Author Archives: Mama

Fifth Grade Science

Woodford, C., & Clowes, M. (2013). Atoms and molecules: investigating the building blocks of matter. New York: Rosen Central.

Parker, S. (2004). Chemicals & change. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers.

Oxlade, C. (2002). Elements & compounds. Chicago, Ill.: Heinemann Library.

Royston, A. (2016). Experiments with a lemon. Mankato, Minnesota: Smart Apple Media.

Moss, C. (1998). Science in ancient Mesopotamia. New York: F. Watts.

Dingle, A. (2013). How to make a universe with 92 ingredients: an electrifying guide to the elements. First North American edition. Toronto, ON: Owlkids Books.

Dingle, A. (2007). The periodic table. New York: Kingfisher.

Woods, G. (1998). Science in ancient Egypt. New York: Franklin Watts.

Oxlade, C. (2002). Acids & bases. Chicago, Illinois: Heinemann Library.

Beshore, G. (1998). Science in ancient China. New York: F. Watts.

Green, D., & Basher, S. (2010). Chemistry. New York: Kingfisher.

Spilsbury, L., & Spilsbury, R. (2007). Chemical reactions. Chicago, Ill.: Heinemann Library.

Spilsbury, L., & Spilsbury, R. (2007). Atoms and molecules. Chicago, Ill.: Heinemann Library.

Fifth Grade Literature

Babbitt, N. (1975). Tuck everlasting. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux.

McCaughrean, G., & Parkins, D. (2003). Gilgamesh the hero. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers.

Spyri, J. (2014). Heidi. New York: Penguin Group.

Schomp, V. (2009). The ancient Mesopotamians. New York: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark.

Schomp, V. (2007). The Norsemen. New York: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark.

Green, R. L., & Copley, H. (1995). Tales of ancient Egypt. London ; New York, N.Y.: Puffin.

Selden, G., & Williams, G. (1969). Tucker’s countryside. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Wyss, J. D. (2003). Swiss family Robinson. Urbana, Illinois: Project Gutenberg.

Chang, M. S., & Johnson, D. (1997). The beggar’s magic: a Chinese tale. New York: M.K. McElderry Books.

Keido, I., & Stone, K. G. (2003). The butterfly’s dream. Boston, Mass.: Tuttle Pub

Gunderson, J., & Hu, C. (2009). The jade dragon: a story of ancient China. Minneapolis, Minn.: Picture Window Books.

Gunderson, J., & Hu, C. (2009). The terracotta girl: a story of ancient China. Minneapolis, Minn.: Picture Window Books.

Gunderson, J., & Hu, C. (2009). The emperor’s painting: a story of ancient China. Minneapolis, Minn.: Picture Window Books.

Whitfield, S., & Browne, P. (1998). The animals of the Chinese zodiac. 1st American ed. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Crocodile Books, USA.

Gunderson, J., & Hu, C. (2009). Stranger on the silk road: a story of ancient China. Minneapolis, Minn.: Picture Window Books.

Williams, M. (2012). The elephant’s friend and other tales from ancient India. Somerville, Mass.: Candlewick.

Dalal, A., & Walker, M. (20012002). Myths of pre-Columbian America. Austin, TX: Raintree Steck-Vaughn.

Kimmel, E. A., & Fisher, L. E. (2000). The two mountains: an Aztec legend. New York: Holiday House.

Fifth Grade History

Nardo, D. (2004). Ancient Mesopotamia. San Diego, Calif.: Lucent Books.

Schlessinger, A. (2004). Ancient Mesopotamia. Wynnewood, Pa.: Schlessinger Media.

Robinson, C. A. (1962). The first book of ancient Mesopotamia and Persia. New York: F. Watts.

Doeden, M. (2014). Tools and treasures of ancient Mesopotamia. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company.

Morley, J., Antram, D., & Salariya, D. (2007). You wouldn’t want to be a Sumerian slave!: a life of hard labor you’d rather avoid. Danbury, CT.: Franklin Watts.

Matthews, R., Antram, D., & Salariya, D. (2007). You wouldn’t want to be an Assyrian soldier!: an ancient army you’d rather not join. Danbury, CT.: Franklin Watts.

Gunderson, J., & Ebbeler, J. (2012). Your life as a pharaoh in ancient Egypt. North Mankato, Minn.: Picture Window Books.

Waryncia, L., & Sheldon, K. M. (2006). If I were a kid in ancient Egypt. Peterborough, NH: Cricket Books.

Buller, L., & Cando, R. (2006). History dudes: Ancient Egyptians. London ; New York: DK.

