New Award Book

Eidi - Bodil Bredsorff
Eidi leaves her mother and stepfather in Crow Cove to live in a nearby village, where she meets the much younger Tink and rescues him from the abusive man he has been living with.

New YA Books

Hamlet: A Novel - John Marsden
Grieving for the recent death of his beloved father and appalled by his mother's quick remarriage to his uncle, Hamlet, heir to the Danish throne, struggles with conflicting emotions, particularly after his father's ghost appeals to him to avenge his death.

Incarceron - Catherine Fisher
To free herself from an upcoming arranged marriage, Claudia, the daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, a futuristic prison with a mind of its own, decides to help a young prisoner escape.

Darksolstice - Sam Llewellyn
While Idris Limpet, Rightful King of the Land of Lyonesse, is making the treacherous journey to the distant land of Aegypt to rescue his dear friend and sister, Morgan, he meets a company of friends who shall become his Knights of the Round Table and lead armies to battle the evil regent, Fisheagle.

New DVD

Robert Sabuda: Travels in Time and Space
Robert Sabuda uses his exhibition, "Travels in Time and Space" at the NCCIL (March 6th through August, 2003) to tell the story of how he creates picture and pop-up books.

New Activity and Idea Books

Basic Language Arts G.A.M.E.S.
Cover essential, standards-based skills. Perfect for centers, tutoring, remediation, enrichment, and assessment. G.A.M.E.S. can be played individually or in groups. Includes 15 full-color file folder, resealable bag, and envelope games; two reproducible assessment worksheets for each game; a cross-referenced skills matrix, and self-checking answer keys. 

Basic Math G.A.M.E.S.
Cover essential, standards-based skills. Perfect for centers, tutoring, remediation, enrichment, and assessment. G.A.M.E.S. can be played individually or in groups. Includes 15 full-color file folder, resealable bag, and envelope games; two reproducible assessment worksheets for each game; a cross-referenced skills matrix, and self-checking answer keys. 


All Around the Neighborhood
There’s a huge world for children to explore within their own communities, and this book provides the perfect place for them to start. Use the reproducible building fronts and vehicles to create a familiar neighborhood setting then let your students’ imaginations do the rest. From their own homes to fire stations to construction sites, social awareness is taught in conjunction with a variety of new concepts and vocabulary words that draw upon children’s interests. Includes 10 mini-books, seven file-folder games, 60+ reproducible patterns, 80+ literature links, and a wealth of cross-curricular activities to reinforce each new concept. Supports NCSS and NAEYC, standards.

Start Young! Early Childhood Science Activities
Offers a wealth of simple educational activities designed to use right away with even the littlest scientists. The book includes a chapter of helpful background on the latest thinking about effective ways to introduce science in early childhood. But the bulk of the book is two dozen articles compiled from Science & Children, NSTAs award-winning journal for elementary school teachers.

Activities Linking Science with Math 5-8
A hands-on guide for pre-service and in-service elementary and middle school teachers who want to connect science instruction with other areas of study, including visual arts, social sciences, language arts, and especially math.

Classic Classroom Activities: The Oxford Picture Dictionary Program 









Activities Linking Science with Math K-4
A hands-on guide for preservice and inservice elementary school teachers who want to connect science instruction with other areas of studyincluding visual arts, social sciences, language arts, and especially math.

New Children's Books

Copper - Kazu Kibuishi
Copper is curious, and Fred is fearful. And together boy and dog are off on a series of adventures powered by Copper's limitless imagination. The two friends have a knack for getting into all sorts of odd situations, but Copper's good cheer always smoothes the way--and Fred can usually be won over if there's food involved.

When Jack Goes Out - Pat Schories
Jack the dog plays happily in his backyard with visitors from outer space, but is not so sure he wants to go home with them.

New Audiobooks

The Chronicles of Narnia
Tells the tales of Narnia, a magical, fantastic place where good and evil battle, children have adventures as kings and queens, and beasts and creatures can talk. The seven books are in individual packages.

