Poetry
Wham! It's a Poetry Jam (Poetry)
By Sara Holbrook
This book gave some great tips on how to prepare for a poetry jam. It also gave ideas on how
to create poetry for two voices.
Sports! Sports! Sports! A Poetry Collection
By Lee Bennett Hopkins
This was a collection of poetry on differents sports such as baseball, basketfall, football,
ice hockey, soccer, ice skating, swimming, and running races.
Weather Poems for All Seasons
by Lee Bennett Hopkins
This is a collection of poems about all weather in the different seasons.
Lunch Money And Other Poems About School
By Carol Diggory Shields
This is a collection of poems about school such as games kids play, kids they meet,
math, doing homework etc.
Picture
The Carrot Seed
By Ruth Krauss
This is a simply illustrated book about a little boy who plants a carrot seed. He tends to
his plant by watering it and pulling the weeds. However, everyone keeps telling him that the plant will not grow.
Nonetheless, the boy continues to water and pull weeds. Then one day the carrot grows just as the boy knew it would.
Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock
By Eric A. Kimmel
This is a story about a devious little spider that finds a majical moss-covered rock. Using
the rock to his advantage he takes food from the other jungle animals. Until one day a clever deer gives Anansi a taste
of his own medicine.
Bread And Jam For Frances
By Russell Hoban
This is a story about girl badger named Frances who loves to eat bread and jam. Her mom serves
her all kinds of different foods, but Frances insists on eating bread and jam. Her mother ends up giving her bread and
jam for every meal and Frances gets tired of bread and jam. I guess to much of a good thing isn't always the best.
If You Give A Cat A Cupcake
By Laura Numeroff
This is a story about a cat that gets a cupcake. When he gets a cupcake he wants sprinkles
to go on it. The cat makes a mess with the sprinkles which makes him hot and the journey begins. His owner takes
him to the beach and things at the beach remind him of other things which leads to other things which eventually leads him
back to the sprinkles on a cupcake.
Caps For Sale
By Esphyr Slobodkina
This story is about a peddler who sells different colored hats. The man wears all of them on
his hat as he walks slowly through town. One day no one wanted to buy hats. The man was tired and decided to take
a nap. When he woke up he discovered his hats were missing. To his surprise monkeys in a tree were wearing his
hats. He tried shaking his fingers at them to get the monkeys to give his hats back. This was a case of monkey
see monkey do because after several finger shakings the peddler through down his own hat and so did the monkeys.
Corduroy
By Don Freeman
This story is about a toy bear who lives in a department store waiting for a child to take him home.
A little girl sees Corduroy and wants to buy him, but her mom says no because he looks used and is missing a button.
Later that evening Corduroy searches the store for his button. He finds one on a mattress, but when he tries to take
it off Corduroy falls off the bed and makes a loud crash. The night watchman finds the bear and places him back on the
shelf. The next day the little girl comes back to buy Corduroy. When they get home she sows a button on Corduroy.
Corduroy knows he finally has a real home.
Drummer Hoff
By Barbara Emberley
This is a folk verse about a building of a cannon. One by one a soldier comes to add another
piece to a canon. Once the canon is all put together Drummer Hoff fires is off.
The Web Files
By Margie Palatini
Ducktective Web was on the case to find the missing peck of perfect purple almost-pickled peppers.
This mystery incorporated other nursery rhyme characters with plenty of usage of alliteration. In the end it was the
dirty rat that got caught.
The Storytelling Princess
By Rafe Martin
This is a story about a Prince who had an arranged marriage. The King said it was time to marry,
but the Prince said he would only marry the girl who told him an ending to a story he had never heard before. In a distant
kingdom a Princess was told it was time to marry the man she was arranged with. She didn't want to marry anyone.
Nontheless, she and her parents set sail to the another kingdom. A storm hits and the Princess
is washed ashore. She ends up finding dry sailor clothes and tells the story to the Prince. It was actually
her true story in which the Prince had never heard the ending. And they lived happily ever after.
Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?
By Bill Martin Jr.
This is a repetitious picture book about different animals and what they see. In the end the
mama bear sees all the animals and baby bear looking at her.
Detective Dinosaur Lost and Found
By James Skofield
This is a short chapter book with three different stories. The first one tells about
Detective Dinosaur and Officer Pterodactyl finding baby Penny, a missing baby apatosaurus. The second story is
about Detective Dinosaur and Officer Pterodactyl finding the owner for a little kitten. The third story is about
how Detective Dinosaur gets lost himself. He knows what it is like to feel alone and scared. All ends
well though for baby Penny, the little kitten, and Detective Dinosaur.