Buller, L., & Cando, R. (2006). History dudes: Vikings. London ; New York: DK.

Platt, R., & Parkins, D. (2014). Egyptian diary: the journal of Nakht, young scribe. First U.S. paperback edition. Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press.

Bunting, E., & Christiana, D. (1997). I am the mummy Heb-Nefert. San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace & Co.

Wroble, L. A. (1999). Kids in ancient Egypt. New York: PowerKids Press.

Stolz, M., & Lattimore, D. N. (1988). Zekmet, the stone carver: a tale of ancient Egypt. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

Shuter, J. (2000). The ancient Egyptians. Austin, Tex.: Raintree Steck-Vaughn.

Morley, J., Antram, D., & Salariya, D. (2004). You wouldn’t want to be a pyramid builder!: a hazardous job you’d rather not have. A Franklin Watts Library ed. New York: Franklin Watts.

Galford, E. (2005). Hatshepsut: the princess who became king. A Marshall ed. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic.

Sabuda, R. (1994). Tutankhamen’s gift. New York: Toronto: New York: Atheneum; Maxwell Macmillan Canada; Maxwell Macmillan International.

Weitzman, D. (2009). Pharaoh’s boat. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Hawes, L., & Guay-Mitchell, R. (2006). Muti’s necklace: the oldest story in the world. Boston [Mass.]: Houghton Mifflin.

Hofmeyr, D., & Daly, J. (2001). The star-bearer: a creation myth from ancient Egypt. 1st American ed. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux.

Fisher, L. E. (1997). The gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt. New York: Holiday House.

Hooper, M., & Heighway-Bury, R. (2001). Who built the pyramid? 1st U.S. ed. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press.

Stewart, D., Antram, D., & Salariya, D. (2017). You wouldn’t want to be Tutankhamen!: a mummy who really got meddled with. Revised edition. [New York]: Franklin Watts, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.

Crosher, J. (1998). Technology in the time of ancient Egypt. Austin, Tex.: Raintree Steck-Vaughn.

Stewart, D. 1., Antram, D., & Salariya, D. (2000). You wouldn’t want to be an Egyptian mummy!: disgusting things you’d rather not know. New York: Franklin Watts.

Bower, T. (2000). The shipwrecked sailor: an Egyptian tale of hieroglyphs. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers.

Shuter, J. (2004). Life in an Egyptian town. Chicago: Heinemann Library.

Armentrout, D., & Armentrout, P. (2001). Treasures from Egypt. Vero Beach, Fla.: Rourke Book Co.

Pipe, J., Antram, D., & Salariya, D. (2017). You wouldn’t want to be Cleopatra!: an Egyptian ruler you’d rather not be. Revised edition. [New York]: Franklin Watts, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc.

Norwich, G., & Alba, E. (2014). I am Cleopatra. New York: Scholastic Inc.

Deary, T., & Hepplewhite, P. (19931996). The awesome Egyptians. New York: Scholastic.

Marcus Ewert. (2015). Mummy Cat. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

John Fusco. (2012). Little Monk and the Mantis: A Bug, A Boy, and the Birth of a Kung Fu Legend. Tuttle Publishing.

Deady, K. W., & Dubois, M. L. (2004). Ancient China. Mankato, Minn.: Capstone Press.

Fang, L., & Lee, J. M. (1994). The Chʻi-lin purse: a collection of ancient Chinese stories. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Allison, A. (2001). Life in ancient China. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books.

Krasno, R., & Chiang, Y. F. (2003). Cloud weavers: ancient Chinese legends. Berkeley, Calif.: Pacific View Press.

Fisher, L. E. (2003). The gods and goddesses of ancient China. New York: Holiday House.

Nunes, S. S., & Tay-Audouard, L. K. (2013). Chinese fables: “The Dragon Slayer” and other timeless tales of wisdom. Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle.

Waryncia, L., & Sheldon, K. (2006). If i were a kid in ancient China. Peterborough, NH: Cricket Books.

Doeden, M., & Hiti, S. (2010). The Chinese: life in China’s golden age. Minneapolis, Minn.: Millbrook Press.

Santore, C. (2007). The Silk Princess. New York: Random House Children’s Books.

Ransom, C. F. (2014). Tools and treasures of ancient China. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Company.

Sanders, T. T. L., & Pau, J. (19941980). Dragons, gods & spirits from Chinese mythology. New York: P. Bedrick Books.

Schlessinger, A. (2004). Ancient China. Wynnewood, Pa.: Schlessinger Media.

Andersen, H. C. 1., Van Nutt, R., Close, G., Isham, M., & Sottnick, M. (200519). The emperor and the nightingale. Chicago, Ill: Clearvue & SVE.

