Fiction (Updated! November 2009)
Coach Hyatt is a riot!
Gutman, Dan
A new football coach arrives at school and, with the help from an unexpected new team member, the Moose win a game.
Max Quigley, Technically Not a Bully
Roy, James
After playing a prank on one of his “geeky” classmates, sixth-grader Max Quigley’s punishment is to be tutored by him.
The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg
Philbrick, Rodman
Although he is underage, Homer P. Figg’s beloved older brother, Harold, is illegally sold into the Union Army by their ruthless guardian. Now Homer must run away from Pine Swamp, Maine, and his wretched home to find his brother and save him from the war, before it’s too late.
Classics (Updated! August 2009)
Superfudge
Blume, Judy
Sometimes, life in the Hatcher household is enough to make a guy want to run away. Twelve-year-old Peter’s worst problem is his younger brother Fudge. Just when he thought life couldn’t get any rougher, Peter finds out his mom is having another baby, the family is moving AND he will have to start sixth grade in a strange school—the same school as Fudge.
The Wheel on the School
DeJong, Meindert
Lina had to write a composition about storks. It was not a long composition because she didn’t know much about storks, but it set her to wondering why storks had never nested in her fishing village of Shora as they did in neighboring villages. Lina’s composition set her classmates wondering also—and sometimes, when you start wondering, things start happening. Never giving up, believing, in spite of daunting obstacles, Lina and her classmates achieved the impossible—storks nesting on every roof in Shora.
Picture Books (Updated! November 2009)
Peeny Butter Fudge
Morrison, Toni
Children spend the day with their grandmother, who ignores their mother’s carefully planned schedule in favor of activities that are much more fun.
Dirt on my shirt
Foxworthy, Jeff
In his bestselling picture book Dirt on My Shirt, Jeff Foxworthy warmed the hearts of kids both big and little. Now, in this I Can Read edition, poems have been hand selected for beginning readers to enjoy.
Informational (Updated! November 2009)
How Many Baby Pandas?
Markle, Sandra
Baby pandas abound as readers learn how they live and grow. Science expert Sandra Markle bumps up the cuteness factor in this adorable photo essay featuring the eight panda pairs that were born during a baby boom at China's Wolong Giant Panda Breeding and Research Center in 2005. Basic counting skills combine with panda facts to introduce readers to numbers and these cuddly cubs, from the moment they were born to the time they started climbing trees. Tracked as they play and grow in captivity, until they are strong enough to be released into the wild, these baby pandas will steal any reader's heart, whether it's one at a time or sixteen at once!
The Kid’s Guide to Paper Airplanes
Harbo, Christopher L.
Have you ever wondered how far you could get a paper airplane to fly? Do you want to learn how to make more than just one simple model? If you want to test the limits of flight in your own backyard, look no further than The Kids' Guide to Paper Airplanes.
The Anne Frank Case: Simon Wiesenthal’s Search for the Truth
Goldman Rubin, Susan
In 1958, in Linz, Austria, demonstrators interrupted a performance of The Diary of Anne Frank, claiming that Anne Frank never existed. Determined to prove otherwise, Simon Wiesenthal, a Holocaust survivor, set out to find the Gestapo officer who arrested the Franks years before.
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