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Volume 4, Issue 4

November 2016

November 8, 2016 is Election

Day. As we look to our country’s

future, we need to make sure we

don’t overlook our country’s

past.

America’s Tea Parties: Not One But

Four!: Boston, Charleston, New York,

Philadelphia by Marissa Moss

Miss Paul and the President: The

Creative Campaign for Women’s Right

to Vote by Dean Robbins

This Land Is Our Land: A History of

American Immigration by Linda Barrett

Osborne

Uprooted: The Japanese-American

Experience During World War II by

Albert Marrin

This Land Is Our Land: American History

Review the New

Shrunken Treasures: Literary Classics, Short and

Sweet by Scott Nash

Nine weighty literary classics are

transformed into delectable

morsels with playful versification

and whimsical illustration, with

notes about the original texts at

the end.

The Odyssey -- Frankenstein -- Moby-Dick -- Jane Eyre --

A Thousand and One Nights -- Hamlet -- Don Quixote --

The Metamorphosis -- Remembrance of Things Past

Around America to Win

the Vote

A Celebration of Beatrix

Potter

Devlin Quick Mysteries

Fantastic Beasts and Where

to Find Them

LEGO Your Library

Loosen Up, Lighten Up Day

Moana: The Ocean Is Calling

Mother Goose Day

National Book Award 2016 —

Young People’s Literature

Should Wimpy Kids Double

Down?

Young Readers Week 2016

The Turtle of Oman

by Naomi Shihab Nye Aref Al-Amri does not want to leave

Oman for Ann Arbor, Michigan. He does

not want to leave his elementary school,

his friends, or his beloved grandfather,

Siddi.

Their Great Gift: Courage, Sacrifice,

and Hope in a New Land

by John Coy Explore the experiences of 21st

century immigrants.

Untangle the Web

https://e.newsela.com/

Engage students with primary

sources and articles from world-

class news publications. Enable

classes to read together as

Newsela adapts to each student's

reading level. Check for

understanding with quizzes and

customizable writing prompts.

APProved

My Life as

a Refugee

Every minute

eight people are forced to flee

war, persecution or terror.

Players contemplate the same

life-changing decisions

refugees make in a true-to-life

quest to try to survive, reach

safety, reunite with loved

ones and restart their lives.

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BONUS ROUND

More Than Common Core

You’re Pulling My Leg!: 400 Human-Body Sayings from

Head to Toe by Pat Street & Eric Brace This handy volume of idioms is perfect for elementary students

and English language learners. The eye-catching illustrations are

reminiscent of Laurie Keller’s The Scrambled States of America

and Open Wide: Tooth School Inside.

The Slowest Book Ever by April Pulley Sayre Science and nature rub shoulders with pop culture and history in

this ode to slowness. From Great Basin bristlecone pine trees

that can live 3,200 years to television stations that show 12

uninterrupted hours of firewood burning, the examples that

Sayre presents offer plenty of opportunity to readers to slow

down and take a second look at things that might otherwise be

overlooked. The tone is humorous, and the facts are backed up

with sources and more details in the endnotes. This book is the

antidote for a hurried childhood, playfully

encouraging readers to slow down and savor everything.

Don’t limit your love of magical books to Harry Potter.

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer (#1)

Bliss by Kathryn Littlewood (#1)

The Cabinet of Wonders by Marie Rutkoski (#1)

Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley

The Dungeoneers by John David Anderson

The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens (#1)

The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

The Hound of Rowan by Henry H. Neff (#1)

The Iron Trial by Holly Black & Cassandra Clare (#1)

Jinx by Sage Blackwood (#1)

Kat, Incorrigible by Stephanie Burgis (#1)

The League of Seven by Alan Gratz (#1)

Magic Marks the Spot by Caroline Carlson (#1)

The Magic Thief by Sarah Prineas (#1)

Magyk by Angie Sage (#1)

The Map to Everywhere by Carrie Ryan & John Parke Davis (#1)

A Most Magical Girl by Karen Foxlee

The Nethergrim by Matthew Jobin (#1)

The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann (#1)

Upside-Down Magic by Mlynowski, Myracle & Jenkins (#1)

The Vengekeep Prophecies by Brian Farrey (#1)

Vivid and colorful

stats, charts, tables

and graphs breathe

new life into all things

electoral.

Presidential

Politics by the

Numbers

by Mary Hertz

Scarbrough

Sat., Nov. 12 at 10:30 a.m.

All ages

Sat., Nov. 19, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

All ages

Wed., Nov. 23 at 10:30 a.m.

All ages