What's on Your Short List?

We're coming down to the wire...less than 2 weeks left to read! Which titles are on your list of favorites? Leave a comment here so that we can all be sure to read them before our discussion on January 9th.

John Brown: His Fight for Freedom

John Brown: His Fight for Freedom
by John Hendrix
Abrams Books for Young Readers
39 pages

Marching for Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don't You Grow Weary

Marching for Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don't You Grow Weary
by Elizabeth Partridge
Viking
68 pages

Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting

Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting
by Jim Murphy
Scholastic Press
116 pages

Ernest Hemingway: A Writer's Life

Ernest Hemingway: A Writer's Life
by Catherine Reef
Clarion Books
183 pages

An introduction to the life and work of Ernest Hemingway, one of the most significant and notorious American writers of the 20th century.

Before Columbus: The Americas of 1491

Before Columbus: The Americas of 1491
by Charles C. Mann
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
116 pages

The Great and Only Barnum: the Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P. T. Barnum

The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P. T. Barnum
by Candace Fleming
Schwartz and Wade Books
151 pages

Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland

Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland
by Sally M. Walker
Carolrhoda Books
144 pages

This book reports on the work of forensic scientists who are excavating grave sites in James Fort, in Jamestown, Virginia, to understand the people who lived in the Chesapeake Bay area in the 1600s and 1700s.

14 Cows for America

14 Cows for America
by Carmen Agra Deedy
Peachtree
unpaged

Sacred Mountain: Everest

Sacred Mountain: Everest
by Christine Taylor-Butler
Lee & Low Books
48 pages

The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau

The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau
by Dan Yaccarino
Alfred A. Knopf
unpaged

Years of Dust

Years of Dust: the Story of the Dust Bowl
by Albert Marrin Dutton
Children's Books
128 pages

The Fabulous Feud of Gilbert and Sullivan

The Fabulous Feud of Gilbert and Sullivan
by Jonah Winter
Arthur A. Levine Books
unpaged

Adventures in Cartooning

Adventures in Cartooning
by James Sturm
First Second
109 pages

Our Children Can Soar: A Celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the Pioneers of Change

Our Children Can Soar: A Celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the Pioneers of Change
by Michelle Cook
Bloomsbury
unpaged

Part historical, part poetry, and entirely inspirational, this unique picture book takes the reader through the cumulative story of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, expanding the popular slogan beyond Matin Luther King, Rosa Parks, and Barack Obama to include more key players in the struggle for equality.

Honk, Honk, Goose!: Canada Geese Start a Family

Honk, Honk, Goose!: Canada Geese Start a Family
by April Pulley Sayre
Henry Holt and Co.
unpaged

Cars on Mars: Roving the Red Planet

Cars on Mars: Roving the Red Planet
by Alexandra Siy
Charlesbridge
57 pages

Follow the course of NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers Mission. Learn how scientists determined that there was once water on Mars and how they resolved problems with the rovers in order to prolong the mission.

I and I: Bob Marley

I and I: Bob Marley
by Tony Medina
Lee and Low Books, Inc.
unpaged

A biography in verse about the Jamaican reggae musician Bob Marley, offering an overview of key events and themes in his life, including his biracial heritage, Rastafarian beliefs, and love of music.

The Frog Scientist

The Frog Scientist
by Pamela S. Turner
Houghton Mifflin
58 pages

Tyrone Hayes works to discover the effects pesticides have on frogs and, in turn, us.

Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude

Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude
by Jonah Winter
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
unpaged

In a story inspired by the modern and groundbreaking writing of Gertrude Stein herself, not a lot makes sense. Enter the whimsical world of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas.