Intermediate List 2007:

J                       Asch, Frank. Star Jumper: Journal of a Cardboard Genius
ASC                            Alex knows he is a genius:  he can turn ordinary cardboard boxes into the latest, greatest inventions on the planet!  Unfortunately, his annoying younger brother Jonathan threatens to unravel his hard work.

JB                    Bardoe, Cheryl.  Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas
MEN                           Did you ever wonder where your red hair came from?  This                                     biography of geneticist Gregor Mendel will help you understand how                          characteristics are passed down from parent to child.

J                       Barrows, Annie. Ivy and Bean: Book 1
BAR                            “Nice” is the way Bean’s mother describes Ivy, the new girl across              the street. Bean assumes that also means “boring,” but she soon discovers                             the wand-toting Ivy is anything but!

JB                    Burleigh, Robert.  Paul Cezanne: A Painter’s Journey
CEZ                            Whether painting landscapes, still lifes, or portraits, this prolific 19th century French artist persevered even when those around him were not supportive.

J811                 Carnival of the Animals: Poems Inspired by Saint-Saëns’ Music
CAR                            Read each of these poems, enjoy the vibrant illustrations, and then                          listen to the zoological musical that inspired them on the accompanying                          CD. 
                                               
J                       Carris, Joan. Welcome to the Bed and Biscuit
CAR                            Grampa Bender’s animals, Ernest the pig, Gabby the bird, and                                Milly the cat, all help run the Bed and Biscuit animal boardinghouse.

J398.2              Child, Lauren.  The Princess and the Pea: In Miniature
CHI                             With its cut-paper characters set against shadow-box dioramas,                               you will not be able to resist this unique, fractured version of a fairy                          tale favorite.

J                       Cirrone, Dorian.  The Big Scoop
CIR                             How can an ice cream store disappear and reappear each day?                                 Follow Lindy Blues as she sniffs around the neighborhood to solve this                              delicious mystery.

J                       DiSalvo, DyAnne.  The Sloppy Copy Slipup
DIS                             Brian Higman, or Big Hig, is quite a storyteller in class, but he has trouble putting words down on paper for his fourth-grade writing assignments.
J398.2              Eilenberg, Max.  Beauty and the Beast
EIL                              The wondrous illustrations in this book make the old tale of the                               compassionate beauty saving the miserable beast seem new again.

J                       Fleischman, Sid.  The White Elephant
FLE                             When is a gift not a gift?  That is what Run-Run the elephant
                        trainer discovers in this story set in old Siam.

J                       Giblin, James Cross.  The Boy Who Saved Cleveland: Based on a
GIB                 True Story
Only three families live in the Western Reserve in 1798, and when they all become ill with malaria, it is ten-year-old Seth Doan who saves them.

J591.65            Gilpin, Daniel.  Life-Size Killer Creatures
GIL                             Dramatic illustrations and foldout pages highlight this sensational look at predators in the animal world.

J577.24            Godkin, Celia.  Fire!: The Renewal of a Forest
GOD                           Lightning strikes, and the dry forest becomes ablaze with a raging fire.  Days later the rain pours down, and with the sprouting of a pine seed, the cycle of renewal begins.
                                               
J641.8654        Goodman, Susan E.  All in Just One Cookie
GOO                           Travel around the world to find all the ingredients that have gone                           into Grandma’s chocolate chip cookies.

J811                 Got Geography!: Poems
GOT                            As a compass is to geography, these poems are to adventure!  Read about all the exciting places you can visit in this collection selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins.

J                       Grindley, Sally.  Dear Max
GRI                             Max is a boy with a big imagination and a desire to write a good story.  See what happens when he begins to correspond with his favorite author, the world-famous D. J. Lucas.
           
J599.635          Hatkoff, Isabella.  Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable
HAT                Friendship
                                    This amazing true tale of a young hippopotamus separated from                              his mother in a tidal wave follows the animal’s subsequent friendship                           with a 130-year-old giant tortoise.

J398.2              Hodges, Margaret.  Dick Whittington and His Cat
HOD                           A rags to riches folktale set in early London, this story is based on                          the life of a man who, together with his beloved feline, did much to help
the poor and downtrodden.   

J                       Jacobson, Jennifer Richard.  Winnie at Her Best
JAC                             Zoe is the greatest speller and Vanessa is a fabulous actress, but fourth-grader Winnie has some trouble discovering her unique talents.

J                       Jenkins, Emily.  Toys Go Out: Being the Adventures of a
JEN                 Knowledgeable Stingray, a Toughy Little Buffalo, and Someone Called Plastic                                   
Together three friends, Lumphy the buffalo, StingRay, and Plastic, face the scary world outside their Little Girl’s bedroom.
                                   
J                       Kelly, Katy.  Lucy Rose: Busy Like You Can’t Believe
KEL                            In this latest adventure, Lucy Rose Reilly is adjusting to fourth grade, still searching for clever palindromes, and trying out for the school production of Annie.

JB                    Lasky, Kathryn.  John Muir: America’s First Environmentalist
MUI                            This is the story of the environmentalist and adventurer who founded the Sierra Club over 100 years ago.  It is interesting that in the Scottish language Muir means “wild land.”

J381.18            Lewin, Ted.  How Much?: Visiting Markets Around the World
LEW                           Caldecott Honor artist Ted Lewin takes you around the world to visit local markets - with their sights, sounds, and smells - in places such as Thailand, Peru, Egypt, and New Jersey.

J                       Lin, Grace.  The Year of the Dog: A Novel
LIN                             The author describes her own upbringing as a “constant whirling of East and West,” and this novel about Pacy and her Taiwanese-American family has many autobiographical components.

