Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Pennsylvania

Featuring contributions by active librarians from around the country, this guide offers a goldmine of quality books for children, spotlighting more than 500 titles published within the last four years. Ranging from books for newborns through readers to age 14, the selected books encompass a wide variety of formats and themes to reflect the diversity of contemporary society.

Popular Picks for Young Readers is equally useful for readers' advisory and collection development, and includes

 * High-quality, well-reviewed books that are popular with kids
 * Only original titles, eliminating derivative works such as those based on a movie or licensed characters
 * Picture books, graphic novels, poetry, informational books, fiction, and more
 * Thorough annotations, with summary, author, and publication information
 * Multiple indexes for easy searching by title, author, type of book, genre, award-winners, and subject matter

With selections geared towards every child's interest and reading level, this guide will help librarians, teachers, caregivers and others connect young readers to books they're sure to love.

ALSC's Popular Picks for Young Readers

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#hardcover #teachers #education #nonfiction #stories #inspirational 

North Carolina

True Stories of Great Teachers

Teachers with Class celebrates teachers and the art of good teaching. Almost everyone has had a special teacher at some point-one who saw potential where others did not, one who made ideas come alive, one who taught more than what was in the textbook. In Teachers with Class, 30 famous and not-so-famous people thank their favorite teachers with essays that praise the difference a good teacher makes.James Earl Jones honors the high school English teacher who helped him overcome his stutter and learn to speak comfortably out loud. An architect recalls a teacher's belief in the unlikeliest student. Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winner, Thomas Friedman, remembers the teacher who inspired his career in journalism by imparting lessons that are relevant today. One man tells of the math teacher whose patience and guidance gave him the confidence to succeed as a physician and researcher. These stories will spark memories about the special teachers in your own life. You can use the dedication page provided at the beginning of the book to inscribe a note to say thank you to a favorite teacher. Or, to really say thank you, use the list of grants and awards for teachers featured in the book to nominate a teacher who made a positive impact on your life. A portion of the proceeds from Teachers with Class will go to the National Education Association (NEA) Foundation.

Teachers with Class

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#hardcover #family #ya #juniorreads #teenagers #education #school #bully #relationships #love

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Florida

Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and Other Realities of Adolescence

Explains how parents can help their teenage daughters deal with cliques, gossip, substance abuse, boys and sex, and other challenges of adolescence, in a guide designed to help girls empower themselves during a tumultuous time of life.

Queen Bees and Wannabes

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#hardcover #thesaurus #reference #writing #education 

The New Webster’s Thesaurus

California

How Freedom and Creativity Can Fix Our Educational Malpractice

Schools on Trial is an all-in attack on the American way of education and a hopeful blueprint for change by one of the most passionate and certainly youngest writers on this subject.


Are America's schools little more than cinder-block gulags that spawn vicious cliques and bullying, negate creativity and true learning, and squelch curiosity in their inmates, um, students? Nikhil Goyal--a journalist and activist all of twenty years old, whom The Washington Post has dubbed a "future education secretary" and Forbes has named to its 30 Under 30 list--definitely thinks so. In this book he both offers a scathing indictment of our teach-to-the-test-while-killing-the-spirit educational assembly line and maps out a path for all of our schools to harness children's natural aptitude for learning by creating an atmosphere conducive to freedom and creativity. He prescribes an inspiring educational future that is thoroughly democratic and experiential, and one that utilizes the entire community as a classroom.

Schools on Trial

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#hardcover #education #shapes #learning #kids #animals 

Michigan

Animal crackers

Shapes

#education #school #schooladministration 

What they don't tell you in schools of education about school administration

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#hardcover #education #culture #nonfiction

Why Schools and Cultures Count

Who are smarter, Asians or Westerners? Are there genetic explanations for racial differences in test scores? What makes some nationalities excel in engineering and others in music? Will math and science remain a largely male preserve. From the damning research of The Bell Curve to the more recent controversy surrounding geneticist James Watson's statements, one factor has been consistently left out of the equation: culture. In the tradition of The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould, world-class social psychologist Richard E. Nisbett takes on the idea of intelligence as something that is biologically determined and impervious to culture--with vast implications for the role of education as it relates to social and economic development. Intelligence and How to Get It asserts that intellect is not primarily genetic but is principally determined by societal influences. Nisbett's commanding argument, superb marshaling of evidence, and fearless discussions of the controversial carve out new and exciting terrain in this hotly debated field.

