Many Luscious Lollipops: A Book about Adjectives
Written and Illustrated by Ruth Heller

Don’t let the enticing pictures fool you; this book is more than eye candy! It’s a rhyming journey into the complex world of adjectives. Look out demonstratives! Beware possessives--Heller leaves no stone unturned! This book works best when used in pieces as a way to highlight specific attributes of adjectives. The illustrations give the rather tricky grammar concept a softer side, and encourage students to be aware of the grammar they use. Don’t bring this book to story time; it is meant to be used as a resource. To request this book, click the picture to the right.

Other equally tantalizing titles by Heller that we have in class sets are:

A Cache of Jewels and Other Collective Nouns, which explores the world of non-count nouns, and

Fantastic! Wow! And Unreal! A Book about Interjections and Conjunctions.

To request either of these books, click the pictures.

A Picture Book of Rosa Parks
By David A. Adler
Illustrated by Robert Casilla

On October 24, 2005, the legendary American figure Rosa Parks died at the age of 92. Reading Adler’s book is a fantastic way that you and your class can celebrate her rich life.

The book begins with Rosa’s birth as the great-granddaughter of slaves in Tuskegee, Alabama and tells the story of her life through the prominent social problems African Americans faced. It introduces students to “Jim Crow” laws, the Ku Klux Klan, the NCAACP, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Adler’s book leaves your student’s with piqued curiosities and creates a desire to uncover more about the history of inequalities in America. Click the picture to request this book.

Other class sets in our library that celebrate the lives of famous African Americans are:

Martin’s Big Words: the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, by Doreen Rappaport. Powerful and thought provoking lines from many of MLK’s eloquent speeches are the focus of this book.

A Picture Book of Harriet Tubman, by David Adler. Harriet’s life and involvement with the Underground Railroad expose students to many of the harsh realities of slavery.

A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr., by David A. Adler. Adler retraces the steps of MLK’s boyhood and shows his rise to the head of the Civil Right’s Movement. (This book is available in English and Spanish!)

Click the picture to request any of these books.

FIRE!
By Joy Massof

A part of the Scholastic Reference series, FIRE! is jam-packed with intriguing details and anedocts of the firefigher's life. The book explores the physics of fires, the tools firefigter's use, a typical firefightrer's day, the history and future of firefighting, and fire prevention. Curious children who long to know more about firefighting will find the suggested readings and resources at the back of the book very useful. Every page is loaded with crisp photos accompanied by clear captions with keywords in bold. This is a great resource for vocabulary building and self-discovery. Click the picture to request this book.

The Big Bug Search
By Caroline Young
Illustrated by Ian Jackson

This book is a mesmerizing journey into the creepy world of bugs that pumps students full of quirky facts about creatures they see every day and encourages them to keep their eyes peeled for some they may have overlooked. Every page contains a detailed snapshot of a nature scene rife with hidden bugs and creatures. Students are asked to search the scenes for featured bugs whose descriptions lie on the periphery of every picture. At the back of the book is a quiz that test students’ recently acquired knowledge. Don’t be surprised if you have difficulty pulling kids away from this book; it’s quite engrossing! Click the picture to request this book.