Outrageous Women of the Renaissance by Vicki Leon, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1999 Biograpical sketches of the lives of 15 real women who made history during the Renaissance, including Queens, artists, a famous thief, and a pirate.
Outrageous Women of the Renaissance by Vicki Leon, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1999
Biograpical sketches of the lives of 15 real women who made history during the Renaissance, including Queens, artists, a famous thief, and a pirate.
Bark George by Jules Feiffer, Micheal di Capua Books, HarperCollins Publishers, New York, NY 1999
George is a dog who sounds a bit strange when he barks, so he is taken to the vet to see what is the matter. This is a funny and easy to read book.
Westlandia by Paul Fleischman, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes, Candlewick Press, Cambridge, MA 1999
Wesley, who is a loner at school, plants a summer garden that produces a crop with clothing, shelter, food and drink which allows him to start a new
civilization of his own, and gain friends too.
The Raft by Jim LaMarche, HarperCollins Publishers, New York, NY 2000
A beautifully illustrated and well told story about a boy, a raft, nature, and becoming an artist.
Drawing Lessons from a Bear by David McPhail,Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA ,2000
While you read this book about the learning experiences of a bear that draws, you also learn a bit about becoming an artist.
Wild Horses I Have Known, text and photographs by Hope Ryden, Clarion Books, New York, NY 1999
Facts about mustang behavior and the wild horses in the American West from the personal observations and profuse photographs of the author.
Moose Tales by Nancy Van Laan, illustrated by Amy Rusch, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA 1999
Three stories for beginning readers about the adventures of Moose and his animal friends in the woodland.
The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson, Dutton Children's Books, New York, NY, 1998
A tale about a magical island kingdom with a population of humans, mermaids, ogres, feys, hags and wizards which must be entered via an abandoned railway station. 
The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung: A Chinese Miner by Laurence Yep, Scholastic, Inc. New York, NY 2000
The fictional story of a young Chinese boy during the California Gold Rush in 1852, based on historical events and some of the problems faced by the immigrants from China of that time.
Midnight Magic by Avi, Scholastic Press,, New York, NY,1999
Is King Claudio's daughter really being haunted by a ghost? Read this ghost story set in Italy in 1491 to find out.
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