An Elm Tree and Three Sisters
By Norma Sommerdorf
This story was about three sisters who lived on a big farm. Because their land was so big it
felt bare. The three sisters set out one day to find a tree to plant in their yard. They found a little Elm tree
along the river and carefully dug it up and planted it in their yard. The tree grew through many milestones in the girls
lives. Until one day the tree got a disease and it had to be chopped down. The girls were very sad. However,
the grandchildren gave the sisters a wonderful gift. They planted another elm tree.
How Georgie Radbourn Saved Baseball
By David Shannon
This is a story about a young baseball player named Boss Swaggert who was in a bad slump. He
struck out at a crucial point in the game and he was so angry he vowed to never play baseball again. The next few years
he worked very hard to become rich. He bought all the radio stations and newpapers in order to control the talk about
baseball. He became so powerful that he banned baseball and had factories built where baseball fields once were.
Winters stretched out year round. When Georgie Radbourn was born ironically all that came out of his mouth were baseball
sayings. Georgie was put on trial for these sayings. Georgie proposed a contest between himself and Boss Swaggert.
A game of baseball - if Georgie could strike him out he would go free and baseball would be restored. Of course Georgie
struck Boss out and that is how he saved baseball.
Madlenka's Dog
By Peter Sis
This is a story about a little gril named Madlenka. She wanted a dog so much that she pretends
she has a dog. Taking it on a walk she introduces her dog to several people on the street. She finds a friend
that has an imaginary horse as well. They play together until it is time to go home.
Julio's Majic
By Arthur Dorros
Julio is a boy who lives in a small village. They don't have much. One day he is excited
to find some wood for carving. His good friend Iluminado taught him how to carve. Julio wanted to enter a wood
carving contest to win money. His friend Iluminado was getting old and his sight was going as well. Julio noticed
that Iluminado's crops were poor as well. He convinced his friend to enter the wood carving contest too. It turns
out that Iluminado ends up winning the much needed money. Julio never sent his carvings in that year.
George and Martha Two Great Friends
By James Marshall
This is a story about two friends who are very honest with each other. They are there through
good times and bad.
Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type
By Doreen Cronin
This is a story about cows that type. The farmer goes to the barn to see them. When he
gets to the barn he finds a note from the cows asking for electric blankets. He tells them no and they refuse to give
him milk. Then the cows leave another note asking for electric blankets for the hens. The farmer again refuses
and the hens refuse to lay eggs. The farmer types a note demanding they give him milk and eggs. A duck delivers
the note as he is the neutral party. After much deliberation the cows type the farmer a note that says they will give
him the typewritter in exchange for electric blankets. The cows received the blankets, but the farmer never received
the typewritter because it was supposed to be delivered by the ducks. However, they were too busy typing.
Curious George and the Hot Air Balloon
By Margret & H. A. Rey
Curious George goes on a vacation to see Mount Rushmore with the man in the yellow hat. When
they go to see the hot air balloon race, George ends up jumping in one balloon and it takes off. George had no idea
how he is going to get down. The hot air balloon ends up going near Mount Rushmore and there is a man stuck on one of
the Presidents face. The balloon gets close enough for the worker to climb in. All ends well - the worker is saved
and Curious George gets to the ground safely as well.
Good Night Gorilla
By Peggy Rathmann
While locking up the zoo for the night, a guard says good night to gorilla. As the guard passes
the cage the gorilla grabs the guards keys. He unlocks himself and quietly follows the guard. As the guard says
good night to the other animals the gorilla unlocks their cages. The guard goes home and goes to bed. His wife
says, "Good night dear" and one by one the animals say, "Good night" back to her. She turns on the light and takes the
animals back to the zoo. When she goes to sleep somehow the gorilla ends up back in the bed.
Come Along Daisy!
By Jane Simmons
One day Daisy and her mama are swimming. Mama duck continuously calls for Daisy to come along.
However, Daisy is curious and goes exploring other things. Mama and Daisy get separated and Daisy gets scared.
Daisy finally reunites with mama duck. Daisy continues to explore, but this time she makes sure to stay close to mama
duck.
