ARTS AND CRAFTS
Gioffré, Rosalba. Fun with French Cooking. Explores French cuisine and includes easy-to-follow recipes for fourteen dishes, including chicken skewers, ground beef and potato pie, and strawberry tart (RL 5.3).
Isogawa, Yoshihito. Simple Machines. Contains ideas and visual instructions for building simple machines using LEGO gears and bricks (RL YA).
Jones, Jen. Cool Crafts with Cardboard and Wrapping Paper: Green Projects for Resourceful Kids. Step-by-step instructions for crafts made from old cardboard and wrapping paper, and information about reusing and recycling (RL 4.6).
Latno, Mark. The Paper Boomerang Book: Build Them, Throw Them, and Get Them to Return Every Time. A guide to constructing and throwing paper boomerangs so that they return properly, covering troubleshooting, experimentation, boomerang theory, tricks, and more (RL 8.1).
Meinking, Mary. Easy Origami. Step-by-step instructions for simple origami projects, including a drinking cup, a spinning top, and a fortune-teller (RL 4.7).
Skillicorn, Helen. Friendship Crafts. Contains step-by-step, illustrated instructions for twelve friendship craft projects, including items that can be used as an accessory or decoration, such as a locket, a woven bracelet, and a badge, with patterns (RL 3.4).
POETRY
Archer, Peggy. Name That Dog!: Puppy Poems from A to Z. A collection of illustrated poems about dogs and their names (RL 3.1).
Florian, Douglas. Poetrees. A collection of poetry and colorful drawings by American artist Douglas Florian in which he explores the world of trees in a humorous and whimsical manner (RL 2.7).
Gottfried, Maya. Our Farm: by the Animals of Farm Sanctuary. A collection of illustrated poems about farm life from the perspective of Maya the cow, J.D. the piglet, Hilda the sheep, and other animals (RL 1.8).
Polisar, Barry Louis. Curious Creatures. A collection of illustrated poetry by Barry Polisar that introduce readers to some curious creatures, including "The Flying Paradise Snake of Borneo," "Quokka," "Unau," "Lemmings," and others (RL 3.3).
Prelutsky, Jack. The Carnival of the Animals. An illustrated collection of animal poems, written to accompany composer Camille Saint-Saens' "The Carnival of the Animals." Includes an audio CD of author Jack Prelutsky reading the poems with the musical accompaniment (RL 4.1).
Siebert, Diane. Tour America: A Journey through Poems and Art. Poet Diane Siebert and illustrator Stephen T. Johnson team up to celebrate the scenic treasures of the United States (RL 4.6).
Sidman, Joyce. Ubiquitous: Celebrating Nature’s Survivors. Collects poems that examine survival in nature, and includes information about a number of plants and animals (RL 6.8).
Singer, Marilyn. Mirror, Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse. A collection of short poems which, when reversed, provide new perspectives on the fairy tale characters they feature. A collection of short poems which, when reversed, provide new perspectives on the fairy tale characters they feature (RL 4.1).
Wu, Faye-Lynn. Chinese and English Nursery Rhymes: Share and Sing in Two Languages. A collection of nursery rhymes in English and Chinese, some originating from each tradition, interspersed with facts about Chinese culture and traditions (RL 1.7).
Yolen, Jane. A Sip of Aesop. Retells, in verse, thirteen fables from the Greek slave, Aesop (RL 4.4).
