Biblio, Part 2 of 10

["Cheryl W. Stevens" <cheryls@NECA.COM>]

ELEMENTARY-MEMORIES

For memories theme  how about -  Roxaboxen   or
 Pass It On -  Poetry    Selected by Wade Hudson   (Scholastic)
 Eloise Greenfield's  "Keepsake"  and actually several other poems   from her
Honey I Love  anthology.
 There is a great book I believe is called simply  Charlotte   (I can't
    remember the author)
  Bill Martin, Jr.'s  Knots On A Counting Rope  or Ghost-Eye Tree
 G. Houston's  My Great Aunt Arizona
Tomie de Paola's  Nana Upstairs,  Nana Downstairs  -  He has a
  lot of books that are about his childhood memories.
  The Artist  might be great too.
Two books about memories come to mind, both by Patricia MacLachlan,
        WHAT YOU KNOW FIRST
        ALL THE PLACES TO LOVE
What age range are you looking for?  There is a picture book by Charlotte
Zolotow (I think) called My Grandson Lew, which is about a little boy telling
his mother all the things he remembers about his grandfather, who died when
the boy was quite small.  The mother is very moved because she hadn't thought
her son could possibly remember her father, and she tells more stories about
how the grandfather used to take care of his grandson--' "I know how to take
care of babies," he said, "because I used to take care of you [i.e. the
mother]." '  I think it was illustrated by William Pene du Bois.  Hope this
helps.


the long way to the new land (sandin)
what did you leave behind (tresselt)
dakota dugout (turner)
owl moon (yolen)
blackberries in the dark (jukes)
i go with my family to grandma's (levinson)
watch the stars come out (levinson)
the hundred penny box (mathis)
quilt story (polacco)
the quilt story (johnston)
gooseberries to oranges (cohen)
the terrible thing that happened at our house (blaine)
more stories julian tells (cameron)
the following are by cynthia rylant:
when i was young in the mountains
the relatives came
the song and dance man)

 just about any of the Patricia Polacco
books fit this category (THUNDER CAKE, MY ROTTEN RED-HEADED OLDER BROTHER,
CHICKEN SUNDAY), WHEN I WAS YOUNG IN THE MOUNTAINS by Cynthia Rylant, or IN
COAL COUNTRY by Judith Hendershot.
Hope these suggestions help.
Susan Pope


-Susan Gemignani

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ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE-CIVIL WAR
In addition to The Perilous Road by William Steele, here are a few
read-aloud suggestions for Civil War (historical fiction):

Bull Run / Paul Fleischman (1993 HarperCollins)
    Northerners, Southerners, generals, couriers, dreaming boys and
worried sisters describe the glory, the horror, the thrill, and the
disillusionment of the first battle of the Civil War.

Pink and Say / Patricia Polacco (1994 Philomel Books)
    Say Curtis describes his meeting with Pinkus Aylee, a Black
soldier, during the Civil War, and their capture by Southern troops.
Based on a true story about the author's great-great-grandfather.

With every drop of blood / James Lincoln Collier (1994 Delacorte
    Press)
    While trying to transport food to Richmond, Virginia, during the
Civil War, fourteen-year-old Johnny is captured by a Black
Union soldier.

Jayhawker / Patricia Beatty (1991 Morrow Junior Books)
    In the early years of the Civil War, teenage Kansas farm boy,
Lije Tulley, becomes a Jayhawker, an abolitionist raider freeing
slaves from the neighboring state of Missouri, and then goes
undercover there as a spy.

Just a few of many great books!

Gabi Kupitz
gabriele_kupitz@byu.edu


PICTURE BOOKS-MOTHER/DAUGHTER
For whatever it's worth, here's a small sampling of
mother/daughter picture books:

Coat of many colors / Dolly Parton
    A poor girl delights in her coat of many colors, made by her
mother from rags, because despite the ridicule of the other children
she knows the coat was made with love.

