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CAS FIC ARM Armstrong, William Howard, 1914-. Sounder. New York: Harper Audio, 1995.
Read by Avery Brooks. Angry and humiliated when his sharecropper
father is jailed for stealing food for his family, a young black boy
grows in courage and understanding by learning to read and with the
help of the devoted dog Sounder.

CAS FIC CLE Clements, Andrew, 1949-. Frindle. Unabridged. New York: Random House, Inc.,Listening Library, 1996; 2000.
Read by John Fleming. Clever fifth-grader Nick Allen, determined to
turn his teacher's love of the dictionary around on her, invents a
new word and sets off a chain of events that quickly moves beyond
his control.

CAS FIC CUS Cushman, Karen. The Midwife's Apprentice. unabridged. New York : Listening Library, 1996.
Performance by Charlotte Coleman. In medieval England, a nameless,
homeless girl is taken in by a sharp-tempered midwife, and in spite
of obstacles and hardship, eventually gains the three things she
most wants: a full belly, a contented heart, and a place in this
world.

CAS FIC DiC DiCamillo, Kate. Because of Winn-Dixie. Unabridged. New York : Listening Library, p2001.
Performance by Cherry Jones. Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni
describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all
the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog
Winn-Dixie.

CAS FIC GAN Gantos, Jack. Joey Pigza loses control. New York : Random House, Inc., Listening Library, 2000.
Joey, who is still taking medication to keep him from getting too
wired, goes to spend the summer with the hard-drinking father he has
never known and tries to help the baseball team he coaches win the
championship.

CAS FIC KON Konigsburg, E. L. From the mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Listening Library, c1995.
Having run away with her younger brother to live in the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, twelve-year-old Claudia strives to keep things in
order in their new home and to become a changed person and a heroine
to herself.

CAS FIC LOW Lowry, Lois. Number the stars. Unabridged. New York : Random House Inc., Listening Library, 2004.
Read by Blair Brown. Ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave
and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the
Nazis during the German occupation of Denmark in 1943.

CAS FIC MAC MacLachlan, Patricia. Sarah, plain and tall. HarperChildren's Audio, c1986.
When their father invites a mail-order bride to come live with them
in their prairie home, Caleb and Anna are captivated by their new
mother and hope that she will stay.

CAS FIC NOR North, Sterling, 1906-. Rascal. unabridged. New York : Random House, Inc., Listening Library, 1998.
Rascal / Sterling North -- Rascal racoons / Sterling North --
Peculiar pets / Lisa Feder-Fietel -- The ten commandments of pet
ownership / Michael W. Fox. The author recalls his carefree life in
a small midwestern town at the close of World War I, and his
adventures with his pet raccoon, Rascal.

CAS FIC PAU Paulsen, Gary. Brian's winter. Unabridged. New York : Listening Library, p1996.
Performance by Richard Thomas. A thirteen-year-old boy stranded in
the Canadian wilderness after a plane crash must find a way to
survive the winter with only a hatchet for aid. An
alternative-ending sequel to Gary Paulsen's book "Hatchet."

CAS FIC PAU Paulsen, Gary. Hatchet. Unabridged ed. New York: Random House Audio Publishing Group, c1992.
Performance by Peter Coyote. Headed for Canada to visit his father,
young Brian becomes the sole survivor of a plane crash. With only a
hatchet and the clothes on his back, he learns to survive alone in
the wilderness.

CAS FIC PAU Paulsen, Gary. The river. Unabridged. New York : Random House, Inc, Listening Library, 1993.
Performance by Peter Coyote. Because of his success surviving alone
in the wilderness for fifty-four days, fifteen-year-old Brian,
profoundly changed by his time in the wild, is asked to undergo a
similar experience to help scientists learn more about the
psychology of survival.

CAS FIC ROC Rockwell, Thomas, 1933-. How to eat fried worms. New York: Random House, Inc. Listening Library, 1998, c1973.
Two boys set out to prove that worms can make a delicious meal.
CAS FIC SNISnicket, Lemony. The bad beginning. New York : Listening
Library, p2001.
Read by Tim Curry. After the sudden death of their parents, the
three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits
when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their
guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their
fortune.

