The Terrible Plop

1. Author:Ursula Dubosarsky

2. Title:The Terrible Plop

3. Illustrator Andrew Joyer

4. Genre: Picture Book

5. Sub-Genre: Rhyme

6. Theme: Animals

7. Characters: Rabbit and Big Brown Bear

8. Date of Publication: 2009

9. Publishing Company: Penguin Books for Children

10. Summary: When a mysterious sound sends the whole forest running away in fear, only the littlest rabbit in courageous enough to discover what really happened.
11: Use with Children:Entertaining book about animals and a few characteristics.

Beetle Bop

1. Author: Denise Fleming

2. Title: Beetle Bop

3. Illustrator: David Powers

4. Genre:Picture Book

5. Sub-Genre: Rhyme

6. Theme: Beetles

7. Characters: Different Types of Beetles

8. Date of Publication: 2007

9. Publishing Company: Harcourt Books

10. Summary: Reveals the great variety of beetles and their swirling, humming and crashing activities.
11: Use with Children: Introduce a section on Insects.

Thimble Summer

1. Author:Elizabeth Enright

2. Title:Thimble Summer

3. Illustrator: Elizabeth Enright

4. Genre: Chapter Book

5. Sub-Genre: Depression

6. Theme: Press through the toughest times

7. Characters: Garnet, pig Eric, Linden Family

8. Date of Publication: 1938: Newberry Award

9. Publishing Company: Henry Holt and Company

10. Summary: Garnet Linden finds a silver thimble in a dried-up riverbed near the farm where she lives, the drought that has threatened her family's financial future is broken with a rainstorm. The days that follow are filled with exciting events: the Lindens come by money to rebuild their barn, Garnet's pig wins a blue ribbon at the fair, and a young boy named Eric comes to live with the Lindens as their adopted son. The summer is so wonderful that Garnet comes to believe that the thimble had magical powers, and she vows to remember that time as her "thimble summer".

11: Use with Children: Teach about the Depression.

Freedom Riders

1. Author: Ann Bausum

2. Title:Freedom Riders

3. Illustrator: Marty Ittner

4. Genre: Chapter Book

5. Sub-Genre: Civil Rights

6. Theme: African American Civil Rights Workers

7. Characters: John Lewis, Jim Zwerg

8. Date of Publication: 2006: Robert F. Sibert Awards

9. Publishing Company: The National Geographic

10. Summary: The first waves Freedom Riders encountered violence, destruction and arrest during 1961. Even so, other riders came forward to continue the protest against segregation.
11: Use with Children: Great to Help Teach the Civil Rights.

Turtle in Paradise

1. Author: Jennifer Holm

2. Title: Turtle in Paradise

3. Illustrator: N/A

4. Genre: Chapter Book

5. Sub-Genre: Family Life

6. Theme: Cousins

7. Characters: Turtle,Mr. Edgit, Archie, Mama, Josephine Stark, Mr. Budnick, Aunt Minnie, Smokey, Bean, Pork Chop

8. Date of Publication: 2010: Newberry Honor Book

9. Publishing Company: Random House

10. Summary: In 1935, when her mother gets a new job housekeeping for a woman who does not like children. eleven-year old Turtle is sent to stay with relatives she has never met in a away Key West, Florida.
11: Use with Children: Read for enjoyment and to see life's struggles.

The Robber and Me

1. Author: Josef Holum

2. Title:The Robber and Me

3. Illustrator:N/A

4. Genre: Chapter Book

5. Sub-Genre: Heros

6. Theme: Orphans

7. Characters: Robber Knapp, Christian, Karolyn, Boniface, Aunt Wilhemine, Uncle Emil

8. Date of Publication:1997: Milred Batchhelder Honor

9. Publishing Company: Henry Holt and Company

10. Summary: Because he knows that the man accused of robbery is innocent, and eleven-year old orphan struggles to find the courage to reveal the truth to his uncle in their small German village in 1867.
11: Use with Children: Informational about struggles in life and how to overcome them to better others.

Miranda's Beach Day

1. Author: Holly Keller

2. Title: Miranda's Beach Day

3. Illustrator: N/A

4. Genre:Picture Book

5. Sub-Genre: Beaches

6. Theme: Mother and Child at the Beach

7. Characters: Mama and Miranda

8. Date of Publication: 2009

9. Publishing Company: Greenwillow Books

10. Summary: Miranda and Mama spend a fun day at the beach building castles and catching sand crabs and Miranda learns that just like the sand and the sea, she and he mother will always be together.
11: Use with Children: Introduction to Mother's Day.