J                       Look, Lenore.  Ruby Lu, Empress of Everything
LOO                            Enjoy this humorous tale of spunky second-grader Ruby Lu, her cousin from China who comes to stay, and the adventures they share one memorable summer.  

JB                    Love, D. Anne.  Of Numbers and Stars: The Story of Hypatia
HYP                            Meet extraordinary Hypatia, a young Egyptian woman of the fourth century who was a scholar of mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy.

J                       Lubar, David.  Punished!  
LUB                            The mysterious old man at the library puts a spell on Logan who must then learn a thing or two about oxymorons, anagrams, and palindromes in order to remove the “pun”- ishment.

J                       MacLachlan, Patricia.  Grandfather’s Dance
MAC                           This long-awaited conclusion to the Sarah, Plain and Tall stories brings the Witting family together one last time for a beautiful wedding under a clear blue prairie sky.                                              

JB                    McCully, Emily Arnold.  Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight
KNI                 Became an Inventor
                                    Young women of the late 1800’s are not supposed to be inventors, but Mattie has created a machine that cuts and glues together a square-bottomed paper bag.

J                       McDonald, Megan.  Judy Moody: Around the World in 8 1/2 Days
MCD                           One of a kind third-grader Judy Moody has met her match in Amy Namey, a schoolmate who also has a rhyming name.  Will they become best friends…or best enemies?!       

J                       McKissack, Patricia C.  Away West
MCK                           This second book in the Scraps of Time series transports the reader to 1879.  Thirteen-year-old Everett Turner, the first member of his family to be born free, is heading west to Kansas for adventure and opportunity.

J917.98            Miller, Debbie S.  Big Alaska: Journey Across America’s Most   
MIL                 Amazing State
Soar across beautiful Alaska with this stunning nonfiction title and learn all about the region’s astonishing wilderness and unique animal life.

J398.2              Nesbit, E.  Jack and the Beanstalk
NES                            Pencil-and-watercolor illustrations in vintage hues accompany this engaging retelling of the timeless classic featuring a young boy, his mother, and an ugly giant.

J                       Patterson, Nancy Ruth. The Winner’s Walk
PAT                             Case comes from a very talented family, yet all his attempts at success are failures. When a stray dog that has been trained to help a handicapped child comes into his life, he finally discovers what being a winner is all about.

J                       Pennypacker, Sara.  Clementine
PEN                            Look out Junie B. and Ramona!  There is a new girl on the scene named Clementine, and she is full of “spectacularful” ideas.

J811                 Prelutsky, Jack.  Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant: And Other Poems
PRE                             What do you get when you cross an elephant with an umbrella?  Why, an umbrellaphant of course!  This and sixteen other “imaginanimals” are sure to make you laugh.

J                       Regan, Dian Curtis. The World According to Kaley
REG                            Kaley wonders if an essay for history class always has to have lots of facts because she would much rather use her imagination to put her own spin on historical events.

J938.03            Reynolds, Susan.  The First Marathon: The Legend of
REY                Pheidippides
                                    This legend of a brave runner from 2,500 years ago during the war between the Greeks and the Persians became the inspiration for the modern marathon.

J                       Roberts, Ken.  Thumb on a Diamond
ROB                            A motley baseball team from the remote, seaside village of New Auckland, Canada, gets a chance to travel to Vancouver to compete in the provincial championships.                                    
                       
J791.3              Schubert, Leda.  Ballet of the Elephants
SCH                            Elephants dancing?!  Find out how entrepreneur John Ringling North, choreographer George Balanchine, and composer Igor Stravinsky put together the Circus Polka.

J                       Seuling, Barbara.  Robert and the Practical Jokes
SEU                            Life is pretty good for nine-year-old Robert:  he has friends, a brother he gets along with, a great dog, and parents who care. But things become a bit more complicated when the practical joking begins.

J811                 Sidman, Joyce.  Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow
SID                             Can you guess what lives in the meadow?  Discover the answers to                         fascinating riddles of the natural world in this brilliantly illustrated                                            book of poems.

J                       Singh, Vandana.  Younguncle Comes to Town
SIN                             When their father’s youngest brother comes to live with Sarita, Ravi, and the baby in their northern Indian home, he brings stories of his adventures with ghosts, tigers, poachers, and pickpockets.   

J428.2              Truss, Lynne.  Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really DO
TRU                Make a Difference!
                                    This children’s version of the adult title with the same name hilariously illustrates the importance of carefully-placed commas in the English language.

JB                    Wallner, Alexandra.  Lucy Maud Montgomery: The Author of Anne of
MON               Green Gables
                                    Discover how closely Lucy Maud Montgomery’s early childhood resembles the beloved character she later created in her best-known work, Anne of Green Gables,in this picture book biography.

J                       Warner, Sally.  Super Emma
WAR                           Third-grader Emma McGraw takes a stand against the school bully                         but finds that her bravery rewards her with too much unwanted attention.

JB                    Weatherford, Carole Boston.  Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her
TUB                People to Freedom
This 2007 Caldecott Honor Book eloquently depicts how African American slaves in America’s colonial south were inspired by Harriet Tubman to travel the Underground Railroad north to freedom.

J569.67            Wheeler, Lisa.  Mammoths on the Move
WHE                           Woolly mammoths were massive, hairy, and magnificent!  Follow their migration as they trudge through snowstorms, swim across rivers, and confront deadly predators.

J                       Wright, Betty Ren.  Princess for a Week
WRI                            Roddy’s bossy and fearless houseguest causes turmoil when she insists on investigating the supposedly haunted house in his neighborhood.