Shepard, A., & Rosenberry, V. (1992). Savitri: a tale of ancient India. Morton Grove, Ill.: A. Whitman.

Schlessinger, A. (2004). Ancient Egypt. Wynnewood, Pa.: Schlessinger Media.

Kirkpatrick, N. (2002). The Indus Valley. Chicago: Heinemann Library.

Richardson, H. (2005). Life in the ancient Indus River Valley. New York: Crabtree Publishing Co.

McKibbon, H. W., & Cameron, S. (1996). The token gift. Toronto ; New York : Buffalo, NY: Annick Press ; Distributed in the U.S. by Firefly Books.

Hagler, G. (2017). The government and geography of ancient India. First edition. New York: Rosen Publishing.

Hinds, K. (1996). India’s Gupta dynasty. New York: Benchmark Books.

Schomp, V. (2005). Ancient India. A Franklin Watts library ed. New York: Franklin Watts.

Aronovsky, I., & Gopinath, S. (2005). The Indus valley. Chicago, Ill.: Heinemann Library.

Gassos, D. (2005). India. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers.

Mountjoy, S. (2005). The Indus River. Philadelphia: Chelsea House.

Shuter, J. (2002). The Incas. Chicago: Heinemann Library.

Fisher, L. E. (1999). Gods and goddesses of the ancient Maya. New York: Holiday House.

Libura, K., Burr, C., Urrutia, M. C., & Sahagun, B. d. (1997). What the Aztecs told me. 1st English language ed. Toronto : Emeryville, CA: Douglas & McIntyre ; Distributed in the U.S.A. by Publishers Group West.

Johnson, S., Light, C., Avalone, C., Cruz, A., & Kania, M. (2004). Daily geography practice. Monterey, CA: Evan-Moor

Fourth Grade Science

Mayer, L., & Rogers, S. (2010). Newton and me. Mount Pleasant, SC: Sylvan Dell Pub.

Green, D., & Basher, S. (2008). Physics: [why matter matters! New York, N.Y.: Kingfisher.

Walliman, D., & Newman, B. (2016). Professor Astro Cat’s atomic adventure: a journey through physics. First edition. London: Flying Eye Books.

Macaulay, D. (2003). The way things work: Levers. Wynnewood, PA: Schlessinger Media.

Macaulay, D. (2003). The way things work: Pumps. Wynnewood, PA: Schlessinger Media.

Macaulay, D. (2003). The way things work: Sound. Wynnewood, PA: Schlessinger Media.

Macaulay, D. (2003). The way things work: Wheels & Axles. Wynnewood, PA: Schlessinger Media.

Baxter, R. (2013). States of matter in the real world. Minneapolis, Minn.: ABDO Publishing.

(2010). Friction. Itasca, IL: Disney Educational Productions.

Kalama, A. (2009). Newton’s 3 laws of motion. Elk Grove Village, IL.: Distributed by Disney Educational Productions.

Graham, I., Antram, D., & Salariya, D. (2013). You wouldn’t want to be Sir Isaac Newton!: a lonely life you’d rather not lead. New York: Franklin Watts.

Macaulay, D. (2002). The way things work: Friction. Wynnewood, PA: Schlessinger Media.

Macaulay, D. (2002). The way things work: Ballooning. Wynnewood, PA: Schlessinger Media.

Macaulay, D. (2002). The way things work: Heat. Wynnewood, PA: Schlessinger Media.

Kalama, A., Kuchta, K., & Staedler, D. (2008). Levers and pulleys. Elk Grove Village, IL: Disney Educational Productions.

Greenberg, D. A. (2003). Amusement park science. Philadelphia: Chelsea Clubhouse Books.

(2010). Electricity. Itasca, IL: Distributed by Disney Educational Productions.

Macaulay, D. (2003). The way things work: Floating. Wynnewood, PA: Schlessinger Media.

Macaulay, D. (2003). The way things work: Belts & Gears. Wynnewood, PA: Schlessinger Media.

Macaulay, D. (2003). The way things work: Light. Wynnewood, PA: Schlessinger Media.

Macaulay, D. (2003). The way things work: Musical Instruments. Wynnewood, PA: Schlessinger Media.

Lasky, K., & Hawkes, K. (2017). Newton’s rainbow: the revolutionary discoveries of a young scientist. First edition. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux.

Kenney, K. L. (2016). The science of roller coasters: understanding energy. Minneapolis, MN: Abdo Publishing.

Schuh, M. C. (2016). Playing a game: inclined plane vs. lever. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publishing Group.