Intelligence and How to Get It

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#hardcover #AncientGreece, #Reeves #History #Juvenile #Children’s #Homeschooling #Education #BarnesNoble #Mycenaeans box 42

Texas

Ancient Greece

##educational #prek #preschool #hardcover #education #princess #disney #trace

Oklahoma

Reading & Language Arts

a book of first words and ABCs

P is for princess

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How Schools and Parents Around the World Are Inspiring Greatness, One Child at a Time

From the multimillion-copy bestselling author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Dr. Stephen R. Covey illustrates how his principles of leadership can be applied to children of all ages.

In today's world, we are inundated with information about who to be, what to do, and how to live. But what if there was a way to learn not just what to think about, but how to think? A program that taught young people how to manage priorities, focus on goals, and be a positive influence in their schools?

The Leader in Me is that program. In this bestseller, Stephen R. Covey took the 7 Habits that have already changed the lives of millions of readers and showed that even young children can use them as they develop. These habits are being adapted by schools around the country in leadership programs, most famously at the A.B Combs Elementary school in Raleigh. Not only do the programs work, but they work better than anyone could have imagined. This book is full of examples of how the students blossom under the program--from the classroom that decided to form a support group for one of their classmates who had behavioral problems to the fourth grader who overcame his fear of public speaking and took his class to see him compete in a national story telling competition.

Perfect for individuals and corporations alike, The Leader in Me shows how easy it is to incorporate these skills into daily life so kids of all ages can be more effective, goal-oriented, and successful.

The Leader in Me

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Assorted puzzle books, never opened or used. #nonfiction #unclassified #paperback #puzzlebook #education #math #numbers

Oversized Paperback (4 to 6 lbs)

New Jersey

Assorted Puzzle Books

#hardcover #nonfiction #China #lenorachu #chineseeducationsystem #education #worldeducation

Georgia

An American Boy, a Chinese School, and the Global Race to Achieve

New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice; Real Simple Best of the Month; Library Journal Editors’ Pick In the spirit of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Bringing up Bébé, and The Smartest Kids in the World, a hard-hitting exploration of China’s widely acclaimed yet insular education system—held up as a model of academic and behavioral excellence—that raises important questions for the future of American parenting and education. When students in Shanghai rose to the top of international rankings in 2009, Americans feared that they were being "out-educated" by the rising super power. An American journalist of Chinese descent raising a young family in Shanghai, Lenora Chu noticed how well-behaved Chinese children were compared to her boisterous toddler. How did the Chinese create their academic super-achievers? Would their little boy benefit from Chinese school? Chu and her husband decided to enroll three-year-old Rainer in China’s state-run public school system. The results were positive—her son quickly settled down, became fluent in Mandarin, and enjoyed his friends—but she also began to notice troubling new behaviors. Wondering what was happening behind closed classroom doors, she embarked on an exploratory journey, interviewing Chinese parents, teachers and education professors, and following students at all stages of their education. What she discovered is a military-like education system driven by high-stakes testing, with teachers posting rankings in public, using bribes to reward students who comply, and shaming to isolate those who do not. At the same time, she uncovered a years-long desire by government to alleviate its students’ crushing academic burden and make education friendlier for all. The more she learns, the more she wonders: Are Chinese children—and her son—paying too high a price for their obedience and the promise of future academic prowess? Is there a way to appropriate the excellence of the system but dispense with the bad? What, if anything, could Westerners learn from China’s education journey? Chu’s eye-opening investigation challenges our assumptions and asks us to consider the true value and purpose of education.

Little Soldiers

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Open a World of Possible

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#bullying #education #students  #teachers 

Wisconsin

English

Standing up for the Value of Every Person

Dignity Revolution

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#paperback #teachers #education #patronsaint #schools #catholicism #perfectforthecatholicteacherinyourlife #liveJesusinourheartforever #homeschooling

New York

John Baptist de la Salle Patron Saint of Teachers

On May 15, 1950, Saint John Baptist de La Salle was declared the Patron Saint of All Teachers of Youth by the Catholic Church. There is something in his story, in his writings, and in his living spirit that plants itself in the hearts of teachers everywhere.

Here is someone worth knowing, especially if you are involved in the ministry of education.

Here is a remarkable individual who continues to shape the educational world of today in ways he could not have imagined, inspiring educators from all backgrounds and cultures, shaping how they see students, teachers, and the activity of teaching.

