More New Books Are In!

Title: Thomas Edison: a brilliant inventor
Author: The Editors of TIME for Kids with Lisa DeMauro
Call Number: Juv 621.3 T455te
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060576111/qid=1147185160/sr=1-9/ref=sr_1_9/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Title: Forensics
Author: Richard Platt
Call Number: Juv 363.25 P719f
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0753458624/sr=1-1/qid=1147185036/ref=sr_1_1/102-6355804-8652910?%5Fencoding=UTF8

Title: My Bodyworks
Author: Jane Schoenberg
Call Number: Juv 372.35 S365mb
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1566565839/qid=1147185255/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Title: Galileo: the genius who faced the inquisition
Author: Philip Steele
Call Number: Juv 520.92 S814g
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0792236572/qid=1147185473/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Title: Waves: from surfing to tsunami
Author: Drew Kampion
Call Number: Juv 551.463 K15w
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1586852124/qid=1147185549/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Title: How Dinosaurs Took Flight: the fossils, the science, what we think we know, and mysteries yet unsolved
Author: Christopher Sloan
Call Number: Juv 567.9 S634hf
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0792274040/qid=1147185647/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Title: Invisible Allies: microbes that shape our lives
Author: Jeanette Farrell
Call Number: Juv 579 F245ia
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0374336083/qid=1147186073/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Title: I See a Kookaburra!: discovering animal habitats around the world
Author: Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
Call Number: Juv 591.7 J52ik
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0618507647/qid=1147186144/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Title: One Night in the Coral Sea
Author: Sneed B. Collard III
Call Number: Juv 593.6 C697o
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1570913897/qid=1147186248/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Title: Mosquito Bite
Author: Alexandra Siy and Dennis Kunkel
Call Number: Juv 595.772 S625mb
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1570915911/qid=1147186330/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Title: A Mother’s Journey
Author: Sandra Markle
Call Number: Juv 598.47 M346mj
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1570916217/qid=1147186388/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Title: Big Cats
Author: Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
Call Number: Juv 599.75 P295bc
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0802789684/qid=1147186513/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Title: Ice Bear: in the steps of the polar bear
Author: Nicola Davies
Call Number: Juv 599.786 D256ib
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0763627593/qid=1147186569/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Title: Guts: our digestive system
Author: Seymour Simon
Call Number: Juv 612.3 S596gu
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060546514/qid=1147186680/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Title: The Great Brain Book: an inside look at the inside of your head
Author: HP Newquist
Call Number: Juv 612.82 N558gb
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0439458951/qid=1147186781/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Title: Guinea Pig Scientists: bold self-experimenters in science and medicine
Author: Leslie Dendy and Mel Boring
Call Number: Juv 616.027 D391gu
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805073167/qid=1147186862/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Title: The Prairie Builders: reconstructing America’s lost grasslands
Author: Sneed B. Collard III
Call Number: Juv 635.9 C697pb
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/061839687X/qid=1147187626/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Title: Code Orange
Author: Caroline B. Cooney
Call Number: Juv 813 C775coo
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385732597/qid=1147187709/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Title: Dark Sons
Author: Nikki Grimes
Call Number: Juv 813 G862dks
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786818883/qid=1147187881/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Title: My Jim: a novel
Author: Nancy Rawles
Call Number: Juv 813 R258myj
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400054001/qid=1147188326/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Title: Dad, Jackie, and Me
Author: Myron Uhlberg
Call Number: Juv 813 U31dj
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1561453293/qid=1147188616/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Title: If You Come Softly
Author: Jacqueline Woodson
Call Number: Juv 813 W898iys
Description: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0698118626/qid=1147188677/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-6355804-8652910?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

Sarah Wiemero

Scholastic offers free Class Homepages to teachers

Scholastic is now offering free home pages to classroom teachers. Click on the title above to look around the site.

After you create a homepage it will produce a parent's page for you to send home announcing your site. I created a site for you to browse. Read the parent's page below to access the site.

Date:5/2/06

Dear OBU Education students and faculty

I am happy to announce that we now have a quick and easy way for you to know more about what is going on in our classroom. You can visit our Class Homepage to learn about class news and events, check homework, find resources, and much more.


Our Class Homepage is exclusively for children in our class and their parents. It is completely private and requires a special Username and Password in order to access it.

Here's how to access our Class Homepage:

1. Go to http://www.scholastic.com and click on the Class Homepage Login link on the lower right under "Free Services".

2. A new page will appear with a Login box.
Enter our Class User Name: OBUlibrary
Followed by our Class Password: students
(Please do not give these out to anyone outside our class family)

3. Click Submit.

Our Class Home Page is a great way for all of us to share information. I hope you will join in the fun by visiting it today.


Janet Bailey