Squids will be squids:fresh morals for modern fables by Jon Scieszka, pictures by Lane Smith, Viking, New York, 1998
Some humorous modern fables with tongue-in-cheek morals about topics like homework, curfews, and television in which animals replace people you might know.
Lives: Poems about Famous Americans, selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins, illustrated by Leslie Staub, HarperCollins Publishers, New York, 1999
Sixteen poems about real Americans from Paul Revere to Neil Armstrong.
Redcoats and Petticoats by Katherine Kirkpatrick, illustrated by Ronald Himmler, Holliday House, New York, 1999
A spy story based on the actual Setauket long Island ring that brought information about the British occupiers of New York to the revolutionaary war patriots in Connecticut from 1778 to 1784.
Katie Meets the Impressionists by James Mayhew, Orchard Books, New York, 1997
On a museum visit Katie closes her eyes and is magically transported into the world the paintings show her. (Look at our Hot Links to Art Sites to sample some real museums.)
Can You Guess Where We're Going by Elvira Woodruff, illustrated by Cynthia Fisher, Holliday House, New York, 1998
Jack's grandfather keeps hinting about many unusual things they will see on a trip in the car. We won't spoil the surprise ending.
Game Day: behind the scenes at a ballpark by Robert Young, photographs by Jerry Wachter, Carolrhoda Books, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, 1998
A description of the activities before, during and after a Baltimore Orioles game at Camden Yards.
A Band of Angels by Deborah Hopkinson, illustrated by Raul Colon,an Atheneum Book for Young Readers, New York, 1999
A story about Ella Sheppard, born a slave, and the Jubillee Singers, which she started. They were among the first to preserve the songs and spirituals of slavery days by performing them. See our February Books for more African American History.
Pegasus retold by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Li Ming, Dutton Children's Books, New York, NY, 1998
The Greek myth about the taming of the winged horse Pegasus, by Bellerophon and the battle with the monster Chimaera beautifully illustrated.
Good Enough to Eat: A Kids Guide to Food and Nutrition by Lizzy Rockwell, Harper Collins, New York, 1999
This appetizingly photographed book describes the six categories of nutrients, how they work in the body, and some of the foods that provide each.
Look-Alikes by Joan Steiner, photography by Thomas Lindley, Little Brown & Co.,1998
Everyday objects are concealed in each of the eleven scenes in Look-Alike Land (a land constructed of three dimensional collages of found objects carefully arranged and photographed) and poems challenge the reader to find and identify them.
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