Freedman, Russell. Freedom walkers : the story of the Montgomery bus boycott. New York : Scholastic, 2007.
Map -- Montgomery, Alabama, 1955-1956 -- Introduction: Why they walked -- Jo Ann Robinson -- Claudette Colvin -- Rosa Parks -- Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Boycott heroes -- Proud to be arrested -- Walking to victory -- Children are coming on -- Chapter notes -- Selected bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index. Covers the events surrounding and including the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the end of segregation on buses.

Dobbs, Michael, 1950-. Poland, Solidarity, Walesa. New York : McGraw-Hill, c1981.

Jones, Rebecca C. The president has been shot! : true stories of the attacks on ten U.S. Presidents. 1st ed. New York : Dutton Children's Books, c1996.
Describes the assassinations of Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy. Also includes the attacks on Andrew Jackson, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan and what is begin done to protect the president.

Brownlee, Christen, 1977-. Cute, furry, and deadly : diseases you can catch from your pet! New York : Franklin Watts, 2007.

DiConsiglio, John. Blood suckers! : deadly mosquito bites! New York : Franklin Watts, 2007.
A pesky mosquito lands on your arm and drinks some of your blood. It leaves behind an itchy bump, but if that's all it leaves behind, you should be happy. Every year, mosquitoes infect millions of people with deadly diseases!.

Tilden, Thomasine E. Lewis, 1958-. Belly-busting worm invasions! : parasites that love your insides! New York : F. Watts, c2007.
Learn about parasites and the people who fight them with real life cases.

Hammond, Richard. Car science. New York : DK Pub., c2008.
Power -- Speed -- Handling -- Technology. "An under-the-hood, behind-the-dash look at how cars work"--Cover.

Cheetham, Craig. American cars of the 1950s. North American ed. Milwaukee, WI : Gareth Stevens Pub., 2007.
Contains photographs and descriptions of some of the makes and models of American cars popular before 1950, including the Auburn Speedster, Ford Model T, Stutz Bearcat, and others.

Green, Sara, 1964-. Boxers. Minneapolis, MN : Bellwether Media, 2008.
"Simple text and full color photographs introduce beginning readers to the characteristics of the dog breed Boxers. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--Provided by publisher.

The power of friendship. 1st ed. New York : Hyperion Books for Children, c2005.
Five ordinary friends, Will, Irma, Taranee, Cornelia, and Hay Lin, learn they are destined for great things when they are chosen to be Guardians of the Veil, with the help of their newly discovered powers. Presented in graphic novel form.

Nicholas, Jeremy. The Great Composers : The Lives and Music of 50 Great Classical Composers. London : Quercus, 2007.
From the sublime splendors of Bach to the romantic agonies of Berlioz, and from the cosmopolitan triumphs of Handel to the politically fraught career of Shostakovich in Soviet Russia, the lives of the great composers are as varied and multifaceted as the works of creative genius they produced. Writing with verve and passion, Jeremy Nicholas offers a sequence of elegant and often affectionate biographical profiles of 50 of the greatest composers in the history of classical music. Presented in chronological order, the biographies describe the life, artistic development and creative output of each composer.

Goin, Kenn. Soccer for fun! Minneapolis, MN : Compass Point Books, c2003.
Describes the basic rules, skills, and important people and events in the sport of soccer.

Hughes, Mark. SPEED ADDICTS : GRAND PRIX RACING. London : Dakini Books LTD, 2005.
Speed Addicts is the complete and definitive illustrated book of grand prix motot racing. It narrates the history of the sport in the form of a human story about what makes the men in the cockpits want to race as they rick their lives in the unrelenting pursuit of excellence.

Will, Sandra. Hockey for fun! Minneapolis : Compass Point Books, c2004.
Describes the sport of hockey and presents information on the basic equipment, different moves, scoring, rules and more.

Murrell, Deborah Jane, 1963-. Fighting a battle. Pleasantville, NY : World Almanac Library, 2009.

Temple, Bob. The Titanic : an interactive history adventure. Mankato, Minn. : Capstone Press, c2008.
Describes the events surrounding the sinking of the ship "Titanic" in 1912, revealing the historical details from the perspectives of a first-class passenger, a third-class passenger, and a crewmember.

Forbes, Suzi. Washington, D.C. : a photographic journey. New York : Crescent, c1990.
Full-color captioned photographs describe the sights and scenes of Washington, D.C.

Goldberg, Enid A. Genghis Khan : 13th-century Mongolian tyrant. New York : Franklin Watts, 2007.

Willoughby, Douglas. The Vietnam War. Chicago : Heinemann Library, c2001.
An examination of the Vietnam War, focusing on the participation of American troops in the conflict; and includes primary source materials, and photographs.