CAS FIC SNI Snicket, Lemony. The reptile room. Unabridged. New York : Random House, Inc., Listening Library, 2001.
Performed by Tim Curry. After narrowly escaping the menacing
clutches of the dastardly Count Olaf, the three Baudelaire orphans
are taken in by a kindly herpetologist with whom they live happily
for an all-too-brief time.

CAS FIC SPI Spinelli, Jerry. Stargirl. unabridged. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, Listening Library, 2001, c2000.
In this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of
nonconformity, and the thrill of first love, an eccentric student
named Stargirl changes Mica High School forever.

CAS FIC TAY Taylor, Mildred D. Roll of Thunder, hear my cry. New York: Random House, 2001.
Read by Lynne Thigpen. Foreword read by the author. A Black family
struggles to maintain their dignity and independence against
prejudice and discrimination in Depression-era Mississippi.

CAS FIC WIN Winthrop, Elizabeth. The castle in the attic. 1st ed. New York : Random House, Inc, Listening Library, c1985.
A gift of a toy castle, complete with silver knight, introduces
William to an adventure involving magic and a personal quest.

PROFESSIONAL

PROF 370.11 LIP Barclay Lipson, Greta. Two sides to every story : ethics, dilemmas and points of view : discussion, writing, improvisation. Carthage, IL : Teaching & Learning Co., c2004.
Presents short stories, discussion question, and suggestions for
improvisation, role play, and writing designed to help students in
grades five through nine learn about ethics, dilemmas, and different
points of view.

PROF 371.3 NUZ Nuzum, Margaret. Study skills that stick. New York : Scholastic, c2001.
Presents a collection of reproducible activity pages and planning
sheets for the fourth through eighth-grade classroom to help
students develop study, note taking, and organization skills.

PROF 371.33 TAY Taylor, Paige. Consider the source : finding reliable information on the Internet. Fort Atkinson, Wis. : Upstart Books, c2004.
Presents several lessons and activities designed to teach fourth
through sixth graders how to evaluate the reliability of Internet
sources.

PROF 372.1 HOL Hollenbeck, Kathleen M. Teaching with Cinderella stories from around the world. New York : Scholastic, c2003.
Presents activities and reproducible worksheets based on ten
picture-book retellings of the Cinderella story as interpreted by
cultures around the world, appropriate for students in grades one
through three.

PROF 372.45 MAR Martin, Justin McCory. 12 fabulously funny fairy tale plays. New York : Scholastic, c2002.
Presents the scripts of twelve humorous plays based on familiar
fairy tales, designed to boost the reading skills of students in
second through fourth grade, each with a teacher page that includes
the history of the tale, and suggested vocabulary boosters,
discussion starters, and writing prompts.

PROF 372.46 LEB Leber, Nancy Jolson. Picture sorting for phonemic awareness. New York : Scholastic, c2003.
Contains reproducible picture cards with hands-on sorting games and
activities designed to prepare pre-k and kindergarten students for
reading.

PROF 372.46 RAM Ramsey, Michelle K. Phonics games kids can't resist! : 25 lively learning games that make teaching phonics easy and fun. New York : Scholastic Professional Books, c1999.
Shows teachers how to use games to teach their students in grades
K-2 to read by using phonics. Includes activities.

PROF 372.64 McC McCaughtry, Michele L. Independent reading management kit. New York : Scholastic, c2006.
Presents reproducible packs with activities, character profiles,
grading summaries, as well as other resources designed to help
teachers of grades four through eight engage students in meaningful
and structured reading-response activities.

PROF 567.90 USB Davidson, Susanna. The Usborne Internet-linked world atlas of dinosaurs. New York : Scholastic, 2005, c2003.
Explores the world's biggest and best fossil sites and illustratates
some of the fossils that have been unearthed there. Examines the
work of paleontologists and discusses the latest dinosaur
discoveries. Includes a dinosaur quiz.