New VeggieTales DVDs

Minnesota Cuke and The Search for Noah's Umbrella
Minnesota is on the hunt for the famous Noah's Ark and along the way finds out about a powerful umbrella...and the villain who wants it for himself.

Lessons from the Sock Drawer
When Edmund Storch writes to Bob and Larry with a big problem, Larry must dig deep into the 'Veggie Vault' to find a solution. But what is the 'Veggie Vault' and why does Larry hide it in his sock drawer? And how did a sock puppet and a story-telling donkey get in there? Join the whole VeggieTales crew for this unique collection of tales.

The Wonderful World of Auto-tainment
What is auto-tainment? Larry the cucumber is pretty sure it involves an automated set from the future, singing robotic children and some of the veggies performing bizarre renditions of classic songs. Bob and Larry learn that God still loves them even when the future doesn't work out the way they had hoped.

New Children's Book

Wait Until Then - Randy Alcorn
Randy Alcorn helps children understand what the Bible says about heaven and the new earth yet to come - and why they're worth the wait.

New Spanish Teaching Aids

Cómo decir la hora learning chart [poster]
One side of this poster displays several analog clocks along with an explanation in Spanish about how to express time. The reverse includes reproducible activity sheets.

El tiempo learning chart [poster]
One side of this poster displays pictures of various weather conditions along with a description in Spanish. The reverse contains reproducible activity sheets and a teacher's guide in Spanish.

Los días de la semana learning chart [poster]
One side of this poster displays the days of the week in Spanish, and the reverse includes reproducible activity sheets and a teacher's guide in Spanish.

Nuestro día learning chart [poster]
Poster divided into 4 sections: Horario, Menú, Cumpleaños, and Noticias. Reverse includes reproducible activity sheets and a teacher's guide in Spanish.

Palabras e imagenes en casa [flash cards]
Contains 55 picture cards showing common household items. Reverse of each card has both the English and the Spanish words for the items.

El alfabeto y palabras con imágenes [flash cards]
Includes 56 cards displaying pictures of familiar objects and the name of each object in Spanish.



Cuenta los números 0 a 25 [flash cards]
Includes 52 cards to be used to teaching counting.

Palabras frecuenetes [flash cards]
Includes 54 flash cards and 2 word list cards displaying words that are commonly found in books read by children.

Cómo decir la hora [flash cards]

Includes 56 cards for practice in telling time. One side displays an analog clock, and the other side expresses the time in both English and Spanish.

Palabras e imágenes [flash cards]
Includes 96 picture cards displaying animals, colors, and other common Spanish words. For ages 5 and up.

New Children's Books

We Troubled the Waters - Ntozake Shange
Poetry and paintings in tribute to the many individuals who acted with courage for justice and change during the civil rights movement.

The Grand Mosque of Paris: A Story of How Muslims Rescued Jews During the Holocaust - Karen Gray Ruelle
During the Nazi occupation of Paris, no Jew was safe from arrest and deportation to a concentration camp. Few Parisians were willing to risk their own lives to help. Yet many Jews found refuge in an unlikely place, the sprawling complex of the Grand Mosque of Paris. Not just a place of worship but also a community center, this hive of activity was an ideal temporary hiding place for escaped prisoners of war and Jews of all ages, including children.

New Award Books

The Secret World of Walter Andersen - Hester Bass
Residents along the Mississippi Gulf Coast thought Walter Anderson was odd, rowing across twelve miles of open water in a leaky skiff to reach Horn, an uninhabited island without running water or electricity. But this solitary artist didn't much care what they thought as he spent weeks at a time on his personal paradise, sleeping under his boat, sometimes eating whatever washed ashore, sketching and painting the natural surroundings and the animals that became his friends. Here Walter created some of his most brilliant watercolors, work he kept hidden during his lifetime. Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children

Noah Webster: Weaver of Words-  Pegi Deitz Shea
This book is an exploration of the life and work of Noah Webster, which discusses his promotion of a living American language and universal education for all, career as a newspaper publisher, and creation of America's first insurance company. Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children Honor