Schuh, M. C. (2016). Raising a bag of toys: pulley vs. inclined plane. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publishing Group.

Schuh, M. C. (2016). Holding a door open: wedge vs. wheels and axies. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publishing Group.

Schuh, M. C. (2016). Going ice fishing: lever vs. screw. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publishing Group.

Schuh, M. C. (2016). Making a salad: wedge vs. inclined plane. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publishing Group.

Schuh, M. C. (2016). Hauling a pumpkin: wheels and axies vs. lever. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publishing Group.

Kenney, K. L. (2016). The science of race cars: studying forces and motion. Minneapolis, MN: Abdo Publishing.

Fretland VanVoorst, J. (2016) Slides. Minneapolis, MN: Jump!, Inc.

Fretland VanVoorst, J. (2016) Hula Hoops. Minneapolis, MN: Jump!, Inc.

Fretland VanVoorst, J. (2016) Trampolines. Minneapolis, MN: Jump!, Inc.

Kuskowski, A. (2014). Science experiments with gravity & motion. Minneapolis, MN: Abdo Publishing.

Fretland VanVoorst, J. (2016) Bicycles. Minneapolis, MN: Jump!, Inc.

Green, D., & Basher, S. (2013). Extreme physics. New York: Kingfisher.

Fretland VanVoorst, J. (2016) Paper airplanes. Minneapolis, MN: Jump!, Inc.

Fretland VanVoorst, J. (2016) Boomerangs. Minneapolis, MN: Jump!, Inc.

Nye, B., & Cameron-Bure, C. (2009). Bill Nye the science guy: simple machines. Elk Grove Village, IL: Disney Educational Productions.

Johnson, R. (2015). Discoveries in physics that changed the world. First edition. New York: Rosen Publishing’s Rosen Central.

Macdonald, W., & Rui, P. (2009). Galileo’s leaning tower experiment: a science adventure. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge.

Sis, P. (1996). Starry messenger: a book depicting the life of a famous scientist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, physicist, Galileo Galilei. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux.

Steele, P. (2007). Isaac Newton: the scientist who changed everything. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society.

Dispezio, M. A., & Leary, C. (1998). Awesome experiments in force & motion. New York: Sterling.

Macaulay, D. (2003). The way things work: Pulleys. Wynnewood, PA: Schlessinger Media.

Macaulay, D. (2003). The way things work: Screws. Wynnewood, PA: Schlessinger Media.

Macaulay, D. (2003). The way things work: Springs. Wynnewood, PA: Schlessinger Media.

Macaulay, D. (2003). The way things work: Pressure. Wynnewood, PA: Schlessinger Media.

Kelly, S., Meehl, B., Bloom, G. A., Hinson, L., May, J., Krauss, R., Stevenson, J., Cole, J., & Degen, B. (2013). The magic school bus: under construction. [United States]: Scholastic : Distributed by Cinedigm Entertainment.

Macaulay, D. (2003). The way things work: Sinking. Wynnewood, PA: Schlessinger Media.

Kalama, A., Kuchta, K., & Staedler, D. (2008). Gravity. Elk Grove Village, Il.: Disney Educational Productions.

Kalama, A. (2009). Energy. Elk Grove Village, IL.: Distributed by Disney Educational Productions.

Macaulay, D. (2003). The way things work: Engines. Wynnewood, PA: Schlessinger Media.

Fourth Grade History

Kellogg, S. (1988). Johnny Appleseed: a tall tale. New York: Morrow Junior Books.

Messner, K., & McMorris, K. (2015). Rescue on the Oregon Trail. First edition. New York: Scholastic Press.

Rose, C. S. (2012). May B.: a novel. New York: Schwartz & Wade Books.

Blos, J. W. (1979). A gathering of days: a New England girl’s journal, 1830-32 : a novel. New York: Scribner.

Turner, A. W., & Himler, R. (1987). Nettie’s trip South. New York: Macmillan.

Ferris, J., & Kirsch, V. X. (2012). Noah Webster and his words. Boston, MI: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Levine, E., & Freem, E. (1992). If you traveled west in a covered wagon. New York: Scholastic.

Kellogg, S. (1984). Paul Bunyan, a tall tale. New York: W. Morrow.

Kellogg, S. (1986). Pecos Bill: a tall tale. New York: Morrow.

Messner, K., & McMorris, K. (2016). Long road to freedom. First edition. New York: Scholastic Press.

Hicks, P., Antram, D., & Salariya, D. (2002). You wouldn’t want to live in a Wild West town!: dust you’d rather not settle. New York: F. Watts.

Winter, J. (1988). Follow the drinking gourd. New York: Knopf.

