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World Alamanac 2010

Class set of 25 copies

I know you all love going high-tech with interenet research and web databases, but sometimes it's not always possible or practical to have access to computer cart or lab. The World Alamanac is a great resource for social studies teachers in particular, with tons of facts right at your students' fingertips.

21st Century Learning can still happen with books if you plan a collaborative, student-centered lessson. Let them discover information for themselves and draw conclusions based on what they find. Check out a class set today @ your library!

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CHAMPS: A Proactive and Positive Approach to Classroom Management
2nd Edition
by Randy Sprick

45 copies, with CDs

If you are a teacher or a student in our school, you know what CHAMPS is by now. We just got enough copies of this book for all teachers to check it out, read it, and use it for the school year.

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Pictures of Hollis Woods
by Patricia Reilly Giff

25 paperbacks (with Kapco plastic covers)
1 CD
Reading Level: 6.4
Interest Level: 5-8

"Drawing is what you see of the world, truly see."

Hollis Woods is a foster child taken in by a retired art teacher, Josie. The story weaves together the stories of Hollis's growing affecting for her new caregiver and the pictures she draws of her fond memories with her previous foster family, the Regans.

Pictures of Hollis Woods was a Newberry Honor book in 2003, and was made into a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie in 2007. Check it out today @ your library.

New Books

We just got four new books in from Junior Library Guild. All the new books are on display at the circulation desk -- check one out today!

They Never Came Back

by Caroline B. Cooney

Years ago, Tommy's cousin, Murielle, disappeared. Then one day during summer school, he thinks he sees her across the cafeteria. But the girl-a dead ringer for his cousin-insists her name is Cathy. Tommy reluctantly believes her. His parents, when they meet her, suspect she's lying.

For Keeps

by Natasha Friend

Josie has never met her dad, and that's fine with her. To Josie, Paul Tucci is just a guy who got her mom pregnant and then moved away. It all happened sixteen years ago, when Josie's mom was still a teenager herself. But now Paul Tucci is back in town, and Josie has to deal with not one but two men in her life-her father and her first boyfriend, who Josie fears will hurt her just like Paul hurt her mother.

Foiled

by Jane Yolen

Illustrated by Mike Cavallaro

Aliera is a star at fencing, but at school no one notices her-until her new lab partner Avery begins flirting with her. Aliera's mother just bought her a foil from a garage sale, and it has a strange jewel attached to the hilt. Will Aliera's first date be ruined when magical creatures try to steal her foil?

Copper

Written and illustrated by Kazu Kibuishi

Copper and his dog, Fred, go mountain climbing, surfing, and walking through landscapes fantastic and familiar-all while keeping up a wry, humorous banter. When at one point an odd creature Fred tried to befriend runs away, Fred laments, "I guess I'll just have to deal with the fact that I have no friends." "You and me both," says Copper.

(All photos and annotations courtesy of Junior Library Guild, at juniorlibraryguild.com)