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
By Mo Willems
This was a silly book. On the first page the bus driver asks the reader (that's me) not to
let the pigeon drive the bus. He said he would be right back. In the mean time the pigeon is talking to me, actually
begging me to let him drive the bus. Just when you think the pigeon is going to loose his feathers the bus driver returns
and makes sure that I didn't let the pigeon drive the bus.
Froggy Goes To Bed
By Jonathan London
Froggy's mother says it is time for bed, but Froggy says he is not tired. She tells Froggy
to take a bath, but first he needs to find his boat. Everytime Froggy's mother says to do something Froggy always has
something to do first. When Froggy's mother finally gets him into bed, he needs a drink of water, it spills. Then
he wants a story read to him. Froggy's mother is so exhausted from trying to put Froggy to sleep that she ends up falling
asleep during the story. Froggy kisses his mother good night and goes to sleep.
Night at the Fair
By Donald Crews
Some kids go to the fair at night. The enjoy all the food there is to eat, the games they can
play, and the rides they can ride on. Their most favorite ride is the Ferris Wheel. It takes them up high so that
they can see where they have been and where they can still go.
Officer Buckle and Gloria
By Peggy Rathmann
Officer Buckle went to the schools giving speeches on safety. No one ever listen and they would
fall asleep. One day the department bought a dog named Gloria. One day Officer Buckle had to give his speech to
a school. While he talked about safety Gloria was doing tricks behind him. The audience applauded and Officer
Buckle thought they were excited about his safety speeches. One day he was watching the news which happened to film
the speech. Officer Buckle saw that the students were only excited about Gloria. So for the next speech he had
someone else drive Gloria to the school to do the speech, but it wasn't the same. The students wanted Officer Buckle
and Gloria together because they made such a great team.
Morris The Moose
By B. Wiseman
Morris the moose is determined to prove that a cow is really a moose. However when he asks
a deer and a horse to tell the cow he is a moose the deer tells Morris they are deer, and the horse tells them all they are
horses. Finally they come to a stream and looking at their reflection they decide they are all different animals.
Sunny The Greedy Goat
By Ethel Barrett
Sunny is a goat that loves to eat. When his owner feeds Sunny he makes sure to give him a little
bit. Well one day Sunny's owner leaves the barn door open. Sunny has hit the jackpot - he eats and eats and eats.
Sunny was so sick that he couldn't eat for three days. Sunny definitely learned his lesson.
Sheila Rae, The Brave
By Kevin Henkes
Sheila Rae loves to brag about how she is not afraid of anything. One day while she wasn't
paying any attention Sheila Rae gets separated from her little sister Louise. Sheila Rae thinks of all the horrible
things that could happen. Louise finds Sheila Rae and the roles are reversed. Louise is now the one who brags
about not being scared.
Henry's Important Date
By Robert Quakenbush
Henry gets an invitation to his friend Clara's birthday party. She asks him to bring the cake.
Henry tries evertthing to get to the party on time, but things keep stopping him. When he finally reaches Clara's house
she tells Henry the party is tomorrow.
Froggy Learns To Swim
By Jonathan London
Froggy is afraid to swim until his mother along with his flippers, his mask, and his snorkel help
him.
Chuck The Unlucky Duck
By Morgan Matthews
Chuck Duck comes from a long line of lucky ducks. However he is not so lucky. He tries
all sorts of good luck charms, but none seem to work. One day he saves a rabbit and becomes the rabbits good luck charm.
Chuck is finally lucky.
Bear Feels Sick
By Karma Wilson
Bear gets sick and can't play with his friends. So his friends pitch in to help get Bear better.
Bear finally feels good enough to play, but all his friends are sick.
Miss Nelson Has A Field Day
By James Marshall
Miss Swamp is a teacher at Horace B. Smedley. When everyone is down in the dumps about their
football team loosing every game Miss Swamp comes up with a plan. She poses as a football coach and helps them win a
game.
Miss Mopp's Luck Day
By Leslie McGuire
Miss Mopp heads to town to sell her cakes. She leaves the house feeling like she has forgotten
something. While walking through the forest all the animals wait behind a tree wanting to eat her cakes. She finally
remembers she forgot her umbrella and heads back to the house right as the animals fall on each other.
The Ghost In Dobbs Diner
By Robert Alley
Mr. Dobbs run a very busy diner. He is always busy helping with all the work. One
day he finds a green bottle that has a friendly ghost inside. However, the people don't agree. They
are afraid and want Mr. Dobbs to get rid of him. The ghost proves that he is helpful in many ways. The
ghost eventually wins over the people and Mr. Dobbs gets a break.
