A Girl Named Helen Keller
10 best books like A Girl Named Helen Keller (Margo Lundell): The True Story of Pocahontas, The Titanic: Lost and Found, The Trail of Tears, Buzz Said the Bee, A Medieval Feast, A Picture Book of Harriet Tubman, The Heavenward Path, G.A. Aiken Bundle: The Dragon Who Loved Me, What a Dragon Should Know, & Last Dragon Standing, The Class Trip, Who Ran My Underwear up the Flagpole?
| Author | Lucille Recht Penner |
| ISBN | 0679861661 |
1. Book summary, in your own words (3 pts)
The True Story of Pocahontas is an informational book about an Indian who became friends with John Smith and English settlers visiting her land. It talks about how she risks her life to save an Englishmen, how she was kidnapped, and how she left her home to go...
| Author | Judy Donnelly |
| ISBN | 0394886690 |
Titanic. Just the name evokes tales of the doomed ship that have captivated people of all ages for more than 100 years.
Early readers will enjoy this exciting account of the world's most famous disaster-at-sea and the discovery of it's remains many years later.
Step 4 books are perfect...
| Author | Joseph Bruchac |
| ISBN | 0679890521 |
This book is filled with problems that make it undesirable for our use. I'm not denying that North American Indians, as well as tribal people all over the world suffered under the advancement of colonialism. However, the clash of cultures and the injustices suffered are far from the unique victim hood...
| Author | Wendy Cheyette Lewison |
With inspiring and educational stories, Scholastic's Hello Reader series caters to the spectrum of reading abilities among beginning readers. My First Hello Readers use basic words to reinforce phonics and sight vocabulary. The books at this level offer punch-out flash cards plus six additional...
| Author | Aliki |
| ISBN | 0064460509 |
A beautifully illustrated, award-winning, and fascinating look at the Middle Ages by Aliki, the beloved creator of many popular books for children. The King is coming to visit! The lord and lady of Camdenton Manor must work quickly to prepare for his arrival. It will take weeks to ready rooms, set up...
| Author | David A. Adler |
| ISBN | 0823409260 |
I read this story with my reading buddy and I really enjoyed how well it was able to capture Harriet Tubman's life in few pages. It had a lot of facts and information that could even be used for a biography project. The pictures were beautiful and they were a visual representation of what Tubman's life was...
Mitsuko is being haunted by ghosts and bad luck. An angry spirit commands her to keep a forgotten promise and assigns her a series of impossible tasks. She turns to the mischievous shape-shifter Goranu for help. Together they journey through a landscape of Japanese myths and legends made real. This...
| Author | G.A. Aiken |
| ISBN | 1420127241 |
Only for those I love would I traipse into the merciless Northlands to risk life, limb, and my exquisite beauty. But do they appreciate it? Do they say, "Gwenvael the Handsome, you are the best among us--the most loved of all dragons?" No For centuries my family has refused to acknowledge my magnificence...
| Author | Francine Pascal |
| ISBN | 0553155881 |
Best friends forever...
It's the Sweet Valley Middle School sixth-grade trip to a fabulous amusement park! Both twins, Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield, have been waiting for this day for ages. And now that it's here, they're not even talking to each other!
Despite...
| Author | Jerry Spinelli |
| ISBN | 0590462784 |
A fast, fun friendship read from the Newbery-award winning author of Maniac Magee.
It's football season at Plumstead Middle School, and everything is up in the air. Sunny has become a cheerleader--the first ever to wear a frown and beat up fans who refuse to cheer. Eddie has gone out for football...
| Author | Bill Cosby |
| ISBN | 0590956175 |
[Scholastic Readers Level 3]
This easy-to-read story about friendship by comedian and storyteller Bill Cosby is now a Scholastic Reader!
Little Bill and his friends LOVE the TV show Space Explorers. And so when the new Space Explorers video game comes out, they each want a copy.
But...
| Author | Elizabeth Levy |
| ISBN | 0590451596 |
If you were there when they signed the Constitution you would see
--Why the Constitution is called a miracle.
--The first big argument.
--What was missing from the Constitution.
This books takes you behind the locked doors of Philadelphia's State House during the history-making...
| Author | Kathryn Heling |
| ISBN | 0375813993 |
Mouse Makes Words is about a cute little grey mouse that is talking about words. The mouse keeps on rhyming throughout the book. The mouse also is using phonics and replacing the first letter of a word with another letter to form a new word.
I think this book is very clever in teaching phonics to...
| Author | Joyce Milton |
| ISBN | 0394870239 |
If someone is getting this for a child who is at this level of reading I'd say it's pretty good. *Unless* the child already is interested in dinosaurs that is. The info here is so plainly simple, such everyday knowledge about dinosaurs that the kid will probably be bored and not even want to read it. Personally,...
| Author | Stephen Krensky |
| ISBN | 0679803696 |
1. Book summary, in your own words (3 pts)
Christopher Columbus is a great informational book all about Christopher Columbus and his journey to discovering the new world. It honestly gave more insight into his journey that I did not know very well. It was a great read.
2. Grade level, interest...
| Author | Frank Murphy |
| ISBN | 0375810153 |
This is my first time to read a book about George Washington. First, Gerorge Washington lived in his own home and he loved all kinds of animals in his home. He had 36 dogs in his life. Then, American people fighted England, bacause American wanted to have their own country, and England wanted them to be part...
| Author | Martha F. Brenner |
| ISBN | 0679849777 |
Personal Response:
I liked this book because it talked about how Abe Lincoln helped other people. He always liked to help people and he always was trying to solve people's problems.
Plot:
In the beginning of this book, there was a poor man named Abe Lincoln. He was the lawyer of his town....
Helen Keller: Courage in the Dark
| Author | Johanna Hurwitz |
| ISBN | 0679977058 |
1. Book summary, in your own words (3 pts)
Helen Keller: Courage in the Dark is an informational chapter book about the life of Helen Keller. It was really interesting to read, especially since I did not know much about Helen Keller in the first place.
2. Grade level, interest level, lexile (1...
| Author | Robert D. Ballard |
| ISBN | 0590419528 |
For the first time, the complete story of the sinking and discovery of the "Titanic" is available to young readers, written by the author of the bestseller "The Discovery of the Titanic". "Captures the drama of both the night of the sinking as well as . . . the discovery of the great ship. . . . Stunning".--"School...
The Trojan Horse: How the Greeks Won the War
| Author | Emily Little |
| ISBN | 0394896742 |
My parents bought me this book when I was very young and I've happily bought copies first for my nephew and now for my daughter. It's a simple, spare account of the Trojan War focusing on the causes of the war and the end of the war itself.
The Trojan Horse introduces a handful of the Iliad's cast--Odysseus,...
| Author | Vicki Cobb |
| ISBN | 0756612454 |
Personal Response
I liked this book because the life of Harry Houdini is a very interesting one. The book skillfully discusses many different subjects without ever seeming boring. Every chapter of this book has many insightful looks at the life of one of the greatest magicians of all time.
Plot...
| Author | Nurit Karlin |
| ISBN | 0064442462 |
Summary: A fat cat was on a mat and the rat did not like that. The rat got the hat and they tried to trick the cat to get off to come get the fish off the dish. When Wilma (the witch owner of the cat and rat) comes home she questions the fish being out and then the cat gets up.
Reflection: I liked this story. The...
| Author | Karen Backstein |
| ISBN | 0590458132 |
Six blind men went on a journey to find out what an elephant feels like. The were lead to an elephant that resided in a prince's palace. Each one of the blind men felt a different part of the elephant and each had a different picture of what the elephant looked liked. This resulted in a huge argument, that the...
