Thursday, November 30, 2006

New books

New in the CMC today:

Visual Geography series:
Afghanistan in Pictures - Alison Behnke
Bulgaria in Pictures - Margaret J. Goldstein
Czech Republic in Pictures - Stacy Taus-Bolstad
Iran in Pictures - Stacy Taus-Bolstad
Iraq in Pictures - Stacy taus-Bolstad
Ivory Coast in Pictures - Janice Hamilton
Mexico in Pictures - Janice Hamilton
Ukraine in Pictures - Jeffrey Zuehlke

Someday Is Not a Day of the Week - Denise Brennan-Nelson
When asking to go on various outings, Max always receives the answer "Someday" from adults, but with a little help from the days of the week, he discovers where "Someday" lives.



Miss Malarkey Leaves No Reader Behind - Judy Finchler and Kevin O'Malley
Miss Malarkey vows to find each of her students a book to love by the end of the school year, but one video-game loving boy proves to be a challenge.






Miss Malarkey's Field Trip - Judy Finchler and Kevin O'Malley
Miss Malarkey takes her class on a field trip to the science museum, where they explore a dinosaur exhibit, watch a 3-D movie, and have many other adventures, both planned and unplanned.

The St. Patrick's Day Shillelagh - Janet Nolan
On his way from Ireland to America to escape the potato famine, young Fergus carves a shillelagh from his favorite blackthorn tree, and each St. Patrick's Day for generations, his story is retold by one of his descendants.

Time Math - Kieran Walsh
A look at all of the time segments we deal with every day and how much math can be done with time.





A Weed Is a Flower: The Life of George Washington Carver - Aliki
Brief text and pictures present the life of the man, born a slave, who became a scientist and devoted his entire life to helping the South improve its agriculture.

Finding Providence: The Story of Roger Williams
- Avi
After being forced to leave the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Roger Williams travels south and, with the help of the Narragansett Indians, founds Providence, Rhode Island.

If I Should Die Before I Wake - Han Nolan
As Hilary, a Neo-Nazi initiate, lies in a coma, she is transported back to Poland at the onset of World War II into the life of a Jewish teenager.

Scams! Ten Stories That Explore Some of the Most Outrageous Swindlers and Tricksters of All Time - Andreas Schroeder

Scholastic Rhyming Dictionary - Sue Young

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