THE BOOK COLLECTION Volume 3, Nov./Dec., 2005 This newsletter is about books at Ensworth: books in the classrooms and books in the library. Read students’ recommendations and see what teachers are presenting to their classes. We invite your contributions to share with teachers, students and parents.

CONTENTS FAVORITE BOOKS

th th th WE ARE READING Page 1 5 , 7 , and 8 Graders’ Book Recommendations Sara Brown (7th grade) recommends Library News Carl Hiaasen’s Flush, which follows Page 2 Books We Have Read in the Hiaasen’s successful book Hoot. Lower Library Page 3 Pre-1st, 1st and 2nd Grades’ Carter Beach (8th grade) recommends Feature Author of the The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan and Month: Jane Yolen Daniel Half Human by David Chotjewitz. Lower School Library Books by Jane Yolen: Andrew Bowers, Justice Swett and Page 4 Middle School Library Books William Higgins (5th grade) are reading by Jane Yolen Eragon and Eldest by Christopher Paolini. New Books in the Middle th School Library - not just Tucker Deaton (5 grade) recommends for English classes! Jack Adrift by Jack Gantos Announcing “Student Picks” 6th Graders’ Book Choices Mark Lowe (5th grade) recommends Sea Pages 5 – 7 Class-y Book News of Trolls by Nancy Farmer. Page 8 New Lower Library Books . Pages 9 – 11 “Student Picks”

LOWER LIBRARY NEWS MIDDLE LIBRARY NEWS

Eighth grade English classes are beginning to .In addition to the many books we’ve read work on their research papers. From a in the lower Library (see page 2) and the selection that Mrs. Pickel shares with them, units on Jane Yolen, first, second and each eighth grader chooses a work of art that third graders have been interested in appeals to him or her. The student then Chris Van Allsberg’s books. They researches the artist and the work of art. The especially love to discover clues that are final product is a paper that they finish in February. The paper consists of a biography of hidden in The Garden of Abdul Gasazi the artist and a critique of the painting. The and The Stranger. students are then able to look for the painting ♥ Mrs. Sinks that they have studied when they visit the National Gallery on their trip to Washington. ♥Mrs. Sandwith

BOOKS WE HAVE READ IN SECOND THE LOWER LIBRARY Ghost’s Hour, Spook’s Hour by Eve Bunting The Soup Bone by Tony Johnston The Spider and the Fly by Mary Botham Howitt PRE-FIRST Picnic at Mudsock Meadow by Patricia Polacco Very Scary by Tony Johnston Emperor and the Kite by Jane Yolen The Halloween House Piggins by Jane Yolen by Erica Silverman The Mysteries of Harris Burdick Pumpkin Eye by Denise Fleming by Chris Van Allsburg Patty’s Pumpkin Patch by Teri Sloat It’s Fall by Linda Glaser THIRD An Invitation to the Butterfly Ball by Jane Yolen Tomas and the Library Lady Elfabet by Jane Yolen by Pat Mora One Little, Two Little, Three Little Picnic at Mudsock Meadow Pilgrims by B.G. Hennessy by Patricia Polacco Benjamin’s Barn The Spyglass by Reeve Lindbergh by Richard Paul Evans

A Plump and Perky Turkey FIRST by Theresa Bateman The Emperor and the Kite Hoodwinked by Arthur Howard by Jane Yolen The Soup Bone by Tony Johnston The Stranger It’s Fall by Linda Glaser by Chris Van Allsburg The Little Squeegy Bug by Bill Martin ♥Mrs. Sinks

Child of Faerie by Jane Yolen Owl Moon by Jane Yolen Sometimes it’s Turkey, Sometimes it’s Feathers by Lorna Balian The Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg

