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Upper Elementary Titles A-G

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17 Kings and 42 Elephants by Margaret Mahy and Patricia MacCarthy, ill. New York: Dial, 1987..

A is for Amazing Moments: a sports alphabet by Brad Herzog and Melanie Rose, ill. Chelsea, MI: Sleeping Bear Press, 2008.

Aani and the Tree Huggers by Jeannine Atkins and Venantius J. Pinto, ill. New York: Lee & Low, 1995.

Abe's Honest Words: the life of Abraham Lincoln by Doreen Rappaport and Kadir Nelson, ill.  New York: Hyperion, 2008.

Across the Alley by Richard Michelson and E.B. Lewis, ill. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2006.

Across the Blue Pacific by Robert Andrew Parker. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006.

Action Jackson by Jan Greenberg, Sandra Jordan, and Robert Andrew Parker, ill. Brookfield, CT: Roaring Brook Press, 2002.

Age of Bronze: a thousand ships by Eric Shanower. Orange, CA: Image, 2001.

Alison Dare: Little Miss Adventures by J. Torres and J. Bone, ill. OR: Oni Press, Inc, 2005.

All the Worlds a Stage by Rebecca Piatt Davidson and Anita Lobel, ill. New York: Greenwillow, 2003.

Almost to Freedom by Vaunda Miceaux Nelson and Colin Bootman, ill. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Books, 2003. by Marisabina Russo. New York: Atheneum, 2005.

Always Remember Me: how one family survived World War II by Marisabina Russo. New York: Atheneum, 2005.

Amazon Diary: The Jungle Adventures of Alex Winters by Hudson Talbott and Mark Greenberg. New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1998.

Amelia and Eleanor go for a Ride by Pam Munoz Ryan and Brian Selznick, ill. New York: Scholastic Press, 1999.

Amelia Rules! What Makes You Happy by Jimmy Gownley. Harrisburg, PA: Renaissance Press, 2006.

Amelia to Zora: twenty-six women who changed the world by Cynthia Chin Lee; Megan Halsey and Sean Addy, ills. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 2005.

Amelias Guide to Gossip by Marissa Moss. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006.

American Boy, the adventures of Mark Twain by Don Brown. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003. 

Amulet Book One, The Stonekeeper by Kazu Kibuishi. New York: Graphix, 2008.

Angel City by Tony Johnston and Carole M. Byard, ill. New York: Philomel, 2006.

Angel for Solomon Singer, An by Cynthia Rylant and Peter Catalanotto, ill. New York: Orchard, 1996.

Anna and Natalie by Barbara H. Cole and Ronald Himler, ill. NY: Star Bright Books, 2007. 

Anne Frank by Josephine Poole and Angela, ill. New York: Knopf, 2005.

Anne Frank_ by Etsuo Suzuki and Yoko Miyawaki. Gardenia, CA: Digital Manga Publishing, 2006.

Archie's War: my scrapbook of the first world war 1914-1918 by me Archie Albright aged 10 years by Marcia Williams. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick, 2007.

Arctic Adventure by Dana Meachen Rau and Peg Magovern, ill. Norwalk, CT: Soundprints, 1997.

Armando and the blue tarp school by Edith Hope Fine, Judith Pinkerton Josephson and Hernan Sosa, ill. New York: Lee and Low Books Inc, 2007.

Arrival, The by Shaun Tan. New York: Arthur A. Levine Books, 2007.

Arrow to the Sun: a Pueblo Indian Tale by Gerald McDermott. New York: Viking Press, 1974.

Art from Her Heart:  Folk Artist Clementine Hunter by Kathy Whitehead and Shane W. Evans, ill.  NY:  G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2008.

Ashley Bryan: Words to My Life Song by Ashley Bryan. New York: Atheneum, 2009.

Artemis Fowl: the graphic novel by Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin, and Giovanni Rigano, ill. New York: Hyperion, 2007.

