State Library of Louisiana

2012

PowerPoint
The Apple-Pip Princess Study Guide
Blacker the Berry: Poems by Joyce Carol Study Guide
Boys of Steel Study Guide
Dodger and Me Study Guide
The Dragon in the Sock Drawer Study Guide
Eleven Study Guide
Key to Rondo Study Guide
Molly the Pony: A True Story Study Guide
Nic Bishop Frogs Study Guide
Oh, Brother Study Guide
One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Difference Study Guide
There’s a Wolf at the Door Study Guide
Two Bobbies Study Guide
When Sergeant Came Marching Home Study Guide
The Wolves Are Back Study Guide
 

2011 Grades 6-8
Title list

PowerPoint
Amulet: The Stonekeeper Book One Study Guide
Bewitching Season Study Guide
Boys are Dogs Study Guide
The Cabinet of Wonders Study Guide
The Dangerous Days of Daniel X Study Guide
Diamond Willow Study Guide
FOUND: The Missing Series Study Guide
The Great Wide Sea Study Guide
Hot, Sour, Salty, Sweet Study Guide
The Juvie Three Study Guide
Stolen Study Guide
Write Before Your Eyes Study Guide
 

2010
Grades 3-5
Title List
Powerpoint
Casey Back at Bat,  Study Guide
Comets, Stars, the Moon and Mars: Space Poems and Paintings, Study Guide
Dolley Madison Saves George Washington, Study Guide
Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat, Study Guide 
The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School, Study Guide
Hairy Hezekiah, Study Guide
Henry’s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad, Study Guide 
How to Steal a Dog, Study Guide
Jim Limber Davis, Study Guide
Lawn Boy, Study Guide
The Lemonade Club, Study Guide 
Marley a Dog Like No Other, Study Guide  
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach, Study Guide 
Moxy Maxell Does Not Love Stuart Little, Study Guide 
Satchel Paige, Study Guide

2010 Grades 6-8
Title List
Powerpoint
Chaos Code, Study Guide 
Cracker the Best Dog in Vietnam, Study Guide 
Deep and Dark and Dangerous, Study Guide 
Diamonds in the Shadow, Study Guide 
Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Study Guide 
Dragon Slippers, Study Guide 
Elijah of Buxton, Study Guide 
Fire From the Rock, Study Guide 
Football Genius, Study Guide 
Gabriel's Horses, Study Guide 
Kimchi and Calamari, Study Guide 
Night of the Howling Dogs, Study Guide 
Peak, Study Guide 
Schooled, Study Guide
So Totally Emily Ebers, Study Guide

2009
Grades 3-5
Title List
Brothers, Study Guide
The Diary of a Killer Cat, Study Guide
The Last Brother: A Civil War Tale, Study Guide
Maggie's Amerikay,Study Guide
My Name Is Sally Little Song, Study Guide
Night Boat to Freedom, Study Guide
The Prophecy, Study Guide
Room One: A Mystery or Two, Study Guide
Rotten Richie and the Ultimate Dare, Study Guide
Roxie and the Hooligans, Study Guide
Safe at Home, Study Guide
What Athletes Are Made Of, Study Guide
Why Do Dogs Have Wet Noses?, Study Guide
The Winner's Walk, Study Guide
The World's Greatest Elephant, Study Guide

2009
Grades 6-8
Title List
Black Duck, Study Guide
Crossing the Wire, Study Guide
Dark Water Rising, StudyGuide
Escaping into the Night, Study Guide
Fairest, Study Guide
Grooves: A Kind of Mystery, Study Guide
Heat, Study Guide
Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City, Study Guide
Runaway Princess, Study Guide
Runaway, Study Guide
Secrets of My Hollywood Life, Study Guide
Shug, Study Guide
Sparrow, Study Guide
Storm Thief, Study Guide
The Legend of Bass Reeves, Study Guide

2008
3-5th Grade Study Guides
Title List
A Bear Named Trouble, Study Guide
A Dog’s Life: The Autobiography of a Stray, Study Guide
The Ghost’s Grave, Study Guide
A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms, Study Guide
Lucy Rose: Big on Plans, Study Guide
Lunch Money, Study Guide
Magyk, Study Guide
Mr. Williams, Study Guide
The Next-Door Dogs, Study Guide
Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude, Study Guide
Precious and the Boo Hag, Study Guide
Pteranodon: The Life Story of a Pterosaur, Study Guide
Reaching for the Moon, Study Guide
The School is Not White! A True Story of the Civil Rights Movement, Study Guide
Show Way, Study Guide