Pre-1st, 1st and 2nd Grades’ Lower School Library Feature Author Books by Jane Yolen of the Month: The Emperor and the Kite Jane Yolen Wings Merlin’s Books Jane Yolen is a professional storyteller. Tam Lin: An Old Ballad Since she sold her first book, on her twenty- Hark! A Christmas Sampler second birthday, she has written over 250 Best Witches: Poems for Halloween books. She also composes songs, writes Ring of Earth: A Child’s book of Seasons poetry, teaches writing and reviews Pirates in Petticoats children’s literature. She gets her ideas from The Acorn Quest life and credits her father and husband with All those Secrets of the World ideas for at least two of her books. Owl The Girl Who Loved the Wind Moon, motivated by her husband’s interest Greyling: A Picture Story from the in birds, won the 1988 Caldecott Medal. The Islands… Emperor and the Kite, a Caldecott Honor The Mystery at McCracken’s Place Book in 1983, was inspired by her father The Seventh Mandarin who was a former international kite-flying Uncle Lemon’s Spring champion. Ms. Nolen, a mother and King Long Shanks grandmother, has won numerous other Commander Toad and the big Black Hole awards and her books and stories have been Commander Toad in Space translated into 12 additional languages. She Elfabet: An ABC of Elves spends her time between St. Andrews, Picnic with Piggins Scotland and Hatfield, Massachusetts. Piggins (x2) Piggins and the Royal Wedding The Seeing Stick Sleeping Ugly Children of the Wolf The Devil’s Arithmetic The Dragon’s Boy The Faery Flag: Stories and Poems of Fantasy Welcome to the Green House Milk and Honey: A Day of Jewish Holidays Where Have the Unicorns Gone? Not One Damsel in Distress: World Folktales How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? Wizard’s Hall http://www.janeyolen.com/janebio.html Off We Go http://www.janeyolen.com/index.html Grandad Bill’s Song Ideas for teachers using Jane Yolen books Beneath the Ghost Moon in the classroom: Owl Moon http://www.janeyolen.com/usebooks.html An Invitation to the Butterfly Ball Letting Swift River Go

All in the Woodland Early: An ABC Book

MIDDLE SCHOOL LIBRARY NEW BOOKS IN THE MIDDLE BOOKS BY JANE YOLEN SCHOOL LIBRARY

Dream Weaver Series of Unfortunate Events #12 – The Hundredth Dove Penultimate Peril, Lemony Snicket The Girl Who Cried Flowers Pocahontas , Lisa Sita Here There Be Witches Stonewall Jackson , Tracy J. Power Here There Be Unicorns W.E.B. DuBois, Ryan P. Randolph California Gold Rush (multiplying and Here There Be Dragons dividing), Kerri O’Donnell Dove Isabeau Famous Bridges of World (measuring), The Wild Hunt Yolanda Maxwell The Gift of Sarah Baker Map Math (latitude & longitude), Children of the Wolf Orli Zuravicky Armageddon Math in Our Solar System (problem Twelve Impossible Things solving), Barbara M. Linde Dragon’s Blood Natural Wonders of the World (converting Vampires distance), Kerri O’Donnell Heart’s Blood (New Redwall Book) High Rhulain, A Sending of Dragons Brian Jacques Inkspell, Cornelia Caroline Funke White Jenna So Long and Thanks for all the Fish, The Devil’s Arithmetic Douglas Adams Things That Go Bump in the Night Molly Moore’s Hypnotic Time Travel The Mermaid’s Three Wisdoms Adventure, Georgia Byng Sword of the Rightful King Ready or Not: An All-American Girl Novel, A Sending of Dragons Meg Cabot ATTENTION MATH TEACHERS: Look at the math books!

First, Second and 6th Graders Like Third Grade These Books Student Picks Palmer Campbell – Homer Price First through third graders by Robert McCloskey have been writing and telling Andrew Campbell – Artemis Fowl (series) about their favorite books. These by Eoin Colfer “Student Picks” Claire Johnson – Becoming Naomi Leon are featured in the display case in by Pam Muñoz Ryan Mary Elizabeth Colton – the hallway outside of the Lower The Two Princesses of Bamarre Library. Look at the last three by Gail Carson Levine pages of this newsletter to see Callie Estes – A Corner of the Universe what some of our younger children like by Ann M. Martin about their lower library books. Rett Hooper – No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman

CLASS-Y BOOK NEWS

Pre-1st Hempel will soon begin to hear The Courage of Sarah Noble. They enjoyed lots of books about Thanksgiving, Indians, Pilgrims, things to be thankful for and, as always, lots and lots of animal books to try to satisfy the thirst for animal information that constantly comes from this particular group of pre-first graders.

st Pre-1 Hileman continues to read about Mrs. Piggle Wiggle and her magic cures for children’s bad habits. Their current book is Mrs. Piggle Wiggle’s Farm. The students are making another class book for their classroom library. The title of the book is Yummy Soup. It is a story innovation from Joy Cowley’s Yuck Soup book.

