Song of the Trees
10 best books like Song of the Trees (Mildred D. Taylor): Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams, Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher, How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?, Eggs, Bird, The Prince of the Pond: Otherwise Known as De Fawg Pin, Stones in Water, Fall Mixed Up, Next: The Future Just Happened, They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid's Poems
An ALA Notable Book
“This lovingly crafted picture book biography centers on the incredible bond between Venus and Serena Williams…An important selection for biography and sports collections.” —School Library Journal (starred review)
“Will appeal to children and...
Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher
| Author | Bruce Coville |
| ISBN | 0671747827 |
If Howard Morton and Freddie the Frog Killer were trying to hold you down so that Mary Lou Hutton could kiss you, you might run as fast as Jeremy Thatcher did the day he stumbled into Mr. Elives' Magic Shop. And if you stumbled into that strange shop, you, too, might be asked to make a choice. What would you...
| Author | Margaret McNamara |
| ISBN | 0375840141 |
For curious kids, this explores skip counting and estimation in a fun pumpkin-themed classroom experiment. "How many seeds are in a pumpkin?" Mr. Tiffin asks his class as they gather around the big, medium, and small pumpkins on his desk. Robert, the biggest kid, guesses that the largest one has a million...
| Author | Jerry Spinelli |
| ISBN | 0316166464 |
Nine-year-old David has recently lost his mother to a freak accident, his salesman father is constantly on the road, and he is letting his anger out on his grandmother. Sarcastic and bossy 13-year-old Primrose lives with her childlike, fortuneteller mother, and a framed picture is the only evidence...
Young Mekhai, better known as Bird, loves to draw. With drawings, he can erase the things that don't turn out right. In real life, problems aren't so easily fixed.
As Bird struggles to understand the death of his beloved grandfather and his older brother's drug addiction, he escapes into his...
| Author | Donna Jo Napoli |
| ISBN | 0140371516 |
GAAAAHHHH … Okay, it was driving me crazy trying to remember what this book was called. My third or fourth grade teacher read it to us … maybe more than one teacher read it. I don't remember. I loved this book, though––a very sweet story about how, before he turns back into a person, the frog prince...
| Author | Donna Jo Napoli |
| ISBN | 0141306009 |
When Roberto sneaks off to see a movie in his Italian village, he has no idea that life as he knows it is over. German soldiers raid the theater, round up the boys in the audience, and pack them onto a train. After a terrifying journey, Roberto and his best friend Samuele find themselves in a brutal work camp,...
| Author | Bob Raczka |
| ISBN | 0761362150 |
"Every Septober, Every Octember, Fall fills my senses with scenes to remember." "Bears gather nuts. Geese hibernate. Squirrels fly south in big figure eights." Fall is all mixed up in this silly book from Bob Raczka! Can you find his mistakes in the words and pictures?
Fall Mixed Up is a collection...
Next: The Future Just Happened
| Author | Michael Lewis |
| ISBN | 0393323528 |
With his knowing eye and wicked pen, Michael Lewis reveals how the Internet boom has encouraged changes in the way we live, work, and think. In the midst of one of the greatest status revolutions in the history of the world, the Internet has become a weapon in the hands of revolutionaries. Old priesthoods...
They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid's Poems
Twelve-year-old Güero is Mexican American, at home with Spanish or English and on both sides of the river. He’s starting 7th grade with a woke English teacher who knows how to make poetry cool.
In Spanish, “Güero” is a nickname for guys with pale skin, Latino or Anglo. But make no mistake:...
