Thursday, September 16, 2010

New Children's and YA Books

The Secret Life of Ms. Finkleman - Ben H. Winters
Spurred by a special project from her social studies teacher, seventh-grader Bethesda Fielding uncovers the secret identity of her music teacher, which leads to a most unusual concert performance and a tutoring assignment.

Come See the Earth Turn: The Story of Leon Foucault - Lori Mortensen
Explores the life and work of nineteenth-century French physicist Leon Foucault, who invented a pendulum that provided proof that the Earth rotated on its axis.

Interrupting Chicken - David Ezra Stein
Little Red Chicken wants Papa to read her a bedtime story, but interrupts him almost as soon as he begins each tale.

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