Pre-1st Hill’s class just completed Charlotte's Web, and they are looking forward to starting a new chapter book after the Thanksgiving holidays (to be determined). The children have enjoyed learning about the first Thanksgiving through many non-fiction books.

Pre-1st Schuld has enjoyed the books Mrs. Piggle Wiggle by Betty MacDonald, The Very first Thanksgiving by Rhonda Gowler Greene, Squanto and the First Thanksgiving by Joyce K. Kessel, and My First Thanksgiving by Tomie de Paola.

1 Jackoboice’s author of the month for November is Theodor Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss. They are also reading “beginning” chapter books as a class from series like Frog and Toad (by Arnold Lobel) and Little Bear (by Else Holmelund Minarik).

st 1 grade Johnson is listening to All About Sam by Lois Lowry.

1st grade Peck – is intrigued with Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke that Mrs. Peck is reading to them.

1st grade Sanchez’s class is listening to Mrs. Sanchez read Funny Frank by Dick King-Smith to her class.

nd 2 Florentine’s current chapter book read-aloud is The Trouble With Tuck by Theodore Taylor. The students are all reading Helen Keller: Crusader for the Blind and Deaf by Steward and Polly Anne Graff as a class book. The children wrote Thanksgiving poems using their senses of sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing. They are also working on writing simple words in Braille as a connection to Helen Keller. In addition, they have read the books Anna’s Silent World and I Have a Sister; My Sister is Deaf about people who have sensory disabilities.

2nd grade Rich has been reading a class set of books about Helen Keller. Helen Keller: Crusader for the Deaf and Blind by Stewart and Polly Anne Graf. Their class is listening to the audio version of the “chapter book” How To Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell.

2nd grade Walker’s class is reading a class set of Amazing Rescues by George Shea and they are reading books about bravery and courage as well as biographies of heroes.

2nd grade Smith’s class is listening to Ms. Smith read The Meanest Doll in the World by Ann Martin and they are reading Helen Keller as a class. They recently constructed 8-page books that summarize the class book, Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie by Peter Roop.

rd 3 grade Spanish classes have had two books read to them in Spanish: El Pinguino Pedro and Cuando Voy a Pasear al Mar. These tied in nicely with the oceans unit that they did in social studies. Under the direction of Señor Jacques Cousteau Lloyd the children drew maps identifying los océanos and created some pictures of marine life, as well as enjoying the two stories.

3rd grade Champion’s chapter book is James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl to be followed by The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. Their class book is Vacation Under the Volcano by Mary Pope Osborne.

3rd grade Harris is enjoying the chapter book: School Story by Andrew Clements and they are reading Battlefield Ghost by Margery Cuyler together as a class.

3rd grade Payne’s students take pleasure in Mrs. Payne reading The King in the Window by Adam Gopnik. As a class the children are reading The Battlefield Ghost by Margery Cuyler. The 3-P’s have a guest reader every Friday and the class makes each of them a giant bookmark for a thank you gift.

rd 3 grade Swett is working with the chapter book Soft Rain by Cornelia Cornelissen. Mrs. Swett reads a chapter to her class, then the students read a chapter at home. This particular novel is related to their Tennessee History unit. It tells the history of the 1785 treaty between the Cherokee Nation and the U.S. government. Students are able to look at other’s perspectives as Soft Rain tells the history of the Trail of Tears and the struggles of the Cherokee nation.

4th grade Earhart continues with The Thief Lord (Cornelia Caroline Funke) as an aloud homeroom book. All fourth graders are about to begin The Birchbark House in language arts and social studies. Several of Miss Earhart’s girls, Merritt Dingess, Hailey Smith, Caroline Johnson, and Elizabeth Cox, have formed their own little book club to read Coraline by Neil Gaiman.