HedgeHog Bakes A Cake
By Maryann Macdonald
Hedgehog decides he want to bake a cake, but his friends all want to help. However, they
make more of a mess than a good cake. Hedgehog lets them help and when they leave he bakes a new cake and
shares it with his friends.
Milk And Cookies
By Frank Asch
While sleeping at Grandma and Grandpa bears house baby bear hears noises downstairs. A hungry
bear appears and Baby Bear feeds him milk and cookies. The dragon eats everything and drinks all the milk. Baby
Bear wakes up crying - it was only a dream.
Franklin Is Lost
by Paulette Bourgeois
Franklin is playing hide-n-seek with his friends when he wanders off into the forest. He
gets lost and is very afraid. Everyone looks for Franklin. His parents finally find him and he is greatful.
Leon's Prize
By Jerry Smath
Leon goes to great lengths and distances to enter dance contests. While winning them
all he realizes he put his prizes before his wife.
It's Too Noisy!
By Joanna Cole
A Farmer lives in a very noisy and overcrowded house. He goes to a wise man for advice.
The advice is to let all the animals inside. When that doesn't work the wise man suggests letting all the animals out.
The farmer realizes that his house is not that noisy.
Froggy Bakes A Cake
By Jonathan London
Froggy tries to bake a cake for his mother's birthday. Instead he end up making a big mess.
My Uncle Nikos
By Julie Delton
Helena has a special relationship with her Uncle Nikos who lives in a village in the mountains
of Greece, in a small house with a large garden.
Muddypaws
By Moira Butterfield
Ben gets a new puppy and wants to find the best name for him. While thinking of the best name
the puppy gets into messes and ends up with the name Muddypaws.
The Teeny Tiny Woman
By Jane O'Conner
The teeny tiny woman goes for a walk through a grave yard. She picks up a bone to make a soup
with. She goes home to take a nap and a ghost begins asking for its bone back.
Historical Fiction
The Josefina Story Quilt
By Eleanor Coerr
This book takes place in the 1950's. A young girl is traveling west with her family and her
pet chicken Josefina. The young girl makes a quilt with patches that tells the story of their journey.
Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express
By Eleanor Coerr
This story takes place in the Spring of 1860. A sixteen year old by named Bill finds excitement
when he becomes a rider for the Pony Express. He endures dangerous travels and scary encounters with Indians.
The Buffalo Soldier
By Sherry Garland
This story tells about one buffalo soldier's service to his country during the Indian And Spanish-American
Wars. It tells about the many hardships these soldiers faced.
The Great Texas Hamster Drive
By Eric A. Kimmel
This story takes place in the west. Pecos Bill's daughter wants a pet hamster so he gets her
one. Soon the one hamster multiplies into hundreds of pet hamsters. So Bill decides to "drive" the heard of hamsters
to Chicago where other children can have pets too.
Graphic Novels
Family Fix-up
By C. Tobin
Maya decides that her abuela is lonely despite her having fun with her friends. She decides
to fix her up with their mailman so she won't be so lonely. She drags her brother Miguel into helping set their abuelita
up on a date.
Teacher's Pet
By C. Tobin
Maya decides her pet parrot is lonely. She takes him to school so he isn't so lonely.
The parrato ends up escaping and Maya tries to find him before she gets in trouble. It turns out that Maya's parrot
is with her teacher's parrot. Now every morning before school Maya's teacher brings his pet to her house so neither
bird is lonely.
Golden Eagle
By Erica Farber and J.R. Sansevere
Mr Hogwash takes his students on a class trip to Coyote Canyon, a Native Critter desert reservation.
Ranger Roy helps the critter kids get their camp set. He also lets them know that someone is stealing golden eagle eggs
from the preserve. LC critter goes on an adventure to see a golden eagle egg but instead he finds footprints.
In the end it is Ranger Roy who is the theif.
The Alien From Outer Space
By Erica Farber and J.R. Sansevere
LC gets a new telescope from his uncle. A comet was suppose to pass somewhere over Critterville.
That night LC invited all the critterkids over to camp out in his back yard. He tells them a story about an alien encounter.
After the story the tent begins to shake and lights flicker outside. It ends up being LC's little sister.
Sammy's Story
By David Kooharian
This is a story of a couragous little boy who is sick and can't walk. One evening it snows
and he asks his mom if they can go sledding the next morning. She kisses him good night and says maybe. That night
Sammy has an interesting dream where Realistic fiction has so be brave, courageous and has to face his fears. However
it isn't a dream at all, it is reality. Sammy is dying in the real world and he has a decision to make - go back home
and be sick or stay in a place where he can walk and be pain free.
