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There are no shortage of children’s resources that feature frogs. A search of frog books in our catalog displays no less than 212 books in the CRC alone. Websites about frogs are available for children from great places like The Exploratorium and The American Museum of Natural History. In addition, World Book Web available to schools through INFOhio have multimedia frog resources like sounds, pictures, and videos.
Cabot, Meg. Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls, Book 1: Moving Day. New York: Scholastic. 2008. ISBN: 9780545039475.
Allie Finkle’s parents break some really big news: her family is moving! Fourth grader Allie isn’t so sure this is will be a good thing. What about her best friend, Mary Kay, or her teacher, Ms. Myers at Walnut Knoll Elementary, or her geode collection? Animal-loving Allie narrates the most recent offering from Meg Cabot (The Princess Diaries). Allie is a spirited, creative girl who just wants to be a good friend to Mary Kay, Brittany, and an aging snapping turtle. Fans of Cabot will … Continue Reading
Giblin, James Cross. Did Fleming Rescue Churchill? A Research Puzzle. Illustrated by Erik Brooks. Henry Holt and Company: 2008. ISBN: 978-0-8050-8183-1.
This clever book reads like a middle-grade story, which it is, but it is also a how-to manual. The narrator, Jason, is assigned what he considers to be a terribly uninteresting topic to write his report on: Sir Alexander Fleming. Convinced he will never be able to write three whole pages on such a boring scientist, he pleads with his teacher to switch to someone else. She, of course, doesn’t budge, but rather … Continue Reading
Shaskan, Trisha Speed. If You Were Onomatopoeia. Illustrated by Sara Gray. Minneapolis, MN: Picture Window Books, 2008. ISBN:9781404840980..
If You Were Onomatopoeia is part of the Word Fun series from Picture Window Books. Bright colorful collages illustrate this concept book that explains and gives dozens of examples of onomatopoeia. Included is a glossary, index, weblinks, and related book list. A great teaching tool, find a copy with the CSCL books in the CRC hallway at JUV 428.1 S5328i.