Whelan, G., & Benny, M. (2009). The listeners. Chelsea, MI: Sleeping Bear Press.

Hopkinson, D., & Husband, R. (2016). Steamboat school. First edition. Los Angeles ; New York: Disney-Hyperion.

Cline-Ransome, L., & Ransome, J. (2012). Words set me free: the story of young Frederick Douglass. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.

D’Aulaire, I., & D’Aulaire, E. P. (1952). Buffalo Bill. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday.

Ferris, J., & Ritz, K. (1988). Go free or die: a story about Harriet Tubman. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books.

Levine, E., & Nelson, K. (2007). Henry’s freedom box. New York: Scholastic Press.

Mitchell, E., & Alder, K. (2004). Journey to the bottomless pit: the story of Stephen Bishop and Mammoth Cave. New York: Viking.

Adler, D. A., & Byrd, S. (1993). A picture book of Frederick Douglass. New York: Holiday House.

Walvoord, L., & Bootman, C. (1994). Young Frederick Douglass: the slave who learned to read. Morton Grove, Ill.: A. Whitman.

Hopkinson, D. (1993). Sweet Clara and the freedom quilt. New York: Knopf.

Woods, A., & Eitzen, A. (1966). Young Frederick Douglass: freedom fighter. [Mahwah, N. J.]: Troll Associates.

Davis, K. C., & Andriani, R. (2003). Don’t know much about the pioneers. [New York, N.Y.]: HarperCollins.

Harness, C. (1996). They’re off!: the story of the Pony Express. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.

Patterson, L., & Morrow, G. (1991). Frederick Douglass, freedom fighter. New York: Chelsea Juniors.

Erdrich, L. (2004). The game of silence. New York: HarperCollins.

Ratliff, T. M., Antram, D., & Salariya, D. (2013). You wouldn’t want to be a Civil War soldier!: a war you’d rather not fight. Revised Edition. New York: Franklin Watts, An Imprint of Scholastic Inc.

Osborne, M. P., & Murdocca, S. (2000). Civil War on Sunday. New York: Random House.

D’Aulaire, I., & D’Aulaire, E. P. (19871957). Abraham Lincoln. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday.

Daugherty, J. H., Lincoln, A., & Boritt, G. S. (2013). Lincoln’s Gettysburg address: a pictorial interpretation painted by James Daugherty. Chicago, Ill.: Albert Whitman & Co.

Harness, C. (1996). Abe Lincoln goes to Washington, 1837-1865. Washington, D.C. : New York: National Geographic Society ; Distributed by Publishers Group West.

Brenner, M., & Cook, D. (1994). Abe Lincoln’s hat. New York: Random House.

Cole, H. (2012). Unspoken: a story from the Underground Railroad. New York: Scholastic Press.

Lyon, G. E., & Catalanotto, P. (1991). Cecil’s story. New York: Orchard Books.

Sherman, P., & Cooper, F. (2010). Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers.

Reit, S. (1988). Behind rebel lines: the incredible story of Emma Edmonds, Civil War spy. San Diego, Calif.: Harcourt.

Doak, M. J., Cheatham, M., Holm, K., & Peppas, L. (2012). Life on the homefront during the Civil War. New York: Crabtree Pub. Co.

Weatherford, C. B., & Nelson, K. (2006). Moses: when Harriet Tubman led her people to freedom. New York: Hyperion Books for Children.

Simon, B. B. (2006). Escape to freedom: the Underground Railroad. Pelham, NY: Benchmark Education Co.

Moore, K., & Matsick, A. (1994). If you lived at the time of the Civil War. New York: Scholastic.

Rockwell, A. F., & Christie, R. G. (2000). Only passing through: the story of Sojourner Truth. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

Blashfield, J. (2012). Slavery in America. New York: Children’s Press.

Graham, I., & Antram, D. (2009). You wouldn’t want to be in the first submarine!: an undersea expedition you’d rather avoid. New York: Franklin Watts.

Hawk, F. (2004). The story of the H.L. Hunley and Queenie’s coin. Chelsea, MI: Sleeping Bear Press.

Fradin, J. B., Fradin, D. B., & Velasquez, E. (2013). The price of freedom: how one town stood up to slavery. New York: Walker Books for Young Readers.

Adler, D. A., Wallner, J. C., & Wallner, A. (1994). A picture book of Robert E. Lee. New York: Holiday House.

Adler, D. A., Adler, M. S., & Collins, M. (2012). A picture book of Sam Houston. New York: Holiday House.

Tarshis, L., & Dawson, S. (2013). I survived the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863. New York: Scholastic.