Realistic Fiction
Hoot
by Carl Hiaasen
Roy Eberhardt is a new kid in Florida. While going to school one day he discovers a strange
boy running with no shoes opposite of the school route. Curious, Roy investigates who the boy. Roy ends up getting involved
in saving some burrowing owls.
Nothing But The Truth
By A V I
Ninth grader Philip Malloy gets suspended while humming the Star Spangled Banner in his homeroom.
His suspension becomes national news - a little more than Philip had bargained for.
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
By Judith Viorst
When Alexander woke up one morning everything went wrong. He knew it was going to be a rotten
day. As the day went on more bad things happened. Alexander began to say he was going to move to Austrailia.
Eventually his mother tells him that some days are just like that Even in Austrailia.
Biography
Mark Twain at Work!
By Howard Goldsmith
This book tells about a childhood incident which turns into one of Mark Twain's most famous books
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Thomas Edison To The Rescue!
By Howard Goldsmith
As a young boy Thomas Edison was selling sandwhiches on the platform of the train station.
A gentleman by the name of James Mackenzie bought a sandwhich from him and went back inside to work. Thomas saw Mr.
Mackenzie's son on the train tracks and grabbed him before the train went by. As a reward Thomas asked Mr. Mackenzie
to show him how to be a telegraph operator. This was the beginning of Thomas Edisons adventures to becoming a great
inventor.
John F. Kennedy
By Helen Frost
This is a biography about our thirty fifth President. This book discusses his family life and
his political career.
Science Fiction
Atomic Ace and the Robot Rampage
By Jeff Weigel
The son of super hero Atomic Ace wants to be just like his dad. He soon finds out though that
his powers a to weak to fight off some robots that attack his school. It's a good thing super mom was there to save
the day.
Coming Home
By Miles Lane
Clark Kent a.k.a Superman goes back to the Kent farm after being away for years looking for his home
planet Krypton. While on the farm he begins to have flashbacks of his childhood and how he came to know he was Superman.
He tells his mother he knows who he is and what he has to do. She had faith in him all along and tells him she knew
he would find his way back home.
The Time Pincher
By Ruth Koeppel
Cindy writes a report about how Mr. Macaroni invented the radio in 1870. However, Jimmy is
quick to set her straight by telling her that Thomas Edison didn't invent electricity until twelve years later. She
didn't believe him so Jimmy builds a time machine to go and get Edison to prove his point.
Folklore
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach
By Carmen Deedy
This is a Cuban Folktale about a beautiful cockroach who is ready to marry. Her grandmother
offers some advice to Martina when looking for the right suitor - the coffee test. Martina soon finds out who is suitible
to be her husband.
The Three Snow Bears
By Jan Brett
This is a story just like Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Only this version involves an Inuit
girl and three snow bears.
There Was a Coyote Who Swallowed a Flea
By Jennifer Ward
This is a story about a coyote that lives in the desert. He eats some unusual things like a
flea, a snake a boot, a hat, a chile, a cactus, and some more unusual things.
Blanca's Feather
By Antonio Hernandez Madrigal
This is a story about a little girl named Rosalia who wants to take her hen to get blessed, but she
can't find her. Rosalia takes a single feather to get blessed in the hens place so that she could be blessed when she
finds the hen. When the hen does come around Rosalia finds out that her hen has had baby chicks. Rosalia is able
to bless them all with her single feather.
Bearhide and Crow
By Paul Brett Johnson
This book is about a man names Amos who loves to swap one thing for another. Sam tricks
Amos into swapping a prize winning gourd for a smelly old bearhide. Amos in turn gives Sam a taste of his own medicine
by later trading something even more worthless.
The Runaway Tortilla
By Eric A. Kimmel
This is the Southwestern version of the little gingerbread man. Only this is about a little
tortilla who runs away from the lady that made her and several other animals along the way. Unfortunately the torilla
is outsmarted by a coyote.
Cactus Soup
By Eric A. Kimmel
This is a story that is similar to stone soup. However this is the Mexican version. Hungry
soldiers travel through a town that had hidden all their food for fear that the soldiers will eat it all. The mayor
tells the soldiers that they have no food. The Captain offers to make cactus soup from a cactus thorn. Soon everyone
is bringing food to add to the soup.
