SAS Librarian on duty.

Check out some new books!

Nancy Drew! New books donated by Mrs. Michele Hummel

The Haunted Bridge

The Hidden Staircase

The Mystery of
the Ivory Charm

The Mystery at
Lilac Inn

Nancy's Mysterious
Letter

Great new books donated by our Miss Lori - ask for these!

Heroines of the American Revolution

Trapped by the Ice: Shackleton's
Amazing Antarctic Adventure

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

Animorphs: The Weakness

Fighter Planes

More new titles

Eyewitness Books: Football

Great Illustrated Classics: Dracula

Great Illustrated Classics:
The War of the Worlds

The Red Badge of Courage

The Mitten
"The Mitten" is a Ukrainian folk tale retold
by Jan Brett with realistic illustrations
and beautifully descriptive language.
This book was donated by The Ventura
Emblem Club #157 in memory
of Lynn S. Bristol.

Beautiful picture books donated by the Sangregorio family - Thank you!

Alexander and
the Wind-up Mouse

Amelia Bedelia
Helps Out

Animals should definitely
not wear clothing.......

Click, Clack, Moo
Cows That Type

Curious George Goes
to a Chocolate Factory

The Little Red Hen
Makes a Pizza

Little Toot and
the Lighthouse

Winne-the-Pooh
and Some Bees

Madeline's Rescue

The Mouse Family

Petunia

Winter Days in
the Big Woods

Paddington Bear
and the Christmas
Surprise

Big Red Barn

Christina Katerina
and the Box



Need some help? Get started with ideas, instructions,
maybe some motivation! These books show how
science can be fun.

201 Awesome, Magical, Bizarre,
and Incredible Experiments

202 Oozing, Bubbling, Dripping,
and Bouncing Experiments

203 Icy, Freezing, Frosty,
Cool, and Wild Experiments

Science Fair Projects With
Electricity and Electronics

Science Fair Projects
With Energy

Science Fair Projects
with Physics

Science Fair Projects
With Chemistry

New fiction and nonfiction

Guinness World Records 2002

The Chimpanzees I Love
Jane Goodall

Scholastic Encyclopedia
of Animals

My America
My Brother's Keeper

My Name Is America
Journal of Otto Peltonen

My Name Is America
Journal of James Edmund Pease

Dear America
Seeds of Hope

Dear America
My Face to the Wind

Dear America
Christmas After All

My America
Our Strange New Land

Dear America
As Far As I Can See

The Royal Diaries
Kaiuluni, The People's Princess

Stowaway

Essential Fishing
for Teens

Art: An A-Z Guide

Eyewitness: Ancient
History series

Gods, Goddesses, and Monsters

I Heard the Willow Weep

Look at our new reference books!

Don't miss our new reference sets.
Use them for homework, projects,
or just because they're so interesting!

Time-Life
Mammals

Time-Life:
Planet Earth

Time-Life:
The Universe
NATIVITY B.V.M. donation of SCIENCE EXPLORER series
This 15-volume set has current information, beautiful illustrations, and ideas for science experiments. Series website has internet links for each chapter in each volume, including related online full-text current magazine articles (Science News, Discover, Sky and Telescope, and more), internet activities, links to related websites, quizzes, reference links, and other helpful and interesting things to see and do.
This set is the best!
Thank you, Nativity!

Animals

Astronomy

From Bacteria
to Plants

Human Biology
and Health

Cells and Heredity

Chemical
Building Blocks

Chemical
Interactions

Electricity and
Magnetism

Environmental
Science

Earth's Changing
Surface

Earth's Waters

Inside Earth

Motion, Forces,
and Energy

Sound and Light

Weather and
Climate
New book donated by Mrs. Kathy Llewellyn

LIFE - The Year in Pictures 2002
This book includes the year's most interesting, intriguing, tragic, and
triumphant stories and pictures. It's a great record of world events of 2001 in politics, technology and science, health and education, and arts and entertainment.

Birthday Books!
These beautiful American Girl books were donated by Rachel Hummel to celebrate the birthdays of her friends Julia and Elizabeth.
Each book tells about growing up during different periods in American history.

Welcome to Josefina's World-1824

Welcome to Felicity's World-1774

Welcome to Kirsten's World-1854

Welcome to Addy's World-1864

Welcome to Samantha's World-1904

Welcome to Molly's World-1944

New book
donations from
the Sangregorio
family-
popular series

Hercules Doesn't Pull Teeth

Zombies Don't Play Soccer

The Unicorn's Secret-
Moonsilver

The Unicorn's Secret-
The Silver Thread

The Secrets of Droon-
Journey to Volcano Palace

The Secrets of Droon-
The Mask of Maliban

Junie B. Jones and
the Yucky, Blucky
Fruitcake

Junie B. Jones and
That Meanie Jim's
Birthday

New Books
Some beautiful new books purchased in memory of Lynn S. Bristol through monies donated by Fourth Grade Class of 2000

The Easter Story by Brian Wildsmith

The Easter Story
This book is the story of the last days of Jesus' life, the Crucifixion, and Resurrection, as seen through the eyes of the small donkey who carried Him into Jerusalem. Brilliant illustrations with jewel tones and metallic golds convey the beauty and mystery of the Easter story.

Small Gifts In God's Hands by Max Lucado

Small Gifts In God's Hands
A young boy named Elijah learns that no gift is too small in God's hands as he watches Jesus feed thousands of hungry people from Elijah's one basket of bread and fish.
Van Gogh by Bruce Bernard

Van Gogh
Learn the story of the tragic genius of artist Vincent van Gogh through descriptions of his childhood, poverty, mental illness, and friendship with other famous artists. This book shows methods and materials that van Gogh used to create his masterpieces and includes full color photographic reproductions of his famous paintings.
Here are some of the great books donated by the Sangregorio family from the Scholastic Book Fair held in May--- 17 in all!


4 new Scooby mysteries

new Arthur adventure

Magic School Bus Chapter Books

I Hate My Bow

Dear America series

Dear America series
Signed by visiting author Nancy Van Laan!

Rainbow Crow
This is a wonderful Native American (Lenape Indian) legend about the unselfish acts of the beautiful crow. Read how he brings the gift of fire to Earth to save his woodland friends.

New books donated by the Ventura Emblem Club #157 in memory of Lynn S. Bristol

Joseph by Brian Wildsmith

The Pledge of Allegiance
by Scholastic

Michelangelo by Diane Stanley

A new reference book donated by Mrs. Maria Wassell

The Catholic Source Book
by Rev. Peter Klein
Great new reference book that is a huge collection of information about the Catholic faith, including references to the Catholic Cathechism. Use this anytime for useful and interesting facts, but don't forget to look for it at Religion Fair time! This book is full of ideas.


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