Don't Look at Your Hands. Teacher's Video Company, 2003.
Strong typing skills are prerequisite for effective writing habits. This concise introduction to keyboarding covers it all: correct posture, finger placement, key memorization, key functions, numbers, and much more. Enthusiastic demonstrations and practice drills strengthens students' comprehension.

Magic School Bus.

Museum 1 2 3. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, c2004.
Teaches the numbers one through ten with the help of artworks from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Landau, Elaine. Beyond Pluto. New York : Children's Press, 2007.
What's out there? -- At the outer edge of our solar system -- Three space leftovers -- Beyond our solar system.

Landau, Elaine. Earth. New York : Children's Press, 2007.
Planet Earth/home sweet home -- All about earth -- Inside earth -- Space missions.

Albee, Sarah. Elephants. Pleasantville, NY : Gareth Stevens Pub., 2009.

Wilsdon, Christina. Dogs. U.S. ed. Pleasantville, NY : Gareth Stevens Pub., c2009.

Behind the museum door : poems to celebrate the wonders of museums. New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2007.
A collection of fourteen poems about various things found in a museum.

Celenza, Anna Harwell. The heroic symphony. Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, c2004.
After learning that he is going deaf, Beethoven is determined to write a great symphony and thinks he has found his inspiration in the heroic deeds of Napoleon. Includes an audio CD.

Cronin, Doreen. Click, clack, splish, splash : a counting adventure. 1st ed. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2006.
While Farmer Brown sleeps, some of the animals who live on the farm go on a fishing expedition.

Friend, Catherine. The perfect nest. 1st ed. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2007.
With hopes of making a delicious omelet, Jack the cat builds a nest to catch a chicken, but ends up attracting more than the bird.

Scacco, Linda. Always my grandpa : a story for children about Alzheimer's disease. Washington, DC : Magination Press, c2006.
During a summer at his grandfather's house, young Daniel, with his mother's help, begins to understand Alzheimer's disease and how it affects not only Grandpa, but the entire family, as well.

Scott, Ann Herbert. On Mother's lap. New York : Clarion Books, [1992], c1972.
A small Eskimo boy discovers that Mother's lap is a very special place with room for everyone.

Seuss, Dr. Thidwick, the big-hearted moose. New York : Random House, c1975.
When a moose gives a Bingle Bug a ride on his horns, he unwillingly becomes host to a large number of unwelcome guests.

Richter, Conrad,. The light in the forest. [1st ed.]. New York, : Knopf, 1953.
After being raised as an Indian for eleven years following his capture at the age of four, John Butler is forcibly returned to his white parents but continues to long for the freedom of Indian life.

Hahn, Mary Downing. All the lovely bad ones : a ghost story. New York : Clarion Books, c2008.
While spending the summer at their grandmother's Vermont inn, two prankster siblings awaken young ghosts from the inn's distant past who refuse to "rest in peace.".

Hobbs, Will. Crossing the wire. 1st ed. New York : HarperCollins, c2006.
Fifteen-year-old Victor Flores journeys north in a desperate attempt to cross the Arizona border and find work in the United States to support his family in central Mexico.

Keene, Carolyn. Mystery train. New York : Pocket, c1990.
Nancy joins some of the best minds in the mystery field to help crack a famous unsolved case--the theft of the Comstock diamond.

Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963. The horse and his boy;. New York, : Macmillan, [1954].
Bree, a talking horse, and Shasta, a young boy, are joined by the four English children and Aslan to help save Narnia from invasion.

Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963. The silver chair. New York : HarperTrophy, [1994], c1953.
Two English children undergo hair-raising adventures as they go on a search and rescue mission for the missing Prince Rilian, who is held captive in the underground kingdom of the Emerald Witch.

Park, Barbara. Junie B., first grader : one-man band. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c2003.
When Junie B. cannot play in the school kickball tournament because of a sore toe, she brings her unique talents to the halftime show.

Park, Barbara. Junie B. Jones and her big fat mouth. New York : Random House, c1993.
Junie B. gets herself in trouble by bragging to the rest of her kindergarten class that she has the "bestest" job of all for the class Job Day.

Park, Barbara. Junie B. Jones and the stupid smelly bus. New York : Random House, c1992.
Junie B.'s first day of kindergarten is fine, except for the ride on the smelly school bus; so when it is time to go home, Junie B. decides not to get on.

Sobol, Donald J., 1924-. Encyclopedia Brown and the case of the jumping frogs. New York : Delacorte Press, c2003.
Encyclopedia Brown, boy detective extraordinaire, solves ten new cases, including "The Case of the Miracle Pill," "The Case of Nemo's Tuba," "The Case of the Lawn Mower Races," and "The Case of the Air Guitar." Solutions provided at the end of each chapter.