2008
6-8th Grade
Title List
Basketball (Or Something Like It), Study Guide
Black Storm Comin’, Study Guide
Blood Red Horse, Study Guide
Bodies from the Ash: Life and Death in Ancient Pompeii, Study Guide
Click Here: To Find Out How I Survived Seventh Grade, Study Guide
Code Orange, Study Guide
The Cottonmouth Club, Study Guide
Double Identity, Study Guide
Flush, Study Guide
Jazz A B Z: An A to Z Collection of Jazz Portraits, Study Guide
The Lightning Thief, Study Guide
The Pig Scrolls, Study Guide
The Sacrifice, Study Guide
Sixth-Grade Glommers, Norks, and Me, Study Guide
The Stumptown Kid, Study Guide

2007: Grades 3-5

Apples to Oregon: Being the (Slightly) True Narrative of How a Brave Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Grapes, and Cherries (and Children) Across the Plains by Deborah Hopkinson.
The Champ: The Story of Muhammad Ali by Tonya Bolden. Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie.
Coming On Home Soon by Jacqueline Woodson.
Gator Gumbo: A Spicy-Hot Tale by Candace Fleming.
Ida B: …And Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World by Katherine Hannigan.
The Last Holiday Concert by Andrew Clements.
Mighty Jackie:  The Strike-Out Queen by Marissa Moss.
Ruby Lu, Brave and True by Lenore Look.
Science Verse by Jon Scieszka. Illustrated by Lane Smith.
Secret Identity (Shredderman # 1) by Wendelin Van Draanen.
Sweet Music in Harlem by Debbie A. Taylor.
Thunder from the Sea by Joan Hiatt Harlow.
Why Epossumondas Has No Hair on His Tail by Coleen Salley.
The World According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney.
Worth by A. LaFaye.

2007: Grades 6-8

Airborn by Kenneth Oppel.
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko.
Becoming Naomi León by Pam Ryan Muñoz
Bird by Angela Johnson.
Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke. Translated by Anthea Bell. 
Escape from Saigon: How a Vietnam War Orphan Became an American Boy by Andrea Warren.
Journey to the Bottomless Pit:  The Story of Stephen Bishop and Mammoth Cave by Elizabeth Mitchell.
Never Mind! A Twin Novel by Rachel Vail and Avi.
The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer.
So B. It: A Novel by Sarah Weeks.
The Tarantula Scientist by Sy Montgomery. Photographs by Nic Bishop.
The Teacher’s Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts by Richard Peck.
Technically It’s Not My Fault: Concrete Poems by John Grandits.
The Truth About Sparrows by Marian Hale.
The Young Man and the Sea by Rodman Philbrick.

2006: Grades 3-5

Aliens from Earth: When Animals and Plants Invade Other Ecosystems by Mary Batten. Illustrated by Beverly Doyle.
Alligator Sue by Sharon Arms Doucet. Illustrated by Anne Wilsdorf.
Almost to Freedom by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson. Illustrated by Colin Bootman.
Attack of the Mutant Underwear by Tom Birdseye.
Duel of the Ironclads: The Monitor vs. the Virginia by Patrick O’Brien.
Granny Torrelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech.
Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson.
The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon: The Story of Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins by Bea Uusma Schyffert.
Moon's Cloud Blanket by Rose Anne St. Romain. Illustrated by Joan C. Waites.
Niagara Falls, or Does It? by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver.  
River Boy: The Story of Mark Twain by William Anderson. Illustrated by Dan Andreasen.
Rodzina by Karen Cushman.
Sacagawea by Lise Erdrich. Illustrated by Julie Buffalohead.
Snowed in with Grandmother Silk by Carol Fenner.  Illustrated by Amanda Harvey.  
Up the Learning Tree by Marcia Vaughan. Illustrated by Derek Blanks.

2006: Grades 6-8

The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter.
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau. 
Cuba 15 by Nancy Osa.
Don’t Hold Me Back:  My Life and Art by Winfred Rembert. 
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins.
A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass. 
Midnight for Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo.
Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes.
Prairie Whispers by Frances Arrington.
Remember the Lusitania! by Diana Preston. 
The River Between Us by Richard Peck. 
Shakespeare Bats Cleanup by Ron Koertge. 
Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz.
Vampire High by Douglas Rees.
The Way a Door Closes by Hope Anita Smith. Illustrated by Shane W. Evans.