McMullan, M. (2004). How I found the Strong: a Civil War story. Boston [Mass.]: Houghton Mifflin.

Steele, W. O. (1958). The perilous road. [1st ed.] New York: Harcourt, Brace.

Ford, C. T. (2004). The American Civil War: an overview. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers.

Krensky, S., & Carlson, L. (2007). Calamity Jane. Minneapolis: Millbrook Press.

Granfield, L. (1994). Cowboy: an album. 1st American ed. New York: Ticknor & Fields.

Murphy, J. (1990). The boy’s war: Confederate and Union soldiers talk about the Civil War. New York, NY: Clarion Books.

Czekaj, J. (2015). Austin, lost in America: a geography adventure. New York, NY: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.

Keenan, S., & Alko, S. (2008). Greetings from the 50 states: how they got their names. New York, NY: Scholastic.

Cheney, L. V., & Preiss-Glasser, R. (2006). Our 50 states: a family adventure across America. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.

Sís, P. (2004). The train of states. New York: Greenwillow Books.

Damon, D. (2003). Growing up in the Civil War, 1861 to 1865. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Co.

Winters, K., & Carpenter, N. (2003). Abe Lincoln: the boy who loved books. New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.

Krull, K., Brewer, P., & Innerst, S. (2010). Lincoln tells a joke: how laughter saved the president (and the country). Boston [Mass.]: Harcourt Children’s Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Van Steenwyk, E., & Farnsworth, B. (1999). When Abraham talked to the trees. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers.

McCarthy, M. (2014). Earmuffs for everyone!: how Chester Greenwood became known as the inventor of earmuffs. First edition. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.

Kulling, M., & Parkins, D. (2011). In the bag!: Margaret Knight wraps it up. Toronto: Tundra Books.

Goble, P. (1987). Death of the iron horse. New York: Bradbury Press.

Sutcliffe, J. (2007). John Deere. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications.

Levinson, N. S., & Croll, C. (1987). Clara and the bookwagon. New York: Harper & Row.

De Angeli, M. (19891940). Thee, Hannah! New York: Doubleday.

Levine, E., & Parmenter, W. (1993). –if your name was changed at Ellis Island. New York: Scholastic Inc.

Tarshis, L. (2014). I survived true stories: five epic disasters. New York: Scholastic Inc.

Segall, G. (2000). John D. Rockefeller. New York: Oxford University Press.

Marcovitz, H. (2001). George A. Custer. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers.

Tarshis, L., & Dawson, S. (2015). I survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871. New York: Scholastic Inc.

Simon, C. (1997). Andrew Carnegie: builder of libraries. New York: Children’s Press.

Ratliff, T. M., Bergin, M., & Salariya, D. (2009). You wouldn’t want to work on the Brooklyn Bridge!: an enormous project that seemed impossible. New York: Franklin Watts.

Tarshis, L., & Dawson, S. (2012). I survived the San Francisco earthquake, 1906. New York: Scholastic Inc.

Matthews, R., Bergin, M., & Salariya, D. (2010). You wouldn’t want to be a Chicago gangster!: some dangerous characters you’d better avoid. New York: Franklin Watts.

McPherson, S. S. (2007). Levi Strauss. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications Co.

Hall, D., & McCurdy, M. (1995). Lucy’s summer. San Diego: Harcourt Brace.

Messner, K., & McMorris, K. (2017). Escape from the great earthquake. New York: Scholastic Press.

Bradby, M., & Soentpiet, C. K. (1995). More than anything else. New York: Orchard Books.

Rosenstock, B., & Gerstein, M. (2012). The camping trip that changed America: Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir, and our National Parks. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers.

Brown, D. (2004). Odd boy out: young Albert Einstein. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.

De Angeli, M. (1998). Henner’s Lydia. Scottdale, Pa.: Herald Press.

Waxman, L. H. (2007). W. K. Kellogg. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications.

Middleton, H., & Morris, T. (1997). Henry Ford: the people’s carmaker. New York: Oxford University Press.

Borden, L., Marx, T., & Fiore, P. M. (2003). Touching the sky: the flying adventures of Wilbur and Orville Wright. New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books.

Borden, L., & Allen, T. B. (1998). Goodbye, Charles Lindbergh. New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books.

Kroeger, M. K., Borden, L., & Lewin, T. (1995). Paperboy. New York: Clarion Books.

Rockliff, M., & Hooper, H. (2016). Around America to win the vote: two suffragists, a kitten, and 10,000 miles. First edition. Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press.

Brimner, L. D. (2009). Booker T. Washington: getting into the schoolhouse. New York: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark.

