December 2000
The Brand New Kid
by Couric Katie
E Cou
Doubleday, 2000
Every child has apprehension in their first day of
school, and this is true for Eliie McSnelly and Carrie O’Toole. This year,
the girls also have a new classmate to meet, and because he is different ,
he becomes the brunt of teasing and taunting. Ellie realizes how difficult
it is for Laslo, and reaches out to him. The two teach all of their
classmates an important lesson.
Yoshi’s Feast
by Kimiko Kajiikawa
E Kaj
Dorling Kindersley, 2000
When Yoshi’s neighbor, Sabu, the eel broiler,
attempts to charge him for the delicious smelling aromas he has been
enjoying, Yoshi hatches a plan to enrich them both.
Give that Dog a Bone
by Steven Kellogg
E Kel
Sea-Star Books, 2000
In this version of Knick-Knack-Patty-Wack, the first
old man plays one, and then this nursery rhyme takes a mischievous turn and
escalates into a slapstick adventure involving cobblers, cats, chicken, sled
dogs, and even velociraptors.
The Missing Mitten Mystery
by Steven Kellogg
Dial Books, 2000
E Kel
Annie loses her fifth mitten of the winter and she
searches the whole neighborhood before she finds it.
The Case of the Missing Monkey
by Cynthia Rylant
E Ryl
Greenwillow Books, 2000
While having breakfast at their favorite diner, two
detectives, Bunny and Jack, solve a mystery that is not what it seems.
Max Cleans Up
by Rosemary Wells
E Wel
Viking, 2000
Max’s big sister Ruby is determined to help clean up
his messy room, but he keeps rescuing things that she wants to throw
away.
Non-Fiction
Vision of Beauty
by Kathleen Lasky
+ 921 Wal
Candlewick Press, 2000
A biography of Sarah Breedlove Walker who, though born
in poverty, pioneered in hair and beauty care products for black women, and
became a financial success.
Spiderology
by Michael Elsohn Ross
+ 595.44 Res
Caroroda, 2000
Describes the physical characteristics and habits of
spiders and provides instructions for finding, collecting, and keeping
spiders.
Older Fiction
Night Hoops
by Carl Deuker
YA Deu
Houghton Mifflin and Co. 2000
While trying to prove that he is good enough to play
on his school’s varsity basketball team, Nick must also deal with hi
parents’ divorce and the erratic behavior of a troubled classmate who
lives across the street.
Don’t Tell Anyone
by Peg Kehret
Dutton Books, 2000
Twelve year old Megan does not realize that feeding a
group of feral cats living in a field near her house will involve her as a
witness to a traffic accidents and in the dangerous plan of an unstable
criminal.
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