DK: Playing Right Field, by Willy Welch; Home Run, by Robert Burleigh; Mrs. Morgan's Lawn, by Barney Saltzburg; The Matzah Man: A Passover Story, by Naomi Howland

K: A Man for All Seasons: The Life of George Washington Carver, by Stephen Krensky

1st: Casey Back at Bat, by Dan Gutman

2nd: Girl Wonder: The Story of Alta Weiss, by Deborah Hopkinson

3rd: Satchell Paige: Don't Look Back, by David A. Adler; or Mighty Jackie, the Strike-out Queen, by Marissa Moss

4th: Darwin, by Alice B. McGinty

5th: The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer's Bright Ideas and Brand-New Colors, by Chris Barton 

Links for this week

5th: How do fluorescence and Day-Glo colors work?  
 

A Man for All Seasons: The Life of George Washington Carver, by Stephen Krensky (borrowed from the County of Los Angeles Public Library)

Darwin, by Alice B. McGinty (borrowed from the County of Los Angeles Public Library)

The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer's Bright Ideas and Brand-New Colors, by Chris Barton (borrowed from the County of Los Angeles Public Library)

DK: Tools and simple machines--The Toolbox, by Anne & Harlow Rockwell; Handy Hank Will Fix It, by Anne Rockwell; The Handiest Things in the World, by Andrew Clements; OK GO video, "This Too Shall Pass"

K: Baseball--Roasted Peanuts, by Tim Egan 

1st:  Science Week and World Water Day--Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau, by Jennifer Berne 

2nd: Science Week and World Water Day--Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau, by Jennifer Berne; OR Ask Albert Einstein, by Lynne Barasch

3rd: Science Week--The Planet Hunter: The Story Behind What Happened to Pluto, by Elizabeth Rusch 

4th: Baseball--Mighty Jackie: The Strike-Out Queen, by Marissa Moss 

5th: Queen of the Falls, by Chris Van Allsburg (again!)

This week's links:

DK: Music video for "This Too Shall Pass," by OK GO. Please note, not all content on YouTube is suitable for children. 

1st & 2nd: World Water Day; also the interesting World Water Day game we did in library time, "How Much Water Is on Your Plate?"

3rd: Mike Brown's website

DK: King Puck, by Michael Garland; Baseball Hour, by Carol Nevius; Casey Back at Bat, by Dan Gutman
K: King Puck, by Michael Garland
1st: Bottle Houses: The Creative World of Grandma Prisbrey, by Melissa Ethridge Slaymaker
2nd: Harp o’ Gold OR Traveling Tom and the Leprechaun, both by Teresa Bateman
3rd: Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein, by Don Brown (Hooper); The Babe and I, by David Adler (Hunt); Fiona’s Luck, by Teresa Bateman (Horowitz, Moreno)
4th: Tuff Fluff: The Case of Duckie’s Missing Brain, by Scott Nash, OR The Brain, by Seymour Simon; and internet brain resources
5th: The Brain, by Seymour Simon; excerpt from Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story about Brain Science, by John Fleischman; other print and internet resources about the brain

Links for this week:

Brain Awareness Week official site

Neuroscience for Kids
an extensive site related to the brain and neuroscience maintained by Eric H. Chudler, Ph.D.

"BrainWorks," with Eric H. Chudler, Ph.D., on University of Washingon TV. This is a 28-minute video for children about the brain, including a demonstration by an anesthesiologist, demonstration of how an EEG is done, and a scientist explaining the parts of a human brain.

Nerve Signaling
shows how nerve cells work

GirlsGoTech
in particular "Mixed Messages," an online game illustrating the Stroop effect

Luminosity
features games to development memory and other brain functions (intended for adults)

King Puck, by Michael Garland (E GAR)

Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein, by Don Brown (92 EIN)

Tuff Fluff: The Case of Duckie's Missing Brain, by Scott Nash (E NAS)

DK: Baseball Hour, by Carol Nevius; Dumpster Diver, by Janet S. Wong; Lights Out, by Arthur Geisert; OK GO, "This Too Shall Pass"
K: Roasted Peanuts, by Tim Egan
1st: Roasted Peanuts, by Tim Egan
2nd: Stone Girl, Bone Girl: The Story of Mary Anning, by Laurence Anholt
3rd: The Babe and I, by David Adler; OR Testing the Ice: A True Story about Jackie Robinson, by Sharon Robinson; OR "Line Drive," by Tanya West, in Sports Shorts
4th: Hammerin' Hank: The Life of Hank Greenberg, by Yona Zeldis McDonough; OR Baseball Saved Us, by Ken Mochizuki
5th: Independent Dames, by Laurie Halse Anderson

Roasted Peanuts, by Tim Egan (E EGA)

Stone Girl, Bone Girl: The Story of Mary Anning, by Laurence Anholt (92 ANN)

Baseball Saved Us, by Ken Mochizuki