My Mother Is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World: A Russian Folk Tale
 | author: Becky Reyher Ruth Gannett rating:  asin: 0688512518 binding: Library Binding list price: $16.93 USD amazon price: $16.93 |
The Town in the Library
 | author: E. Nesbit rating:  asin: 0803704771 binding: Hardcover list price: $10.95 USD amazon price: $10.95 |
The Magic School Bus Lost In The Solar System
Another fabulous book in the Magic School Bus series!
 | author: Joanna Cole rating:  asin: 0590414291 binding: Paperback list price: $6.99 USD amazon price: $6.99 USD |
On a special field trip in the magic school bus, Ms. Frizzle's class goes into outer space and visits each planet in the solar system.
Eloise Takes A Bawth
 | author: Kay Thompson Mart Crowley rating: asin: 0689842880 binding: Hardcover list price: $17.95 USD amazon price: $12.21 USD |
What's this--a new Eloise, never before seen or published?
Hokusai: The Man Who Painted a Mountain
Our girls were captivated by this book, especially Ella (then 6) who wanted me to read it again (even though it took 25 minuets to read through just once)!
 | author: Deborah Kogan Ray rating:  asin: 0374332630 binding: Hardcover list price: $18.00 USD amazon price: $13.50 USD |
A tribute to an artist unafraid to break with tradition.
In her own glowing paintings and lucid text, Deborah Kogan Ray tells the fascinating life story of the Japanese artist Hokusai (1760-1849). He rose from poverty, taught himself to draw, became the promising pupil of a great master, and then defied tradition to become one of the most important and influential artists in the world.
Ray's paintings are rich with period and biographical detail. The endpapers show drawings from Hokusai's sketchbooks. Also included is one of his famous Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji.
Welcome to Felicity's World, 1774: Growing Up in Colonial America (American Girls Collection)
A great way to get a glimpse of what life was like just before the American Revolution. We have really enjoyed understanding history with these books.
 | author: Catherine Gourley Camela Decaire Jodi Evert rating: asin: 1562477684 binding: Hardcover list price: $16.95 USD amazon price: $16.95 |
Provides an in-depth look at daily life and historical events in the American colonies during the Revolutionary War, including home life, work, medicine, and play.
The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses (Magic School Bus)
 | author: Joanna Cole rating: asin: 0590446983 binding: Paperback list price: $5.99 USD amazon price: $5.99 USD |
On a most sense-sational trip that takes them through an eye, an ear, a tongue, and even a dog's nose, Ms. Frizzle's class learns about the senses. Using their trademark sense of humor, Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen provide facts about the senses in both the human and animal worlds.
The Magic School Bus Inside A Hurricane
 | author: Joanna Cole rating: asin: 0590446878 binding: Paperback list price: $5.99 USD amazon price: $5.99 USD |
When Ms. Frizzle's class takes a field trip to the local weather station, they end up in a hurricane.
Ms. Frizzle's Adventures: Medieval Castle
 | author: Joanna Cole rating: asin: 0590108204 binding: Hardcover list price: $15.95 USD amazon price: $15.95 USD |
With her reluctant student, Arnold, the Friz slips through a mysterious trap door -- and ends up in the Middle Ages! There, they explore a medieval castle, meeting the people who live there and learning about everyday life within the castle walls. When the castle is threatened by invaders, Arnold and the Friz don chain mail to lead the defense. They repel the invaders just in the nick of time, then they joust and feast before returning to the 21st century. With their careful research and trademark wit, Cole and Degen introduce the many facets of medieval life.
Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch (Stories to Go!)
 | author: Eileen Spinelli rating: asin: 1416912355 binding: Paperback list price: $4.99 USD amazon price: $4.99 |
Mr. Hatch leads a lonely life until one Valentine's Day when the postman delivers a huge, heart-shaped box of candy with a card reading "Somebody loves you." Knowing he has a secret admirer gives Mr. Hatch a bright new perspective on life -- until it turns out there's been a terrible mistake. But Mr. Hatch's new friends rally to show him that a lot of somebodies love Mr. Hatch.
