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Mae Jemison

Calkhoven, Laurie.


"Simon Spotlight, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division"--p. 2. A biography of Mae Jemison, the first female African-American astronaut.--
Date Published:2016

Bats around the clock

Appelt, Kathi, 1954-


School Library Journal. Book Links (A.L.A.). Booklist. ALA Booklist. Horn Book. IRA Children's Choice Award. Kirkus Reviews. Click Dark hosts a special twelve-hour program of American Bat Stand where the bats rock and roll until the midnight hour ends.
Date Published:2000

The doctor with an eye for eyes : the story of Dr. Patricia Bath /

Mosca, Julia Finley.


"As a girl coming of age during the Civil Rights Movement, Patricia Bath made it her mission to become a doctor. When obstacles like racism, poverty, and sexism threatened this goal, she persevered--brightening the world with a game-changing treatment for blindness!"--Dust jacket.
Date Published:2017

The wheels on the bus


Horn Book. School Library Journal. Pete the cat's school day is recounted in this twist on the classic song.
Date Published:2013

Jerry Rice

Naden, Corinne J.


The biography of Jerry Rice who holds the all time record for catching the most touchdowns in a season and a career.
Date Published:1995

Magic Tree House #12: Polar Bears Past Bedtime

Osborne, Mary Pope.


Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to the Artic, where a polar bear leads them onto very thin ice.
Date Published:1998

Prince Fly Guy

Arnold, Tedd.


Join Fly Guy on a Fairy Tale adventure.
Date Published:2015

Hooper finds a family : a Hurricane Katrina dog's survival tale /

Paley, Jane.


School Library Journal, July 2011. Booklist, July 2011. Kirkus Review, May 2011. Publishers Weekly Annex, August 2011. Kirkus, May 15, 2011. Booklist, July 01, 2011. Horn book guide, Best books for children : preschool through grade 6 : supplement to the 9th edition. Best books for middle school and junior high readers. Jimmy, a yellow Labrador puppy, is separated from his Lake Charles, Louisiana, family and survives the horrors of Hurricane Katrina on his own before being rescued and taken to New York City, where he tries to fit in with a new family and the many neighborhood dogs, and accept his new name.
Date Published:2011

School Library Journal, July 2011. Booklist, July 2011. Kirkus Review, May 2011. Publishers Weekly Annex, August 2011. Kirkus, May 15, 2011. Booklist, July 01, 2011. Horn book guide, Best books for children : preschool through grade 6 : supplement to the 9th edition. Best books for middle school and junior high readers. Jimmy, a yellow Labrador puppy, is separated from his Lake Charles, Louisiana, family and survives the horrors of Hurricane Katrina on his own before being rescued and taken to New York City, where he tries to fit in with a new family and the many neighborhood dogs, and accept his new name.

Date Published:2011

Science fair projects about the properties of matter : using marbles, water, balloons, and more /

Gardner, Robert, 1929-


Atoms, molecules, and matter -- Elastic properties of solids and liquids -- Density : a property of all matter -- Pressure, buoyancy, and Archimedes -- Expansion and contraction of matter. Horn Book, April 2005. The Science Teacher (N.S.T.A.), December 2005. Science Books & Films (A.A.A.S.), September 2004. Presents instructions for twenty-nine experiments on the properties of gases, liquids, and solids, each accompanied by science fair project ideas, and includes a further reading list and a directory of science supply companies.
Date Published:2004

Atoms, molecules, and matter -- Elastic properties of solids and liquids -- Density : a property of all matter -- Pressure, buoyancy, and Archimedes -- Expansion and contraction of matter. Horn Book, April 2005. The Science Teacher (N.S.T.A.), December 2005. Science Books & Films (A.A.A.S.), September 2004. Presents instructions for twenty-nine experiments on the properties of gases, liquids, and solids, each accompanied by science fair project ideas, and includes a further reading list and a directory of science supply companies.

Date Published:2004

English-Spanish, Spanish-English : word to word bilingual dictionary /


Presents an English-Spanish, Spanish-English dictionary with over 22,000 entries.
Date Published:2010

Fever, 1793

Anderson, Laurie Halse.


Wilson's Children. Wilson's Junior High School. School Library Journal starred. School Library Journal starred, August 2000. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2001. Books for the Teen Age (NYPL), April 2001. Booklist, April 2001. New York Times, November 2000. Horn Book, September 2000. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), October 2000. Book Report, January 2001. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2000. Kirkus Review, June 2000. SLJ. PW. YA. Sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia in 1793.
Date Published:2000

Wilson's Children. Wilson's Junior High School. School Library Journal starred. School Library Journal starred, August 2000. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2001. Books for the Teen Age (NYPL), April 2001. Booklist, April 2001. New York Times, November 2000. Horn Book, September 2000. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), October 2000. Book Report, January 2001. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2000. Kirkus Review, June 2000. SLJ. PW. YA. Sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia in 1793.

Date Published:2000

Boxcar children

Denton, Shannon Eric.


