My Teacher For President

by Kay Winters

The apt correlation between two very important jobs (teacher and president) makes the book both useful and amusing.

ISBN: 0525471863, 14.99, Hardcover; 32 Pages, Penguin Group
Papa's Mark

by Gwendolyn Battle-Lavert

After his son helps him learn to write his name, Samuel T. Blow goes to the courthouse in his Southern town to cast his ballot on the first election day ever when African Americans were allowed to vote.

ISBN: 082341650X,16.95, Holiday House
I'm Still Here in the Bathtub

Alan Katz

Alan Katz has turned fourteen favorite songs upside down and created new nonsense songs kids
will love.

ISBN: 0689845510, $15.95, Hardcover,32 pages, Simon & Schuster
Souperchicken

by Mary Jane Auch

When Henrietta becomes the first chicken in her coop to learn how to read, she uses her skills to save her aunties from becoming chicken soup.

ISBN: 0823417042, 16.95, School & Library Binding, Holiday House
Beatrice Doesn't Want To

by Laura Numeroff

The story of a stubborn little girl, a patient older brother, and the magical workings of the local library.

ISBN: 0763611603, $15.99, Hard Cover, 32 pages, Candlewick Press
Firekeeper's Son

by Linda Sue Park

When his father is unable to light the fire one night, young Sang-hee must take his place. Sang-hee knows how important it is for the fire to be lit-but he wishes that he could see soldiers...just once.

ISBN: 0525471863, 14.99, Hardcover; 32 Pages, Penguin Group
Boxes for Katje

by Candace Fleming

After a young Dutch girl writes to her new American friend in thanks for the care package sent after World War II, she begins to receive increasingly larger boxes..

ISBN: 0374309221, $16.00, HARDCOVER; 40 pages, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Miss Smith's Incredible Book

by Michael Garland

A tale of high adventure inspired by the magic of reading and an amazing teacher.

ISBN: 0525471332, $16.99, Hardcover; 32 pages, Penguin Group
Arrowhawk

by Lola M. Schaefer

Based on the true story of a bird of prey's survival after being struck by a poacher's arrow.

ISBN: 0805063714, $16.95, 32 pages, Henry Holt & Co
Wild About Books

by Judy Sierra

It started the summer of 2002, when the Springfield librarian, Molly McGrew, by mistake drove her book-mobile into the zoo.

ISBN: 037582538X, $16.95, Hardcover; Random House
Diary of a Worm

by Doreen Cronin and Harry Bliss

This is the diary . . . of a worm. Surprisingly, a worm not that ifferent from you or me. Except he eats his homework. Oh, and his head looks a lot like his rear end.

ISBN: 006000150X, 15.99, Hardcover; 40 pages, HarperCollins
John Philip Duck

by Patricia Polacco

A traditonal tale about the Peabody Ducks.

ISBN: 0399242627, $16.99, Hardcover; 40 pages, Penguin Group
Good Night for Freedom

by Barbara Olenyik Morrow

Hallie discovers two runaway slaves hiding in Levi Coffin's home and must decide whether to turn them in or help them escape to freedom.

ISBN: 0823417093, $16.95, School & Library, Holiday House
Goldilocks and the Three Bears

by Jim Aylesworth

A little girl walking in the woods finds the house of the three bears and helps herself to their belongings.

ISBN: 0439395453, $16.95, HARDCOVER; Scholastic
Neighborhood Mother Goose

by Nina Crews

Nina Crews has added her own remarkable, jazzy style of illustration to a collection of 41 favorite verses.

ISBN: 0060515732, 15.99, Hardcover; 64 pages, HarperCollins Publishers
My Penguin Osbert

by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

A hilarious romp through the land of "be careful what you wish for" offers a whole year's worth of holiday fun magic..

ISBN: 0763616990, $16.99, Hardcover;40 pages, Candlewick Press
   
Thank You, Sarah

Laurie Halse Anderson

A journey of a woman and a pen that spanned four decades, the Civil War, and five presidents, all so you could have your turkey and eat it too!.

ISBN-10: 0-689-84787-4, $16.95, Hardcover, 40 pages, Simon & Schuster
Umbrella

by Jan "Brett

In the spirit of Jan Brett's The Mitten and The Hat, this cheerful tale of escalation will have readers poring over every illustration.

ISBN: 0399242155, $16.99, Hardcover; 32 Pages, Penguin Group