Marzollo, J., & Wilson-Max, K. (2011). The little plant doctor: a story about George Washington Carver. New York: Holiday House.

Aliki. (1988). A weed is a flower: the life of George Washington Carver. New York: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers.

Wells, R., & Andreasen, D. (1999). The house in the mail. New York: Viking.

Graham, I., & Antram, D. (2012). You wouldn’t want to work on the Hoover Dam!: an explosive job you’d rather not do. New York: Franklin Watts.

Friedrich, E., & Garland, M. (1996). Leah’s pony. 1st edition. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, Inc.

Krull, K., Johnson, S., & Fancher, L. (2004). The boy on Fairfield Street: how Ted Geisel grew up to become Dr. Seuss. New York: Random House.

Malam, J., Antram, D., & Salariya, D. (2009). You wouldn’t want to be a skyscraper builder!: a hazardous job you’d rather not take. New York: Franklin Watts.

Lawson, R. (1940). They were strong and good. New York: The Viking press.

Sutcliffe, J. (2005). George S. Patton Jr.. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Co.

Winter, J., & Winter, J. (2000). Once upon a time in Chicago: the story of Benny Goodman. New York: Hyperion Books for Children.

Seven, J., & Christy, J. (2015). Frankie liked to sing. New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers.

Ringgold, F. (1999). If a bus could talk: the story of Rosa Parks. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.

Parks, R., Haskins, J., & Clay, W. (1997). I am Rosa Parks. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers.

James T. de Kay. (2010). Meet Martin Luther King, Jr. Random House Children’s Books.

(2004). The United States. Wynnewood, PA: Schlessinger Media.

Scattergood, A. (2012). Glory be. New York: Scholastic Press.

Floca, B. (2009). Moonshot: the flight of Apollo 11. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers.

Graham, I., Antram, D., & Salariya, D. (2003). You wouldn’t want to be on Apollo 13!: a mission you’d rather not go on. New York: Franklin Watts.

Fourth Grade Math

Burns, M., & Weston, M. (1975). The Brown paper school presents: The I hate mathematics! book. Boston: Little, Brown.

Lasky, K., & Hawkes, K. (2017). Newton’s rainbow: the revolutionary discoveries of a young scientist. First edition. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux.

Burns, M., & Weston, M. (1995). Math for smarty pants. Boston: Little, Brown.

Fourth Grade Literature

Wilder, L. I., & Williams, G. (1953). Little house in the big woods. Newly illustrated, uniform ed. New York: Harper.

Wilder, L. I., & Williams, G. (1971). Little house on the prairie. Newly illustrated, uniform ed. New York: Harper & Row.

Wilder, L. I., & Williams, G. (1953). Farmer boy. Newly illustrated, uniform ed. New York: Harper.

Wilder, L. I., & Williams, G. (1993). On the banks of Plum Creek. New York: HarperCollins Publishers.

Twain, M. (1946). The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Kingsport, TN: Kingsport Press.

Longfellow, H. W., Schoonmaker, F., & Wallace, C. (1998). Poetry for young people. New York: Sterling Publishing.

Brink, C. R., & Hyman, T. S. (1990). Caddie Woodlawn. 1st Aladdin Books ed. New York : London: Aladdin Books ; Collier Macmillan Publishers.

Whitman, W., Levin, J., & Burke, J. (1997). Poetry for young people. New York: Sterling Pub.

MacLachlan, P. (1985). Sarah, plain and tall. New York: Harper & Row.

Frost, R., Schmidt, G. D., & Sorenson, H. (1994). Poetry for young people: Robert Frost. A Magnolia eds. bk. New York: Sterling.

Sandburg, C., Bolin, F. S., & Arcella, S. (1995). Carl Sandburg. New York: Sterling Pub. Co.

Henry, O., (1995). 100 selected stories. Ware, Hertfordshire, UK: Wordsworth Editions Limited

Third Grade Math

D’Agnese, J., & O’Brien, J. (2010). Blockhead: the life of Fibonacci. New York: Henry Holt.

Lasky, K., & Hawkes, K. (1994). The librarian who measured the earth. Boston: Little, Brown and Co.

Enzensberger, H. M., & Berner, R. S. (1998). The number devil: a mathematical adventure. 1st American ed. New York: Henry Holt.

Pinczes, E. J., & MacKain, B. (1995). A remainder of one. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Third Grade Literature

Raven, N., & Howe, J. (2007). Beowulf: a tale of blood, heat, and ashes. 1st U.S. ed. Cambridge, Mass.: Candlewick Press.

Bond, M., & Fortnum, P. (2014). A bear called Paddington. First Harper US edition. New York: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.

