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Helen Keller: discover the life of an American legend
Par Don McLeese. 2003
Helen Keller: a level two reader (Wonder Bks.wonder Books Nonfiction)
Par Cynthia Fitterer Klingel. 2002
Poetry by heart: a child's book of poems to remember
Par Elizabeth Attenborough. 2001
More than one hundred poems worth learning "by heart" to keep forever. Poets include such old favorites as William Shakespeare,…
William Blake, and Emily Dickinson, as well as popular moderns Roald Dahl, Judith Viorst, Mary Ann Hoberman, and Jack Prelutsky. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 2001Becoming Joe DiMaggio
Par Maria Testa. 2002
Narrative poem tells the story of an Italian grandfather and his American grandson who listen to the New York Yankees…
baseball games on the radio. Uncontracted braille. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2002Stevie Wonder
Par Tenley Williams. 2002
Biography of the composer, pianist, and singer whose musical talent was evident from childhood. Discusses Stevie Wonder's recording success despite…
being "blind, black, and broke" when he started. For grades 6-9. 2002Walt Whitman: a biography
Par Milton Meltzer. 2002
A profile of the nineteenth-century American poet whose life is presented in the context of his times, and who is…
profoundly affected by the Civil War. Includes excerpts from his major work, Leaves of Grass (BR 08420). For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2002A light in the attic
Par Shel Silverstein. 1981
A fat collection of poems that range from exhilarating nonsense to tender sadness. Includes "How Not to Have to Dry…
the Dishes," "Prayer of the Selfish Child," "Adventures of a Frisbee," and "Hiccup Cure." For grades 4-7 to share with younger children and adultsIntroduces forty poets with informal statements about their relationships with written or spoken words when they were young; also presents…
at least one work by each. Includes Marvin Bell, Rita Dove, Allen Ginsberg, Maxine Kumin, Li-Young Lee, Gerald Stern, Alice Walker, and Robley Wilson. For grades 6-9 and older readersHow to write poetry (Scholastic guides)
Par Paul Janeczko. 1999
Practical advice on the art of writing poetry. Provides tips on how to begin, from gathering ideas to writing progressively…
more complex poetic forms. Contains copious examples, recommends readings, provides checklists, and suggests uses for completed verses. For grades 5-8. 1999The disability rights movement (Cornerstones of freedom)
Par Deborah Kent. 1996
A chronicle of milestones in the ongoing fight for disability rights in the United States; includes the 1940 establishment of…
the National Federation of the Blind and the passing of both the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. For grades 4-7. 1996Walt Whitman: poetry for young people (Poetry for young people)
Par Walt Whitman. 1997
An introduction to the life and work of the nineteenth-century American poet. A biographical sketch and a description of Whitman's…
era are followed by a selection of twenty-six poems and excerpts from longer pieces. The choices reflect feelings of patriotism and emotions evoked by the Civil War. For grades 6-9. 1997I, too, sing America: three centuries of African-American poetry
Par Catherine Clinton. 1998
Louis Braille: inventor
Par Jennifer Bryant. 1994
Recounts the life of Louis Braille who, at fifteen, created a system of raised dots that allows blind persons to…
read and write. Describes Louis's childhood, the accident that caused his blindness, the support he received from his family, and his education, which led to his creation of the braille alphabet. For grades 5-8 and older readersJourney through heartsongs
Par Mattie Stepanek. 2001
This second collection of poems expands on the themes of faith and hope found in Heartsongs (RC 53296, BR 13761).…
In "I Could... If They Would," Mattie shares his dreams of what he would do if a cure were discovered for his rare disease. For grades 3-6 and older readers. 2001Hope through heartsongs
Par Mattie Stepanek. 2002
A third collection of poems by a young boy with an incurable disease, who cherishes hope even as he faces…
adversity and personal challenge. In September 2001 he wrote "For Our World," wishing that everyone would pray for peace. For grades 3-6 and older readers. Bestseller. 2002Thirteen short, humorous, rhyming stories in two voices, for beginning readers or for a child and an adult. Intended to…
celebrate the joys of reading together, the stories are about "cats and puppies, bears and mice, snakes, telephones, snowmen, birthdays, friendships and more." For grades K-3. 2001Twenty-seven poems describing the wind written by such poets as John Ciardi, Karla Kuskin, Robert Louis Stevenson, Christina Rossetti, A.A.…
Milne, Carl Sandburg, and Russell Hoban. Kaye Starbird's verses tell about grown-ups and kids having different reactions to the spring wind. For grades 4-7On my own: the journey continues
Par Sally Alexander. 1997
After going blind at twenty-four as told in Taking Hold: My Journey into Blindness (RC 40247 and BR 10223), Alexander…
describes also losing part of her hearing. Determined to be independent and self-sufficient, she recounts her fears and difficulties adjusting to a new apartment, finding a job, and meeting the right man. For grades 6-9 and older readersThe Place my words are looking for: what poets say about and through their work
Par Paul Janeczko. 1990
Love that dog: A Novel
Par Sharon Creech. 2001
Jack doesn't want to write poetry for his teacher, Miss Stretchberry, because girls do it, not boys. As the school…
year progresses, he begins enjoying famous poems read in class and even surprises himself by writing his own. For grades 4-7. 2001