We'll Never Forget You, Roberto Clemente

Chronicles the life and accomplishments of baseball star Roberto Clemente, from his youth in Puerto Rico, through his record-breaking career in Pittsburgh, to his tragic death during a mission of mercy.

Ripley's Believe It or Not! Strikingly True

Ripley Publishing (COR)

A baseball-loving girl worries that the ballet class her mother forces her to take will ruin her reputation with the other members of her baseball team.

P&s 2 Fra07 Green Apple Farm (Manuf)

City Mouse-Country Mouse And Two More Mouse Tales From Aesop

Three easy to read folktales are retold in this book: City Mouse-Country Mouse, "The Lion And The Mouse," and "Belling The Cat."

Did you know that a great white shark can weigh as much as 15 gorillas? That meteorites the size of basketballs land on Earth about once a month? Kids will devour more than 300 wacky facts in Weird but True! 2 --the second installment in a lively new spin-off series from the award-winning National Geographic Kids magazine. National Geographic Kids is the nation's largest magazine for children, with more than 1.3 million subscribers and 5 million readers. The brand is rapidly gaining traction in the book market, with the huge success of National Geographic Readers and the National Geographic Kids Almanac. Straight from the pages of the magazine's top-scoring feature, this little book is chock-full of tremendous fun. It's packed with even more of the wild-n-wacky facts, whimsical designs, and all-out reading fun that made the first Weird but True volume an early success. This book's compact size makes it easy to handle and fun to browse. Eye-popping photos and bold, colorful graphics nab kids' attention and entice them to read. Brain-bending facts cover a broad range of topics, from science to foods to pop culture and just about everything else under the sun. Kids will have so much fun that they won't even realize they're learning.

National Geographic

Looking for Boo (Scott Foresman Reading

This innovative and wildly funny read-aloud by award-winning humorist/actor B.J. Novak will turn any reader into a comedian. You might think a book with no pictures seems boring and serious. Except . . . here's how books work. Everything written on the page has to be said by the person reading it aloud. Even if the words say . . . BLORK. Or BLUURF. Even if the words are a preposterous song about eating ants for breakfast, or just a list of astonishingly goofy sounds like BLAGGITY BLAGGITY and GLIBBITY GLOBBITY. Cleverly irreverent and irresistibly silly, The Book with No Pictures is one that kids will beg to hear again and again. (And parents will be happy to oblige.)

Did you know that ears are self-cleaning, or that itching is contagious? It's all totally weird ... but true! The world can be a pretty wacky place! Kids will have a blast exploring just HOW wacky in the 10th book in the wildly popular Weird But True series, full of 350 surprising and amazing facts. Topics include science, space, weather, geography, food, pop culture, and just about everything else under the sun, presented with fascinating photos and illustrations. This quirky little reference is so much fun, kids forget they're learning.

National Geographic

Sisler, Celeste (ADP)/ Hall, Susan (ILT)

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell!

A little girl looks forward to keeping all of Milly's puppies, but when they begin to make big demands on her, she changes her mind about them.

Brewster, Patience

The Legend Of The Indian Paintbrush

In a vivid retelling of an old folk legend, an Indian brave dreams of creating a painting that will capture the beauty of a sunset.

The Cleanup (Scott, Foresman reading)

Smith, Geof/ Depken, Kristen L./ Tillworth, Mary/ Finnegan, Delphine/ Aikins, Dave (ILT)

This hysterical picture book by best-selling author Doreen Cronin and best-selling artist Harry Bliss tells the daily doings of a small worm in a gigantic worm world.

Mr. Kidd (Leveled Reader 61B, Genre

Marilee Robin Burton

From the elephant's tremendous ears to the jack rabbit's mood ears, discover what it would be like if you had these special ears--and find out why your ears are just the right ones for you!

Animal Tricks, on My Way Grade 2 Theme 2

When two bad ants desert from their colony, they experience a dangerous adventure that convinces them to return to their former safety.

Van Allsburg, Chris

Sydnie Meltzer Kleinhenz

Whacky Jack (Hooked on phonics)

The Hueys in What's the Opposite?

Art & Culture: Dia De Los Muertos: Factors And Multiples

Students will learn factors and multiples while reading about Dia de los Muertos: the Day of the Dead.

Uni the Unicorn is breaking out of picture book land...and entering Step into Reading! This Step 2 reader features Uni and friends on a magical fun-filled sleepover. Join Uni the Unicorn on this all-new Step into Reading adventure in the Land of Unicorns! In this Step 2 book, it's Uni's very first sleepover! The other unicorns have been to sleepovers before, and have learned LOTS of magical games. Uni struggles with game after game, and by bedtime, Uni isn't having a very good time. Will Uni find a way to contribute to the fun? Uni the Unicorn makes a Step into Reading debut in this charming and relatable story! Fans of the picture book will be excited to find their beloved friend in our early reader format, ready to accompany them on their learning-to-read journey. Step 2 readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories. They are perfect for children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help.

Rosenthal, Amy Krouse

When Mom has to go out of town, Stanley decides to blast off to outer space. But who's this small martian returning in his place who doesn't follow earthling rules? On the day that Stanley's mom takes a work trip overnight, Stanley decides to leave planet Earth. But when his spaceship touches down again in the backyard, a young martian crawls out, proclaiming to Stanley's dad that residents of Mars don't wash before dinner, eat their vegetables, or brush their teeth. It just so happens that martians tend to act out in school, too. . . . With whimsy and sympathy for a familiar dilemma, Simon James ushers us into the coping fantasies of an imaginative, sensitive kid - and shares the pleasure of his sheepish reunion with a most accepting family.

When a busy family's activities come to a halt because of a blackout, they find they enjoy spending time together and not being too busy for once.

A whimsical twist on the classic nursery rhyme introduces the giant Hugely-Wugely Spider, whose big size causes him to be left out of other spider ventures up the water spout, until the Itsy-Bitsy Spider and his friends need his help when the rain comes down and threatens to wash them out.

Maddie in the middle (Leveled readers)

Describes the development of a tadpole into a frog.

Mikey's Garden (Scott Foresman Reading, 81A)

P&s 2 Frb04 Mark and Gert (Manuf)

Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed A Neighborhood

In this exuberant picture book about transformation through art, Mira lives in a gray urban community until a muralist arrives and, along with his paints and brushes, brings color, joy, and hope to the neighborhood. Based on a true story.

Campoy, F. Isabel and Theresa Howell

Planet Earth (Children's Reference)

Owen And Mzee: The Language Of Friendship

This second book in the true story of the amazing bond between Mzee, the 130-year-old tortoise, and Owen, the orphaned baby hippo rescued from the tsunami floods, focuses on their special form of communication of soft sounds, gestures, and nudges.

Hatkoff, Isabella, et al.

Tom Paxton; illustrated by Don Vanderbeek

Val Montegnana Walla