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.

New Picture Books

Animal Heroes: True Rescue Stories - Sandra Markle
Learn about animals, both domestic and wild, who have become heroes when they came to the rescue of humans.

Here Comes the Garbage Barge! - Jonah Winter
In the spring of 1987, the town of Islip, New York, with no place for its 3,168 tons of garbage, loads it on a barge that sets out on a 162-day journey along the East Coast, around the Gulf of Mexico, down to Belize, and back again, in search of a place willing to accept and dispose of its very smelly cargo.

New Country Books

Mexico: the Culture - Bobbie Kalman
An introduction to the culture of Mexico that explores the traditions, celebrations, foods, holidays, sports, art, music, dance, language, and literature of the country.

Mexico: the Land - Bobbie Kalman
Mexico is dry deserts and lush rain forests, it is also rolling hills and broad plains. Mexico is full of contrasts: factories and farms, huge cities and small towns, populated areas, and untouched wilderness. Mexico is a land of variety.

Mexico - Elaine Landau
Brief survey of the history, geography and culture of Mexico.

Poland - Zilah Deckker
A basic overview of the history, geography, climate, and culture of Poland.







Mongolia - Allison Lassieur
Describes the geography, people, government, culture, history, religion, economy, and wildlife of Mongolia.

New YA Books

Numbers - Rachel Ward
Fifteen-year-old Jem knows when she looks at someone the exact date they will die, so she avoids relationships and tries to keep out of the way, but when she meets a boy named Spider and they plan a day out together, they become more involved than either of them had planned.

Raven Summer - David Almond
Led to an abandoned baby by a raven, fourteen-year-old Liam seems fated to meet two foster children who have experienced the world's violence in very different ways as he struggles to understand war, family problems, and friends who grow apart.

Salt - Maurice Gee
Hari, one of the enslaved people from Blood Burrow, and Pearl, a member of the ruling families known as Company, forge an unusual alliance and become reluctant traveling companions, as they undertake a desperate pilgrimage to save the world from a terror beyond their greatest imaginings.

New Award Books

My Abuelita - Tony Johnston
With great gusto, a child's grandmother performs deep knee bends, consumes a breakfast of "huevos estrellados," and practices vocal exercises before going to work as a storyteller. Pura Belpre Illustrator Award Honor
 
Pearl and Wagner: One Funny Day - Kate McMullan
April Fools' Day is not a happy one for Wagner the mouse because his best friend, Pearl the rabbit, and other children and adults at school keep tricking him. Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor

The Day-Glo Brothers: the True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer's Bright Ideas and Brand-New Colors - Chris Barton
The story of Joe and Bob Switzer who experimented with ultraviolet lights and fluorescent paints and invented a new kind of color called Day-Glo. Robert E. Sibert Informational Book Medal Honor
 
Darwin - Alice B. McGinty
A picture book biography which reveals the assembling of Darwin's most profound idea: the survival of the fittest.  Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children

Federico Garcia Lorca - Georgina Lazaro
Both a rhyming picture book and an illustrated biography, this tale recreates the early experiences of world-famous Spanish poet Federico Garca Lorca. Pura Belpre Author Award Honor

How Many Baby Pandas? - Sandra Markle
Looks at the eight panda pairs that were born at China's Wolong Giant Panda Breeding and Research Center in 2005, examining how they live, grow, and play and the steps that are being taken to prepare them for their release into the wild. Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children Honor

New Traditional Literature Books

The Goat-Faced Girl: A Classic Italian Folktale - Leah Marinsky Sharpe
When Isabella, a beautiful but lazy young woman, agrees to marry an equally lazy prince, the sorceress who raised her gives her the head of a goat in hopes that she will learn to do things for herself.

The Gift of the Crocodile: A Cinderella Story - Judy Sierra
In this Indonesian version of the Cinderella story, a girl named Damura escapes her cruel stepmother and stepsister and marries a handsome prince with the help of Grandmother Crocodile.

The Golden Sandal: A Middle Eastern Cinderella Story - Rebecca Hickox
An Iraqi version of the Cinderella story in which a kind and beautiful girl who is mistreated by her stepmother and stepsister finds a husband with the help of a magic fish.