4th grade Roberts is still reading Danny the Champion of the World (Roald Dahl) aloud, and they are starting The Birchbark House (Lois Erdrich) next week, which coincides with their study of Native Americans. The students are working on projects about their favorite book they have read independently in recent weeks. As a writing connection, each student wrote a letter to the author of the book.

5th grade Chang’s students are listening to Mrs. Chang read Holes by Louis Sachar and the class is reading Children of the Wild West by Russell Freedman

5th grade Blackard is listening to Mr. Blackard read New Found Land by Allan Wolf. Their class just finished reading Tuck Everlasting.

6th grade Art – Mrs. Pickel is “sporadically” reading from the Just So stories.

6th grade Little has been reading Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry in English class and are ready to begin The Westing Game. Those are both class novels that the students study together.

6th grade Cortner just finished Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry and is about to start Walk Two Moons.

7th grade Schneider – 7B/E just finished the class book Dangerous Skies by Suzanne Fisher Staples.

th 7 Grade Terwilliger is reading Good Night, Mr. Tom.

8th grade Schneider – 8C/D are reading To Kill A Mockingbird as their class book.

8th grade Terwilliger just finished To Kill a Mockingbird .

1-Jackoboice boys and girls listen to Mrs. Sinks read The Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg, Dec.1, 2005 NEW BOOKS IN THE LOWER LIBRARY Franny K. Stein Series, The Fran That Time Forgot (JF) by Jim Benton Crazy Eddie and the Science Project of Doom (JF) by Judy Cox Fantastic Mr. Fox (JF) by Ronald Dahl

Sisters (E) by David McPhail Piggy’s Pancake Parlor (E) by David McPhail The Ballot Box (E) by Emily Arnold McCully Way Home (E) by Libby Hathorn The Tempest (E) by William Shakespeare Retold by Ann Keay Beneduce Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Book? (E) by Lauren Child Molly and the Prince (E) by Mary Pope Osborne The Bobbin Girl (E) by Emily Arnold McCully A Fine, Fine School (E) by Sharon Creech Misoso (E) An African Tale retold by Verna Aardema Edward and the Pirate (E) by David McPhail Cowgirl Rosie and Her Five Baby Bison (E) by Stephen Gulbis Olivia Saves the Circus (E) by Ian Falconer

Jackal’s Flying Lesson (folktale) by Verna Aardema President George Washington (B) by David A. Adler

Trees by Joy Richardson Plants by Paul McEvoy Flowers by Paul McEvoy How Plants Survive by Kathleen V. Kudlinski Green Sea Turtles by John E. Becker Nature Books, Dolphins by Dean Stahl

The Osborne Internet-Linked Introduction to Genes & DNA by Anna Claybourne The Prairie Builders by Sneed B Collard III

Eyewitness Books, Crystal & Gem by Dr. R.F. Symes and Dr. R.R. Harding

I Spy: Extreme Challenger! by Walter Wick and Jean Marzollo I Spy: Mystery by Walter Wick and Jean Marzollo I Spy: Fun House by Walter Wick and Jean Marzollo I Spy: Treasure Hunt by Walter Wick and Jean Marzollo

Government in Action, Becoming A Citizen by John Hamilton Government in Action, The Constitution by John Hamilton Government in Action, Branches of Government by John Hamilton Government in Action, The Bill of Rights by John Hamilton Government in Action, How a Bill Becomes a Law by John Hamilton

Straight to the Source, Primary and Secondary Sources by John Hamilton Straight to the Source, Libraries and Reference Materials by John Hamilton Straight to the Source, Internet by John Hamilton Straight to the Source, Books by John Hamilton

Craft Topics, Knights by Rachel Wright Craft Topics, Pirates by Rachel Wright Craft Topics, The Vikings by Rachel Wright

STUDENT PICKS FROM LATE OCTOBER Anna Smith Marimac McRae 1-JACKOBOICE 1 – JOHNSON

Anna loves the David Shannon book, “I like Bunnicula (by Deborah No, David! She says, "This is a Howe) because the bunny is funny. really funny book! David always does Chester the cat thinks he knows stuff to get in trouble and his mom something (a mystery) about a baby has to keep telling him, ‘No!’ " bunny.”

