It’s Back-to-School with Books Galore!
by Selene Vasquez

Picture Books: Ages 8-10
Millions to Measure
by David Schwartz. Illustrated by Steven Kellogg. (HarperCollins, 32 pp., $16.99)

Marvelosissimo, the Mathematical Magician tackles the madness of linear, weight, and volume measurements in entertaining fashion. Fun and functional artwork compliments the enormous amount of information.

Historical Fiction: Ages 8-10
Homespun Sarah
by Verla Kay. Illustrated by Ted Rand. (Putnam, 32 pp., $15.99)

It’s farm life in the 1700’s and an 18th century Pennsylvania girl has outgrown her handmade dress. Watercolor and graphite illustrations enhance the historical accuracy of colonial life.

Nonfiction: Ages 6-10
The Song Within My Heart
by David Bouchard. Illustrated by Allen Sapp. (CIP, unpaged, $14.95)

A lyrical and intimate portrayal of a Cree Indian boy attending his first pow-wow with his beloved grandmother. Stunning paintings accompany the text as poetic as the rhythm of drumbeats.

Biography: Ages 8-10
Harvesting Hope: the Story of Cesar Chavez by Kathleen Krull. Illustrated by Yuyi Morales. (Harcourt, unpaged, $17.00)

The defender of laborers in the fields and protesting their inhumane living and working conditions, Chavez undertook a 340 mile march known as “La Causa”—the Cause—with victorious results. Appealing as a well-told biography with quiet earth-tone illustrations.#

Selene S. Vasquez is a media specialist at Orange Brook Elem-entary School in Hollywood, Florida. She is formerly a children’s librarian for the New York Public Library.

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