The gingerbread doll / Susan Tews
    Although her family's prosperity brings her increasingly nicer
dolls as Christmas gifts, Rebecca is most fond of her gingerbread
doll because her mother made it.

I speak English for my mom / Muriel Stanek
    Lupe, a young Mexican American, must translate for her mother who
speaks only Spanish until Mrs. Gomez decides to learn English in
order to get a better job.

Home lovely / Lynn Rae Perkins
    Hoping for trees or a flower garden, Tiffany transplants and
cares for some seedlings to cheer up the trailer she shares with her
mom.

In my mother's garden / Melissa Madenski
    With the help of a neighbor, a young girl plants some pansies as
a birthday surprise for her mother.

The little girl and her mother / Beatrice Schenk de Regniers

Mama is a miner / George Ella Lyon
    A daughter describes her mother's job as a miner.

My mama had a dancing heart / Libba Moore Gray
    A ballet dancer recalls how she and her mother would welcome each
season with a dance outdoors.

Red light, green light, mama and me / Cari Best
    After taking the train downtown, Lizzie spends the day at the
public library, helping her mother who is a children's librarian.

Tap-tap / Karen Lynn Williams
    After selling oranges in the market, a Haitian mother and
daughter have enough money to ride the tap-tap, a truck that picks up
passengers and lets them off when they bang on the side of the
vehicle.

Much success!
Gabi Kupitz
gabriele_kupitz@byu.edu





DEATH

  LIFETIMES by Bryan Mellonie and Robert
Ingpen focuses on the cycle of life.  It is good for all ages and is simple,
yet moving. THE TENTH GOOD THING ABOUT BARNEY by Judith Viorst relates
more to the death of a pet.  Both are very good, though LIFETIMES is more
universal.
A couple of good books on death:
A TASTE OF BLACKBERRIES--Doris B. Smith
BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA--Kathryn Paterson
THE TENTH GOOD THING ABOUT BARNEY--Judith Viorst (?)


4TH GRADE-SURVIVAL
 The Cay by Theodore Taylor.  In addition,
they were required to read two other "survival" books.
The Old Man and the Sea - Hemingway
Kon-Tiki - Thor Heyerdahl, adapted by Lisa Norby
Frozen Fire - James Houston
Call of the Wild, Tow Build a Fire and Other Stories - Jack London
Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor - Gabriel Marquez
Cave Under the City - Harry Mazer
Island of the Blue Dolphins - Scott O'Dell
Hatchet - Gary Paulsen
Lost in the Devil's Desert - Gloria Skurzynski
Call it Courage - Armstrong Sperry

GOOSEBUMPS ALTERNATIVES:
Something Upstairs by Avi
The Drum, the Doll, and the Zombie, House With a Clock in its Walls, or
Eyes of the Killer Robot -- all by John Bellairs
Down a Dark Hall or Stranger With My Face by Lois Duncan
Wait 'Til Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn
The Dark Way by Virginia Hamilton
The Secret of Lizard Island by Ernest Herndon
The Haunting by Margaret Mahy
Seven Spiders Spinning by Gregory Maguire
The Seance or Whispers From the Dead by Joan Lowery Nixon
A Haunted Year by Ann Phillips
Time Windows by Kathryn Reiss
Spell it M-U-R-D-E-R by Ivy Ruckman
Raw Head, Bloody Bones  ed. by Mary E. Lyons
Appointment With a Stranger by Jean Thesman
Who's There? by Stephanie Tolan
Rosemary's Witch by Ann Turner
Anything by John Bellairs, Lois Duncan, and Joan Lowery Nixon will fill the
bill.  Some individual titles would be _Wait Till Helen Comes_ by Hahn,
_Fire Mask_ by Grant, _The Secret Keeper_ by Whelan, _House of Dies Drear_
by Hamilton and some titles by Betty Ren Wright.

Cheryl W. Stevens
Library Media Specialist
Willimantic, Connecticut
cheryls@neca.com
The Librarian's File Cabinet
http://www.neca.com/~cheryls

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