Sobol, Donald J., 1924-. Encyclopedia Brown and the case of the mysterious handprints. New York : Morrow Junior Books, c1985.
The ten-year-old detective continues his war on crime in Idaville through ten more cases, for which the reader is invited to guess the solution before it is revealed.

Sobol, Donald J., 1924-. Encyclopedia Brown cracks the case. 1st ed. New York : Dutton Children's Books, c2007.
The case of the forgetful jewel thief -- The case of the autographed Alice in Wonderland -- The case of the lemonade stand -- The case of the Revolutionary treasures -- The case of the missing butterfly brooch -- The case of the counterfeit dough -- The case of the astronaut duck -- The case of the lucky catch -- The case of the missing money -- The case of the stolen Confederate stamps. Ten brief cases allow the reader to match wits with ten-year-old crime-buster, Encyclopedia Brown, as he locates stolen jewels, retrieves a stuffed tiger, and more. Solutions are included at the back of the book.

Van Leeuwen, Jean. Benjy in business. 1st ed. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1983.
Eight-year-old Benjy tries various schemes to earn money to buy a baseball glove.

Berenstain, Stan, 1923-2005. The Berenstain Bears and the bully. New York : Random House, c1993.
When she takes a beating from the class bully, Sister Bear learns a valuable lesson in self-defense--and forgiveness.

George, Jessica Day, 1976-. Dragon slippers. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Bloomsbury Children's Books :, 2007.
Orphaned after a fever epidemic, Creel befriends a dragon and unknowingly inherits an object that can either save or destroy her kingdom.

Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963. The last battle. 1st Harper Trophy ed. New York : Scholastic, 1995.
When evil comes to Narnia, Jill and Eustace help to fight the great last battle and Aslan leads his people to a glorious new paradise.

Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963. The lion, the witch, and the wardrobe. New York : HarperTrophy, [1950], c1978.
Four English school children find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch who has cursed the land with eternal winter.

Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963. The magician's nephew. New York : Scholastic, 1995.
When Digory and Polly try to return the wicked witch Jadis to her own world, the magic gets mixed up and they all land in Narnia where they witness Aslan blessing the animals with human speech.

Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963. Prince Caspian, : the return to Narnia. New York, : Scholastic, 1995.
In this second Chronicle of Narnia, Peter, Edmund, Susan, and Lucy help Prince Caspian organize his army of Talking Beasts to fight against an evil king who has taken control of Narnia.

Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963. The voyage of the Dawn Treader. New York : Scholastic Inc., [1995].
Lucy, Edmund, and Eustace, three English children, sail with King Caspian through magic waters to the End of the World.

Martin, Ann M., 1955-. Karen's secret. New York : Scholastic, c1992.
Karen learns the importance of keeping a secret so that rumors don't get started. She has to regain her classmates confidence after they stop talking to her because she spilled Natalie's secret.

Nimmo, Jenny. Charlie Bone and the time twister. 1st Scholastic ed. New York : Orchard Books, 2003.
While at Bloor's Academy, Charlie Bone gets a surprise when Henry Yewbeam arrives from the year 1916 and needs Charlie's help to stay alive.

Nuzum, K. A. A small white scar. 1st ed. New York : Joanna Cotler Books, c2006.
Fifteen-year-old Will Bennon leaves his family and begins life as a cowboy, but his mentally retarded twin brother follows him and joins the journey.

Park, Barbara. Junie B., first grader : one-man band. 1st pbk. ed. New York : Random House, c2003.
When Junie B. cannot play in the school kickball tournament because of a sore toe, she brings her unique talents to the halftime show.

Park, Barbara. Junie B. Jones and the mushy gushy valentime [i.e. valentine]. New York : Random House, c1999.
When Junie B. Jones receives a mushy gushy "valentime" on Valentine's Day, she tries to find out who in her kindergarten class is her secret admirer.

Park, Barbara. Junie B. Jones has a peep in her pocket. New York : Random House, c2000.
When Junie B. learns that her kindergarten class is going on a field trip to a farm, she worries about being attacked by a rooster.

Park, Barbara. Junie B. Jones is (almost) a flower girl. New York : Random House, c1999.
Six-year-old Junie B. is disappointed to find out that her aunt has asked someone else to be the flower girl at her wedding.

Park, Barbara. Junie B. Jones is not a crook. New York : Random House, c1997.
Junie B. Jones experiences glee while showing off her new furry mittens in kindergarten, but disaster strikes when they disappear from the playground.

