Amberly Media Center

By popular request, the media center at Amberly will be open for book checkout this summer. All students may check out three books. Check back here for more information.

• Wed. June 25, 11 am-12 noon
• Wed. July 16, 11 am-12 noon
• Wed. August 6, 11 am-12 noon

The Penderwicks are back from their summer vacation and we get to see what school is like for the four sisters–Rosalind, Skye, Jane, and Batty. Skye and Jane are on the same soccer team and one of my favorite scenes is when Skye tries very hard to keep her cool on the field when the referee misses a foul on her sister. We also get to meet Mr. Penderwick who has just received a letter from his wife that his sister was given by Mrs. Penderwick when she died. The letter encourages Mr. Penderwick to begin dating and of course the girls are afraid of having one of those wicked stepmothers they’ve read about. The sisters put together an elaborate “Save-Daddy Plan” that naturally has hilarious results.

The Penderwicks books remind me of one of those great movie comedies with an ensemble cast of great actors.

I put off reading this first book of the third series about the clans of Warrior cats until it came out in paperback. As in the other two series, the main action focuses on a new generation of cats trying to prove themselves and understand their place in the clan. Firestar’s grandchildren–Hollypaw, Lionpaw, and Jaypaw– are eager to begin their apprenticeships and get into lots of mischief along the way. Jaypaw is the main character in this book as he struggles to prove that even though he is blind, he can help Thunderclan. To compensate for his lack of sight, Jaypaw is gifted with both an amazing sense of smell and hearing. And when he becomes apprenticed to the medicine cat, Leafpool, he also discovers he can enter other cat’s dreams. And don’t forget: these cats are also the grandchildren of Tigerclaw, so there’s bound to be trouble.

Use InfoCentre and the Internet to fill in the missing information in the entries in this bibliography. 

1. Armentrout, __________. Daniel Boone. Vero Beach, Fl.: Rourke Pub., 2001. 
2. “Boone, Daniel.” Biography for Beginners: World Explorers. ______________, MI: Favorable Impressions, 2003. 
3. Burke, Rick. Daniel Boone. Chicago: _____________ Library, 2004. 
4. Cobblestone: Daniel Boone. June, 1988. Peterborough, NH: Cobblestone Publishing, 19_____. 
5. “Daniel Boone: American Pioneer and Trailblazer, 1734-1820.” Lucidecafe: Library. May 20, 2008  <http://www.lucidcafe.com/lucidcafe/library/                            .html>. 
6. Gosda, Randy. Daniel Boone. Edina, ________.: Abdo, 2002. 
7. Horsman, Reginald. “Boone, Daniel.” Grolier ______________. 2008. Grolier Online. 16 May 2008 <http://gme.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0038450-0>.
8. Johnston, Marianne. Daniel Boone. New York: PowerKids ___________, 2001.

Kindergarten

• Kasza. The Pigs’ Picnic.
• Williams. My Dog Never Says Please.

First Grade

• Brown. Arthur’s First Sleepover.
• Joy. The Secret Olivia Told Me.

Second Grade

• Scieszka. The Not-So- Jolly Roger.

Kindergarten/First Grade

• Amato. The Chicken of the Family.

Second Grade

• Scieszka. The Not-So-Jolly Roger.

Fourth Grade

• Johnson. Just Like Josh Gibson.

Kindergarten/First Grade

• Willems. The Pigeon Wants a Puppy.
• Willems. There Is a Bird on Your Head.

Second Grade.

• DiTerlizzi & Black. The Field Guide.

Children’s Literature Web Guide : Authors and Illustrators
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html
–find links to author web sites.

Database of Award-Winning Children’s Literaure
http://www.dawcl.com/
–search the winners of dozens of awards by location, setting, historical period, and other keywords.

Guys Read
http://www.guysread.com
–search by author, subject, or books like your favorite book. (titles tend to be middle school and above)

KidsReads
http://www.kidsreads.com/
–reviews, features, author info.

Learning About the Author and Illustrator A-Z
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/AuthorSite/authora.html
—-find links to author web sites.

Meet The Author USA
http://www.meettheauthor.com/
—-video podcasts of authors introducing their latest books, most are adult authors, but some children’s and young adult authors (especially those that write fantasy and scifi) are included.

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Additional Author Sites

Andrew Clements
http://www.andrewclements.com/

Eoin Colfer
http://www.eoincolfer.com/

Kate DiCamillo
http://www.katedicamillo.com/

Erin Hunter
http://www.warriorcats.com/

Kevin Kammeraad
http://www.tomatocollection.com

Mercer Mayer
http://www.littlecritter.com/

Jonanthan Rand
http://www.americanchillers.com/

J. K. Rowling
http://www.jkrowling.com

Gertrude Chandler Warner
http://www.boxcarchildren.com/index.cfm?CategoryID=2

Betty Ren Wright
http://content.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=3143

Can’t Find Your Favorite Author?
Click on the Comments link above to suggest an author to add to the additional list.

This is an ever growing list of children’s book authors who write web logs. Some posts are about their books, some maybe about other topics that interest them. I have a long list of others that I will be adding as I have time. Send me a comment if you know of any others I should add.

Laurie Halse Anderson
http://halseanderson.livejournal.com/

Holly Black
http://blackholly.livejournal.com/

Meg Cabot
http://www.megcabot.com/diary/

Shannon Hale
http://oinks.squeetus.com/

David Lubar
http://davidlubar.livejournal.com/

Lisa Yee
http://lisayee.livejournal.com/

Kindergarten

• Harper. When Randolph Turned Rotten. 
• Howe. Horace and Morris But Mostly Dolores. 

First Grade

• Bush. Benjamin McFadden and Robot Babysitter.
• James. Baby Brains and Robomom.

Second Grade

• DiTerlizzi. The Field Guide.