His insights, example, and faith-ﬁlled perspective naturally resonate with that of educators everywhere, reminding them why they became involved in teaching in the ﬁrst place.

He is indeed a true saint for all teachers. And this little book tells his story.

The Teacher's Saint

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#History #president #YA #homeschool #Home #School #education #youngadult #historical 

The Making of America

The third installment of the Making of America series, Abraham Lincoln, tells of one of our most beloved presidents. Born in a cabin deep in the backwoods of Kentucky, growing up in a family considered "the poorest of the poor," Lincoln rose to become the sixteenth president of the United States. As president, he guided the United States through the Civil War, helped end slavery in America, and strengthened the federal government. Unlike other biographies, the Making of America series goes beyond individual narratives linking influential figures to create an overarching story of America's growth. The first three books in the series, read together, tell the story of American constitutional history from the founding of the nation through the end of the Civil War. The stories can also be read on their own and are the perfect way to get young readers excited about American history. The book includes selections of Lincoln's writing, a bibliography, and an index.

Abraham Lincoln

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#paperback #science #education #fourthgrade #workbook #exercises #4thgrade 

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Illinois

Science

Volume 1

HMH Science Dimensions

#paperback #magnets #science #education #learning #illustrated #school 

Magnets Everywhere 

X-Library Copy
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#music #scholastic #culture #teach #education

Art, music, drama/theater

Indians of the Americas

Delving into early American history, the authors trace the uses of music by Native Americans since ancient times and explains the unique beat, rhythm, and melody that characterize much Indian music. Full color.

North American Indian Music

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#paperback #history #Spanish #nonfiction #education #American 

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

A People’s History of The United States

En ésta, su más famosa obra, Howard Zinn nos presenta una perspectiva lúcida e imprescindible de la historia de los Estados Unidos. Desde el primer encuentro entre los indígenas americanos y Cristóbal Colón, hasta las aposionadas protestas en contra de la invasión de Irak del 2003, Zinn nos enfrenta con el otro lado de la historia de los Estados Unidos. Lleno de humor, calidez y respeto por aquellos que se han dejado fuera de la historia prevaleciente, La otra historia de los Estados Unidos de muestra la importancia de las experiencias de afroamericanos, mujeres, indígenas, obreros e inmigrantes en la formación del país.

La nueva edición de la La otra historia incluye un análisis de la presidencia Bush, escrito por el autor antes de su muerte, en el cual discute la controversia de la elección presidencial del 2000, las deciciones que se tomaron tras los ataques del 11 de septiembre del 2001, la reación del pueblo americano y la elecciones legislativas del 2006.

La Otra Historia de Los Estados Unidos

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#hardcover #education #educational #parents #teachers #traitsthatdefinesuccess #thrive #raisethemright #encouraging #inspiring 

Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character

Challenges conventional views about standardized testing to argue that success is more determined by self-discipline, and describes the work of pioneering researchers and educators who have enabled effective new teaching methods.

How Children Succeed

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Diane Foote; Association for Association for Library Service to Children

ALSC's Popular Picks for Young Readers

Marsha Serling Goldberg; Sonia Feldman

Teachers with Class

Rosalind Wiseman

Queen Bees and Wannabes

Donald O Bolander Jean A McCormick Vreeland

The New Webster’s Thesaurus

Nikhil Goyal

Schools on Trial

N/A

Shapes

Black, John A. Ph. D., John A. Black, Fenwick W. English

What they don't tell you in schools of education about school administration

Richard E. Nisbett

Intelligence and How to Get It

Barnes & Noble

Ancient Greece

Annie Auerbach

P is for princess

Stephen R. Covey

The Leader in Me

Various

Assorted Puzzle Books

Lenora Chu

Little Soldiers

Lois Bridges (Editor)

Open a World of Possible

Bob Lenz; Deborah L. Tackmann

Dignity Revolution

Brother George Van Grieken (Editor); Christian Brothers Conference (Editor)

The Teacher's Saint

Teri Kanefield

Abraham Lincoln

HMH

HMH Science Dimensions

Tom Seddon

Magnets Everywhere

Rick Ench; Jay Cravath

North American Indian Music

Howard Zinn; Toni Strubel (Translator)

La Otra Historia de Los Estados Unidos

Paul Tough

How Children Succeed

Thaddeus P. Giddings and others

Juvenile Music

Lois Bridges (Editor)

Open a World of Possible