Jack Outwits the Giants
By Paul Brett Johnson
This is a story about Jack who gets caught in a storm and finds a house to stay at. Only the
house is the home of a giant with two heads and his wife. They are very hospitible to Jack thinking he would make a
great meal. However Jack finds many ways to outwit the giants in order to free himself.
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
By Mary Rowitz
This is a tale about a shepard boy who get bored watching the sheep. He decides to play a trick
on all the towns people by crying, "wolf." The people come running to help. The boy continues to cry wolf that
when there is a real wolf no one comes to help.
The Elves And The Shoemaker
By Marcia Leonard
This is a story similar to the classic story of how elves help out a poor shoemaker. Only this
story involves bears and mice.
Fantasy
The Umbrella
by Jan Brett
This is a story about a boy named Carlos who goes out into the cloud forest with his green leaf umbrella.
He sets his umbrella down to go and look for animals by climbing up a tree. Some water drips into the umbrella making
a great spot for a tree frog. Soon more animals come and invade the umbrella and frog tells them to leave. The
animals all like this spot in the umbrella. Before long after squabbling because it is crowded the umbrella sinks in
the water and the animals fall out. Carlos climbs down without seeing any animals.
Pinkalicious
By Victoria Kann & Elizabeth Kann
This is a story about a little girl who bakes cupcakes with her mom because it is raining outside.
When her mother asks her what color she would like the cupcakes to be the little girl replies, "PINK!" The little girl
eats so many pink cupcakes that she actually turns pink!
Thumbelina
by Brian Pinkney
This was a story about a girl who was as big as a thumb. She was stolen from her home by an
ugly toad who wanted Thumbelina to marry her toad son. She escapes and has many adventures among other animals.
A field mouse had taken her in and was forcing her to marry a mole. A swallow helps her escape and takes her to the
land of the flower people where she married a King and lived happily ever after.
The Frog Prince Continued
By Jon Scieszka
This is a story about a Princess who kissed a frog and turned him into a Prince so they could live
happily ever after. However, they were both miserable. This Princess gave the prince the idea that if he were
still a frog things would be much better. So the Frog Prince set out to find a witch to turn him back into a frog, but
his plan backfired. He mets up with a Fairy Godmother who turns him into a Frog Prince carriage, but at midnight he
turns back into his Frog Prince self. He goes home late and the Princess is worried about him and he is happy to see
her. They kiss and both turn into frogs and live happily ever after.
The Little Match Girl
By Jerry Pinkney
This was a story of a poor little girl who was sent out in New York's frigid winter to sell matches
and artificial flowers. She walked all day and didn't sell anything. She found a corner that seemed to block the
wind. She decided to light a match and soon envisioned a burning stove that warmed her. As she kept lighting matches
she would have visions of food, and a Christmas tree, and soon her sick grandmother. However in her vision her grandmother
was healthy. The little girl begs her grandmother to take her with her to heaven, and she does.
Informational
Dolphins!
By Sharon Bokoske
This is a book that discusses dolpins and their physical characteristics. It also discusses
their behavior, social structure, and interactions with humans.
Body Battles
By Rita Golden Gelman
This book discusses all the wonderful things that go on inside the human body. It explores
the immune system, the brain, stomach acid, earwax, cilia, mucus, and skin. All those things protect against harmful
substances.
The Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip
By Joanna Cole
Ms. Frizzle and her class explore electricity by visiting a power plant. If you have ever read
any Magic School Bus books you will know that the Friz always shrinks the bus with her and the students in order to take a
closer look at thinks. They travel through the boiler, into the turbine, into the generator, leaving the power plant
by high voltage wire. Throughout the book there are side notes explaning what is happening.
Manga
Galaxy Angel Beta
By Ryo Mizuno
Ultra Maniac
By Wataru Yoshizumi
This story was about a girl named Nina who makes a new friend Ayu. Nina has a secret and feels
she can confide in Ayu. Nina turns out to be a witch although she is not very good at being one. Everytime Nina
tries to help Ayu out with one of her spells it ends up in disaster for Ayu.
Pixie Pop
By Ema Toyama
This is a story about a girl named Mayu who likes a boy named Amamiya-kun. He doesn't really
have much interest in Mayu. One day a new girl comes to school. Her name is Konoha and she immediately clings
to Amamiya-kun telling everyone he is her boyfriend. Mayu has a little plan that involves several love potions to help
her win over Amamiya-kun.