Title proper from title frame. Booklist, March 2009. A graphic novel adaptation of Gertrude Chandler Warner's story in which four orphaned children, afraid to go live with their grandfather, set up housekeeping in an abandoned boxcar.
Date Published:2009

A to Z of women in science and math

Yount, Lisa.


Title from Web page (viewed on Jan. 16, 2009). Presents profiles of 195 women throughout history who challenged stereotypes, changed views on gender intelligence, and made significant contributions to the fields of science and math.
Date Published:2008

100 women who made history : remarkable women who shaped our world /

Caldwell, S. A. (Stella A.),


Includes index. Offers information on one hundred influential and extraordinary women from thoughout history who made their mark in the arts, science, social activism, politics, business, sports, and other arenas.
Date Published:2017

The New York Public Library book of how and where to look it up


"A Stonesong Press book." Includes bibliographical references and index. Senior High School Library Catalog (Wilson). Booklist. Library Journal. Up-to-date information resources for reference books, telephone sources, electronic databases, special collections, government sources, and picture sources.
Date Published:1991

Artemis Fowl

Colfer, Eoin.


"Talk Miramax books.". Library Journal. Booklist. Horn Book. Wilson's Children, October 2006. Wilson's Junior High School, November 2005. Library Journal, June 2001. Books for the Teen Age (NYPL), May 2002. Booklist, April 2002. Horn Book, July 2001. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), July 2001. Book Report, September 2001. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2001. Teacher Librarian, April 2003. When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll.
Date Published:2001

"Talk Miramax books.". Library Journal. Booklist. Horn Book. Wilson's Children, October 2006. Wilson's Junior High School, November 2005. Library Journal, June 2001. Books for the Teen Age (NYPL), May 2002. Booklist, April 2002. Horn Book, July 2001. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), July 2001. Book Report, September 2001. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2001. Teacher Librarian, April 2003. When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll.

Date Published:2001

The lightning thief

Riordan, Rick.


ALA Booklist. ALA Notable Book For Children. ALA Best Book For Young Adults. Bulletin(Center for Children's Books). Wilson's Junior High School, August 2006. School Library Journal starred, August 2005. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2006. Kirkus Starred, June 2005. Booklist, September 2005. New York Times, November 2005. Horn Book, April 2006. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), October 2005. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2005. Library Media Connection, August 2005. Horn Book Starred, April 2006. Book Links (A.L.A.), July 2008. Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson learns he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea. His mother sends him to a summer camp for demigods where he and his new friends set out on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.
Date Published:2005

ALA Booklist. ALA Notable Book For Children. ALA Best Book For Young Adults. Bulletin(Center for Children's Books). Wilson's Junior High School, August 2006. School Library Journal starred, August 2005. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2006. Kirkus Starred, June 2005. Booklist, September 2005. New York Times, November 2005. Horn Book, April 2006. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), October 2005. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2005. Library Media Connection, August 2005. Horn Book Starred, April 2006. Book Links (A.L.A.), July 2008. Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson learns he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea. His mother sends him to a summer camp for demigods where he and his new friends set out on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.

Date Published:2005

The lightning thief

Riordan, Rick.


SLJ. After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.
Date Published:2005

If you give a mouse a cookie


Feature book written and illustrated by Laura Joffee Numeroff. Live action and iconographic. As seen on the television program: Reading Rainbow. Teacher's guide available through Internet download. A little boy offers a mouse a cookie and a chain reaction is set in motion, illustrating how one thing leads to another. Also goes behind-the-scenes at a bowling alley to see how a bowling ball starts a chain reaction, and viewers meet a Dominoes expert who designs and sets up "domino art" and then triggers a domino reaction.
Date Published:2003

Feature book written and illustrated by Laura Joffee Numeroff. Live action and iconographic. As seen on the television program: Reading Rainbow. Teacher's guide available through Internet download. A little boy offers a mouse a cookie and a chain reaction is set in motion, illustrating how one thing leads to another. Also goes behind-the-scenes at a bowling alley to see how a bowling ball starts a chain reaction, and viewers meet a Dominoes expert who designs and sets up "domino art" and then triggers a domino reaction.

Date Published:2003

Game day


Feature book written by Tiki and Ronde Barber with Robert Burleigh. Live-action and iconographic. As seen on the television program: Reading Rainbow. Teacher's guide available through Internet download. Tells the story of NFL players Tiki and Ronde Barber and how, as youngsters, the brothers learned that success is built on team effort. Viewers will then follow athletes as they train for, play and enjoy a variety of sports, while learning that every player on a team has a special role in contributing to the success of the group.
Date Published:2006

Feature book written by Tiki and Ronde Barber with Robert Burleigh. Live-action and iconographic. As seen on the television program: Reading Rainbow. Teacher's guide available through Internet download. Tells the story of NFL players Tiki and Ronde Barber and how, as youngsters, the brothers learned that success is built on team effort. Viewers will then follow athletes as they train for, play and enjoy a variety of sports, while learning that every player on a team has a special role in contributing to the success of the group.

Date Published:2006