Clementine by Sara Pennypacker, pictures by Marla Frazee, Hyperion Books For Children, New York, 2006 This very funny story is about the very bad week that Clementine is having at school, which is not really her fault, but...
Clementine by Sara Pennypacker, pictures by Marla Frazee, Hyperion Books For Children, New York, 2006
This very funny story is about the very bad week that Clementine is having at school, which is not really her fault, but...
Campy: The story of Roy Campanella by David A. Adler, illustrated by Gordon C. James, Viking, New York, NY 2007
A biograpy of Roy Campanella, who became the first African American catcher in Major League Baseball, earned multiple MVP awards, and went on to become an advocate for the disabled after a car accident.
Tour America: A Journey Through Poems and Art by Diane Siebert, illustrated by Stephen T. Johnson, Chronicle Books LLC, San Francisco, CA, 2006
Twenty six different landmarks spread across the USA are each described in a poem, illustrated by a work of art in various media, located on a map, and has its significance explained in a small text box
The Children's Book of Art by Rosie Dickins, designed by Nicky Butler, consultant Dr. Erika Langmuir, cartoons by Uwer Mayer, Usborne Publishing Ltd., London, 2006
An introduction to art, containing the works of over 30 great painters from the Renaissance to the modern works of Warhol and David Hockney, with information on the artist and the techniques they used, and some historic context for the paintings.
The Little Red Hen retold and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, Dial Books for Young Readers, New York, NY 2006
A freshly illustrated version of the classic fable of the hard working hen who asked for help in making bread and her revenge on the lazy animals that refused to help.
Beneath the Streets of Boston: Building America's First Subway written and illustrated by Joe McKendry, David R. Godine Publisher, Boston, MA 2005
The historically accurate story of the building of Boston's subway system, parts of which formed the oldest subway lines in the United States, with photographs, illustrations and diagrams that show the various construction techniques and engineering challenges.
Up Before Daybreak: Cotton and People in America, by Deborah Hopkinson, Scholastic Nonfiction, New York, NY 2006
A history of the cotton industry in America, from the earliest settlers of colonial times to the middle of the twentieth century, and its impact on the lives of the slaves and sharecroppers of the South, who planted and picked it, and the women workers in the textile mills of New England, who turned it into cloth.
To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel by Siena Cherson Siegel, artwork by Mark Siegel, Atheneum Books Books for Young Readers, New York, NY 2006
A first hand memoir of the life of a young ballet dancer, from dancing on the sand in Puerto Rico as a child, to dancing in Lincoln Center, all illustrated with watercolor and ink graphics by her husband .
Helicopters: The Story of Flight by Ole Steen Hansen, Crabtree Publishing Company, New York, NY, 2003
A history of the development of helicopters, from the first uncontrollable flights of a few feet, to the present day, and a discussion of their multiple uses, both military and civilian.
Corby Flood by Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell, David Pickling Books, Random House, New York, NY 2005
A tale about eight year old Corby, travelling on the ocean liner, S.S. Euphonia, who starts to investigate mysterious singing coming from the ship's hold and encounters a group of five men called the Brotherhood of Clowns, which leads to many far-flung adventures.
Lilly Brown's Paintings by Angela Johnson, paintings by E. B. Lewis, Orchard Books, Scholastic Inc., New York, NY 2007
When Lilly Brown paints she imagines all sorts of fantastic things, like talking and singing fruit and trees wearing hats, in the scenes that she sees every day.
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