Benjamin Rosenthal Thomas Estes 1 – PECK 1 – SANCHEZ

“Oh say Can You Say “Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb (by Al Di-no-saur? (by Bonnie Worth) is like Perkins) is about a monkey who has a other Dr. Seuss books except this drum that he plays with his hands, time it teaches about dinosaurs. Dick fingers and thumb. A lot of people like and Sally go into a museum and learn Dr. Seuss so a lot of people will read how to say the dinosaurs’ names, this book.” learn about their defenses and how they attacked. This book gives you more understanding about dinosaurs.”

Bretton Gray James Smitherman 2 – RICH 2- SMITH

“Summer of the Sea Serpent “My favorite books are The (Magic Tree House) has lots of Dragonslayers books by Bruce adventures and gets you really Coville. The stories are about people excited! You can read other books in who battle a dragon. They are fun to the Magic Tree House Series, too, read for medium readers.” and I like that!”

Carrie Rafferty Sophie Scott 2 – FLORENTINE 2 – WALKER

“The Witchy Broom (by Ida DeLage) “Shredderman Secret Identity (by is kind of a spooky book and I like Wendelin Van Draanan) is about spooky books. I liked when the Nolan, a fourth grade boy who comes farmer’s wife went flying over the up with some (clever) ways to show boys who were spying. Then the real his classmates and teachers that witch came and scared the boys a lot. another boy, Bubba, is really a bully. Since it is towards Halloween, I think This is a good book with really good people will want to read this book.” characters. Boys and girls will like it.”

STUDENT PICKS FROM NOVEMBER Lilli Higgins Ella Werthan 3 – SWETT 3 – CHAMPION

“The Boys Start the War and The “The Two Princesses of Bamarre Girls Get Even is a good book (Gail Carson Levine) is about two because the Hatford boys are princesses: Meryl is brave and bold, expecting three boys to move in Addie is timid and shy. Meryl gets the across the street where their friends gray death so Addie has to go out and the Bensons used to live, but they fight the monsters and find the cure. It find out that it is three girls. The boys is a really great book and everyone do pranks and try to make things should really read it because it is the miserable for them. It is really a good best book I’ve ever read.” book to read.” The author is Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.

Anna Denson Kelson Gray 3 – PAYNE 3 – HARRIS

Little Town on the Prairie by Laura “Warriors Into the Wild is about an Ingalls Wilder “is about Laura Ingalls ordinary cat, Rusty, who goes into the when she was fifteen turning sixteen. wild. There he finds wild cats in packs This book is very interesting and it called Clans. The Clans are cats has many adventures. It has all the fighting to survive. Rusty joins the parts in it: happy, sad, exciting and ThunderClan at the edge of the forest everything.” in this mystery (by Erin Hunt).”

Jackson Maradik Max Davis 1 - SANCHEZ 1 - JOHNSON

Tinker and Tom and the Star Baby “Weird Parents is about two parents by David McPhail “was about a bear who are weird-looking and weird- and a boy who saw a rocket ship that acting. Their son does not like how came to Earth. A magic star baby they act. It‘s funny and the pictures are was inside. I liked when Tinker put really good!” food inside the rocket to make fuel. It was really funny.”

STUDENT PICKS FROM NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER Warner Lamar Delaney Jacoway 1 - JOHNSON 2-SMITH

“More Strange But True “Summersaults Baseball Stories (by Douglas Florian) had really good (by Howard Liss) is a good way to get words like “awe-inspiring” and facts about baseball and learn about “phosphorescent” and things that happened long ago. If you it had good titles for the poems and like baseball, you’ll like this book.” really good beats. I really liked it!

Carter Lovvorn Massey Demmas 2 - WALKER 2 - WALKER

Weapons of War Family Poems “I recommend this book to people who “This poetry book is a great book to read like the Air Force, the Navy, the Army, with your family. There are really good and the Marines. It’s nonfiction and it’s a and funny poems in this book. If you like chapter book. The author is John poetry books, you should read these poems Hamilton.” (selected by Belinda Hollyer).”

Jamie Payne 2 - WALKER

The Summer Folk This is a story about a. “boy who lives with his dad. He finds a boar and he meets 3 kids.” It is by Doris Burn.