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Hi all,
Sorry this took some time - thanks to everyone who
sent titles, it is turning into a wonderful unit.
We are actually creating maps of Lilly's neighborhood
(Kevin Henkes)and having a great time!!

Denise Fleming's Buster

My map book" by Sara Fanelli

Mapping Penny's World (Leedy)
My Sister's Rusty Bike (Aylesworth)

Harrington, Janice N. Going North; illus. by Jerome
Lagarrigue. Farrar, 
Straus and Giroux, 2004. 5-8 yrs.
Experience the changes in smells, sights, and rhythms
that the journey 
provides as Jessie and her family travel from Alabama
to their new home 
in Nebraska.

High, Linda Oatman. Under New York; illus. by Robert
Rayevsky, Holiday 
Home, 2001. Age 5-8 years.
A different view of one of America's most beloved
cities, Under New 
York tells the story of the various adventures, from
music to elephants, 
which happen beneath the streets.

Johnson, D.B. Henry Works; written and illus. by D. B.
Johnson. 
Houghton, 2004. Ages 5-8.
The fourth book in a series of picture books written
about the life of 
Henry David Thoreau, this book follows the bear Henry
as he works to 
bring function and beauty to Concord and then write a
story at the end of 
his day.

 Flatharta, Antoine. Hurry and the Monarch; illus. by
Meilo So. Knopf, 
2005. 5-8 yrs.
Meet Hurry the tortoise and his monarch butterfly
friend who is making 
the physical and biological journey of a lifetime. 

Pattison, Darcy. The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman;
illus. by Joe 
Cepeda. Harcourt, 2003. 5-9 yrs.
Travel with a wooden manikin from Uncle Ray's Home in
Rock Hill, South 
Carolina to the home of Ray's niece in Redcrest,
California. 

Stroud, Bettye. The Patchwork Path: A Quilt Map to
Freedom; illus. by 
Erin Susan Bennett. Candlewick, 2005. Age 5-8 years.
This story follows a young slave girl and her father's
escape to 
freedom, following the clues left from her mother in a
patchwork quit. As she 
pieces the clues and the fabric together for their
journey, Hannah 
learns about the importance of passing on what she has
learned.

Willey, Margaret, ad. Clever Beatrice: An Upper
Peninsula Conte; illus. 
by Heather Solomon. Ages 4-8 years.
In this story Beatrice fools a giant into giving her
money to help her 
mother. . .and she doesn't even have to lift a finger.

Blake, Robert J. Akiak: a Tale From the Iditarod,
written and illus. by 
Robert Blake. Philomel, 1997. 5-8 yrs

Hopkinson, Deborah. Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt;
illus. by James 
Ransome. Knopf, 1993. 5-8 yrs

Priceman, Marjorie. How to Make an Apple Pie and See
the World; written 
and illus. by Marjorie Priceman. Knopf, 1994. 5-8 yrs.
And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon by Janet Stevens.
 Scholastic, c2001.

Liz Deskins
Library Media Specialist
J.W. Reason Elementary Hilliard City Schools
email: liz4lib2000@yahoo.com

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