Bond, M., & Fortnum, P. (2015). More about Paddington. First Harper U.S. edition. New York, NY: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

Bond, M. (1964). Paddington marches on. Boston: Houghton Miffin.

Bond, M. (1966). Paddington at work. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Bond, M., & Fortnum, P. (1984). Paddington’s storybook. 1st American ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Stevenson, R. L. (2001). Treasure Island. 2001 Modern Library pbk. ed. / New York: Modern Library.

Swift, J. (1996). Gulliver’s travels. Modern library ed. New York: Modern Library.

Stevenson, R. L. (1989). A child’s garden of verses. San Francisco: Chronicle Books.

Nesbit, E. (1907). Beautiful stories from Shakespeare. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1430

Dickens, Charles (1843). A Christmas Carol. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46

Third Grade Science

Bryant-Mole, K. (1998). Magnets. Des Plaines, Ill.: Heinemann Interactive Library.

Nelson, R. (2004). Magnets. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Co.

Meiani, A. (2003). Magnetism. 1st American ed. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications Co.

Bang, M. (2004). My light. New York: Blue Sky Press.

Eboch, C. (2013). Magnets in the real world. Minneapolis, Minn.: ABDO Publishing.

Tocci, S. (2001). Experiments with magnets. New York: Children’s Press.

Cole, J., & Degen, B. (1997). The magic school bus and the electric field trip. New York: Scholastic Press.

Wilson, R. (2013). How does a battery work? First edition. New York, NY: Gareth Stevens Publishing.

Seuling, B., & Tobin, N. (2003). Flick a switch : how electricity gets to your home. New York: Holiday House.

Kamkwamba, W., Mealer, B., & Zunon, E. (2012). The boy who harnessed the wind. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers.

Parker, S. (2005). Fully charged: electricity. Chicago: Heinemann Library.

Pringle, P. (1964). The young Faraday. New York: Roy Publishers.

Shea, C. O. (2013). Conductors and insulators. First edition. New York, NY: Gareth Stevens Publishing.

Vail, G. (2013). Motors and generators. New York, NY: Gareth Stevens Pub.

Weingarten, E. (2013). What is a circuit? New York, NY: Gareth Stevens Pub.

Suen, A., & Carrick, P. (2007). Wired. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge.

Macaulay, D. (20032002). The way things work: electricity. Wynnewood, PA: Schlessinger Media.

Rich, R. (2001). Thomas Edison and the electric light. Irving, TX : Wynnewood, PA: Nest Entertainment ; Distributed by Schlessinger Media.

Steffens, B. (1992). Phonograph: sound on disk. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books.

Barretta, G. (2012). Timeless Thomas: how Thomas Edison changed our lives. New York: Henry Holt.

Barretta, G. (2009). Neo Leo: the ageless ideas of Leonardo da Vinci. New York: Henry Holt.

Dooling, M. (2005). Young Thomas Edison. New York: Holiday House.

Wilson, A. (1999). How the future began: communications. New York: Kingfisher.

Krull, K., & Hewitt, K. (2013). Lives of the scientists: experiments, explosions (and what the neighbors thought). Boston: Harcourt Children’s Books.

Robinson, F. (2016). Ada’s ideas: the story of Ada Lovelace, the world’s first computer programmer. New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers.

Orr, T. (2015). Markus “Notch” Persson: creator of Minecraft. Kennett Square, Pennsylvania: Purple Toad Publishing.

Ballard, C. (2007). From steam engines to nuclear fusion: discovering energy. New York: Heinemann Library.

Gifford, C. (1999). How the future began: machines. New York: Kingfisher.

Barton, C., & Tate, D. (2016). Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson’s super-soaking stream of inventions. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge.

Matthews, J. R. (2005). The light bulb. New York: F. Watts.

Berne, J., & Radunsky, V. (2013). On a beam of light: a story of Albert Einstein. San Francisco: Chronicle Books.

Barretta, G. (2006). Now & Ben: the modern inventions of Benjamin Franklin. New York: Henry Holt and Co.

Stanley, D., & Hartland, J. (2016). Ada Lovelace, poet of science: the first computer programmer. First edition. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.

McPherson, S. S. (2010). Tim Berners-Lee: inventor of the World Wide Web. Minneapolis, MN: Twenty-First Century Books.

Jackson, A. (2015). Google: how Larry Page & Sergey Brin changed the way we search the web. Broomall, PA: Mason Crest.

Venezia, M. (2010). Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniak: geek heroes who put the personal in computers. New York: Children’s Press.

McClafferty, C. K. (2012). Tech titans. New York: Scholastic.