alphabet book will attract children...

Gr 5–8—Following an introduction that provides a general overview of Native Americans' arrival in the Americas, the impact of European settlers on their cultures, life on the reservations, and the changes brought about by the Civil Rights Movement, each well-organized title goes on to describe the history and culture of a specific tribe and the conflicts that arose when Europeans moved into its territory...

Gr 9 Up—This novel portrays the difficult and heroic life of a slave from her capture in Africa to her horrifying journey across the Atlantic and her life on a European plantation in Brazil...

Gr 2–6—A solid and predictable series...

K-Gr 4—An Israeli girl aspires to be an archaeologist like her dad...