**The library has ordered this book for Fall 2006**

Author: Marjorie Priceman

Presents a colorful story about the first passengers on the very first hot air balloon ride.

Author: Nikki Giovanni

Presents an illustrated account of Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, and the resulting bus boycott by the black community.

Author: Joyce Sidman

A collection of poems that provide a look at some of the animals, insects, and plants that are found in ponds, with information about each.

Author: Jon J. Muth

When Stillwater the bear moves into the neighborhood, the stories he tells to three siblings teach them to look at the world in new ways.

 Baby Brother   

by: Tanneke Wigersma

Mia writes a letter to her grandmother about her cat having kittens, and her mother having a baby boy.

Carmine: A Little More Red

by: Melissa Sweet

Carmine loves the color red and stops to paint a picture on her way to visit her grandmother, while her dog Rufus meets a wolf and leads him directly to Granny's house

 Diary of a Wombat

by: Jackie French

In his diary, a wombat describes his life of eating, sleeping, and getting to know some new human neighbors.

Butterflies for Kiri

by: Cathryn Falwell

A Japanese-American girl named Kiri tries to use an origami set she got for her birthday.  Directions for making an origami butterfly are included. 

Honey... Honey...Lion!

by: Jan Brett

The African Honey Badger and the honeyguide bird work together to find honey.  They always share the honey until one day the badger is greedy and his friend has to teach him a lesson.

Carmine, A Little More Red

by: Melissa Sweet

Carmine stops to paint a picture on the way to her grandmother's house.  Her dog Rufus meets a wolf and leads him straight to Granny's house.

13 Scary Ghost Stories

edited by: Marianne Carus

A collection of scary stories collected from Folklore and Cricket magazine.

 Alien in a Bottle

by: Kathy Mackel

With the help of a friend and several unusual aliens, Sean Winger tries to convince his parents to let him follow his dream of becoming a glassblower.

Dear Dumb Diary, Am I the Princess or the Frog

by: Jim Benton

Jamie Kelly shares with her diary who likes her, that she likes Hudson, and that Hudson likes someone else at Mackerel Middle School.

The Annoyance Bureau

by: Lucy Frank

While spending his Christmas vacation in New York City with his father and new stepfamily, twelve-year Lucas meets a rebellious agent of the secret Annoyance Bureau, which exists to control or eliminate all sources of annoyance in the modern world.

Baseball in April and Other Stories

By: Gary Soto

Eleven short stories about the everyday adventures of Hispanic young people growing up in Fresno, California.

Midnight for Charlie Bone

by: Jenny Nimmo

Charlie Bone's life changes when he realizes that he can hear the people in pictures talking.  (The library has four books of this series.)

Baby Animals 2

by: Ann Elwood

Text and pictures present many species of baby animals.

Birdfeeders

by: Renee Schwarz

Illustrated instructions to create birdfeeders using recycled and household materials.

The Care and Keeping of Friends

American Girl Library

Gives things to think about and suggestions on how to go about making new friends.

Cinderella Skeleton

by: Robert D. San Souci

A young skeleton finds her prince at a Halloween ball despite the efforts of her wicked stepmother. The main characters are skeletons.

The Deer Family

by: Timothy L. Biel

Examines the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of various species of deer, few of which live to be five years old.

Trap Door Spiders

by: Jake Miller

Describes the anatomy, tunneling and web-making, food, reproduction, enemies of trap-door spiders, a family of spiders that includes some of the oldest species on Earth, and discusses their interactions with humans.

The library has several books in this series about different types of spiders.