At Ellis Island: a history in many voices by Louise Peacock and Walter Krudop, ill. New York: Atheneum, 2007.

Avatar: the last airbender by Michael Dante Dimartino and Bryan Konietzko.  CA: Viacom International, 2006.

Babymouse 1: queen of the world! by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm, ill. New York: Random House, 2005.

Babymouse: Puppy Love by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm, ill. NY: Random House, 2007.

Barack Obama: son of promise, child of hope by Nikki Grimes and Jerry Pinkney, ill. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2008.

Barnam Brown, dinosaur hunter by David Sheldon. New York: Walker, 2006.

Bearskinner, The: a tale of the Brothers Grimm by Laura Amy Schlitz and Max Grafe, ill. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 2007.

Beethoven Lives Upstairs by Barbara Nichol and Scott Cameron, ill.  New York: Orchard Books, 1993.

Big Box, The by Toni Morrison, Slade Morrison, and Giselle Potter, ill.New York: Jump at the Sun, 1999.

Bill Pickett: Rodeo Ridin Cowboy by Andrea D. Pinkney and Brian Pinkney, ill. San Diego, CA: Gulliver Books, 1996.

Bird by Zetta Elliott and Shadra Strickland, ill. NY: Lee & Low Books, 2008.

Blabber Report, The by True Kelley. New York: Dutton, 2007.

Blue Lipstick: concrete poems by John Grandits. New York: Clarion, 2007.

Blueberry Girl by Neil Gaiman & Charles Vess. ill. New York: Harper Collins, 2009.

Bo: America's commander in leash by Naren Aryal and Danny Moore, ill. Chantilly VA: Mascot Books, 2009. 

The Bobbin Girl by Emily Arnold McCully. New York: Dial, 1996.

Bone sharps, Cowboys, and Thunder lizards: a tale of Edwin Drinker Cope, Othniel Charles Marsh, and the gilded age of paleontology by Jim Ottaviani. Ann Arbor, MI, 2005.

Bone volume 1, Out from Boneville by Jeff Smith. Columbus, OH: Cartoon Books, 1996.

Bone volume 6 Old Man's Cave by Jeff Smith. Columbus, OH: Cartoon Books, 1996.

Bone, vol 9: Crown of Horns by Jeff Smith. New York: Scholastic, 2009.

Boxes for Katje by Candace Fleming and Stacey Dressen-McQueen, ill. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2003.

Boy in Motion: Rick Hansen's story by Ainslie Manson and Renne Benoit, ill. Vancouver, BC: Greystone Books, 2007. 

Boy Named Beckoning, the true story of Dr Carlos Montezuma, Native American hero, A by Gina Capaldi. New York: Carolrhoda, 2008.

Boy who drew birds, The: a story of John James Audubon by Jacqueline Davies and Melissa Sweet, ill. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004.

Boycott Blues: how Rosa Parks inspired a nation by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney, ill. New York: Amistad, 2008. 

Bracelet, The by Yoshiko Uchida and Joanna Yardley, ill. New York: Philomel, 1976.

Bring me some apples and I'll make you a pie: a story about Edna Lewis by Robbin Gourley. New York: Clarion, 2009.

Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema and Beatriz Vidal, ill. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1981.

Brothers by Yin and Chris Soentpiet, ill. New York: Philomel, 2006.

Brothers in Hope: the Story of the Lost Boys of the Sudan by Mary Williams and Gregory Christie, ill.New York: Lee & Low, 2005.

Butterfly, The by Patricia Polacco. New York: Philomel Books, 2000. 

Can you see what I see? Dream machine: a picture adventure to search and solve by Walter Wick. New York: Scholastic, 2003.

Casey at the Bat by Ernest Thayer and Joe Morse, ill. Tonawanda, NY: Kids Can Press, 2006.

Cats in Krasinsky Square, The by Karen Hesse and Wendy Watson, ill. New York: Scholastic Press, 2004. 