Big Wolf & Little Wolf - Nadine Brun-Cosme
Big Wolf has always lived alone at the top of a hill under a tree, so when a little wolf suddenly arrives one day, he does not know what to think. Mildred L. Batchelder Honor

Book Fiesta! - Pat Mora
Children read aloud in various settings to celebrate of El día de los niños, or Children's Day, in this bilingual story. Includes facts about Mexico's annual celebration of children and the book fiestas that are often included.  Pura Belpre Illustrator Award

Mare's War - Tanita S. Davis
Teens Octavia and Tali learn about strength, independence, and courage when they are forced to take a car trip with their grandmother, who tells about growing up Black in 1940s Alabama and serving in Europe during World War II as a member of the Women's Army Corps.  Coretta Scott King Author Award Honor

Return to Sender - Julia Alvarez
After his family hires migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure, eleven-year-old Tyler befriends the oldest daughter, but when he discovers they may not be in the country legally, he realizes that real friendship knows no borders.  Pura Belpre Author Award

New Children's Books

Happy Easter, Mouse! - Laura Numeroff
Join Mouse from "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" as he tries to figure out who's leaving Easter eggs all over his house.

The Story of Snow: The Science of Winter's Wonder - Mark Cassino
This book about the science of snow features photos of snow crystals in their beautiful diversity and includes how snow crystals are formed into different shapes and snow-crystal-catching instructions in the back of the book.

Sojourner Truth's Step-Stomp Stride - Andrea Davis Pinkney
Text and illustrations tell the life story and describe the work of African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist Sojourner Truth.

Sunday Is for God - Michael McGowan
A young boy describes the events and activities that make Sunday a special day.



Sophie Peterman Tells the Truth - Sarah Weeks
A disgruntled big sister reveals unpleasant facts about babies.

10 Explorers Who Changed the World - Clive Gifford
Stories of ten pioneering explorers with "life links" that reveal how later adventurers were inspired by those who went before.

New YA Books

The Shadow Dragons - James A. Owen
The Winter King's Shadow, having gained control of the doors from the Keep of Time and of an army of Dragon Shadows, plans to use the turmoil of World War II to conquer worlds, but all Caretakers, past and present, come together to stop him, using some unlikely weapons.

When the Snow Fell - Henning Mankell
Now almost fourteen, Joel becomes a local hero to his small Swedish town when he saves an old man from freezing to death in the woods.

Shiver - Maggie Stiefvater
In all the years she has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house, Grace has been particularly drawn to an unusual yellow-eyed wolf who, in his turn, has been watching her with increasing intensity.

New Award Books

Benny and Penny in The Big No-No - Geoffrey Hayes
Two mice meet their new neighbor and discover that she is not as scary as they feared.  Theodor Seuss Geisel Award

Gracias/Thanks - Pat Mora
A young multiracial boy celebrates family, friendship, and fun by telling about some of the everyday things for which he is thankful.  Pura Belpre Illustrator Award Honor

New Biographies

Louisa: The Life of Louisa May Alcott - Yona Zeldis McDonough
Louisa came from a family that was poor but freethinking, and she started teaching when she was only seventeen years old. But writing was her passion. This biography captures the life of a compassionate woman who left an indelible mark on literature for all ages.

An Eye for Color: The Story of Josef Albers - Natasha Wing 
The painter Joseph Albers saw art in simple things. Late in his career, he began painting squares of solid, unmixed color, one within another.

The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth - Kathleen Krull
This picture-book biography explains how Farnsworth held on to his dream to develop television and the scientific concepts behind it.

The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Suzy) - Barbara Kerley
Thirteen-year-old Susy Clemens wants the world to know that her papa, Mark Twain, is more than just a humorist and sets out to write a comprehensive biography of the American icon.

Magellan's World - Stuart Waldman
A biography of Portuguese Ferdinand Magellan, the man who discovered the Americas for the rulers of Spain.