Rolla Library

New School Materials

WAW BOOKS 2008 – 2009

3^RD – 5^TH

• Archer’s Quest by Linda Sue Park
• Clementine by Sara Pennypacker
• Drita, My Homegirl by Jenny Lombard
• Free Baseball by Sue Corbett
• Julia’s Kitchen by Brenda A. Ferber
• Larger-Than-Life Lara by Dandi Daley Mackall
• Phineas L. MacGuire Erupts! by Frances O’Roark Dowell
• Punished! by David Lubar
• The Road to Paris by Nikki Grimes
• Toys Go Out by Emily Jenkins
• Wings by William Loizeaux

6^th – 8^th

• All of the Above by Shelley Pearsall
• Confessions from the Principal’s Chair by Anna Myers
• Counting on Grace by Elizabeth Winthrop
• Gossamer by Lois Lowry
• Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
• Jumping the Scratch by Sarah Weeks
• Listen! by Stephanie Tolan
• The Mailbox by Audrey Shafer
• One-Handed Catch by Mary Jane Auch
• Rules by Cynthia Lord
• Singing Hands by Delia Ray
• The Wright 3 by Blue Balliett
• Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy

More New Books (Oct 2007)

The library has the following new books now available for checkout:* denotes that the book is Accelerated Reader

• *Science Measurements: How Heavy? How Long? How Hot? By Chris Eboch
• *Being Considerate by Jull Lynn Donahue
• *Max and Buddy Go to the Vet by Adria F. Klein
• *Rain on the Roof by Janine Scott
• *Starring Miss Darlene-Amy Schwartz
• *Ancient Coins were Shaped Like Hams by Barbara Seuling
• *Beowulf: A Hero’s Tale Retold -James Rumford (great introduction to the story-beautiful book!)
• New Indians Books Series ( AR levels 4.2-5.1)

-*Yurok (5.0) *Murdoc (4.9) *Paiute (4.8) *Arapaho (4.8) *Kiowa ((5.0) *Kumeyaay (4.9) *Caddo (4.6) *Chickasaw (4.7) *Cahuilla (5.1) *Choctaw (4.9) *Nez Perce (4.5) *Iroquois (4.6) *Comanche (4.6) *Navajo (4.3) *Sioux ( 4.5) *Seminole (4.2) *Cheyenne (4.7) *Cherokee (4.3) *Apache (4.6) *Algonquin (4.5)

• Fable Indian books: (AR levels 3.4-3.7) Fiction (fable) with Indian facts at back

*Rays of the Sun (3.5) Shoshone *Berry Picking Time (3.7) Apache *Dream CatcherLadder at the Door (3.4) Hopi *Fierce Warriors (3.7) Comanche *Keeping Ghosts (3.7) Creek (3.4) Lakota Sioux

• *Love Stargirl-Jerry Spinelli (sequel to Stargirl)
• *Judy Moody Was in a Mood. Not a Good Mood A Bad Mood. (3.5)- small chapter book
• *Judy Moody Gets Famous (3.5) small chapter book
• *Judy Moody Predicts the Future (3.1) small chapter book
• *Judy Moody, M.D. The Doctor’s In (3.2) small chapter book
• *Judy Moody saves the World (3.6) small chapter book

SpongeBob Squarepants chapter books (levels 3.2-4.1)

*Naughty Nautical Neighbors *Tea at the Treedome *SpongeBob Superstar *Hall Monitor *World’s Greatest Valentine *SpongeBob Naturepants *Sandy’s Rocket *SpongeBob Squarepants: The Lost Episode *New Student Starfish

· The Princeton Review Cracking the ACT 2007 Edition

· *Girl !5, Charming But Insane- YA/Adult Sue Limb

*Girl, Nearly 16 Absolute Torture- YA/Adult Sue Limb

· *Peak- Roland Smith-great fictional YA story about climbing Mount Everest (lots of action!)

· Mentor: The Kid and the CEO – Adult Tom Pace with Walter Jenkins super fictional story about an 18 year old boy who robs a store and is mentored by a CEO. Great inspirational book!

· *The Book Theif- Mark Zusak-YA/Adult Great story of Nazi Germany as told by the character, Death- This is a wonderful book and it’s getting a lot of press!

· *Nineteen Minutes-Jodi Picoult (Adult)

· *Dreamland- Sarah Dessen Adult/ YA story about a young girl who is abused by her boyfriend

· * Into the Wild- John Krakauer- Adult. True story of a young man who gives up everything to move to Alaska and live off the land. What happened? Read and find out.

New Library Books (9-12-07)
* denotes AR

PJF Picture Books

• *Boy Who Was Raised By Librarians by Carla Morris
• *Cook-A-Doodle-Doo! By Janet Stevens, Susan Crummel, and Susan Stevens
• *The Magical Garden of Claude Monet (great easy art book) by Laurence Anholt
• *Picasso and the Girl With a Ponytail (another good art book a little higher level) by Laurence Anholt
• *Our Tree Named Steve by Alan Zweibel
  (GREAT story about the role a tree plays in a family’s life!)
• *Papa and the Pioneer Quilt by Jean Van Leeuwen, Jean

Juvenile Fiction (We also have all the new William Allen White Books)

• *Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery
• *Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery
• *Dogs Don’t Tell Jokes by Louis Sachar
• *High Rhulain (latest Redwall book) by Brian Jacques
• *Kira, Kira by Cynthia
  Kadohata

Juvenile Non-fiction

• Gone Wild: An Endangered Alphabet by David McLimans
• *Children of the Great Depression by Russell Freedman (Good History Book)
• *Good Brother, Bad Brother: the story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth by James Cross Giblin (Good History Book)
• *George VS. George: the American Revolution by Rosalyn Schanzer, (Good History book)

Information/Reference

• New View Almanac 2003
• Kaplan ACT Prep 2007
• Facts on File Children’s Atlas 2006

Adult Non-Fiction

· Afghanistan to Zimbabwe by Andrew Wojtanik-( excellent 2007 Geography book to use for Scholars’ Bowl)

· *Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

· *Death of A Salesman by Arthur Miller

Adult Fiction

• *A Day No Pigs Would Die byRobert Peck

• *Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
• *Hanging onto Max by Margaret Bechard
• *A Separate Peace by John Knowles
• *Their Eyes Were Watching God by
  Zora Neale Hurston
• *Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick
• *Avalon High- Meg Cabot
• *Grendel- by John Gardner
• *Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
• *Double Helix by Nancy Werlin
• *Copper Sun by Sharon M. Draper