Celia and the Sweet, Sweet Water by Katherine Paterson and Vladimir Vagin, ill. New York: Clarion Books, 1998.

Cello of Mr O, The by Jane Cutler and Greg Couch, ill. New York: Dutton, 1999. 

Cesar Chavez: Fighting for Farmworkers by Eric Braun; Harry Roland, Al Milgrom, Steve Erwin, Charles Barnett III ill. Mankato: Capstone Press, 2006.

Champ, The: the story of Muhammad Ali by Tonya Bolden and R. Gregory Christie. New York: Knopf, 2004.  

Chanticleer and the Fox by Geoffrey Chaucer and Barbara Cooney, ill. New York: Harper Collins, 1958.

City I Love by Lee Bennett Hopkins and Marcellus Hall, ill. Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2009. 

Clan Apis by Jay Hosler. Columbus, OH: Active Synapse, 2000. 

Common Ground, the water, earth, and air we share by Molly Bang. New York: Blue Sky Press, 1997. 

The Composer is Dead by Lemony Snicket and Carson Ellis ill. New York: Harpercollins, 2009.

Confessions of a Blabbermouth by Mike Carey, Louise Carey and Aaron Alexovich, ill. New York: Minx, 2007. 

Coretta by Ntozake Shange and Kadir Nelson, Ill.  New York: Amistad, 2009. 

Cuckoo: a Mexican folktale by Lois Ehlert. San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1997.

Curious Garden, The by Peter Brown. New York: Little Brown, 2009. 

Dad, Jackie, and Me by Myron Uhlberg and Colin Bootman, ill. Atlanta, GA: Peachtree, 2005.

Dalai Lama: a biography of the Tibetan spiritual and political leader by Demi.  New York:  Henry Holt and Company, 1998. 

Darwin by Alice B. McGinty and Mary Azarian, ill. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2009.

Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, The by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean, ill. New York: HarperCollins, 2004.

Day the Stones Walked, The by T.A. Barron and William Low, ill. New York: Philomel, 2007.

Death of the Iron Horse by Paul Goble. New York: Bradbury Press, 1987.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney. New York: Amulet Books, 2007.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney. New York: Amulet Books, 2008. 

Diary of a Wimpy Kid, the last straw by Jeff Kinney. New York: Amulet Books, 2009.

Different Like Coco by Elizabeth Matthews. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 2007.

Dinomummy: the life, death and discovery of Dakota, a dinosaur from Hell Creek by Dr. Phillip Lars Manning. Boston: Kingfisher, 2007.

Dinosaurs across America by Phil YehNew York: NMB, 2007.

Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins, The: an illuminating history of Mr. Waterhouse Hawkins, artist and lecturer by Barbara Kerley and Brian Selznick, ill. New York: Scholastic, 2001.

Donkey of Gallipoli: A true story of courage in World War I, by Mark Greenwood and Frane Lessac, ill. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick, 2008.

Doo-Wop Pop by Roni Schotter and Bryan Collier, ill. New York: Harper Collins, 2008.

Duel! by Dennis Brindell Fradin and Larry Day, ill. New York: Walker and Company, 2008.

Duel! by Dennis Brindell Fradin and Larry Day, ill. New York: Walker and Company, 2008.

Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra by Andrea Davis Pinkney & Brian Pinkney,ill.  New York:  Hyperion, 1997.

Dunderheads, The by Paul Fleischman and David Rovers, ill. New York: Candlewick Press, 2009. 

Eats, shoots and leaves: why, commas really do make a difference! by Lynne Truss and Lynne Timmons, ill. New York: Putnam, 2006. 

Eleanor by Barbara Cooney. New York: Viking, 1996.

Eleanor, Quiet No More by Doreen Rappaport and Gary Kelley, ill. New York: Hyperion, 2009. 