2005: Grades 3-5

The Boy Who Drew Cats by Lafcadio Hearn.  Adapted by Margaret Hodges.  Illustrated by Aki Sogabe.
Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters From Obedience School by Mark Teague.  Illustrated by Mark Teague.
Dinosaur Hunt: Texas, 115 Million Years Ago by Karen Carr.  Illustrated by Karen Carr.  
Guy Wire by Sara Weeks.
The Jacket by Andrew Clements.  Illustrated by Dan Gonzalez.
Lapin Plays Possum: Trickster Tales from the Louisiana Bayou by Sharon Arms Doucet.  Illustrated by Scott Cook.
Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog’s Tale by Laurie Myers.  Illustrated by Michael Dooling.
My Chimp Friday: The Nana Banana Chronicles by Hester Mundis.
The Pot That Juan Built by Nancy Andrews-Goebel. Illustrated By David Diaz.
The Spider and the Fly by Mary Bothan Howitt.  Illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi.
Talkin' about Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman by Nikki Grimes.  Illustrated by Earl Lewis.
Togo by Robert J. Blake.
Travels with Tarra by Carol Buckley.
When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson by Pam Munoz Ryan.  Illustrated by Brian Selznick.
When the Circus Came to Town by Laurence Yep.

2005: Grades 6-8

Coraline by Neil Gaiman. 
Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi.
The Emperor’s Silent Army: Terracotta Warriors of Ancient China by Jane O’Connor. 
Girl in a Cage by Jane Yolen and Robert J. Harris.
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer.
Hush by Jacqueline Woodson.
Mississippi Trial, 1955 by Chris Crowe.
Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris.
Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story about Brain Science by John Fleischman.
Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff.
Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech
Stand Tall by Joan Bauer. 
Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie S. Tolan.
Swimming Upstream: Middle School Poems by Kristine O’Connell George.
Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements.

2004: Grades 3-5

Awful Ogre’s Awful Day by Jack Prelutsky. Illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky.
The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins: An Illuminating History of Mr. Waterhouse Hawkins, Artist and Lecturer by Barbara Kerley.
Goin’ Someplace Special by Patricia C. McKissack. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.
The Great Chicken Debacle by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.
I Was a Third Grade Spy by Mary Jane Auch. Illustrated by Herm Auch.
Imaginative Inventions: The Who, What, Where, When, and Why of Roller Skates, Potato Chips, Marbles, and Pie (and More!) written and illustrated by Charise Mericle
Leonardo’s Horse by Jean Fritz. Illustrated by Hudson Talbott.
Mr. Lincoln’s Way by Patricia Polacco.
No More Nasty by Amy MacDonald.
The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson. Illustrated by Earl Lewis.
Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood by Mike Artell. Illustrated by Jim Harris.
Pirate Diary: The Journal of Jake Carpenter by Richard Platt. Illustrated by Chris Riddell.
A Poke in the I: A Collection of Concrete Poems selected by Paul B. Janeczko. Illustrated by
Christopher Raschka.
Rocks in His Head by Carol Otis Hurst. Illustrated by James Stevenson.
Storm Maker’s Tipi by Paul Goble.

2003: Grades 3-5

Armadillo Tattletale by Helen Ketteman.
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo.
Cold Feet by Cynthia DeFelice. Illus. by Robert Andrew Parker.
Ereth’s Birthday by Avi. Illus by Brian Floca.          
Fiddle Fever by Sharon Doucet.
Freedom River by Doreen Rappaport.                  
Jack Tales by Ray Hicks.
My Dog, My Hero by Betsy Ryars, Betsy Duffey and Laurie Myers.
Off to the Sweet Shores of Africa and Other Talking Drum Rhymes by Uzo Unobagha. Illus. by Julia Cairns.
Out of Sight: Pictures of Hidden Worlds by Seymour Simon
Radio Rescue by Lynne Barasch.
Seven Spools of Thread: A Kwanzaa Story by Angela Shelf Medearis. Illus. by Daniel Minter.
So You Want to Be President? By Judith St. George.  Illus. by David Small.
Surviving Brick Johnson by Laurie Myers. Illustrated by Dan Yaccarino.
The Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill.

2002: Grades 3-5

Abraham's Battle by Sara Harrell Banks
Amelia and Eleanor Go For a Ride by Pam Munoz Ryan. Illustrated by Brian Selznick
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Flicker Flash: Poems by Joan Bransfield Graham. Illustrated by Nancy Davis
The Hatseller and the Monkeys written and illustrated by Baba Wague Diakite
Little Cliff and the Porch People by Clifton Taulbert. Illustrated by Earl B. Lewis
The Lost Flower Children by Janet Taylor Lisle
Molly Bannaky by Alice McGill. Illustrated by Chris K. Soentpiet
My Man Blue by Nikki Grimes. Illustrated by Jerome Lagarrigue
Ramona’s World by Beverly Cleary
The Landry News by Andrew Clements
The Top of the World: Climbing Mount Everest written and illustrated by Steve Jenkins
The Trolls by Polly Horvath
The Two Bullies written and illustrated by Junko Morimoto
Weslandia by Paul Fleischman. Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes

2001: Grades 3-5

Bandit’s Moon by Sid Fleischmann. Illustrated by Joseph A. Smith
Boss of the Plains: The Hat That Won the West by Laurie Carlson. Illustrated by Holly Meade.
Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra by Andrea Davis Pinkney. Illustrated by J. Brian Pinkney.
Feliciana Meets D’Loup Garou: A Cajun Tall Tale by Tynia Thomassie. Illustrated by Cat Bowman Smith.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling. Illustrated by Mary Grandpre.
Insectlopedia: Poems and Paintings by Douglas Florian
Junebug and the Reverend by Alice Mead
Lucy Dove by Janice Del Negro
Mister and Me by Kimberly Willis Holt. Illustrated by Leonard Jenkins.
Ruthie’s Gift by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. Illustrated by Dave Kramer.
Squids Will Be Squids: Fresh Morals, Beastly Fables by Jon Scieszka. Illustrated by Lane Smith.  
Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco. Edited by Patricia Gauch.
The Bat Boy and His Violin by Gavin Curtis. Illustrated by Earl B. Lewis.
The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson. Illustrated by Sue Parker.
Walter Wick’s Optical Tricks by Walter Wick.

2000: Grades 3-5

Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man by David A. Adler. Illustrated by Terry Widener.
Hoops by Robert Burleigh. Illustrated by Stephen T. Johnson.
More Stories Huey Tells by Ann Cameron. Illustrated by Lis Toft.
Verdi by Janell Cannon.
Amber Brown Sees Red by Paula Danziger. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Lily’s Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff.
A Ring of Tricksters: Animal Tales from America, the West Indies, and Africa by Virginia Hamilton. Illustrated by Barry Moser.
Sun & Spoon by Kevin Henkes
Birdie’s Lighthouse by Deborah Hopkinson. Illustrated by Kimberly Bulcken Root.
Buddy by William Joyce.
Keepers Story by Lois Lowry. Illustrated by True Kelly.
White Water by P.J. Petersen.
Jacob Two-Two’s First Spy Case by Mordecai Richler. Illustrated by Norman Eyolfson.
A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder by Walter Wick.
Beany (Not Beanhead) and the Magic Crystal by Susan Wojciechowski. Illustrated by Susanna Natti.

Black Duck [Link: http://www.state.lib.la.us/empowerlibrary/BLACK DUCK STUDY GUIDE.doc ]
Crossing the Wire [Link: http://www.state.lib.la.us/empowerlibrary/CROSSING THE WIRE STUDY GUIDE.doc ]
Dark Water Rising [Link: http://www.state.lib.la.us/empowerlibrary/DARK WATER RISING STUDY GUIDE.doc ]
Escaping into the Night [Link: http://www.state.lib.la.us/empowerlibrary/ESCAPING%20INTO%20THE%20NIGHT%20STUDY%20GUIDE.doc ]
Fairest [Link: http://www.state.lib.la.us/empowerlibrary/FAIREST STUDY GUIDE.doc ]
Grooves: A Kind of Mystery [Link: http://www.state.lib.la.us/empowerlibrary/GROOVES STUDY GUIDE.doc ]
Heat [Link: http://www.state.lib.la.us/empowerlibrary/HEAT STUDY GUIDE.doc ]
Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City [Link: http://www.state.lib.la.us/empowerlibrary/KIKI STRIKE STUDY GUIDE.doc ]
Runaway Princess [Link: http://www.state.lib.la.us/empowerlibrary/RUNAWAY PRINCESS STUDY GUIDE.doc ]
Runaway [Link: http://www.state.lib.la.us/empowerlibrary/RUNAWAY STUDY GUIDE.doc ]
Secrets of My Hollywood Life [Link: http://www.state.lib.la.us/empowerlibrary/SECRETS%20OF%20MY%20HOLLYWOOD%20LIFE%20STUDY%20GUIDE.doc ]
Shug [Link: http://www.state.lib.la.us/empowerlibrary/SHUG STUDY GUIDE.doc ]
Sparrow [Link: http://www.state.lib.la.us/empowerlibrary/SPARROW STUDY GUIDE.doc ]
Storm Thief [Link: http://www.state.lib.la.us/empowerlibrary/STORM THIEF STUDY GUIDE.doc ]
The Legend of Bass Reeves [Link: http://www.state.lib.la.us/empowerlibrary/THE%20LEGEND%20OF%20BASS%20REEVES%20STUDY%20GUIDE.doc ]