Park, Barbara. Junie B. Jones smells something fishy. New York : Random House, c1998.
Frustrated because the rules for her class's Pet Day will not let her take her dog to school, Junie B. Jones considers taking a raccoon, a worm, a dead fish, and other unusual replacements.

Preller, James. The case of Hermie the missing hamster. New York : Scholastic, c1998.
Jigsaw Jones, private eye, and his partner Mila, investigate the disappearance of their friend Wingnut's hamster.

Preller, James. The case of the bicycle bandit. New York : Scholastic, c2001.
Young private eyes Jigsaw and Mila search for the thieves of an unlikely prize: Ralphie Jordan's rusty old bicycle.

Preller, James. The case of the class clown. New York : Scholastic, c2000.
Jigsaw and Mila investigate when someone in Ms. Gleason's class plays practical jokes.

Preller, James. The case of the frog-jumping contest. New York : Scholastic, c2005.
Jigsaw Jones investigates when the champion frog in a frog-jumping contest mysteriously disappears.

Preller, James. The case of the stinky science project. New York : Scholastic, c2000.
Jigsaw and Mila investigate when a science project in Ms. Gleason's class produces a foul odor.

Preller, James. The case of the stolen baseball cards. New York : Scholastic, c1999.
Jigsaw tries to recover Eddie's baseball cards which have disappeared in school.

Rodda, Emily. Deltora Shadowlands. New York : Scholastic, 2009, c2002.
Cavern of the fear -- The isle of illusion -- The shadowlands. Collects all three books in the Deltora Quest series, following Lief, Barda, and Jasmine's efforts to find a weapon powerful enough to loose the Shadow Lord's magical grip that is keeping their families and friends enslaved.

Smith, Roland, 1951-. Elephant run. New York : Scholastic, 2008.
Nick endures servitude, beatings, and more after his British father's plantation in Burma is invaded by the Japanese in 1941, and when his father and others are taken prisoner and Nick is stranded with his friend Mya, they plan a daring escape on elephants, risking their lives to save Nick's father and Mya's brother from a Japanese prisoner of war camp.

Stead, Rebecca. First light. 1st ed. New York : Yearling/Random House, c2008.
When twelve-year-old Peter and his family arrive in Greenland for his father's research, he stumbles upon a secret his mother has been hiding from him all his life, and begins an adventure he never imagines possible.

Tarshis, Lauren. Emma-Jean Lazarus fell out of a tree. New York : Scholastic, 2009.
A quirky and utterly logical seventh-grade girl named Emma-Jean Lazarus discovers some interesting results when she gets involved in the messy everyday problems of her peers.

Urban, Linda. A crooked kind of perfect. New York : Scholastic, c2008.
Ten-year-old Zoe Elias, who longs to play the piano but must resign herself to learning the organ, instead, finds that her musicianship has a positive impact on her workaholic mother, her jittery father, and her school social life.

Stover, Lynne Farrell. More magical library lessons. Fort Atkinson, Wis. : UpstartBooks, c2004.
Presents fifteen thirty- to forty-five-minute library lessons for fourth through eighth graders based on books featuring magic, including "A Wrinkle in Time" and "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," and provides evaluation tips and extension activity ideas.

Science fiction stories. Boston : Kingfisher, [2003], c1988.
The boy, the dog, and the spaceship / Nicholas Fisk -- Invisible in London / H.G. Wells -- The dragon of Pendor / Ursula Le Guin -- Bobo's star / Glenn Chandler -- The yellowhands / T.H. White -- The specimen / Tim Stout -- Of polymufstock / John Christopher -- Hurled into space / Jules Verne -- Goodbye to the moon / Monica Hughes -- The shot from the moon / Arthur C. Clarke -- The fun they had / Isaac Asimov -- A fight between lizards at the center of the Earth / Jules Verne -- The last man alive / M.P. Shiel -- How we were tracked by a tripod / John Christopher -- The war of the worlds -- an extract / H.G. Wells -- Homecoming / Stephen David -- All summer in a day / Ray Bradbury --- Grenville's planet / Michael Shaara -- The fear shouter / Jay Williams -- The wind from the sun / Arthur C. Clarke. An illustrated collection of science fiction short stories and excerpts from longer works by a variety of authors including H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, and Isaac Asimov.

Cronin, Doreen. Clic, clac, plif, plaf : una aventura de contar. Spanish ed. New York : Lectorum, c2006.
Some of the animals who live on the farm go on a fishing expedition when Farmer Brown falls asleep.

Beaudoin, Sean. Going nowhere faster. 1st pbk. ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2008, c2007.
Although his past accomplishments have convinced everyone else he is headed for college and greatness, seventeen-year-old Stan just wants to work at Happy Video, live in his parents' basement, write a movie script--and convince someone there really is a madman after him.