Eleventh Hour, The: a curious mystery by Graeme Base. New York: Abrams, 1989.

Encounter by Jane Yolen and David Shannon, ill. San Diego, CA: Harcourt, 1992. 

Enemy, The by Davide Cali and Serge Bloch ill. New York, Schwartz & Wade, 2009. 

Erika-San by Allen Say. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2009. 

Even an Ostrich Needs a Nest: Where Birds Begin by Irene Kelly. New York: Holiday House, 2009. 

Evolution Revolution by Robert Winston. New York: DK Publishing, 2009.

Extra innings: baseball poems by Lee Bennett Hopkins, ed. and Scott Medlock, ill. San Diego: Harcourt, 1993.

Eyes of the Unicorn, The by Teresa Bateman and Greg Spalenka, ill. New York: Holiday House, 2007.

Faithful Elephants: a true story of animals, people, and war by Yukio Tsuchiya and Ted Lewin, ill. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988.

Faithful Friend, Theby Robert San Souci and Brian Pinkney, ill. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1995.

Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau, The by Dan Yaccarino. New York: Knopf, 2009.

Farmer George Plants a Nation by Peggy Thomas and Layne Johnson, ill. Honesdale, PA: Caukins Creek, 2008. 

Finding a friend in the forest: a true story by Dean Bennett. Camden, MN: Down East Books, 2005.

Flotsam by David Wiesner. New York: Clarion, 2006.

Fly High! the story of Bessie Coleman by Louise Borden, Mary Kay Kroeger and Teresa Flavin, ill. New York: Margaret K. McElderry, 2001.

Food Hates You Too: and other poems by Robert Weinstock. New York: Hyperion, 2009.

Four Feet, Two Sandals by Karen Lynn Williams, Khadra Mohammed and Doug Chayka, ill. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2007.

Frankenstein Takes the Cake by Adam Rex.  Orlando, FL:  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2008.

Freedom Summer by Deborah Wiles and Jerome Lagarrigue, ill. New York: Atheneum, 2001.

Frida Kahlo: the artist in the blue house by Magdalena Holzhey. New York: Prestel, 2007. 

G is for Golden, a California Alphabet by David Domeniconi. Chelsea, MI: Sleeping Bear Press, 2002.

Garmanns Summer by Stian Hole. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2008. 

Ghosts of Luckless Gulch, The by Anne Isaacs and Dan Santat, ill. NY: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2008.

Girls like spaghetti, The: why, you can't manage without apostrophes! by Lynne Truss and Bonnie Timmons, ill. New York: Putnam, 2007.

Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella by Paul Fleischman and Julie Paschkis, ill. NY: Henry Holt and Company, 2007.

God bless the gargoyles by Dav Pilkey. San Diego, CA: Harcourt, 1996.

Going North by Janice N. Harrington and Jerome Lagrrigue, ill. New York: Melanie Kroupa Books, 2004.

Gone is gone, or, the story of the man who wanted to do housework by Wanda Ga'g. Minneapolis:  University of Minnesota Press, 2003.

Gone Wild: an endangered animal alphabet by David McLimans. New York: Walker, 2006.

Good Sports: rhymes about running, jumping, throwing and more by Jack Prelutsky and Chris Raschka, ill. New York: Knopf, 2007.

Grandfather's journey by Allen Say. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993.

Grandpa Jack's Tattoo Tales by Mark Foreman. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.

Great Kapok Tree, The by Lynne Cherry. San Diego, CA: Harcourt, 1990.

Great Serum Race, The by Debbie S. Miller.  New York: Walker & Company, 2002.

The Great Wonder by Annabelle Howard and Stephen Wells, ill. Norwalk, CT: Soundprints, 1996. 1-56899-350-1

Gregor Mendel, the friar who grew peas by Cheryl Bardoe and Jos. A. Smith, ill. New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2006.

Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher, The by Molly Bang. New York: Four Winds Press, 1980.

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