ISLMA: New Books for Grades 5-8
presenter:
Sally M. Walker –
Picture books:
Cleopatra, Adele Geras, Illus. M.P. Robertson Gr 3 and up
The Arrival, Shaun Tan Gr 5 &
up
Science:
Tough, Toothy Baby Sharks,
Sandra Markle
Emi and the Rhino Scientist, Mary Kay Carson
The Whale Scientists: Solving the Mystery of Whale Strandings, Fran Hodgkins
Pocket Babies, Sneed B. Collard III
Venom, Marilyn Singer
When is a Planet Not a Planet?: the
story of Pluto, Elaine Scott
Ouch!
How Your Body Makes it Through a Very Bad Day, Richard Walker
The Periodic Table:
Elements with Style!, Adrian Dingle paperback
only
Poetry, Art, Music and Concepts:
Woe is I Jr., Patricia T. O’Conner
Tap Dancing on the Roof,
Linda Sue Park
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!, Laura Amy Schlitz
Jazz on a Saturday Night, Leo & Diane Dillon
People and Places:
The Many Rides of Paul Revere,
James C. Giblin
Holocaust, Angela Gluck Wood
Black and White Airmen: Their True History, John Fleischman
War in the
The Real Benedict Arnold,
Jim Murphy
Who Was First? Discovering the
Novels:
The
The
Billy Creekmore, Tracey Porter Gr 5 & up
Paint the Wind, Pam Muñoz Ryan Gr 5-7
Dragon Slippers, Jessica Day George Gr 5 & up
If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period, Gennifer Choldenko Gr 6-8
The Declaration, Gemma Malley Gr 6-8
Peak,
Roland
Smith Gr 6
& up
Elijah of Buxton, Christopher Paul Curtis Gr 6
& up
Do the Math: Secrets, Lies, and
Algebra, Wendy
Lichtman Gr 6 & up
Zen and the Art of Faking It,
Jordan Sonnenblick Gr 6 & up
Book of a Thousand Days,
Shannon Hale Gr 7 & up
General Winston’s Daughter, Sharon Shinn Gr 7 & up
The Secret Life of Sparrow Delaney, Suzanne Harper Gr 7
& up
Lily Dale: Awakening, Wendy Corsi Staub Gr 7
& up
Shark Girl,
Kelly
Bingham Gr 7
& up
Dragon’s Keep,
Janet Lee
Carey Gr 7
& up
Dragonhaven,
Robin
McKinley Gr 8
& up
My Mother the Cheerleader,
Robert
Shernow Gr 8
& up